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ALLIANCB,
NBDItASKA
Condition of armed pcaco prevails
In Wnrsnw; discontent Is still smoul
dering In Russia.
Flro dstroyed ono entire block In the
business Bcctlon of Po&body, Kan., cu
tailing a loss of $50,000.
Rev. Father Edward S. Welch, who
died at Washington a few weeka ago,
bctiueathcd $100,000 to Boston college.
Miss Helon Gould oltorB a. generous
reward to every man who stays In
the navy Ilvo years without being tat-.
toocd.
The miners congress at Charlcrol,
Frauce, by a largo majority, has do
cldcd to declare a general etriko on
Monday. i
Governor Myron T. Hcrrlck of Ohio
says ho has twlco declined tho am '
bassndorshlp to Italy becauso ho can
not talk Italian. f
Father Gopon, tho leader of tho
workmen of SL Petersburg, In tho af
fair of January 22, Is now known to
bo In Switzerland,
District Attorney Jcromo says that
ho had begun a crusado against pool ,
rooms In Now York City and Intends
to clo8o all of them. I
Sanitary work Is progressing In nil
tho fifteen largo cities of Cuba, for
which thp government has appropriat
ed tho sum of $42G,000.
Tho former homo of tho lato Thom
as A. Hendricks, onco vlco president,
In Indlannpolls, Is being torn down to
mako way for a modern building. I
A Baltlmoro pollco captain was
awarded by a lurv In a trial for slan
der tho sum of $4,000 against a weal
thy wonirm who called lilm a puppy.
Former Governor Boutwcll of Mas
sachusetts took note of his eighty
sovehth birthday last week with a
family dinner party, over which ho
presided.
Arthur Hamilton Lcc, civil lord of
tho admlrnlty, speaking at Gpsport,
England, said that ho declined to mako
any reply to German comments on his
English speech.
Bishop Ethclbcrt Talbot of tho Cen
tral Protestant Episcopal dlocoso of
Pennsylvania has been re-elected pres
ident of tho New York alumni of Dart
mouth college
Tho Chicago chief of pollco declares
conviction that Johann Hoch married
over twenty women and killed at least
twolvo of them. Hoch says that ho
has only married two.
Representative W. I. Nolan 6f Min
neapolis has Introduced in tho lower
houso of Minnesota a bill establishing
tho whipping post as a moans of pun
ishment for wlfo beaters.
Joseph D. Forakor, senior United
States senator from Ohio, will con
tinuo his residence In Cincinnati, hav
ing Just purchased tho beautiful Good
man loinestcad for $100,000.
Tho Cuban seuuto has passed tho
bill providing for a government con
tribution toward sanitation for nil mti
niclpartlos nt tho annual rato of
52.10 2-3 por hood ofpopulatlon.
Frank Furbng, 19 years of age, who
has been on trial nearly a week in
Now York, charged with tho murder
of his aunt, Mrs. Garrett Kceler, was
lound guilty of murder in tho first de
gree. The supremo court of Colorndo has
decided that tho capital punishment
law is constitutional. Four murderers,
whoso execution has been postponed
from tlmq ts timo awaiting this decl
cion, will now bo hanged.
Ges8lcr Rousseau, suspected of hav
ing attempted to blow ud tho steam
ship Umbr.n, was taken to Now York
city from Philadelphia and locked up
at pollco headquarters. Ho will bo ar
ralgued In the Tombs court.
Secrotary Taft announced after n
visit to the president that oimriom nr.
to bo established by tho Panama can
al commission for tho Y. M. C. A. nt
four points in tho canal zone Aeon,
Colon, Culcbra and Emporador.
Germany is introducing Chinese la
bor In Samoa, according to tho Co
logne Gazette, which says GOO coolies
have been cMlcrted at Swatow, China,
awaiting trans-shipment to Samoa.
Tho German government pays half the
cost of tho transportation of tho la
borers. President Roosovolt has sent a mes
aago to congress rocommending tho
uppolntmont of a board of surveys to
superintend nationnl surveys and ex
plorations in tho Philippine archipel
ago. Ho estimates that it will re
quire olght or ten years to completo
tho work and recommends that appro
prlatlons be made from tlmo to time
to pay the expenses.
