Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905, March 06, 1902, Image 4

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    TO IffiUORY
of Mckinley.
Extremes ii Nmit of Late Presideat ii
rat if Ripristitatim.
Intimate Friend ef the Martyred Chief
Executive Pays Glowing Tri
bute to Hie Memory-
Washington P. C. (SpecUi . The
memorial exercises In honor of the
Ute President McKlnley, in the house
f representatives, drew a distinguish
ed .gathing to the floor of that great
thamber, while the galleries were filled
to overflowing with people. The crowds
i gao to flock to the capitol hours be
fore the opening ceremonies.
The seating accommodations of the
Iiouse had bfi doubled by the addi
tion of hundreds of chairs. The right,
or democratic side, was reserved for
the senate and diplomatic corps, the
members of the house crowding the re
publican division.
At ll:iiO the marine mand, stationed
hi the lofcy behind the speaker's desk,
played "Nearer, My God, to Thee,"
and followed with the intermezzo from
"Cavalleria Rusticana." Lord Paunce
fote, the British ambassador, and dean
of the diplomatic corps, accompanied
by the Chinese minister, Wu Tins
Fang, arrived at 11:50, folowed rapidly
by the other diplomats, taking seats
In the front rows ,to the right of the
speaker.
PRINCE HENRY ARRIVES.
Five minutes before non the speaker
called the assemblage to order, Chap
Iain Coudon offering the prayer. The
Journal of the last day's session of the
house was then read. The house con
current resolution, passed January 16,
was read. Then Lieutenant General
Miles appeared in the center doorway
at 12:02, and after being announced,
mas conducted to his seat.
"His Royal Highness, Prince Henry
, ef Prussia," cried the clerk.
The speaker and house arose as one
man, and the royal visitor came down
the center aisle, escorted by Represent
ative Gropvenor and Senator Foraker,
followed by Ambassador Holienben.
Simultaneously the band struck up
"Hell Der Im Slegerkranz." Until the
last strains of the national air died
away, prince, statesmen, officers and
"plain people" remained standing.
PRESIDENT AND CABINET ENTER
As the music swelled through the
great room, the prince bowed pleas
antly to several members of the diplo
matic eorps.recelving lower obeisances
in return. A stroke of the speaker s
gavel seated the vast audience.
President Roosevelt and the cabinet
then appeared, all rising again as the
chief executive, escorted by Grwvenor
and Foraker, chairmen of the house
nd senate memorial committees, came
down tbe aisle, where they stood until
the band rendered "My Country." The
president took a chair beside the
Hnce. directly in front of the speaker.
' Chief Justice Fuller and the asso
ciate justices were then announced,
and President Pro Tern Frye relieved
Speaker Henderson of the gavel. Frye
announced the purpose of the gather
big, and that Chaplain Couden would
pray.
C-HAPLAIX COUDEN PRAYS.
The chaplain thanked God for Me
Kinleys services as a soldier, citizen
nd statesman, and that he had left a
Monument more grand and imposing
. rhan Use mind of man can conceive
record which he had written in heaven
tor himself. As the assemblage slowly
-jiok seats after the prayer, President
Pro Tern Frye said:
"It is now my great pleasure to in
troduce to you the Honorable John
Hay, who has been selected to pay
jlhute in an address to the memory
our late beloved president." Secre
tary Hay began his oration amid sol
mn silence.
MR. HAY'S ADDRESS.
Mr. Hay began with a recital of the
uses which led to the presidents
icath ard suggested means to prevent
. SieS ST occasion again. Passing on to
McKlnley life, the secretary vividly
lescrlbed the stirring times preceding
the civil war and told of the call to
irm that drew William HcKinley,
their-17 years of age, from the farm
the battlefield. Continuing, the
ipeaker aald:
"He M theort of youth to whom
military life in ordinary times would
posses no attractions. His nature was
far different from that ef the ordinary
soldier. He had other dreams of life,
Its prises end pleasures, than that of
marches and battles. But to his mind
there waa no choice or question. The
tanner floating on the morning breeze
was tbe beckoning gesture of his coun
try. The thrilling notea of the trum
pet celled him him and none other
Into the rank.
