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ALLIANCE,
NEBRASKA.
News in Brief
Condition of nrmed penco prevails
In "Warsaw; discontent Is still smoul
dering in Russia.
Flro (Istroyed ono cntlro block In tho
business Hcctlon of Poabody, Kan., en
tailing a loss of ? 50,000.
new Father Edward 8. Welch, who
died at Washington a few weeks aga,
bequeathed $100,000 to Boston college.
Miss Helen Gould offers a. genorou3
reward to every man who stays In
tho navy Hvo years without being tattooed.
Tho miners' congress at Charlcrol, ' dltors being Mrs. Hoosovelt, Miss
France, by a largo majority, has do- Allco Roosevelt, the president's sister,
elded to dcclnro a general etriko on Mrs. Cowles; nml Mrs. Charles W.
Monday. i Fairbanks, wife of tho vlco president-
Governor Myron T. Hcrrick of Ohio elect,
says ho has twlco declined tho am-' President Pro Tern Frye of tho sen
bassadorshlp to Italy becauso ho can- ate, presided and delivered tho nn
aot talk Italian. nouncomont of tho result of the count
Pnhpr r.nnnn Ihn l..i.lir nf ihn Which Showed that ItOOSCVClt and
..,.,.. .. wj.w.r piv uuw v w
workmen of SL Potersburg, In tho af
fair of January 22, Is now known to
bo in Switzerland,
strict Attorney Jcromo says Uiat
ho had bogtin a crusade against pool
rooms in New York City and Intends
to cIobo nil of them.
Sanitary work Is progressing in nil
tho fifteen largo cities of Cuba, for
which thp government has appropriat
ed tho sum of $420,000.
Tho former homo of tho lato Thom
as A. Hendricks, onco vlco president,
In Indlnnnpolls, is being torn down to
tunko way for a modern building.
A Baltimore pollco captain was
awarded by a Jury In a trial for slau
der tho sum of 4,000 against a weal
thy woman who called him a puppy.
Former Governor 13outwoll of Mns
sachusotts took note of his eighty
aoventh birthday last week with a
family dinner party, over which ho
presided.
Arthur Hamilton Leo, civil lord of
tho admiralty, speaking at Gnsport,
England, said that ho declined to make
nny 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 Now York alumni of Dart
mouth college.
Tho Chicago chief of pollco declares
conviction that Johann Hoch married
over twenty women and killed nt least
twclvo of thorn. Hoch says that ho
has only married two. . f
Representative W. I. Nolan of 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 n. Forukcr, senior United
States senator from Ohio, will con
tlnuo his residence in Cincinnati, hav
ing Just purchased tho beautiful Good
man homestead for $100,000.
Tho Cuban senate has passed tho
bill providing for a government con
tribution toward sanltatlpn for all mu
nlclpal'ties at tho annual rato of
52.1G 2-3 per bond orpopulalion.
Frank Furlong, 19 years of age, who
lias been on trial nearly n week In
New York, charged with tho murdor
of his aunt, Mrs. Garrett Kecler, was
Inund guilty of murder in tho llrst de
gree. Tho supremo court of Colorndo has
decided that tho capital punishment
law is constitutional. Four murderers,
whoso execution has been postponed
from time, ts tlmo awaiting this deci
sion, will now bo hanged.
Gesslor Rousseau, suspected of hav
ing attempted to blow un tho steam
ship Umbr.n, was taken to Now York
city from Philadelphia and locked up
nt pollco headquarters. He will bo ar
raigned In tho Tombs court.
Secretary Taft announced after a
visit to the president that quarters arc
to bo established by tho Panama can
al commission for tho Y. M. C. A. at
four points in tho canal zone Aeon,
Colon, Culebra and Empcrador.
Germany is introducing Chlneso la
bor in Samoa, according to tho Co
logno Gazette, which says COO coolies
have been cillected at Swatow, China,
awaiting trans-shipment to Samoa.
Tho German government pays half the
cost of the transportation of tho la
borers. President Roosevelt has sent a mes
sago to congress recommending tho
appointment of a board of surveys to
superintend national survoys and ex
plorations in tho Philippine archipol
ago. Ho estimates that It will re
quire clRlit or ten years to completo
tho work and recommends that appro
priations bo mado from time to tlmo
to pay the expenses.
