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Shorn of his power by a combina-
tion of the Democrats and Republican
insurgents , Joseph Gurney Cannon is
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The House Saturday afternoon
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1 .of a committee on rules by the House
! itself , the committee to consist of ten
, members and the speaker being in.
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: passed by the House is as follows :
: "Resolved , That the rules of the
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as follows :
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: e "Paragraph V. There shall be a
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I ' of whom shall be members of the ma
, jority party and four of whom shall
DC members of the minority party. The
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committee and the committee shall
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tion there shall be an election of this I
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- election the present committee on
! rules sliall be dissolved. "
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t 7 then defeated a resolution declaring
the office of speaker vacated and pro-
viding for the immediate election of a
successor to Cannon. Nine insurgents
voted with the Democrats in support
of this resolution.
At noon Friday the tense situation
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l' l much more serene than it had been at
&ny : time since the condition develop-
ed. The insurgent Republicans were
in conference and the regular Repub-
licans were contending that the result
of the meeting would be a compro-
mise.
mise.While
While the conference was on , the
House practically : was in recess. The
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cerned as to the ultimate effect of the
strife on his own fortunes. The mem
bers were good-natured and generally
discussed the situation in a friendly
manner.
It was a memorable fight which day-
t. light found still in progress in the
House. A stubborn filibuster on the
part of Speaker Cannon and the House
organization and equally relentless at-
tack on the part of the "allies"-these
were the distinguishing features in the
hottest fight that has yet been made
to overthrow the present control of
the House. It was extraordinary in
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ttany ways. For instance , the odd
'x > ectacle was presented of the House
s preponderantly Republican , ordering
I the arrest of the absentees of that par
ty on the motion of a Democrat car-
ried by Democratic votes.
Then , too. it is not often that a fill.
buster is carried on by the regular
' ( House organization , virtually led by
the Speaker , supposedly in full control
, Of the House machinery , to prevent
. consideration of a resolution designed
l W overthrow that organization , make
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tomm ltee , the tenure of whose chair-
, l manship is supposed to be the chief
asset in the Speaker's wealth of power.
It is many years , old observers say
-In fact , no precise parallel has been
I uggested - since the House remained
t actually in session all night , and thaf
after an all-day session.
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Republican Caucus Selects Only
Friends of Speaker Cannon.
Six regulars were chosen at the
Republican caucus in Washington to
represent the majority . party on the
committee on rules which is to suc-
ceed the committee retired by the
revolution that took place in the
House of Representatives a few days
ago. The slate as prepared by the
degular leaders was chosen , as follows :
Henry Sherman Boutell , of Illinois ;
John Dalzell , of Pennsylvania ; J.
Sloat Fassett of New York ; Walter
I. Smith , of Iowa ; George P. Law-
rence , of Massachusetts ; Sylvester C.
Smith , of California.
Both Smith , of Iowa , and Dalzell ,
are members of the present commit-
tee on rules , having been appointed to
places thereon by Speaker Cannon.
Representative Boutell is one of Speak-
er Cannon's closest friends and gre t-
est -admirers and placed Mr. : Cannon
in nomination for President at the
Chicago convention in 1908. Mr. Law-
rence , Massachusetts , has long been
a close friend of Speaker Cannon. Mr.
Fassett is one of the orators of the
"regulars. " Representative Smith , of
California , has always been one of
the most regular Republicans in the
House.
Speaker Cannon attended the cau-
cus , but took no prominent part in
-the proceedings. He made no speech ;
had nothing whatever to say except
in the heart-to-heart whispered talks
he indulged in with his lieutenants of
old. All the insurgents attended the
caucus except Gardner , Massachu
setts , who was kept away by illness.
The insurgent leaders express com-
plete satisfaction in the work of the
caucus. None of them bolted or criti
cized in any way the result of the
balloting. Out of the total Republican
membership of the House-216-there
were present 189.
SENTENCES MUCH MARRIED MAN.
l1'orcIgncrVho Po cdas : Baron ,
Convicted on Perjury ; Charge.
Arthur F. Zimmerman , the impress-
ive-looking foreigner said to have
posed as "Baron von Lichtenstein"
when seeking matrimonial alliances
with title-loving women of means , was
sentenced in Brooklyn , N. Y. , to from
four years and eight months to nine
years and six months in prison. He
was convicted on a charge of perjury
in having sworn falsely that he was i
unmarried when applying last April
for a license to marry a Brooklyn wom
an. Judge Dike , in imposing sentence ,
scored Zimmerman for having married
twenty-four women since 1872. Zim-
merman has nineteen children , six of
whom are twins. He is under indict-
ment for bigamy.
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MOUNT ETNA IN ERUPTION.
Volcano ThroTvs Lava on Towns
from Four Xevr Cratera.
