r THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL ? * . , , , , . . . XOUKOl.K NKIUSKKIIIDA { Y MAIU'll 1J I'.Wl. ' ' TUG STRUCK ROCK IN ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY. > LIFE SAVING CREW WORKS The Tug Dnnlel Wlllard , Which Left Gloucester , Mass. , Last Night , Bound for Maine , Struck a Rock Today and Went to the Bottom. Gloucester , Mass. , March 1. The tug Daniel Wlllanl , which loft Clou- cestor hound for York , Maine , lust night , struck on a rock off the Hock- port breakwater today and sank. i Three Of the llvo men on board wore / drowned. ' Two were rescued by the life saving crow from I'legon Cone. NEBRASKA tAND LEASING BILL _ Prospects Said to Be Brighter as Re sult of First Hearing. Washington 'irch 1. The outlook for a land 1' ' \o/j n' ' was decidedly < ' improved as,1 ' " * * first hear ing before the . . ///s/ ' 4 oo oa public lands. W. F. O " ' ' /r.v. s i , C. H. Cornell of Valentine . "ffef , ' A. Reynolds of Chadron occupied iu. our f the time , and when the committee ros they had not completed their statements of the caso. Chairman Lacey expressed confidence , after the btaring , that a bill will bo brought out , and that It will meet the situation in Nebraska. The same opinion was xpresscd by the Nobrasknns , who were Jubilant over the outlook. The hncey bill will , probably to amended In unimportant respects , but in Its essentials it will pass the com mittee and probably the houso. H provides that the legislature must ap prove before Its provisions shall be applied to any state's public lands. Mr. Lacey said his Information led him to believe it would ue adopted by Nebraska first , and by Wyoming and Montana without much delay. Other states would come In later. Nebraska WllTNoT Act. Lincoln , March 1. The Nebraska insurance department will not cooperate ate with the insurance commissioners of Wisconsin , Minnesota , Kentucky and Tennessee in an Investigation of the Equitable and the Mutual Life companies. Said Insurance Commis sioner Fierce : "When it was decided to investlgato the New York Life , I explained to the other insurance com missioners that the Nebraska depart ment would not participate in the ether - or Investigations. The department baa neither the time nor the funds at IU ij disposal to do so. " Rate Resolution Dropped. Llnco'ln , March 1. At the State Press association meeting H. M. Wells of Crete Introduced a resolution en dorsing the Hepburn rate bill and urging the Nebraska senators to fight any amendment which would take away any of the power of the inter state commerce commission as now flxed by the bill. The resolution was ruled out of order by President Donovan van and no action was taken on it. R. L. Metcalfe and J. O. Seacrlst spoke. The convention will be held in Omaha next year. Nebraska Lawyers Called to Meet. Lincoln , March 1. President Cal kins-of the State Bar association has called a meeting of all the lawyers of the state at Lincoln March 7 to dis cuss the Burkett bill to create a South Platte federal district. If the lawyers favor the bill a candidate for judge will bo recommended. Friends of Tom Munger claim the meeting has been called to prevent him getting the appointment should the bill pass. : STEUNENBERGMURDER CASE _ rand Jury at Cal dwell Takes Up In vestigation of Suspects. Dolie , Ida. , March 1. The Investiga tion of the caao against Meyer and his associates for the murder of form r Governor Frank Steunenberg will begin before the grand jury at Cald well today. It Is not known whether Harry Orchard , who is said to have confessed to his part in the crime , t will bo taken before the Jury. In tha statement made by Governor Goodlng respecting the confession made by Orchard , it was stated that the pris oner had told of two unsuccessful at tempts to slay the former governor , One of these was an effort to shoot I him at his homo a week or so befora the tragedy. A favorable opportunity , however , did not arrive. Before that , it seems , a bomb had been laid in thu pathway taken by the governor. It - . was arranged with a wire stretched acroEs the path. The Intended victim however , unconsciously stopped over the wire nnd never know how closa he hod been to death. That was the same bomb afterward used for killing him. The bomb was like the one latt for Judge Gotldard in Denver , havinij a bottle of sulphuric acid so nrrangei that the cork would be drawn by a pull on the wire. When the success ful attempt was made , a long fish Una was attached to the wire , the bomb being tied to the