Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905, April 10, 1902, Image 5
BEGIN THE MERGER SUIT. Miinestti Authorities Open Trill it Home Against Consolidation. Petition Urges that Directors of Norn rn Pacific and Great Northern be Prevented from Combining. "" StrrHui, MrntiT) Aprtr S. The utali of Minnesota h.es begun Its merger suit at home. The bill of complaint in the suit of the state Hgainst the Great Northern and Northern l'luiflc liail iy companies, the Northern Secur ities company, J. J. uh president of the Northern Securities company and individually, was served on the de fendant, Hill, In a variety of capaci ties, and return made io the sheriffs office by Deputy Kei how. The court van asked to make order restraining the merger as contrary to law, from the interchange of stock, from Interference of one road with the cither road and from the right of one set of directors to vote In the other corporation. The ret Hal in this new case in al most identical with that In the former case before the l.'nited States supreme ourt, after which the plaintiff pi ays: I'RAYF.R OF PLAINTIFF. 1. Thut it be adjudged and decreed that the agreement and combination hereinbefore alleged to lie unlawful and all act." done and to be done in pursuance thereol an- e-oiiliaiy to aim In violation of the lawn of this mate and of the Culled Slaw-H. 2. 'J'hat Ihe defendant, the Northern Securities company, it stockholders, officers, director)), executive committee and Ils agents and seivanls, and each and every one of them, be perpetually enjoined from acquiring, receiving. holel ing, voting, whether by proxy or oth rwlM or in any manner acting us the owner ot anj of the shares of the capital stock ol either the Northern f'ai die Railway company or the ureal Northern Railway company, from vot ing m any meeting of the stockhold ers, of either cai'l Cuat Northern or Northern Pacific- Railway companies. xi hanging any of th" capital sloe k l either of said companies by any means r in fiiy manner whatever, and from attending by reason of such ownership, possession or control of stock, eithci through its officers or by proxy, or In any other manner, any meeting of the stoc kholders or either of said compa nies from In any way aiding, uclvis ina directing, interfering with or In icr.y way taking part directly or I ri 1 1 -reitlv in any mann-i whatsoever in the management, control or operation -f any of the lines of railway of either of r-aid companies or in tin- niaiiagi inert or control of the affair of either of said companies, or from exercising any of the powers, or performing any -of the duties or in any manner acting kd represenlaliv e. officer, member of the board of diieitois in t lie- employ f fit net the (Treat Northern or North ern l"Hcinc Hallway companies, or in any way exe. vising any management, direction or control over the sarin'. HUrCK NOl'.TIIKItN SKCUK1TIKS. 4 That tile defendant, the Northern Pacific Hallway uniiiiany, its slock holders, ollicers, dlt tns, agi'tits and iwrvajits and each and every one of (hem. be srpetually enjoined from In any manner recognizing or accepting the Northern Securities company as the holder or owner of any shares of its -a.piial etoik and from permitting; su'h ornp.ny to vote su h stock, whether by prox or otherwise, and from pay ing any dividend upon such slock to aJd company or its assigns and fiom recognizing as valid any mortgage, se curities or assignment of s'.ich stink or for in any way combining in said Ureal Northern Railroad company, w iu-th such combine be aMeriipieil to tie il-fc-cted directly ami lliiough the corpor a.te bodies themselves or through the M'tlon of the constituent members or MOrkholdCrx Of Hiit-h CO!!pHni-S, Dial that satd defendant, Its dir'-ctors. odi rers. agents, attorneys and employes be similarly enjoined from effecting or consummating any form of combina tion or agreement which shall disturb the Independent Integrity of each de fendant ami Its Independent manage ment and control, whether su h man agement shall take on Ihe form herein alleged or any other form, ami that hweintinder the defendant Northern f'aillc Hallway company, Its ollicers, directors, agents, attorneys and em ployes be similarly enjoined from en tering Into any agreement directly or Indirectly destroying free ami unlim ited competition between said defend ant and said t treat Northern Hallway company by inlen io.ngt of tra-fllc. pool ings or earnings or division of prollis or .otherwise. The fourth prayer Is identical with the third, with the exception that the treat Northern