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Letters of Dr. Ector Introduced in OInrk
Investigatiou ,
IDENTIFIfD BY WRITER UNDER OATH
VK for I'roRcrullon Aliicnl
CommitIru .VdjoiiriiK Indl Miiniln >
CturK WltncHHcN Mn > TfN-
tlfj nt Novl Mrctliiur.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 23. The senate com-
mlltco on privileges nd elections today ad
journed over until Monday In , Its Investiga
tions of the charges against cnator Clark
of Montana. Witnesses for the prosecution
were absent and Senator Faulkner , for the
defense Indicated u lleslre that ' none of
tbore who arc to be called as > wltneascti on
that side should testify until the jlrosccu-
tlon had completed Its caj > c. While no pos
itive statement' was made to this effect , the
Lommlttco Indicated cjulte positively that
the Clark witnesses might be called by the
prosecution after Mond.iy.
The pilncipnl witnesses were Mr. Ector ,
recalled , and State Representative Fine. The
latter , though u friend of Clark's , gave tes-
tln ony fro. which the prosecution evidently
derived imicu satisfaction. He said that he
had recolved about $5,000 from Clark since
tbo adjournment of the legislature In workIng -
Ing up testimony looking to the disbarment
n ! Scnalor Clark's numcsuKc , State Senator
Clark of Madison count ' , } ' , who .voted Jn op
position to' ' the penator.
Someof the letters ivrllten by Dr Hclor ,
thu Mlbsoula. dentist , to Senator Clark of
.Montana , which have been missing for aj
week or ten days , hnvo arrived and were ,
today presented to the committee.
The day's Hesslon was opened by the
reading of a dispatch from Columbus. O ,
saying that the absent witness. Murphy ,
had been In that cl.y ( last week. In reply
to Inquiries , Kaulknor iind Hartman both
eald they knew nothing as to the where
abouts of Murphy.
Tilt I3\-Sciititnrs.
The presentation of the Hctor letters was
not accomplished without n tilt betwon the
two ex-senators , IMmunds and Faulkner ,
who are engaged as counsel on the tun hides
ot the controversy Faulkner sir Id that two
of the- letters had failed to arrive. In the
package first received from Butte , but that
he had wired Root to make a scuich for
them , and If they could be found to for
ward them. Hdmilnds wanted to know who
Hoot was and said that , so far as appcaroJ
Lore , the postmaster or the street Inspector
ot Butte might as well be asked to supply
letters. Had Faulkner opened the letters1'
Fnulkner replied that he had not opened
them , but that nil the letters bearing on the
Investigation were there. Charles W. Clark
substantiated Faulkner's btatcmcnt , sajlng
that all the Hctor letters received were hero
prosentcO. The letters wcro then read.
There were live or six of them to Blckfoid
nnil four to Clark and nil wcro Identified by
Kctor , who was again placed on HIP stand.
Thorn wcro only two letters dated prior to
the November election of 1S9S. They wore
dfttcil at Stophensvllle and related to the
contest. In thcso ho stated that the opposi
tion to Woods , the candidate for the hoiiBC ,
that he was supporting , wcro working "UKu
furj" and thut the Clark men need "some
encouragement. "
"Hoiiilr ( InMiilf. . "
"To make a thorough canvass of the 2,000
voters of the county requires the stuff. " ho
raid , and he added that ho wanted at least
$ & 00. The next two luttcra , of date , respec
tively , November 17 and 21 , Just after the
IcRlrtlntho election , referred to the efforts
to hold Wood and of the opposition to hold
him. In theseho told of Wood's debts and
Bald that Wood had agreed to bo bound by
whatever ho did In the premises.
The later letters from December 7 , 1898 , to
October SI , IS'io. related almost entirely to
Hctor's efforts to colkct what ho thought
wan duo to him for his efforts In Senator
Clark's behalf. In December he wrote Clark
iiij Ing ho did not know lo whom he must
ipply for his dura. "Of course , " ho said ,
" 1 am after what there Is In It for me. "
On March 1 ho wrote Blckford asking him
i bout tbo 10 per cent of his ( Blckford's ) re-
cclptH from Clark which ho ( Kctor ) consid
ered ho was to hnvp. It was also In March
ll-at ho wrote his second letter to Hark. In
thlb letter ho reviewed nt length his uflorts
In Clark's behalf , expressing his continued
loyalty to Clark aiid his determined opposi
tion to Dalylnn. "If > ou strike while the
Iron Is hot , " ho wrote , " > ou can stompedo
the Irish king "
il lal'n ) OllVr ,
Ho also tnld In this I flier that two of
Dnly'a men hud promised $3,000 to him dur
ing the Senatorial'
fontest for Information ab
to Clurk'a mcnriiiftiU , but that he had rt > -
furad to entertain the offer In the follow
. - * ing July ho wrote to Blckford saying that he
bad < omo to the conclusion that It wus use
less to depend upon receiving an > thing
through DIckforil. He bad , he uald , another
Itlllousnesa , BOUT Btomach , ronsllpa-
tloa and all liver Ills are. cured by
The iion-lrrltatlnc cathartic , Price
5i5 cents of all drugslrts or by mall of
CM. HooU A Co. , ton ell , Mars.
\
opportunity to make a stake and he did not
prciwso to let that opportunity go by , as ho
had the opportunity which , hnd prcsentc-d
Itbclf In the winter before.
The last letter of the series was dated Oc
tober 31 last und was addressed to Claik.
In this letter ho asked If he wan to eipcct
nnj thing. In all the letters he pleaded pov
erty and debts as the controlling reason for
the precSBurc ha was trjlng to bring to bear
upon Clark.
MUCH INFORMATION WANTED
l.'looil of lli'MolndoiiN of lnciilr | >
bviuilc Continues Vllcn mill
1'ctnitri-u in It ,
WASHINGTON , Jan. 23 Again today the
ecnate's session VVIIH devoted entirely to
speechmnklng. Turner of Washington con
cluded his address on the Philippine queb-
tlon. He was followed by Ross of Vermont
with a thoughtful and carefully prepared
speech , In which ho also dlscutssd the Phil
ippine question In connection with resolu
tions which he had offered.
