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1 THE RATE ABOLISHED. RESCINDS ORDER FOR CARLOAD SYSTEM OF CHARCES. Secretaries Now Propose Cut of lO Per Cent on Cattle and 5 Per Cent on Hogs. Lincoln, Neb. (special.) The state aard of transportation has rescinded the carload order on live stock and paved the way for a hearing to be held un an order reducing rates on cattle 19 per cent and on hogs 5 per cent. This action, was taken alter vigorous action by Attorney General Smyth, sup ported by Secretary of State Porter. An Informal meeting of the board and Its secretaries developed a rather chaot tc condition, so far as the prospects for reaching' any Immediate conclusion was concerned. It was agreed that the railroad side of the case was ably presented. Ex- v.nn,Pr..i,uii,k,rf..i.,.ml ,k " -" stockmen were represented only by these two- communications: William Brown, breeder and dealer in Hereford cattle, of Big Spring, Neb writes: "My opinion is that stockmen are and would be better satisfied with carload lates than per pound rates. Ihe rate irom this station to South Omaha on thirty-six-foot cars of $55 was satlsfac lory to me. and I see no reason for the cnange. oniy to squeeze a mue more nut of the haul. When ner pound rates re In force on the Union Pacific, loaded stock cars are usually weighed at t.rand island, subjected to aaamonai Bwiiumufi, jamming aim uena-y, ciiuieift Joss to the shopper, and is unsatisfac- ory." $15 PER CAB. HIGHER. R. M. Hampton of Alliance, president the .Northwestern smock association, "The schedule of 27 cnets per 100 lbs. makes our cars cost us about $15 more than we have heretofore paid. If it is esiaoiisneo; mat uie roaus nave uen doinrr this business at too low a rate they may Justify the 27 cents charge. We can take a car of 27.000 pounds, or twenty-seven head of l.OoO pound cat- aIa t-hfnh im n vnrv rennnnflh e load at 17 cents, will cost us $72.90 from Alii- ance, and the same car would cost us about $dS under the carload system. "There Is a doubt in the minds of our 1 .h, ,.ih r K,,r ; .;: .. who ear, to irool'.Cmiv-J ir, ..h . nnltlnn In addition to these tetters, there is the evidence given in some score cf kt- ,kr.iriA, showing that the present 100-pound rate Is an Increase of between 25 and 40 per cent over the old carload rate, so far as ,v, ,nr i(Mi.rw,nrt rte each individual instance at hand is con cerned. Attorney General Smyth took this po sition: That the board is asked to act on a motion of the railroads to rescind the carload rate order; that it is there- fcre Incumbent on the roads to show that the carload rate is unreasonable HiOitU .IC m.iiuiu.r. This, said the attorney general, the roads had absolutely failed to do. Fur- .t, on th hcr the board showed a '5 per cent Increase L! "j I- - .K.. !!: ver le U1U cariuan laic, rui uiw ira- oi,i vi r Kmv.h he ..ni,i he win. iBg'to rescind the oid carload rate or- der only if the railroads would consent to a 20 or 25 per cent reduction from their present rates MDSERVETS CONVICTION. Mr. Meserve said he had studied the whole subject assiduously and for many aioona the result oi an m inougni and research he had crystallized into Ute conclusion that the carload rate or- der should be rescinded and the roads required to reduce their present rate 10 o- ,.or,t ,,n cattle and f, ner rent on tuogs. Mr. Porter was quite sure that stock- Bien'anii shippers in the western sec- tinn of the state were suffering heavily j.nimo the rt i nnhed lence of the car- fcd order, and he was in favor of en- tin.inr if or orrlerinn- a mnaidprable reduction In 100-pound rates. Without coming any nearer a con- r.in thn the statements would sujjgest the board adjourned until olock, at which time It was announc d the railroad men would be present tor a further hearing. PROTEST AGAINST KEDUCTION. At 3 o'clock the railroad representa tives were once more before the board, dieneral Manderson appeared for the liurilngton, Solicitors Kelly and Bald win for the Union Pacific, and Solicitor White and General Manager Bidwell lor the Elkhorn. Attorney White first took the floor He said he was here to Implore the board to thoroughly Investigate !xfore rrippling the Elkhorn road, a Nebraska company, by enforcing a heavy cut In stock rates. The road, he said, madn it living on the northwestern part of its system, by Us stock shipping. He im fJored the board to be fair, and to give Ihe road more time in which to dem onstrate the Justice of its present rate. Attorney General Smyth explained that the roads were moving to set aside an order of the board which they were Cnorlng; that the burden of proof was n them to prove the order unreason able; that they had