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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
TRY AGAIN TO BLOW UP MEADE.
PIOtterS' Second Internal Machine
Sent \. TrnmNport Hurts Man.

PIOtterS' Second Internal Machine
Sent - Transport Hurts Man.
What apparently was a second attempt
to blow up the United States transport
Meade resulted in the injury of IL.
Laughran. Il san Francisco expressman,
who is in serious condition as the re
suit of mysterious explosion. 1t is said
that while Laughran was carrying a box
belonging to Company b of the Second
United States infantry to the transport
he accidentally dropped the box, the con-
tents of which exploded. The box is said
to be similar to the one which was dis
covered in the hold of the ship at the
time of the fatal fire on the vessel. A
commission has been appointed to make
an investigation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
CHICAGO.


olllbQgU. err aids the progress or
trade. Developments are
conspicuous iii the building lines, the
heavy work on hand being expedited
owing to the rapid accumulation of
new undertakings for this year, the
latter including various large struc-
lures for mercantile purposes.
Lower temperature stimulated a bet
ter disposition of heavy winter cloth
ing, making retail socks less burden
some. Other leading retail depart
ments report sales comparing favor
ably with those of year ago. the buy
ing being much helped by large num-
bers of visitors at this time. Country
merchants made liberal selections i'm
the wholesale lines, and bookings for
early delivery have grown in the ag
gregate for dry goods staples, ana
there is some Improvement in cloth
ing, woolens and furniture.
The general outlook for spring trade.
maintains encouraging features. and
this gives strength to the market for
textile fabrics. Money appears to be
in ample circulation in the agricultur-
al sections, crop reports are good and
mercantile collections reasonably
prompt.
Commodity movements, rs indicated
by earnings of Chicago railroads. show
no diminutiOn in the tonnage volume,
all classes of freight contributing. The,
total quantity of grain handled at this
port aggregated $500, 429 bushels.
against 7,491, 703 bushels last week,
and 5,463,S26 bushels year ago. Year
ly comparisons show an increase in
receipts of 40.3 per cent, and in ship
ments of 100 per cent. Other receipts
gained in flour, oats, barley. seeds,
broom corn, lard, butter, eggs, cattle,
hogs and sheep, but declined in wheat,
corn, rye. wool, dressed beef and
cheese. Hide arrivals We're 3,270,411
pounds, against 247S,G49 pounds last
week and 3,375,O52 pounds in 1905.
Total live stock receipts, SOL Al head,
compared with 3S6,2S4 head last week
and 321 ,3T7 head a year ago. Lumber
receipts rose to 3G,470,00O feet, con-
siderable gain as compared with the.
20, SG4, 900 feet last week and 24,231 900
feet in 1905
Bank clearings, $213, 50L S43, exceed
those of corresponding week in 1905 by
60 per cent Failures reported in Chi
cago district number thirty-two,
against twenty-five last week and
twenty-four Il year ago-Dm's Re
view of Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Third Negro Dies for Murder.

Bunkie Richardson, the third negro to
die for the murder of Mrs. Sarah Smith
i'll GadSden, Ala, July 10, was taken fore
IDLY from Jail the other morning by a
mob of white men aud hanged He had
not been indicted, but was being held to
await action by the grand jury.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Four Persons Die IN Fire

-Four persons lost their lives in a fire
that swept busy commercial district at
the east end of the Morrison street
bridge spanning the Wilmette river in
Portland, Ore. Eleven persons were seri-
ously injured and were removed to hos
pitfalls or the nearby residences. while
others are reported missing. The prop
erty damage is about $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Looks for New Continent.

Hoping to discover a new continent, or
at. least large archipelago, Captain Ell
mar Nikkelsen, a Dane, is planning an
extern led arctic expedition under auspices
of the Royal Geographic Society, and ex-
poets 70 plant the American flag on the
newly found territory.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
SnN Rescue Mns PoSsihIe.

During the continuation of the Valen-
cha investigation in Seattle, Frank j.
Campbell and \. II. Hawkins, passen-
gers, maintained that there was no dis
ciplne on bC4rd the vessel after she
struck that her officers made no attempt
to prevent the passengers from crowding
in the boats, and that a life raft could
have been sent in to the Valencia as she
lay on the rocks the second day after the
accident occurred
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Heavy Damage Suit Against Hazers.