Fallowing tho complaint of Anthony
Coinstock of New York, concerning de
moralizing French pictures being re
ceived In America through tho Fronch
malls, the state department at Wash
Jngton Is t-teking tho co-operation of
tho French government to provont tho
mailing of objectionable photogaphs
or pictures.
The proprietors of tho coment fac
tories nt Neodeshn, Kan., havo arrang
ed to establish a $50,000 plant at New
Orleans. Dr. William Dunn, ono of Boston's
noted physicians, has been appointed
to tho staff of papal doctors in tho
Vatican at Rome.
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News in Brief
VOTE 1SJHIUNTED
THEODORES-ROOSEVELT FORMAL
. Wf E.LE$JE.D PRESIDENT. ,
CONGRESS inloiHT SESSION
Official Canvass of the Returns Brings
Great Crowd to Galleries Senator
Frye Recapitulates the Vote and
Makes the Announcement.
WASHINGTON Although Urn re
sult of tho presidential election was
known ar)y In tho evening of No
vember, It was not until now, whon
tho soncto and house met In Joint ses
sion, that Theodore Roosovolt and
Charles W. Fairbanks were officially
declared elected president nnd vlco
president' respectively for four years,
beginning March -I, 1905. This quad
rennial function of congrcss'nUrnctcd
to tho house chamber, where tho elect
oral voto Was ennvnssed, nn Immense
gathering prominent among tho au
ditors being Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss
Allco Roosevelt, tho president's sister,
Mrs. Cowl08, nnd Mrs, Charles W.
Fairbanks, wife of tho vlco president
elect.
President Pro Tern Frye of tho sen
ate, presided and delivered tho an
nouncement of tho result or the count
which showed that Roosevelt and
Fairbanks received 336 electoral votes
and Parker und Davis HO. The whole
proceeding consumed exactly fifty
minutes, thcroby establishing a new
record in counting the electoral vote.
At 1 o'clock Doorkeeper Lyons of
tho house announced the arrival of the
president pro temporo nnd tho senate
of tho United States Pesldcnt Pro
Temporo Fryo nt once- mounted tho
rostrum to tho right of Speaker Can
non. At tho samo time tho Inlaid ma
hogany box containing tho electoral
votes wns deposited on tho spenkcr's
tablo and opened, tho senntors in the
meant lino tnklng scats on tho right
sldo of the chamber. While they were
being seated the members of the
houso stood up. President Pro Tem
pore Frye presided.
Tho tellers of tho two houses,
Messrs. Burrows (Mich.) and Bailey
(Tex.) of tho senate and Gaines (W.
Va.) and Russell (Tex.) of tho houso,
then took their places nt the speaker's
desk and tho certificates wero read
by each teller In turn.
Tho state were coiled in alphabetic
al order. Tho first mention of Presi
dent Roosevelt's nntno enmo when tho
voto of California was announced. It
was tho signal for applauso fiom tho
republican side.
When tho total voto was ready Sen
ator Burrows announced tlint of tho
total electoral voto of 47G, of which a
majority was 230. Theodore Roosevelt,
for president, nnd Charles W. Fair
banks1 for vlco president, had each
received 330, and that Judge Alton B.
Parker, for president, nnd Henry Gns
saway Davis, for vice president, had
each reclved HO votes. Senator Frye
recapitulated tho voto and then made
tho following announcement:
ThiB announcement of the stato of
tho voto by tho president of the sen-
ato shall bo deemed a sufllclont de
claration of tho persons elected presi
dent nnd vlco president of tho United
States, each for the term beginning
March -1, 1905, and shall bo entered,
together with a list of tho votes on
tho Journals of the senate und house
of representatives.
GERMAN MINERS LIKE BILL.
Return to Work as Result of Promlst
to Improve Conditions.
BERLIN Two to three thousand
coal miners, who struck In tho Slle-
slan district returned to work Mon
day believing that tho government's
bill now in preparation will readjust
their relations with their employers.
