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EVENTFUL IN ALL RESPECTS
jritinnclnl Lair Army KmriAnlnillnii
the ynntloit Disposed Of rnllnyTimard
Culm mill Philippines Not Vot Framed
Washington lVli 25 Tin record f
tin With congress Ih now practically
completed mill although u few Itn
jiortnut measures me t 111 In tlio lml
utico It Is possible to take a survey
of tlio wide range nr legislation
mill enacted Chief among the
question growing out of tlio war with
Hpalll IlllH llllll till Uttltllllo of tlio gov
ernment toward our now Insular pos
sessions AVlillo this quonlloii Ih hIIII
open to Boinu oxtont vot tlio present
congress has pussed upon ono of Its
most Important pliusos by eiikulng a
law for n ooinploto form of govern
jnont for Porto Ulco The status of
tlio Philippines Iiiih boon an unfailing
nource of iloliato In both branches of
congress ItoKoliitlonn of orltlolHin nml
Inquiry linvo boon discussed at nuioli
length but Willi little tangible result
At tlio first session Senutnr Spooner
proposed n brief measure confirming
tlio proHhlontH autliorlty to Hlntpii the
affairs of tlio liliiuil until congress bail
passed tlnally upon questions relating
to tbolr polltlclnl Rtntus TIiIh prop
osition In an amended form Iiuh now
been graftoil upon tbo army npproprln
tlon bill although It Ih yot to be deter
mined whether the provlnlon will
bo accopteil by olthur or both houses
Cuban legislation Iiiih been In uboyunee
pending tlio notion of the coustltu
tlonnl oonvontion of Cuba In framing
tlio coiiHtltutlon of the Island An
other Important achievement In Insulur
legislation was that of enacting a law
giving Ilawull u complete form of gov
ernment
In netual work accomplished the With
congress has passeil a lluauulal law
establishing a permanent goltl reserve
of about 150000000 fixing the ratio
between gohl anil silver anil recogniz
ing the bonding anil banking systems
of tbo treasury reorganizing the Unit
ed States army on u busls of 101000
men reapportioning the representa
tion In congress on tlio basis of the
32th census giving free homes on
the Indian lands providing for govern
ment participation In the Louisiana
Purchase exposition In ll0l as well
s many other measures of wide gen
eral Importance IUit the congress
draws to u close with some of the most
Important measures before It still In
doubt nml unite likely to expire with
out llnal action Including the Nlca
rngunu canal bill the shipping subsidy
1111 the Paoltlc cable bill and the oleo
margarine bill The fato of some of
these measures Is very much In doubt
but nt this Into day In the session the
cuauccs nre decidedly against them
Senate Forecast
Wnshlngton Fob 25 The army ap
propriation bill will receive the atten
tion of the senate during the early
part of the present week and when
It is disposed of another appropria
tion bill will be taken up It Is prol
nble that the army bill will bo debated
nt lougth especially upon the Philip
pine amendment and the amendment
rclutlng to Cuba if the latter Is Intro
duced as Is proposed These amend
ments or cither of them quite certainly
will be mndo the basis of u number
of speeches as they will serve to open
up the entire question of the relit
tlons of the United States to the Isl
iuuIb which tills country came Into con
trol of through the wnr with Spain
Jt Is hoped that the sundry civil bill
will be reported by the time tbo army
bill Is disposed of so that It mny ha
taken up next If It Is not In shape
to bo considered by that time tlio river
nnd harbor bill probnbly will rocelvo
nttentlon The general deficiency bill
is likely to bo the last of the appro
priation bills acted upon Conference
reports will be made from time to time
during the week somo of these will
create considerable discussion The
conferees on the war revenue reduc
tion bill expect to make their report
during the week Of the appropriation
bills only two the pension and the ur
gent deficiency have boon signed by
tlio president Roth houses have
passed the legislative Indian District
of Columbia nnval agricultural forti
fications postofllcc and diplomatic bills
nml they ure In varying states of con
ference The army bill and the river
And harbor bill nml the general de
ficiency bill still renin in entirely un
acted upon by the senate It Is not
believed thnt inueh general legislation
will bo accomplished during tlio week
