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Show mm" ",r Utah Weather Forecast TM Morning Examiner rare I uboerlbora on th four roiatos going out of Ogdon M PP ach morning than Don't forgot thlo. lt combinod. as a PP" speaks for tho Eaamlnor wfcolo with a circulation In tho In each precinct. and country ' NQo ID-- VOLo (RECEIVES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES) CGDEN 55 SATURDAY MORNING. CITY, UTAH. FINDS FAULT WITH REPORT. REPORT HEPBURN BILL the house. Objection waa made to recording Senator Cullora on any amendments that had not been sub- of from Washington. Feb. 23 By a voir Inter-ant- e to I the ornate committee on commerce today agreed to report the Hepburn rate bill without reamendment, bat the resolution torted to tho member of the commitof action concerning tee freedom amendments offered In the ecnata. By a tote of 8 to I Republican. Senator Tillman, a Democrat, waa given the honor of reporting the bill. Thle e precedent in that a Republican tenata committee bae given to a Democrat the honor of reporting a bill enpawed by a Republican house andSendorsed by a Republican president. ators Oullom aid Carmack were and tbelr votra were recorded only on the. main proposition. The Resolution Adopted. The reeolntion follow: "Resolved, That the interstate committee report favorably house bill No. IS, 987 as It psaed the house of representative, it being understood that members of the committee have a right to vote a they or to offer choose on amendment! amendments In the senate on consideration of the hill. Senator Dolliver allowed the first part of the reeolntion and Senator made a motion to amend hy addconcerning the ing the restriction amendments. The Aldrich motion prevailed. the affirmative votes being Elkina. Aldrich, Kean. Foraker. Crane, Tillman, Foster and Kewland. The negative votes were Dolliver. Clapp ab-aen-t. com-merr- e Aid-ric- h and Mcl.aurln. After the meeting, however. Senator RclJturln slid that be had Intended to voin for the change, and a change waa made la the committee record, leaving only Dolliver and Clapp for the resolution aa ordered by Dolliver. The vote for :be resolution aa amended ai: Affimnitves Cirtiem. Dolliver, Clapp. McLaurin, Carmack. Foiter and Newlanda. Negative Elkina, Aid-ricKeaa. Foraker and Crane. Senator Aldrich then moved That, the hill ba rcgioried by Chairman Elkins, hut. Renatunt Dolliver and Tillman protested that Mini a friend of the measure should make the report, and Senator Aldrich amended hie motion providing that the report should be made hr Kenator Tillman. He stated that ihe Democratic members furnished the majority of the votes for the bill, and It was proper to have the minority father it. This waa taken by Senators Dolliver and Clapp aa an effort to humiliate them, but they remained Tillman! h, allenr. Chairman Elkina anggeated that the r. report should be made by Senator who had been one of the men who had helped draft the Hepburn bill and a leader In the fight to prevent the adoption of amendments. Only Senator Clapp supported the suggestion, which had been made informally. Tillman te Report Bill. A rote was then had mi the question of who should report the bill, resulting as follows: For Senator Tillman Aldrich, Kean. Foraker. Crane and McLaurin. For Senator Dolliver Elkina. Clapp and Newlanda. Not voting Dolliver, Tillman and Footer. Before the' session today the result was In doubt. The division of the Republican senators on the question of Judicial review of orders of the commerce commission left the Democratic senators in control. It was apparent hit If they divided their court review amendment would be adopted. The minority members, after trying to get together lest night, beld n second Dol-llre- early thle morning. The at the conference was to report. the hill without recommendation of any characteg. but the agreement wa not. binding with that, undemanding the Democrat went Into the meeting. The Republicans were already assembled. The minority did not make it derision known and the Hepburn Mil w taken up and the conservative Republican faction nought to e mend the firat section. At that Senator Dolliver, leading the force that waa oppoaed to amendments, read a telegram from Senator Cullom ask's that he be recorded against all amendments that were not recommended hy the committee to caat hi vote for the Hepburn hill, aa it came Jnc-tur- mitted