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MORGAN NOWTALKING
A!i:ama Senator Begins a Few
Remarks on the Hay
Fauncefote Treaty.
WILL EE COSTINED IS ODE 17EXT
lioje-ts for Vi uterv.-uys nt tbe"Soo''
and Via the Chicago Cuoal
Canteen to lie "Dry."
Washington, Dec. 7. The senate
v.iis in execu i l e sosiim f.r more
l!i:iti four hour yesterday, the entire
time lieing devoted to the d'scus-sion
ly Morgan of the llay-l'aunceiote
treaty fur tin- it " n tr.-i t i-n f the por
tion of the Claj tiii-i!iii it treaty
which rthlt s t. ilia Nicaragua!! canal.
'I'h' senator made it very piaia in the
course of Lis remarks that while he
was wit. dp; f d to the jifiiilT iir treaty
in almost any form, his principal if
net his only :ihii i'r;i in 'i-i; connec
tion Is for the passage of tie- canal
bill, and he allowed it to he very hroad-
iKNATOIt MOKCAN.
ly uiiderstcod that he had engaged In
the treaty disc ussimi because of his
convict in that there were 'i majority
of senators who would insist iijioii
action Umii the treaty as a rendition
precedent to the passage of the ean:;l
bill.
.lalauia Man Is Cimi j-laiuant.
Ill the course of his spi erii he said
that he did not in reality eonsHer that
the treaty need have any sperial hear
Injr upon the Ii!!. and that he iiejieved
it was competent fir the l'nite.1 States
to proceed with the Imildiiijr of the
canal regardless of the treaty or of
Oreat Ilritain's wislies in the matter;
Imt to satisfy other senators, and also
to meet the wislies of the seiTetary of
state for whom he incidentally ex
pressed the highest esteem he would
consent to action irpun tie treaty and
do all he could for it. lie would vote
for the agreement whether it s-hould
4e amended or tiot. though he would
pn-fer that there s'liould lie no amend
ment. .
Wants No Fortlflrrt Canal.
IMscussinir the question of the forti
rieatioti of the canal. Mor-ran arirned
strenuously ajrainst it, lndh as inex
pedient and mine-essary. lie had no
douht that if the United States should
proceed with tlr construction of the
canal without first taking steps to se
cure the neutrality of th canal Oreat
Britain would lie grievously offended,
and that ho thouyltf it not Impossible
that the offense vAil considered
stittieiently jrrave to leail to hostilities
bet worn the two cotin tries.
"lo you mean." asked Tteveridse,
'that England niisht declare
war if we should construct the canal
with our own means and In our own
way?-
Morjran replied that lvi considered
that result anion? the probabilities.
"But." he continued. "I should not be
deterred by thnt circumstance." Mor
gan still had the floor at adjourn
ment. Or IF AND L.tKK COXNKCTLON.
Onr of the I'rojrrts freentrl to Congress
by the Wr Ltppartment.
Washington, Iec. 7. Tlie war de
partment yesterday sent to -onsress
reports on a number of iniHr:ant riv
er and harlor projects, including that
for connecting the Mississippi river
with Iike Michigan by means of the
Illinois river and the t'hicago sanitary
canal, and !-o for extetislve improve
ments of the St. Mary's river, con
necting Lairs Suterior and Huron.
The total cost of the project for con
necting Lake .Michigan and the Mis
sissippi river is placed at $7.r.l 7.1)77 for
a seven-foot depth, or N.ro:;,:M7 for
an eicht-foot depth.
Tlie project involves th? construc
tion of twelve locks and two damn
wiht movable weirs. The estimates
are based on the assumption that all
iMH--ss:iry franchises in connection
with the construction will le ced-d
free of ost to the Vnited States. The
tost of an independent eiirht-foot wat
erway fro. n Sag bridire on the sani
tary canal to Luke Michigan, via the
Little Calumet and Calumet rivers
(the Sag route), is estimated at .-".-
'kSo.1So. making a total of $1-1.
as the estimated cost of an eight-foot
waterway via the Sag route.
The board f engineers expresses
the opinion that the additional cost
will not justify the construction at the
present time of an auxiliary canal from
the sanitary canal to Lake Michigan
by way of the Sag and Calumet route
and is also of tbe opinion that such a
route would not become a necessity
until the commerce of eitiierthe seven
foot route should develop a degree not
exiected for years.
The estimate for improving" the
channel between Lakes Superior and
Huron, tlu-ouirh St. Mary's river, in
cluding Hay Lake channel. Is $0,000,
000. The distance is sixty-four miles,
part of which is iiunroved. The esti
mate or ueepenmg 1 tie Sturgeon Bay
and Lake Mieh'ran ship '.an d to twenty-one
feet is ?JlX,tO0.
Hons anil Senate in Hrirf.
Washington. lec. 7. The senate
yesterday transacted no business of
importance in open session. Through
out alirowt the entire afternoon it was
iii executive session. The shin sub
sidy bill therefore received no consid
eration. In executive session Morgan
occupied the -whole time on the ITay
Fauueefote treaty, favoring its ratifi
cation.
