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3 .A ., i A I THE SENATE WORK 6TATEHOOD DEBATE HOLDS BUSINESS BACK. MANY BILLS ARE HELD UP Ten Cash Measures Still to Deal WithOnly Eight Days are Left In Which to Make Appropriations Long Sittings Seem Certain From Now to Close. WASHINGTON. The course or proceedings In tho senalo during the present week will depend largely tipon tho statehood bill. If there Is no agreement the hill will continue to cut a' figure in tho proceedings whether It bo under consideration or not, just as It has done for tho .greater part of the session. If tho caual treaty is proceeded with tho statehood bill It will do much to shape Its course; If the treaty is put aside and tho appropriation bills taken up, the statehood question will present itself in the shape of riders on those bills. According to tho present program, the posto nice appropriation bill will be the first of the supply measures to be considered. It Is indeed tho only ono of those bills not yet passed, which has been reported from committees. It carries the state hood bill as a rider, and unless an un derstanding Is arrived at before tho bill Is taken up tho question of Its re tention will Immediately confront tho senate. That will bo the critical period in tho statehood bill's career. Some of tho anti-statehood senators contend that it can be beaten as a rider and advocate an Invitation to this test of strength. In accordance with the annual cus tom In tho senate on Washington's birthday, tho proceedings will begin with the reading of Washing ton's farewell address. The reading this year will be performed by Sen ator Dubois (la.). At the conclusion of this ceremony Senator Cullom (111.) will movo that tho senate pro ceed to tho consideration of tho canal treaty In executive session. If 1n the meantime a compromise on tho statehood bill has been effected it Is oelleved the ratification of tho treaty can be secured within a day or two. But whether there is an adjustment on tho statehood bill or not, or whether the treaty la ratified or not, 1t Is Intended that many moro days will be allowed to elapse before taking up. the appropriation bills. With only eight working days of tho session left, all senators appreciate that it is essen tial that there should be Utile more delay in voting tho necessary supplies for tho support of tho government for tho next fiscal year. Of tho thirteen appropriation bills, six have so far been considered by tho senate proper, but several of the re maining seven have had tho attention of senato committees. Three have not, however, been received from the house of representatives. Two of tho appropriation bills, namely, tho pensions and tho diplo matic and consular bills., have passed both houses and received the signature of the jresldent. The legislative, ex ecutive and judicial bill Is ready to go to tho president; the army bill is In second conference; the Indian and tho District of Columbia bills arc both In conference with many differences to adjust; the postofilco bill has been re ported to the senate; tho agricultural bill and the military academy bill have received final consideration at the hands of tho .committees having them in charge and are ready for report; and the sundry civil bill Is undergoing the scrutiny of the commltteo on ap propriations and will bo reported dur ing the week. Tho naval 'bill, the for tlflcation bill, and the general de ficiency bill are still in tho house of representatives. HOUSE HAS CLEAR DECKS. Practically All Sessional Work Dis posed Of. WASHINGTON The house enters tho last full week of the session with tho recks practically cleared of every thing except appropriation bills. Only one of these, the general deficiency, which was reported Saturday, remains to be passed. Several interesting contests are ex pected on a number of bills in confer ence. Especially spirited would be the fight over the proposition to ac cept a Btatehood amendment if one should come to tho' house as a rider on an appropriation bill. It would command tho solid support of the dem ocratic side, and it Is believed enough republicans to accept it, although It would be strongly, resisted by tho re publican loadors. Tho Philippine cur roncy bill has been set for Tuesday. Tho suspension day, which, uuder the rules, precedes the expiration of each congress. Logins on Wednosday, and by moans of the parliamentary ox