Ills presentation of the question was given
thoughtful attention by his colleagues.
McEnery of Louisiana delivered the con
cluding speech of the cession on the lacu
question In the south. He look strong
ground In eunport of the constitution of
Louisiana , and the proposed constitution o *
North Carolina , which It Is alleged will dis
franchise a large class of voters.
Kyle of South Dakota offered and secured
the adoption ot a resolution directing the
commissioner of labor to Investigate the
effect upon labor productlqn and wages of
the international copyright act and report
to the senate.
Senator I'ottlgrew' offered aresolutlon call-
.Ing en the president to eond to the senate
[ the report of General J. C. Bato. relating to
the treaty with the sultan of Sulu. Among
other things the resolution asks whether the
sultan and his oniclals arc under civil serv
ice. It went over on objection.
Cnffcry presented three resolutions calling
and the correspondence with the New Pan-
nmn Canal company of France. They vvero
adopted.
The resolution offered by Allen yesterday
calling on the secretary of the treasury for
Infoimotion coneornlnp the transfer of the
old New York custom house to the National
City bank of that city was adopted.
a
WHITE CONFERS WITH HAY
An lion iit-eil ( lint Iliu-r Kcjtulillu'N Lon
don CiMiHiiI Co ii era I IMil Not
Ollleinll > .
WASHINGTON , Jan. 23. Montague White ,
consul general of the South African repub
lic In London , called at the Stutd depart
ment this afternoon nnd had a conference
with Secretary Hay. Ho did not appear In
an official capacity , so it Is ahnonnceil.
There was an utter absence of fornnllty
about Mr White's visit. No appointment
had been made and the presentation of his !
card was the first notice that the secroI I
tary hod of White's presence In Washington llc
other than what appeared in the newspaP
peis. Nevertheless. Mr White was adPi'
mlttcd and Hpent nearly an hour In close
conversation with Secretary Hay. tin
At the beginning ho put hlnifeelf on n | stl
safe footing by Informing the secretary j \fl
that ho had no credentials nnd no aftlc'al off
character whatever. Ho frankly Admitted , be
however , that hb was In the United States vn
for the purposeof. aiding his countrymen FO
and to enlist the sympathy of the Amerof
lean people. The secretaiy was much In- wl
terosted In Mr. White's .statements , na was
hhown bv the fact that ho accorded him an
hour's audlenco In the busiest momenta of
the day without Interruption. The subject
of the conversation the state of nffalis tui
In tbo Transvaal and no statement of what \cf \
passed beyond that was obtainable ,
vn
i > i IIITO uico TO iiT niiju TUAIJI : , va
has
i
Caliliii'l llelliMCN It > -eenMiirj to ! - III
.Cllt IlllMlllCNH llNIINtC r , thi
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. The cabinet at col
Its regular meeting tofhiy again discussed tei
at length tbo Puerto Hlcan aituntlon. The ' ap
largo number of letters being recolved by tw
the president hnvo tended to confirm the
administration in thu belief that no unnccIta i ,
pjsary time should be occupied by.toiigrfty po
In taking action In the matter. The oplnlef
Ion Is unanimous In the cabinet that free LI
trade with the Island rr a nominal dut > Is stf
pfsontlal to prevent widespread business illsUn
aster among all classes of ) : n people 'ia
The newspaper gossip about the vlhlt of U
Webster Davis ' , asslttant secretary of the thi
Interior , to 'points in SouUi Africa was to
,
briefly touched U\on \ In thu cabinet Eeaslon. th
Secretary HltcUcock explained that Sir. ! 1 nil
Davis IB away from Ma post on sick leave , ' B'1 '
tbat his visit tn any place Is personal and ( to
unolllclal and that no ono has a right lo " "
aitnch any ofllclal or political slgnlflcanco
to his movements.
Sainoiin Tr.i-ai ) , ha
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. Tbo senate In stl
exeutlve session ngaln today dkwutsed the , ca
Sninoan treaty upon the basis of the mo- i at '
tlou of Senator Jonea of Arkansas to re- I ° "
coiiblder the vote by which the treaty was ) I of
ratified. Speeches were made In support Im
of the motion to reconsider by Senators ' Uf
Jones , Puttigrcw , Allen und Money and In , so
opposition by Senators Davis and 1'oraker urea
'
At' the ronclnslon of the debate u vote was Into
ordered , but a roll rail dl&clceed tbo ub- lly
tenco of a quorum , , Thc call , so far as it \
\\cut , showed 11 for and 22 against.
80AY Mf ENTITLED TO SEAT
State Unrepresented by Failure of Legislature - ,
ture to Elect , Sajs Mnjoritjt
PRECEDENTS IN SUPPORT OF POSITION
Mlmirlf.t Take itiu < tl > O | | in lp \
Unit CniiNdliilliiii Cnnti-iniilnlei
llciirc-ionliillnii
Of MlltCN ,
WASHINOTON , Jnn. 22.-The reports of
the committee on privileges nml elections
In thp cnso of M. S. Quny , who claims a sea
In the United States senate on the strength
of an nppolntmcnt '
froui 'tho governor of
Pennsylvania were presented to the Bennto
today. The mnjorltj report , opposing the
seating of Mr. Quay , was signed by Scna-
tois Caffery. I'oltus. Tiirlcy , Hnrrfs and Utir-
ro\vs , the last named the only republican
signing it. The minority report bears the
signatures of Senators Hoar , Chandler ,
Prltchard and McComas , all republicans , and
advocates plvlng the scat to Mr. Ctia > . The
majority report first views the circum
stances under which Mr. Quay's appoint
ment wus made , including the failure of
the 1'ennsjlvanla legislature
to elect a
senator. It sajs
"After a vacancy in the office of United
States senator occurs or comes to pass , If the
next legislature does not nil it , It con
tinues to exist.
