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THE OMAHA DAILY BEK : TILUHSDAY , FEBRUARY 8 , 1000. Telephones CIS-GDI. Bee , Feb. 7 , 1900. Underwear. The crisp , new whitu undergarments arc neat , tasteful or exquisite , according to thoprice. . Not a piece is too meaner or cheap to be neatly made. The ma terials and trimmings are the eame that careful women choose for home sewing. Ladles' Drawers , al 23c , of muslin with flounce , open or closed , tome with bom and tucks at the name price. Other styles finished with lace.embrold- ory and hemstitching at 35c and 50c each. Moro elaborate ones of cimbrlc and Nainsook , finished with lace and cm- broidery at "fin. S3c , ? 1.00 , $1.2f > , $1.50 , $2.00 nnd 13.00 each. Ladles' Pettlccals with ruffle of cm- broidery and turks at $1.00. A largo nHforlmcnt of skirts at all prices Including these with the bias llounce. Prices range from $1.00 to $ G.CO. Gowns from the plainest to the moro elaborately trimmed. Styles to suit all tastes. Prices SOc to $0.00. A nice assortment at $1.00. Corset Cavern , all prices , o largo as sortment to choose . from , Including tight flUlng , full nnd the short French cover. Chemises : prlccj range from 7Sc lo $4.00. Ladles' Short Petticoats of cambric fin ished -with hemstitching , nt 60c. At 7Gc , of cambric , with flounce trim med with lace and Inserting. \Vo Close Otii' Store Saturdays nt 0 P. M. AOBST3 FOR FOSTBIl KID ( ll.OVnS AND McCAI.I/S PATTBIl.NS. Tltt ONLY EXCLUSIVE DRY GOODS HOUSE IN OMAMA. Y. M. O. iA. I1U1LD1KQ , COU. KITH AND DOUGLAS STS. PLAN INTER-OCEANIC LINE Southern I'aellle IN Creillledith lelulnir Another TraiiNeonlI- neiit.-.l Itoiiil. CHICAGO , Feb. 7. The Record will say tomorrow : Plans for a easily piece of construction work that practically will bring about an other transcontinental Una arc being cnadc by Iho Southern Pacific company. A line from some point In south California to Salt Lake , or to Mme more westerly place of the Central Paclllc , Is In mind , nnd the building of a part of it , unless something unexpected happens to change the plans , will bo begun in the spring. Last year the Southern Pacific had survey ors at .work laying out the most desirable rente southwctitward from Salt Lake to a connection with the Southern Pacific In California. It Is said that the company has made arrangements whereby the Carson & Colorado road , which extends from Kecler , In the eastern part of southern California , to Carson City , Nov. , In part will be used as n link In the proposed line. High officials of the Southern Pacific , whllo not desiring to discuss the matter for publication , admit the essential features of the scheme. They will not nay where the tcroilni of the line will be , but they have adtnltlcd that an application for a right of way has boon filed In the government land .office. That the Carson & Colorado Is a party to the nchcmo Is regarded as cor- Inln , bpcauso of Iho fact , that I ) . 0. Mills , who In practically the solo proprietor of the Callfornla-.Novada line , recently has been e'lected lo Hie directory of the South ern Pacific. TO INVESTIGATE RATE CUTTING InterMate Commerce CoiiiinlNHlon s to ( irnlii MeiiV r ' CHICAGO , Feb. 7. Rote culling on grain Is to bo Investigated by the Interstate Comi- merco' commission. Ex-Governor Flfer , J. D. Veomans nnd J. T. Marchaud of the com mission have visited Chicago" and conferred with a delegation of Chicago grain shippers. It Is said that tl.o men representing the gov ernment were Impressed by the claims- made by the grain men and promised co-opcratlon. H It ) the old story of discrimination against tlin smaller dealers nnd In favor of the Etrong ones of the grain trade. SI lii ! orH' Grievances. NEW YORK , Feb. 7. The classification committee of Iho Trunk Line association met today to consider the numerous complaints mudo by local nnd western shippers ut pub lic hearing on January 22 , last , relative lethe the classifications in freight matter for 1900. In addition to Commissioner GoJdnrd thcro were present F. II. Kingsbury , Pennsyl vania railway ; Georgfl 13. Terry , New York Central ; II. B. Chamberlain , Erie railway ; P. H. Flyun , Delaware , Lackawannu & Western ; C. A. Blood , Lackawanna ; C. S. Wright. Baltimore & Ohio ; II. E. Billings , Lake Shore ; David Brown , Grand Tiunk ; S. B. Knight , Wubaah ; H. P. Chnpln , Boston & Albany ; II. II. McLeod , Hamilton & Day ton ; J. Lowrlo Bell , Jersey Central ; Percy Todd , West Shore ; J. E. Cbllds , Ontario & Western , and others. After the adjournment of the meeting Commissioner Goddard stated that the com- mllleo had been carefully considering the grievances of the shippers. l'N .Sut'e - Hor. CHICAGO , Fob , 7. It was Hinted nn high authority today that William C. Brown , gen eral manager of the Burlington system , will bo elected president of the reorganized Kan sas City , Plttsburg & Gulf road. LAND BUYING IS DIFFICULT tnele Sum Not