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    THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, AFIUL 21, 1D00.
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MAY DELAY NEW WAR SHIPS
Amendment to Naval Bill Regarding Frica
of Armor Plate.
HOUSE DEBATE CAUSES BITTER FEELING
Itcftiiltitlnn Intl odiiri'd In Senate Auk
Inn Information it In Cluirc 'I'll n(
.Mr ii In Culm lld'i'lic Alillllonil
SiiliirU-M iin (Mill Oilier.
WASHINGTON, April 20.-As a result ot
a protracted utrugRle In the. house today
tho provlBlon of the naval appropriation bill
to enable the secretary of the treasury to
contract for armor for tho Maine, Ohio ond
Missouri, now awaiting their armor equip
ment at $513 per ton. the price asked for
Krupp armor, Is out of the bill, ns la tho
provision to repeal the MOO limitation placed
upon tho price of armor by the current law.
Tho fight camo at tho end of the consid
eration of tho bill. Although tho provision
"was obnoxlouH to thp rule, nil the minority
members of the committee had agreed to It,
but today when the majority declined to
allow tho dlBcumlon of a proposition for the
establishment of an armor plate factory
they retaliated by raising a point of order
ngalnfit tho two provisions aliovp referred to,
and they were ruled out.
Tho exact effect of tho action of the
houso today Is disputed. Tho appropriation i
of $4,000,000 under the head of "nrmor and ,
armament" remains In tho bill, as well ad
tno languaRo or the provision iiuthnrlzliiK
tho secretary of the navy to contract for
armor of tho newt quality for tho Maine,
Ohio and Missouri, the words stricken out
being "at a cost not to exceed $515 a ton,
Including royalties."
It Is contended by some that this empow
ers tho eccrctary to contract for thp armor
without regard to cost. Ily others It Is
claimed that tho provision will be Ineffective
unlciM tho senate inserts tho price. So much
bad feeling was aroused by the wrangle over
tho nrmor-plato provlnlon that Underwood
of Alabama began a filibuster after the bill
was reported to tho house and finally forced
nn adjournment without final action on tho
bill.
flcforo tho nrmor-plato question came up
two amendment to modify the provisions
for tho Increase rf the navy, which author
izes two battleships and six crulfors, were
defeated. Ono proposed to add provision for
six gunboats and the other to strlko out tho
provision for the battleships.
Tho question of building ships In govern
ment yarcUi did not reach a vote, as tho
amendment offered to this ond was ruled
out on a point of order.
Fokn Slnrleil the Dull.
The proceedings were opened by Foss. who
offered an amendment, which wns agreed
to, providing that the chief of the Ilureail
of Ordnanco should not be an oillcer below
tho rank of lieutenant commander.
Fitzgerald of New York offered nn amend
mant to build four of the uhlps authorized
by tho bill In government ynrds.
Fo rulscd a point of order against tho
amendment which, after prolonged debate,
was ptiHtalncd. On appeal the chair was
sustained 82 to 71.
Vandlver, n member of tho committee, of
fered an amendment to appropriate $2,000,
000 for tho government armor plate factory
and for tho appointment of thrco officers of
tho navy to select n alto for such factory.
Dayton mndo a point of order ugnlnst
tho amendment nnd Insisted upon It, despite
tho protest of Mr. Underwood of Alabama,
ivho said it was outrageous that a proposi
tion Involving tho wholo question of armor
plate, which had boon agitated for five years,
should tin strangled. He said tho fifty min
utes offered by tho other sldo was mani
festly Inadequate and in effect was a de
cision that tho houso was to bo led llko rt
bull by u ring to tho bar of tho houso nnd
mndo to vote
Vandlver charged that tho agreement made
earllor in tho debato was In effect that
thero should bo an hour on each side for
the discussion of tho nrmor pinto question,
nnd that tho agreement wns being violated.
To throw out this amendment, ho said, would
bo to place tho government again nt tho
mercy of tho armor pluto trust. Tho chair
sustained tho point of order, from which
decision Mr. Underwood promptly appealed.