to him. Conference Neceaaary. Senator Dolliver then moved to report the Hepburn bill favorably, a it waa passed by the house, and said that a be would demand that Senator vote be rerorded. This precipitated a lining up on the only import' ant contention, and aa tbe Democrats desired time for further consultation a recess wa taken until 12 o'clock. The four minority members present withdrew to Senator Tillman's committer room and then decided to stand aa a unit for the Hepburn bill at tb reservation provided In tbe resolution that was finally adopted. Tbey did not insist upon tbia freedom of action being made a part of the resolution, howCul-lora- ever. When the committee reascmbled Senator Dolliver called for a vote on his motion. Senator Foster said that he was ready to vote for it, but made the statement that he ahould reserve ihe right to vote for amendments in the senate if he chose. That waa the position taken by Senator McLaurin. and 8enator Aldrich said that If ihat was the situation it should be made a part of the motion. , The result waa aa stated before. In spite of the fact that the senate was not in session today nearly all of the senators drawn to the capitol by the contest In tbe Interstate commerce committee. Aa soon as the result was made known speculation began aa to tbe probable procedure on(the floor. Delays lit Sonata Expacted. It was predicted That there would be delaya and all aorta of obstructive tactic used. This waa contradicted, however, by Senator! Aldrich and Crane and other leading senator not members of the interstate commerce commission! They said they would favor reaching an agreement whereby the bill could be placed on the calendar aa tha unfinished business, ahead of th statehood bill. They said they thought the prominence given the rate question and the interest of the people of the whole United Stale have taken In It entitled the question to early consideration. It waa agreed, however, on all aides that the discus akin must be prolonged and that un doubtedly it would be as bitter a any that has taken place in the senate All factions conceding that the Hep burn bill will pass the senate, the only contest will be over an effort to In corporate Into the bill some provision for court review of orders of the inter state commerce commission. In discussing the action of the com ml tee Senator Dolliver tonight aaid: 'The action of the senate committee la entirely satisfactory to me. The one thing about it which la Important is the fact that It placet the bill which the house of representatives passed with only seven dissenting votes on the calendar of the senate where nothing can happen to it which docs not happen in broad daylight, after (nil public discussion. The senators who favor this legislation care nothing who reports It. Their Interest is to get it reported and acted upon In a straightforward way. All they ak la that this hill be put to n vote. They have today taken an important step In that direction." Senators Aldrich and Crane authorised the statement that, four of the five senators who cut their votea against the bill would have voted for it if it had contained the addition of a provision for review by the courts of the findings of the commission. They are and Messrs. Elkins, Aldrich, Kean Crane. Senator Foraker Is oppoaed Mil and would In tbe privilege In the hare voted against It even with the court provision added, but with that addition hla would have hern the only negative vote. An Undesired Honor. Senator Tillman, who was deslg nated by the committee to report the Hepburn hill, said after tbe committee adjourned: It waa an unexpected and In one sense an nndeaired honor and responsibility that was thrust upon me. As Sterling. III.. Feb. I;!. An ire gorge in Rock river raised th water ten fret in a few minutes today doing damage ar 1 in. pan of ihe new fled wagon bridge was carried out and two other bridge are threatened between S'erling and Rock Fall. A portion of the Chicago A Northwestern track west of Sterling was washed out. The lowland, west of Sterling are flooded and many families in Star ling were token from the top stories of their homes in boat. The eliy gas and eiectrie light plants are ,hnl down and aster is stauding in the boiler rooms of several plants. Over l.in)0 men are Idle aa the result of the enforced shutdowns. (Continued on Page Four.) COMBINATIONS Battleehip