MeetlllK with Slieeexx III I'urolir.nliiK ConlliiK NCldllllN. WASHINGTON , Fwb. 7. Slate depart- mcpt officials maintain silence respecting the mooted proposition to purchase the Danish Wcat Indian Islands for u coaling station. It Is gathered , however , that emnothlng has been done In a qtiltl way by tlio gov ernment In anticipation cf the adoption of the Isthmliin canal prrjcct by congress. The object has been a double one , Ural , to secure - cure an advantageous option from Den- murk , and , uccond , to procure Information as to tbo possibility of cnulrliK ) thrijo Iv'.itnilN BO u ( o iiict the Itirjulrk's of the committed ) of ccnxn'hi , which will have to do with the bill. 11 MI of the "feelers" In thin direction have bi n thrown cut In ICuropu and thenIn g od authority for tin ) btuicmt'iit ( hut much difficulty will bu ox- perlcncctd by the KovernmtinU of the United State * and Drnniiirk In rouchlng an Agree ment satisfactory to both vlilcn , 03011 after the needed ICflJlutlin U ne.'iiml from ron- Efforts wade to umuri ) like fui-llltles on 44A Gentle Wind of Western Birth" Tells no sweeter story to humanity than the announcement that the health-giver and health-bringer. Hood's Sarsaparilla , ' tells of the birth of an era of good health. Jt is the one reliable specific for the cons of all blood , stomach and liver troubles. HIP Pacific sldo of the Ishmuo have not been attended with , as much promise. Such over tures as have1 been made to the government of Ecuador have developed nn aversion to the surrender of the smallest speck of ter ritory. Ciilnnol Hurry l.enrcn .Miinlln. WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. Lieutenant Col onel. Thomas H. Barry , assistant adjutant general , who has been adjutant general of the Department of the Pacific nnd of the Eighth army corps nt Manila for several months , left for homo today on the Grant. On bis arrival In this city ho will be as signed to duty in the olDce of the adjutant general. Colonel Wilbur , formerly adjutant general of the Department" of the East , nt New York , will succeed Colonel Barry as adjutant gen'crnl of the troops In the Philippines. For liiNiieeltoii ( it Nurnory Stock. WASHINGTON , -Feb. 7. The nursery slock Interests of the country have been represented here of late In an effort to se cure legislation against the spread of the San Jose scale and other para ltcs which In fest plants , fnllts nnd 'nursery stock In general. After conferences betwcan them and the Agricultural department and the house committee on agriculture the latter body today reported a. bill providing a sys tem of government Inspection of such stock coming fro'in ' abroad and also that of Amer ican growth when intended for Interstate shipment. "oulellc In Mileli Ietpr. AVASHINGTON , Feb. 7. A letter was re ceived today from E. P. Boutollc , a brother of Representative Boutollc of Maine , stating ttat the condition of the congressman has Improved so rapidly that he will be able to leave the sanitarium within a few weeks entirely recovered. Havana Collodion lleixirl. WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. The'War de partment madetbo statementtoday , that the total collections for the port of Havana for the 301 working days of the year l'8i ) ! was $1,097,151 , making un average dally collec tion of $36,867. DISPOSED TOAMEND TREATY _ I'ordllcnUoiii fur Protection of Property Cunnlilrrvil KxscllHill. WASHINGTON-Fob. 7. The , - senate com mittee on foreign relations mot today to consider the Nicaragua canal trea'ty. The discussion was animated. Whllo some op position was manifested It was not of such a character as to Indicate the defeat of the treaty , but that It would ho amended there seems to bo little doubt. Onb of the amend ments proposed IH that the whole of the Clayton-Hulwer trcoly shall be abrogated. It Is said by members of the committee favoring this change that thcro la no need of keeping alive any portion of the old trcaly. Another change suggested IB In re gard to the protection of the canal. The treaty declares th'ero , Shall bo no. fortifica tions , and It IH said this will prevent thp United States from erecting batteries which are by some .considered absolutely neces sary In view of the Insurrections that ocur from timeto time In South -American coun tries. It lo possible' that this language will be modified so that such protection as the United States deems neceasary will bo afforded along the route of the canal. Nearly the utitlru time of the committee was consumed In listening to an elaborate utntcmcnt from Spnator Morgan , who IB thoroughly familiar with the subject of the Nicaragua canal proposition nnd all treaties affecting It. There was Ilttlo or no expres sion of opinion from other scnatorn cave that It was a very Important'subject and would need careful consideration , It is learned that the text of the Hay- Taunccfoto treaty waa the work of the State department. The