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WITH OPEN DOORS.
Senator Pcttlgrew Wants tho Hawaiian
Treaty Debated Without Secrecy.
Xho Civil SorvleoLnw Debated In tlio Holise
Itcductlon of tho Pork Inspection
Pco Oklahoma School
Fund 11111.
Washington, Jan. 11. Rov. Hisbop
Merrill, of Chicago, dclivored tho invo
cation at tho opening of the senato
yesterday. A bill was reported favor
ably from tho Indian committee pre
venting railroad companies from
charging more than three cents a mile
ior passengers through tho Indian
territory.
A resolution looking to tho filtration
of the water used in tho city of Wash
ington caused Senator Hale, before it
-was referred to tho District of Colum
bia 'committee, to say that in no part
of the United States was there a city
whose citizens are ho imposed upon and
Abused as to the water supply as aro
the citizens of Washington. "We aro
confronted with bad, foul water," said
he, "so filthy indeed as to make it dan
gerous to drink, and irksome even to
take a bath."
At 12:50 p. in., on motion of Mr.
Davis, of Minnesota, chairman of tho
committee on foreign relations, tho
senate went into executive session to
consider tho Hawaiian annexation trea
ty. Immediately after tho treaty was
called up, Senator Pottigrcw offered
his motion for conducting tho debate
on it with open doors, which was an
tagonized by Senator Davis, chairman
of tho committee on foreign relations,
and others, tho principal portion of
the debate for the first two hours of
the session being upon this motion.
It was contended on one hand that
there was no reason for observing
secrecy in presenting the question be
cause, as was alleged, there was no
point involved which could not have
been thoroughly canvassed before and
which might not be discussed by the
world at large. On the other hand, it
was held that tho Chinese question,
which would necessarily enter into tho
discussion, might prove to be some
what delicate. A majority of those
favoring open doors aro opposed to
ratification, but not all of them aro on
that sido of the main controversy.
Senator Cockrcll presented a number
of petitions from.different associations
in Missouri asking that cigarettes
when sent in original packages in a
state shall become subject to tho laws
thereof. Rushville, Monett, Freeman
and Lancaster united in the petition.
THK IIOU8K.
Washington, Jun. 11. The oppo
nents of the civil service law had much
the best of the debate in the house
yesterday, so far as tho number of
thoso engaging in it was concerned.
Nine of tho 11 speakers wore of the op
position. Tho friends of the law aro
very anxious to shut off further de
bate,' and in this will havo tho co
operation of Speaker Reed and tho
rules committee. Mi'. Moody, who has
charge of tho bill, gave notice that ho
would test tho sense of the house to
day on a motion to close debate. Tho
opposition immediately sent word to
all in their ranks to be on hand, and
they1 say they will have no difficulty
in defeating tho motion.
Mr. Peters, ol Kansas City, Kan., and
Delegate Callahan, of Oklahoma, wero
instrumental factors in getting tho
committee on agriculture to insert a
clause in tho appropriation bill reduc
ing to five cents per carcass the cost of
inspection of pork intended for export.
Indirectly this will savo the farmers
and stockmen of tho southwest thou
sands of dollars, for at present the
government inspection will run as high
up as 30 cents a carcass, and while the
packers pay this, tho toll inevitably
comes out of the pocket's of tho man
who raised and sold tho pig. Mr.
Peters also succeeded in getting an
amendment appropriating 8130,000 ad
ditional for the bureau of animal in
dustry. If the bill introduced yesterday by
Delegate Callahan is passed by both
houses, Oklahoma will soon have
tho largest school fund of any com
monwealth in the nation. The bill
provides that in tho western half of
the territory tho arid section where
hundreds of acres of government land
is available for pasture land only, that
vhich is not settled on shall bo turned
over to Oklahoma for leasing purposes
and the money thus obtained shall go
to tho territorial school fund.
LAWS FOR ALASKA.
