THE OMAHA DAILY" IHSE: FRIDAY, 3IAKCII !, 1HOO.
TELEPHONES, C18 and 654,
Hosiery
.lu?t received a new line of spring hosiery
both fancy and plain.
Ladles' stalnlass black hcse, prime two thread, maco cotton,
spliced heels and toes all sizes 2&c per pair.
Ladles'- black cotton hose, full fashioned, linen splicing heels,
and double soles all slz'-s 2&c per pair.
Ladles' black superior llslo hce, spllceJ selvage, real maco, 10c
per pair, $2.2.", a box. We also have a line of ladles extra supor
lisle thread hose, fancy open worked boots at .the sixmo price.
Ladles' black lisle lace hose, extra heavy heel and toe 75c per pair.
Hoy's and girl's extra long cotton hose, 2x1 ribbed, hfgh spliced knees and heels
25c per pair.
Stylo 100 misses' medium weight blnck cotton hose, extra good 25c por pair.
We carry n nice lino of all the latest designs In ladles' fancy lisle hose from COc
to 12.00 per pair.
Wo Clone Our Store SnturJays at 0 P. M.
AOBilTfl roil POSTIUI ICIIJ GLOVRS A.1D MeCALL'9 PATTIDIIN9.
Thompson, Beldeh 2X0.
TITC ONLY EXCLUSIVE DRY GOODS HOUSE IN OMAHA.
T. M. CiA. DUILUina, COB. 1UT1I AND DOUQLAS STi.
BOERS WILL FIGHT OJi
(Continued from First I'agc.)
porting to come from him. He single out
a prominent Berlin paper as nn offender.
An antl-llrltlsh demonstration has oc
currud in Drcndcn ami the English ehurch
the 10 has been dlsgustlnglv illsflgurcd.
CAPTURE UF A KRUPP GUN
IIoci-m re
l.cnx c
TiiUi'ii liy SiirprlHe
! (IiIiik for the
llimllxli.
anil
LONDON, March 1:23 p. ' m. Lord
Roberts telegraphs that ho has captured a
Krupp gun and a number of tents and
wagons. The general also announces that
General Clements has occupied Norvalspont.
Tho following Is the text of Ixml Hobcrt3'
dispatch-
POPLAR OHOVK. March 8. Two bri
gades of cavalry, with horso artillery and
Kelly-Konny's division, marched today ten
miles eastward.
Tho Hoers were quite taken by surprlso
yesterday. They moved off so hurrlelly that
they left rooked dinners behind. We cap
tured a Krupp gun nnd several tents and
wagons. Tho tctal ranualtlra were:
Killed Lieutenants Keswick nnd Frlcs
llck. Wounded I. leulen.ints llallcy of tho
Twelfth Lancers and Do Crlsplgnoy of tho
Second Life Guards, both severely, and Lieu
tenant Smith of the Shropshire, who Is be
lieved to havo been picked u by n Iloer
nmhulnnrc. Two men were killed, forty-nix
woro wounded and one man Is missing.
FORCE SENT AGAINST REBELS
nUiintfh of Small Ailximro ('iininmnil
In XI it I (a lie Dutch Said lo
ll. Diiuui'riiiiN,
OAPETOWN. ..Mnrch 8. The squadron of
New Zcalnndera, constituting the advance
guard of tho field force sent to operate
against tho rebels In tho northwest dis
tricts of Capo, Colony, arrived at Carnarvon
yesterday. A squadron of South Austra
lians has gono to Vosburg. The rebels
there have artillery and heavy firing was
heard on Tuesday,
Tho dispatch .of these small advance
forces .fraught with clangor.
Tho'tJanadla'n'mputtWl'rineH have-gone- to
tho front.
AMERICAN SENT TO PRISON
lilxcn Tlireo Yrn.ru for Siniiallnu lo
III IllllTN Illll'llIU tin Klm-
licrlcy Mi'ite,
LONDON. March 0. The Dally Mall Ins
tho following from Klmbirley, dated Tiou
day, March 5:
nonjamln Sllpent. born In Russia and al
leged to bo nn American citizen, has ben
sentenced to three years' imprisonment at
hard labor for signaling to the enemy dur
ing the siege.
IIi-IIInIi Occupy llnriliermlnrn.
LONDON, March 8. A special from
Idollcno says that the Hritlsh occupied
llurghersdorp unopposed last night.
