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C0MESSJ11IS WEEK Expect the Final Canal Legiilation Be fore the Holidays. ntOSPfCT IS FOR RATIFICATION oat here awnators Art Particularly loi Wmm far the CoMtructlon of the Water way at Earliest Possible Date Hlicil Uaeoai Washington Matters. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. The only measure of importance which the sen Ate has on Its calendar for the pres ent week is the new Hay-Pauncefote ' treaty, making provision for the ab rogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and opening the way for the unob structed construction of an isthmian canal by the United States. Acting for the committee ou foreign relations Senator Lodge will ask the senate to go into executive session today for the consideration of the treaty and each day hereafter until the treaty is disposed of. It can be said that at this time the prospect is very strong that the treaty will be ratified and It now looks as if this result would be secured after comparative little delay. There will be some debate and some features of the document will be criticised as undesirable, but there is no probability of captious opposition. The criticism will be along the lines Indicated by Senators Money and Bacon in the committee on foreign re lations at its meeting on last Friday. No senator has thus far shown a disposition to carry his discussion to a point of ultimate effort to defeat ratification. The principal authors of the criticism of the treaty are south ern senators, who are generally very anxious for the construction of the canal. They find that all canal legis lation will be tied up until action can be secured on the treaty and they are on this account less liable than they otherwise would be to do any thing to delay action upon the treaty itself. The most active friends of the treaty now claim that ratification will be obtained before the Christmas holi days. Beyond the consideration of the treaty rery little business will be un dertaken before the holidays. It is now generally agreed that the ques tion of reciprocity will go over until January, probably without so much as "being mentioned, and it may be added that from being for a time the sub ject most likely to attract early at tention. It has taken a position among the matters which will not be vigor ously urged. When the reciprocity treaties do come up for consideration there will be persistent opposition to the agreement with France and to that -with Great Britain covering the West Indies. There Is not so much feeling over the conventions with the South Amer ican republics. The present outlook is also against the Immediate action i.i the senate looking to tariff legislation for the Philippines, and there are now some indications that the senate will wait upon the house of representa tives In this matter. Probably the Chinese exclusion act will be reported from committee during the week. The nomination of Attorney General Knox will be reported at the first executive session, but Immediate confirmation will probably be antagonized by some senators. GOOD OMEN FOR THE TREATY English Press Viatnres that It Will Sor mnant the Obstrortlons. LONDON, Dec. 9. The Times, In an 1 editorial on the Hay-Pauncefote canal treaty, says it in hard to see how Great Britain could concede more without pretending to give what she did not possess, namely, the rights of territorial sovereignty. "That act," says ihe Times, "would ant weaken the objections of those senators to anything making for good relations with Great Britain. As President Rooserelt and public opin ion seem to favor this treaty, we ven ture to say it will surmount the threatened obstruction." Mar AIM Be a Kldnapor. VIENNA, Dec. . It Is said here that the man named Halju, who was .mated at Sofia December 7, and al leged to be the assassin of ex-Premier Btambuloff, had a hand in the kid napping of Miss Ellen M. Stone, the American missionary. A portion of the Illinois penitentiary was destroyed by fire. iPAanaaila Is Coaala. ROME, Dec. 9. After a tour of Italy, OabrtoJle d'Annunilo, the dramatist, will take "Franceaca da Rimini" to the United States with Tomaeso 8al Tinl, tha tragedian, and Eleanor Duae. Drilling la Aastrla Danes ed. LONDON, Dee. . A dlapatch to the Tlntes from Vienna declares that aa mult of tha recent appeal to the public to take the matter in hand, 4twillag In Auatro-Hungary Is doomed. DIFFER ON INSLLAR TARIFF Expect Bnm to Pas a Mtuire to Meal the situation. WASHINGTON. Pec. 9. The house this week will probably pass a meas ure to meet the situation created by the Philippine decision of tee supreme court last Monday. Vp to the present time, however, the