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PLAINS LINE
BUYS LAND
BECOMES OWNER OF PROPERTY
OF COUNTRY CLUB ADJOIN-
ING CENTENNIAL.
viii Be Converted Into Public Amuse-
ment Park, Plans Of Country Club
Having Been Changed to Certain
Extent-Annual Meeting of Lara
mic n Routt County Company.

The Laramie Plains Development
company, owning the lands upon which
are situated the unfinished buildings
of the Centennial Country club at Cen
~tennial, has sold its holdings there to
the Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific
Railway company, thus somewhat
changing the plans of the Country club.
The grounds will now be thrown open
to the public as a public pleasure re-
sort. 1t is not likely that the Coun'
try club house will be finished for the
present, as the company has other bus
mess demanding its attention, and the
grounds will be put in shape TO be
used during the coming season for
camping, picnics and other purposes.
The amount of the consideration was
not stated. The Country club is com
posed of a number of wealthy eastern
gentlemen, who started the erection
of a modern club house, but the plans
of the party were changed somewhat
by unforeseen circumstances.
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PUBLIC BONFIRE.
Several Hundred Dollars Worth of
Gambling ParaphernaIia Burned.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 14.-In accord
ance with an agreement with the de,
PENDANTS in t~hirty-two informations
charging violation of the anti-gambling
law, Prosecuting Attorney Watts last
evening, in the presence of a large
crowd, burned about $4,000 worth of
gambling paraphernalia, including rou-
lette wheels, faro tables, boxes, cases.
etc. The agreement was reached in
the afternoon, Prosecutor Watts with
drawing all charges against the de-
PENDANTS in gambling informations
upon their promise to not again vic
late the gambling law and 10 imme-
diately deliver to him all gambling
paraphernalia in their possession.
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Devastation in Merchandise Car.

An Oregon Railway and Navigation
company car, started from Chicago
loaded with merchandise for Oregon
and other western points, was recetv-
ed here this morning in bad order"
by Agent Cady. 1t was found that 1t
had been occupied on the westward
trim by one or more ~trespassers, WHO
had done severa! hundred dollars
worth of damage to its contents. A
roll of fine rugs was spread upon the
floor of the car for a bed, boxes and
cases had been broken open, including
a case of Lowney's chocolates, n of
the finest CONNECTIONS made. and other
serious damage done. A case contain
ing muslin ready made goods for wo-
men had been broken open and the
garments born into bits and malicious
ly used and befouled. The tramp or
tramps had probably been sealed in
the car, and after riding westward AS
far as they chose, succeeded in break
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New York, Jan. 14.-The direct case
of the people against Thaw is finished,
and today the defense began its eff
forts to show hat Thaw was not men
tally responsible when he shot White.
Will Rely on Plea.
That Thaw's attorneys will rest
their case on insanity was plainly
shown in the opening address of Mr..
Littleton yesterday. He promised to
show that Thaw had been insane since
his youth and that insanity ran in the
families of both his mother and father.
Family Physician Called.
DR.. John T. Deemar, the Thaw fam
lily physician, was the first witness
called today. Other physicians who
attended the insane members of the de.
PENDANTS family were called, but, in,
voldng the rule of the confidential re-
lations between a doctor and his pa
tient, Jerome succeeded in blocking
some Of the intended testimony.
Former Teacher Testifies.
One witness was a former teacher OF
Thaw at Wooster university, who de-
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Of DEFENSE
To PR0VET HAW INSANE
clared that boys conduct so long ago
as 1886 was irrational.
Chief Clerk Found Dead.

Denver, Colo, Jan. 14.-William OF
to Shirley, chief clerk and deputy un.
der Sheriff Alexander Nisbit, wa
found dead in a room at his home this
morning by his two young sons. He
had been shot in the breast. The po-
lice believe he was shot by his former
housekeeper, Miss Beatrice Gordon,
who had just left his employ.
Housekeeper Arrested.
Learning that she had left for La
fayette this morning, an automobile
was secured and she was arrested as
the train reached Lafayette.
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President Ready to Act.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 14.-In trans.
hitting to the senate today the report
of Governor Magoon on the conditions
in Cuba, the president said: 81 am
glad to be able to say that We can now
definitely announce that by or before
February l, 1909, we shall have turn,
ed the island over to the president
and congress to be elected next De
cember by the people of Cuba. Our
word to turn oven the island will be
s~crupulously regarded.
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ELSON WINS.
Proves Master of Jack Clifford in On.
den Fight Last Night.

