QUOTATIONS ON
N. Y. SENATORSHIPS
Worth From $50,000 tc
$100,000 Per Year, Says
Golden.
PAID BY INSURANCE CO.S
Sensational Statement Made by New
York Legislator Before the House
Committee on Judiciary—
Is No Secret.
Washington, May 23—Some addi
tional light was thrown on insurance
methods In New York today by Rep
resentative James A. Goulden of that
state before house committee on judic
iary considering the Ames bill for the
regulation of insurance In the District
of Columbia.
Goulden Is general agent of the Penn
Mutual Life Insurance company in New
York.
"Why." said he "It was as well as
conceded that to be a senator at Albany
was worth anywhere from $50,000 to
$100,000 a year and that the money
came largely from Insurance compan
ies This is not a secret. Every New
York man knows it. I know it well.”
Forced to Contribute.
Touching on the subject of campaign
contributions, Goulden said his ;om
pany had been coerced into giving
$10,000 to the national campaign com
mittee in 1S96. He did not say which
•campaign committee received the
money, but remarked the same thing
was tried in 1900 and 1904, but without
success, owing to the firm stand taken
by Mr. Plimpton, of Massachusetts, one
of the directors who declared every di
rector who voted for such a contribu
tion would be held personally liable for
the amount.
SENATOR BURTON TO
JAIL FOR 6 MONTHS
Kansas Solon Must Pay Penalty—Can
Never Hold Another Position Un
der Government.
Washington, May 23.—The supreme
court of the United States today ren
dered a decision in the case of United
States Senator Ralph Burton of Kan
sas against Burton and affirming the
decision of the lower court by which
Burton was sent to six months’ im
prisonment in jail and required to pay
a. line of $2,500 and deprived of the right
hereafter to hold office under the gov
ernment.
The opinion was by Justice Harlan.
All points made in Burton's interest
•were overruled.
Justices Brewer, White and Peckham
united in dissenting to the opinion de
livered by Brewer. Their opinion was
based on the theory that the United
States was not legally interested in the
case against the Rialto company, in
which Burton was employed as counsel.
Immediately after promulgation of
Its decision the supreme court grant
ed a motion to give sixty days to Bur
ton in which to prepare a petition for a
rehearing. This action will have the
effect of taking the case over until the
next term of court, beginning in Octo
ber.
Must Get Out at Once.
Washington, May 21.—"If Senator
Burton does not resign at once,” as a
prominent senator puts it, “a resolution
will be introduced to declare his seat
vacant.”
Burton was prosecuted on the charge
of violating the section of the revised
statutes which prohibits senators and
representatives from receiving com
pensation for services rendered before
any of the government departments in
any matter in which the government
may be interested.
AMERICAN YICE CONSUL
IS ASSASSINATED
W. H. Stewart, a British Subject, Slain
at Batoum—Life Threatened
Many Times.
Batoum, Russia, May 21.—W. H.
Stuart, American vice consul, was shot
and killed in his country place last
night. The assassin escaped.
Stuart was a British subject and one
of the largest ship brokers and export
ers of Batoum. During revolutionary
troubles last fall his life was many
times threatened by longshoremen.
Wounded by Bomb.
Kalisz, Poland, May 21.—Count Kel
ler, colonel of the dragoons, who has
been prominent in suppressing the dis
turbances here, was severely wounded
by the explosion of the bomb thrown
at him today. The would be assassin
escaped.
WEDDED TOO LONG
TO HAVE A DIVORCE
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Maryland Jurist Renders a Unique
Decision in Case Be
fore Him.
Frederick, Md., May 21.—Judge John
C. Motter, associate judge of the cir
cuit court for Frederick county, deliv
ered a written opinion that will prob
ably cause persons seeking divorce
in this county to "sit up and take no
tice." The opinion was delivered in
the ease of Mrs. Ellen Fitz against Levi
Fitz of Thurmont. Mrs. Fitz charged
ill treatment and abuse. In ruling on
the case Judge Motter said;
“The testimony shows that both the
plaintiff and defendant are somewhat
hot tempered, and if anv fault is to bo
found It should be about equally shared
by them. Both are well along In years,
were married more than thirty years
ago, and there is no substantial rea
son to be found in the testimony why
they should not continue to remain
husband and wife for the probable few
remaining years of their lives. It is
therefore ordered that the bill of com
plaint filed in the cause be dismissed,
each side to pay its own costs.”