Hallway company Is substituted for the Northern J'aclllc Hallway company. f. That the defendant, James J. Hill, be enjoined individually and as an offi cer and director of tin defendant, the Great Northern Hall-way company, from paying or permitting any dividend or dividends fo be paid out of the earn ings or treasury of said railway com pany upon st oik of said railway com pany held by the defendant. tip Northern Hecurllles cr rnpariy, taken by If In exchange for I lie stock of salil railway company and as an olllcer or director of said railway company from rerelvlnp at any directors' or stock holders' meeting of said railway com pany the vote of any shares of stink of said railway company taken by said securities company In exchange lor stock, and as an officer or director or stockholder in said Northern Hcuiitlcs company dictating the policy or direct ing or controlling the rate of trans portation or Ihe business affairs -of either of the defendant railway com panies. (. For such other further relief n the nature of the case may requite and the court may deem proper In the premises. Ends fight on Grain Rates. Kansas City, Mo., A pi II 9. The com plaint authorized by Ihe Kansas City Transportation bureau with the Inter state Commerce Commission against the Union Pacific, Hoi k Island, Hanta Fa and Missouri I'acihY railroads has been withdrawn. Commissioner W. P. Trlekett of the Transportation bureau has received from officials of these lines assurances of the removal of the Kan sas City grain arbitration rate. Thin ends a fight waged by the Kansas City fruetnes men for si years. THE PEACE HOPE STEADILY WANES. London, April 8 The expectation of peace resulting from the present ne gotiations Is steadily waning. The Boer baders In the field are still Irre concilably opposed to surrendering their Independence, It Is said In official quarters here. At the same time It Is an unmistak able fact that the Ilrillsh government is far more anxious now to come to terms than at the beginning of the summer campaign. This anxiety is due In part to a desire that the cor onation should be preceded by peace, but In a far greater degree to the in creasing gravity of Ird Kitchener's position, owing to the steady lessen ing of the 'remount supplies. The Australian horses are evidently useless, while the Argentine animals, even after six months acclimating, which the wastage and pressure at the front render impracticable, are little better, and the European supplies are becoming exhausted. So England's re liance now Is mainly on American sources. Dr. Ii-yds has agents wherever Eng land is buying horses, and the calcula tions and plans of the Hoer generals are largely based on the information he is sending them on the steady ex haustion of the available horse market of the world. That Ik the secret of the Boer belief in ultimate victory. The sensation caused by the atroci ties of the Australian Irregulars has been deepened by the studiously bald and belated official avowal of the war ofllce. The policy of concealment hav ing failed, it is bitterly resented by the jingo press and the statements pub lished Indicating that horrors on a far larger scale than the dry official pro nouncement Implies are Included In the wholesale ill treatment murder of Hoer women and children. It is freely suggested in conversations here that these criminal excesses by the Austra lians illustrate the doctrine of atavism, the ringleaders coming from the colo nics which were originally convict set tlements. HANNA SAYS LABOR SHOULD ORGANIZE. Philadelphia. Pfi., April .-SenHlor M . A. llanna was the guest of the American Academy of Political and Physical Science on the occasion of Us annual meeting. His subject was "In dustrial Conciliation "nil Arbitration; Its Possibilities and I, imitations." The keynote of Mr. Manna's speech was the organization of labor, which, he said, he had favored fur thirty years. He denounced socialism as an un-American, and opposed to the prin ciples maintained by the Civic Feder ation, which sought to bring a peaceful adjustment of all dllllcult es existing between capital and labor. He believed, he said, in the former meeting the latter mote than half way in any difficulty that should arise. He said he fell much pride In the work of the Civil Federation, which had In ils lirlef career successfully concluded sev en strikes and averted two, saving in tin latter Instances more than '.'tUl.Ooo men from Idleness. He urged arbitration in a sensible and logiciil way. PACKING TRUST TO BE INVESTIGATED. New York, April 9.