Cliiilriiuin of Co m 111 It too on Territories
Confer its to Wlint Is Needed.
Washington, Jan. 11. Senator Car
tor, of tho senate committee on terri
tories, and Chairman Knox, of tho
house committee, had a conference
over what legislation is necessary for
Alaska. It was agreed that nothing
should yet be done In tho way of giv
ing Alaska territorial form of govern
ment, in view of tho unsettled charac
ter of the population of that district.
It was decided that action should bo
taken giving more United States com
missioners for the district.
Tho matter of representation of tho
district in congress was also informally
discussed and tho conclusion reached
that tho Alaskan people should bo ac
, corded a delegate in that body. It was
also suggested that a court bo created
In Alaska with three judges to sit at
convenient points like Circle City, St.
Michael's and Sitka,
FAVORS BIMETALLISM.
Benntor Chandler 811711 tho President Wilt
Soon Itcntinio Negotiations.
Washington, Jan. 11. Senator Chan
dler had a conforonco with President
McKinlcy to-day upon the subject of
bimetallism and he said, after tho
close of tho interview: "The presi
dent stands firmly in favor of interna
tional bimetallism as promised by tho
St. Louis platform. Ho considers the
negotiations with the European powers
only temporarily suspended on account
of tho peculiar condition of affairs in
India and tho president's Intention is to
again send his envoys to Europo as
soon as tho conditions are favorable
for continuing negotiations." Senator
Chandler added tho opinion that the
president is as earnestly in favor of
bimetallism "tho uso of both metals
as standard money" as the senator
himself.
ON AMERICAN SOIL.
Fred Fiuiftton, tho Young Kausafl Cuban Of
llcor, Arrives In Now York.
New Yoiuc, Jan. 11. Among the pas
sengers who arrived on board the
steamer City of Washington from
Havana was Frederick Funston,
formerly of Kansas, a young Cuban iu
surgent general who comes to this
country for medical treatment, lie
is also well known as an Alaskan
explorer. Funston has been upon
tho staff of Gen. Garcia as
chief of artillery for more than
13 months. Ho was captured
about four weeks ago at Puento Prin
cipe. He Jgave a fictitious name and
was released shortly afterwards.
Funston Is sulfering from tho eil'ects
of a bullet wound in his thigh. Ho is
a son of ex-Congressman Funston, of
Iola, Kan., and will leave for the west
in a few days.
WILL LELAND RESIGN?
Sensational Story from Toitolm That tho
. Poindon Commissioner Will Step Down.
Kansas Citv, Mo., Jan. 11. A World
special from Topeka, Kan., says: A
story is current hero that Cy Leland,
before leaving for Washington, Satur
day night, declared to a republican
politician that If ho failed to prevent
tho confirmation of Sterne as United
States marshal ho would tender his
resignation as pension agent and en
deavor to get Lit Crum appointed to
the place. Leland said his promise to
Crum on tho mai'shalship is one of
long standing, and that he had agreed
to accept tho appointment as pension
agent only that Crum would bo ap
pointed marshal.
TEN YEARS FOR ADLER.
Tho Man Who Has Two Murdor.4 to Ills
Credit Punished ut Last.
Kansas Citv, Mo., Jan. 11. Rill Ad
ler.charged with tho murder of William
Johnson, colored, was convicted of
murder In the second degree to-day
and his punishment assessed at ten
years in tho penitentiary. The ver
dict was a surprise, not only because
it was believed Adler made a good
case of self-defense, but because it is
the first time a white man has been
convicted in Jackson county for tho
murder of a negro. Adler is tho man
who killed Post Office Inspector Mc
Clure in this city on carnival night
three years ago.
WESTERN POSTMASTERS.
IMnJ. A. It. Powoll Named for CofTeyvllIo,
Kan. Important JUlHSourl Olllci-s Plllod.
