Slycongress
IESIDENT DETERMINED .ON A
SPECIAL SESSION.
IBAN TREATY LEGISLATION
ssldsnt Believes the Treaty Should
Je Put Into Effect Before Market
ng of .the .Suoar Crop—Session
*robabl> Be Called in October.
WASHINGTON—President Roosc
It is fully determined lo call con
<88 together in exira session on or
’ore October 1. All worts of pres
-e has been brought to bear upon
n in the hope of inducing him to
mdon this project. But the pre.si
l.it has decided that It Is essential
it legislation must bo enacted to I
ft the Cuban treaty into effect ho
se the marketing of the sugar crop
the Island for this year. The pres
tint has told those who have called
on him to protest that, in his opin
i, the necessary work can he ac
nplished within two or three weeks
d that nothing need prevent an
gjournment in ample time lo allow
tators and members lo lake part in
* fall campaigns In their respective
eg.
There is no doubt thai if the presl
jlit's plan should be carried into ef
ftt with the leaders in both houses
harmony with him the desired
nt resolution could be disposed of
thin a week. But congress is not
the habit of acquiescing In tbo
fishes of the president In matters of
if s kind. Within an hour after the
mat election of Mr. Cannon as
| taker the 1)111 box will contain sov
frl hundred bills, tile authors of
lilch will push their favorite . meas
S?s with their utmost vigor. Tho
Stifled Aldrich financial bill is one
,. «lcli will cause prompt discussion,
w was not because they opposed the
i/incipli'H laid down in the bill that
fp democratic members of tho house
- 'used to allow it to be discussed dur
ift the last few days of the last ses
i«in» but they argued with a great
fell of force that so radical a depart
■ Trom existing law should not be
ced through the houso under whip
* d spur during the last hours of a
ing congress, especially as tho bill
Id not boon printed more than twen
|lour hours when the attempt was
ide to pass it.
.The fact that under the Panama
Inal troaty something like $ir>0,000,
|0 In 2 per cent bonds will he put
ion the market within tho next few
Jars, may have an important bear
p upon the fate of the Aldrich bill,
pretofore United States bonds, even
JUKI bearing the lowest rate of In
■tit; have always commandod a pro
■til; This is due in part to the fact
fat »uch ‘bonds are the basis of na
|mai bank circulation, and are also
fqulred as a guaranty that United
ates funds deposited in banks will
I repaid when needed. Tho Aldrich
If,, as it Is well known, provides for
|e substitution of state, municipal
Id other bonds for such purposes,
Id It is believed that should that
II become a law and the outstanding
debtednesB of the United States be
creased, as It must be, as soon as
stive work begins on the canal, the
Suit, will be the depreciation in val
» of government bonds. But that
e Aldrich bill, or some similar meas
•e, will be put through congress at
|te next session is a foregone con
•usion, and that an attempt will be
:ade to have It enacted into law just
i soon as congress resassembles,
liether it be in August or Decern
sr, is equally certain.
188 ROOSEVELT WELCOMED.
aughter Of the President is Given
i Hearty Recootion.
SAN JUAN, P R,—Miss Alice
oosevelt landed here at 8:JO a. ni.
om the steamer Coamo, from New
ork. March 14. She was met by
orernor Hunt and his family and
as driven to tho palace, where she
’forward held an informal reception.
Miss Rosevelt will receive the pit
mens' committee in public and will
Rend the citizens' reception at the
lealer in the evening, when there
ill be a display of fireworks and a
atnonstration in her honor. Many
ivitattons have been Issued by the
>vemor for an entertainment on Sat
rday. :
Ministerial Chisis Imminent.
MADRID—Dissensions within the
ablnet over the budget still ihreat
a to cause a ministerial crisis. The
ar minister demands an increase of
8,000,000 in the next budget, of
hlch $1,000,000 is for the army.
Widow Finds New Field Play.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo,—The
rrrlval in this city of Eugene Field,
„ and Frederick Comstock Field,
ms of the poet, has caused the an
ouncement that a comic opera from
le pen of Eugene Field will he giv
j in New York next fall. The pro
action of the "Buccaneers; or, the
egum of Piura." in three acts, has
Mm arranged for and the music is be
ig written by a well known com
>ser of light operas.
