Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-18


, serve upon committee may lead t
sharp criticism of Mr.. Clark. In an
event 1t is believed those Democrat
, who remained away from caucus O
: who walked out will not be bound b
i caucus decision and will accept at tn
hands of the speaker such committe
appointments as he may give them
The general impression is no furthe
attempt will be made at the presen
time to revise the rules.
The reading of the presidents mes
sage in regard to tariff revision ant
the consideration Of any nomination.
which may be sent in are the onl,
business to come before the senate to
day. 1t adjourned half an hour OF
50 after 1t met
The insurgents. with a united De
mocracy. were able to vote down the
previous question for the adoption OF
the rules of the fifth congress, and
adopted a resolution for compromise
rules. the gist OF the new rules bsins
as follows:
First-It establishes a calendar
for unanimous consent its effect be
Ing to enable a member to have he
proposition brought before the house
without going to the speaker for rec
ognition.
Second-When the consideration of
bill is concluded and the previous
question orders the rules heretofore
provided that motion to commit with
or without instructions was necessary.
The new rule gives the minority tho
preference in making such motion.
Third-lt protects the calendlr on
Wednesday. requiring two.thirds IN.
stead OF a majority vote to set II
aside.
Fourth-lt claimed that these win
prevent favoTitism by any action of
the committee on rules in special
cases.
CHICAGO, Mar. 16.-The Record.
Herald today In special dispatch
from Washington prints what purports
~ Pcsip'Niy hioWu DTUNlSlOUS OF
the tariff bill. 1t says in part: mo
tax will be imposed on coffee. Lum-
ber will be reduced from So to 81 per
thousand. There will be free hides
and lower schedules on shoes and
leather goods. Steel will be material.
ly reduced. The duties on sugar will
be undisturbed, but concessions will
be granted Cuba and the Philippines.
Wool schedule will be aimed at the
amount of secured wool In fleece.
This will permit cheaper grades of
wool to get in less duty. Woolens
win be slightly reduced. Iron ore
VIII be reduced and pig iron will be
cut down. Fluor spar, component
of steel manufacture, will be taxed at
SO ton"
NEW YORK. Mar. 15.-Dr. LYMAN
Abbott says that the ideal woman
must not change her styles at the
dictation OF Paris. nor should she al.
low herself to become servant of the
milliner or dressmaker. In an ad-
dress last night at Central Congrega.
tiona1 church in Brooklyn, he said |
"A womans idea of modern industry
is playing bridge whist morning and |
night. Her idea of modern life Is TO |
be supported by some one else. The
ideal woman does not consider work |
She believes whatever |
h,tc
II the ideal woman's family finds fault |
with her cooking. she does not blame
the cooking. She blames the food
and changes 1t. Woman is meant
to be mans companion and II the iden
is properly carried out there would
be no afiinities."
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Mar. 15.--In the
presence OF hundred Sunday diners
at the Palper cafe yesterday. John
Posey) Ryan shot and instantly kill.
ed his wife, Mary z. Ryan, and her
daughter, Mrs. Nellie Behan. wife Of
f. w. Behan.
The shooting was done so quickly
that the nearest Of the horrifled spec.
tators did not have time to rise from
their chairs and both OF the women
were shot In the head, and were head
before their bodies reached the floor.
Calmly replacing his smoking revolver
in side pocket. Ryan started to walk
from the cafe. but was confronted by
Policeman Havens, and submitted tc
arrest without resistance. He refused
TO make statement. The bodies OF
the dead women are in the custody OF
the coroner. Mrs. Ryan began suit
for divorce last Friday. which madden
ed Ryan.
ST PETERSBURG. Mar, 15.--A dis
patch to Novoe Vremya from Julia,
on the frontier between Persia and
Russia. says that 1000 Persian govern
ment horsemen and 500 infantrymen
marching on Julia and the devastated
villages in their paths. shooting down
people. Already villages. four of them
Inhabited by Russian subjects, have
been pillaged and burned. The troops
ruthlessly are killing the fleeing peas
ants. Many women carrying their