It Is the same vacancy , not
a new one. Now the stnto executive Is
gl\en power to make n temporary appoint
ment In case of a vacancy , not as long ns It
continues or exists , but only until
the next meeting of the legisla
ture , which , Is then required to
III ! the \acancy. This clearly means that
the paramount Intent to have the legislature
choose the senators Is to prevail , and that
whenever the legislature IMS had the op
portunity to fill the vacaiic } , either before
or after It occurs , the executive has no
power to appoint. "
for ItonrcNciitntlon.
Continuing , the report says"Thus con
strued , this clause of the constitution affords
every facility for always keeping the sonata
nilcd with senators who
uro the ical repre
sentatives of their respective states. A
senator who Is chosen by the legislature of
his state Is likely to be- the choice of the
majority of the citizens of hlb state. A
senator who It , appointed by an executive
Is frequently only the personal or political
favorite of the executive. The legislature ,
as wo construe the clause , choot.es the sena
tor In the Hrst instance. If bo declines to
servo , or dies before ho is Inducted into
onice , or if iiftor '
iiuallfjing 'he
dies
, re
signs or is expelled the executive may make
a temporary appointment until the legisla
ture meets again ; or if , owing to the
changes In the state constitutions , the
leglslaturo which is. authoilzed to nil the
term at its
commencement. cannot meet
until after the tenu has commenced the
executive can also make a temporary np
polntmcnt.
"Every contingency Is thus provided for
except the sole contingency that the leglbla ;
ttiro will fall to pcrfonm its sworn duty.
Against a contingency , of this kind the
framers of the constitution did not intend
to provide. " (
After discussing at length the circum
stances under which the constitution was
framed the majority announces Its conclu
sion as follows
"We think that the framers of the consti a
tution never contemplated nor intended to
provide for a case where a state by Us own |
deliberate act should deprive Its legislature
o the power to nil an entire terra at Its
beginning. , Jn. our opin.lpruthoyinev.er intended - .
tended to glvo the executive of a. state the *
povver to nil an entire tf > in by original
appointment unless possibly in a case
where the legislature hod chosen and the
person elected had refused to accept or died
before qualification. In other words , wo
conclude that the power of appointment
was not to be exercised unless the vacancy
occurred In the lecess ot the legislature
and was occasioned by bomo casualty like
death or resignation. "
of
The leport then quotes numerous precc-
dents , beginning with that of Kensey Johns \ \
of Delaware , In 1704 , and closing with the hl
case of Henry W Corbett of Oregon in 189S. , .
It then ends as follows- "
"Tho statement of those cabes and piece- '
dents shows that from the beginning of the
government down to the present time tbo
senate has never recognized the right of to
state executive to make a tonipornry ap
pointment In which the vacancy happened
or occurred during the session of the
legislature. It shows further that for
teventy-flvo jears the senate has refused
to recognize the right of a state executive
to make a temporary appointment oven
where the vacancy happened or occurred
during n recess of the legislature , if the
legislature either before or after It oc
curred and prior to th6 date of the ap
pointment hal had an opportunity to 1111 It " by
"ho m'norlty 'cpert takes ' ! opposite
view. Quoting flection 3 , article I. of the ho
constitution , the minority says that the fall- of
llr' ' of the governor to call the legislature
together to elect a senator does not act to
dcpilvo tha governor of the power of ap
pointment Ueferrlnfi to the constitutional
piovlslon ' , the question Is asked
"iJaes ' the language of the constitution of
tho'United States mean just what the con
stitution of the commonwealth ot PeniiByl-
vanla sajs1 'In cnso of a vacancy In the
offlco of United States senator In a recess nnd
between sessions , ' or docs It mean that the
vacancy must bo one which comes by chance ,
that It does not apply nt all to the case
a vacancy at the beginning r > f a term ,
which docs not come by chance , but Is fore-
scon and Inevitable ? "
This question Is answered a.s follows"If
the words hnvo the former meaning then all
distinctions between cases whcio n legiuln- Day
has been In session and these vvhcro a ant
legislature l.aH not been In session , between jl
vacancies at tbo beginning of a term nnd ilb
vacancies beginning after the term Itnolf
begun and the ofllco for that term i : ice 0.
tilled ! , nto without Importance. Wo think
that the former the Mn
Is true meaning of the j i
constitution. Wo think that It was the intent - | j und
tent of thu constitution to provide1 , ns far j j W.
possible , thut oveiy state should have j J.
1
two senators.
' ' 1 The coimltutknal convention hci-
Hated between conferring HIP power of ap-
polntlns ; ecnutorr upon the executive and the
legislature of the statu | n the beginning.
Lll.o the legislature , the executive of the ,
state wai suppcsed to represent the will of Anil
pcoplo. Under the constitutional nr-
'langc'incnts ; then e.\lBtlng ho appointed all "
fituto ; olllceiu and appointed Judges , who held
whtu
their olllco for life. So there Is no reason :
and
Hiippose that thuy considered the execu- I ,
th'o nn unlit Instrument for RUeh appoint- | .
ment. And they nettled the question by ' Jr'
d >
giving HIP power of permanent appointment A"i
the legislature and nf temporary appointment - ' ,
ment to the executive. for tlona '
AVIml I'rniin-r of ConnlMntlon Mount , he )
"i. Wo can conceive no leason JIKely toTt8 j
have Influenced , thu fiameiu of the con-1 I with
stltutlon for making a dlttlnctlon between ' "
cases ; of vncancv cccuirlng In one wn > or uncle
cnio tlmu nnd vacancies occunliig In au > R"1
'
other 'way or at any other time. The ofllco fh *
senator niay be at any time of infinite , and
Importance to the Intercsia of a state. | ' since.