Fallowing the complaint of Anthony
Comstock of New York, concerning de
moralizing French pictures boing re
ceived In America through tho French
mails, the state department at Wash
ington Ik seeking tho co-operation of
tho French government to provont tho
mailing of objectionable photogaphs
or pictures.
Ihe proprietors of tho comont fac-
torles at Neodesha, Kan., havo arrang-
ed to establish n $50,000 plant at Now
Orleans.
Dr. William Dunn, ono of Boston's
noted physicians, has been appointed
to tho staff of papal doctors in the
Vatican at Rome.
VOTE MOUNTED
THEODORER008EVELT FORMAL
.kYELEID eRESIDENT.
CONGRESS INJ0!NT SESSION
Official Canvass of the Returns Brings
Great Crowd to GalleriesSenator
Frye Recapitulates the Vote and
Makes the Announcement.
WASHINGTON Although Iho re
sult of tho presidential election was
known early In tho ovonlng pt No
vember, It was not until now. whon
tho senate and house met In Joint ses
sion, Hint Theodore Roosevelt and
Charles W. Fairbanks were officially
declared elected president and vlco
president' respectively for four yc are,
beginning March 4, 1005. This quad
rennial function of congrcss'nttractcd
to tho house chamber, where the elect
oral voto Was canvassed, nn Immenso
gathering, prominent among tho au-
Fairbanks received 33G electoral votes
and Parker and Davis 140. The wholo
proceeding consumed exactly fifty
' minutes, thereby establishing a new
record In counting the electoral vote.
I At 1 o'clock Doorkeeper Lyons of
I tho house announced the arrival of the
' president pro tempore and tho senate
of tho United States. Pesldcnt Pro
Tempore Fryo nt once mounted tho
rostrum to the right of Speaker Cnn-
I non. At tho samo tlmo tho Inlaid ma
hogany box containing tho electoral
votes was deposited on tho speaker's
table and opened, tho senators In tho
I mcantimo taking sents on tho right
sldo of tho chamber. While they were
being seated the members of tho
houso stood up. President Pro Tcm-
I poro Frye presided.
I Tho tellers of the two houses,
Messrs. Burrows (Mich.) and Bailey
(Tex.) of tho senate and Gaines (W.
Va.) and Russell (Tex.) of tho Iioubc,
then took their winces at the speaker's
desk and tho certificates were read
by each teller In turn.
Tho state were called in alphabetic
al order. Tho first "mention of Presi
dent Roosevelt's nnmo enmo when tho
i voto of California was announced. It
was tho signal for applauso from tho
republican side.
When tho total voto was ready Sen
ator Burrows announced that of tho
total electoral vote of 470, of which a
majority was 230. Theodore Roosovelt,
for president, and Charles W. Fair
banks for vico president, hnd each
received 33G, and thnt Judge Alton B.
Parker, for president, nnd Henry Gas
saway Davis, for vlco president, had
each reclvod 140 votes. Senator Fryo
recapitulated tho voto nnd then mado
tho following announcement:
This announcement of the state of
tho voto by tho president of the sen
ato shall bo deemed a sufficient de
claration of tho persons elected presi
dent and vlco president of tho United
States, each for the term beginning
March -I, 1905, and shall bo entered,
together with a list of tho votes- on
tho Journals of tho senate ami house
of representatives,
GERMAN MINERS LIKE BILL.
Return to Work as Result of Prom'ist
to Improve Conditions.
BERLIN Two to thrco thousand
coal minors, who struck in tho Silo
slim district returned to work Mon
day believing that the government's
bill now in preparation will readjust
their relations with their employers.
Tho government's proposad law limits
tho working day to nine hours In gal
leries where tho temperatures are
about 70 degrees Fahrenheit, includ
ing tho tlmo going In nnd coming out
of the mines. In temperatures of 84
degrees Fahrenheit and higher only
a six-hour day is permitted. Within
two or three years tho nine-hour day
Is to bo shortoned to eight nnd one
half hours., About nine-tenths of tho
miners of Germany como within these
provisions.
Tho disallowing of cntlro cars of
coal becauso of tho presence of for
eign subBtnnces 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 Roosevolt and ask him to form
a commission to Introduce American
cotton Into tho Orient and other un
developed markets", will visit the
president February 20. Ho says that if
Chlnn may bo Induced to use Ameri
can cotton, It is not unreasonable to
believe that 25,000,000 bales or tho
American crop will bo consumed.