Underwood, rovlowlng tho history of tho
nrmor plato controversy, proceeded to show
tho situation which confronted tho coun
try. Under tho existing law congress could
not buy armor except at $300 per ton. nnd
tho provision In tho bill to pay $540 for tho
nrmor of tho Malno, Wisconsin nnd Mis
bourl ho claimed was n change of existing
law and therefore out ot order. Ho was
called to order several times by Hepburn
for not speaking to tho appeal, and finally.
amid Increasing excitement and confusion,
Hepburn made tho point that when called
to order Underwood mutt tnko his sent.
Finally tho debato wns closed and the chair
was sustained 97 to S3.
I'olnt of Order SliMnliieil.
, Vandlver then mndo tho point of order
that tho provision to pay $545 a ton for
tho armor of tho Maine, Ohio and Missouri
was out of order. Tho act of March 3, 1899,
ho said, limited tho cost of armor plato to
$300 a ton. The net of the previous year
limited tho cost to $400 a ton. Tho point
ot order was debated at length and finally
was sustained by the chair.
Tho democrats greeted tho decision with
tpplause.
Urlngham of Pennsylvania, speaking to
Acts gently on the
Kidneys, Liver
and Bowels
(MANSES THE 5Y5TEM
OVERCOMES Xfftj ' rSi.
tfljy TXC GCMVINC - MAH'F O &'
(aurrnia Tg $yrvp(b
n proformal amendment, denied, on the au
thority of Mr. Cramp of the Cramp Ship
building company, that there had been a
proposition for a combination between his
firm and the Carnegie tompany on the sub
ject of armor plate.
Wheeler of Kentucky said tho minority
had not desired to defeat tho provision to
pay $515 for the Maine, Ohio nnd Missouri,
but they were driven to raise tho point of
order by the refusal rf the majority to
allow a test of tho sentiment of tho house
on the question of establishing nn armor
plate factory. The provision for the repeal
of the restriction of $300 a ton In the cur
rent law went out on n point of order.
, An amendment offered by Roberts of
Massachusetts to authorize the construction
of a metal workers' shop at the Boston yard
and appropriating $100,000 therefor was
adopted.
Without further amendment the bill was
reported to the house. Underwood of Ala
bama demanded a separate vote on each
amendment, nnd on the first roll call mado
the point of no quorum.
Tho speaker was unable to count .1
quorum, whereupon t'ndcrwcod moved an
adjournment. The motion was lost, but
the quorum failed on the next vote, and at
0-25, without finally dlspcs'ng of tho bill,
tho houso ndjourned.
.ii.vttkii of not ni.i: sai.aiui:.
Ilexiiliitliiu Introduced In (lie Mi-mite
AnUIiiu for liifnmiMtliin.
WASHINGTON, April 20. The senate had
under consideration during tho greatest part
of today's suasion tho conference report on
the Hawaiian civil government measure.
Cullom made an extended explanation of the
changes In th bill. The report wns the
subject cf sharp crlllrlsm. Final action upon
It was postponed until tomorrow.
The Alaskan civil code bill was considered
for a brief time. Hate of Tcnncwsec deliv
ering a speech In opposltlen to the pending
Ilnnsbrough amendment relating to the
rights of alien miners.
Forakcr of Ohio pronounced a eulogy on
tho late Lorenzo Oanford, n representative
from Ohio, and the senate adopted resolu
tion, expressive of Its sorrow.
Soon after the senate convened Bacon
of (leorgla, offered two revolutions,
one Inquiring of tho secretary of
war whether nrmy officers had re
ceived, or were receiving, salaries for tho
pcformanco of civil duties In nddltton to
their regular pay. and tho other Inquiring
about tho expenditures mada for rent of
officers' qunrters, equipages und all similar
expenses.
Bacon said tho llrst resolution was Intro
duced In rrsponso to u challenge made y
tcrday by Chandler. He haj no specific In
formation upon tho subject nnd, indeed, had
received assurances that no such extra sal
aries wero pnld.
As to the second resolution, Bacon said ho
did not wish to be understood as preferring
charges of extravagnnco against cither the
administration or the army ofTlcere. He had
no definite Information respecting expendi
tures ot olllccrs In Porto Hlco nnd Cuba, but
prejudicial rumors regarding those oxpendl-
tureti had been mado on the quarters and
furnishings for our ofllcen In I'orto Hlco
nnd in Cuba and for thelr othar expenses
than had been mado for the comfort and
convenience of the former Spanish governors
- . 1 . I t .. . I 11.- .11.1 ..... ..nl.nU fAH 1. ..
ill IUUBU initlMlin. Ill' Ulll nut vuuiu iui mueu
statements, uui inougni mey oiikiii iu uu
InvcHtlgntcd. Both resolutions wero ob
jected to nnd -went over.
