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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-20

Conference Report on Canal Emergency
Bill Adopted,


The Senate yesterday accepted the report
OF the conference committee on the Panama
canal emergency appropriation bill. and
thus. SO far as 1t is concerned finally dis
posed Of that measure. The acceptance OF
the report was preceded by brief discus
sion OF the restoratio OF the bond pro-
vision to the appropriation bill and OF the
action OF the House In resenting the Sem
ate's action In separating those two cues
lions. Speeches were made by Messrs Al
drich, Spooner and Teller, all expressing the
opinion that the Senate had not contra
vened the constitutional provision requiring
that all revenue legislation shall originate
In the House of Representatives The House
message was referred to the committee on
finance. with instructions to report upon
the Senate prerogatives on the question In
volyed. Several minor bills were passed
during the day.
Mr.. Spooner defended the action of the
vision was obscure and capable OF misin-
depreciation. 1T Is not difference of opin-
ion as to etiquette, but the suggestion of
the House Is challenge OF the power OF
the Senate he said.
III the House is wrong the Senate has
no right to YIELD" he continued, land IL
right the Senate should give heed, for It
Is important that each body should keep
within the scope of its own functions" He
dwelt in this connection upon the possible
entanglements growing out OF such en-
croachments. and without mentioning any
state said he had read In the papers
that governor had determined who should
be speaker of the house of representatives
In the state. Such q course as this he char
acterizcd as treason to our constitutional
system" He contended that in the case at
issue the House was wrong.
IT the House Is right, then the Senate j.
deprived or legislative function which IT
has exercised from the foundation of the
government" he said. and added that the
Senate would be greatly weakened by fol-
lowing such construction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-20
YANKEE JOCKEYS
SUCCESSFUL ABROAD

Several American Jockeys were successiui
this year on European tracks. dncludins
Danny Maher, Winnie o'Connor. Fred Iar-
al Jay Ransch, Harry Lewis and Skeets
Martin. Winnie OConnor, who was de-
ye.oped by Father BIZ Daily and later RODE
with much success here in the Featherstone
colors, was a star on the French tracks
this year. where he stood third In the hss
of winning Jockeys. He was under contract
to Comte de Pourtales and his work was so
sensational that he is now considering
rich offer to ride for a well-known German
turfman next season. This PERSONS name
Is ]. A. Weinberg, who owns one of the
biggest stables racing on the German and
Austrian circuit. The contract offered to
O,Connor calls for a riding weight of Ia
pounds, which would practically bar him
on the American tracks. where the low
scale is rapidly driving good Jockeys into
retirement.
Danny Maher who recently came back
from England. where he stood third In the
list and also rode the winner OF tho Derby,
win go back in the spring to fill another en-
gagement with Sir James Miller. Fred TAR
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PEOPLE GENERALLY PLEASED.
Porto h1cans Receive Presidents Mes
sage With Varying Feelings.
Snecisf corrasnonaax.. - y,

Porto Rdcans Receive Presidents Mes
sage With Varying Feelings.
Special Correspondents Of The star
SAN JUAN. P. R.. December 8, 1906
President Roosevelts Recommendations In
his message to Congress concerning Porto
Rico were received here with widely vary
Ing feelings. Americans generally approve
OF the Presidents attitude In insisting that
no radical legislative changes be made at
present, thus continuing centering of
power at Washington. There Is much
qualification, too. among Americans and
natives over the proposal to extend to
Porto Ricans iong-delayed and weil-desery-
ed citizenship. All but the politicians hope
that Congress will amend the Foraker act
20 as to change elections az the President
recommends. to quadrennial instead of BIZ
enniat dates, and to have biennial instead
OF annual legislative sessions The dredg-.
ing OF San Juan harhOr, called for by Mr.,
Roosevelt, will be OF infinite value to the
island, ana OF course no one here offers OBJ
lection to the federal government sustain.
ing the federal court instead Of malSinw
such expense. as 1t now Is, a tax upon tho
insular treasury. The declaration az thu
President that "the problems OF Porto Rice
are industrial and commercial rather than
pohticai is regarded by all but politicians
as clear evidence that Mr.. Rooseyelf rn-
derstands how politics has hurt Porto Rico
The bitterest opposition to the Presidents
views comes from the unionfsts the ma
1ority party and the one most recognized
az present So eager was Munoz Rivera.
the unionlst editorial leader, to express his
views that hs rushed out q dodeer In lieu
Of his regular issue of the Dsnocracia when
the cable announcing the excerpt from the
message arrived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-20
! built near the carriage entrance q. Nep-