"Hie portrait In his first uniform is
familiar to you all the abort atocky
gure; tbe quiet, thoughtful face; the
deep, dark eyes. It Is the face of a
fed who could not stay at home when
be thought be wee needed In the Held."
Urt AJFTRR WAR.
Then the speaker branched out into
to &
WASHBURN to C
Minneapolis, UtaavM .r-Ex-Vskcd
States Senator W. P. waah-f-ara
left Minneapolis test night for
Ce, where he espwto to make
rsl study , tbe intend na i
del rVs to tlita eeuniry.
WaefaUn behevee that tbe
r n mimtmm Mvarnaseet la net eo-
rta eety stottor of Caben
,0Hr. vm r-r et "
tr to J M f
MeKlnley'i life after the war and fol
lowed him from the time when he was
a young lawyer at Canton, step by
step, until. he had reached the highest
office within the gift of the American
people. District attorney, representa
tive for fourteen long years, governor
and finally president.
He said Mr. Stedman had called Mc
Klnley "The Augmenter of the Stals."
and continuing in this vein, said:
"It is a proud title; if justly confer
red, it ranks him among the few whose
names may be placed definitely and
forever in charge of the historic muse.
Under his rule Hawaii has come to
us, and Tutuila; Porto Rico, and the
vast archipelago of the east. Cuba is
free.
"Tb? doctrine called by the name of:
Monroe, so long derided and denfedTry
alien publicists, evokes now no chal
lenge when uttered to the world. It
has become an international truism.
STATE IS AUGMENTED.
"The state is augmented, but It
threatens no nation under heaven. Aa
to those regions which have come un
der the shadow of our flag, the possi
bility of their being damaged by such
a change of circumstances was in the
view of McKlnley a thing unthinkable.
To believe that we could not adminis
ter them to their advantage was to
turn Infidel to our American faith of
more than a hundred years."
After describing McKlnley's death at
Buffalo, Mr. Hay concluded:
"There Is not one of us but "feels
prouder of his native land because the
august figure of Washington presided
over its beginnings; no one but vows
it a tenderer love because Lincoln has
poured out his blood for it; no one but
must feel his devotion for his country
renewed and kindled when he remem
bers how McKinley loved, revered, and
served it, showed in his life how a
citizen should live, and in his last
hour taught us how a gentleman could
die."
Hay's oration was brought to a close
at 1:35 p. ni. He was warmly ap
plauded by his auditors. Prince Henry
and President Rooseveit joining in the
clapping of hands. Rev. W. H. Mil
burn, the chaplain of the senate, then
pronounced the benediction.
The president, cabinet, ministers,
princely guest, senators, - diplomats,
justices and officers then filed out of
the chamber. On motion of Payne, the
house adjourned "as a further evidence
of respect to the memory of the late
president."
IOWA JUD6ES MAY B:T MORE PAY,
Des Moines.Ia. Spe tal.) The house
of representatives decided that the dis
trict judges of Iowa are not suffi
ciently well paid ami ordered an in
crease in salaries of 11,000 a year for
each one. Tbe salary at present is
12,500 a year. The bar association rec
ommended an increase to 14,000 a year,
and Mr. Cummiugs of Marshall Intro
duced a bill to that effect. After the
house refused to Increase the salaries
of the supreme judges more than $1,000
a year the bill was changed in com
mittee to give the district judges $3,300
a year each. In the house this was
changed to $2,500 a year by a vote of
27 to 3i. and in this form the bill was
passed 56 to 28.
A bill to provide for expenses of
quarantine was passud, placing the
burden on the county.
The Hogue bill to require that rail
road companies shall furnish cars to
shippers on- notice was called up and
an effort made to change the commit
tee report so that it would come up
for passage. This was supported by
Messrs. Whiting, Cowles, Calderwood
and Jenks, and opened by Wise, chair
man of the rail rued committee. On
motion of Eiker the bill was recom
mitted to the committee, but to retain
its place on the calendar. It Is con
ceded that tbe bill will come before
the house in an amended form for ac
tion. The railroad men appeared be
fore the railroad committee and got
that committee to report the bill for
Indefinite postponement after it had
been passed unanimously by the sen
ate. GOV. SAVA3E chosen as chairman.