inside of the gate t\ posts. . A pull on the line fired the in 9L fernal machine and accomplished the Y object. Murder In Kansas. FrunUort , Kan. , March -David Temoson , a wealthy farmer , was t > hut and killed at his home , one mile east of Frankfort. Tennyson was killed as he sat close to his wife In his parlor , the murderer firing through the win dow. Tennyson was seventy-one years old. He came here from Atchlson. Jordan Still at Hot Springs. Hot Springs , Ark. , March 1. Thom as D. Jordan , formeily comptroller of the Kqultnblo Life Assurance society , Is still In this city. The announce ment of his departure was taken as a ruse to save him Irom the nttucTis of newspaper men , who have besieged his apartments at the Park hotel. Killed by the Cars. Fort Dodge , In. , March 1. The man gled corpse of Martin Murphy of Ot tawa , 111. , was found lying across the track In the Illinois Central yards hero. He Is thought to have wandered Into the yards nnd was struck by an In-coining passenger train. OFFICER WATCHED THE THIEF SELL TEAM. BUT HE DID NOT REALIZE IT A Check Which Was Cashed For the Thief by Mr. Remington , Had Its Payment Stopped Before Reming ton Could Get to the Bank. Neligh , Nob. , March 1. Special to The News : A peculiar feature of the horse thief's manner of doing business was discovered yesterday when It came to light that tbo young man , af ter disposing of his stolen effects , came to Nellgh , had a check cashed for over $70 which the cashier of the State bank of Clenrwator hud given him for the notes bought as the pro ceeds of the sale , and quietly took his departure on the morning train. Constable Hall , who attended the sale , stood by and watched the auc tioneer dispose of the articles when bo bad a description of the entire outfit In his pocket , having received it from the sheriff Sunday morning. A number of Intricacies will have to be untangled In settlement of the affair. The goods were bought by four different persons , the thief paid in cusli and check , the check being cashed by M. C. Remington , druggist here , and payment on It hud been stopped when the holder presented It for payment next morning. LIQUOR CASES AT ALBION. Many Witnesses In the Town to At tend Grand Jury Trials. Albion , Neb. , March 1. Special to The News : The court house has no rival us the "busy place" this week. The grand jury bus indicted several alleged bootleggers and there arc wit nesses from every part of the county here to testify in regard to one or more of these cases. The most Interesting trial that has come before the court was that of Murch A. Baldwin who was charged with subordination of perjury. It was alleged thut he hired two witnesses in a boc/.e case In a former term of court to swear to a lie. The case re quired three days for hearing and af ter tbo jury was out eighteen hours a verdict of not guilty was brought in. The second case which was tried before Judge Paul was that of Ole Bringin vs. Potts for a threshing bill which has been brought up from the county court and which was decided in favor of the plaintiff and judgment of $20.50 rendered. A case is now being tried in which the state prosecutes John Wles for misdemeanor In regard to the city marshal of Cedar Rapids , who , In ar resting a man , was supposed to have been Interrupted In the discharge of his duty by the defendant In this case. Frank Gray of.Cedar. Rapids , who. is now an evangelist of no small re pute was a county seat visitor the first of the week. Mr. Gray has been working In Wisconsin with one of the great evangelists of the United States. The report has reached Albion that the town is to have a now postmaster. The dallies of the latter part of the week announced that Geo. W. Wil liams will be the next man to conduct the business of the postoffico depart ment In this locality. Murder Over Funeral. New York , March 1. Thomas Dett man shot rnd killed his brothor-ln-law , Thomas Fennen , during a quarrel over the death of Fennen's young wife , Dottman's sister , whose body at the time of the shooting laid awaiting burial in an adjoining room in the same house. Dettman then put a bul let Into his own head , dying Instantly. Dettman bad come to attend the fu neral and quarreled with his brother In-law over a surgical operation which had resulted in Mrs. Fennen's death. Castellane Case Deferred. Paris , March 1. The suit brought by Countess Bonl do Castollane ( formerly Anna Gould ) against her husband for a separation was reached on the docket for the first tribunal of the Siene , but the