- Positive state ments an; made in Washington that Preslil. til Itoosevelt has ordered a searching livpiiiy Into the melln.ds of ihe beef tru-l. A western representa tive In congress said that this had been iion' and It is g'-nerally believed Io b" the truth. While complete secrecy will be maintained, It Is understood Culled Slateji district attorneys have been ordered to give evidence In New Vol k. Chicago. Kansas City and other points. Evidence of Ihe sort required is dlfll-i-lilt. to obtain, and that recently puli livhed it. said to be more incriminating than, any other at hand. Kelail dealeis complain that with the preiictil high prices, they are unable to ince:. Ihe credit demands made by the tiust and are obliged to close their sla ps It Is shown the packers' mo nopoly sells beef cheaper In London than It does in New York. FAVORABLE REPORT ON FINANCIAL Bill Washington. D. C. April ft. The house committee on banking and cur rency, by a vote on party lines, has or dered favorable report on the finan cial bill, framed by Ihe republican members, and Introduced by Chairman Fowler, "to maintain the gold stand ard, provide nn elastic currency, equal ize th rale of interest fhrouchout the country, and further amend the na tional banking laws," The de tails of the measure were giv en when Mr. Fowler Inlroduced It, and since then Ihe changes made have not aflected any of the principles of the bill. A division of banking Htid-currency Is created In the treasury de partment, with a board of control of ihe currency The methods by which banks may take out of circulation are provided, Ihe parity of the silver dollar with gold Is established, a provision for the national banks is made .silver bullion In the treasury Is to be coined Into subsidiary coin, anil guaranty funds are provided as u pioie.tlon agalnsl Insolvent banks. Sues Cs. County Tieasurer. Heatrlce, Neb. .April tv Suit has been begun In the district lonrt by County Attorney Hackett against fl. W. Mau ler, ex-counly trriisiiicr, asking for tl writ of mandamus to compel Mr. Mntl rer to refund to the county the sum of 1,325. 36, alleged to have been retained hy him out of the general fund of the county In excess of the feces and com missions eollecled by him during his incumbency In oltlce. The rass will In all probability he taken up at the open ing of district court, April 16. BLOW UP BANK SAFE. Robbers Wreck Money Vault In Buskin, Nuckols County. Four Successive Explosions Rouse the Steeping Villagers, Thousands In Cash Left Behind. - -NeJsofl, -Keb.r-4)rIlWordreat;b-. ed here early In the week that the Stale Bank of Huskln had been rob bed. The outer casing of the safe was blown open and the explosion, ot which there were four, aroused the people residing in the vicinity of the bank building. The money chest Is still secure and the bulk of the money was In the chest. Just what a-mount of money was ta ken will not be examined until a rep resentative of the insurance company reaches the scene, but It is said not over $j 000 was secured. The robbers, four In number, were seecn going south on foot, and yvere trailed about three miles, where they had a team waiting. The sheriff and marshal went from here, and together with the Beatrice bloodhounds are making a hot chase for them. They went south through Hardy Into KuriFHS, and at Republic the pursuers f ported being close after those w ho are supposed to be the robbers. Some otlteis have been arrested on suspicion. OVKHI.OOK TIIOCSANDS IN BILLS. Heatrlce, Neb., April 8. Reports that reach this city of the robbery at the Ituskin State bank, state that entrance was efVi cted by raising a back window. Once inside, the robbers drilled In the safe door and nit ro-glycerine was used as the explosive. The door was blown completely oft its hinges and the cash box whs exposed, containing several thousands of dollars. In their haste to l"uve the building with their booty the robbers overlooked possibly $3,1)00 in bills, scattered about the room by the force of the explosion. It is reported here that the thieves got about $5,000 In cash. ' The noise of the explosion aroused Ihe citizens of Huskin, and In less than half an hour after the report was heard a telephone message was re ceived here asking for the service of the Fulton bloodhounds. Trainer Max field with a pair of the dogs left the city on a freight train, arriving at Huskin about 10 o'clock next morning. Cpon reaching Huskin the dogs took the trail of the thieves, which led west from that village. The bank is capitalized for $7,000 and has deposits aggregating close to $!.'