Halo presented tho conference report upon
tho additional urgency deficiency bill and It
was agreed to.
Ml a m Tnx Itcveiiiie,
Galllngcr offered a substitute for tho reso
lution he Introduced yiwterday, asking for
information ns to tho revenues derived from
stamp taxes. The substltuto directs that
the socrctary of the treasury furnish n state
ment of tho sum derived from tho war rev
enue act, tho Items regarding each subject
of taxation to bo Btated separately. The
resolution was agreed to.
Cullom called up tho conference report on
tho Hawaiian government bill and made a
general explanation of tho work of tho con
ferees. Tho report was postponed until tomorrow,
when Cullom said ho hoped to bo ablo to
dispose of It.
President Pro Tern Fryo announced the
appointment of Carter of Montana and
Harris of Kansas as members of tho Board
of Visitors to West Tolnt.
Consideration of tho Alaekan civil code
bill was then resumed. Bate, a member of
tho committee on territories, addressed the
senate In opposition to tho Hansbrough
amendment.
Bate malntnlneil that In view of nil the
circumstances, neither the Hansbrough nor
tho Carter amendment ought to bo adopted.
The law, he urged, ought to be left ns It
was when tho rights of tho locators were
acquired.
At 4.30 Fornker presented resolutions ex
pressive of the sorrow cf tho senate nt the
death of Ijorenzo Danford. late representa
tive from Ohio, nnd pronounced i fitting
eulogy ot tho deceased statesman. Tho reso.
lutlons were adopted nnd an nn additional
mark of respect the senate at 4.10 p. m.
ndjourned.
CHINESE EXCLUSION CASES
Itlltht to Dehor Trader From Clilnn
Will lr (mentioned In
Court.
WASHINGTON. April 20. In tho supreme
court today Attorney Richard Crowley fllel
petitions for writs of certiorari to the cir
cuit court of appeals for tho Second cir
cuit to bring two Chinese exclusion cas:s
to this court, which raise several new ques
tions. Tho cases are thoso of Pin Kwan nnd
Ping Yik, two Chinamen engaged ns mer
chants in lluffilo, N. V. They were ar
rested seventcLn months nftor the'r arrival
on tho strength of the ruling of Attorney
Ocnernl Griggs that Chinese trnders aro
"laborers" within the meaning of tho ex
clusion laws. The soundmvs of this con
struction Is called Into question In the case.
The question as to whether the exclusion
act of 1S88 Is In operation will nlso prob
ably be decided In passing upon tho case.
There are said to be a number of Chinese
who will be nffoctod by tho decision.
AFTERMATH OF CARTER CASE
House Committee nn .liidlelnry I'rn
IIOhcx to Hold In 1,1 lo llenr
Iiikm on the Snlijeel,
WASHINGTON, April 20.-.Many telegrams
have been received by the houso commlttco
on Judiciary ns to the proposed legislation
growing out of the cnne of ex-Captain
Oborlln M. Carter and tho re.-cnt decision In
the cases of Messrs. Gaynor. Greene and
Connolly. The senato has afready passed a
bill, on lines proposed by Attorney General
Griggs. proWdlng for the removal from ono
locality to another of persons Indicted for
offenses against the United Stales.
j In view of the many telegraphic sollclta-
lions nnd tho apparent differences of legal
! opinion on tho subject the house committee
decided today to hold public bearings on the
subject. Attorney General Griggs and others
prominent In legnl circles will appear nt tho
, hearings. Tho time has not yet been flxol.
IliiKlneer lit St. I'niil.
ST PAVb, Neb.. April 20. (Special. )
Merrltt DcCamp, engineer of the city wator
works here, died very suddenly last night.
I He wns well and working In his garden
until lale in tho evening, when he was taken
sU'k and died nt 12 o'clock at night. Death
Is attributed to the bursting of a blond
vein In his head He leaves a wife and
three children. DcCamp was about 40 years
old and member of tho Odd l-'cllows and
Woodmen.