OBJECTS TOMATCH;
KILLS HIS FAMILY
John Cole Follows Departure from
House of Daughter’s Fiance by
Horrible Tragedy.
Woodcllffe, N. J., May 21.—John Cole,
an engineer, killed his daughter Marla
with an ax today and probably fatally
injured his wife with the same weapon
He then killed himself by shooting. The
tragedy followed the departure from
Cole’s home of a young man to whom
It is said his daughter was engaged.
ISLAND WILL REVOLT.
'.arge Land Owner from Isle of Pinea
Calls on President, but Is Refused
Audience.
Washington, D. C., May 23.—Accord
ing to a statement by S. H. Pearcy, a
large land owner In the Isle of Pines, a
revolt against Cuban authority in that
island will occur in the near future un
less the United States resumes control
over it. Mr. Pearcy and his brother, J.
L. Pearcy, called at the White House,
but the president declined to see them
and they were referred to Secretary
Hoot.
Mr. Pearcy said that Americans now
own nine-tenths of the property in the
island, which they purchased solely on
the assurance of President McKinley
and the war department that the island
was American soil. Conditions, how
ever, he says, have reached a critical
stage and the majority of the Amer
icans have stated they will stand their
oppression no longer. Mr. Pearcy said
that these American citizens have re
ceived many offers of aid from the
United States in case of a revolt.
VIOLET RAYSTOR
TREATING INSANE
Dr. N. W. Taylor Provides Room in
Which Maniacs May Bask in
Soft Light.
Chicago, May 23.—Dr. N. W. Tay
lor, superintendent of the Illinois
Western hospital for the Insane, is con
vinced that violet rays are efficacious
In the treatment of insanity, and in
an interview he detailed experiments
now being made under his direction.
"I have had constructed a house
roofed with violet-colored glass, in
which insane patients are placed to
get the sun baths that filter through
the tinted panes. I have followed the
experiments with violet rays made by
French and Danish scientists, and for
several years past have experimented
along the lines of their investigations
and in others that have suggested
themselves to me.
"The patients are placed in the glass
enclosure without clothing, experi
ments having shown that the rays will
not penetrate cloth, and the direct ap
plication of the violet rays made to the
bare skin from sunrise to sunset. Meals
are sent into the glass house to them,
so that there is no intermission in the
application of the treatment."
HIT “PARLOR GAMBLING”
Baptist Condemn Progressive Eucher
and Bridge Whist—Would Enforce
Sunday Closing.
Dayton. O., May 23.—The American
Baptist Home Missionary society closed
the celebration of its seventy-fourth
anniversary today with the election of
tlon. W. S. Shalienberger, second as
sistant postmaster general, as presi
dent.
Resolutions were adopted to petition
congress to demand certificates from
revenue collectors showing whiskies
“old to “ speak-easies," condemn par
lor gambling, commonly called progres
sive eucher and bridge whist; demand
more stringent enforcement of laws
covering the “slave girl traffic;” de
mand more stringent laws regarding
horse race gambling; approve efforts of
Ohio's governor to suppress the sale of
intoxicating liquors, and to enforce
Sunday closing laws.
This afternoon the ninety-second an
niversary of the American Baptist
Missionary union, the oldest Baptist
mission society in the world, began its
sessions.
Definite steps to bring about union
of the Baptist and Free Baptists were
taken by the American Baptist Home
Mission society in session here Sun
day. The committee appointed last
year to consider a plan for co-opera
tion and possible union reported favor
I kbly.
“BIG MEN” INDICTED.
—
! Charges of Wholesale Land Frauds
Made by Federal Grand Jury
in Oregon.