CUDAHYS SELL TO STANDARD
rill Intercut lit Ohio nnd Inilliimi Sold
lo Trim! Another Coniiitn
HoiimIiI Out.
TOLEDO, O., ..March S. Through nn Eng
lish syndlcuto tho Standard Oil company Is
credited with havliig secured control of
the Cudahy oil Interests in Ohio und In
dlnna and tho properties ot tho Manhattan
Oil company. Tho deal xvns made several
daya ago, but quietly. Tho price xvas not
jnado public, but conservative oil men es
timate It nt $7.1,00,000. W. C. Whitney
Is credited with hnvlng engineered the deal.
Tho Cudahy holdings consisted of about
TOO producing oil wells, with a dally output
of 2,000 barrels. They owned tho Indiana
l'lpo 'Line and Retlulng company, tho North
cm Indiana Oil company, tho Ohio nnd In
dlanii Oil company, tho Cumberland com
pany. tho Cudahy Oil company and tho In
diana Tank line. All of the. clerks nnd
office force of tho Cudahy interests wero
quietly moved from Chicago to Lima several
days ago, with the books, records and papers
of the ofllco.
Tho iManhattun Oil company's holdings
embraco n largo oil refinery at Welkcr, O.,
uhout thirty miles south of hero; pipe lines
In the Ohio and Indiana Holds; a system
of tank curs; about 300 producing xvells and
envcrnl thousand acres or oil property,
mostly In tho Ohio territory.
This deal removes tho last of the Im
portant Independent producing and refining
companies In tho neighboring oil fluids
from competition with tho Standard. They
havo not, howover, beon antagonistic to the
extent of seeking to Influence tho market
Standard Oil men nro now taking Inventory
of the Cudahy properties in Indiana.
CONDEMNED MAN XA SUICIDE
Wife Murderer I'riinW allnxxn.v
St. I.olllx 'I'll Leu I'nlmin In
IIIh tell.
ST. LOUIS,. March 8. Frank Callaway
tinder sentenco for murder In the Four
Courts Jail, committed suicide about mid
night tonight by diking potooii. Callaway
phot and killed his xvifo in a big depart
inent utQro eight luaiuns ngo. Tho murder
ws a very, sensational one, tne store being
crowded with customers nt t tie time, ("alia-
way xvas to havo paid tho penalty of his
fcrlmo ucxt Monday. Ho Informed hli cell-
taato of his intention to take tho poison
Tonight
tii.t hofnre rellrlnc. If vour liver i
sluggish, out of tune nnd you feel dull,
bilious, constipated, tnko a Uuso ot
Hood's PHSs
Ana you'll bo all right In tho uiornlnc.
Ike, March 8, 1900.
secretly by producing a razor and threat
ening to cut his collmatc's threat and then
his own. The threat had tho desired effect.
POPS VOTE WITH DEMOCRATS
Vex llle, Siillicrliiml mill Stnrk (iu on
Record .Kiilnnt 1111 Aliiliiinin
l'oiinllit.
WASHINGTON. March 8. tSpcclal Tele
gram.) Populist members of the Nebraska
delegation In congress refused to Join the
republicans In ousting Hobblns, democrat of
Mabama. from, his t'.at In tho houso today
and seating Aldrlch. nn Alabama populist.
nstend. Neville, Sutherland and Stark did
not hesltato to give their populist brother a
Jab In the solar plexus, notwithstanding the
cvldenco showed Aldrlch had been elected.
They explain their position by 3aylng tho
question nt Issue was purely one of party
and they stayed with tho democrats In their
fight to retain Hobblns.
Senator Warren today Introduced n bill to
amend tho net fixing tho faes of Jurors nnd
witnesses of United Statu courts, providing
that Jurors and witnesses of United Stntes
courts, or any court held by United States
commissioners or other Judicial officers, nnd
committing tho magistrates having Jurisdic
tion iu cases fo which the United States Is
a party In Nebraska. Wyoming nnd other
western states, shall be entitled to 15 cents
for each mile necessarily traveled over any
stngo lino or private conveyance and 5 cents
n mile traveled over any railway in coming
to and returning from court.
A report of tho condition of the national
banks of South Dakota at the close of busi
ness February 111 was today made public.
Ioans u ml discounts nggregato $1,364,419, a
slight decllnn Binco December 2, xvhen the
previous statement was made. Individual
deposits have fallen from $5,770,204 to
$5,506,244. Tho average reserve Is 27.49 per
cent, against 31.82 per cent In December.