Ogden, Utah, Jan. 14.-Jack Cliff
ford Of Grass Valley, Cal. was outclass
ed here. last night by Battling Nelson.
The Californian was game and willing.
but never for a minute had a chance
to win. Once or twice Clifford landed
hard on Nelson's face and body, but
the blows did not seem to phaze the
Dane and he only sailed in the hard
er whenever stung.
Clifford lasted five rounds, about
three rounds of which was indulgence
on Nelson's part. A right swing
square in the point of the jaw ended
the fight in the fifth, Clifford being
out for several times ten seconds.
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SHE WANTS
Philadelphia Girl Who Is Matrimonial
Iy EntangIed Seeks Relief.

Rome, Jan. 1.-THE news that Miss
Helen E Maloney has begun suit for
the annulment of her marriage to Ar,
thur H. Osborn is causing comment
at the Vatican. Her marriage with
Osborne is considered valid, so that
annulment before the ecclesiastical au.
thorities could only be possible If Os'
born was proved not to be a Christian
or by the special grace of the pope II
1t were proved that the marriage had
not been contaminated.
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Mail Clerks Promoted.

Four Cheyenne citizens, c. S. Ather-
ly, c. A. DuBuissin, J.. NJ. King and
John w. Baker in the employ of the
United States mail service, and work
ing on trains between Omaha and Og.
den, have received a promotion, and
their salaries have been increased
from 5000 to $1,000 per annum. Mr..
Atherly is the nephew of Hon ]. S.
Atherly Of this city.
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Going to Kansas City.

C. w. Berry, superintendent of the
Union Pacific tie preserving plant here
N secretary of the Wood Preservers'
association, will leave shortly for Kan
sas City, where the annual convention
of the association will be held on the
goth. The association is composed of
officials of the leading wood preserv-
ing plants in the country and its meet
ings are quite interesting to the rail-
roads whose timbers must be treated
to preserve their usefulness.
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John Lewis, stable boss of Union
Pacific Coal company mine No. 2, at
Rock Springs, is almost totally blind
from the effects of the kick of a mule.
While working in the mine Lewis was
kicked by one of the mules used in
hauling coal and one of his eyes was
entirely ruined and the other badly
injured. 1t is possible he may be abba
hereafter to see imperfectly with the
least injured eye.
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AN AWFUL HOLOCAUST
FOLLOWS FIRE PANIC

and fought with the women and chill.
dren, who composed the greater part
of the audience, to gain the street.
Weaker ones were brushed aside and
in the mad scramble were trampled to
death on the s~tairways.
Killed by Jumping From Windows.
Scores of persons on the second
floor risked their lives by jumping
from the windows, and several were
killed in this way.
Many Homes Saddened.
Boyertown is a town of about $500
people and there is scarcely a home
in the place not afflicted by the dis
aster. The entertainment being given
was an amateur performance, THE
Scottish Reformation" for the benefit
of st. Johns Lutheran Sunday school.
Many on the Stage.
When the explosion occurred there
were at least thirty boys and girls on
the stage and more behind the scenes.
The flames first consumed the scenery.
Then they spread through the house
like a great wave, and the suffocating
smoke dropped men, women and chill
dren in the path of the flames and
then burned the bodies.
Men Helped Disaster.
Had the men all remained cool, the
loss of life would have been small.
The fire was not brought under con-
troll until early this morning. Assist
ance came from Reading and Potts
town.
Rescue Is Hazardous.
About fifty members of the state
constabulary came over from Reading
today. The work of removing bodies
from the debris will be tedious and
hazardous.
Floor Gave Way.
When the Idsh was at its height the
floor of the opera house gave way, pre-
cipitating many persons to the base
ment. These bodies are buried be
meath the charred timbers and brick
from the walls.
Other Fire Losses.
In addition to the opera house, the
Farmers National bank, a store and
several dwellings were burned. Loss,
$4,000.
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Walsh Makes Bitter Attack.