Washington, Jan. 11. The president
has sent tho following nominations of
postmasters to the senate: In Kansas
Maj. A. R. Powell at Coifeyville. In
Missouri William W. Arnold at Ful
ton, Charles Strobach at Rolla, Samuel
II. Elkins at Columbia, William E.
Crow at Do Soto, MeCord L. Coleman
at Aurora, John W. Smith at Thayer
and William II. Garanilo at New
Madrid.
A ltold Ilold-Up.
Piikscott, Ariz., .Ian. 11. One man
succeeded in holding up the Palace sa
loon, a gambling place, and at the
point of a pistol securing all tho mon
ey in bight. Ho terrorized about 20
patrons of tho pluce and made his es
cape with nearly 500. He is believed
to have had an accomplice on the out
side and both men are supposed to
havo escaned on a northbound train.
IMrs. Nnek (liven Fifteen Year.
Nnw Yom;, Jan. 11. Mrs. Augusta
Naek, jointly charged with Martin
Thorn with tho murder of William
Guldensuppe at Woodslde, L. I., last
June, was sentenced to tho state
prison at Auburn for 15 years. Tho
maximum good time allowance would
reduce the term to ten years and five
mouths.
Lout on 11 Pralrlo and Frozen.
Coui.kk City, Wash., Jan. 11. Wil
liam Putnam and Parrish Johnson,
who left here December 20 for their
place !i0 miles northwest of Water
ville, were found frozen to death about
30 miles from hero by a soldier party.
They had lost their way and wandered
in a circle for nearly 100 miles.
(Ion. Algol Seriously 111.
Washington, Jan. 11. Members of
tho family and immediate friends of
Secretary Alger are seriously disturbed
about his illness. His physicians now
fear that ho has typhoid fover. Ilo
has been confined to his bed for more
than threo weeks.
Throo Kansas T.imd Olllco Favors.
Washington, Jan. 11. Tho president
has nominated Cyrus Anderson to be
receiver of public moneys and Klober
E. Wilcockbon, register at tho land
office at Colby, Kan., and Thomas A.
Scates, register of the land office at
Dodge City, Kan.
WITHOUT FLINCHING.
Thonrlorn niir-rnnt. flm Rnn Fi.'innfcrn
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Murderer, Meets His Doom.
Mont Noted Criminal of II10 Country Wont
to tho GnllowH as Coolly as Ho Would
to Dinner Protested lit
Innocence.
San Qukntin, Cal., Jan. 8. When
William Henry Theodore Durrant died
ou the gallows yesterday morning for
tho murder of Blanche Lamont he
gave such an exhibition of coolness
and nervo as has seldom been seen un
der similar circumstances. Hopeful
W. If. T. Pl'ltltANT.
almost to the very last minute that
something or some one would intervene ;
to save him, ho walked to the scaffold '
and made his speech protesting his in- '
nocence tin calmly and with as distinct
enunciation as if he had been address
ing an assemblage of friends upon
some ordinary topic of the day. His
face was pale, his eyes wero red,
but his voice was firm and ho stood as
solid as a rock as he proclaimed his
innocence and professed forgiveness to
thoso who, ho said, had hounded him
to death.
Consistent to the last, Durrant died
professing religion. Rut he died ac
cepting at tho last moment tho com
forts of the Roman Catholic church,
instead of thoso of the Raptist faith,
in which ho was reared. Rev. Under, a
Protestant minister, had arranged to
ascend the scaffold with Durrant, but
IILANCIIK LAMONT.
ho would not say that he thought Dur
rant Innocent and tho condemned man
declined to accept his services unless
Rader professed belief in his inno
cence. While Durrant was convicted of but
ono murder under tho law, he was held
responsible by public opinion for tho
murder of both Blanche Lamont and
Minnio Williams, and it is felt that his
death expiates one crime as much as
the other. Durrant's crimes were pe
culiar in their atrocity from any point
of view. He was reared in a Christian
home, and until the time of his arrest
was regarded as a model young man of
industrious habits, who was trying to
work his way through a medical col
lege. Tho only characteristic that
seemed marked in his nature was his
piety. Ho had been a prominent mem
ber of the Emmanuel Raptist church
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MINNIK WILLIAMS.
for several years and for a year previ
ous to his arrest had been assistant
superintendent of tho Sunday school.