Nebraska postmasters appointed: Curtis
Seoxille,, Carlisle, Flllmoro county, vlco A.
D. Calhoun, resigned; C. F. Lambert, Coles
Held. Howard county, vice W. W. Heffel
flngcr, resigned; Horace tllanchnrd, Garri
son, rjutlor county, vice T. DIanchard, re
signed; 13. L. Moon, Leroy, Adams comity,
vice J. M. Crawford, resigned; H. J. Mar
shall, Long Pine, Drown county, vice J.
Marshall, resigned; L. A. Nay, Martin, Chase
county, vice J. A. Nay; A. E. Klory, Precept,
Furnas county, vlco H. M. Fory, resigned;
II. W. Klemens, Stevens, Frontier county,
vlco II. Williams, resigned.
Rural free delivery has been, ordered es
tablished at Mount rieaaant, Henry county,
la., tho area to bo covered by carrier em
bracing twenty-seven squaro miles. G. W.
Palm was appointed postmaster.
Congressman Gamble today riled all tho
papers In tho contest over tho chango of slto
for tho postotllce at Heresford, Union county,
S. D. Gnmhle nnd Ilurke recommended
Oeorgo W. Reynolds for postmaster at Hcs
well. Miner county, S. D., nnd Rebecca Lund
erman nt Spiry. Walworth county, S. 1).
T. P. Ilrown has beon selected as post
master at Hox Elder. Hex! Willow county,
Neb.
Senator Allen Introduced a bill to remove
tho charge of desertion from tho narao of
James W. Pay.
Senator Thurston will address tho Friendly
Soiib cf St. Patrick at their annual banquet
In Philadelphia Saturday evening.
Fifth Cnvnlry'K llmnc-f oiiiImk.
WASHINGTON, March 8. The. homeward
movement of tho Fifth cax-jlry, which has
bciin stationed In Porto Hlco since tho
Spanish war, will begin next xveok and will
bo carried through as rapidly as ppasiblu.
Thn transport Kllpatrlrk has been ordered i
to San Juan to embark a squadron of that j So far us ho had been Informed no intelll
rcglmcnt, consisting of ten ofuccis, with gent or appreciative man In Porto Rico had
337 men and 332 horses. Thoy will bo sent ' dlswntcd from tho propositions of the meas
to Jefferson barracks, St. Louis. Unless uro. There may havo been some criticism
present plans uro altered tho regiment will on the part of tho Porto Rlcans, but gen-
bo assigned to pests now occupied by the
Sixth cavalry In various parts ot the middle
west and tho latter regiment will be trans
ferred to stations on tho Pacific coast. The
Porto Rlcan regiment now being recruited
from among the natives ot the Inland will
replace the Fifth In garrison duty In Porto
Rico.
I.ntvton Km! Only III Snlnry.
WASHINGTON, Mnrch 8. Letters of ad
ministration xvcro Issued today lo MrH. Mary
C. Lawton In tho mntter or the estate of
her deceased husband, .Mnjor General Henry
W. 'Lawton. 'Mrs. Laxvton set forth In h'er
petition for the letters triat there xvas no
will. Tho petition set forth that at tho
tlmo of his death the only personal estate
of General I.-xxvton consisted of his ac
cumulated pay as nn officer of the army,
amounting to about $1,000.
PETITION FOR A WATERWAY
(iileiiKO Ankx (he (icncrnl (!ovirn
in i-a I (o Do Hi .Share
of Work,
CHICAGO, March 8. Arrangements have
been made by tho drainage board to leava
for Washington next Wednesday afternoon
tn present its memorial to congress, peti
tioning tho federal government to make the
neeofsary appropriation for a deep xvntor
wy between ImUo Michigan and tho Mis
sissippi
ilsslppl river. Tho document, which Is now , to provide the Inhabitants with remunerative ' Oeorge Fengler, Dubuituo, r. to W. In
n tho hands of the printer, consists cf labor and employment." j Ki'
iver o00 pages and numerous maps and i.ianil MhiuIiI lie Seir-SnnportliiK. Hum Patterson. Selmller. S to 10; Hiram
I
ov
pictures. Illustrating the construction of the
sr.nltnry channel. The memorial reviews tho
history of the canal, Its construction, meas
urements and cost, nnd asks
complete the work begun by
sanitary district by construct!