court adjourned the case for a fortnight , when a data for the bearing will be fixed. BUILDING AT UNIVERSITY BURNS EARLY TODAY. STUDENTS LOSE ALL EFFECTS The Oldest Dormitory at Connecticut Wcslyan University Burned to the Ground Today It Contained 1GO Rooms Loss Will be Heavy. Mlddletown , Conn. , March 1. North College , the oldest dormitory \Veslyan university , containing IfiO looms , was totally destroyed by lire today. All the students escaped safely , but they lost all of their personal effects The loss IH heavy. ADAMS DEFENDSJ'INSURGENTS" ' Wisconsin Congressman Discusses Re cent "Insurrection" In House. New York , March 1. Ropresontn- tlve Henry C. Adams of Wisconsin , In a notable address before' the Wiscon sin society of New York , at Its an nuul dinner at the Hotel Astor , dis cussed the recent "Insurrection" In the national house of representatives and defended the position taken by the Republicans who broke away from their party In acting upon the Philip pine and joint statehood bills. Mr. Adams Inveighed against the abso lutism of the speaker's rule lu tht > lower branch of congress , and whllo expressing the warmest admiration for Speaker Cannon personally , ho de clared the conditions In the house are such as should not exist In a frio gov ernment and will not exist when tbo people realize the facts. Turning to President Hooscvclt and his share In the direction of the Re publican party , Mr. Adams said the so-called "insurgents , " Instead of be ing enemies to the president , were his friends nnd admirers. "Hut , " ho declared , "there are other things to bo considered besides a president's will. Are men elected to congress to represent tbo people or be but the agents of executive desire ? " FUNSTOTSCJETOTROUBLE Reinforcing Troops In Philippines Ap proved by Officer at San Francisco. San Francisco , March 1. "Things are beginning to look serious In tbo far east , " said General Fuuston In an interview , "and the action of tho'war department In reinforcing the troops already in the Philippines will , In my opinion , be justilled before the end or the present upilsing. Though the dis patches thus far received seem to in dicate that the outrages liave Ticen confined to Kngllsh residents In China , It is unreasonable to suppose that the uncontrollable mobs which have hith erto wrought such havoc among for eigners will make any distinction of nationality if they ever start a mas sacre. " "It seems probable , " he continued , "that most of the forces for a Chinese expedition must come from the Unit ed States , for there are not many more men in the Philippines at present ent than are needed for.tbo preserva tion of law and order among the Isl ands. " SLAIN IN ILLINOIS DEPOT Drunken Men Shoot at Men in Walt- Ing Room , Killing Two Strangers. Mount Carmel , 111. , March 1. As the result of a drunken riot here two men are dead and two others are in jail. C. E. Dodd and J. W. Murphy , wnilo Intoxicated , went to the Southern depot and began to annoy a crowd of men who were In the waiting room. Both wore put out , but later returned. One of the pair fired a shot through the windows of the waiting room , causing all the occupants to rush for the outside. Murphy and Dodd were standing at the door. The first man to start out of the door' was shot In the mouth , dying In stantly. Two other ehota followed. Ono went wild , but the last shot struck a man In the head and resulted in his death a few hours later. Both the men slain were strangers. Dodd and Murphy are In jail. KANSAS ROADS JJEFY RATE LAVJ Adopt New Schedule Providing for In crease of 50 Per Cent. Kansas City , March 1. Representa tives of all the railroads-of Kansas met hero and flxed a new schedule ot oil rates in Kansas in defiance of the maximum freight rate law passed by the last Kansas legislature. The schedule agreed upon amounts to an increase of 50 per cent of the present schedule , which has been in effect since the passage of the maximum freight rate law. The new rate will bo about the same as tbo one in ef fect before the maximum rate law was passed. It is said that the action of the Kansas railway traffic olflclala will affect tbo Independent oil ship pers of Kansas more disastrously than any of the other patrons of Kansas railroads. The Standard Oil company , having a monopoly on oil tanks , will not suffer from the now schedule ot freight rates as will the Independent oil men who are forced to ship their oil in barrels. . 