Will Ba Sent to the Bremerton Navy Yard. Ice Gorges Caused Water Large Area. Washington, Feb. 23. The battleship Oregon, which haa seen an extended service in Asiatic waters, is now cn route to San Francieco, where, after unloading her stores she will be sent to the Bremerton yard for an overhauling. Fremont, Neb., Feb. IS. The Platt river, which Inst night overflowed n large section of country on account of the ice gorges, la receding, although a rise In the Louie river may ranee a continuance of the danger. Several email bridges have been washed away. MO Boiae, Ida., Feb. 23. Tha supreme court late this afternoon issued a writ of habeas corps la the cue of Moyer, Haywood and Petti bone, sensed of the murder of Steunenherg. The writ la fnado returnable March 1, at which time a return will bo made and a time act for hearing. The application for a writ of habeas corpus In Ihe case of Haywood, Moyer and Fettibone ia baaed on tha extradition statute of the United States. That 1 the real point, though aiany violation of the constitution of tbe state and tho constitution of the United States are alleged. The extradition slat nr provide for the extradition of persons who, hsving ooiumltted an offense in one state, flee fro m Its jurisdiction Into that of another. It. is claimed there la no provision whatever under which men can be extra InJ t Overflew PASSES mission would use discretion, getting Its Information from sources which would not exempt possibly guilty parties. The house devoted'the remainder of the day to minor matter and passed several bills, among which was the famous Musselshell dam bill, which was before the house from the .president, who returned It with suggestions from the secretary of war as to amendment. The bill permits the creation of an immense water plant on the Tennessee river in Alabama, and has been pending before congress for aev--I cral years. Attorneys Made Desperate Effort to Save Condemned Man Hoch Maintained His Innocence Till the Last Goodbye 8.000 PERSONS IDLE. by Fire at San Franciaco Electrical Lighting Plant San Francisco, Feb. 23. It la estimated that ovar 8.000 persons hsv been thrown out of employment todsy hy the fire which destroyed station C of the San Francisco Ga A Electric company yesterday morning. About tort factories were shut down today and It la not expected that they will be able to resume work until Monday. His Last Word Chicago, FOb. 23. Joboni Hoch.' ba delayed while Deputy Sheriff Patera convict fd murderer, confessed bigamist eommwalcated Londia with Judge and who, If hut a fraorio of the stories over tha telephone. Judge Landis of crime that ar told of him are true, said to tha deputy sheriff: waa ona of tha greatest criminal this I have refused to do anything la country has ever known, was hanged th Hoch matter. Yon need not delay In th county jail today for poisoning the execution on my account. his wife. Marie Walcker liorh. Jailer Whitman at ones went ts He faced death as he has always Hoch' eellt accompanied by six aaid ha would face It, when (ha final guards. moment cans calmly and without Johaan, year time bos ootse, - h fear. He stood on the scaffold be- said, neath the dangling nooea In tha attiHoch had advanced to meet th party tude and with tha placid courage of a and aaid calmly: aoldfar who realizaa ho tike full that I am ready, Mr. Whitman." death Is fats portion, hut ia ntltl unAs ho left tho room Whitman a afraid. Ua died with n prayw on hla tired that ha still wor hla collnr. Yon trill have io take that off, said lip for the officers of tho law who took hla life, and, aw a ftn tha word, Whitman, pointing to tho collar. All right, replied Hoch. Ha took hla last utters nc was an "Goodbye. assertion that ho waa innocent of tho it off and threw it back into tha cell. crime for which ho paid th extrema Aa th death man'll started ha stopped several rimes to shake hand with the held. It It admitted by attorneys gen- penalty of tha law. attendants, saying Good bya, boys. Triad t Sava Him, , erally that th point (a a aloe one. In this case. Tha state haa charged the The last seen in tha career of Hoch Mat Death Bravely, , men with killing the victim of the ax came at 1:34 in the afternoon, while Just at 1:12 oclock Hoch stepped plosion, and on that charge they were hla attorneys were making drepernta tha drop, beneath the croee-beaextradited. If they should be released ('(Torts