Tho government's proposed law limits
tho working day to nlno hours In gal
leries where tho temperatures aro
about 70 degrees Fahrenheit, includ
ing tho timo going In nnd coming out
of tho mines. In temperatures of 84
degrees Fahrenheit and higher only
a six-hour day is permitted. Within
two or threo years tho nine-hour day
is to bo Bhortened to eight and one
half hours., About nine-tenths of tho
miners of Germany como within these
provisions.
Tho disallowing of entire cars of
coal becauso of the presence of for
eign substances Is to be forbidden.
Fines may' bo assessed, but there must
not exceed $1 to $1.50 por month.
Will Push Ust of Cotton.
NEW ORLEANS Former United
States Senator McLaurin of South
Carollua, chairman of tho commltteo
appointed by tho Southern Interstate
Cotton convention to wait on Presi
dent Roosevelt nud ask him to form
n commission to Introduco American
cotton Into tho Orient and other nn
devolopod markets will viplt the
president February 20. Ho says that if
China may be Induced to uso Amorl
can cotton, it is not unreasonable to
beliovo that 25.000.000 bnlos of tho
American crop will bo consumed,
Opcraons at a Standstill.
ST. PETERSBURG Military oper
ations in Manchuria continue nt a
standstill. No Importance is attached
by tho war ofllco to tho Jnpanoso
movements on the Russian center and
1 loft, which aro regarded as merely
' demonstrations. Gonernl Holsman, n
j war critic, expresses tho opinion that
the Russians aro not likely to t-ur-j
render the positions captuted north
of Sandopas, and that a 'sorias of en
counters there will probably continue
until the weather Is favorable for a
eonera' advance.
TWO NEVV STATES.
Senate Passes the Bill That Admits
Them. WASHINGTON After a- continue
qiis sitting of nlmost,. nloo hours the
senato nt S:4f o'clock Tuesday night
passed tho joint statehood bill. As
passed the bill provides for tho ad
mission of tho stntOB of Oklahoma, to
bo composed of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory, and Now Mexico, according
to tho present boundaries, with Ari
zona eliminated.
Tho long session was characterized
by exciting Incidents nnd many sur
prises, ucglnnlng promptly upon tho
convening nt 12 o'clock tho senato
proceeded to consider tho various
nmonrimcntft will."! had booh sueucst.
cd by tho committee on tcrjfb'We
nnd which had been passed over. Ono
of tho first of these taken up was 'tho
amendment prohibiting the salo of in
toxicating liquors in what Is now In
dian Territory for tho next ten year3
.and this was displaced with a substi
tute offered by Mr. Galllnger, which
.extended the amendment to tho cntlro
stnto for a period of twenty-ono years
and this was ndoptcd.
The first surprlso of tho day caroo
when tlie commltteo accepted Mr.
Foraker's amendment for a soparato
voto by each of tho territories of
Arizona and Now Mexico on tho con
stitution to be ndoptcd by the pro
posed state of Arizona. That provision
had scarcely been made n part of tho
bill when Mr. Bnrd presented his
amendment, which had been original
ly offered by Mr. Patterson nnd which
provided for the admission of Now
Mexico as a stato without tho addition
of Arizona. This amendment proved to
bo the point around which all tho sub
sequent proceedings of importanco
revolved. It was at first adopted by
the close voto of 42 to 40. This voto
was taken whllo tho Bcnato was sit
ting in commltteo of tho whole and
was roverscd In tho senato proper by
tho llo voto of 38 to 38.
Subsequently tho senato decided
by a voto of 38 to 3G to entirely elim
inate New Mexico and Arizona from
tho bill nnd this result had hardly
been announced when Mr. Bard In
slightly changed form renewed his
proposition for tho admission of New
Mexico as a state and this timo tho
amendment prevailed by tho voto of
40 to 37. Ono of tho affirmative votes
was, however, cast by Mr. Beverldge,
In charge of tho bill, for tho purpose
of moving tho reconsideration of tho
vote. Ho was prompt In entering this
motion as soon as tho result was an
nounced, but tho motion was laid upon
tho tablo oy a voto of 39 to 38. The
effect was to ellmlnnto Arizona from
tho bill nnd to establish a state of
New Mexico and another of Okla
homa nnd Indian Territory. In this
form tho bill' passed. Tho bill origin
ated In the houso and will go to con
ference. THEY COMPLY WITH CLOSURE
Rate Legislation in Line With Demo
cratic Platforms.