Sterling, Colo. (Special.) Delegate
rrom Colorado, Wyoming r.u Nebras
ka were present at the opening session
of the Interstate Irrigation congress
hen;. Governor Savage of Nebraska
was elected chairman and J. D. Stlrea
of the same state, secretary.
The principal address of the dy was
by George H. Maxwell, secretary of
the National Irrigation association. He
Impressed on the congress the neces
sity of preserving the forest of the
lands to be irrigated, and said that
unless this Is done the water supply
will gradually dwindle away. He point
ed to the president's message ai con
firming him in this. '
The people of the country were be
ing gradually educated to the knowl
edge, he said, that irrigation waa a
thing for the benefit of the whole na
tion, and not for any one atate or
group of states.
A letter from Governor Orman waa
read, In which he slated that he
thought for the present the" govern
ment should confine Itself to a system
atic study of the streams and water
courses of the west.
established between the United States
and Cuba, which he said would help
every Industry in the country with
the possible exception ef fruit end
sugar.
Cheyenne, Wye. (Special.) J. T.Nor
ton, an attorney of Cheyenne, was ar
rested today by federal officials. Hs is
charged with fraudulently using the
mails, Having carried en a matrimon
ial bwreau for ever a year. Ha im
orders when he was a
DEFIES SHAW'S
AUTHORITY.
Collictir of Ctsttat it Sitka Refnts ti
Obi? Secretary.
Interprets Shaw's Action as Fear ol
Trouble with British and Holds
Him Up to Ridicule. "
Washington, D. C. Special.) Some
time ago the Becretarytfttie"treamiry
received official information to the
effect that J. W, Ivey, collector of
customs at Sitka, had instructed his
deputy at Unalaska not to permit
Canadian vessels, presumably about to
engage in pelagic sealing, to obtain
supplies at the port. Tbe collector
w as directed to send a statement of
the facts to the department and was
Informed that if such orders had been
given they must be rescinded. The
department received a telegram from
Ivey saying:
"My instructions were not against
vessels engaged In alleged legal fishing,
but against Canadian vessels actually
engaged in pelagic sealing, which Is
Illegal and criminal when committed
within the marine jurisdiction of the
United States. If there is an ancient
treaty between the United States and
Great Britain by which British sub
jects can commit depredations, de
stroying American property and deple
ting our revenue of tens of thousands
of dollars annually, while our own
citizens are denied these privileges,
the sooner such treaty is abrogated
the better.
"Your solicitude regarding interna
tional complications with Great Brit
ain need cause you no uneasiness, as
the poaching season is not yet opened.
Your new collector will arrive In time
to enforce your orders. My American
ism will not allow m? to rescind an
order which gives British subjects
privileges within our marine Jurisdic
tion which are denied our own people.
"There Is another matter that may
attract your attention. 1 have recently
Issued orders to the deputy at Skag
way, a copy of which has been sent
you, which has put the Canadian offi
cers located there out of business and
Sent them to their own territory. You
are aware of the fact that this officer
became so offensive that he interfered
with American officers in the discharge
of their official duties, opened United
States custom mail, dominated over
the railway officials, discriminated In
the order of shipment In the favor of
Canadian merchandise against that
shipped from Seattle, established a
Canadian quarantine at Skagway. col
lected moneys and performed other
acts of British sovereignty in a port
of the United States, such as hoisting
with bravado the cross of St. George
from the flagstff of his custom house.
I have sent the concern, bag, baggage,
flag and other paraphanalla flying out
of the country. You may fear the
shadow of .international complications
and rescind this order, but a Reed,
an Olney or a Blaine would not.
TO REDUCE THE CHINESE CLAiMS.