but a great many private bills will be
passed The probabilities are all
ngalnst getting up the Nicaragua canal
bill
The Bennte will continue to meet nt
11 oclock ench day and probably will
clt every night of the week
Xjuit Weolc In thn House
The lust week In the houso will be
of this congress In the house will be
mainly occupied with conference re
ports on the appropriation hills and the
other numerous measures now being
fought over by the managers of the
two houses
The Inst of the general appropriation
bills went to the senate on Thursday
and the house has Ita decks pretty well
cleared for the final contests with the
6onate Somo of these struggles prob
ably will be exceedingly fierce but
when It comes down io actual work
the house although u largo and un
wieldy body ordinarily can dispose of
business under Its rules with much
greater celerity than the senate The
last six days of the session are sus
pension days and It Is always possi
ble Io bring thf house to a vote on any
proposition under a motion to suspend
the rules which provide for only 20
minutes debnte upon a side The tlmo
has piaellenlly gone by for the passage
of now bills although nil attempt
doubtless will be made to secure notion
on the bills to promote the olllolonoy
of thn iMVeiiue cutter service and to
create n standardizing bureau Be
yond those and a few small bills of lo
cal Importance no effort will be made
to put through any bills The leaders
know that It would he a waste of time
to send any further general legislation
to the somite nt this stage of the ses
sion and their enrolls will he directed
to clearing up inn t torn In dispute be
tween the two houses It probably
will be necessary to hold night ses
sions dining the latter part of the
week ami both houses will -el nest
Sunday to eontlnue the legislative day
of Sninrdiiy which expires at noon
March 1
SUPPli BILLS PASSED
Senate Disposes of Iostnnlre ami Diplo
matic nml Consular Approprlutlou
Measures
Washington Keb 2t Two of tliu
great supply bills of the government
the postolllcc and the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bills were
pnssod by the senate yesterday Dur
lug the greater part of the session
postal facilities from New York to
Now Orleans via Atlanta and from
Kansas City to Newton Kun was
under discussion While tlio debato
was protracted It was not particularly
lively By n declslvo vote the sennta
continued the appropriations An cf
fort was made to obtain an appropria
tion to continue the pneumntlc tuba
service in Boston and Philadelphia
but It failed An amendment was
ngreed to authorizing tlio postmaster
general to Investigate the question of
establishing n postal telegraph system
nml to report his findings to the next
congress The diplomatic and consu
lar appropriation bill was passed In
record time only 10 minutes being
consumed In Its consideration After
n spirited ileoiito a conference report
on the Indian appropriation bill was ro
Jeeted nml sent bnelc to conference
Hnrly In the day Washingtons fare
well address In accordance with a cus
tom of the senate on Washingtons
birthday was road the reader being
Senator Paeon of Georgia
leuslnn for Mm Ijiwtnn
Wnshlngton Keb 21 The house de
voted yesterday to odds nml ends of
legislation Nino bills were passed
by unanimous consent and 20 claims
bills and lll pension bills were passed
Among the latter was the senate bill
to pension the widow of the late Gen
oral Henry W Iawton who was
killed In the Philippines As the bill
passed the senate It carried 100 a
mouth Tlio houso cut the amount
down to 50 upon the representation
thnt Mrs Tnwtou enjoyed a comfort
nblo Income
MRS FAIRBANKS HONORED
Eluded
President lonoral
of
Society
or I 1 It
Washington rob 21 Mrs Fair
banks was elected president general of
the Society of the Daughters of tlio
American Revolution The vote was
ns follows Mrs Charles W Fair
banks Indlnna a11 Mrs Donald Mc
Ienn New York 208 Mrs Washing
ton ItoebIng New Jersey 42
Bishop Satterleo of the Fplseopal
see of Washington opened the meeting
with prayer In honor of Washing
tons blrtlulny the bishop read tlio
Declaration of Intlependenco and Miss
Caldwell of New York sang The
Sword of Bunker Hill
Although the question ns to who will
succeed Mrs Manning as president
general of the society has boon the nb
sorblng topic of discussion nt this con
gress n comparatively small number