WASHINGTON Tho democratic
members of tho Missouri delegation
In tho houso forwarded tho following
telegram to the Missouri stato legisla
ture acknowledging tho jecelpt of tho
resolution of that body favoring Presi
dent Roosevelt's policy on rato legis
lation: "Wo are in receipt of copy of joint
resolution passed by legislature ask
ing us to support tho recommendation
of tho president to regulate freight
rates. Asr democrats, it affords us
pleasure o comply with this request
nnd wo can 'support such legislation
tho more zealously sluco tho picsl
dent's messago is simply a reitera
tion of tho declaration In tho last
threo national democratic platforms
as well as the frequent utterances of
Mr. Bryan."
SPENDS DAY ON AGRICULTURE
Senate Figures on Appropriations for
Farm Experiments.
WASHINGTON The senato de
voted Thursday to debate on the agri
cultural appropriation bill, but did not
complete tho measure. There was a
renewal of tho discussion of tho gen
eral policy of distributing the appro
priation bills among a number of com
mittees. Mr. Gorman and Mr. Spooner con
tended that tho change had resulted
in a vast increase in tho cost of con
ducting tho government. Mr. Halo
agreed that In recent years there had
been a great lncreaso In the appro
priations, but ho attributed it to
whut ho characterized as "tho war
craze."
ROSEBUD BILL IS SIGNED.
Homesteaders Now Have Until May 1
in Which to MaVe Settlement.
WASHINGTON Tho president on
Tuesday signed tho bill granting an
oxtonsion of time to claimants In
which to make settlement on lands on
tho Rosebud reservation In Gregory
county, South Dakota, nnd also on tho
Devil's lake roservo in North Dakota.
The bill affects all who filed prior to
November 1, 1904, and extonds tho
tlmo for muking settlement to May 1.
Wyoming AntiChrlstlan Science.
CHEYENNE. Wyo. Tho Christian
Sclonsts osteopaths, magnotic healers
and others who treat tho blind, halt
and sick without tho aid of surgcy or
modlcines aro up In arms as a result
of passago by tho legislature of a
bill which proniblts them from prac
ticing in Wyoming. Under the act,
which only lacks the signature of tho
governor to become law. Christian
Scientists, osteopaths and others can
be flnod and imprisoned for adminis
tering to thofr pationts if they collect
, fees therefor.
IN BOTH HOUSES
LOWER BRANCH WILL DISCUSS
NAVAL MATTERS.
TO TAKE UPJXPEHSE BILL
House Holds Sunday ' Session at
Which Eulogies of Senator Hoar
Are Pronounced by Members of the
Massachusetts Delegation.
WASHINGTON The naval appro
priation bill will bo taken up by tho
houso on Monday as soon as legisla
tion for tho District of Columbia has
lioon . fllRTiriHPi nt. Thn niivnl hill Is
fusuljlry a subject of long debate and
this year will bo attacked on several
grounds. There will bo a general
discussion as to the naval policy and
Isbuo is to bo taken with tho commlt
teo In its provision' for now BhlpaVjTho
topic of nt-mor plate contracts' Is (o
fill Its accustomed placo on the pro
gram, whllo submarine boats and tor
pedo boats aro to form tho basis of
offensive and defensive nrgumenL Tho
best cstimalo .that can be mado is
that at least four days will bo con
sumed In getting legislative action on
this bill in tho house. It is to bo
followed immediately by the river and
harbor bill, which has been on tho
calendar for soma timo and usually
occupies several days once it is taken
up. Should tho decks bo cleared at
any timo tho proposed legislation on
tho Panama canal project, which is
tho continuing order, will bo dis
cussed. The attention of the senato this
week will bo divided between tho
Swayno impeachment trial and the
appropriation bills. Tho trial will bo
taken up each day at 2 o'clock and
will continue to receive attention un
til G o'clock. Before and after tho
period between those hours the ap
propriation bills will bo considered.
Tho agricultural appropriation is still
under discussion and as soon as it is
disposed of the bill making appro
priations for tho District of Colum
bia will bo taken up, to be followed
by tho diplomatic and consular bill.