Damages to the extent of $4,000 are
asked by Charles j. Leaf, administrator
of the estate of Cecil f. Leaf, who has
filed suit against Carlton Sherwood and
other Hilliard High School boys, of Hill
lard, Ohio. He charges that on Nov. 8
last the defendant, in the high school
yard at billiard, rode young Leaf on a
rail and threw him to the ground, caus-
ing his death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Castro Bars All ForeirnerS

The AScania, on arriving at Port of
Spain from Laguayra, reports that Presi-
dent Castro orders that no foreigners be
allowed to land on Venezuelan soil.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
New York

I
NPW f0rk jObbing trade are of
------ very favorable character
aud more seasOnable weather has slim
ulated some lines of retail trade Ship
ments of finished products of manu-
facture are Of enormous volume and
mills are still pushed to fill orders pre-
viously booked. Railroad earning re-
turns indicate that January was the
most active month ever experienced by
the companies, gross receipts showing
a gain of 20 per cent over last year.
Reports as to winter wheat are salts
factory as a whole. Against these fa-
vorable features are to be cited the dis
quoting influences of predictions and
preparations for a general coal strike,
possibly involving 100000 men. 1t is,
also to be noted that the mild weather
has caused an accumulation of retail
stocks of heavy clothing, shoes and
kindred products and eliminated reOr-
der business from jobbing hands,
though western reports speak of pos
sible carried-Over stocks being quite
well reduced, considering weather con-
ditions.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending Feb. S num-
Der 2O4, against 22S last week, 207 in
the like week of 1905, POP in 1904, 217
in 1903 and 265 in 1902. In Canada
failures for the week number II, as
against % last week and 26 in this.
week a year -Bradsreets Com.
mercial Report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
FISH EGGS FOR ARGENTINA.
Government Experts Send 100000
of VrOnt for Andes Streams

of Trout for Andes Streams.
Supt. s. 2. Wires of the United States
fish hatchery in Duluth has shipped 1OO,-
600 Lake Superior trout eggs to the Ar
gentine Republic, where they will be
Matched and then planted in the waters
of the lakes and streams in the foothills
of the Andes. This is the second ship
ment, and the sending of Lake Superior
trout fry to that country has been dem
onstrated as successful. The consign-
ment sent to the Argentine a year ago
has fiourished, with a loss of only 4 per
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
HANGED FOR DOUBLE MURDER.
Minnesota Man Executed at st. Paul
for killing Mother and Son.

William Williams, % years old, was
hanged in ST. Paul for the murder of
John Keller, 1G years old, and Mrs. Kel-
Ter, the boys mother, on the night of
April u, 1905. Williams had formed an
attachment for the boy, whom he had
known two years. In a qaurrel Will
liams shot the boy and his mother The
boy died the next morning and the moth
er eight days later. Williams was found
guilty in June and was sentenced to be
hanged Aug. 8, but was granted a stay
of execution by the Supreme Court, which
later refused to grant new trial
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

The printing and binding plant of
VIM 4 Hammond, 152-15G Wayne
street. Detroit, was destroyed by fire. with
$4,000 loss. Twenty-Five girl employees
were forced to escape across bridge
leading to another building, with the
flalnes at their heels
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Two SIeeners JumD Track.

While running into st. Louis at forty
miles an hour two sleepers on Frisco
train took a siding, tore loose from the
train and crashed into Il box car loaded
with terra Gotta. The passengers were
hurled pell-mell but none was hurt be-
yond bruises. The car of terra Gotta, val
ued at $1,000. was demolished.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
WILLS \ CHEST PROTECTOR.
Eccentric Man Wills 100000 Worth
of Diamonds to CriDDIed Child.

" II IN 'II''II5'' To NIIPI'INVH N11I1tI'
Eva Marsh, the crippled 5-year-old
daughter of John Marsh of York, Wis,
has ju>t come into a fortune in a novel
manner. 1t was left her by an aged man,
known as James Yarnell, who lived in a
little hut on Marsh's land. Yarnell went
there several years ago, apparently poor
and friendless, and was always fond of
the little girl. Eva's parents supported
him. \ few hours before his death Var
nell presented Eva a chest protector, be-
tween the folds of which were sewed $780,
900 worth of diamonds. Beneath his cot
were found numerous expensive suits and
everything that goes to equip a society
man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
win Dodge 2-Cent Rate Law.

