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J N t HI r i b t d im if 61 Landis Stirs Up a Hornets Nest in the House AQ11ICJULTUKAL BILL PASSED Ailitllltinnl Aipriti till Ion r MtllK It Votiil fur rurmiin lleport on Aim Hill IlinontMil In tltu Sctmlu WnMiluglon Inn 21 -Senator De pew o Nt v York yesterday delivered Jit the senate ii chararlerlMleally forc ible niul eloquent address In support of tln shipping hill Tho address which occupied nut nil hour was In tlu iiattuo of mi appeal for the up building of the American tneicluint iiiirliu hy tin granting of suwhllcs hi provided for In I ho pcuillii measure Ills discussion of tlio problems or transportation which now confront American innnnfneturers and Ainer lean farmers was notably Interesting nml enecllvo The peroration In which he uracil that the Auierlcnn flag bo restored to the mastheads of the freight carrying ships of the Hulled KtateH was a brilliant pleee of oratory mid elicited cordial applause from Mon ti tors on the Hour and the crowds In the galleries Kittle prowess was made with the Indian appropriation bill The last hour of the Henate day was consumed In the passage of pri vate pension blllls limine Ill Natal lllll Washington Ian 20 Tho house yes terday adopted the conference report upon the army reorganization bill The contest over It was brief Hull chair man of the military affairs committee preventing prolonged debate The do Late was chlelly notable for a short ex change between Kleharilsou the minor ity leader and May ilem Va a inein bur of the conference committee who reproached the Democratic leader for not making a light for a temporary iiriny when the bill was originally be fore the house The naval appropria tion bill was dually passed and also 77 private pension bills SATURDAY Washington Ian 128 A variety of subjects Including appropriation bills the war revenue reduction ship sub tddy bill mid to some extent the Phil ippine question will claim the atten tion of the senate this week Today Towne will speak on the problems In volved In the government of the Phil ippines There Is somewhat more than usual Interest In this speech because not only of Townes reputation as an orator and the fact that it will be his only speech In the senate on a political Kiibject but because of lncreised In terest In the Philippine question nrmiscd by the presidents request of the senate for early legislation on this subject Senator Aldrlch has given notice that be will ask the senate to take up the war revenue bill early In the week Jf there Is an opportunity the sub sidy bill will be taken up The week In the house Is likely to lie monopolized by appropriation bills Seven of the II general appropriation bills have already passed the house namely The executive legislative and Judiciary pension military acad emy Indian naval river and harbor nml District of Columbia bills Three others the postotllce agriculture and fortlticatlons bills have been reported to the house and the remaining four the army consular and diplomatic sundry civil and general deficiency re still in the committees having them in charge The three reported to the house and the consular and dip lomatic which Is practically com pleted probably will be disposed of dining the week MONDAY Washington Jan 2 The senate turned lrotn the grind of appropriation yesterday to listen to u speech which partook of the character of an oration from Senator Towne Minn In advo cacy of his resolution for u cessation of hostilities In the Philippines The galleries public and pnvaU were crowded to overllowlng Mr Townes style of delivery was clear and forci ble Although restricted by manu script he had tho subject well in hand nml rolled out tho tine periods with a fervor that sent them echoing through the chamber The r peoch abounded In apostrophes to liberty and patriotism and scathing arraignment of the pol icy by which tho Filipinos were being annihilated At one time an out burst of applause from the galleries led to n vigorous warning from the presiding olllcer ngaliibt demonstra tions of approval or dissent As tho or ator closed his brilliant peroration there was another outburst of ap plause despite the warnings of the chnlr Immediately following Mr Townes speech the credentials of his successor Mr Clapp Minn wero presented and after being sworn In the new senntor took his seat and Mr Towne retired Tho rest of the day was devoted to the Indian appropria tion bill the discussion turning on Ir rigation and little progress being made Home lrocvtdliigi Washington Jan 20 The major por tion of the day lu the house was occu pied In the transaction of District of Columbia business The bill to revise and codify the postal laws which has been under consideration at Intervals for ten days was finally passed Its friends succeeded in coutlnlng the measure