British government ac cepted the document Just an It was drawn , so the responsibility for whatever Is re tained In the treaty and the form In which U 19 expressed Is chargeable entirely to the department. Department officials arc sur prised at tbo amount of criticism that has been directed against the treaty , but feel conlldent that It will bo consummated , pro viding It Is iitil amended , especially as to the fortification clause. It Is insisted by the oniclala that nn amendment on that point would completely defeat I lie treaty and It Is intimated that .tho objection will bo two-fold , drat , from the British govern ment , und aecoud , from tlio president him self. self.The The president Is said , to regard the neu tralization Kcbcmn ns completely obviating the necessity for any fortifications for the canal , for by the terms of that arrangement nvory QUO of the maritime powers will plcdgo llsolf to use Its army und navy , If noail be , to prctwvc Iho abwoluto neutrality of > ho canal , and fortltlcatloiiH will bo un necessary. ( 'oninient of 1'nrlx Piijicr. 1'AKIS , Fob. 7. The Tumps thla afternoon tmyti : "Tho abrogation of the Clqyton-Uulwer treaty marka a datp In the history of the rolatlonn of ICnglami and America and the nitlllcatlon of tlin Abrogation will countl- tuto tlii ( opening of u now era. Nothing could cunlrlbutii more to cement the new born accord between the two imtloim. " Trill n Ilohlieri MnntKiieeii Alllrineil , ST. 1'AfL , Minn. . 1'Vb. i.-JUdso Uiwls of the uu ; > reine court till" afternoon llliMl a de cision afl'.rmluv tlip Hontencci of the inun convk'ted for holding up u Great Northern train tslxtc.cn moiitlit njja It wua alleged that tlir wrong men bad titeii convicted nnd that the men wbo hold U" tliu train \\cre now In the iicnllciv.lury of Mlnsoiirl , DcNiiernilo t'onU Dlt'H lit Alliniiv. AMUNY , .N. V. Feb. 7.-"Hlll" Cook , who wax vcntunccd In HV3 tn forty-live yeurh' Inr'rlHoiinictit in the Albany pent- ii Hilary dk 1 ibrro t-lay from laimtmp- 'In II" wa * onro OIIK of I lie. uio t noted desperadoes of the Indian Territory. CONGRESS FAVORS THE WEST Number of Bills Repotted in the Interests of ' Thit Section , NIBIASKANS COM IN FOR GOOD SHARE Addition lo Oninliii 1'iiHtolllciIn IUlel'tCll ( II lln Itllllt SIHIII Com mittee ItniortN I'nvornlilj' on n Illll for Ili-nlirt * . > - . WASHINGTON . Feb. ,7. ( Special Tele ' gram. ) Senator Teller , from the comml'ttcb on claims , icportod favorably his bill for the payment of ccrtnln claims. ' N The bill provides for the rclniliursc- mcnt of the state of Wyoming for ex penses Incurred during the years of 1SS4 , 1S85 nnd 1SSG In preserving the forma tion of natural curiosities and objects of Interest In Yellowstone National park nnd governing , after It Was declared a national reservation , $7,780. Tho' bill also appro priates $738.2f ' > to John IlrcltlltiR of Nebraska for commissary stores furnished by him at Clinton , In. , In 1SP.2 to United States troops stationed at that place. To Henry T. Clarke of Omaha It appropriates $2,000 for value nnil rent of buildings lit Fort Crook , used by the government dining the building of tbo fort. fort.Tho The committee on' public lands of the house reported favorably on Congressman Momlell's free homestead bill , which , pro vides that persona who have heretofore com muted homestead entries may take second entry , and also whom persons' have1 inado homestead entries , but for sonic cause or other have not perfected their entries , may take second entry. Congressman Burket , from the committee o'l public lands , reported favorably his bill providing for rcsurvey of township num bered thirty , west of sixth principal meridian , In Frontier county , Nebraska. From letters filed with this report It Is learned that the bill Is to correct an al leged error In the government survey of the above described township. From statements made by parties owning land In this town ship and also from surveyors who have at tempted to correct the difficulty It would HOem that there Is a hiatus between the eastern ranges of sections running north and soulh through tlio township about six miles In length and nlnety-ono rods wide , thus creating what Hurkct In his report culls "lost land. " lAdilltloiiM < < i Onmliii Pd.slolllcT. Supervising Architect , Taylor stated today ho expected that the specifications for the construction of the addition to the Omaha postotllcc would bo ready about February 20. Advertisements would bo at once pub lished Inviting bids for the completion of the structure. He said that the 'department figures upon completing the structure In sixteen months and hoped that work would be begun during spring. It Is the inten tion of the department to let the- building entire Instead of piecemeal as heretofore. Senator Thurston's bill for the relief of Flora A. Darling was favorably reported to day. The bill appropriates $15GS3 , In satis faction of all claims