Helena, Mont, Jan. 1.-THE first
days session of the annual convention
of the National Wool Growers asso-
citation was characterized by a bitter
address against the government reg
ulation of the public range by Thomas
]. Walsh, a Helena stockman and law
yer, and later a democratic candidate
for congress, who criticised especially
the action of the administration in
putting in effect what is known Is the
license system of grazing on the forest
reserves.
Largest Attendance.
The attendance at the convention is
the greatest in the history of the asso-
citation. After the invocation, formal
addresses of welcome were made by
Governor Toole and Acting Mayor
Lindsay, Frank ]. Haigenbarth of
Idaho responding. The usual commit
e were appointed.
Or. Wilson Speaks.
Then followed the annual address
by Vice President Wilson of Douglas,
Wyo., who congratulated the associa-
ton upon its prosperous past and
bright future.
Walsh Makes Charges.
Walsh then addressed the conven-
ton. He asserted that efforts were
making to befog the public mind on
the real issues and held that the policy
of forest preservation was not at
stake.
People Know Better.
He said the people of the west had
gratefully accepted Roosevelt's minis
trations. but he felt that they knew
better what is for their own good than
does he or any departmental clerk.
PaternaIism Gone Mad.
He asserted that it was paternalism
gone mao to charge that the cattle
men did not know their own interests.
The session closed with an address
by Governor Brooks of Wyoming on
THE Open Range"
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SCOTS the Divorce Theory. {

Q Paris, Jan. 14.-W. H. Leavitt, c
9 son-in-law of William J.. Bryan, G
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FISK TO Be NAMED
At SAN FRANCISCO
APPOINTMENT AS POSTMASTER
TO FOLLOW MEETING OF THE
CABINET AT WASHINGTON.
Announcement Made by Postmaster
General Meyer, Charges Against
Applicant Having Been Disposed
of-MondeII Secures Passage OF
Bill for Second Homestead Entries

Washington, D. c., Jan. 14.-Post-
master General Meyer announced after
the cabinent meeting today that it had
been decided to reappoint Postmaster
Fisk at San Francisco. Charges had
been filed against Fisk and Heyer. 1t
vas said that the appointment would
not be confirmed by the senate until
the charges had been disposed of.
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Davlioht Revealed Awful Fate.

Daylight Revealed Awful Fate.
Boyertown, Pa, Jan. 14.-When day
light dawned the full extent of last
nights fire, when the Rhoades opera
house was burned, was fully apparent.
The list of the dead is placed at $50,
and the injured seventy-five. The ex-
act number of killed may v be
known, for among the victims were
some strangers who may have had no
relatives to race their fate.
Four Hundred Gathered.
1t is estimated that there we're 400
persons in the playhouse when a gas
tank being used in connection with a
picture exhibition exploded, Instantly
someone yelled fire" and in a moment
the center of the opera house was a
blazing furnace.
Coal Oil Lamps Upset.
The rapid spread of the flames was
caused by the upsetting of the coal oil
lamps used as footlights by persons
on the stage, who e~ndeavored to allay
the fears of the frightened children
and quiet the audience.
Men Became Frantic.
Even men lost control of themselves
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Are Goinq to the Coast.

Will Thomas, superintendent of the
Laramie stock yards, who has been
i'll for several weeks, and who is just
now getting strong enough to sit up a
part Of the day, and Mrs. Thomas will
leave shortly for the coast for a visit
of several months, as soon as Mr.
Thomas is able to withstand the ia,
of the journey.
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Washington, D. c.. Jan. 14.-Repre-
sentative F. w. Mondell of Wyoming
secured passage in the house of his bill
providing that second homestead en-
tries may be made by persons who
from any cause have lost their prior
entry, provided that the provisions of
the act will not apply to persons whose
former entries were cancelled for
fraud, or relinquished for a valuable
consideration. A similar bill has been
reported from the senate public lands
committee.
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Wants Paw for Box.

In the district court at Ogden Fri
day, c. NJ. Beason instituted an action
against the Union Pacific Railroad
company for $1,000, which he claims to
be the value of a box lost between
Denver and Ogden. The box con-
household goods of value, and
the plaintiff says it was delivered to
the company at Denver october %
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FOUND
of Apartment House at Kan
sas City Killed in Bed.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 14.-Sid Hern.
don, proprietor of the Navarro apart
ment building, Twelfth street n Bal
timore avenue, was found murdered
in his room in the building yesterday
morning at IL: so. His head was crush
ed with a hammer, which was found
near the body.
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A daughter was born last night to
Conductor and Mrs. G. B. Smith, and
the attending physician reports that
both mother and babe are doing nicely.
MIR Smith will be able to keep his
train on the track If added response
bility adds weight and holds the a
down.
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CREAMERY TRUSTEES
HOLDING MEETING.