'os'o'fire ' Appropriation Hill. V. M Mi'fli n M'ucli I Tin1 sub vinmlitie of the Inure commliiri' mi oiniiiil'i c s and post muds , which In tiern eniHderlng upproptlutloim fni he poslolllcc dcpiulmenl , pruillcit'U ' completed a bill ( King the appropriu lion for the department at about $ | ' , i'j Uno.iioo , or $10,000,0 0 mote ihnn tin- first upptopilutlon Tint bill provides for some sleeping changci In the de pur ! incut's met hods and contains a pro vision to prevent the shipment ol' any thing hut actual mull niuttor through ( he mulls by the government. The up- proprlatlon In the bill for rural free delivery Is about $28.1OI)00. ! ) ( ) an In crease of 18,000,000 over that of last year. Concessions to Germany. Wnshlniiton , Muioh 1. President Roosevelt Issued a proclamation Im posing the rates of duties provided by section 1 ! of the Dlngley act upon Im- IMirts from Germany In return for Ger many's concession of minimum tariff rates on United States products. TROOPS FAIL TO CURD MOD AT SPRINGFIELD , O. NEGRO QUARTER IN FLAMES More Incendiary Fires Qtirted In Vari ous Parts of City Negroes Take Refuge In City Building , Which Is Guarded by Soldiers. Springfield , .O. , March 1. With elghl compaulcH of state troops on guard in this city , as a result of the mob violence , in which six houses were burned in the colored residence district , more Incendiary fires wore started in various parts of the city. In every lnntauco the houses wore oc cupied by nogrooo or negroes and whites. A negro house at Harrison and York strooU was stoned by a largo crowd , but the occupants are bullovod to have escaped. The "Fllckora1 Nest , " which Is In- habltod by negroes , and which figured In the Dlxon mob and subsequent ruc war two years ago , has ueon assailed and sovornl attempts in ado to llro it , but as It Is guarded by militiamen , the effort has so far failed. Several alarms have been turned In as a re sult of the fires started , but no general - oral alarm , as every available fireman la at work on tbo fires now under way. Several negroes who had been clniHCd by the angered whites from the negro Quarter of the olty mudo their way to the city building , which Is In cburgo of the soldiers. Colonel C. S. Ammol a.-rlvod and assumed command of the troops , relieving Captain Horace Kell er , who had been In command. The house of Rev. John Scurry , a negro preacher , was stoned and tbo family lied torroi-htrlcken Irom It. The mob then set lire to It , but the .prompt arrival of the militia prevent ed Its destruction. The homes of Reu ben Campbell and Charles Flllmoro on Central aveniie wore riddled with ttonos and at this point a boy was dhot in the log. The militia have de voted their attention to control of the larger crowds , leaving the police to look after the smaller end of the riot. Promiscuous nnd random shooting bus been a feature and has added to tbo general terror. Two negro women , who Jumped from tbo second stories of their homes , when assailed by the mobs , were seriously hurt and were takev to the hospital. Missionaries at Nashville. Nashville , Tenn. , March 1. From every state unJ territory in tbo union , from the various provinces of the Do minion of Canada , and from the mis slonary fields of Christian labor throughout the world , representatives to the number of nearly 5,000 gathered In Nashville. They assembled In the Ryman Auditorium for tbo opening session of the fifth international con v'ontlon of the student volunteer move ment. The convention was opened without preliminaries. After a prayer and a hymn , John R. Mott , chairman of the executlvo committee , delivered a brief address , outlining the work , KB purposes and possibilities. NELIGH CITIZENS TAKE STEPS TO GET HATCHERY. ELKHORN WOULD BE FINE NEST Messrs. Jackson , Oilman and Jenkins Were Appointed at a Public Meet Ing in Nellgh Yesterday , to Send Information to Washington. Nollgh , Nob. , March 1 Special to The News : The citizens met In the city ball yesterday and appointed a commtlteo to send the necessary In formation to Senator Burkett , relative to the establishment of the state hatchery hero which the senator is trying to accomplish. Jackson , Gil man and Jenkins wore- appointed to get the facts and forward them to Washington. It gooa without saying that the Elkhorn would bo the idea home of the little fishes. NOT PROBABLE THAT UTAH SEN ATOR WILL BE OUSTED. TILLMAN TELLS ABOUT WHISKY Everybody Wants to bo Lieutenant General Congressman Gctn Chum my With a King When Uncertain What to Do , Abuse Standard Oil. Washington. March 1. | Speelul. | "Ilow about the Smoot case ? " IH a query