made no attempt to o so, and that all the evidence before the board shows a radical increase in fates. Attorney White first took the floor. He said the board was blinded by sup posed proofs which It does not under stand. It It would simply wait to allow Hie new system to be tried, the bless Ings which It entails would be unfold ed before the board's eyes. He said he snderstood that the board believed ln Ibe system of cents per 100 pounds. Attorney General Smyth said he was then a minority of one. Mr. Porter aid he, as one member, would never rote to rescind the carload order, now feeing disobeyed, so long as the 100- 5 Kind charges were higher than by the d carload rate. BETING THE ORDER "IS SPIRIT." General Manderson here rose to ad Vance the startling theory that, "In spirit," the railroads are all obeying the earload rate order. He argued that the rder was only Issued pending a fair Investigation of the question, and that it was said In the order that 100-pound rates were the Just and equitable ones. An "Investigation" had been In pro cess for two years, he said, and It re sulted In proving the carload system Inequitable. He agreed with the attor aey general that the records of the South Omaha commission houses should fee examined to show conclusively how present transportation charges compare with the old ones. Mr, Bidwell of the Elkhorn also ex , pressed his desire that the board make tkis Investigation. Mr. Baldwin, (or the Union Pacific, plsaflsd tor time. There was a vast jMtt of TtdDC, be said, which ht desired to Introduce, aod it would laitt considerable tune to collect that evl dinee. MriSKHVB MOVES TO RESCIND. Mr. Mewre, "for the urinj.se ol clearing up matters. moved that It carload rati? order of 101 be rescinded and that the secretjing of the board be ordered to recommend the beard to notify the railroads to show cause why the l'W-pound rates should not be re duced It) per cent on cattle and a per cent on hoes. Attorney General Smyth opposed the motion. He was not in favor of aban doning the carload rate before he had found some other rate to which he was willing to go. He believed the board should make a full investigation and find and establish fair luo-pound rates before rescinding the carload order. He moved as a substitute that the secre taries be Instructed to Investigate at once whether the change from carload charges to 100-pound charges has in creased the rates on live stock, and re port Its finding to the board. Mr. Meserve, whose motion was sec onded by Air. Wolfe, spoke In favor of first rescinding the old order, and then ascertaining what the 100-pound rates should be. The roll was called on Mr. Meserve's motion, resulting as follows: Ayes Cornell, Meserve. Wolfe. Nays Smyth and Portr. The old carliad rate order was ac cordingly rescinded, and the present course of the I roads in charging by the 100 pounds vaUdified. The secretaries are now to recommend to the board a reduction from present rates of 10 per cent on cattle and 5 per cent on hogs, to which order, when issued, the rail roads will be called on to show cause why it should not be adopted. UnDUnH IllflC UIPUICIN I IWC UflWUB MAUC nlbnlOAII LAnO. old "King Strang" wltn Five Wives, Served In Legislature Grand Rapids, Mich. Wihle Brigham I H. Roberts is attracting widespread at- tention it may be interesting to recall , , , . . . ... . that ln tne legislative history of Mich I igan there is a "Roberts" case. In the case which comes from the Mormon state three wives are Involved; the Mit.nigan Roberts had five The Michigan Roberts was James J Strang, and the session of the state legislature in which he figured was thai - ic"7 I 15 Strang was "King of the Mormons and Beaver island was his home Brig nam Y arid , v.m. constants for the succession of Josepr amiin as cniei prophet. Young won and led the exodus of the faithful la .... .., ,. , . .. Ltan- k'rK raised a banner of his "n and Pnt th"e "ho were Lrue to nlB Professions to Beaver Island lZrT"- Waf1rul"r f th, ' m" lu.rJ"y' lnto " " lti8- In w,lh he Mormon vote c,,n('enlrat,"J antl voting as one man against a divided opposition, the Hea ver islanders captured the county offi ces, including sheriff. Strang then aspired to become a law. maker. His opportunity came in th election of 1852. Strang did not an nounce his candidacy for the legisla ture until the day before the election The mainlanders had four candidate in the field: the Mormons had but one th . , .. . "Vi h7.;. ,.i, i " '""'f f a" OT 'minir majority. but il was not on th tards that he sn,"ul(1 take at without a contest. He was arrestert on an old Indictment. h . . n , w. i . i but Kotclear oC the law on that