. )00. The president Is A. O. Mcl'.rew and the cashier, F. Mi-Grew. Huskin Is a small town In the eastern part of Nuckolls county and is but a. short distance west of Hebron on the Hock island road. SENATOR CLARKE JOINS WITH 60ULD. Los Angeles, Cal., April 5. The Hi r al l says: Los Angeles will be the Pa cific coast terminus of the Uould raii way system. The Could and Clark In terests have combined at either side of the continent. Senator W. A. Claik having Joined with George J. Gould in the iuillding of a road from Pittsburg to the Atlantic: seaboard and Mr. Gould becoming Interested in the San Pedro, L'M Angeles & Salt Lake road. These arrangement will give the; Gould sys tem a continuous line of roads across the continent, beginning with the Halt Luke, then the Hlo Grande Western and Ihe Denver & Rio Grande to Den ver. The Missouri Pacific to St. Ixiuls, the Wabash to Pittsburg and the West Vlrglna Central, with projected exten sions to the Atlantic. Charles W, Clark, the senator's son, who Is now in Ios Angeles, and J. Hos.. Clark, brother of the senator, who has the management of the Salt Lake rail road, would only partly confirm the re port of a combination of the Gould und Clark Interests. "1 have nt received any direct in formation concerning a combine with Mr. Gould," said J. Rosa Clark. "II si-ems probable and such a connection at Halt Lake would give Mr. Gould the long-sought outlet to the Pacific- const, out I cannot enlighten you further at prcs.'iil." BILL LEAVES TWO COMMISSIONERS Washington, D. C, April 8. The re publican members of the house Insulai committee practically completed the Philippine civil government bill and a print of the revised measure will be submitted to the democratic members next week. As now changed the bill reduces the number of Philippine com mlHsli ners to the Cnlteil Slates from three to two. The civil government plan und the gold standard coinage are preserved as framed some time ago. A chunge Is made In the friar lands sec lion, by which the Philippines commit tee will determine the met hods of opening these lands to homesteaders. Mementoes of Prince Henry. Kiel, April II. The damage done to the Imperial yacht Hohenzollern by American memento hunters while It was In New York harbor as the dom icile of Prince Henry was not nearly so great as bus been repotted. The only articles missing are various small objects from the mess rooms, some sailors' rap bands with the word "llo hemtollern," n lot of uniform buttons which had been rut off with the sail ors' clothes, and other objects trans ferred, from the clothes chests IMPORTANT CHAN6ES IN INDIAN LANDS M'ashlnglon, IX C, April 9.-The In dian bill, which has passed the senate carries with It one of the most iirixir tant provisions lisjking to the solution of the Indian problem that has been engrafted upon the statute books sine the government began its systematic treatment of the Indian question. The bill provides that where Indian allot tees have died the adult heirs of any deceased Indian to whom a trust ot other patents containing restriction! upon alienation has been or shall be Issued for lands allotted to him, may sell and convey the land Inherited from such decedent. It further provides that in case of any treaty or an agree metTtTw If h a n TniTlan" t rTbe, ano t meTrrs have been made to white citizens with out Indian blood who are citizens of the United States, final patents shall be Issued to such white allottees without waiting for the usual trust, and they are permited to sell or dispose of land eo allotted without restrictions. In addition to this the senate adopted a etlll further provision amendatory to the house bill, providing that any In dian over the age of 21 years to whom an allotment of land had been made or shall be made, may dispose of the same by will subject to the condition and limitation of the allotment, and in keeping with laws of t lie state or terri tory In which such lands are situated. For years men who have made the Indian question a study and who have been advocat.es of a broader policy than the government ha.