A meeting of the board of trustees
of the Wyoming Creamery company is
being held at the office of w. II. Holli.
day this afternoon. the members OF
the board present being C. E. Randall
of Boulder, Colo, N. E. Corthell, w. H
Holiday, James NJ. Christensen and
Fred ]. 1hmsen, with w. A. S~terzbach
as manager of the company. A new
board of trustees will be elected. IT
is believed no changes will be made in
the present board. The affairs of the
company are in excellent condition
with a bright prospect ahead for the
creamery.
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destinations Accepted.
German Charge Against Roosevelt.

Berlin, Germany, Jan. 14.-In the
course of his Interpolation in the
reichstag today, in reference to the
nigh rate of discount charged by the
Imperial bank, Count Won Kanitze, a
conservative, suggested that President
R~oosevelt's threats against the trusts
was responsible for the critical fnan-
cial situation existing today through
out the entire world.
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KILLED.
Tie Chopper at Carbon Timber Com
pany's Camp Meets Death.

Rawlins, Wyo., Jan. 14.-An order
from the Carbon Timber company for
the delivery of a coffin at n of ia
tie camps far back in the mountains,
is accompanied by the information
that a tie chopper was accidentally
killed.
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pose of their coal properties by May l
next, have submitted to the attorney
general a proposition looking to a
postponement of the date of enforce
ment of the law, on account of the
recent financial disturbance.
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GETTING OUT COAL
FOR OWN CONSUMPTION.

Y. L. Patched, secretary of the Citi-
Goa company returned yester-
u.y afternoon from the vogelsang
mihes, which are being operated by the
npany' bringing word that work is
osressins satisfactorily, the company
~" getting out coal for its own on
sumption and for a few demands in
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HOUSTON APPOINTED
AS COUNTY ASSESSOR.

c. l.. Houston was today appointed
county assessor for the year 1908.
There were several applicants. The
for next year will be elected
at the election to be held on the first
Tuesday in November next. Mr.. Hous-
ton has heretofore held the Office and
made an excellent officer. His APP
pointment is effective at once.
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Burglars Visit Artists Home.

New York, Jan. 14.-When the care
taker visited the residence of Frede.
rick Pinney Earle, the artist, at Mon
roe, Orange county, yesterday, he dis
covered that burglars had paid the
place a visit, stealing or running pic
lures, china, rugs and bric-a-brac val
eud more than $25, 900.
Owner in Italy.
Earle left three months ago for Italy,
following domestic complications
which gained wide publicity.
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COMPLETES CHECKING
OF COUNTY OFFICES.

The board of county commissioners
this afternoon completed the checking
of the county ~treasurer's, county
clerks and sherif's offices and adj
journed, the jury commission having
also completed its work.
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Proudfit Appointed.

Washington, d. c., Jan, 14.-Samuel
V. Proudht of Iowa. first assistant at
torney in the office of the interior de
partment, has been appointed assistant
commissioner of the general land Of
flee.
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The Northwestern railroad system.
of 10000 miles, has gone dry" Forty
thousand employees of the road nave
Sworn off, The last night of 1907.
10000 Of the employees of the Chicago
and Northwestern railroad, reaching
from the Great Lakes to the Rocky
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the immediate neighborhood of the
mines. The condition Of the shaft is
good and the prospect for a merchant
able quantity of coal is growing bright
er daily.
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TO TEACH
FORESTRY
PLAN To BE URGED UPON CON.
GREss FOR BENEFICIAL EF-
Feet To ENTIRE WEST.
Davis Bill R~edrafted and Will Ask for
Endowment of Twenty-Five Hun.
dred Dollars for Department OF
Forestry in Agricultural Colleges
of the Country.