ac- "utn'; The"' Jl1" waT pwtsted 2" th"u"d. 11 a. lvr, Islan'J was not attached to the district Htrang wished to reprefnt. Strang overcome this after a lor.g fight and served thro' the session. In the election of 1S04 Strang repeat ed his tactics of '52. He concntrated I the Beaver Island Mormon vote, while ', tne pennies were amaea. He ttoK his : 8,'at flr the second term without op- I position, and one of the acts he had Passed was the erection of the Beaver , islands into a COUnty by themselves. This gave lhe Mormon control of their nwn affairs, free from the mainland interference. This county organization continued until it was dissolved by the legislature Of i'l, 'n June, 1W Strang was shot by Thomas Bedford and Alexander Went worth, who fire-l at him from behind a P'l t wood. The men were given a fr,rm of trial for murder and were ac- quitted. Strang's wounds' did not prove Immediately fa1al. and, knowing the mainlanders would soon be coming in force to gratify a long represses en mity, he hastily left for Wisconsin with many of his followers, and on July $, 1S.",6, died at Voree. REMEMBERED HIS FAMILY AT HOME. A New York Legislator Would Not Carouse with Colleagues. Albany, X. Y. There Is a legislator here of whom the following story la told. Half a dozen of his colleagues got together to "do" the town. The programme was a dinner, the Gaiety Theater and then a wild carouse. The legislator stuck to the party until the (arouse came. Then he said: "Now. boys, I'm going home." There was a shout of disapproval. His companions argued, coaxed, and even threatened, but the puling one refused to go another step with them. "It's like this." he said. "1 don't want to preach and I don't want to spoil any peiasure. but I have a wife and two little girls down in New York, and when I see them again I want to be able to look them In the face and feel that I'm pretty nearly as good m 1 want them to be. So, goodnight, boys" Then he walked away to his lodg ings. How a man like this ever got Into politics It is hard to say. His name is but never mind his name. There is nothing to be gained by get ting the bosses down on him. The worst of It was that he spoiled the other fellows' fun, for after he departed the others resolve dto let the carouse go. M ortgages of the Stat. Lincoln, Neb. (Special,) The labor bureau has Issued Its report of the mortgage Indebtedness of Nebraska, as shown by the records, for the six months ending December 31, 1899. The most significant showing Is ln the mat ter of chattel mortgages. Of these, during the six-month period, 49,320 were filed, amounting to $26,762,000 and those released amounted to $13. 047,000, or almost twice ss many filed, both in number and amount, as were released. Lancaster and Scotts Bluffs counties are not Included in this show ing, as they keep no record of their chattel mortgages. Of farm mortgages 7,94 were filed, amounting to t901.383.51, and 9.951 yere satisfied, amounting to $6M,212.gg. OI town and city mortgages, l,U4 were filed, amounting to $J.79l,9U.zJ, and S.I7( wen satisfied, amounting' to M,M6,M4. LIKE CAMPAIGN OF '96 ISOWDS ASSEMBLE TO GREET COL BRYAN. Addresses Plain Words to Money Changers of Hartford and Re ceives Warm Welcome, Hartford. Conn (Special.) William I. Bryan reached this city from Mas- tachusetts and was welcomed to Con 0t-( ticut by Alexander Troup, member it the democratic national committv nd other prominent Fpeakers. After iddressing a meeting in the Coliseum Bryan went to Bridgeport, where he Spoke in the evening. Just before Mr. Bryan's speech at the Coliseum began the chairman led him to one side of the platform ami here introduced him to V, O. Burr, one of the leaders among the gold-standard democrats. This Incident was noticed with cheers. in his address Mr. Bryan early reach ed the noney question and announced bis intention of speaking straight to the financiers of "this splendidly wealthy city of Hartford. "I am conservative," heald. "and 1 sm more conservative that Jesus, who drove the money changers out of the temple, because they made it a den of thieves. "When I want to be severe, I quote the Nazarene, who spoke as no man spoke, and I quote his words against the financiers of Hartford: 'The wealth of riches choketh down the truth." The subject of free silver occupied the speaker's attention for an hour, after which he dealt exhaustively with the other issues in his usual manner. He boarded a train for Bridgeport at 40 p. m. AT G BEN EI ELD. ! Greenfield. Mass. On the trip from North Adams and PltUfield to Hartford William Jennings Bryan made a brief stop ln this city. In the course of a hort address Mr. Bryan said: "In 18:6 you heard republicans talk as If every democrat, populist or silver re publican was a disturber of the peace and a dangerous man. and yet when this nation was involved in a war with pain and a republican president called! for volunteers you anarchists of l!Mi made up the majority of the army. The majority of the 200. 