Passengers who ride in chair cars af-
ter the 2-cent railway fare law goes into
effect probably will have to pay at least
3 cents per mile for travelling in Ohio.
There also may be an extra charge for
baggage, and other little items are to be
tackled on, so that. law or no law, the
railroads will average 3 cents for every
mile
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Rnxers nestroy NIissinns-

4 dispatch from Annoy, China. confirms
the report of the destruction of the Eng
lish Presbyterian and Roman Catholic
missions at Changpu, thirty miles away.
by a mob described as having been COM
posed of Boxers. The damage amounts
TO $4,000 The American missions we're
Vninjured. Details are lacking.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
GROVE OWNS UP TO KIDNAPPING.
Letter Offering to Refund $21 900
of BOOTY Is Prodnced.

1'OOtS II HUtHuCtUs
Interest reached its height Tuesday in
the trial of Pat Grove, alleged kidnaper
of Eddie Cudahy in Omaha, when the
State sought to introduce a letter which
e. a. Cudahy, ST., testified to having re-
ceived from Rev. Father Murphy, Cath
Ollie priest of Vailia. The letter was an
alleged confession, signed by Pat Grove,
and the State sought to show by expert
witnesses that the signature was written
by Grove. The defense put forth strenu-
Gus objections and the jury was taken
from the court room while the objection
to the introduction of the letter was being
argued. The letter among other things
offered to return $4,000 to Mr.. Cudahy
if the case against Grove was permitted
to drop.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Governor of Alaska Quits.

President Roosevelt, has received and
accepted the resignation of John G.
Brady as Governor of Alaska. The resig-
nation was presented by Judge Peele of
New York. No announcement of the sue
ceSsor to GOV. Brady has been made.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

The sovereign grand lodge Of the indie
pendent Order Of Odd Fellows will meet
i'll Toronto next September. The eXecu-
tive committee has decided to appropriate
$4,000 for the entertainment of the dele
gates. Two thousand dollars will be set
aside for prizes for competition in degree
work
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

entries, has resigned as pastor Of st.
Johns Episcopal church in Deadwood,
s. D., and of Christ's church in Lead. He
has also sent to Bishop Hare at Sioux
Falls S. d., his resignation as minister
of the Episcopal church.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

In Columbus. Ohio, the House defeated
a bin to give women the right to vote at
local option elections by a vote Of 60 to
30. The galleries were filled with women
and when one of the members had fin
ished long speech in opposition to the
bill he was greeted with Kisses.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
st. Louis stabber n w.i,or

Jack the Stabber,' who for several
weeks had been terroriz.ag the women of
st. LoniS by his mysterious attacks, was
arrested. proved to be waiter, and con-
fesse1 that an uncomfortable impulse
prompted him to WELD his knife.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
NEW REVOLT IN DOMINGO.
Outbreak in Monte Cristi Believed
to BE i'm Favor of Jiminez.

Outbreak in Monte Cristi Believed
to Be i'm Favor of Jiminez.
A messenger who arrived at Cape Hal
ten. Hayti, from Monte Cristi, in the
northern part of the republic of Santo
Domingo, reports that a evolutionary
movement has broken out there. Gen.
Neney, at the head of numerous body
of troops, has attacked and captured he
town of Dajabon, on the frontier of
Hayti. Neney is a devoted partisan of
Gen. Jiminez, ex-president of Santo Do
mingO, and it is generally believed that
the movement is in favor of Jiminez and
that its object is to prevent the govern
ment from holding the approaching cleo
tions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Fire wipes ont n Town.

Nearly every business house was de-
stroyed, about 500 of the 1900 inhabit-
ants were left without homes and finan-
cial loss of more than 100000 was sus-
tanned by a fire in Littleton, an oil town
in West Virginia.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

nails that the rea-
son j. f. Markets
contract to estab-
lish a C o m pl e t e
commissary on the
isthmus had been
Cancelled was be-
cause Chief En-
gineer Stevens had
declared that Mr..
Markell would make
$1,000,0OO a year
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Unemployed of London March.