-e pursued, ha ve urged this legislation for the purpose of taking lands out of the tribal rela tions and permit them to be sold to Individuals who would thereby return a mi;uie of their ownership to the general government. IOWA RAISES THE JUSTICES' SALARY. Des Moines, la., April 9. The mos; Important work done m the legislature last week was tile adoption by the house of the bill to reorganize the Iowa supreme court and raise salaries. The bill as originally introduced was in substance that which was approved by Ihe State liar association and generally desired by the lawyers of the state. It prov ided for three general terms of the court, but practically continuous ses sions, and a general change In the method of making the assignments and hearing cases so that the decisions will follow submission much closer than at present. Jt also fixed salaries at $6,000 a year Instead of $4,000. The house cut' the bill to pieces and eliminated all but the salary feature and fixed it at $.",0O0. The senate took up the house bill and substituted it for the one the house had passed and the house ac cepted the original bill as it came over from the senate in the form of a sub stitute. An effort was made to reduce the salary to $:i,000 a year, and on this motion Speaker Knton, for the first time during the session, came down to the floor and delivered a stirring speech In opposition to such a change and in general defense of the original bill. A resolution was adopted for a com mittee to view a portrait of the late Senator Harlan with a view to pur chasing it for the state. The bill to Increase the salary of the superintendent of the Feeble Minded institute at Glenwood to $2,700 was passed. A bill to authorize the executive council to employ expert accountants for the state to go over the state books was passed, also a hill to provide for filling cucancies in elective city offices. The Hubbard bill on railroad matter was brought up, but not put to a vote. A bill to appropriate for the expense of Inspec ting private and county Insane asy lums wus passed. A bill to make It Impossible to withdraw a name from a petition of consent in a saloon case and to permit Identification of names was passed. Thinks Well Is Poisoned. Heatrlce, Neb., April 8. Will Smith of Flllcy brought to Heatrlce some vvat-r taken from his well, which he thinks contains poison. Applied to the flesh It causes the skin to crack and severe pains follow the drinking of It. Mr. Smith Is of the opinion that his enemies are after hirn and have thrown lye or some other substance in the well for the purpose of poisoning the family. The water is being analyzed 0y H. Kli'lnhaus, a chemist of this city. Mr. Smith is not a relative of W'lllard Smith, the young man who was shot and killed at Flllcy recently. Order Ten Boats. Pittsburg. Pa., April 9. Two men from the republic of Colombia, Senor Pedro del Osplna, for many years sec retary of war, and P. G. Inglesldc, formerly n resident of Allegreny, have been In Pittsburg two days at the bisit building establishment of James Rees and Son. Iiefore they leave the city a font raft w III be made for the construc tion of ten large packets to ply on the Magdalena river. These boats are to lie strictly modern In equipment and tire patterned after the craft In use on the Ohio river. The South Dakota luw requiring den (Ists to take out a license Is to be test ed In the courts on the ground that It is unconstitutional. Deserved Hanging. Chicago, April 8. "A legacy of $10,- (100,000 for educational purposes does not mitigate the crime of a lifetime. It Is the way a man gets his money, an.l not the way he spends it," said peter Vun Vllsslngen, the Hoer sympathizer. ! "Rhodes was the evil genius of South Africa. He has left behind him more skeletons than any man since Napo leon. Leaving a large bequost for ed ucational purposes does not change his acts. It does not wipe out the Jameson raid or the moneyed manipulation DOWRY TO EDUCATION. Cecil Rhodes' Will to Promote Union of English-Speaking People. Provides Scholarships at Old Oxford to Each Territory and State of American Union. London, April 9. The will of Cecil Rhe5eteF provides "for The-TFlatjlishrrmit 'jf colonial scholarships, as previously announced, and two American scholar ships to each of the present states and territories of the United States. The will also provides for five scholarships for students of German birth at Ox ford. All the Rhodes scholarships, Amer ican, cede. rial and German, are at Ox ford. ' Mr. Rhodes' will is a remarkable and voluminous document of more than S.'iOfl words. Kven this is not the en tire will, as the executors only gave out the portions which they consider to be of public interest. It was executed in There is a codicil attached on the day of the deceased's last depart ure from Kngland, and another cabled from Capetown, which leaves $20,000 annually to keep up the spot in the Matopopo hills where his remains are to be buried. The will further directs that a railroad extension lie made into the Matopopo hills, so that visitors may