Portland, Ore., May 21.—Details of
the land fraud indictments returned by
j the federal grand jury on April 9, and
| involving prominent men of Los An
geles, San Francisco and southwestern
1 Oregon, have been made public by
I United States District Attorney W. A.
Bristol.
I The property alleged to have been
fraudulently secured lies on the bunks
Df Lobster and Eucher creeks, in
southwestern Curry county, Ore., and
consists of 6,000 acres practically all in
one tract of fine timber land.
[ The indictment charges conspiracy
to defraud the government of timber
land by securing entry men to file upon
the land with the intention of disposing
if it to alleged conspirators—Richard D.
Jones and William H. Smith, of San
Francisco; Jeremiah Humely, former
United States commissioner in Curry
county. Ore.; A. S. Johnston, formerly a
deputy clerk of Curry county, Ore.;
William T. Kerr, of Coquille, Ore.;
John R. Mjller, of Port Oxford, Ore.;
Warren Gillelen and R. W. Kenny, re
spectively president and cashier of 'he
Broadway Bank and Trust company,
of Los Angeles; G. L. Stearns, formerly
president, and Jacob C. Cross, director
of the Pacific Furniture and Lumber
company, of Los Angeles; David M.
Goodwin, Maryland, and A. H. Hed
derly, of Los Angeles; Richard
Hynes, M. M. Riley and Lee R. Ayres,
stock brokers of Los Angeles; W. D.
Gould, attorney of Los Angeles, and F.
W, Dennis, broker and real estate deal
er, of San Francisco.
The indictment asserts that the T’a
eiflc Furniture and Lumber company,
which is alleged to have been the active
agency through which the alleged con
spiracy was perfected, was organized
at Los Angeles by Messrs. Cross, Good
win. Stearns. Miller, Kerr and Jones.
KIDNAP AMERICANS.
Moors Attack Steamer Manolita, Flying
Stars and Stripes, and Take
Off Passengers.
Melilla, Morocco, May 21.—The steam
er Manolita, bound from Tetuan for
this port, flying an American flag, has
been attacked by Moors, who took away
some of her passengers.
WU FOR ELECTROCUTION
Former Minister to America Would
Abolish Decapitation.
Pekin, May 21.—Wu Ting Fang, for
merly Chinese minister at Washing
ton, who was entrusted with the task of
codifying the laws, is memorializing
the throne for jury trials, and for per
mission for native lawyers to practice
before the courts.
He also petitions for the electrocu
tion instead of the decapitation of '
criminals condemned to death. '
STRIFE LIKELY
IN CANAL ZONE
United States Is Sending Ma
rines to Watch Panama
Elections.
MALCONTENTS WARNED
Opjection to Amador Administratior
Must Not Disturb the Peace of the
Big Ditch District, Say
Root and Taft.
Philadelphia, May 2:!. -The cruis
er Columbia sailed from League
Island today under secret orders
with 600 marines aboard. It Is un
derstood the vessel will go to Guan
tanamo and thence to San Domingo.
Washington, May 23.—Although ail
official statement to that effect cannot
be had, it is known that marines are
now being shipped on the cruiser Co
lumbia at League Island, Pit., and are
bound primarily for Guantanamo, Cu
ba, there to be kept in readiness for
any emergency that may arise on the
Isthmus of Panama.
Elections that will tuke place there
next month may be accompanied by
revolutionary disorders; in fact, cer
tain inquiries have been directed to
Governor Magoon by discontented par
ty leaders and have been followed by
threats of an uprising against the
Amador administration.
Keep Away from Canal.
These have led Secretaries Root and
Taft to serve notice upon the malcon
tents that no such manifestation will be
admitted anywhere near the canal zone
or at any place where the peace of the
zone may be threatened.
To give effect to this notice the navy
will have a sufficient force of marines
on either side of the isthmus to main
tain order and to this end the Columbia
is going to a convenient point for ob
servation and action if necessarv on
the gulf side while the Marblehead Is
nearing Panama on the Pacific coast.