for a little time ou earth ipon Hie face wee very pal, but hla mate-ne- r at any time before trial It would be for him. Ilia tha lanyora any, was composed and hla oonrag another question to determine tbrif baa not endeddeath, th appeal that was UBKurpaaaod. Ha bad said several tatua. Tbe .stale would immediately ntada In his and, although Ihe Umea that w hen th hour of hla death rearreat them, but It la said there Is man blnwrif behalf, i they premia to came, h would meet It bravely; that no graced nut by which ihe right or leek of right to do so count he deter-tuiue- carry tha ran to the euprem court he had been a roldler and knew how It la further claimed on be- of tha United States and if it la there to die. Hla attitude on tha acoffold half of the atate that this point can- decldud that he was unlawfully hanged bore out hla words in ull. Iia stood not he auccasafiiily raised now, aiure proceedings will be commenced against erraet, hla heels elan together, his the defense haa no knowledge of what toe officers of the law who officiated at shouldm back and hla gas directed over th head uf tha crowd far toward the elate will offer to prove at the the execution. Aa aoou as It was known that th the far end of tho ourridor. trial, in this connection It ia pointed Rev. J. B. Bnrkiaad, who waa recto onl that it la claimed by iho stale that application for .the writ of habeas some or all of theae men were In the corpus had lsn denied by Judge Ing the pray era tor. th dying aa th state at different times with Harry lendle, preparations were mad at tha IHVNVMlon approached ,tba aoalMd, Orchard, and that it may be th inten- jail tor the execution .of Hoch. 1)R continued them while Hogh was bring tion of the state to prove hat they H. H. Daria, the county! physician, prepared Aw execution. Deputy Sheriff first went to the prisoner's calL lloch Fetm-- spoke to lloch, asking htan t conspired to commit the crime. Sekod what time It was and when move backward, waa not so h told It waa almost 10:39 eftetorlC'r-piled- : aquornly on tha drop.. Hook- glanced will came about 20:48 down At hla fort, moved quickly to The end oclock. I have U n minutes to live, but the rear and again aaoumad ' Ms nine I want to toll yon' I am innocent; I liar atUtntde. i Ha bod aaid that h t : am not guilty of murder. did not cor to say anything on tha Hoch was advised that hla qgtoraeya neaffedd, but while Deputy 8heriff were making alrennon effort In hla Frtem was pinioning hla feet, Hoch behalf and ha declared ' that ha In- spoke to him In n low vole. tended to insist that all th time given Do you want to say something! to him under tha sentence should ba asked Deputy Sheriff Pel ere, allowed. Last Words Wars Good Bya.1 Said He Would Resist Jailer. Yes. said Hoch,. Rwv. Burkiand II told the clergyman that If an ef- was still reoltlng. the prayer and fort waa made to take him to the Jailer Whitman motioned with his hand scaffold befotw 1:20 o'clock ba would to sllenc him, Th clergyman, not resist. cootlnuKd with th prayer, noticing, At 12 oclock Deputy (Sheriff Peters, nnd Mr. Whitman stepped to th edge accompanied hy Jailer Whitman, en- of th ucaffold and asked him to desist tered iioch'a cell, the former holding for a moment. A aa the voice of th death warrant, which Utley , told the clergyman hid soot) ceased Hoch apoka I am him they had dome to read. tip In strong, clear tonea, and with a ready to bar It, aaid Hoch, sitting pronounced German accent, raying: of down on the Ited. "Father, forgiv them, they know Deputy Sheriff Peters then rend ihe not what they do. I must dla aa lie werrantt, the two notice of reprieve, noernt man. Good bye. which had been granted to Hoch and He bit off the laat two worda. la the final deckdon of the., supreme criap concise fashion and Jiiat aa aooa ; court In Tila ease. Throughout the ns It had uttered them tbe drop felL lo Angeles, Feb. 23. By those who reading Hoch waa unmoved, and Dep- Mr. McNamara, the county physilook Marvin Hart's claim to the uty Sheriff refers, at the dose, aaid cian, waa at Horh's aid the Instant world's champlonahlp title eerlnualy. to him: he fell and announced ihat death had Mr. Hoch, I wish to commend you been Tommy Hunt of Chicago piny now be Instantaneous, th neck being considered the heavyweight champion. for the manner In which you have con. broken. toHum ducted also for and Hart the prepayourself