republican mem bers of the ways and means commit teee have not decided up6n the char acter of the measure which will be J reported. A difference of ODinionexlsts as to whether there should be a temporary enactment of the Dingley rates on goods entering the United States from the Philippines, or whether a perma nent possession of the island should be prepared. It is said Chairman Payne favors the latter course. The republican committees will meet again tomorrow. If it is de cided to enact a temporary measure the procedure will be exceedingly sim ple and it probably can be passed in a day. If, on the other band, an entire scheme of tariff legislation is to be consummated more time willl be tak en up in the preparation and passage. KILL AMERICAN DESERTER David Fag-In, Nejro, Who Fled t fill plnee, la Decapitated. MANILA, Dec. S. The scouts from Bengabon province of Nueva Ecija have killed the American negro, David Fagin, a deserter from the Twenty fourth (colored) infantry, who for more than two years has been lead ing Filipinos against the American troops. The native scouts decapitated their prisoner. The man's head, however, was recognized as that of Fagin. They also secured his commls sion in the insurgent army. Fagin had on one of his fingers the class ring of Lieutenant Frederick W. Altstaetter of the engineers, who was captured by Filirlnos, supposedly un der the command of Fagin himself, October 28, 1900. Fagin is the deserter who has been reported killed on several occasions. The authorities are satisfied that for mer statements of his death were er roneous ani that he has now been killed. NEPBLRN'S CANAL BILL Iowa Senator Introduces Proposition for Waterway. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Represent ative Hepburn of Iowa introduced his isthmian canal biil, which by reason of his being the author of the bill passed last year and his probable con tinuance at the head of the bouse commerce committee, Is regarded as the measure which will serve as a basis for action by the house. It differ, from the Hepburn bill passed last year, In making the total appropria tion $180,000,000, Instead of 1140.000, 000. Of the total amount. $10,000,000 is made immediately available to be gin work. In other respects the bl'l follows that of last year, authorizing the president to acquire a right of way from Costa Rica and Nicaragua ad th?n to direct the secretary of war to begin the construction, from Greytown on the Carribean sea. to Brito on the Pacific ocean, with suitable defenses, etc CIVIL SERVICE IN V0GIE Weather Bureao Now Operating on Strict Merit gystem Ilssls. WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. The an nual report of Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of the United States weather bureau, says that substantial improve ments have been made during the last year In the weather bureau sys tem of wireless telegraphy. Such progress has been made by the gov ernment experimenters that, with no Interference by private systems, sta tions can be successfully operated over atle ast 150 miles of coast line and are now In operation along the Virginia and North Carolina coasts and noon will be Instituted between the Farral lone islands and the mainland, and Tatoosb Island and the mainland on the Pacific coast. The system of selective telegraphy he regards as well demonstrated theo retically, but haa not been fully test ed in. practice. Raadr to rtalld a Tarnish Ship. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 9 The Cramp Ship Building company has no tified the porte that It Is ready tc commence building a cruiser for the Turkish government and haa asked the government to send officers to su pervise the v easel's construction. d'Annunilo la coming Cattlemen) Are ejected. ARDMORE, Okl., Dec. . Proml nent cattlemen of Choctaw Nation will be toon ejected forai the reservation. They art regarded aa intruders by the tribal government and the Indians have barking of the Interior depart ment. Many cattlemen who own thou sands of head of cattle have been served with ejectment notices. This order has produced consterantlon among cattlemen. The step Is taken for purpose of allotting gracing land. WHY THE WAR GOES ON General Chaffee Ee ports Causes of Gueril la Uprisirgs in Philippines. REBELS TREACI1ER01S IN EXTREME Take Advantage of Humanity Displayed by Most American Soldiers Intimida tion that Dlecoarages Baste In Sup planting Military With Clell Kale. "WASH1NU1UN, .Nov. 7. The Warl department today made public the first annual report of Major General Chaffee, military governor of the Phil ippines. General Chaffee sums up the situation in the Islands from a mili tary point