be built near the carriage entrance at Nep-
tune avenue.
san Nicolas. six years old. by Reggie, out
OF Virginia Dare is now the holder of the
Pacific coast record at six furlongs, having
run thnt distance at the Oakland track re-
s Nieoias ran n The east in isoa and was
able 70 hold his own With sprinters-
While being loaded at Lexington Ky. last
night for shipment to Mexico CITY, imported
Gansalvo, by Ferdinandez, dam Cherie, Win
ner of the Czarewitch Handicap, dropped
dead He had just been bought by cava-
naugh Brothers of st. Louis. and was go
ing TO Mexico for stud service He was
winner OF the Goodwood Cup and Alexan-
dra Plate in England
While on a recent trip to Kentucky
tom WEIGH said that the best stallion
that he saw there was Ben Strome. There
Il In training at Louisville a yearling bay
colt by Ben Strome out of the dam of Cleo
plus, the mare which won so many races
prove very formidable in the stakes to be
run early In the year at New Orleans.
1t has been decided by the directors OF
the Washington Park Club at Chicago. TO
sell the property and go out OF business as
a jockey club. Seventeen races for the
American Derby have been run over the
mile course since Ii was built In 1854 Inc
most valuable three-year-old stake In the
country was run there in 1893. The fun
value of the stake was 100000. q wnlcn
Boundless won for his owner, j. =. Cushins,
$50, 900. Garrison rode the winner
Count Fassilo Festetics, who has peen
racing horses in his native country. Hun IN
gary, for nearly forty years. leads the list
of winning owners In that country ana AUS u,
tria this year. with $4,000 to his ereait.
Charles Planner trains for Count Festetics'
!, : well az for Count Bathyany, Duke Taxss,
Count George Festetics and Count Cseko-
MICS, and for these five gentlemen ne mas
won this year $255,00 an amount oniy gA
ceeded by NJ Blancs trainer, Denham, Up
TO this year the American trainer, >. ..
Dyer, had the best record on the Ausero-
Hungarian turf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-20
REGULATION OF RATES
Provisions Of the Bill introduced by
Senator DoIliver.

Senator Dolliyer has introduced bill de-
signed to simplify the railroad rate regu-
latfng the measure proposed by the inter
state commerce commission. 1t authorizes
the commission to fix and enforce maxi
mum and reasonable rate, to go into effect
thirty days after notice. The court pro-
cedure Of the commissions bill is elimi-
mated and railroads are left free to follow
their constitutional remedies In the courts
The commission Is Increased to seven
members at salary of $4,000 EACH
1t had not been the intention of the sena-
tor to introduce the measure until after the
holidays, but it was agreed at a conference
at the White House Monday night, par
ticipated in by the President, Senator DolIi-
yer. Secretary Root. Attorney General
Moody and Judge s. H. Cowan OF Fort
Worth. Tex, that 1t would be more eff
fective to have the measure referred to
the Senate committee on Interstate COM
merce Immediately, In statement Senator
Dolliyer says:
The bill which I have introduced Is In
tended to correct some of the abuses which
It is not drawn in a spirit of hostility to
the railway system Of the country but in
the interest of harmony and good will be-
tween the railways and the patrons. 1t
provides public tribunal impartial in its
attitude, before which the shipper may
present his complaint against an existing
rate, and the carrier his defense of the
rate. So that controversy arising out of a
disagreement between the two may not be
left without effective solution.
The bill Is framed on the theory, which
the Supreme Court has repeatedly held to
be sound, that well-constituted commits
sion Is better able than the courts to deal
with the question Of railway rates, and
with the understanding that no jurisdiction
could be conferred upon the courts to pass
Judgment upon the order of the commits
sion with q view to modifying Its terms.
THE commission is enlarged to seven
members and their salaries made nearly
equal to that of justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States, in the expecta-
ton that our greatest business men will be
willing to turn aside from their own affairs
to render the community this important
service.
"The bill provides for thorough inspec-
ton of railway accounts. with a view to
bring to light those Inequalities which have
crept into the business Of transportation
through the greed of influential shippers or
through the pressure Of competitive eondi-
lions.
II have a strong hope that this measure
VIII tend effectively toward bringing better
relations between the railway world and
the business community by strengthening
the influences already everywhere at work
which seek to give fair treatment to ali and
to each for like service the some treat
ment."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-20
cossAcKs HUMAN DEVILS.
American Tells Of Horrors of Mas
sacres at Warsaw.