In Forestry and Irrigation" for jan
uary, 1908, published at Washington
by the American Forestry association,
and IN its editorial department, the ed
ltor, Thomas Elmer Will, under the
caption, Funds for Teaching Fores.
Try" has the following:
Mr.. WilIs Editorial.
A plan to be urged upon congress
at the present session is very conf
mendable in its promise of beneficial
eject. 1t is to secure instruction in
forestry in the state agricultural col
reyes throughout the union, and expert
ments in forestry to be made by the
state experiment stations. The pro-
posal is to add to the Morrill, and
Hatch funds. by which the colleges
and stations are endowed, $1,000 for
each OF these purposes-so much for
forestry instruction to students, and
Ine same amount for research, making
a total of $4,000.
Davis Bill Redrafted.
The Davis bill, aiming at this end
IN a previous congress, has been re-
uraited, and it is to be hoped that it
VIII receive earnest support from the
country. The income derived from the
national forests has been used for sew.
eral years to put the United States for
est service on a good footing. At its
,aSt session congress directed that thu,
income should no longer be used for
tnls purpose, but covered into the
treasury. What could be more appro-
pirate than to use a portion of it for
auulng to the peoples knowledge Of
methods of preserving and economic.
ihs the woodland which they
possess outside the national forests?
rour-hfths of the woods of the coun
uy are in private hands, and a large
snare Oh these are in the shape of farm
woodlots. The farmers, at their col
.eses' should be taught to improve
tneir timber crop as well as other
crops"
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H0N0RS FOR
LARAM|E|TE
STEPHEN DOWNEY GIVEN SEC.
oND PLACE IN CONTEST OF
FOUR AT HAMILTON CLUB.
Chosen From Representatives of Ten
Universities and Crowded Recip-
lent for First Honors-Student of
University and Native of This
City-Now Studying Law.

Stephen Downey of this city, son of
Mrs. Eva Downey, who is now Il stu
dent in the law department of the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor,
has won additional honors in an ora
torical way, taking second place in a
group of our young men representing
the best among the speakers of ten
universities. The place accorded him
carries with it, beside the great honor,
a prize of $50.
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Diamondville, Wyo, Jan. l4.-M-s.
Maggie Dickson, wife of n of the
most prominent citizens of this place,
has been sen to the state insane asy-
lum. She is hopelessly insane.
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JAPANESE POLITICAL AFFAIRS
REACHING CONDITION WHERE
THE GOVERNMENT MAY
HAVE TO ACT.
designations of Ministers of Finance
n Correspondence Accepted Fol-
lowing Conference of Ministers
German Conservative in Reichstag
Charges President of United States
With Having Caused Crisis.

Toxic, Japan, Jan. 14.-A cabinet
crisis is imminent. After a conference
of the ministers this morning, Marquis
S%aionji, the prime minister, visited the
emperor at the palace, and this after
noon his visit was followed quickly by
one from Prince Ito.
designations Accepted.
Later it was announced that Yoshiro
Sakatiani, the minister of finance, and
lisa Buro Yamagate, the minister of
communications, had resigned and
their designations had been accepted
Minister Not Permitted.
The resignation of S~aionji, the prime
minister, was presented to the EN-
perOr, but it was refused. Differences
over the budget, it is said, led to the
trouble.
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Wife Murderer HANGED.

Deming, N. M, Jan. 14.-Martin Am
ador was hanged in the county jail
here yesterday for the murder of his
common-law wife. Sheriff Don John
son sprung the trap.
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Sir Thomas Upton Has Not TAX {
en- UP Matter of Yacht Race. {

, New York, Jan. 1.-THE Asso- {
. ciated Press today received a ca c
. blegram from Sir Thomas Upton, c
, dated at Salve Island, Ceylon, say c
, ing that he has pot yet challeng~ {
, ed for a yacht race, and adding {
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THEKTER IN SMALL TOWN IN
PENNSYLVANIA SCENE OF
FEARFUL TRAGEDY LATE
LAST EVENING.

one Hundred and Fifty Killed and
Seventy-five Injured by Burning
of Rhoades Opera House at Boyer
town, Pennsylvania = Amateur
Performance for Benefit of Luth-
eran Church in Progress at Time.
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STATES DIRECT HEARING FINISH
ED AND COUNSEL FOR ACCUS-
ED MAN NOW TAKING
EVIDENCE.

Promises to Show That Thaw Had
Been Insane Since Youth and That
Insanity Ran in Families of Both
Father and Mother-Woman Ar.
rested for Murder Of Her Employ.
err at Denver Last Evening.
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Ask for Extension Of lime.

Washington, D. c.. Jan. 1.-THE
coal carrying railroads who are re-
quired under an act of congress to dis