Mm ! Is beard somelltueH around ( lie Hctiute , and I here are dltl'oront an swers , although there HCIMUH to be grn\\lng conviction Unit the Utah neuii- lor will not lie disturbed. Kow HCIIII- torn will express an opinion on Iho cane , but those who do HUCIII to vindi cate a trend favorable to Henutor Kmoot. The tlllllciiHIoM which the coin- nilttoii on privileges and eloctloim Inui hail In procuring testimony may fur nish n nmnon for thu pruvalllng opin ion Hint a case bus not boon mudo against Smoot. PoxHlbly the reopening of the Investigation after din CIIHO hud lieun closed In ( lie lust coucresH bus encouraged the frlondn of Sinout to be lloro ( but ( hone rcHpoimlhlo for the prosecution were doubtful of the re sult. It will bo very hard to uot two- thirds of the Hcinite to vole for the ox- pulHlon of the Utah imniitor. Tlllmnn on Whliky. When tbo nounto wan dlflcunslng that portion of the pure food bill rotating to wbliky Senator Tlllman took n bund nnd guvo the sonuto a great deal of Information , "I have Hludlod thin whisky ques tion , " bo said. "I niMio to bo bond liur- kocpcr , MM they called mo In South Carolina , when the dlMponxury was In augurated there , and I know a good deal about It. " Among other things whlrh ho nald about whisky are the following : The "meanest of mean liquor" IH duo to fiiHol oil , the most deadly of polsoim which are In crude alcohol. Doodorl/ed alcohol In free from fiiHcl oil and H the basis of every line blended wills ky. The only way to got pure whisky In from a government warehouse before fore any reellllerH or blcnderH have tampered with II. A poisonous Hllli- stnnce cullud "licaillu „ " IH put Into cheap whisky to mnKe bubbles when It IH poured out and to give whisky u "bend. " Whisky Improves up lo nix or seven jeurn by n o when left In Ihn wood. Hut no change taken place aft er It Is I'otlled. "There IH very little of It Unit old , " siililTlllmun. Prince Hnd n Lieutenant. IMIIIciilllcH In ( he way of abolishing the rani ; of lieutenant general of ( ho army multiplied when the proportion WIIH made. "If you will muke It no that It will not cut out ( Jeiieral Corblu , I'm for II , " wild one mini. "I want Mac-Arthur Included In tbut HK | , " said another. " ( ienerul Leonard Wood must also be a lieutenant genernl , " Interjected a third. "I have got a lieutenant ( but I want to have get thut high rank , " Hurcnitleul- ly remarked Kepresentntlve Prince of Illinois , "and If we ( nice euro of every mun'H man I don't see how wo will ubollHh the grude. " Close to Royalty. Henry St , George Tucker of Virgin In , formerly a member of congress , but now president of the company which IH getting up un exposition to commemo rate the first Kugllsh Hpeukliig settle ment In Amurlc-a , talking to a congrcs- Blonal committee the other clay , refer red In a ciiHunl but Interesting manner to the way he conversc'd with King Edward of England. Afterward a member of the committee remarked : "Did you ever hear of such familiar ity with royalty ? You would Imagine from the way Tucker tnlkecl thut bo called the king Ned and the king culled him Henry. They were altogether too chummy. " . . , rr , Grotvenor Tslls a Story. "It Is fashionable In these dayn , " said General Grosveuor In his speech on the railroad rate bill , "when you have noth ing else to go on , to abuse the Standard Oil company. When I was a young lawyer we had a famous Judge lu our state , Judge Nash , the author of some works on law and other things , nnd 1 tried a case In wlilcb I was defending a man for high crime. I had rather a slim case. After It was over the old gentleman criticised my way of doing business and said : 'You have caught on to some of the points pretty early. In these ugly cases , wliero you have noth ing else to go on , abuse the prosecuting attorney. " "I thought the gentleman was going to say abuse the committee on Inter state and foreign commerce , " interject ed Galncs of Tennessee. "Oh , no , " replied Grosvenor. "They are the most Ingenious men I ever knew and the ablest men I ever knew. I do not abuse them. I point out bow they buve hedged UH in nnd bow hope lessly powerless wo are to extricate ourselves. That IH all. It takes genius to do that iu the bouse of representa tives. " . . Would Keep It Dark. "Don't let this get out , " warned n member of u conference whcro plans of the coming political cumimlgu were being - ing discussed. "Not on your life , " responded anoth er man. "We'll keep It chirk. We'll put It in the Congressional Record as a upoech on the railroad rate bill. " This lust allusion was to the fact ( HfcCUNDIIIONOF IIIEWtAIHER r cmpci , uuin lor Twenty-four Hour * . Force-tint tor NcUr.inK.1. ( 'oiiillliiiii of tlin wuutlioi a * rucord- ed for thn i ! I hours ending lit H . in. lllllllV Maximum 40 Minimum ! ) ! > Averuge. 