After seventeen days of the Russian rev.
olution in Warsaw, after seeing hundreds
struck down by Cossacks and after having
felt two bombs explode in the room under
him at his hotel, the American jockey. j.
c. Mitchell, fled from Russia. He arrived
at New York yesterday on the steamer
Butcher. Mitchell has been in Russia un-
der contract with Baron Slower.
II have had all want OF Russia" he
said yesterday. .The Cossacks are human
devils. without one thought beyond killing.
saw them charge into crowd of 5000
persons in Warsaw. They used their
knouts and pistols. and swung their swords
at every head within reach.
II stayed at the Bristol Hotel in War
saw. and from November IL to November
II, during the great strike. there were no
cooks in the hotel. The night of November
10 I was playing billiards in the billiard
room on the second floor. We heard a great
shouting outside. but this had become so
usual that We paid no attention to 1t. Sud-
denly there was fusiilade of shots and
crashing of plate glass. then cries of anger
from men and shrieks from women from
the cafe below.
"A bomb was thrown into the cafe and
exploded, wrecking the ground floor. An
other bomb quickly followed, and the who ole
building seemed to shake.
Then came a charge of Cossacks, the
cries of the wounded, the crack of revolt
wall OF people. which yielded with a sick
ening sound
Five hundred Cossaeks literally cleared
their way through the crowd. Some rode
their horses through the windows. cutting
down all inside who did not flee. Gradually
quiet was restored.
s@The official statement issued showed
three killed, but three carloads of dead
bodies were taken away.
A few days after this I was in the
American bar. which faces on a park
square. while there was meeting of work
men. There were fully 5000 crowded in the
place. when the Cossaeks charged and
cleared the park. The Cossacks were fired
upon. and several were wounded, and this
appeared to drive them to fury, for they
used their sabers freely. The place rescm-
bled a SHAMELESS.
After this went to st. Petersburg On
December 8 1t was impossible TO get q teie-
gram or a letter out of ST. Petersburg The
only way was to give your message to
conductor on a railroad and pay him well
to mail It at some point out Of Russia,
Some of the workmen rushed back and
caught up the body OF one of their dead
comrades and threw 1t into wheelbarrow
with the legs dangling over the front The
crowd then paraded through the streets.
singing revolutionary songs, with the dead
man wheeled In the lead. 1t took me two
hours to get out OF this crowd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-20
Repairs to Launch Angus.


