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. The ways and means commit- ]
lee nt ltn meeting today reached an under
standing that the debate on the I'orto Fllco
bill would begin on the 15th Inst , and last
ono week.
Contruelorx Sun fioveriiinenl ,
WASHINGTON , Fob. 7. The Atlantic
Contracllng company , J. F. Gaynor , presi
dent , has filed two-suits In the United States
court of claims against the United Stater ,
ono for J70'J,7U7 , and the other for $ ? I9,34 : ! .
These ) eulU have grown out of llie contracts
entered Into by the company with px-Cap-
taln Obcrlln M. Carter , corps of engineers.
U. S , A. , for work nllfKcd to have been
done by the company In connection with
Improvements In Savannah harbor and Cum
berland Sound , Georgia.
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