of view by Btating that the provinces of Batangas and La Guna, in Luzon, and the islands of Samar, Mindoro, Cebu and Bohol con stitute) the area now disturbed by any embodied force of insurgents. He says that to the physical character of the country, to the nature of the war fare of the rebels, who are amigos and foe in the self-same hour, to the humanity of the troops, which is tak en advantage of by the rebels and the Inhabitants who sympathize with them, and to the fear of assassination on the part of the friendly disposed If they give information to the American forces, Is due the promulga tion of the "guerrilla warfare. Commenting upon the plan of grad ually replacing military with civil ad ministration, General Chaffee says "The withdrawal of Interference with civil affairs does not contemplate withdrawal of the troops frota their stations to any considerable extent. On the contrary, this should not be done hastily and when undertaken should be gradual and more in the nature of concentration than reduc tion of force or abandonment of any considerable area of territory." He therefore recommends that there be no material reduction of troops be fore January, 1903. The civil govern ments which are being organized provincial and municipal General Chaffee says, are both new and untried and there Is but one certain and reli able method of ascertaining the progress of the Filipinos in self-government, namely, its observation by the army. "In the government of Manila for threee years, if the military influences have done nothing more, it Is every where apparent that an excellent foundation has been laid and a tur bulent and hostile community brought to observe the laws and individually be orderly. This has been done with out undue harshness or great severity of treatment of the inhabitants." In anticipation of a partial concen tration of the troops In the islands next year General daffee (submits estimates of cost for the construction of quarters and barracks. He recom mends that a permanent post be con structed at once In the vicinity of Manila for a garrison of two squad rons of cavalry, two batteries of ar tillery and two full regiments of In fantry, together with a hospital and store house, the whole to be under the command of a brigadier general. He gives $000,000 as a rough esti mate of cost for this project, and says that $200,000 should be available im mediately, In order to take full advan tage of the dry season. For the con struction of permanent quarters at other places which may be determined upon he estimates that $2,000,000 is required. General Chaffee devotes a good por tion to the terrible disaster which be fell Company C, Ninth Infantry, at Ilalangiga, Samar, and which, he says, was "largely due to overeonfldence in the assumed pacified conditions and In a people who to a great extent as yet are strangers to and unapprecia- tive of our humane and personal lib erty beliefs and actions." . . M'KINLEY NATIONAL PARK Ul Proldlof a Reservation Tract In Apelachlaa Mountains. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Represent ative Brownlow Introduced In the house a bill of the last congress for the creation of a park In the south ern Apalachlan mountains. The bill provides that the park shall be called the McKlnley National park and shall contain 4.000,000 acres. "President McKlnley when alive was an ardent advocate of this park," said Mr. Brownlow, discussing the bill. 'The south loves and reveres his memory because be did more than any other man to unite this cause. That Is why they want me to Introduce this bill, creating the McKlnley Na tional park, In grateful remembrance of the man." Oanboat Vleasaerg Reports. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. The nary department received a delayed cable gram, dated November 25, stating that the gunboat Vlcksburg went Into dork tor the winter at Neuchwang, China. Thla Information relieved the naval officials of quite a little anxiety felt In regard to the welfare of this ves sel. It Is explained that the cable facilities near Neuchwang are very poor and accounted for absence of Information. DEPORTATION Of ANARCHISTS Barrows Introduces a Mill for the Esans Inatlon of Suspected Aliens. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. Senator Burrows has Introduced a bill "to pro vide for the exclusion and deportation of alien anarchists." The first section of the bill Is as follows: "That no alien anarchists shall here after be permitted to land at any port of the United Slates or be permitted into the United States, but this pro hibition shall not be construed as to anniy to Dolitlcal refugees or political offenders other than such anarchists." The Becond bei tiou directs the-jpei clal board of Inquiry authorized by the immigration laws to make diligent In vestigation concerning the antecedents of any alien seeking admission into the United States who la suspected of being an anarchist, authorizing the board to sven go to the extent of ex amining the person of suspected aliens indicative of membership in an archistic societies. Section three pro vides for the return of persons to their native countries who have secured ad mission to the United States contrary to law and who have afterward been found to be anarchists. The fourth section provides that when any alien is convicted of crime Jn the United States court and it shall appear from the evidence that he is a? anarchist the presiding judge shall direct a further hearing and If the judge is satisfied that the convict ed alien is an anarchist or that his re maining in this country will be a menace to the government or society in general, he may direct that in addi tion to other punishments adjudged the convicted alien after undergoing rsuch punishments shall be deported at the expense of the United States to the country from which he came, and if he returns to the United States shall be punched by imprisonment at hard labor for a period not exceeding five years, and afterward again de ported." OPPOSE THE SENATE'S ACTION Is an Invasion of the Prerogative of the Lower Body. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. Members of the house of representatives are showing some opposition to the orig ination of Philippine revenue legisla tion in the senate, and in particular to Senator Lodge's bill, which deals with this subject. Representative Tawney of Minnesota holds that the constitutional provision that "all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives," applies to Philippine measures, and the Min nesota member will oppose any senate bill on the subject as an invasion of the prerogatives of the house. Mr. Overstreet of Indiana and quite a number of other influential members maintain that the senate Philippine bill involves no invasion of house rights, as It extends an existing law to the Philippines, and is not a revenue measure within the meaning of the constitution. In any event the ques tion of the right of the house over the subject is likely to be discussed on the floor of the house. PRICES REACH M.Gtt LEVEL, Necessaries of Life Surpass the Record of Many Years. NEW YORK, Dec. C Dun's index number, to be Issued December 7, will say: "If a man purchased his supplies for one year on December 1 they would have cost $101.37, while the same quantity of the same articles would have aggregated only $72.45 on July 1, 1897, the lowest point on rec ord, and $121.75 on January 1, 1860. These price records are compiled by multiplying the quotations of all the necessaries of life by the per capita consumption. Prices are now at the highest point In many years, and In fact surpass all records since present Improved methods of manufacture and distribution have been In use, and ag ricultural operations were first begun on the present extensive scale with la bor saving machinery." Two Tears of Purchase. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. Mr. Trace- well, the comptroller of the currency has decided that the act of May 12, 1900, prohibits the allowance of any claim for the redemption of docu mentary Internal revenue stamps un less presented within two years after the purchase of the stamps from the government. The question raised was whether the two years should run from tht time the stamps were purchased by the person applying for their redemp tion, or from the time they were orig inally purchased from the govern ment Kavy Tard Meeds Money. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. The rapid growth of the navy Is the plea set up by Rear Admiral Endlcott, chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, to justify the submission of estimates for the maintenance of Improvements aggre gating $21,626,359. He admits that these estimates are much beyond the limit supposed probable when the cur rent appropriations were made, but de clares that all the works named an considered necessary. BANISHMENT FOR UIB1 Senators DiscuiS the Case of AnarchisU Who Infest This Count7. A REMEDY TO KEEP TIUM Oil atcCoinas Fluils It Infliction uf the Death Penalty Senator tloar IMski It Use less to Multiply Punishment for An archism. WAj3HINGTON, Dec. 6. Senator McComas of Maryland wade an extend ed and carefully prepared speech In the senate with anarchy for his theme and was followed by some brief remarks by Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts on the