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HE WAS NOT "WANTED
The House, 278 to 50, Votes to Ex
clude the Utah Polygamist.
ICIghty Ciiiigreprttneii Wanted III111 Kwon.
In ami Then Included, Hut llin tijnr-
llj' Wim Overwhelming AK'iI'I"! It
ItlllltTtH J-MleH Mil AlldreiM.
Washington, Jan. 20. The ease of
Drighnm II. Roberts, the Alormon
representative-elect from Utnli, which
has occupied ho much of the attention
of tho house since Hit' assembling of
congress, wiih decided yesterday by
1 lie adoption of ti resolution to ex
clude III 111 by 11 vote of 208 to fit). Th
exact language of thu lenolntlon was
n followH:
"That tinder the facts nnd elrcnin
Btrineeo of (lie rime, Itrighnni II. Hub
erts, representative-elect from the
p m
Jt
imiaiiAM 11. hoil:kta
stale of Utah, ought not to liavo or
hold a heat, in tho house of represen
tatives and that the Beat to which he
was elected is hereby declared va
cant." The, amendment to expel Air. Hob
erta without Beating' him, otl'ored by
Mr. Laeey, was ruled out on a point
of order and the. Iiouhu only voted
.upon thu reHolutiouH of the majority
and minority of thu committee. The
Jatter to Heat and then expel Air.
JtoherlH was defeated 81 to 241. An
nnnlysls of this vote shows that 1(58
republicans, 1)0 democrat b and four
populists voted against, it, and 71 dem
ocrats, six republicans, two popu
lists and two silver republicans Tot
at. The majority resolutions to ex
clude Air. JiohurtP and declare the
Heat vacant were adopted, 208 to Si).
There weru over a score of speakers
yesterday and the closing speeches
on each Bide were particularly able.
!AIr. Lunhnm, of Texas, closed for the
majority and Air. DoArmond, of Aliu
Bouri, for the minority. Air. Koberts
;wiis iirescnt throughout the day an.,1
only left thu hall after the result of
the last votu had been announced.
JAs ho did so he gave out. a statement
justifying his retention of his plural
"wives on thu ground that hiB moral
obligation was more binding upon liin
coiiBclcncu than technical obediencu
to statutory law, and saying that
there was little excuse for the extra,
ordinary efforts to crush a system al
ready abandoned and practically dead.
Mo said he was a martyr to a "spasm
of prejudice." He would not, hu said,
Attempt to run for congress again,
Although he would go back home with
n light heart, confident of thu future.
Mut 11 Horrible Dentil.
Suint Cloud, Minn., Jan. 2(1. Freder
ick A. Lcmpke, who has conducted
Christian science parlors in St. Cloud
for Homo time, met a horrible death
At the home of J. K. Orton, in East
St. Cloud yesterday afternoon. It is
supposed he deliberately placed his
head in a heating stove, for when
found he was in this position, his
head and shoulders burned to a crisp.
A letter was found in which hu said
he had been unable to concentrate
his thoughts for some time and it is
believed to bu a clear case of suicide.
l'litgtlo Ortimi-n it Tuiili) lit Honolulu.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 20. A special
to thu Times from Victoria, H. C,
Says: The steamer Allowera, just, ar
rived, has news of 38. deaths at Hono
lulu from the plague, one a white
woman of good class. The city is
panic-stricken. An armed mob pre
vents the landing of steamers at llilo.
Cooper, or the board of health of Hon
olulu, had ten blocks burned. Dr.
Carmiehael has been ordered to Ma
nila. Thirty-four hundred Japanese
at Honolulu are in quarantine.
A lllir lire at St. t.oiil
St. Louis, Aro Jan. 20. Wre hist
night, totally destroyed the four-story
building at No. 21S-220 Chestnut street
occupied by the Alissouri Tent nnd
Awning company. An olhVInl of the
company estimated the total valuu
of the building, stock and Junchihcry
at $120,000, fully covered by insurance.