against the govern ment. While on a Hag of truce boat , given Mrs. Dai ling by General N. P. Banks , when ho was investing New Orleans In 1SG4 , her property was seized by order of thc mllllary authorities and destroyed. It Is In satisfac tion of her claim against the government that the ninount is appropriated. Senator Allen presented an amendment to the sundry civil bill appropriating $75,000 for the construction of a public butlding at Norfolk on the site recently purchased by Ibo government , for which $10,000 was ap propriated by the Fifty-fifth congress. Prof. Harrington Emerson , formerly teacher of Oerman in the University of No- hraska a number of years ago , is in Wash ington for the purpose of appearing before the committee on interstate and foreign commerce In behalf of the scheme to build a Pacific cable line via Unalaska. Representative Stark Introduced a hill In creasing the pension of. James N. Black of Delvldere to 'CO. Kratus Young , auditor of the Union Pa cific , Is In the city. Cunal Treaty CrltlolMril. There is pronounced opposition to the treaty between the United States and Great Britain relative to the Nicaragua canal , which developed today In the senate- com mittee on foreign affairs. Critics declare that the State department , which Is said to have prepared tbo treaty and which was accepted by Lord Pauncefoto without so much as changing a comma , has been once moro overreached by an English diplomat. Several republican senators unhesitatingly stated today that they could not vote to ratify a treaty which took away from the United States the right to fortify a canal If necessary. They resent tbo assumption , which they say constitutes the basis of the treaty , that Great Britain had any equal rights In the canal with the United States. They argue that so far ns the Claylon- Bulwer treaty is concerned , It Is and has long been a dead letter , so far ns the Isth mian canal was originally afft-cted by that convention , because the provisions relating to the canal In that treaty were never car ried out and have long been Impossible of fulfillment , and that HO far as other pro- I visions of the treaty go , they also have been , ( i dead loiter , liecauso Great Britain delib erately violated them , and still continues to violate them , and therefore the treaty Itself has long been dead , They hold that the ghost of this drad treaty hnu been conjured up by ( ho British ambassador simply to cnublo his country to become a party lo n tranractlon entirely beyond Its Jurisdiction , nnd one In which It has no right to a voice. Thcuo are the gen eral objections lo the new treaty hoard at ( ho senate end of the capital today. Thn provision forbidding the United States front fortifying apprnachcH to the canal and from maintaining a military force nt those points or along the Hnu of the canal nro particu larly obnoxious. Thn privilege of maintain ing a small pollen forcn along the line of tlin canal Is laughed a ( us contemptible. The outlook In that a. vigorous light against the ratiilcatlon of th ( < treaty will he made. Thirty negatlvu votes will defeat ratifica tion , while It will rcfiulro fifty-nine to ratify. 3ITN , NIotni'iilirrK'M IViiMlnu , Congressman Burknt linn prepared and filed with the couimltlc'o on penMans a I lengthy brief In mipport of his bill grantIng - Ing a pension to the widow of the Into 1 Colonel J. M. Stotsenbnrg. Ho has Included In It extracts from General Oils' rop'ort with rcferf-nco to the First Nebraska's serv ices , aUo letters and lelegra-mB of Generals MacArthtir. Olln und Stotsenberg , coverIng - Ing a period from the beginning of hostlll- I tie * to the date of Colonel Stotsenborg'a death. Thn remains of Lieutenant Edward Tay lor , Twenty-first Infantry , who was well known In South Dakota , having been sta tioned at Fort Sully for a number of years , ] will bo Interred at Arlington on Saturday. Lieutenant Taylor lost his life In the Phil ippines. Mrs. Taylor , wife of the deceived , and her stater , Mm. T. I'Estea of Pierre , S. D. , hnvo arrived here and are Bursts I of Ktprcufriitatlvo and Mrs. Barber of South | Dakota. L. A. Collins was today appointed post- mailur ut Gilford , Hurdln county , la. , and 13. 