JIUSr PAY FOR .THEIR LANDS
Binger Herman Rules on the Bill to Give
Nebraska Settlers a Lift.
WLL NOT DISCRIMINATE ANY FOR THEM
rroiurl lllll Wo ii III Operate to the
AiHmitnue of the Nebraska
I'linner. tin Amilimt Thine
Klnci, here.
WASHINGTON. April 20.-(Spcclal Tele
gram.) Commissioner Herman of tho gen
eral land office, reporting upon the bill "for
tho relief of homestead settlers on that
portion of the great Sioux tcscrvatlon lying
nnd being In the state of Nebraska, form
erly In the territory of Dakota, now South
Dakota," says that the design of the bill
is to itmcnd nil laws In force respecting
that portion of the great Sioux reservation
in Nebraska, so ns to relievo the homestead
settlers thereon from tho payment of $1.25
per ncre. That, tho settlers shall receive
patents for their homestead entries on tho
payment of tho usual land fees, without be
ing required to pay any other or additional
sum. This. Mr. Herman says, would bo a
discrimination In favor of these settlers
mid ngnlnst thoso In South Dakota upon the
former Sioux reservation. In view of tills
fact, and that settlers on Indlnn lands gen
erally are required to pay for the lands
enterel by them n sum per acre sufficient
to cither reimburse the government for the
amount paid to tho Indians or to compensate
the Indians for the lands ceded by thorn,
thp commissioner says he cannot recom
mend tho passage of the bill.
Congressman Sutherland has returned
from North Carolina, whero ho went to help
Senator Marlon Butler bring nbout fusion
with the democrats, hut which Ignomlnlously
failed, with a glowing tnlo of southern hos
pitality. Tho congressman from the Fifth
Nebraska district, talking of tho slttintlon
nt home, said that he Is receiving very en
couraging reports from his district, nnd
thinks ho will bo renominated. "If they dc
t'ldn to nominate a democrat, however, I
don't propose to whine nnd sulk, but will
be found taking my medicine llko a man.
I have been here for four years nnd have
done everything for my district possible.
Should the convention nominate Mr. Shallcn
bergcr of Alma, or nnyeno elso than my
self, I will go back to my law practlco In
Nelson, perfectly contented."
Senator llen, Congressman Sutherland
nnd Senator Butler, as far as known, will
bo tho only members of congress In attend
ance upon tho Sioux Falls convcntlcn.
Congressman Burko of South Dakota, In
behalf ot tho sto?kmen of the state, today
requested the Indian (initials to framo nile3
nnd regulations requiring stockmen nnd In
dians on reservations to comply with tho
stato law with reference to the branding of
cattle. It Is asserted that many brands
used on reservations are simllnr to those
registered under the law, nnd that this con- J
dltlon of affairs has created considerable
confusion. It Is probable that such a regu
lation will bo adopted.
Postmasters nppoluted: Wyoming Henry
Cockrcll, nt I-ovcll, Big Horn county; John
Cooney, at Moorcroft, Cook county, and
fiiistnv A. Carlson nt Percy, Carbon county.
South Dakota Walter Frye at Oral. Fall
Hlver county, and H. S. McLaughlin at Wak- ,
pnln, Boremnn county. A postofllce has been
ordered established at Northacn, Buena vista
county, la., with Obediah M. Chase post
master. Tho comptroller of tho currency has
authorized tho First National bank nt Cuern
sey, Wyo., to begin business with a cap
ital of $25,000. Henry O. Hny Is president
and Hurry G. Hny Is cashier.
NO TRUTH IN THE REPORTS
(ermiins In South Afrlen Xnt Numer
ous KnniiKh It, Make
Trouble.
WASHINGTON. April 20. With reference
to the telegrnm from Itlo do Janeiro pub
lished this morning, credited to federalist
newspapers, about certain alleged German
nsplratlons In South Ilrazll and Uruguay,
tho German ambassador today authorized a
distinct denial of the salient features of the
dispatch. Ho recognlzoB this story ns an
old acquaintance which he met for the
llrst time twenty-five years ago, when ho
was In thoso rountrlcs. Periodically since
that tlmo tho same story has appeared In
ono form or nnothcr. The ambassador
ridicules tho Idea that tho Germans In tho
Brazilian territory chiefly occupied by them
have any Intention or deslro to organize a
revolution against tho existing government.