“DIVVY” IS MADE OF
r:o grande river
United States and Mexican Govern
ments Arrange Treaty Covering
Water Rights.
Washington, May 23.—Secretary Root
for the United States and Ambassador
Casasus for the Mexican government
today signed the treaty regulating the
use of the waters of the Rio Grande,
which, if approved by the senate, will
remove what has been for twenty
years past a source of friction in the
relations of the two countries.
For almost a century the Mexicans
living along the low'er river have made
large use of its w'aters for the purpose
of irrigating their lands. But in re
cent years private companies on the
upper waters in the United States have,
by constrution of wing dams, diverted
a large part of the water to this side
of the river. The Mexicans have pre
ferred claims for the damage sus
tained, but so far without success.
Now plans of the reclamation service
have made it certain that practically
all the w'ater will be retained on Ameri
can soil unless some proper scheme of
division can be arranged.
Construction of a $7,000,000 dam across
the Rio Grande at Engel, New Mexico,
brought the matter to a climax and led
to negotiations between the two coun
tries which culminated in the treaty
signed today.
Underlying the principle of the con
vention is recognition of the common
law right of Mexicans to use of a fair
share of the waters of the river, but
as the United States government is
put to the entire expense of building
the great dam and canals the Mexican
share is only a fractional proportion of
the whole flow. It is estimated the im
pounded waters will suffice to irrigate
about 200,000 acres of otherwise arid
land, and it is stipulated that, of this
total of 60,000 acre feet of w'ater, which
is to make arable about 25,000 acres of
land, will be delivered on the Mexican
side of the border each year.
For its part the Mexican government
guarantees the United States govern
ment against any suit for liability on
account of claims of individual Mex
icans who have so far suffered through
diversion of the water. Opposition to
the treaty is expected on the part of
some western senators who express the
belief that either the United States is
entitled to all of the water without com
pensation in view of the great expense
to which it has been put by the work
of construction of irrigating dams, and
canals or that if the Mexican right is
to be recognized at all its title should
be purchased outright by a cash pay
ment.
FOREST FIRES OUT.
Rain Comes and Wind Dies Out—Loss
Everywhere Probably
Exaggerated.
Marinette. ,Wis., May 21.—All dan
ger from forest tires is past. It is rain
ing this morning and the wind has died
out. The loss everywhere is believed
to have been greatly exaggerated.
Milwaukee, Wts., May 21.—A staff
correspondent of the Sentinel who
made a tour of the district in the up
per peninsula of Michigan covered by
the forest fires in a special train, the
first train to go through the district
since the catastrophe, telegraphs that
the tire appears to be practically out
in all the district. The fire raged for
a distance of sixty-four miles along the
line of the Eseanaba and Lake Superiot
railroad and for thirty miles beyond
Channing, the western terminus of the
road. It seems certain now that 2,000
persons are homeless in that district
and that 1,000 are left desolate at Quin
nesec. The Quinnesec fire, however,
was of different origin from the Es
canaba fire, having started in a field
where men were pulling stumps and
burning debris. This fire spread into
the city and wiped out all the buildings
except three residences and the paper
mills. Then the lire spread into the
timber, and running north for forty
miles, finally Joined the flumes sweep
ing east on Eseanaba.
It was also learned that Woodlawn
and Kingsley, on the Eseanaba and
Lake Superior line, and Perkins, on the
Northwestern road, were destroyed.
The strip burned along the Eseanaba
and Lake Superior road appears to be
thirty miles wide and the alarming
nature of the earlier reports of l he fire
seem to be thoroughly verified.
MINE ON FIRE.
A Number of Men Are Said to Be Im
periled.
Pittsburg, May 21.—The Hazel Kirke'
coal mine, near Bentleyville, Is reported
on fire. A number of men are said to
be in the mine.
GOES TO CONFERENCE.
House Committee Decides to Recom
mend Disagreement on All the
Senate Amendments.