0. Cha.sn at HoKurvllIt * . Benton county , In. An order wan Innueil today discontinuing the poilolllce ill SJIskov , Viinktrn county , S. 1) ) . Mull will be. sent to Lcktorvlllr. Kor Protection nf Our Intercut * . WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. Senator Pcnroac today Introduced a resolution In the senate requesting the president to detail so many naval vessels as'In his judgment may be n6cef6ary to maintain n strict neutrality and maintain our commercial rights In Portuguese - tugueso waters. In South Africa , during the progress of the Urltlsh-Boer war. DIG UP ANCIENT HISTORY Attempt ( o Hi-Inn tillIHIKt Election Into . ho Clnrli In- WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. The first wltnesn called before the senate committee , on privileges and elections today In Us In vestigation of the election of Senator Clark pf Montana was George E. McGrath of the Civil Service commission , located at Chicago. Ho WP.S In 1892 and 1S93 editor of n news paper In Unite. Mont. , which he said sup ported Mr. Daly. Ho was also secretary of the democratic state central committee. An nttempt was made by counsel for the defpnse to Investigate the Montana senatorial election of ISM , but they were checked. Statements were made by ex-Senator Faulkner and Mr. Footer showing that they expected to provc < by Mr. McGralh ihat In 1SU3 ho had been In n caucus of Daly's friends and that Daly had then suggested the defeat of Mr. Clark for the senate by getting some one to go to Tilr. Clark far money and falling to accomplish this purpose to put up the money hknaclf for on "ex posure. " This , H' was asserted by counsel , was the Hellenic carried out fly Sir. Daly through Mr. Wh'ltesldo 'n ' IS'JD , showing malice tenaciously UMil by Daly. The point was argued nt length by counsel on both sides and the committee went lute executive session to decide It. . Mr. McGrath being temporarily withdrawn from the witness stand. . When the doors' wdro reopened Chairman Chandler announced that the committee had decided exclude . for. the present the testi mony relating to the senatorial campaign of 1S93 , . : Powell Dlacki a member of the Montana legislature , wan then recalled. Ho denied all the testimony of Whltcsldo and Hector connecting his name with bribery and efforts at bribery In connection with the senatorial contest. Ho said in contradiction of Whllcalde that It was not true that ho had been "fixed" by Mr. Steele and ho denounced all of Hector's elorles concerning him as untrue. I Walter M. Bickford was next called. Ho had been one of Clark'n hcllvc agents In the senatorial campaign of 1S9S-99 , and his name , next to that of Wellcome , has been most frequently mentioned by the prosecu tion. tion.Mr. Mr. Bickford said , that he was at preaent a resident of Buttc , but that he had formerly lived at Mlssoula , tyhcre bo was a law part ner of Mr. Stiff , speaker of the house of representatives- n prominent witness for the prosecution In the Clark case. Bick ford was first asked concerning lilt * engage ment'of Stiff to examine the title of the property , owned by H. W. McLaughlln of the Montana legislature , which property was afterward purchased by Clark through nick- ford. ford.Tho The latter said It was nn ordinary bus iness transaction , Stiff being employed be cause it was Inconvenient for him ( the wll- ncas ) to perform this service nlmself. Bickford said that at n subsequent time ho had talked with Stiff concerning the lat- ter's candidacy for the house speakcrshlp. He had never , however , at any cf these con versations told Stiff , that there was an un derstanding that' ' M6Laughltu should vote for Clark for ( he"senate. . Ho had at one I time prior to the McLaughlln transaction talked with Stiff concerning the senatorial election. He hilil broached' the isubject and ! Inquired of Stiff 'fiow ' he' felt on the subject. "I asked hint 'how ho felt toward Clark , " said Bickford , "and he replied that ho knew of no reason tfh'S' ' ho could " not vote ' for Clark If he Should be' the nominee of the democratic legislative 'caucus. "Mr. : Stiff1 told mo that' he had aspirations for the district JuMgeship of that district nnd paid that bo wanted to so nhope his course as a member of the house as not to Injure the chancee for his nomination two years hence. I then thought him friendly to Clark. " GERMANY IS AGREEABLE HunilcHriidi ami Ili-icliNtiiir Will Uullfy ( he Hiiiiionn Treaty. WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. Assurances have reached the Stale deparlment from Iho Ger man government that the Samoan treaty , which was ratified by the United Statcn senate about a week ago , will receive the ratification of the n'umlesralb and the Ilelch- Htag within a week. There is said lo be pracllcally no oppofilllpn lo Iho treaty In the German legislative branch. In anticipation of the exchange of final ratifications some attention IH being glveii by our government to the future of the Is lands which wo acquire under the terms of the treaty. The naval officers who have boon on the Island of Tutulla recenlly In connection with the work of building the wharf and establishing a coaling station In the harbor of I'ago 1'ago have been culled upon for reports as to the social , political and physical features of the islands. They have slated that Ibcro are nt present about lr > 00 people on the island of Tutulla , owing allegiance to about throe chiefs. The prin cipal chief Is named Mangum. The people aru different from the Inhabitants of the other Samoan Inlands , being particularly peaceable In disposition , and they have been Involved In the revolutions In the