The Little Angus, the steam launch owned
by tho Potomac Dredging Company and
used to SHIFT sand barges about In Piscata-
way creek was brought up 70 this city
yesterday and IL lying out Of commission
at the River View line company wharf. The
boat q hers for q thorough overhauling OF
her boiler. and for other repair work that
will put her In thorough order She Will
be out Of Aervice for about week or ten
fagi Ear esoeTs e IS master q the
inch ana d half thick on PiscataEay Sum
day night last. ana stafes thar the stream
at Pennington, Md. The Ice was heavy
enough q give the Little Angus considera-
PIE troslhie IN going through t. though slle
l551 Nth fhrctfie xi<is open. & d Is ISIS stated
IN M&1qc1 VIII not - tqutpped With her
- p&QH fA16 Niuters ~ tho Fpfomac CONS
xpe1I1 s. IA assS form "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-20
On the River Front.

On her trip to Fort Washington yesterday
afternoon the United States army quarter
master tug Lieut.. Alonzo Cushing carried
down large quantity of sugar, canned
preserves and fruits and other supplies to
be used In the Christmas dinners of the
soldiers stationed at the post. AS stated,
the tug on every trip is taking boxes and
packages to the soldiers stationed at the
fort, Christmas remenbrances from friends
and relatives at home. The articles come
to this city by express and are transferred
to the steamer at the K street wharf to
be taken to the fort.
Arrived: Tug James o. Carter. towing
light scow from river point; scow Far
mers' Friend at Alexandria, laden with
railway ties and cord wood. from a river
point; tugs Marion Cameron and Edward
Gummel, towing sand-laden scows from
down river points where digging machines
are at work.
Sailed: Schooner p. 8 Johnson. light for
Virginia lumber port to load: barge Donald
SON. light for Norfolk to load lumber for
Philadelphia. In tow Of tug j. o. Carter:
schooner William f. Villas for Alexandria
to load for river point tug BAD Radiant tow low
timore: steam barge Daniel X. jackson,
light for AQUA creek to load lumber for
this city.
laden with pine lumber. sailed from Clear
mont on the James river for this city, 18th
instant; schooner Arizona with lumber from
Lower Machodoc creek and schooner C. II.
Dagger with lumber from Coan river have
sailed from those points for this city;
schooner c. G.. Wheeler has been chartered
to load q cargo of lumber at a Virginia
port for this city
The power launch Edward OF Taylor &
Bros feet has been employed In perform
ing as far as possible the work usually done
by the tug D. NJ. Key, now under charter
to tow mud-laden scows on the Eastern
branch. Yesterday the launch was engag-
ed In hauling scows. ten times larger than
herself, out OF the Eastern branch to tho
river channel. where the tugs toog them In
tow and carried them down the river to the
point where wanted.
The two-masted schooner r. Mason,
which has been employed In running car
goes Of cord wood from river points to
this city. has withdrawn from the service
and has gone out Of commission at the
wharf foot OF 10th street, where she will
remain until next spring.
The crew Of the army tug Gushing re-
port having passed yesterday morning a
large log. a dangerous obstruction I'm the
river, a chort distance above Alexandria,
and on the same trip a bateau, seemingly
In good order, was seen adrift between
Mann's old fertilizer factory and the naval
magazine wharf
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sloop Water Lily Sold.

The little sailing s,oop Water Lily has ii
is stated. been sold by its owner, Captain
Enoch Davis, TO Mr.. Joseph Moore OF Al
exandria. The Water Lily has been en-
ployed In running oysters from the beds
along the lower Potomac during this sea-
son to this city and Alexandria. and 1t IS
stated the new owner of the sloop will
continue her In the same service. The
Water Lily is vessel Of sixteen net tons
burden, Is forfy-two feet long. fifteen feet
beam. and has depth of hold of four feet.
She was built at Fort Washington, " ".
in 1872. and now halls from Alexandria
She Is lying at Alexandra with cargo OF
oysters aboard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-20