The house passed the army reorgan
ization bill by a vote of 106 to 133.
Tiree Democrats Hall of rennsyl-
Ta-a and Underbill and Clayton of
-,,. v.. V
m
AfW i one voted wjtb the republic
ans for the bill, and McCail (Rc-p.) of
Massachusetts with the Democrats
against it. Otherwise it was a strict
party vote. It w;s jtnirr.ded so as to
absolutely prohibit the tnle cf intoxi
cants at military posts.
CRUSADE AG AI3IST-VICE.
t'lrrgymfn Are to I'reich in Notorious
City Ilrinkiiiif Kesortk.
Chicago, le'. 7. The crusade
against vice has taken a new turn in
this city. In view of the newspaper
attacks on the "dives," the keeper of
two of the most notorious, suggested
some days ago that the ministers
preach in his places. The offer has
been accepted, and Lev. Dr. K. F.
tloodwin, tnstor of the First Congre
gational church. one of the liest known
clergymen of this city, will preach in
one of the places next Sunday even
ing. T.h-e other place w ill probably be oc
cupied at the same time by Itev. Dr.
D. V. Fox, pastor of the California
Avenue Congregational church, who is
chairman of the Forward Movement
here. This course wits resolved upon
at a Congregational mass-meeting
held in the Union Congregational
cl.u rch.
IOWA'S ELECTION TAHGLE.
View of a state Senator Who Says the
Amend men t Vote In All llight.
Muscji'tine. Ia.v Dec. 7. Senator Ti
tus, author of the Titus amendment
for biennial elections in Iowa, Is firm
iu thi' belief that the new law is not
invalidated because of its failure of
entry on the Louse jomiial. ''In the
Iowa prohibitory liquor amendment
case." said the senator, tlie court held
that it was not essential to the deter
mination of the case.
"While opinions differ, the great
weight of autliorlty holds that emis
sions and errors which work no wrong
to substantial rights are to le disre
garded. I have conferred by telephone
with both Attorney Ceneial llemely
ami Attorn -y ( lent ral-elect Mulhr,
neither has given an adverse opinion,
as rejKtned. We are arranging to
have the question passed upon by the
supreme court and will -secure just as
early a decision as possible."
Cirrular Saw KpIoles.
Os-eol:i. Wis.. Dec. 7. A man
named Ilooptr was terribly injuri-d
while nt work in a portable sawmill
nejir Clear Lake, Folk county. Tle
circular saw Hew into a dozen pieces,
one l lissile striking him on the left
arm. another on the right knee cap,
while others struck him on the back.
He was injured so that his left arm
had to be Miii-iitated. and his right
knee -was injured so that the knee cap
had to lie removed.
Anil Now lie I Worth '.'C.'JOO.OOO.
F.eloit, Wis.. Dec. 7. rl'ank Wood,
who has sold his gold mine at Victor,
Colo., for .'tMXM.(iMi, j.s a former Be
loit boy. having gone to Colorado from
here after completing his course in
college. While here lie married Alice
M unger. daughter of C. W. Munger, a j
blacksmit h. Wood with his brouier ,
Harry and his father had less than ?T0 j
a mon z thorn when they left here.
Three Citizrn in the I'aee. '
Racine. Wis., Dec. 7. -John D. Sim
mons, of the law firm of Cooper, Shn
mons. Nelson & Walker, has announced
himself as a candidate for the office
of judge of the tirst judicial circuit,
which comprises Racine. Kenosha and
Walworth counties. There are nowr i
three candidates. Judge Belden, of the !
county court: Judge Frank M. Fish,
the present Incumbent, aud Simmons.
Skin at :! an Inch.
Chicago, Doe. 7. Twelve young
boys lined up yesterday at the liedside
of little Felix Machut.'bared their left
anus, and allowed surgeons to slice
from two to four inches of skin from
their arms directly over the biceps.
This was placed on the thigh of Mac
hut, where there was a large raw
place. The boys got 3 an. inch for
their skin.
Sujar liret in Iiulinn-.
Itichmond.T,. Dec. 7. After twelve
years of exf-mnentlng with sugar
lieets grown by Indiana farmers, the
state agricultural experiment station
has decided to discontinue most of the
work. The experiments have shown
that only a part of the state the
northern and only certain soils in
that, is adapted to the growth of the
beets.
Kcrinr Man I.osen a Lpet.
Racine, Wis., Dec. 7. Word has
been received here that F. W. Harlis.
a Racine man. who has been fighting
in the Philippines, with one of the
batteries of the United States army,
has arrived at San Francisco. Cai.,
with one of li is legs gone.
Late-tt Mistake in Tluntlnjj.
Kokomo, lnd.. Dec. 7. Loren Sea
graves aud Harvey Lennon went Tab
bit hunting near Young America and
Leimon was fatally shot by his com
panion, who mistook him for a rabbit.
Seagraves discharged both barrels into
Iennon's body.
Villi Tracii in Michigan.