Washington, D. C., May 23.—Tilt- rail
road rate trill was considered for three
hours last night by ttie bouse commit
tee on foreign and Interstate commerce
and the decision reached to recommend
disagreement to all of the senate
amendments and to send the measure
to conference. The committee " ill not
ask that instructions of any charactet
be given to the house conferees.
There was no disposition to criticise
the amendment conferring Jurisdiction
upon I he courts to review orders made
by the Interstate Commerce commis
sion, for in the house committee as well
as in the senate many members con
tended that the bill as it was passed
by the house gave that authority tc
the courts. This amendment and oth
ers which collectively are known as the
Allison compromise undoubtedly will
be agreed to by the house conferees.
The amendment which gave tin
house committee the greatest concern
was that making pipe lines common
carriers, which the committee thought
inconsistent with the amendment pro
hibiting common carriers from produc
ing commodities carried by it.
Formal action was not had on any
of the amendments and therefore the
house conferees likely will be left free
to exercise their best judgment.
Pass Twenty-two Bills.
Washington, D. O., May 22.—Not
withstanding that the leader of the
minority, Mr. Williams, of Mississippi,
insisted upon the presence of a quo
rum, delaying as possible the orderly
procedure of legislation, the house yes
terday passed twenty-two bills, six
senate and sixteen house measures.
Among the bills passed were a num
ber in which the country has special
interest, including the following:
To regulate enlistments and punish
ments in the United States revenue
cutter service.
To authorize additional aids to navi
gation in the light house establish
ments.
To amend section 6 of an act en
titled, ‘ An act to define and fix the
standard vulue, to maintain the parity
of all forms of money issued or coined
by the United States, to refund the
public debt, and for other purposes.”
approved March 14, 1900.
Prohibiting shanghaiing in the Unit
ed States.
Enlarging the authority of the Mis
sissippi river commission in making
allotments and expenditure of funds
appropriated by congress for the im
provement of the Mississippi river.
Providing for the manner of select
ing and impaneling Juries in the Unit
ed States and in the territories of the
United States.
After five and one-half hours’ work
the house adjourned until noon toduy
PRINCESS CHIMAY HAS
MATRIMONIAL FATIGUE
Tired of Her Latest Acquisition, She
is Said to Want to Re
cover Rigo.
Vienna, May 22.—The eccentric Princeet
Chlmay has just taken her latest Italian
husband to visit the mother of the gypsy
violinist Rigo in the village of Raksodo
She brought from Paris the tombstone ot
Rlgo s father, who is burled there. Slit
confided to her former mother-in-law tlia
she was unhappy in her present marriage
and that she hoped to recover Rigo.
Hearing of Rigo’s financial difficulties ir
America she telegraphed a large sum, but
It was declined. After scattering money Ir.
the village she has arrived at Pesth, where
she proposes to earn more by exhibiting
herself as a living statue.
Inauguration of
President Palma
t-M J ■ , 1
TOMAS ESTRADA mJU.
Havana, May 22—President Palma was
Inaugurated at noon Sunday In the pres
ence of the diplomatic corps In full uni
form. cabinet officers, senators and con
gressmen, judges, heads of departments
and representatives of economic, agricul
tural and commercial associations.
None of the liberal members of eongress
attended. The inauguration ceremony
took place In the red salon of the palace.
The oath of office was administered by the
chief justice of the supreme court In front
of the dais on which were seated eight
supreme court judges. Over the central
portion of the dais was suspended a can
opy of red on which was the Cuban coat
of arms. President Palma, who appeared
to be in the best of health, entered the
salon as the bell of the palace was strik
ing the noon hour. The guns of the
Cabanas fortress pealed forth a noisy wel
come to the lneomnlg administration, and
this was reinforced by the screeching of
many whistles, cheers from the crowd out
side the palace, and the crash of bands
playing the Cuban national anthem
Accompanted by Vice President Mendez
Capote and the members of his cabinet,
President Palma advanced down the aisle,
Hanked on either side by members of the
diplomatic corps, judges of the local
courts, congressmen and guests. When he
reached the dais the chief justice spoke
briefly of the significance of the occasion.
During the administration of the oath the
voice of the chief justice was barely
audible above the noise of tiro celebration
outside.