go there at the week-end to in spect the "majesty and glory of their surroundings." Mr. Rhodes explicitly says he is to ! buried in an aperture, cut In the solid reck, surmounted by a brass tab let hearing the words: "Here lies the remains of Cecil John Rhodes." No one else is to be buried there who has not deserved well of his coun try. Mr. Rhodes bequeaths all his landed property near Huluvvayo and Salisbury, both in Matabeleland, to trustees. whom he directs, to cultivate the land for the instruction of the people of Rho desia. His celebrated country place at Grout Schuur, not far from Capetown, Mr. Rhodes leaves as a residence "for the prime minister of the federal gov ernment of South Africa," with $5,000 for ils maintenance. HKQCKST TO ORHOL COLLKGK. Mr. Rhodes divides the $.',(10,000 be queathed to Oriel college into several funiir', indicating exclusively how he w isli.-s them to Vie applied, and adds this characteristic sentence: "And finally, as college authorities live secluded from the world and so are like children as tcrcommercial mat ters, I would advise them to consult my trustees regarding the Investment of these various funds so far as they would receive great help and assist ance from such advice." Regarding the American scholarships Mr. Rhodes says: "Whereas, I desire to encourage and I'i'SU'r an appreciation of the advan tages .which 1 implicitly believe will lesull from a union of the Knglish spetiMng people throughout the world and to encourage in the students from the Culled States who will benefit by these scholarships at: attachment In the country from which they have sprung, but without. I hope, withdraw ing iheni or their sympathies from the land of their adoption or birth." The will provides that the executors may at their discretion delay establish ing any territorial scholarships until such time as they may think fit, but it provides also that the territorial sc holniships once established shall not lapse upon the admission of the terri tory to statehood. Another provision is that no student shall be qualified or disqualified foi election to a scholarship on account ol rac e or religious opinion. Mr. Rhodes desires thut the students should not patronize any particular ooll.'g", but distribute themselves all throughout the university. The trus tees are allowed to suspend or remove any scholar at their discretion. Mr. Rhodes expresses the hope that the trustees will arrange an annual dinner and reunion for all "students and scholarship graduates who are able to attend and invite thereto as guests persons who have shown sympathy with the views expressed by me In my will." COAL STRIKE SEEKS TO BE INEVITABLE. Indianapolis, Ind., April 8. At the national headquarters of the United Mine Workers of America in this city the feeling of uneasiness Is apparent. A strike of 6,000 men In the Indiana block coal, district and little hope en tertalneil for on amicable adjustment of the differences In the anthracite fields and In Virginia, has thrown some thing of a damper on officials and upon members of the national executive board, wh oarrlved to attend a nii'ct ing of that body. The boa id must take up and consider all the; differences now existing. It was admitted that an amicable settlement can scarcely be secured. Will Call Out State Troops. Guthrle.Okl., April 8. The'' Comanche county authorities vvtr;d OoVqncvr Fur geson, stating that proclamations have been posted nJI over the illy of Law ton warning all negroes to leave town and that the city was wild with excite ment, and asking the governor If he will order out the territorial national guard If it becomes necessary. Gov ernor Furgeson answered that every Oklahoma militiaman will be sent to Lawton If necessary to protect th col ored population. BRITISH LOSS AT MARTS IS HEAVY. Pretoria, April . The British loose in the engagement In the neighborhood of Harts river. In the southwestern ex tremity of the Transvaal, March H were three officers and twenty-four-men killed and sixteen officers and 131 men wounded. The Boers admit that they lost 137 men killed or wounded. The action occurred at DoornbaJt farm a few miles south of the scene of Gen eral Dtlarey's defeat of General Mt thuen. The Boers, who were com manded by Generals Kemp and Pot giler, a Hacked with great determina tion, but the Canadian contingent, which was the last to arrive In South. Africa, from Canada, and two squad rons of yeomanry under Colonel Cook so if "aneT theartTlleTyaTd mounted rif fles, under Colonel Kelr, presented such a stout front that the burghers were finally