Seven violent earthquakes of vol
canic origin occurred at Mileto , Prov-
ince of Catanzaro , Italy , the other
morning. Similar shocks : were felt at
Messina. Mount Etna suddenly be-
came active and four new craters were
opened. Professor Ricco ' of the Mount
Etna Observatory confirmed this news.
He declares that more than twenty
slight shocks occurred. The lava is
extending and descending toward Vol-
U Girolema , toward the cultivated
lands and the villages on the sides of
the mountain.
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George William Norris , representa
tive from the Fifth Nebraska district
whose onslaught on Cannon has made
him famous from Maine to California ,
has worked his way , despite many
handicaps , up to a position of emi-
nence. He was born on a farm in
Sandusky , Ohio , in 1861. His father
died when he was a babe , his only
brother was killed in the Civil War ,
and his mother was left in straitened
circumstances. He worked among the
neighboring farmers in the summer
months and attended school only in
the winter , became a country school-
master , studied law and was admitted
to the bar in 1883. Then the West
opened vistas of preferment , and he
went to Nebraska in 1855 and soon
began to be conspicuous in politics. In
1895 he was elected District Judge of
the Fourteenth Nebraska District.
Four years later he was re-elected to
the same position , which he held when
he was nominated to the Fifty-eighth
Congress , and since that time he has
represented the Fifth District. Mr.
Norris is a man of strong personality
and is a ready debater.
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that he is not a candidate for another
nomination to the presidency of the
United States. He says that he neither
desires nor expects to be a candidate
again.
Leroy Percy , of Greenville , Miss. , was
chosen United States Senator from
Mississippi on the fifty-eighth ballot of
the Democratic caucus by a majority of
five votes over former Governor Var-
daman. The nomination is equivalent
to election.
The volume of campaign literature
sent out during a national campaign
Is being eclipsed by the bulk of letters ,
speeches and pamphlets now being
poured Into tho so-called doubtful and
insurgent States by the Republican
Congressional Committee.
In the two months since Gaynor be-
came mayor of New York he has
dropped over 400 politicians from the
pay roll of tttfe city. He dismissed 125
politicians in a single day. He has cut
salaries aggregating $855,000 a year
and made savings In expenditures
amounting to $2,000,000 . . . . . . - per' Y a.r.
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TO RAISE MAINE HTJLK
Opportunity May Be Afforded to
Study How Vessel Was Destroyed.
The National House of Representa
tives has passed a bill providing for
the raising of the hulk of the ill-fated
battle ship Maine , which was sunk in
the harbor of Havana in 1898. If the
Senate approves the bill the opportun-
ity will be afforded to recover the bod-
ies of any of the dead sailors that
may be within the wreck and also fur-
nish a way for an examination to de-
termine if possible the manner in
which the vessel was destroyed.
The bodies of sailors that might be
recovered would be interred in Arling-
ton Cemetery on the Virginia shore ,
opposite Washington. The mast of the
Maine would be erected in the ceme-
tery near the graves of the Maine
dead.
As passed by ' the House the bill was
changed in its general terms , so as to
authorize the work to be done under
the direction of the engineer corps of
the army with the consent of the re
public of Cuba. By the insistance of
Mr. Sulzer of New York , the bill was
worded to require the "raising" as well
. as the "removal" of the wreck , so that
an examination could be made of the
hulk to determine the manner of the
vessel's destruction.
WINS IN REPUBLICAN FORT.
E. N. Foss First Democrat to Carry
14th Massachusetts District.
Eugene N. Foss of Boston the other
day was elected to Congress from the
Fourteenth District of Massachusetts. :
Running on the Democratic ticket in
a district which in 1908 gave the late
William C. Lovering , Republican , a
plurality of 14,256 , Mr. Foss defeated
William R. Buchanan of Brockton , the
Republican nominee by 5,617 votes.
The victor in this election is a brother
of Congressman George Edmund Foss
of Chicago. Mr. \ Foss was adopted as
the favorite son of the old colony dis
trict by the decisive action of Repub-
licans and Democrats , who gave major-
ities to him in thirty-three of the for-
ty-four towns and in the two cities in
the district. The Democratic candi-
date invaded Brockton , the home of
his opponent , and secured the major I
portion of the votes , winning in that
city by a plurality of 171. This show-
ing in the Fourteenth District is ag
gressively and demonstratively insur-
gent. It turned a majority of 14,000
for a Republican into an excess of 5- '
617 for a Democrat of comparatively I
recent conversion.
GENERAL HURT ; WOMAN KILLED
Trolley Car Demolishes Automobile
on a Washington Road.