Upon a single vote may often depend and 1 bef
some time * has depended the fata of meas- I vco
which would bring prosperlij ci misery' ' Rood
every worktop and almost every fanimy }
In Pc nb > l aiilaVo don't believe that i went
\vben the constitution was enacloj 11,111 ,
have occurred to anybody tbat U u Cei
dftintor died within n week of the adjournTl
ment of the legislnlurc or nt n time when
them were three parties In the legislature
who could not ngrep" , or nt it time when the
housed who formerly made au flection
by concurrent vote wpre of different ways
of thinking' In 'politic * , to different that
they could not , pe reconciled , that the state
must rcmn'/K / , unrepresented until a new
legislature"1 should be chose n. ' '
The report 'further ajs that : "The
language of the tcry clause In ques
tion cannot be construed ns the opTl
poiicnts of Mr. Quay would construe
It , or In any other way than the
undersigned construe It , without do
slroylng Its own purpose. If there be no
power In the executive of Pennsylvania to
appoint n successor to Mr. Quay under this
clause of the constitution there Is no
power In Oie legislature to cheese such
successor until the end of the term , nnd In
every case where n senator dies or resigns ,
\vhcro \ after stich death or resignation the
legislature has met and adjourned without a
choice or wherbv'er at the beginning ot n
term ( he vnpan6 remains unfilled , It must
remain unlllled until the end ot the six
jears , according to the logic ot the majority
of the committee. "
AtiMwcrit < o ArHiinicitl.
On another point the minority says : "U
Is said that. If the ileglslaturc has been In
session after a vacancy and has fallel to
flit It. the state Is In fault ; that the leglsUv
tnrc hns neglected .Its duly , nnd so It Is
not unjust that the state should suffer. There
are two answers to this argument.
" 1. That It Is for the Intel cst of the
whole people that every state should bo
fully teprcscntcd , and ,
That there Is no fault to bo
Imputed to tha legislature nf a state or to
the people , where a majority vote Is re
quired , If there be a failure to elect. Will
anybody claim the the case of a failure to
elect a president for want of a constitu
tional majority , a case provided for by con-
fcirlng a power upon the house ot repre
sentatives voting by elates , Is the case of
fault or negligence on the part of the people -
plo ? "
The minority then gave cnnslderable at-
tlon to the various cases and concludes as
"Tho cnso of Allen of Wnhhlngton was
decided with the Leo Mantle case and with
out argument , a decision to which Mr. Bcck-
vvlth of Wjonilug submitted without fuithor
contest. At that tfmo there was an earnest
division In the senate on an Important ques
tion relating to the currency , which created
for the tlmo' more earnest differences of
opinion than those existing between the
two great political'parties on other ques
tions.
"It was a time not favorable to a dis
passionate , non-partisan judgment. Wo
prefer the authority of the New Hampshire
cases , which was acted on also In the case $
of Mr. I'asco of Florida , and we think that
a decision that must Inevitably deprlvp
states In the union for long periods of time
of their rightful representation under the
constitution will not bo permitted long to
stand , and that no hcttlement of the ques
tion in derogation of the rights of the Htntei
and , as wo conceive. In violation of the In
tent of the framers of the constitution , should
bo acquiesced In "
DISCUSS PACIFIC CABLE ROUTE
io\criior
WASHINGTON , Jan. 23. The question of
gov l eminent cable across the Pacific was
considered today .by life houoe committee on
Interstate antf foreign commerce. A largo
number of govprnnient officials nnd private in
citizens intcrcste'd 'in the project were pres
ent. ! These'Incfuded Captain G. 0. Squler , a
acting" chlhrtif 'ti\'e ' ! ' Signal service during the
illness of Gen rAl Gieely ; Admiral Br id-
ford , who has had charge of the naval In-
vestigation 'of Iho subject ; General Wager
Swnjno of New' ' York , lorig Identified with
the Pacific cabldmovement , and Governor
Brady of Alaska , who wishes to have the
Alaskan route for a cable fully considered.
Captain ] Squler had been designated by Secretary -
rotary Root and General Greely to present
the subject , as he has had immediate charge
collecting the large amount of data bearIng -
Ing on a government cable. Ho said there D.
was no longer any doubt ns to the practica
bility , of the Pacific cable from n technical
and engineering > polnt of vlow , and ho gave
the details of the routes , viz.- That via
Midway ! Island being 7,769 miles , and that
via Wake island 7,122. Klther of these
routes , he said , was equal , It not superior ,
the British route via Fanning Island.
Bo
FORECASTER HAZEN IS DEAD mo
pre
IleNiilt of IiijurlvN llccolveil In e.\-
ColIInlon nltliojrro hl11'
son
of
WASHINGTON , Jan , 23. Henry A. Ha- con
zcn , one ot the chief forecasters of the of
weather bureau , , died hero tonight as the
result of the Injuries received last night
a bicycle collision with a negro pedes Ing
trian. His skull was badly fracturpd and
continued unconscious up to the time
bis death.
Prof. Hazen was well known among me-
teoiologlstfl nnd scientific men. Ho was
born in India fifty years ago , his father
being a mlsslonory. Ho wab graduated from Into
Dartmouth college and then was connected slon
with the scientific department ot Yale unl-
vei'slty for nine years. Ho Joined the over and
United States signal eon ice , now the '
weather bureau , In 1881 , Ho WHS single to
lived with a sister and two nephews ,
Another sUler Is a missionary. the.
Ing
ArliM mill > I J \iMiliilllli > u < N , ci
WASIUNOTON , Jan. 23. The president -
of
today sent the following nominations to the wnr
soimte : of
Navy Lieutenant commanders to be com- of
roanders , William W. Klmball , William P rlveir law
, J. O. Wlleou , lieutenants to bo lieuten
commanders , William S. Hogg , Itobort
Held ; Pabt Asslsjant Surgeon N T. Ilar- .
, to be a surgeon-
Marino Corps' Lieutenant Colonel Henry
Cochrnne , to bo a colonel. Major Allan C.