of delegates was present when tho
session was called to order The re
sult of tho election for president gen
eral was announced as above In
dicated A total of 581 votes was caa
ne ballot being rejected
Stanley Slgus llurrel Hill
Toikku Kas Feb 21 Governor
Stanley yesterday signed the llurrel
temperance bill which makes places
where liquor is sold common nuisances
and allows the county officers to con
fiscate the Illegal stock Another tem
perance bill by llurrel Is In the lunula
of the Judiciary committee It pro
vides that tho county uttorney have
the power to compel witnesses to tos
tlfy In cases Involving vlolutlou of tho
prohibitory law
American Cheer Cerera
Gib altar Fob 23 On the arrival
here yesterday of the Fuerst Bismarck
now cruising In the Mediterranean
with a largo party of Americans Ad
mlral Cervera who Is staying In
Gibraltar went on board to seo n
friend Walter C Humphreys ne
was vociferously cheered by the Amer
leans all of whom shook him by tho
baud
Trouble In Balkans Averted
Loudon Feb 20 The danger of
trouble In the Balkans seems to hava
passed says the Vienna correspond
ent of the Times but It has required
the plainest possible speaking on the
part of Uussla supported by Austria
and Great Britain to prevent an out
break In Macedonia There Is reason
to believe also that Prince Ferdinand
has been admonished from an exulted
quarter
Cedar rail Mill Change Hands
Cwlar Falls la Fob 23 Tho Cedar
Falls Mill company has sold the Forest
Oatmeal mill to tho newly formed
Grout Western Cereal company which
will control twelve outmeul mills lo
cated In the oat belt of tut United
States
THE V t v YC NEWS FRIDAY MARCH 1 UK1
1 ILilK
Amendments to the Army Bill
Denning Attitude Passed
DEMOCRATS IN ANGRY MOOD
Speaker Denounce thn Legislation a VI
rloim IIikmiii Charges H President
With Coerclnir Gongriiss Flood of Pas
sionate Oratory
Washington Feb 23 Tlio sennte
passed the army appropriation bill nt
midnight containing the provisions or
the Itopubllcau majority for the tem
porary government of the Philippines
mid the future relations between the
United States and Cuba Many amend
incuts were offered to both proposl
tlons but wore voted down The orlg
lual Spooner ameiiiluieut was amended
regn riling franchises as proposed by
llonr
The Spooner amendment was adopt
ed by a vote of sT to 2r It was a party
vote with the exception of Senator
Hour Hop who voted with the Dem
ocrats and Mclaurlti Dent who
voted with the Itepiibllcaus
Tho vote on the Cuban amendment
was -13 to 20
Not since tho enactment of the reso
lutions declaring n state of war to ex
ist between the United States and
Spain hns there been such an nvn
lutiche of pnsslonate oratory ns the
senate listened to yesterday Through
out tho session the army apptoprlntlon
bill was under discussion the contro
verted questions being the Spooner
Philippine amendment nml the Plntt
Cuban amendment Curiously enough
the debate was confined entirely to
the Democratic side of the chamber
with one exception Both amendments
were denounced as vicious and pernici
ous legislation subversive of the prin
ciples of this goveurment nml unpar
alleled In the history of legislative en
actments
The most notnble speech wns deliv
ered by Bncon Gn He hnd been
thoroughly aroused by reports that
the Democratic members hnd been in
duced by questionable moans to with
draw their opposition to the proposed
legislation and he passlonntoly brand
ed as a libel upon honorable men and
Ronntors nny nml nil such statements
Ills arraignment of the administration
for coercing congress Into enacting
finch provisions In the closing hours
of the session wns especially tierce
nml he declared that the only possible
object of such action was that the
plunderers and vultures might have
nn opportunity to prey on the prostrato
land of tho Filipinos
Ronntors Turner Tlllmnn Pettlgrew
Hoar Teller Allen and others ad
dressed the sennte nil of them de
nouncing the proposed legislation
The Philippines amendment as
ngreed to Is
Text of Spooner Amendment
All military civil and Judicial pow
ers necessary to govern the Philippine
islands acquired from Spain by the
treaties concluded at Pnrls on the 10th
day of December 1898 and nt Wash
ington on the 7th day of November
1000 shall until otherwise provided
by congress bo vested in such
nor ns the president of the United
Btntcs shall direct for the establish