William .1. Uiynn ltd Choir..
llnrrisburg, INi., Jnn. 20.t-T1io state
..democratic comuiittcc set thu pace
for till! democracy of the other states
yesterday by making Col. William J.
llryan its choice for the presidency iv
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IS IT FOUNDED ON MYTH?
Kisv. Dr. I.juiuii Abbott Think Tlint the
Hook of etiel Wilt Written ljr
1111 Unknown l'roilnil.
Host on, Jan. 28. Dr. Lyman Ab
bot, discussing Genesis in the course
of a lecture in the Lowell institute,
said his point of view in discussing
the Old Testament was that of mod
ern literary or scientific criticism.
"The. book of Genesis was supposed
to have been written about 1,450 years
before Christ," said the lecturer, "but
it deals with a period 20 or 25 cen
turies before the time of Aloses. Sup
posing then, that Moses wrote the
book of Genesis, how did he obtain
the facts found in the book? Aly own
opinion," continued Dr. Abbot, "is
(lint it was written by some unknown
prophet as a sort of introduction to
the Iliblo."
He called attention to (ho two sep
al ate and distinct nets of the deluge,
and said that to him Genesis seemed
like an edited book rather than a
written book. It was known to be
in o'.istenee long before the time of
Noah. "What were the resources If
not legend and myth?" he asked.
EVANS 0PP0SEDT0THE BILL
Tim iinunlMlciiinr of I'ntitlmi AgultiHt
ruiititii; IVn loin to Men Who Scried
It ) lhiy Dining tliu Civil Wiir.
Washington, Jan. 20. Commissioner
Evans is opposed to the bill grant
ing pensions of $20 a month to all
oliicers and men who served GO days
during the war of the rebellion. Jle
says it is safe to nssuiuu that from
50,000 to 100,000 cases would receive
favorable action each year under
the operations of the bill and thu an
nual amount of thu pension roll would
bu increased at least $20,000,000. lie
declares the greatest, objection to
this kind of legislation is it does
not discriminate between thu soldiur
or sailor who bore the heat and bur
den of the day, who was almost con
stantly for years exposed to the
hardships and dangtrs of active war
fare, and those who rendered no ser
vice at the front.
WILL CONFISCATE IT.
Caldo from l.oiitlifi Suy It ll:n linen
K1111111I r pi of Tlmt Ainnrlc.iti Flour
Win Cuing to thu Triintwiiil.
Loudon, Jan. 23. Ambassador
Choato has been informed that some
of thu American Hour seized in Del
agoa bay has been found to bu
actually addressed to the Transvaal
government. This tlour, Choatu is
further informed, will be confiscated.
Apparently, this latest development
will reopen the wholu contraband
question.
MEANS GOEBEL'S TRIUMPH.
Tet Votii In tlin Kentttekv I.cirUI ituro 011
n Content Iiiillnite That tlin Doin-
ciunttM Will Win.
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 28. The case
of Van Aleter (deiu.), against Horry
(rep.), for the hitter's seat in the leg
islature, was decided In favor of Van
Aletur by a votu of 51 to 4.r. This is
thu vote wliich republicans and demo
crats admit is an accurate forecast of
the voto in thu Goebcl-Tnylor contest.
tVcnllur Form of Kleptomania.
St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 28. Ernest L.
Eubank, owner of a line farm near
Slater, Alo., has been admitted to the
asylum here, under very peculiar cir
cumstances. Eubank was clearly
proved in the probate court in this
city to be. a hog kleptomaniac. Hu
had plenty of money and his family
is wealthy, but. Eubank can not re
sist an opportunity to appropriate a
hog to his own use.
l'ninous IllliinU l'r nutter Head
Monmouth, 111., Jan. 28. IJev. Kich
ard Haney, of this city, died suddenly
at Altoonn, where lie was visiting
friends. Hu was a pioneer Alethodist
preacher. He was S8 years old and
had spent nearly his wholu lifu in the
ministry in western Illinois. Pev.
llaney was an intimate friend of Abra
ham Lincoln. He was chaplain of the
Sixteenth Illinois volunteer infantry.