islands only through the coercion of so-nio of the elements of the larger Islands of Upola and Srtvall. During the lafct conflict between Mallctoa and Mutaafa about COO or COO of them wore carried across to Upola by Cap tain Sturdco , one of th ? DrlllBb naval com manders , on Ills war ship. They were re- uinidl subsequently to Tutulla on the col lier Ilnitus by Captain C'ottmae. The population IB unlqui * In the fact that every Kuul i.i reputed to be n devout Chris tian. They nro tp orthodox that no one person could ho Induced lo como aboard ono of tlu < American shlju ; on Sunday , while all of them xo lo church. This ccmlltlou In owing largely to the influence of the French missionaries. niiucT IIICTIO.V FOII sn.v.vroiiH. Minority Iteiiorl for Clllllilie of Sj' - li-m Wltlioul AiMirovnl. WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. A minority re port hau been made to the liou-ut on the bill for clecllon of urnalora by Iho people. it concurs with tlio principle of the bill , but uigeo direct elections without awaiting leg islative approval for u change of system , an propCHod by the majority. The report states that thcro Is a "wide spread public demand for the election of bcnatom In part Impelled by a snnso of rlghtcottfi indignation aroused by accusa tions of criminal methods somctlmcH em ployed by gentlemen whose ambitions lead them to ecok a Hcril In the United Stales senate. " Under uuch circumstances Messrs. Itucker and Zelgler , who sign the report , say the time has come wlien thu exalted position of United States senator Khali not be. open to the suspicion of being purchasable. to Stop at Sun Doiuliiuo , WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. The Machlaa sailed today from IM Guayra for San Juan. It probably will look in at San Domingo , aa Micro have been Indications that the Amer icans there would be reamured at the slu'it ' of an American man-of-war. TIII : COUGH. mill Work * On" tin * Cold. I.axatlvn Ilronio-Qulnlne Tablets cure a told In one day. No cure , no pay. Trice , 23c. PUTS PETT1CREW IN PLIGHT Hit Statements Branded ns VaUe in Letter from Schn.rm.an. EPISTLE READ IN SENATE BY DLPtW I'rcnlileiit of Former I'ltlllniilnc fniiitnln < inii nciilci Hint Ho Sntit AKiiliintilnVIIN lloni'M | ) MV- oj'.x Word or WASHINGTON , Feb. " . A lively tilt be tween Dopcw and Pcttlgrew was the feature In the early proceedings In tbo senate to day. Depuw read a letter from President Schurman of the Philippine commission Ilatly contradicting statements made by Pet- tlgrcw In n speech several days ago , and then commented caustically upon the methods of the South Dakota senator In In troducing the eUduncc of such men ns President Schurman and Admiral Dcwcy through the statements of Agulnnldo. Pet- tlgrcw replied sharply , repeating much that ho haa said heretofore , but principally re- Itoratlilg the statements which hail called forth the denials of both President Schur man and Admiral Uewey. Dcpcw said ho had received a letter from Prof. Schurmnn with regard to the charges of the South Dakota senator which ho de sired to lay before the senate. The letter stated that the chargewas absolutely without ) out foundation. Suhuriiiiiit'N I.ottrr of Dfiilnl. The letter Is OB follows : UTICA. X. Y. . Feb. 3 , lHDenr ! Senator Dcpow : I see from page 1.3C2 of the. . Con gressional Kopord that Senator 1'ettlgrow , speaking- myself , says : "Tho fact or the matter Is that be tried to bribe the Insurgents , us near as wo can ascertain , and failed ; 'but they would not take gold for pence. " Had this preposterous statement bn > n made anywhere else I should not have paid any attention to it , but as It was made in the senate of the I'nllcd States I ile-Mro to say to you that It IB absolutely without foundation. Very truly yours. J. . SCHUUMAN. Deppw In commenting on the mat ter said that at the tlmo this speech of the senator from South Dakota was being de livered President Scburman was In the city assisting In the preparation of the report of the Philippine commission nnd was com * petent to bo summoned as a witness. Admiral Dewcy , whom the senator quoted in support of his charges , was also In the city at his residence and was most easily accessible. Ho might have summoned both President Schurman and Admiral Dewey and any statements they made with refer ence to the matter would be unquestionably accepted by the American people as truo. Uepew referred to the letter of Ad miral Dewey presented by Lodge deny ing the statements of Agulnaldo , saying that both Dewey and Schurman had abso lutely denied the statements attributed to them. Before the statements of Dowcy und Schurman the charges of Pettlgrew disap peared as Agulnaldo's army vanished before the American troops. Auiilnnlilo'H ( ioviTiuiic'iit lii IIN lint. "This whole transaction , " said Depew , In conclusion , "Is nothing better than Aguln- aldo's government , the scat of which Is In Agulnaldo's