Racine. Wis., Dec. 7. J. B. Esta
brook. formerly superintendent of the
public schools of t his city, has received
notifications of his selection to take
charge of the schools at Mount Clem
ens. M icli. Fstalirook taught here a
number of years, but resided last year
after a disagreement with the board,
lie expects to leave h'.-re some time
next month, and will assume charge of
the" Mount Clemens schools about
Feb. 1.
k. Maurice Thompson Improves.
tfTawfordsviiie. lnd.. Dee. 7. Mau
rit' Thompson, the well-known Indi
ana writer, has for the last two or
three weeks been .suffering from an
attack of the grip and unable to pur
sue his work. He i rcnsiderably bet
ter at this writh"--. .
Abrasion ef the Vx KilledBIin.
.loliet. FN.. Dec. . "-. S. House,
one of the best-known .-.trorneys in
Illinois, died here last evening at .1:.'l
of gangrene, brought on by abrasion
of the toe. Hi case was similar to that
of Senator Davis. House was iT
years old. and had practiced law here
since liefore the civil war.
Tnwne Appointed Senator.
Dulufh. iM'c. . Charles 'A. Towne
last night confirmed a report that Gov
ernor Lind had tendered him the Unit
ed States senatorship to succeed the
late Senator C. K. Davis and said he
had decided to accept the appoint
ment. .
Kind of Kid's We're Raising.
MiddlesfrHro.Ky.,Dec. 6. At Arthur.
Tenn Will Johnson, aged 9, killed
Curry Hatfield, aged 11 years. '
BRITISH LEGISLATORS
Begin the Parliamentary Battle
Ovsr the SQyth African
Unpleasantness.
PEEMIES TO WHOM "IT COUCEENS
No Intervention In the Boer War
Will Be Accepted.
Kosebery Makes a General Assault
Along the Whole Ministerial
Line Another Boer .
. Surprise.
London, Dec. 7.The parliamentary
fight 'began in earnest yesterday when
the Queen'3 ieecb. was read and the
opposition opened , its butteries on the
cabinet. .After, theaddress in reply to
the Queen's speech had been - duly
moved tn -thelord. Kimberley, the
Liberal leader,' objected to the brevity
and abruptness in the Queen's speech,
and demanded a definite pronounce
ment of the government's iolicy, in
view of the novel and dangerous
character of the recrudescence of hos
tilities iu South Africa, and explana
tions of the alleged cruelties to the
lioers, the burning of farms and simi
lar severities, lie concurred in the
annexation of the republics, but trust
ed the government possessed a dennite
1olicv for fqoed:ly concluding the war.
His lordship was gratined at theAnglo
Cerman agreement, but he said an at
tempt to capture the emiieror and em
press dowager of China would be an
alarming undertaking.
C.ives the Worltl Due Notice.
Lord Salisbury replied. He said the
Tra ns va. tiers, the Free Staters and the
world should understand that there
could be no deviation from the policy
of the government, already outlined.
Anything resembling independence
never could be granted. "The war
tmust proceed to the inevitable issue.
We must lot it be felt that no one, by
the Issue of an isolent and audacious
ultimatum, onld force the British gov
ernment to humble itself and abandon
its fights, lie could never allow that
a shred of independence should be
left." How soon the Free Staters and
the Transvaalers would have anything
life self-governing powers depended
on themselves. It might be years and
it might lie irenerations. Regarding
China. Lord Salisbury said. he was un
able to reveal anything, as it would be
lietraying the secrets of other nations
rs will as those of the government.
He was happy, however, to lie able to
quiet the feats of 'Lord Kimlierley re
garding the pursuit of the emperor and
the empress. He had never heard of
such a suggestion.
Koeler.v Attack F.Tery thing.
The feature of the session was Lord
IIoM-lwry's spirited attack on the gov
ernment. He was unsparing in his
criticism of the dissolution of parlia
ment, the conduct of. the war. the
policv of the .government .. towards
China ami everything handled by the
cabinet. He commented on the re
construction of thecabinet. congratulat
ing Lord Salisbury on lieing the chief
of a family numbering so many able
administrators, the reference being to
the Inclusion In the cabinet of several
of lrd Salisbury's relatives. Then
he attacked Chaniliorlaln for his al
leged Interests in business concerns
with which the government some times
dealt, and said the pride of Kngland
in rhe purity of its public men had
suffered.
After some more debate the address
was a greet I to and the lord's adjourned
to Monday.
SIMILAR ATTACKS IN TIIK COMMONS
Camphell-Ganneraian'a Criticism and the
Keplyof Balfour.
It was to a crowded house of com
mons that the speaker rose yesterday
afternoon to J-iibmit the sessional or
ders, the reading of which, as usual,
was interrupted by the motion of
James Low t her to eliminate the order
prohibiting ieers from interfering in
elections. Lowther especially referred
to Iord Rosebery as a delinquent dur
ing the Vecent election. The. motion
met its customary fate. It was buried
by a vote of 20 to GS.- After Balfour,
the government leader, had given no
tice of the Intention of the government
to absorb- the whole time of the ses
sion the Kjieaker read the Queen'
speech and Hon. J. K. Gordon, Con
servative, In a naval uniform, moved
the address in reply. In so doing he
iikhIl' a defense of the war. J. F.