strictly to the purpose for which It was framed a codification and revision of existing laws All at tempts to amend it lu any vital par ticular faded The most Interesting feature of the day was un attempt to secure u vote upou tho senate bill to appoint a commission to consider and adjudicate the claims of United Minion clllneim against Spain nrltiliig out of tlu war with Spain which UiIh govern ment assumed by section 7 of t lir Instructlons to report buck n hill to confer piirltdlctlun lu these rases upon the com t of claims Mr lliuigcu of Mail Ituu of a Cable Car New York Jan 31 Hipping up Lex Ingtou avenue at breakneck seed hiht THE NORFOLK NEWS FHIDAY FEBRUARY 1 UM1 0 l IP the committee on war claims secured SITUATION consideration of a substitute for the bill drawn hi accordance with tho In structions of the house ami then ap pealed to the house to vote down the substitute and pass the senate bill There was some Intimation of sharp practice over this mode of procedure lint the mutter was nettled temporarily by postponing consideration of the hill until next Monday TUESDAY Washington Ian IV- Senator I rye gave notice In the senate yesterday that he Intended to keep the shipping bill to the I rout even against nppio print Ion bills not yielding to them without a vote of the senate It indi cated a disposition on the pail of the Henate leaders to force to an early Is mm the iiicsllon whether the shipping bill Is going to pass at this session Senator Turner Wash spoke lu se vere arraignment of the hill declaring It to be a lawless piratical raid upon the public treasury In the Interest of a few private beneficiaries and com mitting the government to expendi tures aggregating 270000000 He fore the session closed the committee ainendinents were Informally agreed to s The Indian appropriation bill was passed early hi the day Agrlrultuial lllll In llminn Washington Ian HO The house spent the day upon the agricultural appropriation bill Corliss Mich made a vigorous onslaught on the bureau of animal Industry In the agricultural de partment but his argument raised a host of defenders and his effort to reduce the appropriation for the bu reau was overwhelmingly defeated the reorganization of the sclentllle iiiit ikiinu r in Tiiiiti iikii in i amendment providing that no money should be paid to the college In Utah until the secretary of agriculture was treaty of Paris Tin1 house lit tin1 lust session recommitted a similar lilll with Commission Denies That morality Runs Riot IS IMPROVING HrniM ItnpiMt f Hi lift ti Omni i mid Urjnfi IhiiiiimII ntti lixllutloi fur llio Intrrniiitnt nf Hid if llxtra Srntltin Washington Ian iiil The president yesteiday transmitted to the senate a report of the secretary of war Inclos ing the report of the Tuft Philippine commission In his message of trims- dial the president says that the re port Includes not only the report of the commission but Its net of legislation and other Important Information re lating to the conditions and Immediate wants of the Philippine Islands Concluding the president says I earnestly recommend legislation under which the government of the Islands may have assistance In their peaceful Industrial development lu the direc tions Indicated by the secretary of war Secretary Hoots letter of transmittal Is dated laniiary 21 addressed to the president and Is In part as follows I beg leave to supplement my an nual report of November 10 1100 by transmitting a report made by tho Philippine commission on that date hut only recently received at the war department At the same time I wish to call attention to some conditions ex isting lu the Philippine Islands which Indicate that tho development of that country along the lines or peaceful In dustrial progress requires the exercise of powers of civil government not vest ed In tills department or lu you as military commander but requiring a grant of authority from the congress The commission gives a gratifying count of the progress made In the pad 1 41 1 I 41 1 11 that portion of the b II relating to I mil subsidence of guerrilla warfare I Information received subesquent to the te of the report conllrms the favor on point of order raised a by Malion Pa The earlier portion of the session was enlivened by a sequel to the ex change between Klynn O T and Stephens Tex Monday when the lie was almost passed Stephens again denied andTlynn ngaln reiterated his charges in con nection with the passage of the 1111 to ratify the Kiowa and Comanche agreement passed at the last session WEDNESDAY Washington Jan III The anti-polygamy crusade which resluteil In drlv lugM r ltoberls Uaths representative out of the house at the last session had an echo In the house yesterday during the consideration of the agricul tural appropriation bill When the sec tion making the appropriations