Story of tho Crime.
April 13. 1605, tho body of Minnio Williams
was found, slushed with 11 table luilfo, In tho
pastor's study of tho ICmmanuel Haptlst church,
nnd tho next day, Eiibtcr Sunday, tho body of
Hlancho Lamont, 11 normal school student, who
disappeared from homo April 3, was found In
tho lower of tho church. Tho urrest of W. II.
T. Durrunt, generally known as Theodore, a
younk' medical student and librarian of tho
church's Sunday scliool, soon followed, uj ho
had been nttentlvo to both Kirls and had boon
tho last person seen with either.
All that sprlni,' and summer tho Durrnnt enso
divided tho wholo country's Interest in crim
inal mutters with tho Holmes murders. The
noxt Important phuso was tho trial, which
began in August and continued about throu
monthR. It was reploto with Incident"!. Hu
was sentonccd to bo hanged February SI, 1800,
but appeals and other dilatory steps postponed
tho carrying out f Mn ponalty nearly two
years, during whHi tho prisoner was said Uj
havo written an .nnouiosraphy and to havo I
tiun tho bludy of law.
BIG LAND MONOPOLY.
PitRtiiro ltentlng In Crook Nation Freezing
Out tho 1'ooror Clan of Indian.
MttftKnni'.M. T. 'IV. .Inn. 10 Tlui Imp.
dor pastures of tho Creek nation aro
not of such gradual and insidious de
velopment as tho Chcrokeo land mo
nopoly, but they are fully as effectual
in freezing tho poorer class of Indians
out of occupation and enjoyment of tho
public domain. They cover tho nation
like an immense blanket, depriving tho
common Indians of tho uso of the land
without adequate compensation, and
making millionaires out of the privi
leged few. Some of tho pastures aro
larger than tho state of Rhode Island,
extending tho full width and along
tho border a distance of 50 and tJO
miles. Many of them cover as much
as 50,000 acres. Tho holders of thoso
enormous pastures
nation five cents
sublet to Texas
pay tho Creek
an aero and
cattlemen ut
prices varying from
51 an acre. There
50 cents to
is one prom-
incut Creek who has an annual reve
nue from tho pastures he controls of
800,000, for which he pays SU.OOO into
tho tribal treasury. It Is unnecessary
to add that thin man is bitterly op
posed to any alteration of tho present
form of government in tho territory.
THREE DEATHSThIsULTED.
A Grout Dust Pxploslon In it niluo ut Chlco
poe, Kan.
Pittbuuhg, Kan., Jan. 10. Saturday
evening an explosion occurred In the
Mount Carmel Coal company's shaft
No. 5 at Chicopee. Tho shock was felt
In surrounding towns and country for
a distance of from six to eight miles.
In the southeast portion of this place
windows rattled and houses shivered
and people rushed out of their homes
bareheaded aud frightened. After
the explosion a bright blaze about 20
feet in thickness puffed out of tho
mouth of tho shaft to a height of
about 00 feet and for a few seconds
lighted up tho country for a long dls
tanoe around. Tho explosion was
caused by dust heated by the work of
shot firors. Seven men wero in tho
mine and threo of them aro known to
havo been killed.
PENSION ATTORNEYS AGAIN.
CoiniiilHuloner Kvans Says Thoy Uho Con
groKHiuon to Push Tliolr Claim.
WASiiiNOTON.Jau. 10. II. Clay Evans,
pension commissioner, has sent to
members of congress a letter, in which
ho calls their attention to an abuse
which has grown up within tho last
few years. The pension ollico receives
daily 1,000 or more letters from sen
ators and representatives asking for
tho status of pension cases aud 200
clerks aro employed to attend to these
inquiries at a cost of about S250,000ia
year. Tho commissioner docs not
complain of tho work, but ho charges
that the inquiries are instigated by
pension attorneys and that they do not
como directly from old soldiers.