Hope, Conservative, seconded the ad
dress. - - .
Sir Henry Canvpbell -Rannerman, the
IJberal leader, after allusions to the
election, said the remarkable thing
about the war was that the public
knew t little about it, and the harsh
measures being taken against the peo
ple of South Africa, such as farm
bnming. He asked the government
for information as to the intention
of these proceedings. He said he was
slow to lelieve that driving a stubborn
or-emy to despair was the best way to
make hi:n surrender. It was in a de
sire to end the war, "nut it was also Iu
a oesire to lead to promises of har
mony and contentment that lie invited
the government to declare its policy.
He inifuired why it should not be an
nounced to the Boers that if they laid
down their arms 'they would be al
lowed to return to their homes.
Ralfour dwelt on the difficulties of
the present position in South Africa.
He said the men they were fighting
were to 1-their fellow- subjects, and
all must le done to prevent embitter
mcnt. The" government luirt an
noimcd over and over- again that It
looked forward to a condition when
tie I'.ritish and the Dutch would have
equal rights. It was the fault of the
Koer leaders that the war was pro
longed. .'In the meantime, the dutv
ot iiio government wa To pursue vig
orous military operations with human
ity, i.ot only from common morality
but with a statesman-like view of the
future.
, BOKKS HIT '111 HARD ACiAIS.
And Get Awny as I -sual Afrikander ia a
Congress.
London. Dee. 7. The war office has
received a dispatch from Ird Kitch
ener, dated Bloonifontein, Dec. u, an
nouncing that General Delarey, with
5(10 lioers, attacked a convoy proceed
ing from Pretoria to Rustenburg, at
.Buffelspoort, Deo. 3. burned half the
convoy, killed fif teen men and wounded
twenty-three," -, including Lieutenant
Raker. The Boor ,tbe disnnteb- rii
suffered considerable loss. Guns and
assistance were sent from Rustenburg
and Commando Nek and the Boers
were driven off. The advices also say
General DeWet crossed the Caledon
Dec. 5. at Kareepont drift, making for
Odendal. General Knok was following
him. The drift was held by a detach
ment of the Guards and the river was
flooded. '
Worcester. Cae Colony, Dec. 7.
Ahout 6,000 (Dutchmen assembled yes
terday in the open air at the Gum
Tree plantation, on the edge of the
town, to take part in the Afrikander
congress. Horsemen .from a radius of
Bixty-fiye miles had been riding in all
night. S. O. Cronwright-Schreiner
made a speech in which he attacked
Sir Alfred Milner, the British nigh
commissioner and governor of Cape
colony, saying there would be no peace
while he was governor.
J. W. Sauer. the former commission
er of public works, 1s expected to speak
and guide the conclusions of the con
gress, among which will be to select
a large deputation to visit Sir Alfred
Milner and urge him to advise a ces
sation of hostilities and give autonomy
to the republics. More troops have
arrived here. Some 1.50O Cnnadians
and Australians arc camped around
the town and ten guns are In posi
tion. WITH PSALMS AND HYMN t
Kroger Ia Received by the Dntch Also
with Enthusiasm.
The Hague, Dec. 7. I'aPnl Kroger,
theTrausvaal leader.arrived here from
Cologne yesterday, ami the tec-ond
cahmber of the parliament authorized
Its president to welcome him When he
arrived which was duly tlone at the
railway station. While there was an
enormous throng cheering the Boer
chief, a choir of otM) men and girls
dhanted isalm Tl in part when Kru
ger left the train, and then there were
welcoming speeches by famous offi
cial's. Kruger wa.s driven to the Hotel
des Indes, where he was greeted by
more eminent citizens, and a choir
sang a hymn.
Kruger met with wonderful recep
tions everywhere en mute to this city.
He reached the frontier at Zevenaar.
Immense crowds gat bred at all the
stations, which were decorated with
tlags; the burgomasters made ieeches
and the school children sang. Kroger
made many replies, in most of which
he represented the Trail vaal a-a little
child whom a bad man willed to kill.
In one case he illustrated his point
by drawing attention to a fair-haired
girl In the audience. "If that child
was outraged," said he. "everybodys
would run to her rescue, but in my
country children and women are being
daily outraged by an enemy ten times
stronger than the Transvaal."
The crowds remained long in front
of the Hotel des Indes cheering aud
singing. Finally Kruger appeared on
the balcony where he rem a i net 1 for a
few minutes. He then retired and
was not seen again. After dining pri
vttcly with his grandson, Kloff, he
went early to bed. being greatly fa
tigued. Beautiful floral offering were
displaced in the hall of the hotel.
MOB DOINGS AT A MINE.