i clal waterway fourteen feet deep between
Lockport and St. Louis. Tho estimated cost
of th.i labor, which contemnlatrs ihn ,lnm.
ing of the Illinois river for a distance of
more than 300 miles, Is $20,000,000.
lllKlirillliw 1NMDCIIIIIOII lii.TIK.n.
anmj'nircelhW
of Co-nperatlvn Mutual Insurance Com-
panics closed today. Columbus, O., xvas
chosen ns the next meeting place.
d,M,rV l:VoiM.iXW&
problem, K. N. Collin, Lincoln, Neb.:
secretnry-trcasurer. W Ifc Llnch, Lincoln,
.Nci, executive ' committee: I). Forties,
piviini(-m , ii. i.uii'ii, Bi'LTiriiay, 11 r
Klnple, Itoekpnrl, Mo,. II A Wiley.
Kewunu. I ml . It. J, Young, Oelxveln, Ih. ;
i. V, Talbot, Mcl'herson. Kan,
FOR AND AGAINST ISLAND TAX
Debate by Pettus and Foraker Interspersed
wish Sharp Colloquy.
OVER FOUR HOURS OF TALK IN SENATE
. I (i Int mi it M-niitnr .SitjN He I'niinot
llellcxc I In- I'rcMlilciit Aeecileil lo
tin- Present lllll After llcctiiu
iiiciiiIIiik Free Trade.
WASHINGTON, March 8. Formal discus
elon of tho Porto Iltcjn tarirr and civil
government, bill began In the senate today
and continued uninterruptedly for '" '
hours and a half. Tho principal speakers
wire Korakcr, In charge of tho measure,
and Pettus, democrat of Alabama, but ut
various times during tho debato lively coi
loipiys occurred iu which other seuatois
were participants.
After Mason had entered his motion to
dlschargo the committee o,i foreign rel.t-
Hons from further consideration of hi.,
mcasuro expressing sympathy for the Boors
and it had gone over until tomorrow Pettus
delivered a speech In opposition to tho pend
ing bill. He argued that It waii unconstitu
tional nnd in violation of tho principles of
this government as laid doivn by tho fath
ers of the country.
Foraker occupied the floor during the re-
inalnder of tho session. Ho explained tho i witn me. The contention has been going nn
mcasutc In detail and gavo tho reasons xvhy for two years und it will have to be deter
tho committee had determined upon the ' tnlned ultimately by tho supreme court. If
levying of a tarlft on Porto Hlcau products. we cannot levy n duty on the products of
In his opinion It xvas Impossible for a dl- i0rto Hlco wo can't levy u duty oil tho
rcct tax to bo levied upon tho people of product of tho Philippines. If the Philip
the Island to support n local government, be- piiuw are now a part of the United StatPB
cnuse of their present destitute condition. I ami if wo cannot levy a duty on their
The, committee, ho said, had conceived products xve might Just as xvell dlsmnntle
tho Idea of placing a small tariff on Porto '
Itlcan productu in order to raise a sum suf-
llclent with the sum otherwise raised to
give tho peoplo of the island not only i
good government but also tp build school
houses nnd to make necessary public Im
provements. Then, too, It ws necessary
that tho question of the extension of tho
constitution over our insular possessions
should be determined by tho supreme court
nnd by the very provisions of tho bill It
xvould bo Inevitable that the supreme court
should pasa upon that question.
Porto Hlco nnd tho Philippines, ho said,
xvcro on the same basis, so that tho court's
decision xvould determine our right to levy
a tariff on the products ot the eastern urchl-
pelugo,
Aliprox-i-M I'ri'NliliMil'n McuniiKe.
Pettus congratulated tho president on the
position ho had taken In his last annual
message, favoi ing freii trndo between thu
United StateH and Porto Hlco.
"No sordid politicians' fingers had been,
put into the Ink of thut message," he said.
"Tho president was honest und sincere
xvhen ho distinctly advised free trade be
tween the United States and the Island of
Porto Hlco.
"The public press Is now trying to mako
us believe that the secretary of war Is the
author of the pending bill and thnt the
president has acceded to the provisions of
tho measure For one, I refuse to believe
this charge against tho president. Though
he may deelro re-election, he 'xvas n brave
soldier, nnd Is an ablo nnd generous man.
For him It Is not everything in llfo to bo
re-elected to tho presidency by Ills party.