Trlbuto to tho memory of tho Into
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts was
tho occasion of a special session of
tho houso of representatives Sunday.
Many of tho members attended tho
Besslon, which began at 12 o'clock.
Tho galleries wore occupied liberally.
Representative Lawrcnco of Massa
chusetts presided.
Resolutions expressing the senso of
bereavement and loss in tho death of
Senator Hoar wero offered by Repre
sentative Lovering (Mass.).
Speakers to these resolutions wero
Messrs. Gilett, Lawrence, Thayer, Sul
livan, Green, Roberts, McNary, Pow
ers, Kelliher and Tirol), all of Massa
chusetts1, and Clark and DeArmond of
Missouri.
The eulogies occupied tho house un
til 2:37 p. in., when the resolutions
wero adopted and tho houso ad
journed. The Interstate Commerce commis
sion has assigned dates for hearings
In important cases. The differential
case, Involving the question of differ
entials on traffic to the Atlunllc ports,
has been assigned for oral argument
in this city April 4.
PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL.
House Committee Authorizes a Fa-
'. ' vorable Report.
WASHINGTON Tlio houso com
mittee on ways and means authorized
a favorable report on tho tnriff bill
for tho Philippines. Tho bill is a
'pmptete rev.slon of the duties col
lected by tho Philippine government
on Imports from all countries. Tho
schedules as prepared by the Philip
pine commission and revised by Sec
retary Taft wero not amended in any
material particular by tho committee.
An unsuccessful effort was mado
by Mr. Williams (Miss.), for the mi
nority to provide absolute free trade
on thoso articles which the Philip
pines havo heretofore purchased from
tho United States and alao to reduco
tho duty on rice.
On motion to report tho bill there
was no i-arty division.
ONE OF ITS WEAK POINTS.
Esch-Townsend Bill Doesn't Reach
Private Car Lines.
WASHINGTON Whllo President
Roosevelt approves of the Esch
Townsend railroad freight rate hill,
pending before the house of represent
atives, it is expected that he would
like to have incorporated In it stronger
provisions relating to private car
lines. Representative Babcock (Wis.)
had a talk with tho president about
tho pending legislation. Ho holds tho
Bamo views regarding private car
lines as tho president
Senator McComas (Md.) also talked
with tho president nbout the pending
railroad legislation. Tho president is
endeavoring to bring about action In
the senate at this session on the into
question, hoping tho senate may tako
up tlfo Esch-Townsend measure when
tho bill reaches it.
Stockholdrrs Dividend.
NEW YORK Tho differences now
existing between foreign stockholders
In tho Kansas City Southern railway
and tho voting trust which controls
that proporty will bo settlod bytpom
promise or contested in the courts in
tho near future This much was de
clared by the legal representatives of
the foreign stockholders. Tho voting
trustees contend that the demands of
the stockholders for the payment of
dividends Is unreasonable on tho
ground that such dividends had not
been earned.
DISLIKE THE ARRANGEMENT
Element In San Domingo Opposes
'" Protocol. '
WASHINGTON During" Saturday
Cablegrams, wcrq jpeqlvqjj. .5 . both
tho stato and navy departments from
Sin Domingo. Tho text 01 those was
wltnhcld from publication, but It was
stated that they permitted tho understanding-
that Lieutenant Commander
Lolpcr, from tho Detroit, hnd estab
lished himself us collector of customs
at Monti CrlBtl. There wns no report
of threatened disturbance, though an
Intimation wns conveyed in the cable
grams that some of the Dominican
leaders In opposition to MornloV ad
ministration do not view with satisfac
tion the action by the American naval
commandor In csfabllsnlng himself at
Monti Crist i.
Commnndor Dillingham juicnj, somo
time In conference with the, president,
'atifc hfterwn'Hl'-Ojijiutc tho "following
element: " "'
''Referring to tlid article on Santo
Domingo in tho issue of a New York
newspaper, I, having just returned
from Santon Domingo, am In a posi
tlon to deny the statement mado by
Judge Abbott that tho custom houses
of Santo Domingo wero taken over by
tho United States authorities on Feb
ruary 1 or 2 under 'the preliminary
Dillingham and Sanchez protocol of
January 20, or that they had been
taken on tho 5th, tho day I left Santo
Domingo, and I havo positive Infor
mation that they have not been taken
over sinco under tho terms of the
protocol."