difficulties In the way of dealing with anarchist assassins. Mr. McComas' re marks showed careful examination of the legal authorities. He maintained that congress had full power under tbe constitution to enact a law punishing with death any person killing a president or assault ing the president with Intent to kill, or aiding, inciting or procuring such an act. He favored rigid provisions in the Immigration laws for the de portation of alien anarchists. Much of the speech was devoted to an ex planation of the dangerous doctrines of anarchy and the extent to which these doctrines had been propagated within recent years. Senator Hoar's remarks were inter esting as coming from the venerable chairman of the Judiciary committee, which will have much to do with the framing of any legislation on this sub ject. He said the difllculty was that assassins of kings and rulers always gloried in their crimes and were In nowise deterred by the feur of punish ment. For this reason he thought it was almost useless to multiply punish ments. The most effective remedy, he suggested, would be to have the civil ized nations of the world agree upon some desolate spot on the earth's sur face, to which all anarchists who up held assassination or the overthrow of government should be transported. In such a community the anarchist could carry out his theories of living without a government and the world would be rid of his presence. Senator icComas said: "Within seven years Minister Car not. Prime Minister Canovas del Caa tllleo, the empress of Austria, King Humbert and President McKlnley have been foully assassinated by anarchists. Our homes are still under the shadow of national grief for our best beloved president and the heart of the world is with us in our sorrow. It Is humili ating to consider how Impotent are our federal laws to punish this fear ful crime. "These tragic assassinations In dif ferent countries, widely separated, In so short a time, show that this hideous crime of anarchy Is increasing. To abnormal minds, possessed with the Impulse to homicide, envy and vanity give a peculiar fascination to the Idea of the assassination of a king or a president. "Congress must legislate against this new peril with courage, with firmness, but also with conservatism and pru dence. The constitution permits con gress to enact a law to punish such crimes against the very existence of the government the constitution or dained." CHAEFEE CLOSES THE PORTS Intends to Shot Off Supplies Where In surgents Are Active. MANIIjA, Dec. C General Chaffee ha3 issued orders for the closing ol all ports In the Laguna and Hatangas provinces. The quartermasters there will cease paying rents to the Fili pinos for buildings used for military purposes, aa it is known that a large proportion of the money finds Its way to the Insurgents In the way of con tributions and General Chaffee Intends that no more government funds shall find their way into the hands of the enemy. The reason for closing the ports Is that too many supplies are found to be getting into the posses sion of the Insurgents. General Chaf fee Intends giving General Hell, com manding the troops In the Hatangas province, every assistance be may re quire to subdue the Insurrection 1 Norfolk People Aagry. NORFOLK, Neb., Dec. 6. The ac tion of Governor Savage and the board of public lands and buildings, In ordering the removal of the remain ing patients from the insane hospital here to Lincoln and Hastings, has. aroused public Indignation to the boiling point. Many advocate Injunc tion proceedings, but It is not prob able that such action will be taken. Will Katsrtsln the Fleet. WASHINGTON, Dec. . At the r quest of Governor General Wood ol Cuba the itinerary of the North At lantic squadron tins been changed so as to have the squadron at Havana during the Christmas holidays, from December 17 to 28. Py that time Gen rnl Wood will have returned to Ha vana and he wishes to extend special courtesies to the officers and men ol the fleet durltg the holiday season. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. latest Qaotatlons from Soalte Omaha and Kansas City. BOl'TH OMAHA. Cattle There was a very light run of cattle, and as the demand on the part of packers was lllx-r.il the market ruled active and hither nil around on anything at all good. The limited ofT'-rlngs of corn-f.