SAME ASSESSMENT STANDS.
Old Point, Va.. May 21.—The supreme
rouncil of the Royal Arcanum today re
elected Howard ('. Wigguns, supreme
regent, and the entire list of officers. A
resolution reaffirming the present .ate
of assessment was adopted unani
mously.
FIND BOD V OF UNKNOWN MAN.
Muscatine. Ia.. May 21.—The body of
an unknown man was found in the 1
river l-.eve Sunday, evidently having i
been In the water six months. There is
no clue to lead to the identification of
the body. I
RAILROAD RATE
BILE IS PASSED
Measure Finally Gets Threugh
the Senate by a Vote of
• 7 1 to 3.
ELIMINATE A PHRASE
The Teller Amendment, Supported by
Spooner, Foraker, Lodge, et al., Is
Passed—Leaves the Court
to Decide.
Washington, D. C., May 2t.—After
seventy days of almost continuous de
liberation the senate late yesterday aft
ernoon passed the railroad rate bill by
the practically unanimous vote of 71
to 3. The three negative votes were
cast by Senators Foraker, republican,
of Ohio, and Morgan und Pettus, demo
crats, of Alabama. There was a some
what larger attendance of senators
than usual, but the attendance In the
galleries was by no means abnormal,
and there was no manifestation of any
kind when the result was announced.
There was, however, an almost general
sigh of relief among senators.
The bill has received more attention
from the senate and the country at
large than any measure that has been
before congress since the repeal of the
purchasing clause of the Sherman act
In 18113. It was reported to the senate
on February 2t> und wus made the un
finished business on March 12. From
March 12 to May 4 the bill was under
general discussion without limitation
on the duration of speeches, flfty-elght
of which were delivered. Many of
these were prepared wltn great care
and two of them consumed morn than
a. day's time In delivery. Senator La
Follette, the Junior senator from Wis
consin, spoke for three days und Sen
ator Daniel, of Virginia, for two days.
Senators Bailey, Foraker. Dodge, ltay
ner, Dol liver and otners spoke for one
entire day.
For twelve days the bill has been un
der consideration under a rule limiting
speeches to fltteen minutes each. The
debate lias at all times been earnest
and animated, but for the most part
devoid of personality as between uen
ators, the past lew days, however, hav
ing called out some caustic criticisms
of the president and of some newspaper
correspondents by Senator Bailey.
In addition to passing the bill, the
proceedings consisted In concluding the
considerratlon of the amendments as
such and the delivery of a number of
speeches on the bill. The only amend
ment adopted was the one offered yes
terday by Senator Teller eliminating the
words "In its judgment" from the pow
or given to the interstate Commerce
commission to tlx rates.
Teller Amendment Passed.
At the opening of the session the
senate resumed consideration of the
Teller amendment, striking out of the
provision giving to the Interstate Com
merce commission power to prescribe
rates the words "in Its judgment.”
Daniel made the first speech taking
the position that the, presence of the
words would not have the effect of
vitiating the bill as hud been con
tended.
Dong also advocated the retention of
the words, agreeing with Allison that
they constitute a part of the judicial
review contemplated by the bill.
Solicitous Mr. Spooner.
Spooner expressed doubt as to the
wisdom of the provision.
"It is open to doubt and challenge,”
he said.
Fulton advocated retention of the
words, while Bacon was of the opinion
the words weaken the bill and ad
vised they be eliminated.
Morgan would have the words strick
en out because they cast doubt on the
bill.
Dodge said if the words remain and
the law was declared unconstitutional
the people will declare it fruud and
congress will be held responsible.
After further discussion the Teller
amendment was adopted.
“The Best He Could Get.”
Anxious as were senators by this time
to reach a vote there was much Inter
est manifested when Senator Tillman
took the lloor. After announcing his
intention to vote for the bill as the
• best he could get” he entered upon
the task of acknowledging the instru
mentality of the president in securing
the legislation. He came bluntly to the
point saying:
•'But lor the work of Theodore Roose
velt in bringing this matter to the at
tention of ihe country we would not
have had any bill at all. It is true that
the idea was not his and the demand
for the legislation was made in three
democratic platforms, nevertheless lie
seized upon the idea and the success of
the issue is largely due to his advocacy.