podlent of making motions under sus pension of tho rules parliamentary knots can be cut and legislation ex. pedited. SIQN A PROTOCOL. American-Venezuelan Agreement Is Approved. WASHINGTON Secretary Hay, for tho United States, and Mr. Bowen, for Venezuela, on Tuesday signed n pro tocol providing for the adjustment of United States claims against Vonezu ola by a commission to meet at Car acas. This commission will consist of two members, a Venezuelan nnd an Ameri can, to be appointed respectively by Presidents Castro nnd Roosevelt, and In tho event of disagreement an um pire to bo appointed by tho queen of the Netherlands. Tho commissioners arc to meet In Caracas on June 1 to make awards which aro to be paid out of 30 per cent of tho customs receipts at Puerto Cabello and La Guayra. The Hague tribunal Is to decide what proportion of this 30 per cent comes to America and what proportion goes to other claimant nations. It Is expected that the minister for foreign affairs will bo appointed as Venezuela's representative and that either Mr. Bowen or Mr. Russell, the United States charge, will bo named to represent the United States. Baron Covers, tho minister for the Netherlands, called at the state de partment Tuesday and gave notice of the acceptance by Queen Wllhclmlna of tho task imposed upon her, her consent having been previously sought by both parties to the arbitration. Some light is thrown upon tho un pleasant reference mado by, Mr. Hag gard, the British minister at Caracas, to United States Charge Russell and published In the British blue book Monday by a naval officer now sta tioned at Washington, who was In Ven ezuelan waters and frequently at tho American legation during the period referred to by Mr. Haggard. Without going Into details It appears in this officer's statement that by trying to assist somo British citizens in their distress without first losing the time necessary to hunt up and confer with tho minister, tho American legation In curred the iU will of Mr. Haggard, and tho difficulty got to be rather personal, so that all the exchanges between tho two ministers have since been of a mo3t formal character. The navy department Tuesday re ceived the following cablegram from Commander Diehl of tho Marietta, dated Wlllemstad, February 17: "Raised blockade. War vessels with drawn all "blockaded ports.' NEW YORK The Associated Press has received the following cable from President Castro: "CARACAS, Monday, Feb. 16. I charge the Associated Press to trans mit, together with my gratitude, my sentiments of deference to tho people of the United States. "PRESIDENT CIPRIANO CASTRO." Child Saving Institute of Omaha. The month of January was filled with Interesting work In connection with this Institute. The number of children on hand January 1st was 39; number admitted during the month, 15;; number re-admitted, 2; while number, CC; number placed in homes during the month, C; number returned to parents or relatives, C; number of small Infants who died, 2;, making a decrease of 14. This left In the homo on February 1st 42 children. Several cases were taken into the courts In order to rescue children from immoral surroundings. A great many appeals have recently come to this Institute for admission of jchlldren. It will be Impossible to respond to all these appeals which aro coming week after week, unless additional funds arc provided to meet tho expenses. Any one desiring further Informa tion Is requested to write to tho su perintendent for the annual report. It Is hoped the readers of this ar ticle will respond to the needs of this work on behalf of the little ones by sending whatever sum of money can be spared. GETS THE AMERICAN MILLIONS. Another English Earl Trades Title for Good Dollars. WASHINGTON, D. C :-rs. William Thaw, formerly of Pittsburg, but now residing In Washington, on Tuesday announced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Alice Thaw, to the earl of Yarmouth. Miss Thaw Inherited $1,000,000 in her own right from her father, who was an Iron manufacturer, and will succeed to another large fortune on the death of her mother. No date has been set for the wed ding. She first mot the earl of Yar mouth, who Is the eldost son of tho marquis aof Hertford; about three months ago. Will Discuss Philippines. MEMPHIS, Tenn. VIco Governor Luke Wright of tho Philippine islands left for Washington Sunday at tho re quost of Secretary