hat. " Pcttlgrew , who had listened attentively to Depew. replying , said : "It Is well known that this government , through the Philippine commission , offered money for the rides for the Insurgents , but no rifles were turned in except a few that had been captured and given to friendly Filipinos by American officers , in order that they might bo turned in so as to get the price offered for them. H Is quite as well Known that tho. ' Schurman commission of fered Aguinaldo what amounted to $5,000 a year If he would lay down his arms. "I charge , " Pettlgrew continued , "that the facts of this question arc being withhheld and what Information is sent to us Is garbled and I charge that we attacked an ally and made a compact with slavery. " Pcttlgrew thought It unfortunate for the administration that the whole of Adnilial Dewey'fi letter to Senator Lodge hod been published , as In It the admiral , he said , had admitted Just what ho had charged. Hoar asked Depew If ho had understood that President Schurman did not regard Agulnaldo as honest. Ho had read a ver batim address of President Schurman , In which he had said Agulnaldo was honest. Depow replied that he had no further In formation than was contained In President Schurraan's letter. H was the Intention of Chandler , chair man of the committee on privileges and elections , to call up the Quay case today , but ho yielded to the unanimous consent agree ment to take up the pending financial bill , simply announcing that during any lull In the financial debate ho would bring up the Pennsylvania senatorial case before the senate. Turner of Washington then nntcred upon n discussion of the financial bill. Ho main tained that the passage of the pending hill would bo a deliberate blow to silver. He praised the democratic national platform of 1890 and declared the leader of the conven tion of that year was himself an Inspiration and a platform and that the next campaign would bo that of 1896 over again. Bate of Tennessee followed In a speech In favor of bimetallism and In opposition to the proposed gold standard. Allen , Alilrlch nii'I Snooncr. Allen , who spoke next , Bald the money question wan the most momentous before the people today and declared bis adherence lo free coinage nt the ratio of 10 to 1. Ho asked Aldrlch If ho bad not admitted In 1S93 that money could affect prices. "Yes , " replied Aldrlch ; "I never expressed any other opinion' , here or elsewhere. " "It was maintained by the republicans in 1890 , " said Allen , "that there war no power In the constitution to affect or create val ue * . " /'That ' Is qulto another thing , " Interposed ' s'poonor. Allen Oh , I beg your pardon. Hpoonur The power in destroy docs not Involve the power to create. A potato bug may destroy a potato vine , but It can not create one. Allen ( speaking with some feeling ) I do not llko to bo made the butt of a Jest of this kind. This Is n serious question with me. Comparing the house bill and the senate substitute , Allen said : "Tho man who drew tbo hotiso bill at least hud the courage o [ his convictions ; hut the man who drew the snnatc mcasuro had great craft and no moral courage. The bill la r.nu . of spoliation end conllscatlon and to Increase and perpetuate the national debt. I have no hesitation In declaring It to be my solemn conviction that It Is the purpose ol this bill to forever pnr- petuato the national debt. " In answer to a question from Allen , Aid- rich blilrt : "This bill does not change the KtatUH of our sliver money , our greenbacks or our trca&ury notes , and It confers upon no bank or Institution or bank currency any rights or privilege which they do not now possess. " Allen ( sarcastically ) K' a very harm less measure. Aldrlch I should have said , rather , that It is a very beneficial mnasuru. Without having concluded his remarks Allen , ut 0:20 : p. in. , yielded the floor and the senate adjourned. H Dine ullli , MeKinlf > . WASHINGTON , Fob. 7. President and Mrs. McKlnley gavu a dinner tonight at the White House to the members of tbo , supreme court- Owing to the large number present till' tables , handsamcly decorated with great bunches of rotes , primroses and carnations , were tf < In the main vestibule- These Invited to meet the guests of the evening In.