Kven If that desiro existed, the ambassador
points out. tho German population In South
Htnzll nnd Uruguay Is not likely ever
to bo powerful enough to carry out such a
plan successfully.
OVER MILLION AND A HALF
I'niiuliitlmi of the IhIiiiiiI of Culm
In (ireiilee Thnn Wns
Antleljiiited,
WASHINGTON, April 20. General Sanger
has made puhllc the compendious results ot
the Cuban census taken under his direction.
The figures aro very Instructive and In tho
opinion of the War department officials
fully Justify tho decision of tho adminis
tration to allow municipal suffrage In Cuba
at this early stage. The ofllclals nre
gratified to find that tho native Cubans
constitute so Inrgo n portion of tho popu
lation; that the whiles so greatly out
number the blacks and that fco largo a pro
portion of tho native population enn read
nnd write. In their opinion thero seems to
be no room for tho objection that tho pro
posed basis of suffrage would result In tho
turning of tho Island over to Spain
Tho total population of Cuba Is 1,572.797,
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including 81'' 205 males and 7;T..Vi2 females
There nre UT.172 white msles and 462. 92?
white females of native birth. The foreign
whites number 115,790 mnloi ami 2S.I5S fe
males. There are 11.S9S male negroes and
U2.7IO female negroes.
The mixed races number 125.500 males
and 145,305 females. There are ll.6!t! male
nnd 163 female Chinese. The population
of Havana Is 235.9S1. and of tho province
of Hnvana 421,801. Tho population of the
provlnco of Mntanaas Is 202.414; of l'lnnr
Del Ulo, 173,001; of, Porto Principe. SS.23I;
of Santa Clara, 356.536. nnd of Santiago.
327.715.
Of the total population of tho IMntid, 1,
10S.70D persons nre set down as single, 241.
156 ns married, while 13.7S8 live together by
mutual consent. There nre S5.122 widowed
persons.
Of the total population according to citi
zenship, 20.I7S arc Spanish, 1, 290,367 aro
Cubans, 175.811 are in suspense, 79,526 are
of other citizenship, and 616 are unknown.
Tho Spanish by birth number 129,240. Of
the children 10 years of ago nnd over 49,
III have attended school. Of the totnl
population 413.126 can read and write nnd
19.158 have u superior education.
FIXING UP REPORT ON CLARK
.Members of Semite Cmnnilttec Din
iiKree on Minor I'olnl-i In
Hie Document.
WASHINGTON. April 20.-U was Intendel
to hold n meeting of the senate committee
on privileges and elections today to con
sider tho report of the committee In the case
of Senator Clark of Montana, but owing to
the recent changes made In the text of tho
report It was found Impossible to prepare
it for piesuutatlon today. it now seems
probable that nq meeting will be held before
Monday. This postponement will render
It practically Impossible to dispose of the
case in the senate before the vote Is taken
In tho Quay case, as some senators had
expressed it desire to have done, but there
Is a gencrnl understanding about tho
senate that nil questions nn this point will
be settled by Senator Clark's refraining
from voting In the Quay case.
Tho principal difficulty In agreeing upon
a report Is fimd In tho treatment of the
episode connecting the Montana supreme
court with the Clark contest. Thorn also
aro so.no differences ns to tho method of
treating Congressman Campbell's nnd ex
Stato Senator Whltesldo's connection with
tho caie. The majority of the committee
lire dispose! to uso ttio testimony concern
ing the stato court as strongly corroborative
of tho general charges against Mr. Clark,
wlillo Senators Pettus, Hnrrls and MrCotnas
take tho position that ns there wns no
proof connecting Mr. Clark with the al
leged npproaches to the court this testimony
should not bo used as desired by the ma
jority. Thero Is an effort In progress to
adjust these differences of opinion, but If
this is found Impracticable the three sena
tor! mentioned will, whllo agreeing in the
gencril verdict, express dissenting views
nn this point. There also Is n possibility
of dissent upon tho methods of Campbell
nnd Whiteside. But In no event will there
bo a division as to the recommendation
that the seat occupied by Mr. Clark bo de
clared vacant.
c.v.vM'.n iii:i:i l'oit 'run soi, mints.
TrooiiN In the Philippines Knreed by
Collllltlonx to t xe It.