A PREACHER'S CRITICISM.
His Charge About President IMeKlnley and
tho I.liiior Question Denied,
Washington, Jan. 10. John Addison
Porter, secretary to the president, de
clined to discuss the criticisms of Rev.
Mr. McNichol, of Bridgeport, Conn.,
that the president had stultified tho
conscience of the temperance reform
movement by holding saloon property
and berving alcoholio liquors at tlio
table. As a fact, tho president does
not bcrvo wine at his private table,
but at diplomatic receptions makes an
exception to cater to the tastes and
customs of his guests. Mr. MoKinloy
owns no property that is occupied for
saloon pn poses.
THREE CROSSING VICTIMS.
Father and Two Daughters Killed by a
H.tnta Pn Train Near AtchWon.
Atchison, Kan., Jan. 10. Threo per
sons were killed outright at a Santa
Fo railroad crossing half a mile west
of Atchison Saturday. They aro Jen
nings Judah and his two daughters,
aged 18 and 11 years. Judah, a pros
perous farmer, came to Atchison in a
wagon, accompanied by his two
daughters; to do borne trading. Thoy
started home at dusk, and their wagon
was struck with terrific force at tho
crossing mentioned. Tho occupants
were all dead whin picked up by tho
trainmen.
111s Mm In St. I.ouIk.
St. Louis, Jan. 10. A lire Saturday
evening destroyed ono of Christian
Pepper's tobacco warehouses on Mar
ket street, opposite the city hall. It is
estimated that the loss will aggregate
8350,000, fully Insured. Tho building
wan a ramshackle four-story structure
and burned with such fierceness that
tho city hall and adjacent houses wero
threatened for awhile. Mayor Ziegon
heiu himself directed the work of tho
firemen. One thousand hogsheads of
tobacco were consumed.
CreeltH Defy Undo Sam.
Muskookk, I. T Jan. 10. Tho Creek
council, which had been in bessiou at
Okmulgee the last week, adjourned
Saturday. Isparheeker and tho coun
cllmen not only wholly ignored Secre
tary Bliss' warning, but appropriated
820,000 to hire lawyers to test tho con
stitutionality of tho act of congress
abolishing thoir tribal courts, which
went iuto effect with tho now year.
Smplt'lOUS SIO (Jolll I'lOCOH.
Washington, J an. 10. Three counter
feit 810 flold pieces were received Sat
urday by Acting Chief Rrackott of tho
secret service. They aro said to bo of
excellent workmanship and in general
appearanco aro far above tho averago
of spurious coins. In weight, however,
they are &1 grains short.
MOSES P. HANDY DEAD.
Woll-Kiinwii Nnwupapor Man ntid Cnnimln
Moiior to l'urid Kxpoaltton X'nnnon Away.
Washington, Jan. 10. Information
was rccclved'ln Washington that Maj.
Moses P. Handy, tho well-known nows
paper man, who has been 111 at Au
gusta, Ga., for somo weeks, died at
MAJ. M0SK8 V. HANDY.
noon Saturday. Maj. Handy was tho
commissioner general of tho United
States at the Paris oxpositlon of 1000.
While ho was at Paris, early last fall,
ho was taken ill and was in bad health
when ho roturned to this country a
few months ago.
INCREASE OF EXPORTS.
(Jnvormnont ItoturiiH Hliow a lllc; Urowtli
In All ItranohoN of Comiunrro.