Washington, D. C (Special.) The
United States government has pro
posed to the powers concerned in the
Chinese treaty that they consent to a
pro-rata reduction of claims so as to
maintain the total within the sum of
450,000,00 taels which the powers agreed
to accept from China as full Indemnity
for the Boxer outrages. Germany has
discovered that it placed Its claim too
low and hus demanded an increase In
allowance of 10,000,000 taels, and If this
is to be met the other signatory pow
ers must agree to submit to the pro
rata deduction of that sum from their
own original allotments. The United
States Is firmly oposed to any attempt
to extort from China any more than
the 450,000,000 taels and it will attempt
to avoid the creation of a precedent
to be followed by the other powers In
the allowance of thl German claim.
mi FOR THE ALLE8E0 EVILS.
Washington, D. C SpeclaI.) The
National council of women closed its
session here recently. It elected Mm.
Ellen Smoot Dusenbury a delegate to
tbe National Congress of Mothers and
adopted a series of resolutions. These
petition the government to Immedi
ately Investigate reports that "social
evil" Is licensed by the government
In the Philllpplnes and that the United
States flag - Is floating from windows
ef licentious brothels In Manila, and
In various possessions of the govern
ment, and asks tbe abolishment of
these practises If found to exist
Other resolutions advocate arbitra
tion, mediation and conciliation to set
tle difficulties and urge women to help
to advance negro conditions by aid
and support of kindergartens and day
nurseries In the south..
The board of trade of Milwaukee haa
adopted a resolution Imposing heavy
penalties on any member pursuing
bucket shop methods.
Washington, D, C (Special.) The
proposed change or rural free delivery
system from tbe salary to contract
basis, waa embodied In a special Mil
ordered reported by the bones eom
rttta on postofnees and ' post roads.
This ! Intended to take tbe place of a
(miter provision In tht poatofflce ap
propriation Mil. which la considered in
consistent with the rules.
Tbe special bfll follows tbe form of
Om cteoes In tbe appropriation bill
Mi to addition prohibits the aublst
tu eg rutl wS-tt reetea ,
'us. Elm sic:e starts at c:ce.
Baltinira special )-Mlss Kllen M.
Stone and Mine. Tstlka will start
without delay from Struinltza, Mac
edonia, for Constantinople. In the
meanwhile the liberated missionaries
are staying at the missionary head
quarters, where they are reviving the
congratulations of their colleagues.
Miss Stone says the brigands swore
both of their captives to absolute se
crecy regarding any information cal
culated to establish the identity of the
brigands, the location of the places
where they were concealed, or other
fads likely to compromise their cap
tors. As a mattes of fact the pris
oners themselves were very uncertain
regarding many detail of their wan-
deiingsr
They did not know when they were
released, in what section of the coun
try they were. An arrangement had
been made to release them near Seres,
where Dragoman Gargiulo and Mr.
House were waiting for them, but the
brigands declared it was too difficult
to tarry out the plan, and brought
their captives, after a hard night
march, within one and one-half miles
of Strumitza.
The two women were left under the
shelter of a tree at 3:30 In the morning
of February 23. The bandits pointed
out the direction of the villageand or
dered the captives to report themeslves
to the village elder, who on learlng
their Identity would provide for them.
The brigands turned back and disap
peared among the hills.
HE HUNG HIS WIFE FOR A JOKE.
Hock Island, III. iSpecial.) A cele
bration following a christening here
came near ending In a tragedy. While
the hilarity was at its heigit one of
the merrymakers, a powerful man.selz-
d his young wife and carried her
Into the yard. Finding there a piece
if rope, he placed one end of It about
her neck, and throwing the other over
the limb of a tree, drew her off the
ground. Then he went back Into the
house and confided to a number of,
his fi Sends the nature of the joke he
had played on his better half.
Some of the more sober ones thought
it btst to Investigate, and upon doing
so. found to their horror that the play
ful husband bad told the truth.
They cut the woman down and re
stored her to consciousness by the use
of stimulants.
WANTS OIVORCE FROM DEAD HUSBAND.
Glldden, Wis. Special.) A divorce
was granted this afternon to Mrs.
Christian Schultz, whose husband Is,
dead, but who wants a divorce from
his spirit, as she wants to wed again.
'I have been warned that Christian
will haunt me forever If I marry once
more," she said, "for his spirit tells
me that he married me for eternity
unless divorced by the courts. I want
to get married again, and not be trou
bled by his ghost when I am with my
new husband." ' . .