ment of civil government and for the
purpose of maintaining and protecting
the inhabitants of said Islands in tiie
free enjoyments of their liberty prop
erty and religion
Provided that all franchises granted
under the nuthorlty hereof shall retain
a reservation of the right to alter or
repeal the same
Until a permanent government shall
have been established In said archi
pelago such reports shall he made to
congress on or before the first day of
the regular session of nil legislative
acts and proceedings of tho temporary
government Instituted under the pro
visions hereof and full reports of the
acts doings of said government and ns
to the condition of the archipelago
and Its people shall be made to the
president Including all Information
which may be useful to the congress In
provldlug a more permanent govern
ment
Provided that no snle or lease or
other disposition of the public lands
or the timber thereon or the mining
rights therein shall be mndo and pro
viding further that no franchise
Bhall bo granted which Is not approved
by the president of the United States
and Is not In his Judgment clearly
necessary for the government of the
Islands and Indispensable for the In
terest of the people thereof nml can
not without groat public mischief be
postponed until the establishment of
permanent civil government nnd nil
such frnnchlscs shall termlnnte one
yenr nfter tho establishment of such
permanent civil government
The Cuban amendment provides for
supervision by the United States of
all foreign trentles control to n limited
extent of Cubas flnnnees and credit
right of Intervention dictation In mat
ters pprtnlnlng to sanitation million
tlon of nil nets of the United Ktntes
during Its military occupation of the
tidnnd omission of the Isle of Pines
from the delimitation of Culms boun
daries nnd the sale or leasing of Innds
to the United States for naval and
coaling stations
MAKES PARTIAL REPORT
Naval Appropriation 11111 U Sent Ilack to
Conference
Washington Feb 20 The house
yesterday Jettisoned tlio authorization
for two battleships uud two cruisers
which were In the naval appropriation
bill as It passed that body Tho sen
ate had rejected tho propositions and
agaiust the appeals of the house con
ferees the house voted by a big major
It to agree to the senate amendment
striking out the authorizations Chair
man Cannon of the appropriation com
nittee contributed largely to this re
mit by a vigorous speech In favor of
the senate amendment A partial con
ference report on the nnval bill wns
agreed to and tho bill went
back to conference The house also
agreed to the conference report on the
bill to create a commission of five to
adjudicate tho claims of United States
citizens against Hpaln assumed by tho
United States under the treaty of
Paris lust before adjournment Tnw
noy chnlrmnn 6f the St Louis nppro
prlatlon committee asked unanimous
consent to disagree to the senate
nmomliiiMits to tho exposition bill but
Shepherd Tex objected
Washington Feb 20 The real
struggle on Insular legislation at this
session began yesterday In the seuute
The army appropriation bill wus under
consideration and the Philippines
amendment was reached In addition
the Cuban amendment wus offered und
tho general debate on these proposi
tions began Sharp opposition to the
Philippine amendment developed on
the Democratic side beginning with a
point of order which the sennte over
ruled nnd followed with speeches by
Senators Tillman ltuwllus Caffrey
Bacon and Morgan
The amendment was defended by Its
nuthor Spooner who pointed out the
necessity for the legislation Senntors
Vest Hoard Baeon and Bnwllns of
fered ninendinents tending to limit the
powers allowed by the Spooner amend
ment Senutor Morgnn mndo nu ex
tended speech severely criticising tho
proposed leglslntlon
The report on the nmendment re
garding Cuba was unanimous nnd no
opposition Is expected from the Demo
crats In the seuute
Tortured by a Mob
New York Feb 20 An excited mob
In Mntawau N last night bunged
Charles Herbert a resident of the
place in an effort to make him confess
that he had started u Ure which de
stroyed the business portion of the
town on Jan 27 Herbert protested
his Innocence He was strung up a
second time and when lowered again
asserted that he was not guilty This
time the torture ceased and the man
wns taken to jail
CrltlruUy 111 From Fright
