Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-16

lie oenale Dill on the same SUD-
ject was not confined to railroads.
but covered all forms of common
carriers. AS passed the bill is ex-
pected to meet the objections of
the United States Supreme Court to
the common carrier liability law of
1896, declared to be unconstitutional
by the court.
The Russian government has been
put in possession of the views of the
American State Department regard
ing that portion of Hardin, Man.
churia, controlled by the Chinese
Western Company and brought into
question by the attitude of American
Consul General Fisher in maintain
ing that he is accredited exclusively
to China and consequently is un-
able to recognize any other authority
in Hardin. These views, which have
been embodied in a note prepared
by Secretary Root, make it clear
that the attitude which Mr.. Fisher
has maintained is entirely consistent
with and not prejudicial to the re-
lations which exist between China
and the railroad company.
Application has been made to have
the fruit trust placed on the Govern
ments blacklist. Senator Johnston
of Alabama wants this corporation
investigated by the Department of
Commerce and Labor, in the belief
that its investigation will form the
basis of governmental procedure
which will break up this monopoly.
According to the Senator, the fruit
trust practically controls the entire
importation of tropical fruits into
the United States, fixes prices and
destroys competition. If his con-
tentions are correct, and can be le-
gally established, this trust, hereto
fore rarely mentioned, will have to
be placed among the bad trusts"
which are condemned by the Presi-
dent.
James ]. Hill, chairman of the
board of directors of the Great Nor
thern railroad, will make one of the
leading addresses at the White House
conference of Governors in May on
the conservation of natural re-
sources. His subject will be "Rela-
ton Between Rail and Water Trans
portation."
Others who will speak are Grover
Cleveland, William Jennings Bryan,
John Mitchell and Andrew Carne-
gle.
Friends of the 320-acre dry-farm
homestead bill are quite hopeful Of
having their pet measure enacted
into law before the adjournment of
the present session of Congress. For
a time the bill was in a rather pre-
carious position, but recent events
have altered the situation, and the
present outlook is quite favorable.
In one of the shortest messages
which he has yet transmitted to
Congress, President Roosevelt last
week called the attention of that
body to the necessity for further
legislation on the subject of anarchy.
With the message he transmitted a
report reviewing the legal phases of
the question by Attorney General
Bonaparte.
The Senate committee on Indian
affairs has authorized favorable re-
port on bill providing for the
sale and disposition of surplus unal-
lotted agricultural lands of the Spo-
kane Indian Reservation, State of
Washington, and for the placing of
the timber lands of the reservation
in a National forest.
The bill recently passed by Con-
gress and signed by the President,
authorizing the Grays Harbor & Co
lumbia River Railroad Company to
build across Three-Tree Point mill
tary reservation, near the mouth Of
the Columbia river, has been favor
ably recommended by the War De-
partment.
Investigation of the navy yards
at Charleston, Port Royal, Maryland,
Portsmouth, n. H., New Orleans and
Key West by commission appointed
by the President with a view to their
abandonment, was urged by Repre-
sentative Lilley of Connecticut be-
fore the House on Friday.
Senator Ankeny Of Washington
has requested the President to send
a warship to Aberdeen, Wash, when
tho battleshiD feet goes north,