Operations at a Standstill.
ST. PETERSBURG Military oper
ations in Manchuria continue nt a
standstill. No Importance Is attached
by tho war office to tho Jnpanoso
movements on tho Russian center and
i lnft. which nro rncnnloil ns mumli'
' demonstrations. General Hoisman, n
. war critic, expresses the opinion thnt
t the Russians mo not likely to sur
render the positions captured north
of Sandopas, and that a 'series of en
counters there will probably continue
until the weather is favorable for a
general advance.
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TWO NEW STATES.
Senate Passes the Bill That Admits
Them.
WASHINGTON After a continue
qua. .Bitting of nlniosnlno hours the
senate nt 8:45 o'clock Tuesday nlghi
pnsscd tho Joint statehood bill. As
passed the bill provides for tho ad
mission of the states of Oklahoma, to
bo composed of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory, nnd Now Mexico, according
to tho present boundaries, with Ari
zona eliminated.
Th6 long session was characterized
by exciting incidents nnd many sur
prises, iicglnnlng promptly upon tho
convening nt 12 o'clock tho sennto
proceeded to consider tho various
amendments which had been suggest-
cd by tho committee on territories
nnd which had been passed over. Ono
of the llrst of these taken up was'tho
.amendment prohibiting the snlo of in-
Cnxlcatliig liquors In 'what Is ndw In
;dlan Territory for tho next ten years
innil this was displaced with a substi
tute offered by Mr. Gnlllnger, which
.extended the amendment to tho cntlro
state for a period of twenty-ono yenrs
and tills was adopted.
Tho first surpriso of tho day canio
when tiio commitloo accepted Mr.
Fornker's amendment for a scparato
vote by each of the territories of
Arizona nnd Now Mexico on tho con
stitution to bo adopted by tho pro
posed state of Arizona. That provision
had scarcely been made a part of tho
bill when Mr. Bhrd prosontcd his
amendment, which had been original
ly offered by Mr. Patterson and which
provided for the admission of New
Mexico as a state without the addition
of Arizona. This nmendment proved to
bo the point around which all tho sub
sequent proceedings of importance
revolved. It was at first adopted by
the close vote of 42 to 40. This voto
was taken while tho scnato was sit
ting in commltteo of tho whole and
was reversed In tho scnato proper by
the tlo voto of 38 to 38.
Subsequently the Bennto decided
by a vote of 38 to 3G to entirely elim
inate New Moxlco nnd Arizona from
the bill nnd this result had hardly
been nnnounced when Mr. Bard In
slightly chnnged form renewed his
proposition for the admission of New
Mexico as a state and this tlmo tho
nmendment prevailed by tho voto of
40 to 37. Ono of the afflrmatlvo votos
was, however, cast by Mr. Bcverldge,
in charge of the bill, for tho purpose
of moving tho reconsideration of tho
vote. Ho wits prompt In entering this
motion as soon as tho result was an
nounced, but the motion was laid upon
tho table oy a vote of 39 to 38. Tho
effect was to ellmlnnto Arizona from
tho bill nnd to establish a state of
New Mexico and nnother of Okla
homa nnd Indian Territory. In this
form tho bill' passed. Tho bill origin
ated in the house nnd will go to con
ference. THEY COMPLY WITH CLOSURE.
Rate Legislation in Line With Demo
cratic Platforms.
WASHINGTON Tho democratic
members of .the Missouri delegation
In the house forwarded tho following
telegram to tho Missouri stato legisla
ture acknowledging the receipt of tho
resolution of thnt body favoring Presi
dent Roosovclt's policy on rato legis
lation; "Wo arc In receipt of copy of Joint
resolution pnsscd by legislature ask
ing us to support the recommendation
of tho president to regulate freight
rates. As " tldmoerats, it affords us
pleasure o comply with this request
and wo can 'support such legislation
tho more zealously since the ptesl
dent's messago is simply a reitera
tion of tho declaration in tho last
three national democratic platforms
as well as the frequent utterances of
Mr. Bryan."
SPENDS DAY ON AGRICULTURE
Senate Figures on Appropriations for
Farm Experiments.