WASHINGTON, April 20. War depart
ment officials have been compelled to re
sort to tho ubp of canned roast beef for tho
subsistence of the nrmy in the Philippine1?. 1
This Is duo to tho fact that It Is absolutely
essential that tho soldiers shall bo served
with fresh meat und because of the Impos
sibility of providing refrigerated beef or
cattlo on tho hoot under existing con
ditions. When the bulk' ot tho nrmy was
located on tho seashore-thero was no dif
ficulty in providing thorn with fresh tncats.
but conditions havo qory changed, nnd the
nrmy Is scattered among 160 posts In various
parts ot the archlpelugot a great many of
them nt considerable distance from the
nearest shipping point. There aro no cattle
avallablo ond tho refrigerated beef, which
has heretofore formed tho principal basis
ot subsistence for tho troops, cannot bo
preserved In good condition long enough to
renoh many of tho inland oosts.
Special precautions will be taken to securo
tho best quality of beef and to insure Its
proper enro and preservation at all stages
of its long Journey to the Philippines.
To Iteporl (iruud rmj- lllll.
WASHINGTON. April 20. After extended
conferences tho house committee un Invalid
pensions, ot which Representative Sulloway
of New Hampsutro Is chairman, finally de
termined today to report to the houso
senate bill 1177, which is known as th.
"Grand Army bill." The tlnal draft of the
bill aggregates the disabilities under which
applications may bo mado for pension under
the act of Juno 27. 1890. Tho other radical
change in existing law Is the changing of
tho rate of Income of a soldier's widow
from the present rate of $fi0 per year to an
"actual net Income of $250 per year."
TurUt-h tllnUler lluiieful.
WASHINGTON, April 20. All Kcrrough
Dey, tho Turkish minister, said today that
he probably would hear from his govern
ment In a short tlmo on the American
claims. Ho Insists that nn amicable settle
ment can bo arranged nnd repeats his state
ment already published that In view of the
high esteem In which ho was held by the
sultan nnd the fact ot his acting in n diplo
matic character, Minister Strauss was not
Justified In making tho nssertlon that the
sultan had broken his promise In regard to
tho settlement of the claims.
HeorKiinlnllon of Army.
WASHINGTON, April 20. Tho senato
commlttco on military affairs today reached
nn agreement to report tho bill for the
reorganization of tho nrmy, with n number
of amendments. The bill confers the rnnk
of lieutenant general upon tho senior major
general, and that of major general upon
the adjutant general of tho nrmy.
S. Clark St., Chicago, III.
I.ftt M7i M r
IN AID OF ST. LOUIS FAIR '
Tranimiss'siippi Ooneress Urecs Appropria
tion of 55,000,000.
COMMITTEE WILL GO TO WASHINGTON
Meiirnumi (mini nuit Oilier Impnrliiiit
Mennirex iiroeil nt Ilie llonMon
lecl liiu Culture,, In lie n Per
mit n en t OrKiuilxnt Inn.
HOUSTON, Tex., April 20 The tenth n'l
nual session of the Trnnsmifslsslppi com
mercial congress ndjourned this afternoon
to meet next year In Cripple Creek, Col. The
important bus In cm tcday was the adoption
of n plan for the organization of the con
gress on n permanent basis, the indorsement
of tho St. Louis exposition and the appoint
ment of n committee to represent the con
gress In the hearing on the St. Lnuts fair
bill, in committee, next Saturday; nlso tho
adoption of a resolution calling for the 1m
mullnte pamige of one of the Nicaragua
canal bills now pending before the national
congrew. The personnel of the St. I.ouls
fair committee was left to the executive
commlttco and will not be announced for
some days.
After tho congress had been called to
order and hnd disposed of tho matters of
routine detail, K. N. Perkins of Dallas
mado an address on "Statehood." C. .
Prouty of Washington wns the next speaker
and he handled hi subject, "Kronen. Hutra,"
In such a master manner that a special
vote of thanks .wns given him.
Tho rcoolutltfi Indorsing the St. I.ou!a
exposition was then taken up and ex-Governor
Krnnels of Missouri was given tho
lloor to speak on It. At the conclusion of
tho nddrms n number of seconding speeches
wero mndo and by a rising vote the rcajlu
tlon was ndopted.