DETTREY SAYS IT IS GOOD.
Point9 to a Bright Future for the Mine
Workers.
HAZELTON. Pa.—President William
Dettrey of district No. 7. United Mine
Workers of America, made the follow
ing statement regarding the award of
the strike commission:
“The award of the commission as
based on the demands of the United
Mine Workers Is very good. The rec
ommendation for settling the troubles
will, in my opinion. In the near future,
bring an additional Increase of wages
to the class of workmen who are en
titled to better financial conditions.
Judging It as u whole I think the re
port of the commission points to a
bright future for the United Mine
Workers.”
AMERICAN WAY TOO RAPID.
Financiers Anticipate Panic, Due to
Absorption of Capital.
BERLIN—Apprehensions regarding
the financial situation in Now York
are still pronounced. The American
demand for German money continues.
The impression prevails among Ber
lin financial men that speculation in
the United States has been overdone
and that credits have been unduly ex
panded. It is pointed out, as a sign
of too rapid capital absorption, that it
is now difficult for American houses
to dispose of first class bonds bearing
Interest at 1 per cent. The same diffi
culty is experienced by German hanks
In handling American bonds.
SAYS MISS ASTOR IS TO WED.
Vienna Paper Reports Engagement to
Bavarian Statesman.
VIENNA—A dispatch from Buchar
est, Rouraania, to the Die Zeitung
says: Miss Astor, daughter of Will
iam Waldorf Astor, is engaged to mar
ry Jonct Bratiano, the Roumanian for
eign minister.
Miss Astor is now visiting the Rou
manian crown prince’s family. Bra
tiano has a fascinating personality.
He is not a wealthy man and is a son
of the late Jean Bratiano, the dis
tinguished statesman whose monu
ment will shortly be unveiled at Buch
arest.
La Soufriere in Eruption.
KINGSTOWN. St. Vincent.—The
eruption of La Soufriere, which began
Sunday, continues and increased In
activity during the night until it be
came most violent at 7 o’clock Monday
morning. At 8:30 its violence was un
abated and the spectacle was awe
inspiring. The crater is belching forth
dense black clouds, which rise heaven
ward, accompanied by loud roaring
and flashos which rend the spreading
pall of smoke which now envelops the
entire Island in darkness. Electrical
discharges occurred at Intervals during
the night, while stupendous volcanic
clouds produced exceedingly beautiful
effects. I
Makes a Serious Charge.
MANILA—General Allan, chief of
the Philippine constabulary, has writ
ten to President Gomez of the na
tional party, charging that the party
Is assisting the ladrones In Rlzal and
Bulucan provinces and requesting Go
mez to produce the records of the or
ganization and explain the collection
and use of the dues. Gomez report
ed that the party was not guilty. He
admitted that individual members as
sisted the ladrones, hut said the party
expelled them for so doing. General
Allan placed evidence in the hands of
the prosecuting attorney and it is ex
pected that the government will pros
ecute a number of the nationalists.
Thing it is a Mere Feint.
LONDON—The morning papers
hardly discuss President Castro's res
ignation, probably because they re
gard it ns a mere feint. This is the
view expressed by one or two papers
which comment on it. The Daily
Chronicle gives as its opinion that
the apparent unwillingness of the
powers to submit the question of pref
erential treatment to The Hague ar
bitration tribunal induced President
Castro to endeavor to show the world
I rat Venezuela is behind him.
President Rejects Escort.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.—Senator War
ren wired the committee at Laramie
that President Roosevelt desired to
make hiB horseback ride over Sher
man mountain practically alone.
Senator Warren. Otto Cramra of
Laramie and perhaps two others will
accompany him, but he wants no body
guard either of troops or cowboys.
The saddest experience of life is
the awakening to find our idols—clay.
Sultan Calls Revolt Over.