decisively outpointed Horh'r. marvelous physical strength ht at the Pacific Athletic dub pa- - ration yon have mad for the here, waa khowa by the fact that his puls was I God and the at decision will after. villon, hoie have mercy contlnud to beat for ten minutes after given of the twentieth round. on your soul. the end Dr. MacNamnra had declared hlfl neck From atari m finish, with the posHoch smiled and aaid quietly: broken. sible exception of the tenth and "I sin n great sinner In some way, The body of Hoch was given to n twelfth round, when Hart hail a very but I am Innoci-Dt.o- f thla murder. local undertaker, who buried It at hla small advantage, Burna outfought the I want all that ik coming to mr in own rx prone. bigger Man, outgeneraled him and the ey of time. If you try to taka While the execution of Hoch was ia hrat him at every point in the game me before 1:30 o'clock, I will fight. Attorney Edward Maher waa of boxing. At times Burns, although It will do you no good to fight progress still making desperate efforts to inhandicapped la weight and height, Johann, replied Jailer Whitman. duce Jndgo Landis to sign an appeal made Hart look like a novice. I know that, said Hoch, but I and grant Hoch a aupemedcaa and hip wa want Is In the opening round Burn coming to me, and if you try application for n whit of habeas very nervous and larked confidence. 1:30 o'clock, will to take me corpus could be tasted by th npren After this, however, he quickly aixed If yon mme at 1:30 oclock I court. fight. a at Hart up and began systematic will no and have ill yon go quietly lark on hla face and body with trouble." SUCCEEDS VANORSDELL. straight lefts. In the third round he Delay Granted, started th blood flowing from Hart' waras the the death of Just, reading Richard H. Bcott, a Justice of Wyoming nose and kept It running In almost Couu-rforevery round thereafter. In the fifth rant was flnlah.-- Attorney Supreme Court Burns cut Hart over the right eye appeared at the Jail with an appeal and In tbe following rounds liatterrd bond to which he desired the signature Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 23. Governor the optic until It wh closed. The left of Hoch. It wa Jailor Whitman's In- Brook today appointed District Judge eye was also badly marked and Hart' tention to proceed with the execution Richard H. Scott to he assistant jusface presented a bloody sight, practifollowing the 'reading cf tice of tha Kimreme court to 1111 th th death warrant, but wrbea informed vacancy caused by the appointment.ot cally throughout the fight. Hart fallrd to show any champion- of tha errand of Attorney Comrrford. Justice Vanoradell to be araiatant atship form of any sort. HI peralafent ha Issued orders that the proceedings torney general of ihe United States attempts to rough it In the clinches earned the disapproval of the crowd which appeared to be with Burns almost to a man. Burns' style of attack ws to shoot his left, to the face or the body and step inside of Hart's swings, allowing them to go around hla neck or ducking them entirely. Hart simply could not land on Burns, and toward the latter part of the fight tried hard to rough It and wear Burns out by using his weight, in the San Franciaco, Prb. 23. Archdeacon streets for days as a warning to tho clinches. The fight was tiresome, one an EplcopaHn minister, who Inhabitants. Jeffries, round being much like the preceding The Koreans, add the arrhdeacra. ba Just returned from th Orient are reduced and following one. to a state of abject In the fourteenth Burns appeared to ay that the Koreans are being greatslavery and hav been robbed of every have a chance to knock Hart out. He the victorious Jap- thing they pnvsessed. caught, the higger mn a right and left ly oppressed by The Korean emperor live in terror on the Jaw that sent him staggering anese. nf th Japanese end he has frequently for a moment. Quickly seizing his ad "When n Korean object to the con- called upon our legation guard to vantage Burn hammered Hart about fiscation of hit property,'.' the min-Inf- atch over him during Th night Ha the face and head until he forced him says, he Is falsely charged with chargee tha Japanese with the murder to cover np and give ground. and la probably shot or of hta wife and fears that ha will In the last few round, seeing the being a spysome the hanged day. meet the same fate she did. him. tide of