Kelton , to be a lieutenant colonel ; Captain :
Llncojn Kannany , to bo a major. To bo sec-
' ' lieutenants In the marlno corps , S. A.
. Patterson of Pennsylvania and Herbert
Hlrshlnger of North Carolina.
War Second lieutenants to bo first lieu
tenants. Charlcp n Drake , Fifth cavalry ;
Charles. McK. Saltzman , First cavalry.
N
siiii : QUIT ncl
Got \\ell Wllli < lic Help ( if I'ON- Job
tiinl I'ooil t'orfcc * , V
"I am u school girl and want to toll you New
Fojtum Food Coffee has done for it
4' tip UUtU | U * mo
several of my i datives
'The old-fashloneJ coffee alwn } made me the
) and dull and gave me heartbuin , with of
dlapsla. . When wo tried Postum Fqod In
Cb'ieo U did not tuele good , but I beggsd
another trial , when thu dlioc- iv 111
were followed and we found It de- ° "
hclouB. Since that lime wo have used It will , ! ,
regularly and I have i\c\fr \ had an ) trouble
the heavy feeling or d > 6pcpula.
"Di. Lowrlo proscribed Postum for my nnv
able
, Mr. , property man of the would
Bton theater , and It worked a marvelous
the
change in him. Ho quit the common coffee
has been using I'ostum Food Colfee ever Ho
. Ho looks bolter than 1m ever did
before. Hla family alto ui > o. It. Uncle Is know
strong In his pralso ot Postum for the j't'"i
It huii ( lone him Please do not use- make ]
signature , but you can up the state-
" , Woicoaler , Mu&s
name car to furnished by tl'o I'ostum V
Cereal Co. . at Battle Creek , Mich. JSte ; ;
, TIIORSTOX ENTERS A DENIAL
Ho is Not Figuring on Presiding Over the
National Republican Convention.
NAILS RUMOR IN PHILADELPHIA PAP R
Tl 111 UH It \\oulil 1li < In Hail Tunic lu
1'lNli for Uiv IMiit'c I mil \r -r
( > clcunCK ( Arc
I'llONCll ,
WASHINGTON. Jnn. 23. ( Special Tele
gram. ) A Philadelphia paper staled today
that Senator Hanna and Senator Thursion
. will bo candidates for the honor of prcaliJ
Ing over the republican national convention ,
which Is to bo hold there on June 19 ? o
far as Senator Hanna Is concerned he his
authorized an emphatic denial ot this rumor.
Senator Thurston said today that he had not
approached n soul with a view of being
temporary or permanent chairman ; that It
would bo the height of folly to think of so
doing , , mall after the state convention ot
Nebraska hnd bclected delegates at largo lethe
the national convention.
"Of course , " sultl he , "no man could fall
to nppreclnto the honor of being chosen to
preside over the deliberations of such a
great convention , but any statement that I
am already laying my plans to bo made
chairman is wholly false. "
Senator Thureton has Inti educed a
bill which , If enacted Into law will add
considerably to the salary list of the United
States and especially to Treasury depart
ment .salaries. His bill Is to amend section
3118 of the Revised Statutes relating to
pay of collectors of Internal revenue and
provides that their compensation shall bo
fixed nt $2.COO where annual collections
amount to $2j,000 or less and shill , by the
secrotarv of the treasury , on recommenda
tion of the commissioner of internal revenue ,
be graduated up to the limit of $4,500 when
collections amount to more than $25,000 and
less than $1,000,000 and where annual col- j i
lections amount to more than $1,000,000 there I
shall bo allowed to the collector $1,500 and
In addition thereto n commission of one-
tenth of 1 per cent on the amount of all tax
collected by him under the "Act to provide
ways and means to meet war expenditures
and for other purposes , " passed Juno 13 ,
The bill further provides vvheie annual
collections exceed $1,000,000 nnd do not ex-
cecd $2,000,000 , $5,000 shall he paid the col-
lector ; where they exceed $2,000,000 nnd not
over $5,000,000 , $3,000 Is to bo paid , and
where they exceed $5,000,000 and not over
$10,000,000 , $6,000 is to be paid , and over
$10,000,000 , $0,500.
$10J
Juan M. Boyle of Kearney Is In the city
looking after legislation which will give him
about $6,500 , ns one of the heirs of his '
great-grandfather , who wati acting secretary
of the I navy many years The court of claims
passed upon this and as It was shown that
Doyle's ; great-grandfather had never boon
paid for his services , the court recommended
that the amount should bo paid.
Arthur Grimm , a Washington county boy ,
now located In New York City , Is In Wash
ington sightseeing.
Congressman Burhett Introduced bills to
daj lo pension Daniel A. Stoke and Aaron
n. Mitchell.
ncpieseutatlve Mercer will be one of the
principal speakers at the banquet of the
Merchants' and Manufacturers' asMoclatloi
of Baltimore on February 1
William M. Beardshcar , president of tin
levin State college at Ames , is In the cltv
attendance upon the board of Indian
commissioners appointed by the president ns
sifting committee for the purpoea of ec-
curing favorable legislation for the Indians.
C. C. Colc'inan was today appointed post
master at Greenwpod , Cass county , Neb. ,
vice O. W. Clark , resigned ; also George
Koontz , at Volney , Allamakeo county , la.
Congressmen Gamble and Burke have rec-
ommendcd John W. Vanderpool for pcstmis-
ter at Gale , S. D , J. H. Bostwlch at Ore-
Ulle , S. D , and Frank H. Richardson at
Bloomlngdale , S. D.