WASHINGTON Tho senate de
voted Thursday to debate on the agri
cultural appropriation bill, but did not
completo tho measure. There was a
renewal of tho discussion of the gen
eral policy of distributing the appro
priation bills among a number of com
mittees. Mr. Gorman and Mr. Spooner con
tended thnt tho chaugo had resulted
in a vast increaso in tho cost of con
ducting tho government. Mr. Halo
agreed that in recent years there had
been a great increaso in tho appro
priations, but ho attributed it to
what he 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 the bill granting an
extension of time to clnlmnnts tn
which to make settlement on lands on
the Rosebud reservation in Gregory
county, South Dakota, and also on tho
Devil's lake reserve in North Dakota.
The bill nffocts all who tiled prior to
November 1, 1904, and extends tho
tlmo for making settlement to May 1.
Wyoming AntlChrlstlan Science.
CHEYENNE. Wyo. Tho Christian
Sciensts osteopaths, magnotic healors
and others who treat tho blind, halt
and sick without the aid of 6urgey or
medicines aro up in arms us a result
ot passage by tho legislature of a
bill which pronibits them from prac
ticing in Wyoming. Under the act,
which only lacks the signature of tho
governor to bocomo law. Christian
Scientists, osteopaths and others can
be fined and imprisoned far adminis
tering to thefr patients If they collect
i fees therefor.
IN BOTH HOUSES
LOWER BRANCH WILL DI8CU8S
NAVAL MATTERS.
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TO TAKE UPJXPENSE BILL
House Holds Sunday 'Session at
Which Eulogies of Senator Hoar
Are Pronounced by Members of the
Massachusetts Delegation.
WASHINGTON The naval appro
priatlon bill will bo taken up by tho
houso on Monday as soon as legisla
tion for tho District of Columbia has
Jjeon disposed of. Tho naval bill Is
vusu,ijlry a subject of long debate and
this' yo"ar will bo attacked on several
grounds'. There will bo a general
discussion as to tho naval policy and
lssuo Is to bo" taken with tho commlt
teo In Its provision for now BhlpsVTbo
topic of nrnior plate contracts' is (o
fill Us accustomed place on the pro
gram, while submarine boats and tor
pedo boats aro to form tho basis of
offensive and dcfenslvo argument Tho
best cstimato .that cau bo 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 the
calendar for soma tlmo nnd usually
occupies several days onco It Is taken
up. Should tho decks lie cleared at
any tlmo tho proposed legislation on
tho Panama canal project, which Is
tho continuing order, will bo dis
cussed. Tho attention of tho scnato
week will bo divided between
Swavno imncachment trial and
this
tho
tho
appropriation bills. Tho trial wllMio
taken up each day at 2 o'clock and
will continue to receive attention un
til 5 o'clock. Before and after tho
period between thoso hours tho ap
propriation bills will bo considered.
The agricultural appropriation Is still
under discussion and as soon as it is
disposed of tho bill making appro
priations for tho District of Colum
bia will bo taken up, to be followed
by tho diplomatic and consular bill.
Tribute to tho memory of the lato
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts was
tho occasion of a special session of
the houso of representatives Sunday.
Many of the members attended tho
session, which began at 12 o'clock.
Tho galleries wore occupied liberally.
Representative Lawrenco of Massa
chusetts presided.
Resolutions expressing tho senso of
bereavement and loss in tho death of
Senator Hoar were offered by Repre
sentative Lovering (Mass.).
Speakers to these resolutions were
Messrs. Gllett, Lawrence, Thayer, Sul
livan, Green, Roberts, McNary, Pow
ers, Kelllher and TIrell, all of Massa
chusetts, and Clark and DcArmond of
Missouri.
The eulogies occupied tho house un
til 2:37 p. m., when the resolutions
were ndoptcd and tho houso ad
journed. The Interstate Commerce commis
sion has assigned dates for hearings
in important cases. Tho differential
case, involving thd question of differ
entials on traffic to the Atlantic ports,
has been assigned for oral argument
In this city April 1.
PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL.
House Committee Authorizes a Fa
" vorable Report.
WASHINGTON Tlio houso com
mltteo on ways and means authorized
a favorable report on tho tariff bill
for tho Philippines. The bill is a
'Qinplete revsion 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 were not amended In any
material particular by the committee.
An unsuccessful effort was mado
by Mr. Williams (Miss.), for the mi
nority to provide absolute free trade
on thoso articles which tho Philip
pines hnve heretofore purchased from
tho United States add also to reduce
the duty on rice.
On motion to report tho bill there
was no i-arty division.