Section 3 is as follows: "We cordially In
dorse tho bill Introduced Into congr6rs by
Representative Lnno of Iowa pledging tho
government of the United Stntes to au
thorize the expenditure of $5,000,000 In nld
of surh exposition."
At tho afternoon session the committee
on resolutions reported as follows, all tho
recommendations being ndopted:
Calling on the national congress to foster
tho sugar Industry; calling on the national
government to open the Gllsonlte reserva
tion In Utah; recommending exhibits at tho
Pan-American exposition at Iluffnlo. urging
a systematic plan of Improving waterways;
Indorsing various entetprisei for Improve
ment of waterways; recommending open
ing of Indian reservations, and favoring
Irrigation nnd settlement of reclaimed
lands.
On the Nlcaraguan canal the following was
adopted:
"That wo noto with deep regret the delay
In the passage of a measure of such supremo
Importance to the very best Interests of
our country ns tho Nlcaraguan canal, und
wo would accordingly, respectfully urge
upon tho national congress the enactment
Into law of tho bill now pending beforo
congress."
A resolution wns presented favoring tho
bill to amend tho Interstate commerce net,
but recommending the amendment of tho
Cullom bill In certain particulars; that tho
enactment of such amended bill is an Im
mediate necessity. After a warm discussion,
It was adopted.
T. U. Cannon of Missouri spoke on "Popu
lating the West." J. II. Webber of Buf
falo, commissioner general of tho Pnn
Amorlcan exposition, addressed the conven
tion. A commllteo of three wns nppnlntcl to
visit tho Irrigation congress, which meets
In Chicago in November, and to invite said
irrigation congress to becomo u member
of the Transmlsslsslppl congress.
Tho cxecutlvo committee reported n plan
for permanent organization, which was
adopted. Under this plan tho following
officers, in addition to those already elected,
was named: Chairman of the executive
committee, K. II. Moses of Great Hcnd,
Kan.; vice chairman, A. S. Goetz of Carls
bad, N. M.; secretary, Robert C. Morris of
New Orleans; treasurer. Gcorgo It. Harri
son, Jr., of Glasgow, Mo.
After tho adoption of perfunctory resolu
tions the congress adjourned sino die.
J. I. Carson, rrothonotnry, Washington,
Pa., says: "I havo found Kodol Dyspepsia
Cttro an excellent remedy In enso of stomach
troublo and havo derived great benefit from
Its use." It digests what you eat and can
not fall to euro.
PK.XHIONS TOM WHVl'HHN P.i'lllt S
War Survivor Heinemhered by Un
tie,, em I ; over n men t.
WASHINGTON. April 20 iHpecl.il ) The
following pensions have been granted:
Issue of April H, 19l0:
Nebraska: Oilglnal Nicholas Holzliauer,
Soldiers' nnd Sailors' Home, (iruud Island,
$S. Increase George W. Parker. Alma, $i!
to $S; Samuel A. l.iyton. Urownvllle, $12 to
$17. Original widows etc Mary J. Lud
low, Omaha, ii. Original widows, etc -Special
accrued April 5: Delilah Woods,
Central City, $S; Alice A. Iloweton, Miller,
$8.00.
Iowa: Original Charles II. Iluslinw,
Woodbine, $8; James (5. Dalilsnn, Red Oak,
$S; James O. P. Meagher, Rochester, $S. Ad
ditional John V. Miller. Riverside, to $10
Supplemental Peter McCalmont. Council
Bluffs. $10. Increase Henry It. lClder,
I-iureiiH, $11 to $17; Kugene M. Kuller. Dos
Moines, $11 to $S. Original widow, etc (spe
clal necrued April 5) Martha. A. Johnson,
Des Moines, $S.
Wextliike (iullty or Murder.
KANSAS CITY, April 20. Thomas West
Inke, a farmhand, was today found guilty
of murder In the second degree for killing
Wood Mitchell, n ynunjr law student and
eolleetor. last January, and Was sentenced
to lift v years In the penitentiary. West
tnke was In charge of a fnrm near Grand
view and was protecting Mime homes which
Mitchell trleel to replevin f r debt West
' ik- threatened Mitchell with a shotgun
und when the latter refus' d to desist
.lptled both barrels Into tils breast, lulling
Mm Instantly.
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