Locked lip for liivemlgntlon.
Washington, Jan. 28. Esther
Wynne Whistler, who says she is from
Kansas City, is locked up at a police
station heic, pending an investigation
Into her mental condition. When the
police took her in charge she was sell
ing a book entitled "Friends, liewnro,"
which deals with thu government
secret service and other detective or
ganizations. A Krlfiil . 11 1 in t.i.liiu'" (lon(l.
Perry, (J!;., Jan. 38. Thu smallpox
situation in Oklahoma and Kansas nas
become very grave. The agricultural
and mechanical college at Stillwater
has been closed. All northern Okla
homa has iuarantlncd southern Kan
sas counties, and business seems to be
at a standstill. It is now claimed that
lilacUwell has SCO cases.
ICnglmid llnyluir More Tlum liver.
Kiuistui City, Alo., Jan. 28. Thu big
gest older for mules lor usu in the
Transvaal yet, placed in this market
by the Uritish government, is now
under consideration here. Local firms
are also said to be bidding on furnish
ing the Hritish with' 1,000 horses, to
replace those sent to South Africa.
MAY GRANT AMNESTY.
rrnnlilent .McKlfilny Him UiiiIit Coinlilom-
Hon tlio InitiiliiK of it rrtK-liiiiiiition to
1 IHpIno still In ItiihulUon.
Washington, Jan. 20.- President Ate
Kinley now Iiiih under consideration
propositions relative to the Philip
pines which contemplate these ac
tions: The issuance of a proclamation,
through Oen. Otis, granting amnesty
to all Filipinos In insurrection against
the I'liltcd Status on the condition
that they lay down their arms and
agree to respect the authority of
the United States, and declaring that
all who refusu to acknowledge this
sovereignty within a certain spceilio
tiinu will bu considered as outlaws
and treated accordingly; the appoint
ment of a civil commission to under
take the work of civil government
to succeed the military form of gov
ernment for thu islands; the urging
of congress to make some declara
tion showing it to be the purpose of
the United States to permanently
hold the Philippines and suppress in
surrection. With the American Hag Hying in
all important ports and towns in Lu
zon, it is argued that the time has
arrived for the inauguration of civil
government and that as u preliminary
thu bands of insurgents still in re
volt should be given an opportunity
to accept the amnesty. The only ar
guments made against the issuance
of such a proclamation are that Agui
iinldo and his remaining adherents
may construe it as an evidence of
weakness on the part of the American
army and feel encouraged to hold
out for belter terms.
AT THE SAME BANQUET TABLE
Kcnntor 3T A. Iluntiii mill Col. W. J. Itrjim
AtloncIiMl tli,. (Irlillron CIiiIi'h Antiiiiil
l'Vunt Mitiinliiy .M-lil.
Washington, Jan. 23. The annual
dinner of thu Gridiron club in this
city to-night was perhaps the most
notable of thu year in its varied char
acter. William J. Hryan and Senator
AInrk Hanna for the first time found
themselves at the same banquet.
Neither felt lonesome, for Chauneuy
Af. Ucew, ex-Senator Gorman, Chair
man Jones, of the democratic national
committee; Senator Chandler, of Xew
Hampshire, and Senator Tillman, of
South Carolina, were in this political
potpourri. Alaj Gen. John It. lirookc,
late governor general of Cuba, and
Admirals Alelville and Weaver headed
thu representation from the army
and navy. Among the southwestern
congressmen who attended weru Rep
resentative Howersock, of Kansas, and
Representative Champ Clark, of Alis
souri. YOUNG PHILIP ARMOUR DEAD
Hon of the Crent C'hlciu'O l'ncknr I'iixkoiI
Awny Wlillo on u Vlr to Cullfor-
niit with HU I'umlly.
Chicago. Jan. 28. The news of the
death of Philip 1). Armour, Jr., young
est son of thu millionaire Chicago
packer at Alontecito, near Santa Dur
ham, Cal., came as a complete surprise
as it was known that when he. left for
the l'aoillc coast he was in the best of
health. The llrst news came to J.