fenced to retreat. . The casualty list shows that the sec ond Canadian mounted rifles had four officers wounded, nine men killed ami forty men wounded. London, April 9. The gallantry of the Canadian troops at the engagement with the Boers near Hart river, south western Transvaal, March 31, attracts unstinted praise from the British press. These comments form a strik ing contrast to the recently printed notification that the attention of Lord Roberts, the commander-in-chief, had been drawn to various cases where col onials who had been awarded commls sionse were treated as inferiors by the . regular officers and other commands. Lord Roberts.it was officially announc ed, Is making investigation and In tended to inflict the most serious pen alties on any British officers found guilty of such conduct. Privately, and in ietteis io the press, many colonial officers have frequently complained "that they are good enough at the front, but are not wanted at a Cape town hotel or in a London drawing room." The South African casualty list shows that the losses sustained by the Sec ond dragoon guards in their sharp rear guard action with the Boers near Boschman's kop during the evening of March 31 were severe. Two officers were killed and five were wounded and eighteen men were killed and fifty eight wounded. WARM DEBATE ON EXCLUSION BILL. Washington, D. C, April 8. In the senate a particularly strong speech was made against the Chinese exclusion bill in its present shape by Senator Flatt of Co.'inccticut. He criticised the provi sions governing admission into th United States of Chinese teachers, mere-hunts and students. He said certain exclusion provisions and the restriction particularly sur rounding the; admission to teachers, wer.' so stringent as to prevent any sue h coining into the United States. He said further that what was known as , western civilization of the orient was largely due to the influence exercised by those Chinese who had been edu cated in this country and had returned lo the Chinese kingdom. The debate became so heated at one time, that Mr. Gallinger misunderstood a remark of Mr. Lodge, and warmly and flatly denied the former's asser- tion. He apologized when things were made clear. During the discussion of the bill Mr. Lodge declared that the Six Companies secured M) for each Chinese male smuggled into the United States, and $1,000 for each female. The latter wera sold for immoral purposes. He declar ed that the fraudulent representations to secure the admission o coolie labor to this country In the guise of mer chants, were simply astounding. SECRETARY ROOT ENDS TEDIOUS LABOf.. Washington, D. C, April 9. A little over a year ago the senate adopted a resolution calling on the secretary of war for information tending to show the authe-nticity and genuineness of the order for the massacre of the residents of Manila on February IS, 1 899. Th'V secretary of war has Just made re sponse to the resolution, all of the time since the adoption of the resolution being required to complete the search for the necessary papers here and in. the Islands. The secretary transmits in answer to the resolution, a photographic repro duction of the alleged massacre order, bearing date of February 7, liJstS, ami w ith this photograph are a number of papers Inte nded to demonstrate that It is an absolute copy of an original that actually existed and was Issued by tint lute General Luna. Confirmatory evi dence on this point, it Is stated. Is a statement by Aguinaldo, affirming the genuineness of Luna's signature to tlni order. The secretary's report states that Luna was then director or assistant secretary of war of the Malolos gov ernment and commanding general ot the Philippine army operating in the northern boundaries of the city of Ma nlto. Sotindlca, who was a colonel of mllillH and who army officers In 1891) generally believed to have been the author of this order, was a membe of General Luna's staff and probably the medium through which the order was given by Luna to the chiefs ot militia stationed In Manila. Bartender Slaps Mrs. Nation. Nebraska City, Neb., April 8,-lIrs. Carrie Nation was arrested here and taken to Jail, but was released on her promise to leave by the next train. Shct hud been making the rounds of the sa loons and at one time threatened to demolish a large picture and smash tho bar. The bartender warned her, but she persisted, and he slapped her twice in the face and put her out of the sa loon. She soon returned with a party of adherents, but a policeman arrestsd, her and escorted her to jail. , ,