Root. This prbbaly will bo his last visit to Washington before his return to Manila. During tho prosent visit President Roosevelt and Secretary Root will have a final couference with General Wright about Philippine affairs THE NAM BILL MEASURE PASSES LOWER HOUSE OF CONGRESS. MANY AMENDMENTS OFFERED Naval Vessels May Be State Dullt Government to Refuse All Contracts if Builders Enter Into Combination. WASHINGTON. At the end or a protracted session the house on Thurs day passed the naval appropriation bill. Many amendments were offered to tho provisions relating to the In crease of the personnel nnd the author ization of the new ships to bo built. Tho most Important amendment adopted authorized the secretary of tho navy, In his discretion, to pur chaso or contract for submarlno tor pedo boats after Inveslgatlon of their merits. As passed tho bill provides for threo new battleships and an armored crui ser, two steel straining ships and one wooden brig for training purposes, in addition to the submarlno boats dts cretionally authorized. Without preliminary business tho houso proceeded with the considera tion of tho naval appropriation bill. An amendment was adopted giving members of congress whose districts aro not now represented at tho naval academy the privilege of immediately appointing cadets to fill such vacan cies. Mr. Dick (O.) offered an amend ment, which was adopted, to provide for tho summary expulsion of any naval cadet found guilty of hazing. When the paragraph providing for tho Increase of the navy was reached Mr. Mudd (Md.) a member of the naval committee, raised a point of or der against thoso sections providing that the machinery and material used in tho construction of the ships au thorized should be of domestic manu facture and authorizing the secretary of the navy In case of a combination of bidders to have the ships construct ed In government yards. Mr. Glllett (Mass.) sustained tho point of order, whereupon Mr. Kltchin (N. C.) appealed. The chair was sus tained 109 to 88. Mr. Fitzgerald (N. Y.) raised a point of order against the provision requir ing tho construction of the ships au thorzide by tho bill "by contract" and tho words were struck out. An amendment was then adopted, reinserting the provision requiring the uso of domestic machlnciy and ma terials in the construction of the ships. Mr. Taylor (O.) ou behalf of the naval committee, offered an amend ment authorizing tho secretary of the navy In his discretion to expend $5, 000,000 for submarine torpedo boats tested and found to be acceptable to tho navy. The amendment was agreed to, 84 to 87. By unanimous consent the provision which had gono out on a point of or der authorizing tho secretary of tho navy to construct the ships In govern ment yards was restored. The committee rose and the naval appropriatiou bill was passed. SAYS THE MONEY HAS GONE. Chairman of Montana House Com mittee Makes Serious Charges. HELENA, Mont. Chairman Everltt of tho Montana house committee on Irrigation and water rights, to which was referred resolutions calling for in vestigation of the state arid lands committee, announced in the hous Tuesday that Inquiry had developed evidence of a shortage and that $30, 000 received by certain members of the commission had not been applied as tho law directs. Tho charge was made that tho money had been mis appropriated. On motion of Mr. Ev erltt the committee was allowed $300 to employ counsel and a stenographer with which to further prosecute an In vestigation. Preparing to Trek to America. OGDEN, Utah George E. Owens, the ticket agent of the Lackawanna railroad at New York City, Is in Og den with the Intention of meeting a delegation of Boers, who are on their way east over tho Southern Pacific. Mr. Owens states that those Boors will make a tour of the United States as tho guests of the various railroads and will reach here Monday. Ho says the Southern Pacific has sold the delegates a largo tract of land for settlement within 100 miles of Ogden. It Is un derstood that the tract lies In the Bear river valley, to the northwest of this city. Eulogize on the Sabbath. WASHINGTON Tho houso hold a session Sunday to pay tribute to the memories of throo deceased membors, tho lato Representatives Tongue (Ore.), Rumple (la.) and Moody (N. C). Mr. Moody of Oregon presided, I In tho absence of Speaker Henderson. IN LOWER HOUSE. Representatives Indulge In