Major General J. Franklin Bell , chief
of staff of the army , was badly but
probably not dangerously injured , and
Mrs. Herbert J. Slocum , wife of Major
Slocum , of the Seventh Cavalry was
almost instantly killed in a collision
of their automobile with a trolley car
on the Tenallytown road in the north
west outskirts Washington. . Gen-
eral Bell had one rib broken , suffered
a painful scalp wound and severe bruis-
es. The chauffeur was uninjured. Mrs.
Slocum lived only a few moments. Her
husband is attached to the headquar-
ters of the Department of the East at
Governors Island , New York. General
Bell absolved the trolley car motorman
from blegne I for the . accident. .
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Barely Quorum Left When Accused
Men Plead Guilty and Resign.
An embarrassing situation has de-
veloped in Pittsburg's councilmanic
bodies , through the enforced resigna-
tions of a number of members because !
of confessions of guilt in connection
with the bribery .conspiracy and oth-
ers that are expected to be demanded
by reason of the indictments found
against forty ; present and former mem-
bers by the grand jury. It is not
known if there are enough members
left to form a quorum. It is consid-
ered fortunate in official circles that
the budget was passed before the storm
broke , as there might have been diffi-
culty in arranging special meetings to
pass the bills which had become laws
before taxes could be collected. The
penalty to which the guilty councilmen
are liable under the law is a fine not
exceeding $10,000 , imprisonment not
exceeding five years , and to be forever
debarred from holding any place of
profit or trust In the commonwealth.
"Capt. " John Klein , who started the
municipal uproar by his confession , is
guarded by two detectives at a down-
town hotel. His meals are being
served in his rooms and his every
want satisfied. Judge Frazer of the
Criminal Court sat as a committing
magistrate to hear pleas of council-
men who wish to "come forward" and
receive suspended sentences. Anxious
to receive the immunity bath , three I
former members of the Common Coun
cil appeared and pleaded "no defense"
to charges of having received money
for their votes In the passage of bank
and street vacation ordinances. Two of
the men who appeared were not even I
under indictment. All were given sus.
pended sentences.
MABRAY IS CONVICTED.
Jurors in Council Bluffs Trial Find
Alleged Swindler and Aids Guilty.
John C. Mabray and thirteen of his
associates , who for ten days have been
on trial in the United States District
Court in Council Bluffs , charged with
illegal use of the mails in connection
with an extensive "fixed" race swin
dle , were found guilty in a verdict by
the jury which heard the case. Rob-
ert E. L. Goddard of San Antonio , the
fifteenth defendant , secured a disa-
greement.
Those convicted with Mabray were
Leon Loser , Tom S. Robinson , Willard
Powell , Clarence Class , Edward Leach :
! Edward K. Morris , Clarence Forbes
. Harry Forbes , Frank Scott , Ed Mc
Coy , Winford S. Harris , Bert R. Shores I
and William ( "Ole" ) Marsh. The 1
last-named three entered a plea of I
nolle contendre when the trial opened ,
which was , in effect , a plea of guiltr.I I
With the conviction of Mabray and ! I
his associates the government believes
it has broken up the most .monumen
tal swindling combination which ever
has operated. Statistics have been
gathered which show the receipts of
the combination since its organizatiou
about ten years ago to have exceeded
$5,000,000.
LOVE OF DRESS LEADS TO PRISON
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Ohio Girl Who Gave Sister Mysteri 4
ous Tablet Faces Murder Charges.s
.Sixteen-year-old Catherine Manz end
ed her restless girlhood in a prison
cell in Massillon Ohio , the other night
under a charge of murder. At a pre-
liminary hearing before Mayor Remley
the prisoner entered a plea of not
guilty to the charge of murder in the
first degree. Later the girl faced an
other long cross examination as to the
death of her sister , Elizabeth , to whom
she says she gave a mysterious tablet
Friday not long before the elder girl
fell dying to the door.
In her confused first story to the
chief of police and the coroner the
child prisoner declared that she had
purchased a drachm of strychnine for (
a man , who later presented her with 1
two capsules to give her sister. She I ]
has declined to tell who this man is ]
and the police are inclined to believe ]
that he is only a figure of her imagina 1
tion. It is known , however , that her 1
love of clothes , and her extravagances
led her into many escapades. Her
friends will be called upon to tell what (
they know of her relations with hel
sister.
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restraint of trade , were'returned by S
the federal grand jury in Chicago. Si
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multaneously , a bill in equity : was filed
by the government in which the courts
are asked to dissolve the parent con
cern. The double barreled blow is cal
culated by government officials to have
a far-reaching effect and shortly after a
tlje grand jury was discharged it was
authoritatively stated that criminal
prosecution of individuls might follow.