Washington, Jan. 10. Tho advance
figures from tho November report of
tho bureau of statistics show that tho
exports from tlio United States during
that month aggregated 8111, Onil.OO I, a,
gain of nearly S7,000,000 over Novem
ber, lbOO. For tho 11 mouths that end
ed November JJ0, 1800, the exports
amounted to 8050,075,871, a gain of
nearly 880,000,000. Tho exports during
these 11 months, divided into several
classes, and also for tho same porlod
of 1800, aro given as follows:
Products of 1800 Agriculture. f578.032,078;
manufacturing 12C0,015,ur8; mining, $10,0J8,SIU;
forestry, .Ul.7l3: llshory. ri.l)75.007; miscel
laneous, 13,370,60a Total, JBTO.T-li.O.'i
Products of 1807-Attriculturo, miMSSO:
manufacturing J M0, 2.50.812: nilnlnir, 18.23J.8:i9;
forestry, 3758,408; llshory, S,2J3,8:i3; miscel
laneous, Ja.31fl.-I28. Total, 1030,075,874.
Tho products of agriculture during
tho last 11 months, therefore, wero
00.-10 per cent, of the wholo and tho
products of manufacture 20.78 percent.
BEQUESTS FOR MASS.
Tlio KanmiH Supremo Court ICemlorn nil
Opinion Upholding Tliolr Legality.
Toi'iciCA, Kan., Jan. 10. Tho Kansas
supreme court has handed down an
opinion in tho case of Abblo Harrison
agaitiBt Thomas Rrophy, in which it
upheld tho right of a member of tho
Roman Catholic church to bequeath
money to a priest to say masses over
his body after death. Mary Rrophy,
a widow, was a member of tho
Catholic church in Franklin county.
She died after having executed n.
wlll in which she bequeathud to Rov.
James Collins 8500 foi him to say mass
for hor and her husband's souls. Col
lins was her grandson. Tlio validity
of tho logaey made to tho priest was
denied by tho holrs of Mary Rrophy.
They contested tho will, with tho
abovo result. Tho will will stand.
TIN PLATE INDUSTRY.
Tho Voar'R Production AY'im JMoro Than
l-'our-l-'irtliH or tho ICntlro Cointuinptlon.
Washington, Jan. 10. Tho report of
tho treasury department on tho pro
duction of tin and terno plates In tho
United States during tho fiscal year
ended Juno 0, 1897, shows that tho
total production wasHO,082,00:i pounds,
of which about 88 per cent, was of tlio
class weighing lighter than 08
pounds per 100 squaro foot, This
is an increase in the production
of a little less than 1-10,000,000
pounds, or over 45 per cent, as com
pared with 1800. Tho total importa
tion during tho year was 244,-107,001
pounds, and the exportation for tlio
same period was 139,2-10, l!i0 pounds.
The year's production was more than
four-fifths of tho entire consumption.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Horrible l'liiiUhiiiont Administered to Two
Seminole Indian ."Murderers.
Wichita, Kan., Jan. 10. A mob of !50
white settlers near Maud post office in
the Seminole nation, took two Seml
nolo half-breeds, Lewis McGeesoy and
Howard Martin, chained them to op
posite sides of a tree and burned them
to death for the murder of Mrs. Frank
Leard, a white woman. Four others
aro suspected of complicity in tho mur
der, and the settlers for 20 miles around
Maud are scouring tho country in small
parties, declaring that there will bo
another burning as soon as the fiends
aro found. Tho Leard family lived on
land leased from an Indian named Mc
Geesoy, five miles east of Maud post
office.
CHIEF HAZEN'S JOB.
Its Durability Will Depend Upon Ills Suo
venn In Detecting it Dip; Theft.
Washington, Jan. 10. Instructions
havo been sent to Chief Ila.en, of tho
secret servico bureau, to devoto all of
his timo and energies to tho capture of
tho maker of tho plate, and tho plate
itself, from which tho now 8100 coun
terfeit silver certificates wero printed.
In tho meautimc, Maj. Rrackott,
chief of the appointment divi
sion of tho treasury department,
will act as chief of tho secret service.
It is understood that tho promptness
with which tho counterfeit plate and
its maker aro discovered will havo au
important bearing upon tho question
of Mr. Hazen'.s retention iu his office.
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