ONE OF ITS WEAK POINTS.
Esch-Townsend BUI Doesn't Reach
Private Car Lines.
WASHINGTON While President
Roosevelt approves of the Esch
Townsend railroad freight rato bill,
pending before the house of represent
atives, It is expected that ho would
like to have Incorporated In It stronger
provisions relntlng to private car
lines. Representative Bnbcock (Wis.)
had a talk with tho president about
tho pending legislation. He holds tho
sijnie views regarding private car
lines as tho president
- Senator McComns (Md.) also talked
with tho president about the pending
railroad legislation. Tho president Is
endeavoring to bring about action in
the senate at this session on the rate
question, hoping tho senate may talto
up the Esch-Townsend moasure when
tho bill reaches It.
Stockholders Dividend.
NEW YORK Tho differences now
existing between foreign stockholders
In tho Kansas City Southern railway
nnd tho voting trust which controls
that proporty will bo settled by com
promise or contested In tho courts In
the near future. This much was de
clared by the legal representatives of
the foreign stockholders. Tho voting
trustees contend that the demands of
tho stockholders for tho payment of
dividends Is unreasonable on the
ground that such dividends had not
been earned.
DISLIKE THE ARRANGEMENT I
I
Element In San Domingo Opposes
' Protocol. '
VASHINGTON During- Saturday
.fiaWjpgrams.werq jiecolycj . .a . both
tno state and navy departments irom j
San Domingo. Tho text ot those was
withheld from publication, but it was j
stated that thoy permitted the under- .
standing that Lieutenant Commander
Lolpcr, from the Detroit, had estab
lished himself as collector of customs
at Monti Crlstl. There was no report
of threatened disturbance, though an
intimation wns conveyed In the cable
grams that some of the Dominican
leaders In opposition to Morale' ad
ministration do not view with satisfac
tion the action by the American naval
commander In establishing himself at
Monti Crlstl.
Commander Dillingham jyieul some
tlmo In conference with thc.pre.'jident,
"anil? hftcrwn'f U'injulc tho, " following
pyuemeni:
''Referring to the' article on Santo
Domingo in tho Ibjmio of a Now York
newspaper, 1, having just returned
from Santon Domingo, am In n posi
tion to deny tho statement made by
Judge Abbott that the custom houses
of Santo Domingo were 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 havo not been taken
over slnco under the terms of tho
protocol."
PUBLIC LANDS COMMISSION
Recommends Some Changes In Exist
inn Laws.
WASHINGTON Tho public lands
commission, which has been consider
ing tho advisability of changes in tho
national land laws, has completed Its
report nfter sessions occupying the
last two weeks. The report will bo
submitted to tho president at once. It
mnkes lmiiortnnt recommendations In
tended to correct existing abuses.
The abuse and evasion of tho tim
ber and stone act, whoso repeal or
sweeping modification has been urged
repeatedly In government reports, and
tho commutation clause of tho homo
stead law aro discussed and It Is be
lieved that tho repeal or the modifi
cation of the latter so as to prolong
tho residence on the homestead will
bo required instend of the present
short period, aro recommended. Tho
question of control of tho grazing
lands of the government Is considered
at length.
It is estimated that there aro 300,
000,000 acres of land in this country
apparently fit only for grnzing pur
poses and tho commission has made
recommendations designed to prevent
tho constant destructive work perpe
trated on theso lands by trespassers
and(to prevent tho frequent conflicts
over public grazing lands 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 tho observation ward of the
emergency hospital was attacked by
Guy Long of Chadron, Neb., an liisano
patient, and almost killed. Long was
exercising In the corridor of tho cell
division when, ' without warning, he
jumped upon Gavin from behind.
With maniacal strength he bore the
keeper to tho lloor 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
his cell. Gavin's body Is almost entire
ly covered with black nnd blue spots.
Long has been a patient for several
days. He was allowed the freedom of
the corridor because the physicians
considered him harmless.
Investigation of Panama Road.
WASHINGTON No dale has been
set for beginning the Investigation qf
tho affairs of the Panama Railroad
company, which task has been as
signed by resolution to a subcommit
tee of the house committee on Inter
state and loreign commerce. Repre
sentative Shackleford, chairman of
this investigation committee, said
that It would be some days before
tho details of tho Investigation would
bo decided on. Much 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
the railroad utatlon here, when a
carrier said to August W. Machen, on
the latter's departure for the peni
tentiary, that the latter had the sym
pathy of a large number of free de
livery letter carriers. Tho postmaster
general feels that the scnt'menl doos
not represent the sontlnient nf that
branch, nnd that the employes have
no sympathy for Machen.