An order was Usued today dl2ontlnnB
the postoinco at lpon , Stanley county , S
. Mall will be sent to Bovine
FOR COMMERCIAL EXPANSION
TlilN nnil Oilier I'ronoNllloiiH In Ile-
Iiort fur Action lij .Niitliinnl
lloilril of Triiilo.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 23. The National
Board "of Trade began Its thirteenth annual
meeting here today. In the absence of the
president , Frederick Fralley of Philadelphia ,
ex-Governor B. 0 Stannard of St , Louis pie-
blded ' , Forty commercial bodies were repre
sented by about 135 delegates The program 11
the t meeting , which will occupy three days ,
contemplates the discussion of a wide range
subjects. Among the many resolutions
adopted by some ono or moro of the con
stituent bodies for discussion at the meet-
nro the following
Knvorinif legislation amending the postal
laws relative to second-class mall matter ,
favoring ono-cont ratu for latter mall locally to
addressed , fnvoilnf ? n chrap parcel post
sjMom under t'ho ' Postiofftce department ; nc
favoring one-cent letter postage , favoring sal
legislation by oongrets o is to permit railtlu
roads eima-ied In Inler.'tato traffic to enter iB.
)
pooling iirrangements under the super-
vlslon cf lihp Intcrntato Commerce comnilH-
, favoring legislation KUIiifr the Inter
state Commerce commission full control
intes and i > owrr to enfoico Its rullng.s
decisions subject to review by thn
L'nlted Stjtea toiirtH , favoring legislation
prevent ) illHertmln.itlon by railroads
ucrainst Hie milling Industry of the United
Suites ; favoring a law having for ItH object . C01
. 1m icnxf of our niprcham marine ; favoren
KOIMandard ] \ IrffUlatlon , invorlng the p
cation of an executive department of tlio i ,
rfovpriwnenl to be known IIH the Department I to
eommrice , favoilntf a modification of the I TC
tcxenun law In tlio matter of taxation sen
the tiaite.t ; < tluus In exchanges nnd ooaids
triidc , as well us In other lesilures of the '
; favoring Improvements upon the Ohio to
and Him c'linnel at the mouth of the I Mil
Mississippi , favoring the construction of the
irasuui canal without further delay ; ile-
thdt commenlul exiMnblon Is u ne
eo.sbity for the people of IJio ( Tnlted rftatcs lie
After an address by Governor Stannnrd a Bill
ccmmltteo on credentials was appointed. wa
HeportB from the cxccutlvo committee and
reasurCr were received , Fralley was then for
unanimously ro-elected president. port
potI
INVITE M'KINLEY TO ATTEND for
nni
he
I'rflntcM nnil I , M.I men
pri
I rc 1'rcMltlfiH lo Allcnil Ilic
KOV
Coiifci'enri' ,
This
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. A delegation , cls
Including Morris K Jessup and Colonel
J. McCook of NPW York , Bishop Henry ?
Satterlco and William Henry Grant of tlio
York , called on President McKlnlHy j I }
the I White house today to extend an In,1 ' , ,
vltation from the executive commltteo of erf
Ecumenical conference to attend ono ' " '
the sessions of that conference to bo held ! ing
New Yoik in Auill ' nil
The general attendance on that conference > Ne
include distinguished men from this | | r
countiv . and others Ex-Piesldent Harrison ) "
bo the honoiary president
The president received the ( omnilltco ver ) r-
cordially , but could not give the members vtlio
dcllnlio assurance that he would bo
In
to attend the conference. While he
bo Klad to attend , yet lib decision In
matter would depend entirely on the
condition of public business at the tlmu
nromlsed to take the Invitation under
consideration and will let the committee
later whether ho can como or not
IH hoped thut if he dors attend he will
an address
llt'uorl on I'liitfiic ill Honolulu.
WASHINGTON Jan 23 Surgeon General
Sternbere has received the following dls
i
Of Bcnion *
, t < For thosti who nccd
good catarrh medicine I know of nothing better
than Peruna , I can conscientiously recommend it. ' '
patch on the plague from Major Blnlr TnvHi
lor , chief surgeon at thp United States milt-
tarj hospital at Honolulu , dated January T
"Since my last repot t there Imvc been
three C.IKCS of the disease and ono death.
The process of binning up the Infected dip-
trlct Is rapldlj proceeding Its Inlnbltnnts
arc being Isolated In detention camps and
the government has placed $270,000 $ at the
disposal of the Board of Health , with the
promlfi ) of more If needed. These measures
will , 1 think , be effective In eradicating ( he
disease In the course of time But little
apprehension Is felt of Its attacking the
troops of the command. "
Spimtr Conllrnis .Nomination * .
WASHINGTON , Jan. 23 The ncnate 'o-
day confirmed the following nominations
Postmasters Colorado : J C Twomblev ,
Denvpr. l < Ml sourl II. J Crlder. Maltland.
Iowa- ' I ) Anderson. Lnmonl ; L. A. Chlltree ,
Morning Sun. Nebraska J S. Hoover ,
Blue Hill ; J I , Lnshbrook , Oxford , J M.
Mills , Lnurdl , S R. Razee , Curtis ; R F.
Williams , St IMward.
TllIU of niUhiH for Second IMtlee.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 23 The name of
Senator Blklns of West Virginia bus been
disclosed ao u vice presidential candidate by
party leaders. While the senator has made
no announcement of his Intentions , It Is
known that hp would not be averse to
rounding out his public career as vice presi
dent.
( ; eiicriil IJrooKc nt Cnnlhll.
WASHINGTON , Jan 23. General John
U Brooke , formerly governor general of
Cuba , , arrived In Washington tonight fiom
the south. Ho was accompanied bj Mrs.
Brooke nnd by his aide , Captain James T. |
Dean. I
I
MINERS AND OPERATORS MEET
j
IM-vliiK Hie Scnle fur Ilic Coining
AtMir n MnM Illllleult |
Milder. , '
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|
INDIANAPOLIS , Jan. 23 The Interstate
conference of United Mine Workers nnd real
operators was called this morning with
about 175 prominent operators from Ohio. J I
Illinois , Pennsylvania , Iowa Indltnn and I I
Michigan present. The attendance Is the I
most repiespntutlvp ever held The miners
hsvo over 500 representatives in the Joint
conference , which , It Is picdlcted , will last
until the middle of next week. The routine ,
of business provides for a scale committee. ,
This committee will wrestle with the scale j I
problem and 1he main conference will ad-i
jouin from day to day until the scalecornI I
roltteo agrees upon a report. - i j
The Illinois operators me at loggcislicnd- ? j I
among themselves. The radicals do not
want to make advances to the miners. The !