for ag ricultural colleges of the several states was reached La mils I ml offered an able anticipations of the commission A personal letter received by nie from Judge Taft dated December 11 1D0D says Since writing you about 1000 In surgents in 1 locos Norte have surren dered and 10000 persons who were not well affected towards us in laiiay have taken the oath of allegiance I have already received two papers from native priests eighteen In number and 1 am told that there will be a great many other papers signed by a groat many more native priests tendering their allegiance to the United States J and promising fidelity without mental reserve The native priests are those who have held out longest In favor of the Insurgents am against the leans and 1 deem this action as of great Importance The army is hitting small but hard knocks against the in surgents everywhere Since the elec tion there has been a great falling on In the activity of the Insurgents In ag gressiveness Passage of Spooner bill satistled that no tustee or teacher present session greauy neecien ro se ll the institution practiced irolyguiny rIrp ust rosut flom Proving tlons The amendment came as a complete surprise King who succeeded Kob erts tried In vain to head It oft with The report that Immorality run riot lu Manila Is denied by the commission a point of order and then Inveighed The relations of the friars to thepooplo nro Uu1 t length Their abuso against It as simply an aftermath of the ltoberts crusade He insisted that nniv is nmniuou nnr wieir uis polygamy was a thing of the past Inndls replied by alleging that two of the professors of the Utah agricul tural college were polyganiists and that one of the trustees had seven wives ami 07 children Upon this showing the house adopted the amendment whereupon King retaliated by offering an amendment providing that none of thenioneysliouldgoto agricultural col leges In nny stnte whose Instructors or trustees were eagagaed In lynching or been guilty of adultery He after ward modllled It so as to apply only to the agricultural college of Indiana It was overwhelmingly defeated Sub sequently when the bill was reported plncement advocated by the commis sion FAVORS THE SPOONER BILL lrllliluos Urgu IiKlalutlon for Icrniaucut Form of iovcTiiineiit Manila Jan 121 The executive com mittee of the federal party has tiled a petition requesting the Philippine com mission to urge upon President Mc Klnley that the passage of the Spooner bill by congress Is an urgent neces sity as the progress of the archipelago demands an authority which can leg islate and control the Incorporation of concerns regulnte mining claims dis pose of public lands and perform other functions not vested In either the mill- to tho house tho fandls amendment was stricken out by n vote of ill to 10 1 t llQ L jtioi The friends of the farmer were -much I tf fftt rt ia ti much In evidence during the lay and tlp cutlve authorities oners state that the time irfiiiikitil jtn tr rt n iti tn nnf CHt1llHllIuent oC wUlth wlII wln against an iiggresslve opposition led the lllBHrrectlon pr favorIB by Malion Pa voted into the bill nn htIm0 whUo nt the 8Une lt wH CB additional appropriation of 50000 for farmers bulletins There was also considerable discus sion of the Irrigation of arid lauds in connection with the paragraph provid ing for an Investigation of that subject The bill was passed IoliiC In the Upper Iluuto Washington Jan 111 The shipping bill was kept to the front In the bcu ato throughout the day No apprecia ble progress was made most of tho time being occupied by Turley Tenn and Jones Ark In speeches oppos ing the bill and severely arraigning Its courage the native gpveniment in the Philippines under American I elgnty Therefore they urge thnt the Spooner bill which empowers Presi dent McKlnloy In Ills discretion to declare tho Insurrection ended and to establish n civil government bo passed by tho present congress The members of tho commission while desirous that n full quota of troops shall continue here has recom amended passage of the Spooner bill Muy Cull mi Extra Sestlon Washington Jan Ii0 The brief Aiiiiiitinli tliiii Iti 4 It n nmeaii crr st 41i r alleged favoritism Jones declared It president sent to the senate yesterday should be entitled n bill to permit n urging lmmedlnto legislation In the select coterie of ship owners to loot terest of tho Philippines caused the United States treasury After eral surprlso among the senators aud the speeches the formal reading of the speculation on the probabilities of an bill was completed but the extra sesslou of congress Immediately lion or amendments was not entered after March 3 Senators gouorully upon Karly lu tho day an unsuccess ful effort was made to secure huve received they say no Intimation from tho white house thnt nn extra ment