LONDON—The Times' correspond
ent. at Tangiers says the sultan of Mo
rocco is disbanding hiB irregular
troops and has announced officially
that the rebellion is ended. The cor
respondent adds, however, that the
situation is inexplicable, as the pre
tender, Bu Hamar^l has not been
captured and the government troops
have failed to recapture Taza and
never attempted to punish the rebel
lious tribes.
j THE CUBA TREATY
IMPERFECTION'S TEND TO MEAS
URES INJURY.
MAY KILL THE ENACTMENT
Authorities Have Ooubt3 About Being
Able to Do Anything.—Senate
Amendments So Bunglingly Made
as to Invalidate the Convention.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Anting Sec
retary of State I.oomis and Mr,
Queenan, the Cuban minister, after
discussing the prospects of the ratifi
cation of the Cuban treaty within the
time limit on Friday, decided to cable
President Palma requesting him to
call the Cuban congress into extraor
dinary session immediately for this
purpose, as that bodv otherwise would
not meet until April 7, seven days af
ter the expiration of the legal time
limit for the exchange of ratifica
tions.
i" rom such imperfect readings of the
treaty as can be had at this stage the
state department officials have some
doubt as to their ability to do anything
whatever with the convention. The
amendments made by the senate, par
ticularly that added to the ratifying
article, though probably not so intend
ed, may result in the complete loss of
the treaty. There are conflicting
clauses which it may; not be possible
to reconcile. Article 11 provided orig
inally that "the present convention
shall be ratified by the authorities of
the respective countries and the ratifi
cations shall be exchanged at Wash
ington, D. C., as soon as may be be
before January 31, 1903, and the con
vention shall go into effect on the
tenth day after the exchange of rati
fications and shall continue in force
for the term of five years from the
date of going into effect, and from year
to year thereafter until the expiration
of one year from the day, when either
of the contracting parties shall give
notice to the other of its intention to
terminate the same.”
Usually it. is provided that a treaty
shall go into effect as soon as the rat
ifications are exchanged, and with the
slight change In this respect the orig
inal ratifying clause of the Cuban trea
ty was in the usual form and w'ould
not have led to complications. The
date of January; 31 was changed by
both governments before the United
States senate acted to March 31, and
that Is how the article stood when the
senate added tills sentence:
"This treaty shall not take effect un
til the same shall have been approved
by the congress.”
This led to complications which are
now vexing the departments here,
where two different dates are fixed in
the same article for the taking effect
of the treaty. The weight of opinion
Inclines to the belief that following
the common law principle the last stip
ulation should govern, which would de
fer the operation of, the treaty until
after the congress acted. But a more
serious difficulty ‘s pointed out, as fol
lows:
It Is liardly regarded as feasible, and
is certainly in violation of precedent,
to exchange ratifications of a docu
ment which is not a treaty, as this
Cuban convention will not be, in the
opinion of some of the state depart
ment people, until “the congress” ha3
set its approval upon it. If this view
is correct, then the exchange of rat
ifications will have to be deferred un
til next winter at the earliest, and this
delay, it is thought, .would cause the
failure of the treaty in its present
form, because of the inability of the
negotiators to meet the requirement
of article 11, which demands that the
exchange take place before March 31.
AVAILABLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN.
Decrease in Wheat and Corn Since
Last Report.
NEW YORK—Special cablegrams
and telegraphic communication receiv
ed by Bradstreet's show the following
changes in available supplies since
the last report:
Wheat—United States and Canada,
east of the Rockies, decreased 2,222,
000 bushels; afloat for and in Europe,
decreased 000,000 bushels; world’s
available, decreased 2,282,000 bushels.
Corn—United States and Canada,
east of the Rockies, increased 408,000
bushels.
Among the most important de
creases this week were those of 800,
000 bushels at Manitoba elevators,
300,000 bushels at northwestern inte
rior elevators, 111,000 bushels at St.
Joseph, 81,000 bushels at Omaha. 80,
000 bushels at Portland, Me., 35,000
bushels at Nashville and 68,000 bush
els at Chicago private elevators.
Kills One and Wounds Another.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn,—Earl Foun
tain, aged 30, was shot and killed by
Will Collins, aged 30, here Sunday.