Ohio opeiatois appear to be most liberal In j
their offers. It being commonly understood j
that they will give a 10-cent advance on thu
jump. >
The Michigan operators have contracts i
which run until June 1 and the mine workf '
rrs decided not to brcp'c tb"sc ' Individual" fJ
contracts , but will tr\ and scf concerslona |
for the two months between the expliatlon
o' the Interstate agreement , April 1 , and the I
expiration of the Michigan contracts j
There will bo a bitter fight over the screen I
question. The minors declare that the op- j
eiators must declare their Intentions ilrst |
The big anthracite stilke talked of In
central Pennsylvania Is off. National Hoard
Member Benjamin James of Jeanebvillc. , Pa .
today said "President Mitchell and I
agreed that It would be the height of folly
to order n strike now. "
The Joint conference did not convene until
o'clock , when a surprise was sprung In
the selection of a dialman. ! It \\n < > thought
Dempster of PHUsburg would have the honor ,
but on motion of President Mitchell of the
miners Walter S. Boglo of the Crescent C'oal
Mining company of Chicago was elected to
preside.
John V. Heese , miner from Iowa , wanted
_ know when the Iowa operators would ) > P
accorded , icpresentatlon. Chairman Bogle
said that ho did not think he could rctognl/o
the Iowa operators until an oiganl/atlon han
been effected nnd the credential committee
reported.
On motion of 1'iesldent Mitchell the con
ference wus adjouined lo 10 a rr tomoiiow.
The delegates from Ohio , \Vrst Virginia
and Indiana met tonight and selected com
mittees to represent them In the joint scale
conferencetomorrow. . There
/ WPIO no op-
eralon from the state of Iowa , but John j
Ream , the stnto president , was chosen
represent that slate The committee on
"
credentials has decided adversely to the
seatlnc of a member fiom that stale.
The following wcro elected as delegates
the American Federation of Labor John
Mitchell. W C. Peorco , Patrick Dolan and
John L Hunter.
On the second ballot for vlco picsldent
Reese and Lewis are leading. The vote Is
being counted nnd at 11 o'clock there
a whlapor that Lewis had been elected
The committee appointed to fix the scale
outside laborers made the following re
to the miners' convention :
For trimmers and dumpers , $1.75 per day ,
bo > s , 14 to 16 years of ago , $1.35 ; bluck-
nmltbs. $2.50 , llromen , $1.75 ; blacksmith
helpers ! , $1.75 ; Incline runners , $1.75 , the
price paid engineers In Illinois to bo the
Kovc'inlng price In nil competitive 11 Idj
ecalc Is based on a walking day of
eight hours.
I olon of IrlNli I'olllleal KuclloiiN.
NKW YORK. Jan 21 It IH expected ilia *
union of the different Irish national
political faitlonn Will be announced at a
demonstration to IIP given on I3uster Mon And
; In honor of John H Ilcdinond at Wat-
crford , Irpland , HIP ( Hi ho repreHonts In The
Parliament At tills demonstration a lov
_ cup nnd un Illuminated album from the
Watciford ? men and wompii In New York lunl
be prcHcntPii to Mr Iledmond The 'Ji.
> vv Yolk eommittpo will IIM | < Hlelmrd
okpr | to reurefcnt them at llio preventu-
Hj nilli'iiliVllllrr l.ot'iitril ,
NIJW yOHK. Jun 2J William F Miller ,
( ondtKtcil tint DJO j.er . tent rninklln
tiyndkate I" Hrooklyn lias been located
C'anailu and IH under xurvcllluncc Till a
Tor Infanta and Children.
ino Kind You Have Always Bought
* >
Bears the / * %
S'.graturo of C td
'
Information \vn.s Riven out by thp Urooli
IMI l authorities , tonight Tjie | lo\lco \ uVrllno
i't tntp In what cltj or thvvn Mlllpi Is
stopping Mllloi wax Indicted on Novom-
I ber l i Jl. In eoiijiinellnnvlth hitiiMiNlnpi ,
} ( .Veil , Leslie , whose whereabouts are lin-
' known | , for co'inplini v in obtilnliig moiiev
I through fraud and uilsix-piesonlatton Ihl'
( ilfcnsp Is tint e\Unilllalile iilul tinlnv u nf\\
! ' InillctmcAt ' wu .found tiKiilnst Millci fir
I cmbezrlement. rrlu > now ImlleUnfnl will hi-
pipxpiitcil In the vounty court on Kilihn
when cxtimlltloii pnpc'iM will IIP leady
| Tn Cure l.nCri [ > < in 'l\tt > 1) ) } .
] j Take Laxative Brome CJUlnlnp Tab'ett ' All
I druggists , ' refund the money If It falls to cure.
K. W. Grove s signature Is ( in each box uc
Urni * IvniiclvlcK In UN 1'oel.i-t.