000 volunteers ere men who had voted against the president In 1S36. I believe most repub licans are patriotic, but their leaders tnd editors do not given the people iji accurate understanding of the sit uation." Bridgeport, Conn. Mr. Bryan reached Bridgeport at 5:40. This city far outdid Hartford's welcome. As the train was about to pull out of Hartford a gray- haired man nervously pushed his way through the train, vainly searching for Mr. Bryan. Someone suggested that he might have entered the smoker, where upon the patriarch cried out indignant ly: "Never, William Jennings Bryan loes not smoke; he docs not drink, and !ie Indulges in no other abomination. rhank God for that. A few- minutes later the old man had reached his goal and fervently wrung Mr. Bryan s hand Mr. Bryan had hardly sealed himself when a Bcore or more of Trinity col lege students filed through the car and shook hands with him. The train was a way accommodation, stopping at ev e-ry Btation, covering the thirty-six miles between Hartford and New Ha ven in something over an hour. At Meriden he was obliged to pre sent himself on the car platform to satisfy a crowd of 200 or more who had o-athereri t the utmlon ami the hon reHa of workmen who filled the win- dowB of tn(, international Silver com- (any near by. ,w Haven greeted him with .100 per- scm who cheered the traveler as he r, the v train and waa e.corled hi' t Bridgeport committee to a special car. -ph.. rutl to Bridgeport consumed half an hour. Mr. Bryan found assembled 2.000 per sons, who cheered enthusiastically. Aft er dinner and a brief rest Mr. Bryan was escorted to the Park City Theater. Mr. Bryan had barely been whirled fropi tilt train to the residence of his host when a wild rush began for the hall where he was to hold forth. Fair field avenue, where the Park City the ater Is located, was congested for an hour and a half before the hour of the address. Traflie of all kinds was block ed. At every entrance the crowds gath ered. Kven the stage entrance. Jeal ously and faithfully guarded In favor of holders of specially Issued tickets, was besieged. The theater, with an adver tised seating capacity of l.MW. was packed from pit to dome. NOT IN ENEMY'S COUNTRY. The boxes were filled leyond com fort, while on the stage there were 4W persons more. Over 2.000 were turned away. When Mr. Bryan was Introduced he was compelled to wait for some moments for the storm of applause to subside. He began: "1 want to take back something I once said. It was true at the time, to be sure, but It is not true now, and the meetings which I have addressed In New England during the last few days have convinced me of the fact. "Karly In the campaign of 1X96, when leaving Nebraska for the east. I re marked Jocularly that I was going Into the enemy's country. Again I say I want to take that back. New England Is no longer the enemy's country." Mr. Bryan reiterated his familiar views on the Income tax. money, trusts and Imperialism. He was cheered by crowds In the streets when he left the '.heater for Mr. McNeil's residence. Death of a Hermit Dwarf, Thomas Morgan, a dwarf a little over three feet ln height, died at his coun try place, near the Watchung Moun tain, north or ftomervllle, N. J., last Friday, at the age of 7 years. Mor. gan, who was known to the townspeo ple as "Little Tommy," was a familiar figure several years ago, but since he has remained secluded In his home, and there were only few of the present gen eration who were aware of his exist ence. Morgan was a scion of a cultured English family and was a man of more than ordinary refinement and educa tion. He was extremely sensatlve to the vulgar curiosity that his diminutive size excited In public. His hobby ln life was flowers. Twelve Thousand More Out Philadelphia, Pa. (Special. ) Under orders from the officials of the Ameri can Sugar Refining company, the Ppreckles refinery here has closed, throwing out of employment 10,000 men. It Is announced today that McCahan's refinery, which Is a rival of the Amer ican Sugar Refining company, that the plant will be temporarily closed within a few days. Nearly 2,000 men are em ployed at this plae GEN, OTIS TO BE CALLED HOUE. Cjneral MacArthur To Succeeo i Him In Command. Washington, I. C (Special.) Major General Kleil S. Otis Hill be detached from duty as governor general of the Philippines and commander of the de