James Shoemaker, aged 18, was also
shot by Collins. Fountain was shot
in four places and crawled under a
house and died. Shoemaker was
found wounded, but he refused to
make any statement, and it was not
until Fountain’s body was found, four
hours later, that any one knew he
had been killed.
ARBOR DAY IN NEBRASKA.
The Govenor of the State Issues a
Proclamation.
Governor Mickey has issued the
following Arbor day proclamation:
The recurring spring season is again
at hand, bringing with it that holiday
which (js distinctively of Nebraska
origin and which has here received
its most complete recognition.
The observance of nearly all public
festivals js actuated by motives of
sentiment, but Arbor day is commem
orated because of the practical value
and utility of the acts which emanate
from it. Through its beneficent influ
ence Nebraska's treeless plains have
been dotted over tvith beautiful
groves, affording grateful shade dur
ing the heat of pummer, protection
from the blasts of winter, fuel for
home consumption and which have
also had a marked effect in making
the climatic conditions more favora
ble for agricultural pursuits. The
denuding of the natural forests for
lumbering purposes has occasioned
physical disturbances, a study of the
effects of which are more or less agJ
itating the scientific world, but it is
certain that any resultant injury can
be neutralized by the systematic con
servation of remaining forests and
the planting of trees in harmony with
that progressive spirit of the times
which takes into consideration the
needs of the future as well as of the
present.
By virtue of the authority vested in
me by law, I do hereby proclaim and
designate Wednesday, April 22, 1903,
as Arbor day, and I earnestly urge
every citizen of the state, and espe
cially the pupils of public and private!
schools, to observe the day by the
general planting of trees and the beau
tifying of lawns and premises. The
occasion, to obserce the day by the
because of the death since last Arbor
day of Hon. J. Sterling Morton, the
originator of the day and one of Ne
braska’s most honored citizens. I
suggest that an extra tree be planted
in memory of him who did so much
for the state and whose practical
ideas concerning forestry are proving
of especial value.
BUZZARD KILLS LIVE STOCK.
Wyoming Temperature Drops, and
Live Stock Suffers.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.—The blizzard
has passed, but the temperature has
dropped below zero, and as a result
live stock will suffer severely. Ralph
Friend, a prominent Uinta stock man,
who arrived in Cheyenne Thursday,
says that the winter has been the
severest since 1890. He estimated
that throughout Southern and Cen
tral Wyoming stockmen who fed lost
from 4 to 6 per cent and those who
did not feed lost from 15 to 30 per
cent of their herds.
State Veterinarian Seabury returned
last night from Pine Bluffs and con
firms reports of heavy loss to live
stock in that section. Cattle and
sheep were terribly weakened by pre
ceding storms and perished in large
numbers.
Colored Man Commissioned.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Lieutenant
David G. Gilmer, a colored soldier of
this city, has been commissioned by
the president as second lieutenant in
the Philippine scouts. The president
recently promised Senator Pritchard of
North Carolina that Lieutenant Gilmer
should have the first vacancy in the
Philippine scouts.
HIGH OFFICIAL IS INVOLVED.
Assistant Postmaster General Goes
to Investigate.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow is ex
pected to reach St. Louis shortly to
inspect a certain $5,000 receipt now
said to be in the possession of an at
torney and which dit is said involves
a high official at Washington in com
plicity with a "get-rich-quick" scheme.
When the safe of E. J. Arnold &
Co. was opened recently it is said
this receipt was discovered. It is al
leged it was signed by a former at
tache of the attorney general’s office.
It is said the other receipts, similar
in character, are in existence.
Award of $70,000 for a Life.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.—A verdict
for $70,000 damages against the New
York Central railway was awarded by
a jury In the supreme court Tuesday
for the death of Ernest F. Walton of
New Rochelle, who was a victim of
the Park avenue tunnel accident. Mr.
Walton was a member of the New
York stock exchange.
Will Remove Havana Wrecks.