Workmen Kick L'p a How and Five 'Are in
- the Law's rl-,t. r '
Crystal Falls, Mich., Dec. V Five
men were Innind over to the circuit
court of this country, charged with be
ing Implicated iu a riot. The men are
alleged to have taken part in an up
rising at Iron River Tuesday, result
ing from the burning of the "chang
ing house" at the Itivertoii mines,
Oliver Mining company properties.
The "changing house" burned during
the night and the clothes of the men
went with it. The next day about fifty
miners marched to the mine in a body
and demanded pay for their clothing.
The mine officials refused this demand
and then the men asked for the wages
due them.
To this request the mine officials
acceded, but told the men that the
money would have to come from Pitts
burg, the headquarters of the company,
and that it would take several days.
The men were in ill-humor and de
manded the money at onee. The offi
cials of course, were una'ble to accom
modate them. The crowd then went
out, and securing iron bars, guns and
other weapons, started to destroy the
property.
A couple of deputy sheriffs were
summoned and five of the leaders were
arrested, the remainder leaving the
property in haste. The leaders were
arraigned In justice court at Iron Riv
er and sufficient evidence- introduced
to bind tlieni over to the circuit court.
Proposal to Ouatlrople Stock.
Davenport. Ia., Dec. 0. The direc
tors of the Iowa Telephone company,
recently consolidated with the Central
Union, met here and decided to submit
to the stockholders a proposition to In
crease the capital stock of the com
pany from $1,000,000 to $4,000,000. The
money raised from the issue will be
used in putting the wires underground
and Improving the service In many
Iowa cities.
Tod Sloan Loses a Shoot.
New York. Dev. 6. "Tod" Sloan
and Phil Daly. Jr.. met yesterday at
the Interstate Park. L. I., to settle
the question as to who was the better
wing-shot. The match was at fifty
birds, thirty yards boundary. Daly
won the match with forty-three kills.
Sloan had forty-two to his credit.
Tried" to Suicide on a Train.
Cedar Rapids, la.. Dec. f. Joseph
Crispi, a San Francisco man. who was
en route to Genoa, Italy. attempted to
cut his throat with a razor on a North
western train near this city Monday.
A passenger grabbed his hand, he was
overpowered anil placed in jail here.
Crispi had considerable money, which
he imagines someone is trying to get.
He will recover.
His Body Will lie Sent Home.
" Racine, Wis., Dec. 5. Word was re
ceived in this city from Washington
that the body of Frank Even Olson, a
Racine man who entered the navy and
who died of yellow fever in Havana,
would be disinterred from the Arling
ton National cemetery and forwarded
to Racine at once.
Old rire-Flghtrr Deatl.
- Chicago. Dec. 5. Charles S. PetTie,
assistant fire chief, secretary of the
fire department and superintendent of
the department repair shop, died at
9:30 p. m. Monday of Brlght's dis
ease, complicated with other disorders.
He bad been sick since July, 1890.
Mrs. McKlnley Thronrh Her Shopping;.
Washington, Dec. 5. Mrs. McKin
ley returned to Washington about 9
p. m. yesterday from New York city,
whither she went to do some Christ
mas shopping.
F BYE'S SHIPPING BILL
The Maine Statesman Begins a
Speech for Subsidies for a
Unitsd States Marine.
; REPOET ON THE ISTHMIAN CANAL
Commission Favors the N'icnraguan
Itotite Conclusions of the He-
port House Session,
Washington, Dee. 5. The pro
gramme of the senate leaders for a
business session was taken up in earn
est yesterday and material progress
was made. What is popularly known
as the ship subsidy bill was made the
unfinished business oS the senate in
stead of the Spooner PIiiliip!ne meas
ure, and the discussion of it was
opened by Frye of Maine, chairmau of
the committee on commerce from
which the measure was reported. He
addressed the senate for more than an
hour and a half, and had not con
cluded when the senate adjourned.
Ills statement was elaborate and at
times eloquent. This great maritime
nation, he said, was placed in a po
sition humiliating beyond expression
by the present condition of our mer
chant marine. With a boundless sea
coast, unparalleled and unapproach
able natural resources, shipbuilders
the equal of any in the world, the
greatest exports in the world and ev
ery other argument in our favor the
United States had permitted its com
mercial 'rivals to seize the pathways
of commerce and hold them practically
to the exclusion of this country.
Cost oft'arrylne Our Rxports.
Last year of all the enormous ex
ports and imports of the United States
only 9 per cent, was carried in Ameri
can bottoms, and the United States
paid to foreign nations principally
Great Britain "and Germany) $000,000
a day for doing carrying-trade work
for this country. He pointed out that
during the war with Spain the United
States was forced to search the seas
over for auxiliary cruisers and trans
ports because we hail sacrificed our
carrying ships.
Our ships Are Most Cotiy.
He presented an array of figures to
prove that it cost not only more to con
struct American ships, but more to op
erate them after they were built than
foreign ships. His figures indicated
that ships of Greatn Britain had an
advantage of from $4..V) to $. per
gross ton over American ships in the
expense of construction and operation
He related the incident cited by Clyde,
of the Clyde Steamship company, be
fore the commerce committee, of the
operation of a ship under the Nor
wegian flag and an exactly similar ves
sel under the American flag. The ex
pense of operating the Norwegian ship,
he said, was just half that of operat
ing the American ship between the
same ports.