I cannot congratulate him on his vic
tory, for 1 think we should have had a
better bill.”
The consideration of the bill was con
cluded with the reading of a brief state
ment from Senator Dubois, absent be
cause of her Illness, to the effect that he
desired to be recorded as favorable to
its passage.
After the last of the general speeches
on the rate bill had been heard. Senator
Frye, who occupied the chair, was
prompt in putting the bill to a vote.
“Det us have the ayes and nays,” was
heard from a dozen senators. A roll
cull was ordered. There was an unusual
attendance and the voting proceeded
with exceptional rapidity. Explanation
was made on behalf of practically all
of the absentees that if present their
votes would be in the affirmative.
How They Voted.
The roll call resulted In the passage
of the bill by a vote of 71 to 3 as fol
lows :
Yeas—Alger. Allee, Allison, Ankeny.
Bacon, liailey. Berry. Beveridge, Black
burn, Brandegee, Bulkeley. Burkett.
Burnham, Carmack. Carter, Clapp.
Clark of Montana, Clark of Wyoming,
Clarke ot Arkansas. Clay, Crane, Cul
berson. t'ullom. Dur.iel. Dick. Dilling
ham. Dolliver, Dryden, Elkins, Flint,
Foster, Frazier, Frye, Fulton, Galllng
er, Gearln, Hale, Hansborough, Hem
enway, Hopkins, Kean, Knox, LaFot
lette, Latimer. Lodge, Long, McCreary,
McCumber, McEnery, McLaurln, Mal
lory, Martin, Millard, Nelson, New
lands, Nixon, Overman, Penrose, Per
kins, Piles, Rayner, Scott, Simmons,
Smoot, Spooner, Stone, Taliaferro, Tel
ler, Tillman, Warner, Wetn.ore—71.
Nays—Foraker, Morgan, Pettus—3.
Absentees—Senators Aldrich, Bur
rows, Burton, Depew, Dubois. Gamble,
Gorman, Heyburn, Klttredge, Money,'
Patterson, Platt, Proctor, Sutherland
and Warren.
It was 4:53 p. m. when the chair an
nounced the result and eight minutes
afterward the senate adjourned until
Monday.
The house went into committee of
the whole today for consideration of
bills on the private calendar.
Lands on Raymond.
Answering the reply of the Chicago
Tribune’s correspondent to the charge
of lying preferred by Senator Bailey,
the latter yesterday said:
"My statement does not mean to have
disturbed the correspondent of that pa
per because he says he was overlooked
in my attack on the president. Perhaps
be regards it as being overlooked to be
called an unqualified, malicious liar. Ho
says he has not the Chandler memo
randum before him, but he attempts to
quote from It. Now, where did he see
It? 1 did not show it to him. Ex-Sen
ator Candler did not show It to him. It
is addressed to Mr. Loeb. the presi
dent’s secretary. I will leave it to the
country and to the senate to say who
furnished him his Information concern
ing It.” __ _
FREE MAN AGAIN
Alexander Berkman Leaves Prison, Af
ter Serving 14 Years for Attempt
ing to Kill H. C. Frick.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 21.—Alexander
Berkman, who made an attempt on the
life of Henry Clay Prick during the
great steel strike at Homestead In 1892,
was released from prison today, hav
ing served fourteen of a twenty-three
years sentence, earning a commutation
of nine years by good behavior.
Police officials met Berkman upon his
release, and notified him to leave the
city at once. He departed for St. Louts.
It is stated that Frick has employed
private detectives to shadow Berkman
and keep the millionaire dally informed
as to his movements.
During his imprisonment Berkman
has studied English literature and the
classics, and has fitted himself Intel
lectually for a literary career. He na»
said he will negotiate an offer to take
charge of the labor department of a
daily newspaper In St. Louis.