Ho has actel for tho common good of all
tho people. If he approves your bill then
1 may believe any xilo story against any
good man."
Pettus maintained that the policy of tho
bill xvas bad, aside from the questions of
laxv. '
"It Is Illegal," ho declared, "and Is hardly
decent. It violated tho constitution which
declared that all duties shall uniform
throughout the United Stntes."
IIiivIm nn Itivfiilhf tiriiliin.
He also called attention to tho amendment
proposed by Davis, which, he said, was n
tnest Interesting specimen of the product?
of Inventive genius.
"The senator propoees," said Pettus, "to
send over to the Porto Rlcans the consti
tution in Installments a little now and a
little then."
Morgan gave notice of his Intontion to
move to lay the eutlre substitute ot the
senate ccmmlltco for the house bill on the
table.
Foraker, in charge of tho pending bill,
replied to Senator Pettus. Adverting to
tho criticism aroused by the bill, both In
tho nexvspapers and among the people,
Foraker t'ald It seemed that the idea xvas
abroad that tho act proposed to deal Il
liberally with the people of Porto Rico. He
was of the opinion that a misunderstanding
of tho measure prevailed.
"Instead of being illiberal," said Foraker,
"the measure is tho mcst liberal and gen
erous legislation ever proposed for a ter-
rltory of tho United States.
orally it xvas accepted as an excellent bill
Lindsay of Kentucky Inquired if Governor
General Davis himself had not recommended
free trado with Porto Hlco.
Tn r I IT Conoplx cil In Mercy.
"Yes," replied Foraker. "he did make such
a recommendation. Hut the committee after
full consideration decided against his propo
sition. Wo nro here to legislate for tho
xxholo United States and xve xvcro forced to
rntwlrlnr tVin mtoalinn fmr,, nil .,f.tnn r
The tariff provision was conceived In mercy
W
to tne rorto means, and ns to generosity It " ' . Vu ,, V ,
Is without precedent tn the territorial legU- ot a eannl 10 comicct thp lowcr Harlem river
latlon of the United States. wlth ,slaml 8""'l-
"The mortgago Indebtedness of tho )lw"r"' "ryant, Saundors and Woodward
Island," said Foraker, "Is $20,000,000. Tho w(,rH near(1 "pon th" neec5alty fr ho
United States government extended tho tlmo ! Provement of tho Mississippi river outlet,
for tho payment of that debt for eighteen Tnej' especially urged an hnmedlato appro
months. If It had not been for the United prlntlon for tho construction ot dredges with
States tho wholo of this vast property xvould j which to keei tho South Pass clear after tha
havo been sold to satisfy creditors If neces
sary tho time will bo extended again, and
porhaps iigaln, until congress gels done dis
cussing constitutional questions nnd goes to
the relief of a suffering people.
"In round flgu'es the rovenues provided in
the bill would aggregate $2,000,000, about
11,100,000 from customs and $600,000 from
internal revenue.
Oalllnger Interjectel the remark that It
was proposed to expend $1,000,000 for school
houses on tho Island and n like sum tor the
construction of roads.
"Yes," continued Foraker. "wo propose to
do that nnd wo propeso In that connection
"The senator admits," Davis Interrupted,
"that this handing back of revenues to a
a direct appropriation from
the United
States treasury?"
1 "Th iiniimi siatm hn, nvr nn.iHi,.,,
to support a local government In nny tcrrl-
.lory." replied Fornkor. "Tho situation ,n
Porto Hlco is nn nnaloin. If the Island Is to
imva K-hnnla unml rnnila anil nnl.lln lm.
provrmcn.B It must get them through taxa-
,lon- n,,J BUeM taxation ns is proposed In this
bill."
, -What effect Is a gratuity of this kind."
i nnl tlc.il siMul vision of the Iinliml Rtnfu. u r.nthrle. ('anilirldce. Hi to IS: .Ionian True.
changes to unnrix-edented. Thi-n whv nni rnUo ihn Avoea. $S to $12: John S. Olson, Forest
the Chicago I rcVenue ns usual and. If necessarv. to relievo j .?A "J, . Th.n,ff"" i,.Bl?.yeAh '"":
' .. . ....... .. ; ill 1". ivcmnui it) I, mi ...-nun,, nuiutrm
ng a commer- ii stress n Porto Hlco. provide the rel et bv unm,. Muraiuiiitiiwn. 112: .inhn m .xirv-
'TIT' K"t?Uy "h,lCU Pla,r ,h9tho le MA use of timber on the public
Inhabitants in the status of mendicants. , u
going to have on the I'orio Hlcnn? It seems
to me direct appropriations for their needs
would be much preferred
"This Is a great emergen-y " replied For
ker, "We cannot depend upon such appro-
prlatlons as the senator suggests. The pro-1
pie would all bo dead of starvation before J
the relief could reach them. Tho senator '
from Minnesota would vote for such an ap
propriation nnd other senators would not.