partment of the Pacific immediately after the arrival of the new Philippine commission, and will be ordered to re turn to the I'nited Slates. This action will be in compliance with .1 i..U..a J ..r....... 1 . l.! .. I V. .. . me nuiurs ui iiriiri ai ilio, mj liar informed the war department that he Is In need of a respite. The president believes. General Otif can be relieved after the arrival of the commission at Manila which will occui late in April or early In May without detriment to me interests oi me gov- eminent. He w ill be succeeded by the A thousand insurgents armed with ri senior officer in the islands, probably flVs and more than five thousand arm Major General Arthur MacArthur, whe td with wooden swords, bows and ar- 111 lie subordinate to the. new com- mission, which will possess plenary powers and will be responsible to the war department. Granting of such extensive authority to the new commission and Its assign- ment to duty under the war department marks important departures ln the pi. I- ley or tne administration. Members oi the Schurman commission have com- plained that they were handicapped In their work by the necessity of subordi natlng their action to the military. The decision to place the Taft commission . .... . .. , - - .............. under the war department means thai the archipelago is now considered do mestic territory. After the suppression of organized resistance on the part of the natives, the archipelago will be divided intc four grand military departments. Judge Taft. as chairman of the com mittee, will remain in Manila, the u- preme head of the archipelago, and w 111 be to al llntents and purposes ihe gov ernor, although -he will not have that title. Civil affairs of each military de partment will be administered by a commissioner, who will be ln every thing but name governor of the terri tory comprised In that district. It is expected that the commission will leave for Manila about April J. Judge Taft said he did not expect U remain In Manila more than two years "I am going there with my col leagues." he said, "for the sole purKise of establishing a civil government In all parts of the islands. I would like to say that I know nothing of the report that I am to be governor general ol the Islands. I only expect to remain In Manila two years, and will then return to the I'nited Stales to practice law." LEYDS CROWDED WITH BUSINESS. Announces that Boers Cannot Usf More Volunteers. Berlin. (Special.) With reference U the attempt of French diplomacy and Journalism to induce Germany to Join against England In Egypt, a high per sonage at the foreign office made the following statement: "(iermany will not Join a movement to reopen the Egyptian question. Aside from the question as to whether France or Russia mean honestly, tier many is of the opinion that It would be unloyal and unfair to seize a mo ment when England Is deeply engaged elsewhere for such steps." Dr. I-yds s'nt the day at Weimar, where he tendered his congratulations to the grand duke on the sixtieth an niversary of his Joining the Prussian army. lie returned to Berlin In tha evening. As he does not find time now to go to St. Petersburg, he will return to Brussels, where an enormous mass of rorreRondence awaits him. Dr. Ijeydx and his secretary hav been so overcrowded with petitions and business offers of every kind while In Berlin that it has been necessary to publish a notice that such letters cease, Dr. 1-eyds has also leen compelled to announce that the Transvaal govern ment is not engaging volunteers for th war and will refuse to transport them to South Africa, MASSACRED BY INDIANS. Family Exterminated by Savages In Brlllsh Columbia. Victoria, B. C (Special.) Word hat been received by the department of Indian affairs and by the police au thorities of fresh trouble among the Indians of Upper Llard. Seven mem bers of a Scotch-Indian family named McTavlsh are said to have been mur dered. There was an epidemic of scur vy last fall and the story was started among the Indians that the McTavishes had caused It by witchcraft. A counsel was held, the XbTavlshes condemned and a night attack planned for their destruction. Setting fire to the Mc Tavlsh home the savages shot their victims as they attempted to escape the flabcs, only one nf the family of eight succeeding In reaching the shelter of the forest and ultimately the Gasca Tradlug company's store at Laketown. Constable Stewart with two men started out at once, under the guidance of the sole survivor of the hapless fam ily, to arrest the murderers, and the trio have not yet returned. Commis sioner Porter of Telegraph Creek has sent an effective posse to take ener getic action at