Ogden Armour, his brother. Young
Philip went to California a few week's
ago with his wife and two children in
the hope of benefiting his young son's
health. Philip was not known to bu
sick until the telegram came announc
ing his death. He was 31 years old.
llruillev .Miiy Content tli Sent.
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. US. Gov. Tay
lor was presented with a statement
of thu proceedings of thu legislature
in thu election of United States sen
ator, and asked for a certificate for
lllackbiirn as senator. Gov. Taylor has
not yet acted on thu request, and it
is rumored that ex-Gov. Hradley will
contest Rlackburn's claim to the seat
by reason of complications arising in
the legislature growing out of the
governor's contest.
l!nlriH F011111I In 11 Hut.
Denver. Col., Jan. 2S. Alary Fox,
heiress to .$47,000 by thu will of her
father, Henry Fox, of St. Louis, was
found in a wretched little hovel in
this city, where she was living as the
wile of Sinuuel Alitchell, 11 gray-haired
negro. The woman eloped 1.1 years
ago from St. Louis with a lover who
left her in Nebraska. y degrees sliu
sank to her present state. Her
father, on his dying bed, relented
and remembered her in his will.
Will Koli No More, "iifei.
Quincy, 111., Jan. 20. Quincy police
oliicers haturday night killed two ox
pert safe-blowers, supposed to bu
from Chicago, and wounded another
badly. -The tragedy included a run
ning light through a hotel in which
the armed burgiars were pursued by
the oliicers. Thu men are believed to
be those who recently operated in
Galesburg, Freeport and other Illinois
cities, making 11 specialty of cracking
safes in building and loan olllees.
(t Auny wiin 01,700.
Chicago, Jan. 28. Three masked
robbers entered the factory of Dr.
Puter Fahniey & Sons hist night,
bound and gagged foui employes of
the concern, blew open the safe and
escaped, with $1,700 in currency and a
eonsidcrablu amount in notes and
other valuable paper.
OPPOSITION AT LEGASPI.
KoltlinV Men Hint n Hani I'lglit with 800
JiiMircentn tjiiilrr 11 Ulilnixn Uermriit
Iliiiiil-to-IIiinil i:iicotintr.
Washington, Jan. 27. Gen. Otis
cabled the war department to-day as
follows: "Kobbe's troops occupy tlio
hemp ports of Sorsogcn, Dunsel, Du
lan, Albay and Legaspi. southeastern
Luzon, Vi'rne island and Catanduanos;
will probably occupy the ports, of
Cnlbaoyae, Cathbaleogali and Taelo
bail on the islands of Samar and of
Leyte before to-morrow evening. No
opposition except at Legaspi, where
800 insurgen.s strongly entrenched
under Chinese General Powah made
fstubborn resistance; troops landed
under protection of guns of Nashville,
wliich bombarded fortifications at
close range. Enemy's loss over 50
killed or mortally wounded, 23 killed
at IJridgehcad at almost hand-to-hand
encounter, refusing to surrender. Our
casualties: Capt. Dradley Hancock,
quartermaster voluntetrs, aide to
Kobbe, wounded in hand and six men,
including one sailor on Nashville,
slightly wounded. Those ports eon-
tain great quantity of hemp ready for
shipment and will be open on the
30th."
CANNIBALS ATE THEM.
Awful rate Tlmt Oiortnolc Ciiit. D.iltlie
nnd HI Crew on One of tile Ad
miralty IhIuikIh. (
Victoria, It. C, Jan. 27. Details
have been received of the killing of
the captain and crew of the schooner
Nikamarra on one of the islands of
the Admiralty group by the natives
who are cannibals. It is said that
all of the victims were eaten. Tlio
Nikamarra was owned by E. E. For
sytlie and had left New Dritain early
in October on her frading cruise to
the Admiraltys. On arrival there she
was boarded by a number of the na
tives with whom Capt Daltho was
unsuspectingly doing business, when
he was set upon by his treacherous
customers and killed, his fate being
shared by the mate and six new Ire
land natives, all of whom were uut
and hacked with knives and toma
hawks. The natives then plundered
the vessel.
INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS.
Kill Reported to the Hoiihi; liy Clmlrm'in
Sliernmo C.irrlen Over 87,01)0,00!) for
Vitrloun KeeilM of the lurrltory.
Washington, Jan. 27. Chairman
Sherman reported the Indian appro
priation bill to the house Friday. It
carries over $7,000,000, of which $:i00,
000 is to carry on the Dawes commis
sion work. The commission asked for
$510,000. Among the other items of
interest in the bill are: For educat
ing non-citizens of the Indian terri
tory, $75,000; for support of a school
for the blind, $10,000; for the Whi taker
orphan asylum at Prior Creek, $10,000;
for eight Indian inspectors at $2,500
per annum 'and expenses, $02,S00. One
of these inspectors must be an en
gineer competent in the location, con
struction and maintenance of irriga
tion works.
Sliu Shielded Her iliili:iud.
New Inven, Conn., Jan. 27. Afrs.
John 11. Cummings died here as the
result of injuries received at the hands
of her hirbnnd. He pushed her into
a corner, piled tables and chairs upon
her, and then stood on them. She
expected to become a mother in a
few weeks, and her agony was fright
ful for several hours before death.
In her ante-mortem statement she
protested her husband's innocence,
but the coroner caused his arrest on
the charge of murder.
AiuerlemiM Shot hv .Mcxlemm.
El 1 aso. Tex., Jan. 27. The mail
last night from Guayinas, Alex.,
brought the news that a report is cur
rent there that six Americans, David
Cusick, John Eldridgo, George Lunt,
Charles Iturns, Lou Webster and
Henry Williams, were shot during
last week near the foot of the liaea
tete mountains by order of Gen.
Tories. It i's Haid the Alccicau troops
found the Americans in friendly in
tercourse with the Yaquis, whom the
troops had surrounded in the range.
Wanted , Drown Ho- Clillilron,
St. Louis, Jan. 27. Despondent be
cause sln could not obtain employ
ment, the families to whom she up
plied for work refusing to lake her in
because or her three children, Airs.
Julia Hesse made preparations to
drown them. She said it was her in
tention to kill herself after the little
ones were dead. The tragedy was
nvertcd, however, by the arrival of a
police officer who had harncd of Airs.
Jlesse's plans.
Mearuim lllll Changed.
Washington, Jan. 27. The houso
comittee. on interstate and foreign
commerce Friday reconsidered the
Nicaragua fanal bill, which had been
reported with an appropriation of
$140,000,000, and chniurcri tlio appro
priation section so us to make $10,000,
000 available, with authority to con
tract for the entire excavation, con
struction, defense and completion of
the canal at a total cost not exceed
ing $110,000,000.
INFLICTED HEAVY LOSS.
Gen. SchnntiM Army Attiickn n Largo Hotly
of rilllii(M lit Hun Dleco, Killing
83 mill Wounding .llnny.
Wnvhington, Jan. 20. Gen. Oils
cabled report received Thursday
morning indicates that Gen. Sehwan
is conducting the campaign in tho
south of Luzon with the greatest
energy. Jle has located southeast of
Lnguna de Hay what is probably tho
last considerable force of insurgents
remaining in one command, and tho
report shows that, with small loss to
himself and heavy loss to the enemy,
he has managed to completely dis
sippato this force, probably beyond
the possibility of 'reconstruction.
Gen. Otis' cablegram is as follows:
Sehwan concentrated Thirtieth battal
ion, Thirty-seventh and Thirty-ninth In
fantry at and near San Pablo, Lamina
province, on tho afternoon of tho 20th,
Hayes with cavalry striking for Tayabas
by lower road. Tho enemy had advanced
from Santa Cruz to very strongly for
tified positions at San Diego, Majayjay
and adjacent points, In country very
broken and mountainous. Sehwan struck
tho enemy at San Dlcgo and In an en
gagement lasting two hours, killed 83
and wounded a largo number. Our casu
alties wero one enlisted man killed and
14 wounded, Including three native scouts;
captured several rlllcs, ammunition, bolos
and stock of uniform clothing. On tho
22d Sehwan pushed on through to Llilo,
driving enemy back on Majayjay, whero
a forco reported by an escaped Spanish
prisoner to number between 1,400 and
3,000 wcll-enulpped and supplied had con
centrated, waiting the approach of troops.