to tho conference report on the session would be desirable but they army reorganization bill The creden tlals of Nelson Minn and McMillan Mich were presented unite In saying no Philippines lcglsla tion Is possible during the remuiuder of tho present term The Spooner bill vesting all power of the government In Philippine archipel ago in the president Is the only Philip night a runaway cable car caught up Pmes general bill It Is belloved that with two other cars und pushed them I whenever an earnest effort is made to ahead iu a mad run that lasted for 20 secure legislation bearing on this sub- blocks before tho cars were under con trol And then It wus found that four persons were hurt seriously and n score slightly All three cars were crowded with the rush from downtown and windows wero crashed lu plat forms wrecked and the passengers tossed wildly about ject much time will be required Some senntors also express thp opinion that legislation may be necessary iu the Cuban situation and whllo there are differences of opinion all agreo that tr such uctlon would become necessary It would be Imposslblo to secure it at this sosslou READY FOR MRS NATION Arli Clljr Sit I mm KecpnM liiC lrt irH lor llio Aauil ArkaiiMis City Kan Jan Yes terday a repoit that Mrs Carrie Nation would he In this city about the mid dle of this week was circulated and Immediately the Joint keepers began making preparations to prevent her from destroying their property Bar rlcades that can be put lu place at n moments notice have been con structed anil sentries will be placed about town to give warning of her ap proach Some members of the local Womens thrlstlnn Temperance union wrote Mrs Nation whrn she was con fined In the Wichita Jail urging hor to come to hls elty and carry on hor work and she promised to come This Is the home of Itev 11 IT Moore who last fall was candldnto on the prohibition ticket for secretary of state It Is said that he will as sist Mrs Nation In her work hero MEDAL FOR MRS NATION lann Sluln Tniiitriiiliio Union Qtilcikljr SiiliMrlbc n I I i 1 for That Iurpoia AiltlrcNtrii tlin Con volition Topekit Jan 10 The Kansas Stato Temperance union which Is holding Its annual convention here yesterday subscribed over 100 to purchase n gold medal for Mrs Nation Mrs Hutchinson prcsldenf of the state W C T U was made chairman of a com mittee to design and purchase tho medal The fund was started by Colonel C B Cook who after a stirring speech donated I0 to help purchase n gold medal for the bravest womnn In Kon sas Mrs Nation The suggestion was taken up with n cheer and the money was quickly raised Mrs II Hoffman who last week aided Mrs Nation In the Enter prise raid was the second person to subscribe to the fund When Mrs Nation heard what had been done she cried n little nml then began to scold those who hnd plnnncd the surprise She said she would take tlio money and turn lt over to the fund to aid her work but she would lmvo no medal Later Mrs Nation respond ed to an Invitation to address tho con vention and her remarks were vigor ously applauded Yesterday when Mrs Nation called on him County Attorney Nichols had told her that he believed In resubmission and she said that be fore he pushed resubmission on tho people she would throw her hatchet at his head Mrs Nation said she would remnln in Topeka until every one of the 120 saloons are closed 1 will petition the governor every day the said I will see tho legis lature I will talk and talk and talk I will uo all the Inlluencc I can and If this does not suftlec well thcro nre other means Mrs Nation called upon the sheriff the city attorney and the probata Judge and urged each to enforce tho law against saloons SENDS REASSURING REPORT War Dopttrtineiit IIcui h From Cone nil lt o In Howard to liuliuii Frm iis Washington Jan at The war de partment has received the following telegram from Brigadier General Kitzliugli Lee commanding the De partment of the Missouri in regard to the Indian troubles OniitUu Jan 28 Adjutant General War Deportment Washington Lieutenant Dix on comnmnillni troop A KluhtU cavalry Henrietta I T reports no violence by In dians and no excitement at Iloldcnvlllo aud rufuuln people not leaving ttiolr homes ro anywhere without fear Cliltto Ilirjo Crazy Snake wus arrested yesterday with out dlltlcnlty by Deputy Johnson and now held at Henrietta Dixon Instructed to five necennary protection to provent de struction of rlahvnys or bridges So fui no acta of violence vciitled Lin Hi headier General GET MAXIMUM SENTENCE Judge Ailmlnliturs Iull Done of Juatle to Jenulo HoMchlutori Murderers Pnterson N J Jan 30 Walter O MeAllhter William A Death aud An drew J Campbell who were found guilty of murder In the second degree for the killing of Jennie Iiosschietcr on Oct 38 1000 by the admlnlstra tion of chloral and subsequent