There was another march of the "un-
employed" through the streets of London
the other day. with the object of Impress
ing the new government and parliament.
but the demonstration fell fiat. The pro-
ceSSion was hardly half the length of
previous ones.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
separation of Races uIc.oI

The Kansas Supreme Court has decid-
ed thai in the absence of a State statute
granting such power, boards of education
in cities of the second class have no right
to separate negro children from whites in
the p'th'ic schools
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Navigation Record Is Beaten.

The steamer Bon Ami of Chicago
cleared from Duluth for Chicago Friday,
marking the last trip for the record sea-
son of navigation on Lake Superior.
which has lasted since March 80 of last
year. The Bon Ami will return to Two
Harbors to tie up. 1t is expected that
she will be in commission again in six
weeks
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

Grain stocks at the head of the lakes
now amount to about 17.75O.OOO. THIS
includes 100000 bushels of grain in
Duluth-Superior harbors. The total ele-
vator capacity is about one-half occupied.
The bulk of the wheat in store is in store
in elevators on the Duluth side.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Open Trans-Andine Road.

The first section of the Trans-Andiue
railway was inaugurated Monday. The
line reaches to the foot of the Andes.
where the tunnel begins. The line will
shorten the time from Santiago, Chilli. to
Buenos Ayres by six hours.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
OIL InnuirN ON in Io.vn.

Attorney General IIadley of Missouri
arrived in Des Moines the other day to
take dispositions in regard to alleged I'M
fair competition in the sale of oil by the
Standard Oil Company in Iowa. Deputy
Attorney General Rush Lake will assist
him
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

W ere Littlefield,
NJ c C a Il, Perkins,
Sibley. Southwick,
V re e | a n d a n d
Weeks.
Following NJ r .
Cochran's address
and the speeches
of Messrs. Mann
and Hepburn, the
House spent until
Z o'clock Wednes-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

Tomo SABBATH and Gero Buvoich, i'm
prisoned in the App mine at Quartz CAL,
by 4 cave-in, were rescued after having
been in the tunnel without food for more
than 100 hours. There was plenty of
water at hand, and they did not suffer
from thirst. They were extremely weak
when rescued, but otherwise were in good
condition
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Major John Thomas Dies.

Major John Thomas, president of the
Nashville. Chattanooga and ST. Louis
railroad, died at his home in Nashville.
at the age of 76 years. He was native
of Nashville. Heart disease was the
cauSe of death
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
FntaI ENnIosion of nNnnmitn.

One man was killed. three fatally and
four seriously injured in a dynamite ex-
p!oSion in the Illinois Steel works in
South Chicago. An excavation at the foot
of Eghty-third street was the scene. A
defective blast is blamed for the mishap.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Carnegie Gift Anglers Bryan.

William ]. Bryan. in resigning as a
trustee of Illinois college of Jacksonville
because Carnegie is asked for money, says
the plutocrats are trying to throttle
economic truth" with gifts
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
s135.OOO Fire i'm New YorL

Harrington & Whitney, importers and
spice grinders, occupying a fve-story
brick building at Greenwich and North
Moore streets, New York, were burned
out. The loss was estimated at $135, 1000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

Four persons were shot and many 9th.
ers inniIed in a church riot over the new
system of control in the Chicago Roman
Catholic archdiocese.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Follows Countess, Nov.

Mrs. Irene Goodwin Foye. a New York
society belle and a bridesmaid at the
wedding of Anna Gould to Count Boni de
Castellane, has arrived in Lima, Ohio. to
prepare for the bringing of a suit for
divorce from her husband.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
pynamite in Pocket Is Fatal

Edward ". Dutton, 81 years of age. a
farmer of Rheaton, Va. died as the re-
suit of the explosion of dynamite caps
which he carried in pocket. The explo-
sion of the caps was sympathetic with
the premature explosion of blast which
button was tapping.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
s2n.0O0 stntue nf Emnrsnn-