Tho committee thoroughly considered that
matter and decided that It would bo tetter
to adopt tho provisions of this bill, unex
ampled In generosity nnd liberality."
Tux I lion I In Trilitn.
In response to an Inquiry Foraker snld It
was generally understood that nil of the
sugar ni,d tobacco on tho Island xvao owneil
by tho Sugar nnd Tobacco trusts. If this
was true, ho Bald, the Imposition of the
tariff propceed would fall upon those well
able to bear It and to contribute at least that
much to the suffering Porto ltlcaus.
Foraker became Involved In iv colloquy
with Hoar as to the constitutional right of
congress to levy a duty on products from
n territory ol -tho United States In which
the Ohio senator declared that tho pro-
visions of the constitution h.)d uo appUca
Hon in tho caso of l'orto Rico.
Hoar continued to proso the point nnd
Korakcr finally declared ibat the question
point "had passed beyond the- law-book
stage," and had become ouo of Justice and
humanity.
Mr. Hoar That Is the senator's answer?
"No, It Is not," reported Korakcr warmly.
"I answered the senator's question nnd the
pcrslotency with which tho senator presses
It showA that he does, not want to accept
the answer. I wight stand hero and quote
decisions of the supreme court until tho
last Porto Hlcn.it had starved and It woutl
have no effect upon senators who differed
our customs houses nnd go out of the pro-
tectlon bushiest. There can be no Intelll-
Ront legislation on this question until xve
get a commanding view of the situation
that will be affordod us by a decision of the
supreme court."
Open Door In (he Orlenl.
Foraker discussed tho probability that this
government would bo asked by other powers
for an open door In tho Philippine!) nnd de
clared that it was an Important and per
haps Imminent contingency of which ac
count xvould have to bo taken. We wanted
trade In the Orient and after we demanded
an entrance to China xve must grant one In
tho Philippines. He thought the Philippines
could not be dealt with ns It was proposed
to deal with Porto Hlco.
Tillman Then the contention is that xvo
can take Porto Hlco undur our wing and
protect It to tho utmost, but that xve can
not do tho same thing for tho Philippines?
Continuing, he asked xvhy the president
had originally recommended free trade with
Porto Hlco nnd tho bouse had brought In
a bill to that end, only changing its course
of policy after hearing frum Oxuard, tho
sugar king.
Replying, Foraker referred Tillman to hl3
colleague (Ilannn). "I am not tho keeper
of tliti president's confldoAcc. I havo no
doubt, however, that the president spoko
from his highest conviction and be.st senti
ment. "No doubt hcj. would prefer free trado
with Porto Rico, as I should, but ho prob
ably knows more noxv than ho know xvhen
lro promulgated thnt message, and, knowing
more, It Is his duty ns a man and as an.
official to chango his recommendation."
Hoar said tho thing to do now was to
mako an appropriation of a sum of money
sufficient tq relieve tho distress of the Porto
Rlcans.
Ialniii in n Deprnilciicj-.
Replying to a question from Tellor, For
aker said that ha regarded Porto Hlco as a
dependency of theUnlted Stntes and not as
an Integral part of tho United States.
Ilacon pointed out what ho bollovcd to bo
tho Inconsistency of providing for a dele
gate In congress from Porto Rico, xvho Is
not a citizen of the United States and who
is to bo olected by persons xvho aro not
citizens of tho United States, but. who must
take n oath to obey tho constitution of tho
United States.
Foraker dC'darpd that this was what had
been done In tho cases of Louisiana, Flor
ida and many pther Instances. Tho dis
cussion ot tho questions of international
laxv Involved In the bill xvas continued until
5 o'clock.
Tho chair announced tho appointment of
Senators Hanna and Tillman as members
ot the Hoard ot Visitors to the naval acad
emy. Coiiki'piikiiicii (o Vlsil (he Inlnnila.