The Woman said she married twenty
years ago, and that her husband died
eight years later. Ever since then she
has been true t6 his memory', but flesh
and blood has come between her and
the spirit spouse.
FOR NEW RURAL DELIVERY DISTRICT.
Washington, D. C Special.) Sena
tor Millard, with the assistance of Sen
ator Dietrich, la working for the estab
lishment of a new rural delivery dis
trict, of which the headquarters will
be at Omaha. Senator Quarles of Wis
consin is also working for another dis
trict, of which Nebraska will be a
part, and of which Milwaukee would
be headquarters. Senators Millard and
Dietrich called on President Roose
velt In regard to Nebraska patronage,
They w ere informed that the state had
had Its share of public offices,
Lenta Case In Progress.
Washington Special.) Arguments
in the contested election case of ex
Kepresentative John J. Lentz against
Emmet Tompkins of the Twelfth con
gressional district of Ohio were begun
before house elections commltte No. J.
Ex-Attorney General Frank S. Mon
nett of Ohio presented the case in be
half of Mr. Lentz. The context Is made
on allegations of election irregularities
in the alleged use of money In a num
ber of specified instances and the Il
legal casting of votes by state em
ployes. .
. For A Gross Earning Tax.
Columbus, O. (Special.) The Cole
excise tax bill passed the lower house
ef the legislature today and favorable
action is expected In the senate. The
bil provides for the levying of a tax
of 1 per cent upon the gross annual
receipts of electric light, gas, natural
gas, pipe line snd waterworks, street
railway, signal, telegraph, telephone,
express or union depot companies do
ing business In Ohio. A tax of one-half
of 1 rer cent Is nowlmp osed upon the
gross receipts of all except the last
four named classes or corporations.
Because of a quarrel with his sweet
heart, Michael Shockman, of Urbana,
O., stabs himself three times In her
presence and afterwards dies from loss
rf blood. -
Kansas City. Mo.-(Speclal.)-That
part of the Northern Connecting rail
way system irom riausDurg, mo.,
south to Kanaaa City, a distance of
farty-one mu",
Burlington railroad to the Chicago,
Rock Island Pacific railroad. The
Utter road will take possession of tha
new line on April 1 and will abandon
I the use of the Burlington tracks be-
twwen Kanaaa City and Cameron, Mo..
a soon aa possible, and will run Its
' trains In and out of Kansas City frees
gad to the tast.
REBEL CHIEF
IS CAUGHT.
Beiiril Liiiii Liaiir if a Flllilii Bail,
It Ii Pritn.
Hi Capture Is Affsoted by Shrewd
Strategic Plots, Every Ordinary
Method Being Defied.
Washington, D. C (Special Gen
eral Chaffee has notified tbe war de
partment that Lieutenant atilbief-of
the Philippine scouts had captured
General Lukban on the 22d Inst. The
prisoner Is confined at Lagaun.
The officials of the war department
regard the capture of Lukban as the
most Important military event since
the Aguinaldo capture. He was run
down on the island of Samar. The
place of his confinement is a tiny is
land in a bay on the north coast of
Samar.
Lukban is one of the most energetic
and ferocious of rebels. He Is a half
breed, a mixture of Chinese and Fili
pino stock, and he has been an irrecon
cilable from the first. He had various
fastnesses In the mountains of Samar,
from which he would descend upon the
coast tow ns, and his reign of terror was
Bo complete that the entire population
of the island paid tribute to him as
the price of freedom from attack.
Ordinary campaign methods failed in
his case, and his capture now Is be
lieved to be the natural working out
of ths system of dividing the island
into amail squares by military gar
risons and making it impossible for the
insurgent to obtain food or shelter.
Another capture is recorded In the
same dispatch, namely, that of Will
lam Dunston, said to be a deserter
from Company C, Klghth Infantry,
who had In his possession a lot of
arms and ammunition and all of the
tools necessary .for the making of am
munition. He was vapoured by Sec
ond "Lieutenant Pratt, First infantry,
at Caghavan on the island of Samar.
the Lieutenant also destroyed the
Cuartel and the factory and killed
eleven soldiers, besides capturing all
of Dunston's correspondence.