Announcement is made that statue
vii be erected to Ralph Waldo Emerson
at Concord, the town where he lived and
died. Daniel c. French, in his earlier
years a friend and neighbor of Emerson.
has been selected as the sculptor The
memorial will cost about $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

The reforms proposed by the Keep
commission for the conduct of the
government printing office have been
approved in the main by presidential
orders. Each department is to APP
point a committee ON printing to see
that unnecessary matter is excluded
from all reports. The commission
finds that the printing bill is $4,000
600 a year and that the unit cost of
work is too high.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Scnnte Pnsses Shin snhsih,, Ri

The ship subsidy bill has been passed
by the Senate by vote of IS to ~. all
favoring the measure being Republicans.
Preceding the ballot the bill was attack
ed vigorously by its opponents.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
RoosereIt Pnrdons n ..Nrihar,,

Midshipman Minor Meriwether, Jr, of
Louisiana, member of the third class of
the Annapolis naval academy, convicted
and sentenced to dismissal for hazing,
has been pardoned by the President.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

The residence of Louis \. SeintxEeimer.
Walnut Hill, Cincinnati. was robbed by
burglars who backed a wagon against the
curling of the sidewalk and carried away
So. 800 worth of silverware and other val
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

Senator Burton of Kansas, who had
remained away from the Senate from
the time of his indictment nearly two
years ago, complied with the techni-
cal requirement in order to secure the
$1,000 due Senators from mileage by
stepping within the chamber for
moment from the cloakroom the other
day, thus enabling the journal clerk
IT, certify that the Kansas Senator
had been present. The amount for
mileage is $1,000, which Mr. Burton
afterUard drew.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

A detailed report of the affairs of the
Tennent Shoe Company of St. Louis
shows that in addition 70 the losses of
the creditors the preferred stockholders,
numbering forty persons, will lose their
entire investment, about 100000 The
report also shows that the company has
carried on its books fictitious assets
amounting to $6l7, 446.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Paul laurence Dunbar Dies

Paul Laurence Dunbar. negro poet and
singer Of the folk songs of his race, died
Of consumption at his home in Dayton.
Ohio, after Ion. illness.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

An embarrassing breach of rules re-
suited when Senator Warren of Wyo
ming escorted President Roosevelt's
two sisters, Mrs. Cowles and Mrs
Robinson, and two gentlemen into
the private lobby just back of the
hall of the house during the session
the other day. This lobby is so sacred
ly reserved for members that the
rules forbid the Speaker to entertain
a motion to admit others. Assistant
Doorkeeper Kennedy, with apologies,
escorted them hurriedly beyond the
dead line and t :, place in the gallery
reserved for the president and his
friends.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

Chief Engineer Stevens of the Canal
Commission was summoned before the
Senate committee on interoceanic ca
nails and asked to give his views on
the kind of canal to be constructed.
Cir. Stevens gave his unqualified pref
erence for lock canal because Of the
shorter time required for construction
and the less cost Of the work He
said it could be built for $147;0O0,OOO
and be open to traffic in eight years or
sooner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Found Not Guilty of Murder

In Marietta, Ohio, a verdict of not
guilty was brought in in the trial of Ed
gar Uhl on a charge of numbering his
father last June.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Convicted MiniStre Resigns.

Rev. George G. Ware, who recently
was convicted in the United States Dis
trict Court at Omaha of conspiracy 10
sefraud the government by illegal land
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
Fire Races Girls school

Fire destroyed the Frances Schimer
school at Mount Carroll, III. Over 200
girls attend the school. Panic and great
excitement attended the fire.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

Director North of the census bureau
said he was tired Of criticism by cotton
growers of the South directed against his
cotton reports. He hoped Congress would
relieve him of further work on clifton
statistics.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20

The Senate Wednesday passed the ship
subsidy bill by a vote of So to %. All
the votes for the bill were by Republi-
cans, and five members of this party join
ed with the Democrats in opposition. The
statehood bill was made unfinished bust
ness. The House passed the Notifications
appropriation bill, which carries 100000
to be divided between the Philippines and
Hawaii out of total of $4,3S3,9 1913. No
changes were made in the measure, all
amendments being voted down. The dis
cussion preceding the vote developed into
a partisan debate on the policy to be pur-
sued with regard to the future of the
islands.