Personal. Itles. WASHINGTON, D. C Tho houso on Wednesday by a majurlty of 2 to 1 rejected tho conference report on tho nrmy appropriation because of Ita provisions for tho retirement of civil war officers at the ndvanced grade, and permitting officers to deposit mon ey with the government at 3 per cent Interest. Tho houso cmphattcnlly voted against both propositions and sent the bill hack to conference. The proceedings on the conference report were enlivened by a sharp per sonal clash between Mr. Hull of Iowa nnd Mr. Slaydcn of Texas. Tho re mainder of the day was devoted to tho naval bill. Slow progress was made, only twenty pages being covered. Mr. Hay of Virginia, one of tho con ferees, was one of thoso who strenu ously opposed tho adoption of tho army bill, because of the provision for tho retirement or nnny officers' who served In the civil war with nn additional grnde and the provisions permitting officers to deposit their money with the government, such de posits to draw 3 per cent Interest. Ho expressed the opinion that the latter provision would establish a. danger ous precedent; that It would lead to the granting of tho same prlvllcga to naval officers who might be extended to civil employes of the government. Ho characterized it "paternalism run mad." Mr. Slaydcn (Tex.) charged Mr. Hull with bad faith In not giving tho houso a chance for a vote on the de posit amendment. He' said Mr. Hull' had promised a vote. "I desire to say," Interposed Mr. Hull, "that the statement is not true." "The gentleman's courtesy," retort ed Mr. Slaydon, "Is equal to his ver acity. It is a cheap form of debate which permits tho gentleman to In dulge In the expression he has used and only the fact that I am at tho bar of the house restrains me from re plying to his blackguardism as It de serves." The democratic applauso was prolonged at this point. This sharp colloquy avouscd tho house and Mr. Mann of Illinois un dertook to rebuke Mr. Slaydon. Ho said he was surprised that Mr. Slay den should use an expression "far worso" than that employed by Mr. Hull. "The gentleman's Idea of good man ners does not especially commend It self to me," replied Mr. Slayden, who proceeded to say that only very strong provocation had Induced him to say. what ho had. Ho then quoted from tho record to show that Mr. Hull had virtually pledge the house an opportu nity to vote on this proposition. Mr. SteveiiB of Minnesota then mov ed the ndoption of the conference re port. Mr. Cannon protested against the manner In which appropriation bills wore loaded by. tho senate with all sorts of legislative provisions that were not In order In the house. Tho practice, he declared, not only demor alized appropriation bills, but would breed scandal and deserved criticism "In the house," said he "wo legis late under rules. In another body, tho senate, they legislate under unan imous consent. Gentlemen know what that means." (General applauso.) Mr. Richardson of Tennessee, In op posing tho conference report, declared that whether he had sought to do so or not, Mr. Hull had misled tho house. Mr. Hull concluded the debate. Ho defended his position, calling attention to what he stated at the time the bill went to conference, to what occurred In the commltteo on military affairs, to show that he had carried out In structions, Ho said personally ho would have preferred' to havo allowed the house to pass upon the antago nized amendments separately. Tho conference report was voted down, 33 to 09. The house by specific votes insisted upon its disagreement tp tho retirement and officers deposit amendements. The bill was sent back to conference and tho house resumed consideration of the uaval appropria tion bill. Coal Dealers Must Pay. CHICAGO Tho arguments were be gun in Judge Horton's court Monday to determine whether the nlno indict ed officials of the Retail Coal Dealers' association of Illinois and Wisconsin should bo granted a new trial. Tho proceedings followed the rendering of a pro forma verdict several days ago, and the imposition of a $100 fine upon each of tho defendants. Judgo Hor ton's decision in the argument for a new trial is the point sought in tho first Instance and is awaited with much Interest. Legislators Almost Fight. OLYMPIA, Wash. As a climax to tho most exciting morning of tho ses sion, the railroad commission bill In the house was declared indefinitely postponed on a viva voce vote at noon on