as Miult together with George J Kerr who pleaded non vult contendre to n churge of assault were brought luto court of oyer and terminer here for sentence by Judge Dixon McAllster Campbell nml Death were each sent enced to U0 years Imprisonment at hard labor Tho sentences of all the men are the full termR of Imprison ment which the law provides Light Shine Iu Creitou Again Creston In Jan HO ell and the Creston company have ndjusted their differ ences and the reign of darkness that has existed in this city slnco Jan 1 when tho council ordered the lights shut off will cense and the illumina tion be Installed In a very short time The council had to give In to tho light ing company on a five year contract but the company agrees to submit to arbitration at any time If tho service Is not satisfactory Under the old con tract tho city paid 100 per light for 18 arcs while under tho new contract the company glvos the city 23 nrcs aud three Incandescent lights for S20 r nn mJ DESPICABLE COURSE OF PETTI I GREW OBSTRUCTIONIST Una I out lip Itrnprrt of Tluifc Who Oner Honored III lit Supported In IMIII it He Not Scheme to Delral Washimtion Jon 2 Senntor Petti grew of South Dakota has developed Into such an out and out obstructionist that few people remember the time that he occupied a position of lnllueuce and power among his colleagues lu the United States senate With the change lu sentiment there has come u complete transformation In the man and all of those previously concealed Idiosyncra sies of character which have made lilui so obnoxious to both sides of the sen ate chamber because of the vlrulenco of his language have been revealed lie Is consuming the closing days of a most ignominious career in the United States as a leaderof a cllipia of ob structionists which may go down In history yet as having compelled tho most deliberative legislative body on earth to place a limit upou debate On the army reorganization bill be fore the limit vote was taken nml which so signally sustained the ad ministration and carried Into effect the will of the people as expressed at tho polls last November Senator lettl grew easily took first rank as tho most bitter of the radical filibusters He has permitted himself to bo Interview ed repeatedly In order to assure the public that his opposition Is largely di rected against the shipping bill to de feat which he was quite willing to oppose all other measures however pressing that preceded It Senator lettlgrew has freely Indulged lu state ments ImpiigAing the motives of tiio friends of the shipping bill and his bitterest invectives and choicest epi thets have been directed against the owners of the swift ships under the American ling In the transatlantic trade while he has not heittntod to charge ngniust his colleague Senator Hnnnn the basest motives fo his sup port of the measure as prosi nted lor passage by the senate commerce com mittee A curious thing has come to light in this connection however which will have no effect upon Senator Pettlgrew or his position upon the shipping bill but lt will have a widespread effect upon the public mind when the fact is known It Is this Ten and a half years ago there was before the United States senate a shipping bill which provided compensation for swift steam ships carrying the mails approximating lu amount precisely the sum now pro vided iu the pending bill and against which nil of the pent up virulence nml viciousness of the senator have been freely poured forth Strangely enough nt that time and with the same ability then as now to learn the real facts in the matter Senntor lettlgrew voted for the passage of that measure with the result that lt passed the senate Since thnt time a line of sNps has come Into existence and after several years of operation at n vast annual loss has demonstrated the wisdom of Senator Pettlgrews vote of ten and a half years ago by proving the Insufll ciency of the amount provided In the bill as lt passed the house the compen sation in which was reduced In amount one third from that for which Senator Pettlgrew voted on July 12 1800 But Senator Pettlgrew has undergone a great chnnge meanwhile and the things he used to see through Republican eyes as justifiable he now sees through Pop ullstlc eyes as unjustttlablo The con ditions have not changed They re mnln the same and they happen to justify the wisdom of Senator Pettl grews position upon public mntters at n time long past uufortunntely when he commanded the respect and esteem of his associates and of the country at large And so It comes to pass that Senator Pettlgrew Is performing the role of an obstructionist and the bitterest oppo nent of a measure because of a provi sion in lt in 1001 that when iu a simi lar measure in 1800 commanded his support and his vote There Is no ex planation needed regarding the