WASHINGTON, March 8. The congres
sional committees on Cuban nnd Porto Rlcan
affairs will go to Cuba early next week.
Tho United States steamship Dolphin will
take the senators and representatives on
board nt somo convenient southern port and
after going to Havana will make a circuit
of Cuba, touching at the principal ports.
PLANS TO IMPROVE RIVERS
Xiiinher of SiikkcnIIoiii for the MIs-
ImkIimiI Are OrTerril (n (hp Somite
Cuiiiialtti'c on Commerce.
WASHINGTON, March 8. Tho senate
commltteo on commerce granted a hearing
today to a number of persons Interested hi
river Improvements, among them James Scl
don Cowden, In tho Interest of his plan for
tho Improvement of the Mississippi river, ft
number of New Orleans business men In be
half of other plans for Mississippi river lm-
pr,,vt'"u'nt,s ?nd "'"l s""'Khton-
atinnnrt nt (Ha nr-A nrf frr- t tin nnn a t ril ft Inn
expiration of tho present Ends bridge con
tract.
iT.vsioNs run um:sti:ii vkthhans.
SurvlvoM of the Civil War Heiiieni
hcrcil liy the Govern inciit,
WASHINGTON, (March 8. (Speclol.) The
i following pensions havo been granted:
I Issue of February lfl:
i Nebraska: Original William II. Frank,
' lloldrege, 0. Restoration and Increase
David Campbell (dead). Auburn, JG to $S.
Ileiiexx-al Lorenzo H. Cantleld, Rod Cloud.
:.
Iowa: Original Henry F. Uodman. Mus
catine, t. Additional, Hpeclal February 21
M. Stevenson. Moxille, 10 to Jl"; John A.
I Inches. .Marshalltiiwn. $S to $10: Iloel .
lllnninn, Lake Mills, M to !; Patrick .1.
Smyrna, $12.
I'renlili'll t IIcccIvch l)rilKWl"l.
WASHINGTON". March ".Tho president
today rccelxe.1 the members of the puro food
and drug congress, now In session here, to
tho number of 200 or more. The presenta
tions wero made In the east room.
Iliumhrniiuh I'rcneiilM Timber lllll,
WASHINGTON, March 8. Senator llaiu-
hrough today introduced a bill to authorize.
Slop Hip Ctiiiun
nml Wnrka nil (hi- Co 1.1.
Laxative Dromo-Qulnlno Tablets curs a cold
lo one day. No cure, no pay. Price ?5c
PRESIDENT WITH THE HOUSE
Authoritative 8ttenient of the Admirjistra
tiou's Position on Potto Rico
WOULD H:LP ISLANDERS THE BEST WAY
tint eminent SccI.h lo Atohl Tyhut I tn
IIiiiiiIk In Healing: vtllh Other l'o-
t'lmloim Similar (liicMlntt tit
Slavery l)n.
WASHINGTON. March 8. A member of
tho cabinet tonight gave out tho following
authoritative statement:
"There has been n wide misapprehension
of the Porto Hlco tariff bill, of tho nttltudo
of tho president, of the nctlon of congress
and of their relations to each other. Tho
criticism and the concern which havo come
from some well meaning quarters are duo to
a misunderstanding of the facts. When tho
country correctly understands the truth, us
It certainly will, It will thoroughly npprovo
of what has been done.
"The attempt to represent that there lias
been n disagreement between the president
and congress is wholly unfounded. There
has been no essential difference between
them. They have sought the same end. The
resolution of tho sennto nnd tho house
bill, In their purpose and ffect, amount to
tho sumo thing. As a consequence, each
rightly sustnlns the other. Tho clouds of
confusion on the subject havo been clouds
of misunderstanding nnd will clear away.
A simple statement of tho facts will mako
this plain.
"The president In his annual message of
December 4 urged th.it tho customs duties
on trade between Porto Hlco and tho United
States be removed, imports from Porto Hlco
into the United States havo been, and are
now, paying the uingioy rnics. iuey imxu
no preferenco over goods from any foreign
country. The president felt that Porto Hlco
should bo relieved of this burden. He urged
that It should bo removed, not ns n mntter
of legal right, but of liberal and humnno
public policy.
Human KffortN for I'orio Hlco.