once. One Convention this Year. Lincoln, Neb. (Special.) There will be but one republican state convention In Nebraska this year, and that will convene at Lincoln on May 2, next, for the double purpose of electing delegates to the national convention and putting in nomination, stil' tly for trading pur- IKises, a state ticket. This was decided on at a meeting ol the republican stale central committee held at the Llndell hotel In this city. The only further ofllcial action of the committee was to elect, as members at large of the state committee, K J Richards of Fremont, J. I McCarthy ol Dixon county and 11. O. Paine of A I rut worth. Still Under Military Law. Havana, Cuba. (Special.) A meeting was held last night between Oovernor General Wood, General Ludlow, the military governor of Havana, and Civil Governor Nunes. with reference to the matter of the municipal budget, which, under General Wood's order with refer ence to civil affairs, Nunez claimed he had a right to inspect. General Jxidlow's powers, as given him by the president, invested him with rights over the municipal finances of the city and consequently General Wood sustained General Ijidlow. Gov ernor Nunes told the correspondent of the Associated Press that they had re- quested, Secretary of State Tamayo lo announce w hether he had any rlghU as civil governor or whether, he was to be a dummy, while General lyudlow was In reality covll governor. General Ludlow says he has no desire to Inter, fere In any manner with the rights of Oovernor Nunez, but he has certain duties to perform which he must nec essarily carry Into effect. WITH WOODEN SWORDS IXTY-FOUR FILIPINOS KILLED ARMED ONLY WITH SWORDS. Of 6,000 Insurgents Encountered by Kobbe's Force, Only I.OOO wore Armed with Rifles. I wi, ,c. i , n . I Man Ia --'PaI--Brlgaller General ! Kobbe's t-xpecltlon in the Islands of Luzon. Ieyte and Samar has occupied permanently and garrisoned nine towns ith the Forty-third and Forty-seventh regiments and placed on the market miik( bales of hemp rows, were encountered durlmr the en lire trip. The troops killed seventy-five natives, eleven of whom had rifles. The rest were villagers armed with wooden iwords. The American loss was one man kill- td and nine wounded. The Americans raptured I3.0O0 In gold, enemy's money, 4nd forty muzzle-loading brass cannon i At Calbagog and Samar the enemy evacuated the towns, the Americans .hasing them to the mountains At Catbalogan. Lukban, the Tagalog f'-',-imi1i " 1 1 1 vr jiimc vwiu nriunrin: just before the Americans landed and general,, tired the place with kerosene then fought with cannon and rltles) for two hours from the hills encircling the tow n. When the Filipinos were driven out the Americans did their best to save the town, fighting the fire for several hours. Thirty stone houses and sixty other housps, half the business portion of the place, were consumed. The sol diers prevented the fire from spreading further. The next day Major Allen, with three companies of the Forly-thlrd regiment, pursued Dtikban to the mountain fast nesses and thence to the coast town which he was heading in hope of es caping. Lukban, by taxing the natives, has accumulated $100,000 In gold. His cap ture Is probable. At Takiohan. Island of Leyte, the enemy evacuated the town and the Americans pursued them to the hills. Several fleeing non-combatants were killed, including three women. At Palo, seven miles from Takiohan. !he enemy was found Intrenched and stubbornly resisted. Lieutenant John rton and twelve scouts of the Forty hird regiment drove out 1D0 of the en rny and captured the town. Th tnsurgcntH In tlx-se towns were noMly Vlsayans who had teen Impress ed Into the service of the Issuing lead ers from Luzon. The Vlsayans apiear Indifferent or (Ullenly antagonistic to the American McujiHtlon. The Tagalog chiefs inllu meed them against the Americans, but shen they perceive that the Americans ire more powerful that the Tagalogs nd Intend to maintain garrisons in order to open the Islands to commerce Is Is believed the rebel aprty will lose ts popularity. The Americans are gladly accepted by Ihe Inhabitants, who are returning to the towns. There is a rush of commer cial vessels from Manila to these new ports. COURTESY SAVES 6A6E. Allen Resolution of Investigation Cave Way to a Speech. Washington, D. (. (Special.) Sena torial courtesy" prevented (he consider ation of the resolution to investigate Secretary Gage's connection with the National City Slandard Oil bank today. I'he resolution went over from Friday (nd Senator Allen expected to force It to a vole during the morning business today. Senator Allen gave way to Senator Caflerey's address on