Suhsltly Feature Iiscussed.
Frye took up that provision of the
bill which provides the amount of sub
sidy to be paid vessels and explained
how the payment was regulated. Clay
of Georgia asked if it were true that
a 21-knot ship would draw under the
bill $304,000 a year. Frye admitted that
it was. "I understand." said Clay, "that
the 10-knot and 12-knot ships which
carry the agricultural products of the
country do not receive more than one
third the subsidy of the fast passen
ger vessels which carry no agricultural
products."
"And I was showing." responded
Frye. "that the low speed vessels were
the ones which received the actual
benefits from the subsidy and not the
fast passenger ships."
AS TO TH F. NICAHACJI A CANAL.
Commission's Report Is in Favor of It
Over the I'anmna.
Washington. Dec. 4. The report of
the Nicaragua canal commission was
made public yesterday. The conclu
sions of the commission are that the
estimated cost of building the Nica
ragua canal is about $."i.S,000,000 more
than that of completing the Panama
canal, leaving out the cost of acquir
ing the latter property; that the New
Panama Canal company has shown no
disposition to sell its property to the
United States. Should that company
be able and willing to sell there is rea
son to believe that the price would not
be such as would make the total cost
to the United States less than that of
the Nicaragua canal.
The Panama canal, after comple
tion, would be shorter, have fewer
locks and less curvature than the Nic
aragua canal. But the time required
to go from New York or Liverpool to
San Francisco would be shorter
through the Nicaragua than the Pana
ma canal. The government of Colom
bia, In which lies the Panama canal,
has granted an exclusive concession,
which still has many years to run.
It 1s not free to grant the necessary
rights to the United States, except
upon condition that an agreement be
reached with the New Panama Canal
company. The commission believs
that such agreement is impracticable.
"The government of Nicaragua and
Costa Rica, on the other hand, are nn
trammeled by concessions and are
free to grant to the United States such
privileges as may be mutually agreed
upon. In view of these ami other
facts the commission is of the opinion
that the most practicable and feasible
route for an isthmian canal to lie un
der the control, management and own
ership of tlie United States, is that
known as the Nicaragua route.
The estimated cost of the Nicaragua
canal with a depth of thirty-five feet
Is $200,540,000.
Washington. Dee. The session of
the house yesterday was brief. Hull
asked unanimous consent for the con
sideration of the aruiv reorgan :?:' on
bill today, but Sul.er objected, so Hull
introduced a resolution for a special
order for the consideration of .the bHl
witti provision tor it toie m iuc nm .
six hours' general debate. Other house
business was purely routine.
Rontine in the Senate.
Washington, Dec. 5. Frye began In
tire senate yesterday a speech in favor
of subsidies for United States shin
ping. Dolllvcr was sworn in as sen
ator from Iowa, and assigned mem
bership in several committees. A
number of bills were passed, two being
to permit Captain N. M. Brooks and
George D. Meiklejohn to accept deco
rations from Germany and ' Sweden
respectively. The shipping subsidy
bill was given the .precedence over ttn
ruiiipp.De bifl oy a vute ot w to 10.
Ia executive session it was an
nounced that the Hay-Paunccfote
treaty would be pushed.
Gage's Report on Finances.
Washington. Dec. !. The r. pnrt of
Secretary Gage, on the national
finances, was sent to congress jester
day. It is a conqdete exposition of
the financial condition of the United
States, and contains comments on the
present policy as to finances that are
Interesting reading for students of
financial science.
CHILD EATEN A PANTHER
Only a Few Fragments of Its Remains
Found in a Swamp.
Cartwright, Wis., Dec. o. An 8-year-old
daughter of C. F. Riley, a
farmer living sixteen miles from here
in tlie Mad Brook settlement, has
been carried away by a panther and
devoured. Only a few fragments of
the remains could be found. The girl
wag walking in the road near the farm
when the beast sprang from the woods,
and, taking tlie girl in his huge jaws,
carried her into a swamp, where she
was torn limb from limb.
The few scattered remains were
gathered up anil buried. The com
munity has orgauized in a panther
hunt, and the farmers will not lay
aside their guns until the hrutes are
exterminated. Since they started out
a panther measuring ten feet from
tip to tip lias been shot, and two oth
er large ones have been seen.
I.KAVES IT AM. TO AH SIV.
Punishment That Shall Its Meted Out fop
the A t rocliifs in Chsua.
Washington. Dec. 0. T! e state de
partment has been informed that the
foreign ministers at Peking Tuesday
reached an agreement which was sub
mitted to the home offices. Secretary
Hay yesterday cabled Conger authori
zation to sign the agreement on behalf
of the United States government. It
is difficult to" g i i her details of the un
derstanding at this time.