rami Ills Feb 20 Fred Harmon
Is critically 111 at his home near Mont
rose While going to call on n young
lady he was obliged to pass the spot
where a peddler was murdered several
years ago which spot is reputed to be
haunted A rival took advantage of
these circumstances and Impersonated
a ghost As a result Harmon Is In n
critical condition becoming nt times
frenzied
Negotlntlona Itroken Off
London Feb 20 The Sheffield Dally
Telegraph nuiounces that the negotia
tions between Vlckers Sons Maxim
and the Cramp Shipbuilding company
have boon broken off because tne
former were unable to get all the Inde
pendent reports they considered neces
ary
Mrs Nation I Out of Jail
Topeka Knn Feb 20 Mrs Nation
was released from the county Jail nnd
left for Peorln to net ns editor of the
Peorln Journal for one dny for which
she Is to be paid 150 7 B McAfee
of tills city Is Mrs Nations bondsman
VERDICT AGAINST SMASHERS
Imitator of Mr Nation Suffer Legal Pen
alty at South Sioux City Neb
Sioux City Fob 20 Sixteen imita
tors of Mrs Nation at South Sioux
City Neb a suburb of Slour City
have been given to understand that
they cannot ruthlessly destroy prop
erty In Nebraska without suffering for
It John Peyson whose alleged Joint
was raided about three weeks ago
brought suit for 150 damages and
yesterday Justice Gaughran of Jack
son Neb gave him judgment for thnt
amount and costs Captain William
Luther the town marshal and Steve
Gnsser a member of the town coun
cil were co defendants with the wom
en They protected them during the
raid
Mydtery Id Her Death
Omaha Feb 20 111117 Peterson a
domestic In the home of J S Collins
1711 Burt street was found dead yes
terday morning lu a room of the house
under circumstances which lead tho
coroner to believe she had possibly met
with foul play When found the
woman wns lying upon her face In a
pool of blood The blood being
washed away several ugly contusions
wero reveuled upon her face A
postmortem examination disclosed the
fact that her heart and other vital
organs were normal which disposes
of the theory that she died of heart
disease
Wood Han Cuban Constitution
Washington Feb 25 Governor
General Wood at Havana bus tele
graphed the war department that he
had been furnished with a copy of the
Cuban constitution Just finished by
the convention Tho genoral is having
the document translated Into English
It Is not Improbable that General
Wood will await tho report of the spe
cial committee of the convention on re
lations with the United States before
forwarding the constitution to the war
department
Forto Illcani Iteach Waihlugton
Washington Feb 25 Tho two com
missioners appointed at a mass meet
ing of Torto Rlcans somo time ngo to
come to the United Stntes and protest
against the Hollander tax bill reached
Wnshlngton yesterday They nre W
Borda and Vlncento Balbns and nre
accompanied by Mr Freeman Halstea
In the capacity of secretary The bill
referred to passed the Porto RIcan
legislature during the closing hours
and Its provisions are regarded as ex
cessive and unjust
II ill HOI
Lentz Opens His Batteries on
the Speaker
PROVOKES A LIVELY ROW
Allege That a Speech He Had Turned
Oter to tho Iuhllo Printer Under Lome
toItlutlUd Ueeu Withheld From the
Ileoord by Order of the Speaker
Washington Feb 27 The house
was the scone of a sensational Inci
dent late yesterday afternoon which
threw that body Into a violent state
of excitement For an hour the storm
raged ending abruptly when nn ad
journment was taken upon motion of
Payne the lloor loader of the ma
jority
Lentz Dein O who has created
many sensations during his service in
the house stirred the Democrats to n
fever pitch by rising to u question of
privilege nnd alleging that a speech
he hud turned over to the public
printer under general leave to print
hud been withheld from the Record
and hud been turned over to General
tiros venor O by the speaker The
nature of the speech wus not devel
oped during the events thnt followed
but It was learned that It wns nn at
tack upon Senntor Hunnn nnd the
methods by which he wns elected to
the seuute The speaker explained
thnt It hud been represented to him
that the speech violated the priv
ileges of the house nnd he hnd directed
that It be withheld until he could look
over It
Richardson the Democratic lender
offered n resolution that the spenker
bud no right to withhold speeches