the Philippines. He look the precaution, however, to spA'lfy that his resolution of Investi gation did iot lose iis place, and It will be considered at tomorrow's session. Senator Sjooner will reply to Mr. Allen's speech tomorrow. He has had the assistance of all the administration men in the preparation of his speech, lie will assume that Secretary Gage's ac tions with the National City Stand ard oil bank have been legal in both the distribution of Internal revenue re reipis and the purc hase of the old cus tom house site. 1 He will contend that had Secretary Gage not come to the rescue of the New York money market a great panic would have resulted and that the busi ness Interests of the country demanded the assistance of the national trensuiy. Senator ). H Piatt will also make a upeei h III defense of Ihe secretary. Sen ator Allen will supplement his resolu tion of Investigation with another to morrow, in which he will ask that the original Hepburn letter be sent to the enate. There has been some doubt as to the authenticity of the letter because tt a partial denial by Vice President Hepburn that he had ever written it. Otis Sends Death Notice. Wasiirigton. D. C (Special.) The adjutant general has received a cable message from General Otis as follows. "Manila. Feb. ft. Captain Smith. Nineteenth infantry, died at Soged, K:. o'clock p. m., February 5. gunshot wound; body in sealed casket will be shipped to San Francisco." Captain Smith was a native of Con necticut. He graduated from the mili tary academy In June, 1S79. and was jppolnted to the Nineteenth Infantry a. Heconci lieutenant. He becanwe first lieutenant in that regiment In Decem ber. 1SS!, and captain In January, lXH.'i. He participated with his regiment, in the Spanish American war and at Its rlose served as collector of customs at I'once, P. H until last summer, when he accompanied his regiment to the Philippines. Spanish Prisoners Revolt. Manila. (Special.) The Insurgents have been driven out of Legaspl on Albay bay, province of A I bay. The rebels of Tabayas province were conveying some 300 Spanish prisoners to Llbmanan and on arriving there the prisoners, exhausted and starved, re volted and dispersed their guards with clubs and stones. They also captured a few rifles and barricaded themselves nt Llbmanan, where they are awaiting .he arrival of American troops. BRINOS HOMO DEAD SOLDIERS. San Francisco, CaJ. (Special.) The t.'nited States transports Pathan, Sher man and Indiana have arrived from the Philippines. The Pathan occupied Ihlrty-one days on the voyage from Manila, the Sherman twenty-five days and tho Indiana, thirty-two days, ori board the latter re seventy-five Inval ided soldiers and on the Indiana are he bodies of 200 dead soldiers. CALL BRITONS FROM GERMANY. Berlin, Feb. 13. A large number of Britons residing In Berlin, under the tge of 30, have received orders calling them home for military service. LAWMAM6 CAUSES THIRST. A Few of the Luxuries Allowed th United States Senators, Washington, D. C (Special. )-The United Slates senate, flippantly referred lo by the irreverent as the "million aires' dub." cost the country $1,283. 263.25 to maintain last year. The modest pay of the distinguished body was but $43.707.!. but the "In cidentals" would be a credit to a war correspondent's account. Such a mar vellous capacity for lemons, mineral water, loaf sugar and kindred luxur ies blended with cheering liquids has seldo mbeen found. Earh senator presumably consumed $10,000 worth of "incidentals" during the fiscal year. ' This subject is a painful one to rep resentatives, for they had no "contin gent fund." VEKY THIRSTY SENATORS. During one month. June, the senators got away with forty-six boxes of lem ons. A half box of lemons, say 200 lemons a month, for each senator, av erages about six lemons a day. His lemons will make ten glasses of lem onade or twelve rlckeys. In one year 106 cases of llthia water costing $729.28. were used. Sugar to th extent of 2.510 pounds was used to sweeten the beverage at a cost of $137,54. There was a rebate of $3$ for 3.700 empty bottles returned to the wa ter man. Possibly It was an examination of a senate report that showed that 130.63 pounds of Ice had been used by Ihe senators In one winter month that prompted a song man to write, "How would you like to be the Ice man?" A FEW OF THH CONTINGENCIES. Washington has a malarious climate and quinine is furnished the senators in Job lots. Other guards to senatorial health and remedies for quaking nerves and that tired feeling are frequently mentioned In the secretary report as bromo fceltzer, soda mint and pepsin. The nation cuts the hair, shaves the beards and blac