In an Interview Berkman said he had
never regretted his act, and would have
had no regrets if he had succeeded In
killing Frick. It was a matter of prin
ciple, not personal feeling, which
prompted the deed. Conditions, he said,
had changed, and ho had nothing
against Frick and never expected to
see him again. Continuing, he said:
“I do not know what I shall do until
I get to St. Louis. There Is one thing
I want to deny, and that Is that I am
to become the leader of the anarchists
In this country and take Herr Most's
place. There is nothing in that. I air
going to try to make an honest living."
SQUEALS OF DUROC
FATAL TO P. C.’S
Remarkable Tragedy in Swineherd Re
sulting from Noise Made by
Hog Being “Rung.”
Fort Scott. Kan., May 18.—The death
of four Poland China hogs from sudden
fright is the remarkable Incident
vouched for by M. 13. Williams, a farm
er living near Amos, Vernon county.
Mo. Mr. Williams had live Poland
Chinas and one Duroc Jersey hog, aver
aging ISO pounds apiece, confined In
a pen together. Having occasion to
ring the hogs he got a neighbor to as
sist him. The squeals and screams of
the Duroc. The first one caught,
caused the others to huddle In a cor
ner, palslfled with fear, and their eyes
set and staring. When the men tried
to arouse the animals, they were all
stone dead except one. Examination
showed that there was no blood In the
arteries or veins, except what was con
gested in a large clot around the heart,
showing conclusively that the hogs
had been actually frightened to death.
The one which survived was all right
again in a few moments.
CHURCH QUITS BUSINESS
Mormons Selling Big Properties—No
Longer Need Support.
Salt Lake City, May 18.—The Mor
mon church Is going out of business,
according to a local paper. Its prin
cipal holding In Salt Lake, the Utah
Light and Railway company, is to be
taken over by a $25,000,000 corporation,
composed of English and American
capitalists. The new company will
also acquire the Ogden street railway
and build an electric line from Juab
county. Utah, to Oneda county, Idaho.
It will be known as the Intermountain
Consolidated Railroad company, and
will be incorporated both in Utah and
Idaho.
Simultaneously the announcement is
made that the Salt Lake and Los An
geles railroad, another church prop
erty, has been sold to a local syndi
cate for $500,000. This road Is thir
teen miles In length and runs from the
city to the lake.
President Joseph F. Smith, of the
Mormon church, Is quoted as saying
that the divorce of religion from busi
ness Is made on account of the fact
that the Mormons whom the church
sought to protect years ago no longer
need the protection of the church in
business affairs. The church entered
business to assist converts and strang
ers belonging to the church, but aa
they are now on a firm footing the
church withdraws from business en
tirely.
If this policy Is completely carried
out, the sale of the traction Interests
will be followed by the sale of stock
in banks, sugar factories, the great C
C. M. I. department and many smaller
enterprises. It will be nothing less than
a commercial revolution, which wiL
profoundly afreet the political and so
cial life of the state.
SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE.
Oakland. Cal., May 18.—A slight
shock of earthquake was felt here I ist
night and at San Jose and at other
points. No damage Is reported.
SENATOR LA FOLLETTE
FOii PRESIDENT
Democratic Newspaper Proposes Him
as a Liberal Republican Anti
Monopoly Candidate.
Milwaukee, May 18.—The Milwaukee
Journal, independent democrat, sug
gests Senator La Follette as the demo
cratic nominee for the presidency. The
Journal says that he measures up in
•‘simon pure democrurw with either
Bryan, Parker, Folk, Bailey or Hear3t.
It adds that the Issue in the next presi
dential election will be the tariff, and
points to the fact that La Follette la a
low tariff tnan. The democrats want u
man who is aggressive, a leader, a clean
man with a personality, and the Journal
says that La Follette is all of these.
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
LaPorte, Ind., May 18.—Judge Wil
liam P. Andrew, formerly prominent In
Indiana as a lawyer and also well
known earlier as a physician and min
ister. was found dead in bed today.
He was born in ISO!).