Agnlnst this the question of considera
tion was raised by Iacey and by n
strict party vote the house decided not
to consider it
Enrller in tlio dny a partial confer
ence report on the Indian appropria
tion bill was agreed to and the bill
was sent back to conference
ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT
Philippine IrnvlAo In Army Bill Allen
Arraign Admiral Siiuipsnn
Washington Feb 27 An important
amendment to the Philippines amend
ment to the army appropriation bill
was ngreed to In the senate yester
day It was an omplification of the
amendment previously offered by
Hoar laying restrictions upon the sale
of public lands and the granting of
franchises nnd concessions In the Phil
ippines It wns accepted by the com
mittee in charge of the measure and is
now n pnrt of the committee amend
ment Morgnn occupied the floor dur
ing the greater pnrt of the day He
concluded his address just before the
afternooon recess after having dis
cussed comprehensively both the Phil
ippines nnd Cuban amendment He
appenled to the committee to with
draw both maintaining thnt congress
was treading upon dangerous ground
and trifling with edged tools In act
ing upon them without ample Informa
tion During the afternoon Allen ob
tained the floor nnd severely nrrnlgned
Rear Admiral Sninpson for some en
dorsements ho Is alleged to have made
upon nn application of Chief Gunner
Charles Morgan of the navy for pro
motion to the grade of commissioned
officer In which the ndmlrnl opposed
the promotion of wnrrant officers to
the rank of commissioned officers on
the ground thnt they nre not fitted
by birth for the soclnl stnndlng such
a position would give them
Allens denunciation of Ad
miral Sampson was sensntlonnl Dur
ing the dny the conference report on
the District of Columbln npproprlntion
bill wns ngreed to as also wns n par
tial report of the conferees on the
postofllce appropriation bill
HATES ALL WOMANKIND
Denrer Police Believe They Have the Man
Who Ha Committed Many Aaaaulti
Denver Feb 27 Chief of Detectives
Armstrong believes that Al Cowan
who Is now under arrest Is tho mys
terious prowler who struck down three
women with an Iron bar In this city
last Friday night uud who has murder
ously assaulted nearly a score of
women on the streets In the last six
months When arrested Cowan had
In his possession an Iron bar ubout a
foot in length besides a revolver and
a supply of cartridges He answers
the meager descriptions that have been
obtained of the man who has been ter
orlzlng tho women of this city He
does not talk coherently and appears
to bo mentally unbalanced Ques
tioned by Captain Armstrong In jail
Cowan snid he had been persecuted
by women
Why were you persecuted by
women was asked
I was I huto them but Ill not
tell you any more I dont trust any
one
Cownn hns boon living In Denvef
about a year He said he came from
Virginia Of the three women as
aulted last Friday night ona la dead
and another Is dying
Salt Agaluit Homestake Company
Sioux Fulls S D Feb 20 Suit waa
Instituted In the federal court yester
day by W G Porter assistant United
States attorney for South Dakota In
behalf of the government for damages
In the aggregate amount of 10451
agnlnst the Homestake Mining com
pany for trees and down timber al
leged to have been unlawfully taken
by the company from unsurvoyed min
eral lands of tho United States em
braced within the Black Hills reserve
The company is charged with having
knowingly and wilfully appropriated
the timber to Its own use without per
mit or authority from the secretary of
the Interior
CONVICTS PLOT TO ESCAPE
Startling DHoorery Mndo In the lenlton
tinry nt Lincoln
Lincoln Feb 25 The discovery of
a collection of loaded firearms saws
files and cell keys by a turnkey nt tho
state penitentiary probably prevented
the commission of the grentest whole
sale delivery of prisoners ever planned
at the Institution Tho Implements
were found carefully hlddon away In
a ventilating tube that lends Into a
roll occupied by A A Bnlrd serving
n second term for grand Inrceny and
C Williams a horse thief
One key found In the collection wna
mndo to fit the doors of 20 cells In the
upper gallery of the coll house and still
another key was found to tit the lock
on the cell house leading Into tho
prison ynrd
His discovery wns communicated to
tho wnrilen nnd the occupants of the
coll were Immediately committed to