44 Iliirometor IMCIO rhlcugo. Miircjli I. The liulli'tlii lit- Hiuiil hy ( ho Chicago Htullon of the llnllud Stales weiilliur hureuu this morning gives the forecast for No- hniHliii IIH followH : Snow wc'Hl port Ion , rain turning to iiiiow caul iHiillon tonight and Krlduy. Much colilcr. Cold \\uvo went por- lion. WlndH tihll'llng to hlh | ; north- urly. llUlt lllC Kec-Olil IllH I'lll' t\\O III tlll'CO weeks lu'i'ii running half a do/.en or more speeches on tlio rule hill , much of It being "Icuvo to print" nnd about u dry rending IIH n liiHt yenr'ii blrd'H ' nest. AIITII UK W DUNN SPECIAL AGENT CONTRADICTS WITNESSES FOR PACKERS. DENIES MEEKER'S STATEMENT Says Superintendent for Armour A Co\ Did Not Anower All Questions Put to Him Veeder of Swift & Co. , Alee Refused to Give Information. Chicago , March 1. D. D. Durand , apodal agent for the government , way on the stand all day In the hearing of the puckers' plcus for Immunity He contradicted the evidence given by witnesses for the puckers In several Inntunccs , the most notable being where he llntly denied the sinloment mudo by Arthur Meeker , general au porlntendenl for Armour & C'o. , whllo on the stand. Mr. Meeker deelurod whllo a witness that bo had uiiHwerod all questions put to htm by Mr Du- rand , and Mr. Durund denied thin. Mr. Durund nlno suld ( hut he aidied A H. Vcedor , genornl counsel for the Swift company , and ono of the men under Indictment In the present CUB * , to glvo evidence during the Investiga tion by Commissioner Garllold , under oath , and thut Mr. Veeder replied thut ho would do nothing of the kind , for the rciiHon Unit It might destroy thu cliunco ot Immunity lor the puckers Lute In tbo ( Inv. J'uluo ' Humphrey , who had dec-lured soon' after court opened that ho could not admit UH evi dence letters that pushed between Mr On rand and Commissioner Garlic Id during III' ) Investigation , alien d bis clei Islon uiiil admitted the leit < r The coutt also uigc-d the iiiiniiuyH to livelier effuilH In the < , , nd'iit of till ! ( ! IK > , Illld expected Hie ln.H . | that "this case will not last until trnlty " ANARCHIST FOJ1E DEPORTED Inspector Leaves Snn Francioco for New York With Italian. V Sun l-'riinclhco , Muuh 1. Inspector Thoinus M Cruwfoid will leave for New York with IH-nedetto Tordlnl , an Italian nnuichlst , who Is to be scni homo to Italy by order of the depart ment of commerce and labor. Bene detto served ten years In the peuiten ; tiary of this state for burning a ware house at Petaluma. After his release ho went to Italy , whore bo was im prisoned for currying concealed Weap ons. When released he returned to Petaluma with the avowed purpose of murdering the officers who had ar rested him for arson. He has been confined In ( he Jail at Sunta Rosa for several months. Ho openly declared himself to bo an anarchist and in an swer to a question said ho would as soon kill the president of the United States as any other man * TJ * Against SUrtddy Bafleball. s Des Molnes , March i. Iowa sena tors are against the playing of Sunday baseball games In Iowa cities and towns , and passed a bill by a vote of 30 to 3 , prohibiting games on Sunday , as well as theatrical attractions. Sen ators Crawford , Gale and Wilson of Clinton voted against the measure. i itl Nell Knocks Out Tenny. San Francisco , March 1. Fraukle Nell , the American bantamweight champion , successfully defended his title by knocking out Harry Tenny In the fourteenth round at Mechanics' pavilion At no time wffs Nell In danger of losing. Ho outfought his man from fatart to finish. Steel Trust Leases Iron Mines. Cleveland , March 1. It Is stated that a deal Involving Iron ore amountIng - Ing to as great r tonnage ns all the ore mined In the Lake Superior ranges during the more than fifty years of their operation , a deal by which the immensely valuable ore properties of James J. Hill on the Mesaba range are to pass into control of the United States Steel corporation for a period of about thirty years , Is about to be consummated. Dominion Treaty Reported. Washington , March 1. The sonata committee on foreign relations , by a party vote , agreed to report favorably the Santo Domingo treaty. A number of amendments were made to the treaty before it was reported. .