trust reposed In him at the Fair Grounds
He won the fifth race. beating Blue Pirate.
Proteus and others Delmore, which ran
third in the Preliminary Derby on Satur-
day, met defeat in the fourth race, Excite
ment, the well-played second choice, beat
ing him to the wire. Cherry earned the
jockey honors, riding two winners-Ingol-
thrift and Marvel P.
Envoy, Tinker Mint Boy and Iyanhoe
were the winning first choices at City Park.
1t was dreary, cherries day, but the sue
cess In picking winners made up in part for
the discomforts. Tinker and Toscar were
about equal fayorites for the handicap,
third on the card. Toscan ran far below his
form and Tinker won easily, after indulg-
Ing Belle Strome with the lead for FIVE fur
longs. Garnish, at long odds. ran third
Of few days ago.
Colbeck. a jockey. had some trouble with
groom employed in the stable Of Charles
Wilson this morning and shot at him, but
the feshy part of the thigh of Prestige a
race horse. 1t is not known Just how serl-
Gus the injury may prove.
Fair Grounds Summaries.
First race, six furlongs The Plains, 1902 (sic-
Gee), to 1. won; Fair Calypso, l03 (Foiey), 20
to !. second; Dusky. 100 tcrimmns). 90 10 l. third
ing Glass. Sweet Note. Esterre. Wiseaere Safe
guard and Raining leaves also ran.
Second race. one and one-sIxteenth miles
master. 10l lMurphy), 8 to 2 won; Gamara, ee
to / third Time Is S sS Aliens BisSep Weed
Lady Fonso, Erne, Intrigue and North Wind also
Third race. SIX furlongs -Ingolthrift 100 cherry)
second; Paul ciifard los sBeib TO j. +, third.
and Ben Lear also
Fourth race. 1--WE furongs Excitement ITO sew
second; Townes. lo7 to'Nein, q 20 /. third. Time.
l;oi As Sonnet. George A knight and Maggie
Fifth race 1--WE and one half furlongs--Marve, r.
1o5 Cherry, to o. won: Blue Pirate. 1G2 Free
i. third Time, Iii Pretty Sslie. Holland q II T.
Pinstieker and Marvin Neal also ran.
land. io1 C. se 10 Mon Lady Efson o.
Greemsn, to s, second; =. Mayberry, lo2
senoma Belle, Raviana. Jungle Imp and Macbeth
also
City Park Summaries.
Grabb. lce tYouns,: to !. won: La Cache. ioT
Never More Atheiross. Marco. Heartfui Mis-,
yey 100 Perrsttl. s to S. won; Jadse Traynor.
orfis to Third r@e s ssncsl s.aa aos
Rocamora. Fred Nader. Red Fox and Afen also
Third race Handicap. six furlongs) Tinker, 90
Aorris) II to 5. won; Belle Strobe, io2 twishard|
. 10 l. second, tiarnish, 1l6 tNoTrisQnD, so to L.
third. Time. 1.2s. Red Ruler, Clifton Forge and
Tosean also ran.
Fourth race fseven furlongs, SaIvade 100 fw
DAILY. to |, won, Freebooter. Io5 tNicolp, 10
second Happy Jack. 100 tMorris), 30 to /.
third; Tine, Lbs. Inquiry, Monacodcr, Big Row
and st. Resointe also ran.
Fifth race 1--we and one half furlonga, Mint Boy.
ios tferrett). 10 5, won; Gauze, 1O7 (WfiIardl.
g.. 20 70 1 second; Adesso l0a Crown, II to
Miss Point, Welsh. Telepathy. sweet FIsvia and
Sixth race lone and three-sixteenths mIles,-Ivan.
hoe. 95 tPerretft, even. won; Thistle Do Ill Me
Infyre), 10 !. second; Curafe, i07 fRoraaneiIi}.
10 to !, third Time. 2.l3. Doeskfn tsoldage
Safety Light and Ben EeRso also ran.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-20
FOOT BALL TEAM
WAS TOO STRONG