PRINCE HENRY AT WASHINGTON'S TOMP.
Washington, D. C (Special.) Prince
Henry of Prussia journeyed to Mount
Vernon this afternoon and placed two
wreaths on the tomb of Washington.
He approached the grave of the first
president with bared head, and that
there might be nothing Irreverent in
the ceremony, asked the holders of a
dozen cameras, who stood around, to
refrain from photographing him.
The royal visitor and his party were
taken to Mount Vernon by special
train over the Washington, Arlington
& Mount Vernon railway. Two large
observation cars were provided, and
from them the prince saw the long
bridge and the headlands of north
ern A'irginia, historic to Americans
since colonial day, '
It was 2:30 o'clock when the spe
cial diparted and the run to Mount
Vernon was made In fifty-five minutes.
Prince Henry walked to me Washing
ton home and was driven from there
down the slope of the .bill to the tomb.
When the Iron gate of the tomb was
opened he removed his cap and en
tered. Two large wreaths, made at Wash
ington by his order, had already been
se.it to the tomb, and, taking them up,
he formally set them in place. A group
of over 100 men, who stood In the ap
proach to the grave, uncovered and
with their silence added to the spirit
of solemnity.
Fifty feet down the sward that falls
away from the tomb Prince Henry
planted a linden tree. The tree bad
been set in place prior , to his arrival,
and taking a spade the prince filled
the earth in around Its roots. The
prince was taken to the old Washing
ton houe by Superintendent II. H.
Dodge, and there met a delegation of
the Mount Vernon Ladies' association.
headed by Mrs. Justice Van Kaenssa'
laer Townsend of New Tork.
He spent a few minutes took Ing at
tbe Washington relic tr.u departed fsr
Washington. Large crowds Watched
his return to Washington.
TO ENFORCE THE ANTI TRUST LAW.
Lr Angeles, Cal. (Special.) The
Express says
"Corporations Ii. California whose
combined capital Ifc close to the billion
dollar mark, and wno are alleged to be
aperatlng nl restraint of trade, con
trary to the terms of the Sherman
anti-trust law, are to be proceeded
against by the government. Kuniors to
this effect have been In local clrcula
tfon for severs! days and were today
confirmed.
"Joseph H. Call, federal atorney.who
has prosecuted the suits Involving the
Southern Pacific and Atlantic It Pacific
land grants, has been Instructed by At
torney General Knox, acting by orders
of President Roosevelt, to institute the
proposed new litigation. The new suits
are to be filed in the United States
circuit court In Ban Francisco."
Sultan Must Pay Ransom.
Venna.--(Speclal.) A Constantinople
dispatch says the United States, ac
cording to a report there, Intend to
take early steps to compel Turkey to
reimburse the citizens of the United
Ststes who raised the $T2,000 ransom
paid for -the release of Miss Stone and
Mme. Talika. Turkey, It Is said, will
be held responsible, because the brig'
ends meat tne women captives on
Turkish soil, but Turkey will Insist
that Bulgaria la responsible. , ,
1RI8ATICI FM STATE tf tZXZX
o,n. r..ln Sneclal.) Ths dele-
. ih. Interstate Irrigation con
gress took a trip to Atwood and Ma
rino over the Denver ft Montana raw
way and were conducted over the
route by Superintendent Campbell of
.h. R.irllnrton. of McCook, Neb. Gov
ernor Savage made several rear plat
form addresses to the farmers en
route, urging the great possibilities of
Irrigation.
Cr,M-w.a were made by several prom
inent Irrlgatlonlsts at the afternoon
..i.,n. after which the committee on
resolutions adopted a platrorm, "'
ing national as opposed to state aid
for control of the reclamation of arid
lands.