A mnn Klvlng the name of S. Bloom vs
nrrpstpd Tuesdav pvpnlng on thp charge of
suspicions diameter HP VVIIH followeil
from one pavvn'-hnp to ntiothor fnt Hninn
! time lij Detectives llerlan nnd Job H i
nnd , , , the ollhein linullv requested ol liliu
| to < PNpI.iln whether IIP VVHH taking a ien-
sus | of the clij B "uncles" or nunelv i all-
Ins on old friends The man fold nerv
sad story of how he was seeUlns ( o p\\vii
n vvutch ulvpn him liv his dlng mot In r
that he .might luive lund ( to carrv bun
I to Chicago , wheie his sister \ vt"fcrl ni' v
I 111 Thp rtorv iiffected Ojncoi .Inhimpn VPIV
tleeplv ) und he reaohetl for his ImndKoi-
I plilof , with vvhleh lo hide bis reeil'iit * H\
mistake his hunil got Inlq 111.- ov < ii"nt
| pocket of S Hlu.nn nil Instead of .1 hutul-
. kerc'hlpf } i neountereil u pnlr of Jirn1- '
kniieklei } He l < iol tlirin out nnd shovveil
them to Illootii , who upppiiioil mm li ui-
prlspd .mil hihiHltil that he had i.o Itlr.i
how then uijtip theie Il - sniKmsted , how
ever ' , thai some OIIP mu l hnv < > i > ut Hipin
theip for u joke. The olliceis , nil hough
quirk lo be imivoil lV imthos , arp Fome-
tltnes < lcn e nt stelnp : joki-s anil the m.iti
will be filv < n , i chance for n nmiv th'i-
oiiKh ' explanation of Ihp uffnir before the
I police ' judee this moliilng.
[ I1III II ml e - \ "Itmigir UIIIIHC. "
W H Mill was nirested bv Dptpcll\ "
llpltfcld ] and Donahue Tueiduv r\enln
for making what Is commonly termed n
"rough hniise" In the restaurant of 11 ( !
Reedur 151 fi Webster street Hill rooms in
that vicinity and boanH fU Rcedcr's reu-
tiinrant t ! Tiicfcdav evening lie entered Hi0
place with the avowed Intention of pnMtitf
his bill. The ciedltor and debtor dln > r d
on | : the amount nnd a quarrel ensued ll'll '
used a eruti b , which ordlini'lly Is an I -
stiument to ns > "Nt him \\alklnf. ) . with
telling effeet on the boweahPs and u II e
of ] fine cl-urs The amount of 11.11111130 I i-
Illctcd will make uorlous cube ng.iln.st
h'm
Churned Mll'i Iwlillipr/li-lncnI.
Jncdb ' Sv irlnu. collector for O S AVag-
ner , comm' ' slon nun. wti nrrp.sted by Dc-
tfnlves llec'in anil Jt nsi'in Tup ( lnv nls'H '
on hlH wny hnme nn'l ' If ( hirjjfcl 'VAlth cm-
brrzllnif ! | $ sO fmm ific llrm vvihkHi eniplove-l
{ h'm Svn'rlrii ' has be n known to be "hurt
'n ' his ncrounts i"nr cnc \ 'nami TIIP IUV
iho was missed at Ills 'ilurp of ein" > lo\ tit nt
, Detectives wee IrrmcJJatoly placed on his
track { siinJ u witnant for Ills nn st fnlnlslK 1
bv H mcm'jer pf the linn T'he ' olllcers
biintrj fpi' hlni dnrlns 'i > p dny hut were
ut suO" < ? fnl Thev foun-J him fhorii } ixfler
111 o'clock ne.iHldY'i and Illekory st
, . _ ,
, - - , , - I
I' MS - ( ) ( it | llnmniiN.
.Tud' e William S Kclkci inlJiesu < l .1
nurtlcm r of Majors at tfieir hall. Sixteen ian
{ } [
an I C'anltul nveiute. Tue-duy evening on
"Ardent ( Yaf& iMn&onry " Thp Judge
linn ( led Jils sublecit In a imsteilj uiV : re-
\lcwIriT ! tine hNtorv of Miutanrv from lhr
time of I1 * stnil Ion r "lefcne tlic Iilr'i1 ! of
Chri"t , uj ) to the ve.u J7l ! Tne oilier "pi'-ik
rts rf ( he rvctilrB wc-e W W K'j-soi John
J .Mcner nnd L 11 J5ni1loj
=
i fefliaiSHtoS jrjHS Kl ,
EANOR M. TIPITI.L : , 3711 I'ovvt'lUon
Ave. , Piiilndc'lplim , writes.
"Ilindinflninnintoryrlioinnntisin ,
which W/IH / for weeks so iiitoiifptlint
I was nimble tov aliv I vv as treated
by BoverVil prominent physicians ,
nnd tried many patent medicines ,
bdt without j-ohcf I felt so niuch
better nfter takiiif ; two bottles of
S S. S , that I conifmit'd thu reme
dy , nnd In t\\o \ months I was cured
completely , nnd hnvo never since
hnd a touch of the disease "
( Swift's ( Specific ) is tlm only remedy
which reaches this painful disease , and
is Kiinrnnteed purely vegetable. Send
for vnhniblabookrt mailed fiee by Swift
Specidc Oompaiiy , .Atlanta. Gn.
rj > < J Woodward i
' - ' v- ' MBIH Tel 1'JiD.
C h.irlcH and 'Jnnlel Fiolinmn prcwent
ATi TVT fat X ! AIHE . J V/ JUt cX V X
LAST TMIIS TONKillT
AT THE
WHITE HORSE
TAVERN. "
vvlth the original New York last , liielndlii.-
Anne .Sutherland KicdirI , ( iioml , .Mllliim
Nusliltt and others of Droinlnencp , '
I'HH'lwS Ml.r.ll , Ijll.lMI , T..e , f.OcJ.Tc. .
NiXT : ATTRAfTION-
I'lldnj and .SaturdayYllllain A Iliad ) H
"Al'UJF1FI. ; . " ' '
The Furco taint SLniitl ( l New Voik
. \TIM-IJ TOUAl ,
An > beat . ' 3i children , lOc , KuUc'iy ' , iOc.
TOMC.IIT , HHTi ,
WILLIAMS ant ! ,
thp'r own Hie Comimny M
AHTIF'IS-JO
Hhow that kepi Now York
Six Montliti
I'rlips Ilvenlnus Itctvrvcd inputs , " 0-
EOi . galleiy lOe Matliit-p.s Any bo.t
. iliildren , I' ' " cutler } id.
BOYD'S-Tomorrow Nlgl'
f
3rd Number Absolution Course.
Reserved Seats SaleAT& , ? ; At