-Iudcd members of the JudloUry committees of both houses of congress nnd others. The Hit of guests inMmlril Senator and Mrs. Hannn , Mr. and Mrs. Charles G Dawes and Itepresentntlve and Miss lol- llvcr. SHAFROTH WANTS MEDIATION ( "olornilo I'oiierrnNiiinii ThlnK * Pro- vlNlotiM of Tlie lliiHiie 'I'font } ' Could lie - | . | ( . WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. The house fin ished the diplomatic nnd consular appro priation hill today , passing It substantially qs It ramp front the committee. There was ' s'omp desultory discussion of the Philippine question and the war In South Africa , the principal feature being the speech of Sh.1t- loth of Colorado in favor of mediation In the llrltlBh-Uoer war under the provisions of The Hague treaty. The diplomatic bill as passed carries $3,743tOi ! ! . Under The Hague treaty Slmfroth con tended that England could not consider nn oflcr of mediation nn unfriendly net. In reply to queatlonc ho Insisted that the South Af rican republic was un Independent govern ment , notwithstanding Great Britain's claim of suzerainty. While the British were demanding relief In the South African Republic. IIP said , n.OOO Dutch residents Of British Guiana , born upon British soil , who are not allowed to hold olflce In the executive , legislative or Judicial colonten of the government , were petitioning for relief. Their cases were al most nnalogoua to thoao of the outlauders In the Transvaal , yet Great Britain refused to listen to the Dutch In her own colony. Slmfroth said IIP did not advocate armed Intervention or even mediation , but only the tender of our good offices under section 3 of The Hague treaty. GrOsvcnor of Ohio replied briefly to Mr. Shafroth , saying that the ratlllcntlons of The Hague treaty have not been exchanged. He said ho sympathized with any people struggling for liberty. Ho set the house In a roar with the suggestion that a commis sion of twenty-five members at salaries of $20,000 each bo appointed to roam over thp earth to discover where wrongs hove been committed and to report lo the house In ordcr that the United States might go to war every lime the kin of any of our con stituents were oppressed. .Shafroth. who again obtained the floor after Grrsvenor concluded , was Interrupted by William Aldcn Smith of Michigan , who asked If the gentleman from Colorado knew whcthe'r the kindly olllces of the I'nltcd States had been offered in the Boer-British war. war.Shafroth Shafroth replied that ho did not. "But , " ho added. "I Would thank God If such were the case. " Ho asked If Mr. Smith had any Information upon the subject. Smith replied that ho was not authorized to speak for the administration , hut that if cur government wan requested to net by cither party to the conflict , Its kindly olllces would bo willingly placed at their disposal. "Do you know that such an offer has been made ? " persisted Shafioth. "Such information would bo conveyed through our dlplcmstlc channels in London and Pretoria , " responded Smith. "But o. ' the entire willingness of this government to act. If properly requested by the parties engaged In the conflict , there can be no ques tion. " TAFT STATES HIS PLANS Will lictiirii to Anierlen After Kltl- inliliifHlN Work In the WASHINGTON , Fob. 7. Judge William H Taft. who was yesterday appointed president of the new Philippine commission , will leave Washington tonight for his home in Ohio. To a. representative of the Associated PITCH the judge todav stated that he would not remain 'in tile Islands longer than ttfo' years and that on * IiU return fo this country h" would resume the practice of law. Ho would not , he eald , bo appointed at any time gov ernor general of the Philippines. * Io realized the fuel that the mosslon of tho'commlsslon was a moat difficult one , but he had strong hopes of being partly Instru mental In giving to the Filipinos a civil government and a code which would secure to them the fullest possible measure of lib erty and security to life and property. This ho thought was worthy the ambition of any man , and although ho did not doubt that the work In contemplation would bo hcsct by many serious difficulties that fact did not deter him In the least. .Vo great work hnd ever yet been accomplished without hln- dracos , and he felt sure that the end sough : fully Justified the effort. He had no ulterlot 'motive ' , ho said , In accepting the president1 of the commission , and ho had no othei though't than to return to the practice of his profession at the end of the two yearn , which he believed would be occupied In completing the work In band. M'CALL STANDS OUT ALONE Does \ ntnrec with ( Ml Hci'iili- lleiiiiN on On * I'orto llleo Turin' HIM. WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. H developed lo- day , In connccllon with the I'orto IlIco tnrllf bill , that the republican majority of Ibo ways and means commlllo wns not unanimous for Iho measure , or for the prin ciple It Involved BH lo Iho government of tcrrllorlol actiulolllons , and Ihat Repre sentative MpCall , republican member of the committee from Maosachusotls , had pre pared a slrojig dl 3cnling report. When Ihe ways and means committee * passed on the bill laet week Mr. JIcCull withhold his vote , the understanding being that he bad not yet given that careful at tention to the Issues Involved necessary to permit him to vote cither way. In other re6p"nl8 the vote was on party lines , all the republican members except Mr. McCall | voting for the bill nnd all thp democrats against It. 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