However, it is known that in the
two imjiortaut issues that were still
open namely, those relating to pun
ishment and indemnity the views of
the United States government have
prevailed. As to punishments, they
are to be the severest that "can be
inflicted by tiie Chinese government."
As to indemnity the Chinese govern
ment is to formally admit its liability
and then tlie matter is to be left for
future negotiation. It was understood
that on the other points the French
proposition has formed the basis of
the agreement.
CoiigresHtioial lii)l lirietetl.
Washington. Dec. o. Frye in the
senate yesterday concluded his speech
on the .-hipping bill. Some bills of
no general interest were passed ai tl
two executive sessions were heid, at
one of whieh the Hay-Pauin efote
treaty was iiiscusscd.
To the house the family of Repre
sentative Beutelle. of Maine, sent a
letter resigning for tiie representative
his naval committee chairmanship. A
special rule to take up the army re
organization bill was adapted and the
bill was discussed for two hours: th. n
under the live-minute rule - several
amendments were adopted. The bill
was lending at adjoin umei t. The
ways ami means committee introduced
the war revenue reduction bill, which
cuts off $40.ihmmmm In taxes, of which
almut $Ht.MM'.0tMi is on beer.
PESTS IN THE ORCHARDS.
Report on tlie War Against Them ly
Ottit-ials of Illinois.
Urbana. Ills., lHc. 0. Professor
Stephen A. Follies has just sent to
tlie governor his biennial report on the
operations of the horticultural inspec
tion act, intended to pi event the
spread of inect ami fungus pests
among the orchards of tlie state. It
appears from the report that there are
24-" active commercial nurseries in
Illinois, and that all of these were in
spected at a cost of $."i.77 each iu 1!S'J-S,
and for tlie second year $;.'.74.
The San Jose- scale has been detect
ed iu foity-four differewL localities (at
ten of which, however, it has since
lioen exterminated), five of these being
in the northern, nineteen in the cen
tral, and twenty in the southern sec
tion of the state. In the effort to bring
tlie scale at these jvoints under con
trol of owners of Infested premises 113
orchards were given an insecticide
treatment, either by fumigation or an
insecticide spray.
Negro and the Women's Ciuhs.
Rockford. Ills.. Dec. 0. The ques
tion of color in tlie woman's federation
junqied directly from Milwaukee to
Rockford, and this city is now the
center of interest to both factions, in
not only the state but the national fed
eration. The clubs in the Ninth dis
trict are voting ou the question and
the following are some results: Eighty
four club Unanimous in favor of the
admission of clubs of colored women;
Outlook chili Three for. fourteen
aganst and three blanks; Advance
cluli Fourteen votes for and four
against the proposition: Mothers'
Study club Unanimously for admis
sion. Sliver Dollar with a History.
Merrill. Wis.. Dec. (..In the depths
of a vest pocket belonging to one of
Men-ill's most prominent citizens is a
sJlver dollar with a history. Ten
years ago Jerry, his bulldog, was in
puppyhood. The dog was full of
pranks and fond of flipping coins from
his nose into ids mouth. One day a
dollar left, his nose and disappeared
for ten years. Recently Jerry died and
a Ki-mortt u examination revealed
the missing coin in "his little insiths-."
His master now has the dollar in keep
ing as a memento of his canine sav
ings bank.
Vitiates n Constitutional Chance.
Des Moines. Ia.. Dec. 0. A defect in
the manner of the passage by the leg
islature of the resolution for the con
stitutional amendment providing for
biennial elections has been unearthed
which it Is generally believed will ren
tier the amendment void. The constitu
tion provides that when resolution for
submitting amendments to popular
vote pass the legislature they must be
spread in full tqMin the journals of
each lions". The senate journal rec
ord is complete, but the house jour
nals give the title to tlie resolution
only.
t.en. Harrison lo I.rrttire.
Ana Arbor. Mich., Dec. 7. Ex-Presi-den:
Benjamin Harrison has prom
ised tlie Students I. vture association
to lecture liefore ti -indents Pee. 14.
His subject will be Porto Kican leg-lation.
TEH MIHIMS ADDED
To the Reduction Proposed in the
Government 'ncome From
the War Tax.
BEER C0ML3 IN FOB A BIG SHARE
IVIiei-e the Inductions Were Made
Senate Takes the Hay-Pauiiee-lote
Canal Treaty Up.
Washington, Dec. C. Chairman
Payne, of the ways and means com
mittee, yesterday introduced in the
house the bill reducing the taxation
under the war revenue act, after tlie
Republican .iiicinliors of the committee
had agreed on the form of the meas
ur and the articles to receive the re
duction of tax. It is Intended to have
the full committee act on the bill to
day ami to put it through the house
before Christmas. The bill provides
an aggregate rcdm-titm estimated at
$40.mmi.:un. The estimated reductions
in detail ffis given out by Payne are
as follows: Beer, 7 U; cigars,'
?:,1N:.7i4; special taxes (section 2)
commercial brokers. I."!S,2Sl; custom
house brokers, $S.1i;7; circus, $11,744;
theatres, $17.17S: exhibitions not oth
erwise provided. S4.1S; total special
tax, suN7,."iv..