The civil action was filed by United
States District Attorney Sims , under
instructions from Attorney General
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MOD'S Part in Hanging
According to the verdict of the corq
oner "Bob" Austin and "Charley"
Richardson , the negroes lynched at
Marion , Ark. , for their alleged part In
a recent jail delivery , "came to their
death by suicide. " The coroner in his
verdict made no mention of the inci r
dents leading to the "suicides , " in
eluding the breaking open of the jail
by a mob and taking of the two ne- jj
groes to the courthouse square where c
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In the Senate Thursday Mr. Cum
mins delivered the third section of his
address. on tne administration railroad
bill and was interrupted by adjourn
ment. A mighty battle was ' precipitat
ed in the House early in the day by a
resolution offered by the insurgents
to select a new committee on rules
and exclude Speaker Cannon from
membership. Several times the speak
er was defeated and he was finally
forced to adopt a filibuster to delay
action. Up to a late hour the result
was undecided. '
In the Senate Friday Senator Cum
mins concluded his speech on the ad
ministration railway bill after which
routine business was transacted. The
House spent the entire day in dead
lock on the Norris resolution changing
the Committee on Rules , which ended
. just before 5 o'clock with an agre&
ment to take the matter up the next
day.
By a vote of 191 to 155 the Republi
can insurgents voting solidly with the
Democrats , the House Saturday adopt *
ed the resolution of Representative
Norris , Republican , of Nebraska , re-
quiring a reorganization of the rules
committee , increasing its membership
from five to ten , and declaring the
Speaker < ineligible to membership
thereon. By the curiously identical
vote of 191 to 155-but with a decid
edly different personnel of alignment
-the House defeated a resolution ol
Representative Burleson of Texas de
claring the Speakersliip vacant and
ordering an immediate election of a
successor to Mr. Cannon.
As a calm follows a storm , the
House of Representatives met in sol :
emn session Sunday to pay tribute to
one of its late members , Robert C.
Davy of Louisiana. Only one mem
ber , Representative Townsend of Mich-
igan , made reference to the exciting
incidents of the last few days on the
floor , when he said , in introducing hi3
remarks : "I am much impressed with
the difference of the scenes now and
those of a few hours ago. " Repre-
sentative Broussard of Louisiana occu-
pied the chair during the session ex
cept for time enough to deliver his
eulogy of his late colleague. The oth
er speakers were Messrs. Wagner oJ
Pennsylvania , Adamson of Georgia ,
Gilmore , Ransdell , Pujo and Estopinal
of the Louisiana delegation. Other
members who did not speak were
granted permission to print their eu
logies in the Record.
In the Senate Monday , Mr. Elkini
supported the administration railroad
bill in an extended speech. A num
ber of minor bills were passed , includ
ti
ing i one appropriating 3,600,000 t .
purchase twelve blocks for an enlarge
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ment of the grounds surrounding thE
capitol. : : A very quiet and uneventful
session was held by the House. B ,
unanimous consent numerous bills oJ
minor importance were passed and thi
pension appropriation bill , carrying
nearly $156,000,000 , was taken up. Th
House agreed to limit general debate
upon the measure to eight hours
Representative Gillette , of Massachu-
setts , talked on the necessity of econ
omy in government expenditures. Rep
resentative Goulden , of New York , op
posed ship subsidy legislation and Rep
resentative Langley , of Kentucky , ad-
vocated more liberal pensions.
'The Senate Tuesday began consid
ration of a bill providing for a codi
fication of laws relating to the judi
ciary. Senator Clapp , speaking upon
the : administration's railroad bill , ex
pressed confidence that it would be
materially amended before its final
passage. The general debate on thf
pension appropriation bill continued
throughout : the day in the House.
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The bill providing . for codification
of the laws relating to the judiciary
was under consideration during
almost the entire session of the Sen
Wednesday. . The raising of the bafc
tie ship Maine , now submerged in the
harbor of Havana , was provided for
in a bill passed by the House. Under
the provision of this measure the '
wreck of the Maine can be examined
to determine the manner of its de-
struction. The remains of the sailor
dead that may be found will be in
terred in Arlington Cemetery. The
House also passed a bill providing a
penalty of not more than $1,000 fine
or imprisonment for not more than two
years in the case of any proprietor ol
L place of amusement in the District
of . Columbia and territories who may
refuse admission to a soldier or sailor
of the United States because of hlr
uniform.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES
Jerome Post , a New York broker , , ,
has been sued for $50,000 for breacb
of , promise in the Supreme Court ; ) f
New York County by Miss : Alma Brod-
rick , 5S26 South Park avenue , Chi-
cago.
The criminal division of the Supreme
Court : of Missouri upheld the law re-
quiring : all deals in futures to bear
tamps of 25 cents.
Announcement was made in Mexico
City : that Paul Morton head of the
Equitable , has been appointed vice
president of the Pan-American Rail-
oad.
The Council of the United Reformed
Churches : , representing the entire field ,
rl the United States of churches work- '
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ing under a Presbyterian form of -
hurch government , met in Louisviila- ,
for a three-day convention.
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