Tuesday and the houso adjourn od amid an uproar, in which frlonds of tho commission bill hurled anathe mas at Spoeaker Hare, and tho speaker aud Representative Lewis almost came to blows. NINE LIVES LOST FATAL FIRE IN A CEDAR RAr'DS, IOWA, HOTEL. GUESTS LEAPJROM WINDOWS Some Escape Flames Only to Meet D;ath on the Pavement Below Young Men's Christian Association Delegates Among the Victims. CEDAR RAPIDS, la. Nino lives, according to tho best Information oh talnablo under difficulties, wero lost in a fire which Friday morning de stroyed tho Clifton hotel In this city. Tho flro started at 2:30 nnd at 10 tho smouldering debris furnished so ilcrco a heat that search for bodies was Impossible. The list of tho dead mny prove longer than tho number given, but It Is hoped thnt tho Informa tion which accounts for nil but this number Is correct. Two persons were fatally Injured and forty-two more hurt more or loss severely, mostly by Jumping from windows. Tho work of Identification Is complicated by the loss of tho hotel register, which vvns burned. Tho hotel, a three-story veneer structure, Is said to have been a ver itable fire trap. Tho flames Btarted In a pile of rubbish In the basement, presumably Ignited by defectlvo elec tric light wires. Tho night clerk was on tho third floor when tho cry of Are, ralsod by a bell hoy, startled him. Ho took up tho cry und In an Instant the hall ways wore choked with frightened guoBtB. A rush was mado for the Btnlrways. It was then that tho crowd already collected In tho street heard heart-rending cries of anguish and desperation, for tho fire, feodlng rav enously on the tlnderllko material of tho lowor fioor, had completely cut ofT escape. There followed a Btampedo for the windows, tho only means of exit left. Tho street below was now filled with a crowd scarcely less frantic than the dspalrlng ones In tho fast burning building. "It was Ilko a Doro plcturo of In ferno sprung to life," said one spec tator in describing the scene. "Tho flames, looking blood-red from rellec tlon against tho snow, lit up the pale, drawn faces of tho people In the win dows, with n glow that was unearthly." Tho victims wero literally driven by tho flames to jump. Nearly every one of thqm lingered to tho last mo ment, urged by the people below to wait as long as possible In tho hope of assltsance. Then a cry would tell that tho flro had reached them or tho smoko had made it imposlhle to breathe, and ono after another jumped, some to tho streot, and some, more fortunate, to tho roofs of buildings ad joining. In a short space of time the street was filled with men and wo men, bruised and battered, with brok en llmfjs and half crazed. All were in their nfght garments. In an hour St. Luke's hospital con tained fifteen injured, while many more, chiefly those who had escaped with comparatively slight hurts, wero being cared for In buildings near tho scene of tho tragedy. Some who jumped owe their lives to tho fact that their falls wero broken by telegraph wires which Interposed In their downward flight. A number of the guests who wero able to con verse calmly following their escape de clared that they had stumbled over prostrate bodies as they rushed to tho windows. The flames literally wero chasing them, and the smoke mado it almost Impossible to breathe. The proprietor of the hotel placed his estlmato of tho number of peoplo In the building at between seventy and eighty. Many of them were delegates lo tho stato con vention of tho Young Men's Christian association. The President Invited. WASHINGTON. Senator Kearns of Utah and Dietrich of Nebraska, Will lam Glassmnn, mayor of Ogden, Utah, nnd Edward Rosowator, editor of the Omaha Bee, havo Invited Presi dent Roosevelt to attend the eleventh Irrigation congress to be held in Og den on September 9. 