-l steer, brought buyer nut early and there was lively competition, particularly for the better grades. The genera! mar ket could safely be quoted strong to dime higher, and In a good many case sales were made that looked a good deal higher. Allhough the bulk of the offer ings consisted of butcher stock, the cow market was active and higher. The bet ter grades were easily strong to a dime higher. The medium grades and canners -illil lint phnw rrn- h ehange, but still tney the last several days. Hulls also sold ut good, strong prices whtre the quality was at all good. Veal calves and stags could be quoted strong. There were only a few stocker and feeders on the mar ket, no that sellers had no difficulty in getting good, steady prices for anvthing at nit desirable. The common kinds, though, were neglected, the same usual. There were very few westerns In the yards, but It Is safe to quote beef steers of good quality strong and active. Hogs There was not a veiy heavy nm of hogs, und as other markets were quoted higher prices Improved ut this point. The market oned llilSc higher with the prime heavyweights selling from tf.l.'. to Pi.m. The medium weights sold largely from K0S to K10. butcher weights from $1 00 to Vi.it. and the light hogs from pi.W down. If was not an active market, however, ns buyers and seller," were far apart In their views. Th bulk of the sales went from H.0O to lfi.03. Sheep There were only a few cars of sheep and lambs on sale and a good pro portion of what did arrive were feeders. An-thlng In the? way of mutton grades sold freely at steady to strong prices, as the demand on the part of puckers was nrtlve. The limited offerings soon brought the market to a close. The feeder situation did not show much change from yesterday. The choicer bunches moved fairly well, but common stuff was neglected Ihe same as has been the case for some time past. KANSAS CITY. faille Market strong to IV; higher; choke dressed beef and export steers, f.'i.fuKnT.Oa; fair to good, H.7ri5.7S; stock crs and feec.-rs, tZXAiiXt); western fe. nteers. fliwit!.'.; western range steers. Miil.7j: Texas and Indian steers. CM 4.S5; Texas cows, XlXiYnTt. -: native cow tt.VMi.Ty, heifers. It AW 3.40; cows. U.Wip tfiO; bulls. tlXi.V,: calves, tt.rufi.OO. Hogs Market llKfil.V: higher; top. KE; bulk of sales. yr,.:,ir,.:vr. heavy. If, .2,Vfi .35; mixed packers, pi.i&,i6.3); light, .".. ;( 20; pigs. 4 SV'i ." .Si. Hhcep and Umhn-Market steady; na tive lambs. ti.Whi.'o; western lambs, J4.0 fii.'Ji; native wethers. tiXAiXTy. ewes, ); culls and feeders, lioa"3.23. CATTLE CONVENTION CLOSES Last Session of the fifth Annual Meeting of Stockmen. CHICAGO, Dec. 7. The last session of the fifth annual convention of the National Live Stock association was held at the Studebaker theater yes terday. The attendance was better than for any previous day of the meeting, owing to the fact that the place for the next convention was to be selected. Pittsburg, Portland, Ore., Denver and Kansas City were among the candidates for entertaining th cattlemen next year. The new execu tive committee, with F. J. Hagerbarth as chairman, reported the renomlna tlon of the old officers as follows: President, John W. Springer; vice president, V. 3. Hargerbarth; second vice president, John W. Holt; secre tary, C. F. Martin; treasurer, George W. Colliding. COMPLETING THE MEW BIBLE Kulsropal Committee About Through! With Compilation. NEW YORK, Dec. 7. A new bible authorized by the late general con vention in San Francisco, to be read in all Episcopal churches in the United States, has been in process of completion by the committee on marginal readings, which has sat at the Episcopal general seminary In this city since last Tuesday and will conclude Its work Saturday, says the Times. It was stated that an English firn has promised to undertake the publi cation of this bible without expense to the committee. This new bible Is to consist of the text and renderings of the King James version, the ren-i derlngs of the English revision and the renderings of the recent American revision. leans sentenred to Five Years. DAVENPORT, la., Dec. 7. E. 8. Jenks, a contractor, pleaded guilty to the charge of forging a relative's name at ML Pleasant and was sen tenred to the penitentiary at Fort Madison for five years. HaaperUd of PostoMee Robbery. SIOUX CITY, la., Dec. 7. The police arrested Joe Hudd and 8. F, Bradley on suspicion of being the burglars who robbed the . Kronstadt (8. D.) postofflce recently. Oyer 200 In stamps was In thrtoom. Chill Dodges the Quest loa. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-The Chilian reply to the Argentine government's proposal regarding the settlement of pending questions Is not as satisfac tory as was believed at first, says the Iltienos Ayres correspondent of the Herald. The communication is very long and contains a review of the whole boundary question, but nothing definite aliout Argentine's basis of set tlement. The dispute Is as far from solution as at the beginning.