Twenty-Two Millions In Stamps.
Schedule A. Bank checks. 7.000.
000; certificates of deposit, $1JO.OOO:
drafts. iujand. $.")U00; promissory
notes. $;!..ho.Oini: postal orders. $tXTJ,
0O"j; foreign bills of exchange. $100,000;
export .bill of lading, $loo.no); express
receipts. 1. :3 k .:!: telcphtme mes
sages., .$.'!."i.MMi: iioutls tf indemnity,
$:ro.oi!0; t ertitii ates other than of prof
its, inx.uki: charter party. $100,000:
lirokers contracts, $1mmnm: convey
ances, km . mil; telegraph dispatches.
$StN.MNNi: insurance. $::.tMio.ooo; leases,
$'JOO,oin: mortgages, $."tio.(NM: passage
tickets, SiMxt.MNi: p.iwer of attorney,
etc., SKsMMJO: protests. $2.",ooo; ware
house receipts. $'.".u.( it H); total sched
ule A. -.' I L'.o; hi. Schedule B. $4.
n4S,2S.': less wines. StWiO.OflO $o.04.X,-2-S:;.
Legacies, charitable, etc., $oOO,
0K. Grand total. km IS.
Mi-Call Makes Things Interesting;.
During the debate in the house yes
terday in the army reorganization bill
MeCall of Massachusetts, Republican,
aroused the only enthusiasm of the
day against the 'measure. Several
times during the last session, notably
on tiie Porto Riean tariff bill, he re
fused to follow his party. Yesterday
he attacked the whole Philippinepolioy
of tiie administration. Although tem-
i p-.-i-.ite in language he was plain-spoken
) in his warnings of the dangers which
he believed lay ahead of the govern
ment if a "colonial policy" was per
sisted in. He also criticised technical
ly several f'-atures of tiie bill, esjieclal
ly that lodging in the president the
discretion t- expand or reditee the
size of tle a riu v at wl'l. In conclud
ing he likem d tiie unconquerable spir
it which opposed our sway iu tlie Phil
ippines to that of Washington at Val
ley Forge. Love of independence, he
said, was the "noblest heritage of the
human heart."
II A V- PA I" N C F. Ft T K TICK AT Y
I)lsrtie! for Some Time In the Senate
Kxerntive Sesvlon.
Washington. Dec. 0. The senate
dropped the open session yesterday at
1'2:'2 aud went into executive session
to discuss ihe Hay-Panncefote treaty,
and the talk lasted for an hour and a
half, Senator IHlge lioaring .the bur
den of the defence ami advocacy of
the treaty. He was subjected to many
questions during the presentation of
hisexplanation cf Ihe treaty. Beveridge
asked whether it was not true that
the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty as provided for injlie pending
treaty would have tlie effect of per
mitting Great Britain to acquire prop
erty In the area affected.
Iidge replied in the negative, spy
ing that it was well known to all that
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, while ab
rogating the Clayton-Bulwer treaty no
far as it applies to the T'nlted States
and binds this country, still leaves
England liound by its terms. For this
reason he was sure there need lie no
apprehension on that score. Iodge
discussed the amendment suggested
during the last session of congress by
the committee on foreign relations,
providing that none of tlie provisions
of th first five sections of tlie treaty
slKnihl lie construed as applying to
"measures, which the United State
may lind it ne-csary to take for se
curing by its own forces tlie defense
of the United States and the mainte
nance of public order." The nenator
urged that this- amendment had the
effect of giving greater assurance to
our tiwn people and was a necessary
safeguard. "
At tli is point Lindsay of Kentucky
Interjected a question and In doing so
made quite a statement as to what he
said he considered a popular in I sap
prehension as to the effect of the
amendment. "I find," he said, "that
most people appear to think that this
amendment provides for the fortifica
tion of tire canal, whereas it does noth
ing of the kin. I as a reading of it will
demonstrate." He then quoted from
the amendment, showing that It ap
plied stiecifically to only section 1. 2.
4 and .1 of article 2 of the treaty. He
claimed that if only provides in the
most general way for the protection
of the rigftts of the United States.
Replying Senator Lodge said he had
not contended . and did not contend
that tlie amendment conferred specifi
cally the power to fortify the canal.
The great benefit of the amendment
was found, he said, in the fact that It
applies to the first sections, copied
from tlie Constantinople mrroement
t)y proceeding to construct the eanel
'without asking the aid of any other
country.
Fatal Collapse of a Roof.
Clinton. Ia- Dec. .". The roof of a
large building in course of consetruc
tlon here collapsed yesterday, probably
fatally injuring Hiram Bates and
Charles Hyner. Five men fell with
the roof a distance of twenty-five feet.
Clot Hardly His D -serts.
Jackson, Mich., Dec. 1. In the cir
cuit court William Steers, convicted
of attempted criminal assault upon
Myrtle Clark of Clark's Lake, was
sentenced to eight years in the state
prison.