Hon. H N. Haynes of Greeley made
a masterful address. " He-sfe of the
ri nH later irrigation development
of Northern and Northeastern Colora
do and of the possibilities of that great
movement in southwestern Nebraska
In a lorical and statistical way. lle
speaker Illustrated that under a com
plete system of reservoirs a more even
t sun whs maintained In the
streams, the result of seepage, and
ably argued that more reservolre be
constructed. As their construction con
tinued further down the river ana
nMr in h slate line of Nebraska,
he said, the flow of the Platte through,
that state would be more evenly main
tained, if not made stronger than ever
before.
He suggested that the people of thl
great territory of the Platte river
should not wait for national aid, but
phould at once proceed to organize In
local bodies for the purpose of build
ing water storage reservoirs.
At the last session of the Irrigation
Congress of Colorado. Wyoming and
Nebraska the resolutions committee
maue us reuoi i. wiiivi. v..,K
The resolutions recite that a vast area,
of the nubile domain now of compara
tively little value may be reclaimed
through Irrigation, jnd quote the ora
clal utterances of President Roosevelt
and Secretary Hitchcock In support ot
the claim that the government should
undertake such reclamation. A gen
eral revision of the land laws is ask
ed, especially the repeal of the com
mutation clause of the homestead act
Cession of the arid lands to the states
is ooosed. An appropriation by con
gress of 12M.000 Is asked for surveys
and experiments and a larger appro
priation for permanent work. The
preservation of the forests is urged.
The members of the congress -visuea
i he irriaation reservoirs In this vicin
ity and Governor Savage and others
addressed the congress.
BOTH SCHLEY AND HOBSON SPEAK.
Charleston, S.C. (Special.) This was
a great day for the Daughters of the
American Revolution at the exposl-
tion. Overwhelming plaudits greeted
Admiral Schley and Captain Hobson,,
the chief speakers.
Both naval heroes are the special
guests of the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution.
The services at the auditorium were
Ion gand Inspiring, the main features
being the address of Mrs. Charles W.
Fairbanks, president general of tho a-'.'
tlonal organisation, on the "Inspiration.
of Revolutionary Memories," and the
addiesses of Admiral Schley and Cap
tain Hobson. The enthusiasm knew
no bounds when the hero of Santiago
rose to speak.
His address was a brief and graceful
tribute to the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution and "those sweet
grandmothers and great-grandmothers
who lived In the times of plainer liv
ing and higher thinking."
Historic Charleston and Its exposition
were warmly praised.Captaln Hobson's
theme was "The Ever Victorious Na
vy," and the applause of the listening
thousands was as prolonged as that
which greeted Admiral Schley. This
was especially so when he referred to
the admiral's services at Santiago aa
the crowning Incident in his splendid
career in the American navy. He said
the character of the navy was typified
by Dewey in the east and Schley and
Sampson In the west, when they set
a new standard for naval warfare In
effecting the total destruction of tho
enemy's fleets without loss to their
own.
RAPID FIRING 6UN FIRMS COKSIRE.
New Tork. (Special.) It was An
nounced here today that the plant and
V. ii-1 ..a m tf I hp T)rlirra.f4ahtirv vm
pany of Derby, Conn., has been pur
chased by Joseph H. Hoadley, presi
dent of the American company. The
plant is engaged In the manufacture
of the Driggs-Seabury rapid fire gun
and it is understood this gives the pur
chasing syndicate the control of tha
rapid-fire gun, the syndicate control
ling the Hotchkiss.the Drlgga-Beabury,
Dahiel and latest type of Maxim.
The purchase price of the Drlggs
Meabury plant is said to be about $1,
3OC.0O0. It Is authoritatively stated that ths
rapid-firing plant will, with other pro
perties, eventually amalgamate with
the American Ordnance company, ths
new company to have a capitalisation
Of 110,000.000.
Craty Snake Oeta Two Years.
Muskogee, I. T. Special.) Sentences
o ftwo years In the federal prison at
Leavenworth and fines of ft.OOe each,
have been pronounced against Chltto
Hargo, known as Crasy Snake, and
nine of his followers, Gilbert Johnson,
Chotka James, Abraham Mcintosh,
Louis Mitchell, Louis Harjo, Squirrel,
John Timothy, George Simmons and
Little Tiger. The men are the leaders
ef the band which attempted to reeUt
tht opening of the Crack run miin
and the allotment of land.
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