battle going against Hart, Tha executions "In some cases, Dr, nrgei by hla chief second. Tommy Jeffries anys, are of a horrible nature MAKE NEW GAB RATE. Ryan, tried desperately to corner hi and he haa brought with him n numquick-witte- d opponent and administer ber of phot graphs to prove the truth Albany, N. Y.. Feb. 23. The stale a knockont Every attempt failed, hi assertions. Ho says that even commission of g.v and electricity tohowever, and every round Increased of women are not immune and that It Is day leaned an order fixing the maxiBurns1, lead. mum rate for gss on Manhattan island Hart weighed about 195. while no uncommon sight to aee them of the at 80 cents per l.txKl cubic feet. Tba on on the neck 175. Jack as by waa Burns'tWeigbt given street uf n Korean efty. The bodies, order goes Into effect May t next, and (Twin) Sullivan was Burn' chief ha nays, nr allowed to hang In the Is to continuo in fore for three years. dited for conspiring ia one state for commission of aa offense la another, and the defense la this case ia proceeding on that theory. It is the intention to carry tha point to the United States supreme court on a writ of error if the stale supreme court refuse to release the prisoners on the writ. It is not expected by the defense that ihe tata court will release them, but It la desired to save the point. It. is Mated by the defense that it anticipates the state would rearrest the men If they were released and proceed to trial with them, hut the defense will save this point throughout the record, Mr. Richardson giving It as his belief that the supreme court at Washington will hold the extradition was illegal. Under the laws of Idaho an accessory before the fact 1 made a grind-pul- , and the prosecution calima there can be no doubt that the men ran be . ur di-a- . a - . - . Believed Miners' De- mands Will Cause a Strike Minister Rockhill Reports to State Department New Torir, Feb. 23. The full scale Washington. Feb. 23. The secretary committee of the United Mine Workers ; of stole has received a telegram from Mitchell, District Presidents Fay, Nlcholls and Dettrey, IMetrlct Secren Hart-Wtaries Gallagher, Dempay and and the executive boards of hard coal districts Noe. 1, 7 and 9, met in this city tonight to consider the demands the anthracite miners are to make to. the committee of operators appointed ar the recent conference In this city. The miners committee of seven have been busy on these plans for the past week and presented them to President Mitchell for approval to- ' day. It waa intended that President Mitchell should at. once notify the operators that a meeting with them was desired. Hi artlon. therefore. In first, calling a meting of the scale committee to consider the proposition have given rise tonight to reports that the miners demands are such aa to make the situation a grave one. The meeting of the arale committee lasted nnt.11 nearly midnight. It was elated that the full committee endorsed the demands of the miner1 committee of seven, end it was declared that, the anthracite workers will stand by the demand and suggestions. It was decided to send a copy of the conclusions to Mr. Baer, the head of the operators committee, tonight. It 1 likely that there will be a meeting on Monday of the Joint committee of miners and operators. INVESTIGATION HAS STARTED. Ohio Senate Committee Begin Work In the Troaeurer'e Office. he - Lz? te River to Rise in a COURT ISSUES. WRIT OF SUPREME e Sr"1 RECEDING. FIVE CENTS PRICE Few Minutes. Caused PLATTE RIVER 23-T- lst ir WILL OVERHAUL THE OREGON. Cincinnati, Feb. Drake inWashington, Teh. 23. Preceded by quiry. In this manner, he said, the J debate which indicated no hesitancy, guilty officials, if any such were found, vestigating commission appointed by bet rather a relish In taking action might bo able to escape punishment the Ohio senate to Investigate the afBM "'81 railway combinations It was explained Ihe resolution in no fairs of Cincinnati and Hamilton counbona without- opposition way changed existing law on thi ty. began its aeselone today. ( ,v to agreed The county treasurer's office was Tillman-filllesplresoln-.npoint, and the belief was expressed first M. taken np, Guy Mallon directing the interstate commerce that in making the Inquiry the com n of Chicago. Feb. 21. t Corporations Gart'eM .is subjected to u severe examination in the packer case today and wi .:li