10 and 11, Thq president said he probably would not. bo able to attend th congress. General Foote Retires. WASHINGTON. Brigadier General Morris C. Foote, recently confirmed, was retired on Friday. He was for imerly colonel of the Twenty-eighth pfnntry nnd has been serving with his regiment In the Philippines. Cattle Disease Serious. BOSTON. According to Dr. D. E. Salmon, who has como on from Wash lug, tho foot and mo'ith disease In southeastern Massachusetts is of a more serious naturo than has bean re alized in this state. Ho soys more precaution is neco sary than those In charge of infected animals havo been willing to take If ihc disorder Is to be stamped out with in a short time. MAN TO FEED WYOMING ELK. Jcton-Yellowetone Superintendent Has Hay-Fed Wild Animals. NEW YORK Steps wero taken hero Tuesday to save 10,000 Btarving elk on tho Jeton-Ycllowstono reserves In Wyoming. Seven feet of Bnow cov ers their feeding ground and temper atures ns low as 40 degrees below zero have added to their sufferings. News of tho critical condition of tho elk herds reached bore from tho chler of trio United Slates rangers to A. A. Anderson, a special superin tendent of tho Jeton-Yellowstono re serves, who spends his winters la Now York. Mr. Anderson at once ordered that a temporary supply cf wild hay, at his own expense, bo distributed as soon as possible at convenient points by tho force of tlrfrty rangers. He then pro posed that $1,500 to $2,000 bo raised horo by subscription to purchnso moro wild hay ,and it is believed i.iat prom inent persona will support the plan. LOOKING UP IRRIGATION; A Lincoln Attorney Investigating as to Plans Mapped Out. WASHINGTON. Mr. A. E. Harvey, an attorney of Lincoln, Is In the city looking nfter Irrigation matters In Ne braska. In company with Mr. Shallou horger ho called upon Professor New ell, chief hydrographer of tho geologi cal survey, to ascertain what plans had been mapped out for experiments In Nebraska. Mr. Newell 8tatc3 that boforo any Irrigation projects can bo started In Nebraska, It would be ucc cssary for the citizens there to por feet somo plans concerning tho uso of tho waters stored; that is, If tho government begins any projects they must havo somo assurance that the land irrigated would bo taken by tho citizens at least at tho cost of irriga tion, so that tho government would not bo out anything. Mr. Nowell said that was IiIh understanding of tho bill; that tho government should bo reim bursed for tho money spent by the salo of tho lands irrigated. CHILDREN IN A WRECK. I Eight Killed and Thirty or More Wounded. NEWARK, N. J. A fast express on tho Lackawanna railway cut through a trolly car crowded with school chil dren at the Clifton avenuo crossing Thursday. Eight of tho children were killed and thirty or moro injured. Tho motormnn of the car, who stuck to his post, will die, nnd the cngineor of the express was so badly hurt that there is little hope of his recovery. Both tho express and the trolly wero on steep grades, going at right angles. The express was signalled, and cross ing gates were lowered while tho street car was yet only halt way down tho hill. The motorman immediately turned off' tho power nnd applied tho brakes, but the car slipped along the Icy rails. It gained tremendous mo mentum, and at the bottom of the hill crashed through the gates directly- in the track of tho oncoming train. Thd locomotlce ploughed Us way through the trolly, throwing the children in overy direction. CUBA WILL RATIFY TREATY. Would Have Been Done Sooner but for Delay Here. WASHINGTON, D. C Herbert G. Squlors, minister to Cuba, arrived hero Sunday 'direct from Havana and had an audience with the secretary of tho navy. Mr. Squires said his mission hero U-to "clean up" certain matters connected with tho Piatt amendment. Awaiting him at his hotel was a ca blegram stating that on Monday next tho Cuban congress would take up tho consideration of the reciprocity treaty and Mr. Squires expressed tho opinion that It would he ratified during tho coming week. It was learned that this treaty would havo been acted on sooner but tho Cuban government was awaiting action by the United States Benate. Now, however, that the matter has been de layed, the Cuban government will use every means In its power to expedito action on the treaty In tho hope of favorable action by the United States senate. Garfield Gets Good Place. WASHINGTON, D. C The presi dent Tuesday sent to tho senate the nomination of Jomes Rudolph Gar field of Ohio, to bo commissioner of corporations in the department of commerce and labor. Francis Pushes Fair in London. LONDON D. R. Francis, president of tho St. Louis exposition, spent a busy Jay at Clarldge's hotel conferring with the St. Louis fair commissioners to the various countries who havo come to London to see him. A private dinner was given in his honor at tho Carlton hotel Sunday night. Ambas sador Choate, Prince Rudzlwill. Lord. Grey, Admiral Fisher, Lieutenant Gen- I oral Sir Ian Hamilton, Arnold Morloy,