HAVANA.—The secretary of the
treasury has received a proposition
to remove the wreck of the battleship
Maine. It came from an American,
whose name the secretary declines to
disclose. The proposition does not
call for payment either way. Pending
its acceptance it has been decided to
include the Maine in advertisements
for bids for the removal of various
wrecks
TREATY RATIFIED
8ENATE GRANTS RECIPROCITY
AND THE SESSION ENDS.
ONLY SIXTEENJ/OTES AGAINST
Committee Amendments Are All
Adopted, Though Others Fail to Ob
tain Sufficient Support to Proposed
Changes in the Treaty.
WASHINGTON — After ratifying
the Cuban reciprocity treaty the sen
ate adjourned sine die at 5:15 on
Thursday.
Practically the entire day was spent
behind closed doors in executive ses
sion. Most of the time was devoted
to consideration of the Cuban treaty.
Several speeches were made in oppo
sition and one in favor, and then,
promptly at the agroed hour, 3 o’clock,
voting began.
Roll calls were taken on a number
of amendments and the treaty itself
was made the subject of a vote, the
motion to ratify being adopted by 50
to 16 somewhat more than a three
fourths vote.
Immediately after the doors were
closed, at a few minutes past 11, Sen
ator Foster (La.) took the floor in op
position to the treaty. In the main
his speech was an appeal for the pro
tection of American sugar. He spoke
especially for the can sugar inter
ests of Louisiana, but said the beet
sugar interests had grown to such
proportions that many other states
were coming to have a pronounced in
terest in the making of sugar.
He drew a graphic picture of pres
ent conditions in Louisiana and said
the ratification of the treaty would be
liable to be disastrous to many of his
constituents. He appealed to sena
tors from north and south alike to re
frain from inflicting this hardship on
his people.
He raised the point that there was
nothing to prevent the introduction
of Chinese labor into Cuba, with which
American labor could not compete.
Senator Berry based his opposition
on the amendment providing against
any further reduction by treaty of
the duty on sugar while the treaty re
mains in force.
Senator Carmack opposed on gener
al principles, declaring it was con
trary to the American theory of gov
ernment.
Senator Simmons was the only dem
ocrat who advocated ratification. He
said he spoke for the United States
and not for Cuba, refusing to accept
the theory that the United States was
under any obligations to Cuba. But
he believed the treaty would add to
Cuba’s prosperity and American ex
ports to the island, which now amount
to about $28,000,000 annually would
soon be doubled. He refused to ac
cept the theory that American sugar
would be injured and contended that
the only advantage Cuba would have
over the United States would be In
its soil.
Even after the reduction proposed
the duty on Cuban sugar would
amount to Cl per cent ad valorem,
which would be quite sufficient to
maintain the industry in the United
States.
When Mr. Simmons concluded vot
ing began.
The committee on foreign relations
announced through Senator Cullom
the acceptance of two amendments al
ready recommended by the commit
tee. The first was the amendment in
creasing the rate of reduction on flour,
corn meal and corn imported into
Cuba. It provides for a reduction of
40 per cent, but the committee modi
fied’ the amendment so as to provide
for a reduction of 30 per cent.
The other fixed a uniform reduction
of 30 per cent on American cotton
goods.
The only aye and nay vote taken on
;the committee amendments was on
that inserted at the instance of the
'beet sugar republican senators pro
viding against further reduction of the
duty on sugar for five years, or while
'the treaty remains in force. The vote
^to ratify the treaty was 50 to 10.
Named by the President.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The presi
dent on Thursday sent to the senate
'the following nominations:
Consuls—Albert W. Swalm, now
consul at Montevideo, at Southhamp
ton, England; John E. Hopley, now
teonsul at Southampton, at Monte
video; Clarence Rice Slocum of New
York, at Warsaw, Russia.
Postmasters: Nebraska—Edward G.
‘‘Hall, David City.
Captains to be rear admirals in the
navy—Francis A. Cook, Purnell F.
Darrington.
Forty Welts for Laziness.
NASHVILLE, Ind.—Twelve -white
caps took Henry Mathis from his cab
in Thursday night, tied him to a fence
post and beat him unmercifully. After
the whipping he was warned to keep
quiet or the mob would return and
whip him again. Half an hour later
his wife found him. cut the ropes and
took him home. The white caps told
their victim that they whipped him
because he was too lazy to work.