provi sions of the measure in question be yond the one thnt tho judgment of Sen ntor Pettlgrew ns shown by his vote in 1S90 has been continued by the events that hnve succeeded lt during tho deende that has since elapsed The city nJ tnere is nothing that Senator Tot Qus und Electric tlgrew can carry with him Into his en- Daatli or llilllara M Senter St Louis Jan 30 William M Ben ter president of the St Louis Cotton exchange died last night at the Mis souri llaptlst sanitarium of u compli cation of diseases Incident to old ago Mr Senter was 70 years old Voen Kutrriuhed at Cult Into Carnarvon Juu 30 It Is understood that the Boers are entrenched at Cal vlnla which serves us their base The district affords them plentiful supplies of tooi and remounts rorcen retirement rroui public life more vividly thnn the picture of himself as he was In 1890 right on most public matters as compared with himself as ho disappears from public view not only wrong on almost all public mat ters but displaying his perverted and distorted mind In a manner to call forth the execration of almost all of his colleagues upon each side of the senate chamber Possibly the shipping bill a measure destined to give the United States that position upon the seus to which It Is en titled and has long required both for defensive nud for economic rensons re quired the opposition of Pettlgrew In order to command the careful consid eration of n majority of congress and In order that at this most opportune time It could be enacted Into law Be that ns It may Pettlgrews opposition has succeeded in solidifying tho Re publicans aud a number of broad minded Democrats In favor of the bill presaging n result most pleasing to all friends of tho measure and most prom ising us to the future welfare and de fensive strength of the nation J B Acbm CO VERDI IS DEAD Cinmlnent Italian Compnnr Pae Away at 111 Homo In llllun Itrlof Hkotrh of till Career Rome Jan 2d V special dispatch to the Patrlti from Milan announces thnt Oulseppu Verdi the composor Is dead Giuseppe Verdi was unquestionably the greatest operatic composer of Ida qiuskitk vsiiri time nud lu the Italian school of direct harmony he was never even ap proached Mnscngni Is now tho only man who bids fair In time to reach the high plane upon which the dead maestro stood alone for so many years Verdi was born In Rancoln In tho duchy of Parma lu 1810 His father was an Innkeeper Ho had lived In retirement since the production of Fallstaff his last op era nt Paris In 1S91 When ho pre sented himself for admission to the conservatory nt Milan ho wns refused because In the opinion of the director ho had no aptitude whatever for music In 1S3S Verdi wont to Milan nml then became a conductor Ills first opera was produced in 18S0 nt tho Scala Its title wns Oberto Conte dl San Bonifacio Ills first important success was Nabucco In his later operas Veidl hhowed a decided Wag nerian Influence Verdis best known operas nre Neb uehadnezar Krnnnl Attila Macbeth Riggnletto II Trovn tore La Travlatn Otollo Gio vanni dArco Aida and Una Bnllo In Maschera Perhaps his most pop ular composition II Trovatore Verdi was very wealthy at the time of Ids denth Slep on a Mutch Cullies Fire Cheboygan Mich Jan 2S Glovers big dry goods store was sot on Are by one of the women clerks who acci dentally stepped on a match some one had dropped on the floor It was near n pile of cotton batting The stock valued nt nbout 10000 wns nil de stroyed by lire or water Kramers tailoring and clothing stock next door wns dntnnged nbout 25000 Tho Fair on the other side was damaged 10000 to 20000 Mlno Worker Adjourn Indianapolis Jan 31 The national convention of the United Mine Work ers of America which has been In ses sion since Jan 21 came to a close yesterday Delegates to the joint con ference with the operators to be held in Columbus 500 strong left for that city by a special train The day was devoted to revising the constitution and several Important changes were made Pity and Beauty The most beautiful thing in the world is the baby all dimples and joy The most pitiful thing is that same baby thin and in pain And the mother does not know that a ittlc fat rriakes all the differ ncc Dimples and joy have gone ml left hollows and fear the t that was comfort and - Icr and curve all but pity ul love is gone The little one gets no fat mi her food There is ing wrong it is either her food r food mill She has had no 1 for weeks is living on what he had stored in that plump ttle body of hers and that is one She is starving for fat c is death bequick Scotts Emulsion of Cod Oil is the fat she can im it will save her Cr genuine has this picture on fV V ii lant no other Ifypuhave net tried it semi Jf re sample its agreeuble taste will surprise you SCOTT BOWNE Chemists 409 Pearl St N Y BOo and SlOO all druggists IjKi