This position was Impregnable via roads
or trallH, and the troops were working
around on either flank of enemy, when
the enemy retreated rapidly with Thir
tieth Infantry. nnd cavalry In pursuit. It
In believed that tho Insurgents aro widely
dispersed. The country Is now covered
by troops nnd our forces occupy Santa
Cruz. A few minor engagements at other
points resulting In considerable loss to
the enemy. MacArthur telegraphs that
McKiio struck an Insurgent post In the
mountains northwest of I'oralc, capturing
the arsenal, barracks, ten cartloads of
powder and ammunition and three Insur
gents with rifles. Tho barracks nnd ar
senal wero destroyed.
MUST FIRST SURRENDER.
Irlilnt McKlnley AVlll Not Appoint or
Keeelvo ComiiilMHloners Until tlin Fil
ipino IiiHitrreetlon Is Over.
Washington, Jan. 2C The proposi
tion made by thu Filipino lender,
Senor Alabini, for a civil commission
to treat with the Filipinos, will not bo
considered by the administration un
til Aguinaldo surrenders. It is the
purpose of President AIcKiniey to in
augurate a civil government to super
sede military rule in the Philippines
at. the earliest possible moment. If
his present plans are carried out the
Filipinos will have all of the com
missioners they want to confer with,
for in addition to a commission for
the government of the islands, it is
not improbable that congress will ap
point n joint commission to investi
gate the islands next summer and re
port to the next session as u guide for
future legislation.
HARD WORK AT PRETORIA.
Uuriihiini, American Scout, Mils the llrlt-
IhIi Sleu-o of tlio lloer Capital Will
Hu Long nnd Ullllcult.
London, Jan. 20. The American
scout, F. 1J. Durnham, now on his way
back to South Africa, expressed con
siderable satisfaction at the news of
the capture of Spion kop. He said:
"It is evidence that the Uoer position
is being shaken and 1 do not think
it will be a long business now to drive
I lie Doers out of the Drakenburg-.
We shall then reach a rolling, open
country whero there is a chance to
display tactics and undertake Hank
ing movements and cavalry opera
tions Hut the P.oers are sure to mako
a most determined stand around
Pretoria. It will not take long to
reach the Doer capital, but the siege
of Pretoria will be long and difficult."
How the National Dofeiinn Fund Went.
Washington, Jnn. 20. The secre
tary of the navy yesterday sent to ihe J
nuiimu ii hiuioiiiuui, iiiitue iy mo pay'
master general of the navy, showing
the expenditures of that department
from the $50,000,000 national defense
fund. The paymaster general's state
ment shows that of the $50,000,000,
$20,07:1,271 was allotted to the navy
department, expenditures to date ag
gregate $27,:i5G,S0n and outstanding
obligations amount to about $1,1S0,
000, leaving $1,4:10,110, which will bo
ultimately turned back into thu sur
plus fund of the treasury.
A Lion Throttcli the Indian Territory.
St. Louis, Jan. 20. From reliable
sources it is learned that the 'Frisco
line has positively completed arrange
ments to commence construction at
once of a line from Sapulpa, in tho
Creek nation, in the Indian territory,
through the Cliicknsaw nation, to Uecl
Piver, on the Texas state line, termi
nating nt Denison or Sherman possi
bly reaching both points.
-teel 'iiri for I'.-ennli r!iui,
Pittsburgh, Pn., Jan. 20. Tho
French government has given to tho
Pressed Steel Car company, of Pitts
burg, an order for 100 steel freight
cars. The war department of Fran
is planning to etpiip the governmenU
roads with stcef cars that can be con
verted without difficulty into armored
cars for use in the transportation of
troops.
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