PUBLIC LANDS COMMISSION
Recommends Some Changes in Exist
ing Laws.
WASHINGTON The public lands
commission, which has been consider
ing tho advisability of changes in tho
national land laws, has completed Its
report after sessions occupying the
last two wccKH. The report will be
submitted to tho president at once. It
makes important recommendntrons in
tended to correct existing abuses.
Tho abuse and evasion of tho tim
ber and stone act, whose repeal or
sweeping modification has been urged
repeatedly in government reports, and
tho commutation clause of tho home
stead law aro discussed and it is be
lieved that tho repeal or the modifi
cation of tho latter so as to prolong
tho residenco on the homestead will
bo required instead of tho present
hort period, are recommended. Tho
question of control of tho grazing
lands of the government is considered
at length.
It is estimated that there are 300,
000,000 acres of land in this country
apparently fit only for grazing pur
poses and tho commission has made
recommendations designed to prevent
the constant destructive work perpe
trated on theso lands by trespassers
andtto prevent tho frequent conflicts
over public grazing lnnds among dif
ferent classes of stockmen.
ALMOST KILLS HIS KEEPER.
Chadron, Neb., Insane Man Attacks
St. Louis Hospital Guard.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Guard Andrew
Gavin of the observation ward of tho
emergency hospital wns attacked by
Guy Long of Chadron, Neb., nn Insane
patient, and almost killed. Long was
oxerclsing In the corridor of tho coll
division when, without warning, he
Jumped upon Gavin from behind.
With maniacal strength he bore the
keeper to the floor and began jumping
up and down upon him. Gavin was
almost dead when other attendants
heard tho exulting cries of the man
iac and rushed to tho former's aid.
Six men were roughly handled betorc
Long was safely strapped to a cot In
hin cell. Gavin's body is almost entire
ly covered with black nnd blue spots.
Long has been a patient for several
days. Ho was allowed tho freedom of
tho corridor because the physicians
considered him harmless.
Investigation of Panama Road.
WASHINGTON No date has been
set for beginning the investigation of
the affairs of tho Panama Railroad
company, which task has been as
signed by resolution to 0 subcommit
tee of the houso committee on Inter
state and lorelgn commerce. Repre
sentative Shackloford, chairman of
this investigation committee, said
that It would bo tome days before
tho details of the investigation would
bo decided on. Mtich of the Informa
tion desired regarding the affairs of
this road has been received.
Orders an Investigation.
WASHINGTON Postmaster Gener
al Wynne has ordered an Investiga
tion of the Incident that occurred at
tho railroad utatlon here, when a
carrier said to August W. Machon, on
tho latter's departure for the peni
tentiary, that the latter had the sym
pathy of a largo number of free de
livery letter canlers, Tho postmaster
general feels that tho sent'ment does
not represent the sontlment of that
branch, and that the employes havo
no sympathy for Machon.
Railroad Accident In Iowa.
OMAHA Near Melbourne, Iowa,
on tho morning of the 9th, an engine
nnd soven cars went through a bridge
and wero piled up In a heap, the acci
dent being caused by a broken rail.
Tho train wns a double header and
the flrat englno passed safely over the
bridge. Two men Avere killed and a
a number wounded, somo of them
quite sovexely. Tho dead aro: Robert
Marsh, of Iowa, riding as a passen
ger, nnd C. A. Morris, tho brakoraan.
Both of them made tholr homes at
I Council Bluffs.
STATEHOOD BILL
IT IS LIKELY TO FAIL IN THE.
LOVER HOUSE.
REPUBLICANS IN CONFERENCE
They Decide to Stand by Their Ori
ginal Agreement That Oklahoma
and Indian Territory be One State
and New Mexico and Arlzonla An
other. WASHINGTON Statehood for Ok
lahoma and" Now Mexico will not bo
granted durirg this session of con
gress unless it be on lines provided
in the house statehood bill.
This was decided at a conference
cf i publican members of the house.
The following resolution, setting forth
this position, was adopted, 112 to '33,(
after three hours of debate.