Railroad Accident In Iowa.
OMAHA Near Melbourne, Iowa,
on tho morning of the 9th. an engine
and eovoii cars went through a bridge
and wore piled up In a heap, the acci
dent being caused by n broken rail.
Tho train was a double header and
the first engine passed safely over the
bridge. Two men wore killed and a
n nunibor wounded, some of them
quite severely. The dead arc: Robert
Marsh, of Iowa, riding ns n passen
gor, and C. A. Morris, tho brakorann.
Both of them made their homes at
Council Bluffs.
STATEHOOD BILL
IT IS LIKELY TO FAIL IN THE.
LOWER HOUSE.
REPUBLICANS IN CONFERENCE
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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" New Mexico will not bo
Krantod durirg this session of con
gress unless it be on linos provided
in tho house statehood bill.
Tills was decided at a conference
cf ii publican members of the house.
Tho following resolution, setting forth
this position, was adopted. 112 to '33,
after three hours of debate.
'Resolved, That It lsv the senso of,
this conference Hint the action and
policy of the republican caucus, held
April 15, 19.01 touching the admission
of Oklahoma aim Indian Territory as
one state and New Mexico nnd Ari
zona as one state, as provided in tlto
bill of tho house, No. 14749, which
bill has been amended by tho senate
and Is now pending in the houso com
mittee on territories, bo Insisted upon,
and thnt we Insist on such parliament
ary proceedings as can be had by a
majority of the house, or a Bpcc'ial
order as can be mado nnd 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 the author of
thlB resolution. When tho conference
convened thrco proposals were laid
before it, none of which were adopted.
Tho first was a resolution offered by
Mr. Dalzell, reciting the hlstjry of
the statehood legislation in tho houso
and reaffirming the caucus action tak
en at that time. Another was a reso
lution by Mr.' Sibley (Pn.) 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 house conferees bo in
structed to insist on the house provi
sions of the bill.
Delegato Rodey (N. M.) mado a
strong appeal for concurrence In tho
senate bill. He, however, did not
make any motion to this end. Other
speeches were made by Representa
tive Dalzell (Pa.), Hamilton (Mich.),
chairman of the committee on terri
tories. Delegate McGulro (Okla.) pleaded
for action whereby at least Oklahoma
and Indian Territory might be admit
ted. Speaker Cannon occupied tho
lloor at length on two different occa
sions. Other speakers were 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 seen 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 ConMderabJo In
tcrest has been aroused In diplomatic
circles Dy the dispatches telling of the
French crisis at Constantinople and
news of the movement of M. Constans.
the French ambassador there. Is be
ing anxiously awaited. Although dip
lomats here are without official infor
mntlonu regarding the situation. It Is
known that the French government
has for a long time been concerned
over tho increased activity of Ger
man interests in the Ottoman empire
and Germany's latest victory In se
curing tho contract for the re-armament
of the Turkish artillery is look
ed upon as the culmination ot a series
of German triumphs in Turkey, which,
in tho opinion of some, are due to tho
growing Intlmncy 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 the Erie Railroad company, has
'sent out a circular to stockholders ot
that corporation in which he says:
"It is obvious that tho owners ot
railroad securities have a vital inter
est in tho dlspOFltlon of the bill relat
ing to interstate commerce, now un
der consideration by tho committee ot
congress. Any law enacted that will
prevent tho cutting of rates, unjust
discriminations and all other dishon
est practices would be beneficial, not
only to tho public in general, but to
the railroads as well, it is, however,
the opinion of thoso 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 fix rates for transportation."
Can Go Behind the Records.
WASHINGTON- Tho poHtmastor
gonoral Is empowered not only to fix
tho salary of a postmaster on tho
basis of tho gross receipts of his post
office, ns provided by law, but also to
go behind the receipts to determine
whether they were obtnlnod proporty,
according to a "eclslon rendered by
Comptroller of tho Treasury Trace
well. The opinion affects many post
masters chargod with padding re
ceipts to raise their salaries, bv so
liciting or having their rrlends solicit
business to their postofflces.
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