the dark dungeon
BIG DEALCONSUMMATED
tTnlted State Comolldated Stcol Company
Wilt Have a Total Capitalization
or 91100000000
New York Feb 25 Tho Herald
Bays J P Morgan hns Just completed
the project by which another und the
greatest consolidation of capital la
added to the notable list of the last
ten years The steel combination plan
was consummated ut a conference lu
his office Suturdny and the news was
the topic of half the conversation In
the corridors of some of the uptown
hotels An official announcement may
be expected today from the office of
J P Morgan Co to the effect that
the Carnegie company the Federal
Steel company the National Tube com
pany the American Stool nnd Wlro
company the American Tin Plate com
pany the National Steel company the
American Steel Hoop company and
the American Sheet Steel company
are to be combined In one concern
which is to issue its stock in return
for theirs the valuation having been
determined upon the assets and tho
earning power of the respective corpor
ations thus merged This new com
bination it is understood will be called
the United States Consolidated Steel
company It will bnve a total capital
ization of 1100000000
Tho Lake Superior consolidated Iron
mines the Rockefeller Iron oro proper
ties including the Mesnba range
which passed a few days ngo to tho
Morgnn combination will not go Im
mediately into the new United States
Consolidated Steel company It Is
thought quite likely that the Lake Su
perior concern may be turned over to
the great combination at a later date
All of the persons directly Interested
In the Carnegie Morgan steel deal
seemed greatly pleased over the suc
cessful termination of their labors
POSTPONES EXPEDITION
Dispatch Received In Berlin Announce
Change In Walderaeea Plans
Berlin Feb 23 It Is announced In
a dispatch from Peking dated Feb 21
that Count von Waldersee has post
poned the expedition he planned as
China has conceded the demands of
the powers for the punishment of
guilty officials
Peking Feb 23 The foreign min
isters yesterday received a message
from the Chinese pence commissioners
saying the edicts regarding the punish
ments the cessation of examinations
and the responsibility of the viceroys
nnd governors have been signed but
that text has not yet arrived Owing
to the Chinese new yenr celebrations
mnny of the telegraphic offices are
closed until next week
ENDS IN MA UPROAR
Stormy Session of the French Chamber
of Deputies
Paris Feb 27 Yesterdays session
of the chamber of deputies ended with
an uproarious scene such as had not
been witnessed for many months
Heretofore the chamber has discussed
the law of associations bill with much
moderation and with an avoidance
of inflammatory language but a word
uttered last evening by Baron Xavler
Rellle deputy for Castres provoked
a storm which rnged lu the chamber
for fully half an hour
In the course of his speech he quoted
from Savnry who stigmatized the
condemnation of Louis XVI as ns
sasslnntlon Immediately tho Rad
icals nnd Socialists burst Into loud
protest The Rightists cheered him
nnd the Leftists hooted Members
shouted one to another across the floor
of the chnniber Bernard Cadenant
fell Into a furious rage at a retort
from Jean Planchon and rushed to
strike him The ushers threw them
selves between them nnd held back
Cndennnt who gesticulated wildly
and shook his fist A veritable pande
monium drowned the sound of tho
presidents bell Finally M Deschanel
succeeded In putting the amendment
to a vote tho senate rejecting It by
a vote of 305 against 170
Inquest Over Killing- of Mrs Hudson
Leavenworth Feb 20 The inquest
over the killing of Mrs Rosa Hudson
In the Joint raid at Millwood last Mon
day wns held yesterdny and tho cor
oners Jury returned n verdict to tho
effect that she came to her death
from a gun shot wouud at the bauds
of persons unknown to the jury No
attempt was made to Investigate thoso
who comprised tho raiding mob or
who did any of tho shooting lu tho
Joint John Johnson the husband
Michael Lockner the brother of tho
murdered woman Matthew Goeno
and Dr W F Adams were the only
witnesses put on the stand and they
were asked only questions that show
that Mrs nudson Is dead and that
she was killed by a gun shot Tho
preliminary trial will come up Friday
when a full examination will bo made
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