'Resolved, That It isv the senso of,
this conference that the action and
policy of the republican caucus, held
April 15, IflOt touching the admission
of Oklahoma ann Indian Territory as
one stnto and New Mexico nnd Ari
zona as one state, as provided in tho
bill of tho house, No. 11749, which,
bill has been amended by tho senate
and is now pending in the house com
mittee on territories, bo insisted upon,
nnd that we insist on such parliament
ary proceedings as can be had by a.
majority of the house, or a special
order as can be mado and adopted by
a majority of the house, under which
tho aforesaid policy of the republicans
of tho house will be worked out."
Speaker Cannon Is tho author of
thlB resolution. When tho conference
convened three proposals wero laid
before It, none of which wero adopted.
Tho first was a resolution offered by
Mr. Dalzell, reciting the histDry of
the statehood legislation in the houso
and reaffirming tho caucus action tak
en at that time. Another was a reso
lution by Mr. Sibley (Pa.) providing
that the statehood bill be mado tho
subject of conference between tho
two houses. Tho third was an amend
ment to this resolution, offered by
Mr. Tawncy, adding that in such
conference the houso conferees bo In
structed to insist on the house provi
sions of the bill.
Delegate Rodey (N. M.) mado a
strong appeal for concurrence In tho
senato bill. Ho, however, did not
make any motion to this end. Other
speeches were made by Representa
tive Dalzell (Pa.), Hamilton (Mich.),
chairman of tho committee on terri
tories. Delegate McGuirc (Okla.) pleaded
for action whereby at least Oklahoma
and Indian Territory might bo admit
ted. Speaker Cannon occupied tho
lloor at length on two different occa
sions. Other speakers wero Repre
sentatives Hepburn, Tawncy, Burkett,
Needham, Brick and Gains.
Tho debate was keyed to a high
pitch at all times. The ground was
taken by those who favored tho
house provisions or nothing that tho
republicans of tho body would bo sac
rificing their position taken hereto
fore to a few republican senators who
had Keen-fit to unite with the minor
ity of the senate, if tho bill, as amend
ed, was accepted.
FRANCE JEALOUS OF GERMANY
Intimacy of Berlin Government With
Turkey is Growing.
WASHINGTON Considerable in
terest has been aroused In diplomatic
circles oy the dispatches telling of the
French crisis nt Constantinople and
news of the movement of M Constants,
the French ambassador there. Is be
ing anxiously awaited. Although dip
lomats here nro without olllcial lnfor
mntlonu regarding the situation, it is
known that the French government
has for a long time been concerned
over the increased activity of Ger
man interests in the Ottoman empire
and Germany's latest victory In se
curing tho contract for the re-arma-ment
of the Turkish artillery Is look
ed upon as tho culmination of a series
of German triumphs in Turkey, which,
In tho opinion of some, are due to tho
growing lntlmncy of the Berlin gov
ernment with the porto.
ERIE ROAD SCENTS DANGER.
Opposes Grant of Much Power to'
Commerce Commission.
NEW YORK President Underwood
of tho Erie Railroad company, has
sent out a circular to stockholders of
that corporation in which he says:
"It is obvious that tho owners of
rallrond securities have a vital inter
est in tho disposition of the bill relat
ing to interstate commerce, now un
der consideration by tho committee of
congress. Any law enacted that will
prevent thp cutting of rates, unjust
discriminations and all other dishon
est practices would bo beneficial, not
only to tho public in general, but to
tho railronds as well. It is. however,
tho opinion of those who have had tho
bot opportunity for studying tho sit
uation that it would be a serious mis
take to havo a bill passed authorizing
tho Interstate commerce commission
to flx rates for transportation."
Can Go Behind the Records.
WASHINGTON- Tho jmtmastor
general Is empowered not only to fix
tho salary of a postmaster on tho
basis of tho gross receipts of his post
office, as provided by law, hut also to
go behind the receipts to dotormlne
whether they were obtainod proporty,
according to a decision rendered by
Comptroller of tho Troasury Trace
well. Tho opinion affocts miinv post
masters charged with padding re
ceipts to raise their salaries, by so.
llclting or having their Mends solicit
business to their postofficeH.
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