ks the boots of its sen ators. There is one bill of a local druggist against the senate, including tonics. barbers' supplies and malaria killer that amounts to more than $So0. CARRIAGES, TOO, IF NEEDED. Not only do the people provide for the cleanliness and safeguard the health of their senators with drugs and seda tives, but when blizzards rage In the national capital they protect them from pneumonia, which they would be sure to get if they had to stand on street corners and wait for Iw-lated electric cars, as government clerks and mem bers of the lower house have to do. There Is one Item In the secretary' report of $7f for "carriages to bring senators to the senate during the storm of February 13 and 14, PcM." Senators are not only allowed a tidy sum for stationery and subscription to any periodicals they may desire, but whi n they telegraph to and from Wash ington on business the government payf the tolls. Although a special rate Is granted by the telegraph companies to the gov ernment, much below that which prl- vale Individuals, would have to pay, the revenue derived from this source in one year amounts to thousands of dollars. In the report of the secretary of th senate the catalogue of messages sent by and to senators occupies, nearly liO lonely printed pages. It is specified whom every telegram Is from and di rected to. One senator sent $300 In one lay. It was a busy political day and Altoona. Pa., needed attention. WEAKNESS OF BRITISH ARMY. Its Higher Branches a Great Social Organization. London. (Special.) A British officer. who for years past has act-d as in structor of candidates for commissions In the British army, gives the follow ing startling explanation of the medi ocre Intelligence of British officers. "The secret of our national weakness lies In the fact that the aristocracy, and the class commonly known as so- iely, provide 'Ml per cent of our regular officers. ThlB society Is suffering from arefully induced cerebral atrophy, aused by a persistent neglect of Intel lectual training and a mode of life that Is dissipated," He demands "the suppression of tht diseased oligarchy which now governs the country, to the exclusion of the hysically and mentally healthy middle lass." Arnold While, a well known publicist and unionist, dilates on the same theme as follows: "There has been no scandal In con nection with any brunch of the public service and the breakdown has result ed from departments where the staff was chosen entirely from a small privi leged caste. The British amy In Its higher branches Is a great soc ial rather than a fighting machine. If this war Is to be won and our flag Ik to ffy over Pretoria the I-jigllsh democracy must reclaim the power with which it has parted and by a silent, peaceful revo lution Insist on fitness and efficiency becoming the qualifications for public employment. In the navy this Is the rule to a large extent, hence this is alone our national safety." "If the ministers treat the situation In tho spirit of Balfour, It Is not the ministry, but the class from which they are chosen, that will be attacked and successfully destroyed." J. D, Rockefeller Resigns. Cleveland, O. (Special.) At the an nual meeting of the Standard Oil com pany of Ohio, held here in December, John 1). Rockefeller retired from th presidency of that corporation. Vice President McGregor, of New York, be ing raised to the position of president In his place, and F. II. Squire, former ly the secretary, was chosen vice pres ident in his place. These changes were learned of today for the first time. Mr. Squire admitted that they had been made. The official! of the company who are here refuse to divulge the meaning of the changes. The report agitated Wall street for brief moment only. John 1). Rockefeller has resigned from the presidency of the Standard Oil company of Ohio for reasons hli very good lawyers have advanced, and In order that the company might evade some of the anti-trust laws. The Standard Oil company of Ohio Is but one of the subsidiary companies of the Standard Oil trust. John D. Rockefeller remains president of the Standard (Ml company of New Jersey, the legal front and representa tive of tho trust. Said 8. a K. Todd yesterday: "You can deny positively the stor current this morning that John D. Rockefeller Intends to resign as presi dent of the Stundard Oil company, Mr, Rockefeller has no such Intention, and 1 know of nothing which would war rant. In the slightest degree, the Hr. culatlon'of any such report." Mr. Todd knows; he Is one of thi best corporation lawyers on earth, Tht Standard Oil trust largely rests on th foundation he built for It ) v I , . . mffmmmtmi''m'mTT"' " 1111 "' "'St -