w. e., Corey. the steel trust magnate,
provided the town of Homestead Pa, with
a foot Gall team the like OF which never
before was seen In the athletic world
His vanity would not permit any one else
to have a team which nearly approached his
In excellence, and he sunk small fortune
In an organization which was really SO good
that 1t could not get any other team to
stand out against it. and so had to aisband.
1t was In 1891 that w. c. Temple, former
president of the Pittsburg base ball team
and donor Of the Temple cup, had a foot
ball team that seemed good enough for
anybody, but Corey IN his jealousy an
nounced that he would put one in the field
which would make Temples team look like
Iof OF amateurs-and he did. but 1t cost
him dear.
Some idea of the strength of the foot ball
team which Corey put IN the field in the
fan OF 1901 can be gathered from the fol-
lowing names which appeared on the roster;
ana the PLAYERS were all on hand;
Arthur Poe, Princeton, end.
Perry Hale. Yale, end.
George Brook, q. OF p, full back
{ Va DaVac sutz OF Brown, now with the New
York American base ball team, halsback.
John Gammons of Brown halfback
w. b. Richardson Of Brown. otlarterbaclt.
overneid. z OF p, center. with Bemis
and Hawley Pierce OF Carlisle. the famous
Indian brothers; Church OF Princeton,
rms team was put up at the best hotel
In Ffttsburs, and was the Laughing stock Of
the valley because 1t was 80 strong that
no team could be persuaded to play Il.
The salaries paid by Corey to this outfit
were most extraordinary. while the rev.
enue he obtained from the few games they
played scarcely padd for the shoe shines Of
the high-priced players.
Corey's foot ball tad that season aione
cost him $500, but ne did not seem to care,
az ne had lots OF money and spent 1t like
a lord.
Montgomery County Base Ball League.
Six base ball clubs were represented yes
terday at Rockville, Md, when they met
to organize the Montgomery County League.
The six clubs represented were Boyds.
Kenslngtou, Rockville, Poolesvflle, Takopsa
Park and Washington Grove. The playing
season win start about tho latter part Of
June and each tsam viii play twenty -four
Ths pficers 81 ths League are: Mrs Eu-
xeuA jones' Qf Xeue1nxtqn. PRESIDENT D3W-
sen Txnndle ~ Hoe1Ss1i tIe. v1ca prfoi 5sSSts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-20
Fighters Compared.
FITZ.
NEW ORLEANS RACES.
Horses Contested in Mud Ankle Deep
at Both Tracks.

The horses raced through mud ankle deep
at both tracks az New Orleans yesterday.
1t rained hard all day. and the going, which
on Monday was fairly good after last
weeks soaking, was again of kind that
made 1t better for ducks than horses. The
sloppy track was held responsible for the
downfall Of favorites at the Fair Grounds.
where only one favorite got to the Judges
first. At City Park there was less cause
for complaint in this line. as four post
favorites finished first.
Marvel P. was the single horse true to the
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Fitzsimmons and 0'Brien
Clash in Frisco Tonight.
ODDS FAVOR FORMER
EACH Is CONFIDENT, AND RE-
PORTS POINT TO HARD BATTLE.
Racing in Mud at New Orleans-Last
Nights Bowling Battles-Turf
and Track Notes.

SAN FRANCISCO, December 2o.-"Bob'
Ftzsimmons and Philadelphia jack.
ORrien will meet in Mechanics Pavilion
in a twenty-round boxing bout tonight I'M
der the auspices of the Yosemite Athletic
Club. Widespread interest Is being taken
IN the bou. especially as the word has
gone forth that Fjtzsi1nmons is in good
form.
In what betting was done yesterday t'itz-
simmons was the public choice at odds OF
5 to 10. Not a great volume of money
was handled at that price, but heavy wag-
erlng Is expected today. Both men will
enter the ring perfectly trained and in the
best of condition. Both men are extremely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-20
TURF AND TRACK NOTES.

J. B. Haggsn's Watercress. for whom he
paid SzLoc0 at tbs recent sale Of the Rancho
del Paso stud IN New York. Is I'll al Lex
ingfnn, KY, suffering from = fever.
Beach. The slx-firione chute il being
straightened and 90 1nodern stai3ies ara Is