Mathis has forty-eight ugly welts on
bis back.
WORK OF SENATE.
The Race Question Under Discus
sion.
WASHINGTON—The race question
was discussed in the senate Wed
nesday, Mr. Money bringing the mat
ter up in speaking on the president’s
action in closing the Indianola post
office. In the course of his remarks
he declared that Mr. Rosevelt wa3
not the president of the United
States, but the president of the
"black belt.”
“The department has made the peo
ple of the south hate the administra
tion,” he said. “The people cf the
south hoped Mr. Roosevelt would be
an American president, but instead
he is president of the black belt.
“His appointments had caused gen
eral disgust. He had raised the ques
tion of social equality of the negro.”
Mr. Money said recent appoint
ments have revived the race question.
The south has tolerated negro offi
cials, but does not want any more
of them. “This is a white man's coun
try and government.” There was a
feeling in the south, he said, that no
colored man should hold office.
It was the inherent and constitu
tional right of a great community, he
declared, to have its mail handled
regularly. Letters which were ad
dressed to important county officers
residing at Indianola had been sent
to Greenville, and thus an unwarrant
able interference with the liberty and
rights of the people had been perpe
trated.
If it was intended to punish the peo
ple of Indianola the punishment had
gone far enough. The department
had shown to the world its authority
and nobody had disputed it. Now it
was time for the postmaster general
to do all he could to heal the breach.
He declared that of all the appoint
ments made in Mississippi none had
given such general dissatisfaction as
those made by the present adminis
tration, which had raised the question
of social equality of the negro, but
there could never be any social equal
ity between the two races.
“There is a race prejudice in the
south,” he said, “and I thank God
that there is.”
The prejudice against the negro, he
asserted, was not local, but prompt
ed by a universal, world-wide senti
ment.
Answering Mr. Foraker, he said
that these recent appointments had re
vived the race question, and that the
people of the south had heretofore
tolerated negro office holders. “Thi3
white man’s country,” said he, “has
been carved out of the wilderness and
conquered from the Indian, not for the
African, but for the white man.’
Mr. Foraker asked if his objection
to colored people holding office ex
tended to all offices, and whether it
would include the enlistment of col
ored men in the army. In reply Sen
ator Money disclaimed any virulent
objection to black soldiers, but de
clared it would be better if no col
ored man held any official position,
whatever.
“Would you disfranchise the negro?”
asked Mr. Foraker, “and if so, should
that be taken into account in fixing
the representation in congress?”
“That is another question,” said Mr.
Money, “but the participation of the
negro in the affairs of government ia
dangerous.”
“Is the demand of the south,” in
quired Mr. Spooner, “that the presi
dent shall in no case appoint a col
ored man in federal offices in the
south?”
Mr. Money replied that there had
been no demand, but it was the feel
ing in the south that no colored man,
no matter what his quality, should
hold a federal office.
"The whole trend of history,” he
said, “shows the utter incompelency
of the colored race for self-govern
ment.”
-
Warned to Keep Sober.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Members of
the Federated Trades union have beon
warned to stay sober.
Frank J. Weber, business agent of
that organization, at its meeting Wed
nesday night, served notice on all
its members that hereafter he would
refuse to consider grievances present
ed by men who are under the influence
of liquor.
Mr. Mercer Not Appointed.
WASHINGTON—The president has
tendered the position of director of
the census to S. N. D. North, formerly
chief statistician of manufactures of
the census bureau, to succeed Director
Merriam, resigned. Mr. North has ac
cepted and will enter upon his dutie3
some time in May.
Senate Confirms Appointments.
WASHINGTON, D. C—The senate
has confirmed the nomination of the
members of the court of private land
claims, who were renominated yes
terday. and also the following nomina
tions: Assistant Treasurer of the
United States at New York, Hamilton
Fish, New York; quartermaster gen
eral, with rank of brigadier general,
for a period of four years, Colonel
Charles F. Humphrey.