on tbe stand when court adjourned. During the that he had he udmitt-of Justurned over to the tice some information which nad secured during the investigation of th beef industry, but agxened It waa on the uiiihing that had any ciise now on hearing. The unification eiven ihe department, he said, had of the debvn received by the ihe counpartments from irn ail try. claiming to haw Information of No inthe law by the defendants. formation obtained from the packers was given to the depai tment of Jus-tie- Bandays, FLOODED. New York. Feb. 33. President Paul Morton of the Equitable Life Aur-anc- e society today made the foiion :ng etatemem concerning the repori of tbe Armstrong comn:!:tee, a made rail-roa- RESOLUTION FOR INQUIRY INTO ILLEGAL RAILROAD "rstnlasion to make an Immediate Ins''? ad report regarding alleged of trade on the part of certain l.roaiU in the handling of coni and TPlut,-owas in the form in si-- 3. Passed the mate, and will go v. body for Its second ,i occupied an hour. Related of n succession of In denunciation of alleged 4 m Indorsement of the resolution. The only note was from Mr. Mann n fawiXVfc who plled attention to the ll'b exempts from prosecution h way testify In the in LOWLANDS 190s. Ice Gorge Cause roui-mitie- e man to Report Measure. EXAMINED. 24, Paul Morten Talk of tho Insurance Commissioner Cartif d on the Stand Committee's Report. All Dsv. yesterday: 1 have thus far onlj had time to read the report of the insurance Investigation committee very hurriedly. I: is certainly a most able and exhaug-Iv- e document and shows that the and It rounsel hate done their ork with great comas, thoroughness and intelligence. For this reason I feel bound to renpect their conclusion. not withstanding 1 do not agree with them In some of their recommendations, This is all I have to aav in relation to the matter at the present time. Passed Senate Committee By Vote of 8 to Members Reserved Freedom to Offer Amendments on the Floor Till- I CLOSELY FEBRUARY Fair Saturday and formerly president cf the Cincinnati Trust company, of which George B. Cox ia now tbe head..was the first witness called. 8IX HUNDRED HOUSES BURN. Destructive Fire In tha Japaneao Town cf Taira. London, Feb. 23. The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Toklo any that fire in the town of Taira, alxty demiles southeast of Fuknshlma stroyed 600 bousca and caused the death of thirty-seveperson. n ing that he and his coleagues sen no cause for undue apprehension concern- Ing the situation In China, and, while they consider caution and watchfulness always necessary, they believe the public reporta of uneaalneae to be without cause. Missionary Troubles are not more frequent than usual and are due, aa was the Shanghai riot, to local caue- Mr. Rockhill My the Chinese government npprerlatea the Importance of preventing hostilities to foreigners; that it ha recently been cautioned hy Japan in thl respect, and has declared to insure their ft a determination safety under all rlrrum stance. The dispatch add- - that while the boycott may continue with local friction nothing more serious la anticipated by those on the ground. A pronounced feeling of determination la noted on the part of the Chinese to secure com plete economic exploitation of their empire. Was Beaten at Every Point Boxing Game. Imm-dlafe1- FARMERS WILL STRIKE. Two Hundred Thousand Will mand Higher De- - Price. Indianapolis. Feb. 23. A strike of the 2iin.'ii farmers composing the American Society of Equity. an organization with headquarters In Indianapolis. ha been called for March flrM. F.very one who re- apondfl to this call will agree to withhold trom marketing any agricultural piodncta excepting at to the level that prices that are up ha been decreed as equitable hy the official of this organization. 'This organ! Mt ion claims that. the produrer ought to get. at least one dollar a bushel for wheat, no matter what may be the aixe of the crop. The rIl of th ntrik acts forth a minimum selling price on all farm products, prices, which the agricultural striker claim they are entitled to, and can get if they atand together Kansas and Minnesota are bring flooded with copies of this call. It is figured by the officials of the or- gnnlsation that if these states hold out for the higher prices, are movement will prove a success. MINISTER SAYS KOREANS ARE BRUTALLY TREATED BY JAPANESE: OFFICIALS er d - I |