"IIs argument Indicated his reasons and
suggested his view ns to tho question ot
constitutional obligation. Porto Hlco, severed
from Spain, had lost her old markets nnd
hrtd gained none In their place. She had
been dox'astatcd by hurricane and left des
titute. 'Humanity dictntcd every effort to
lift her up and to glvo her a new market.
This was tho president's plea, and xvhat
need of such a plea If tho constitution
of Itself carried free trndo to Porto Hlco?
In that case freo trado goes to her xvhether
right or not. What tho president proposed
war, that tho United Stntes should offer the
largest and most generous mensurc of help
to tho distressed nnd suffering Islnnd and
ho has never xvavercd a slnglo Instant In
tho object ho Bought. Had his suggestion
been accepted nnd followed by nil In his
spirit and ns ho meant It. with tho limita
tions he Intended, all xvould have been xvell.
Thoro xvould havo been no harm In nny di
rection, but when tho time came for action
In congress txvo tendencies were seen. On
the ono hnnd thoro xvcro good men nnd
somo buslncfs nnd agricultural interests
that, while not objecting or little objecting
to freo trado with Porto Hlco alone, feared
that free trndo xxith Porto Hlco would bo
mailo n prccodent for free trade with tho
Philippines. Thoy felt that there should
bo a distinct assertion and exercise of the
power to impost; duties, however Binall, as
an assurance that this poxver xvas reserved
for other cases.
Would Tic (JovcrmnenCn llnmln.
"On tho other hand, 'what the president
proposed as a worthy act ot natural geneix
oslty and liberal policy was seized by po
litical opponents nnd claimed ns n neces
sary and Inherent measure of national right.
It l asserted that the constitution by Its
own force extends to Porto Hlco and all
tho new lslund possessions and spreads all
Its provisions over them, Including uniform
taxation. They were eager to commit a
republican cougress to tho adoption of free
trado with Porto Hlco, not as a measure of
generous expediency, but becauea they could
then claim that It had riveted a hard and
fast principle which xvould tie tho hands
of the government everywhere In the Phil
ippines as well ns In Porto Hlco without re
gard to varying conditions, and would ex
poso the administration and Its party to
all the criticisms and attacks that would
be mado on Buch a proposition.
"It xvns a cunning game, but It did not
sticccod. Tho apprehension of tho honest
objectors xvho feared that tho concession of
full free trade to Porto Hlco would lend
to misconstruction and the designs of tho
crafty partisans who meant that It should
xvcre both met and frustrated by the bill
which pawed tho house and which loxics 15
per cent, or lese than one-sixth of tho Ding
ley rates. That low rate Involves no pos
sible hardship. It has tho advantngo of
producing needed revenue which until civil
government nnd laxv nro fully organized in
Porto Hlco cannot bo raised ns xvell from
any other source.
I.urKCHt, llegri'c of Help.
"There was neither point which was not
generally understood. The bill provides
that tho duties on tbo wholo of the goods
coming from Porto Hlco shall be paid back
to Porto Rico for tho benefit of the Island.
Thus It fully harmonizes with the object
at which tho president aimed ot relieving
the trndo of Porto Hlco from burdensome
restrictions nnd of extending tho largest de
grco of help: and xvhen it xvns crowned by
the president's spcelnl message, promptly
I carried out by the house, providing not only
that tbo duties hereafter collected, but that
thoKO heretofore collected to the amount of
$2,000,000, should be appropriated to be im
pended wholly in Pnrto Hlco for her de
velopment nnd improvement, absolutely no
ground xvns left for any pretense that the
policy of tho president and congress was
In the slightest degreo harsh and oppres
sive. "Nobody can understanding object to tho
IS per cent duty nil paid back to Porto
Hlco on tho ground that It In unfnlr nnd
hard toward Porto Rico, Ho enn under
standing object, only on the claim that
thero Is no power to levy nny duty nt all,
and such claim would leavo tho president
and congress powerless and helpless In tho
Philippines ns well ns In Porto Hlco.
I'rcNlilcnt Accept I'niiKrpmi' let,
"Hotwecn it 15 per cent duty, as provided
by the congressional bill, every cent of
xvhlch Is to bo returned to Porto Hlco, that
Island also getting all collected nt the other
end nnd tho removal of customs duties, ns
suggested by tho president for humanity's
sake, there Is absolutely no difference what
ever In practical results. In both, everything
Is for humanity. Congress was aiming nt
the Bamo result ns the president and tho
president rightfully nccepte the act of con
gress. "Tho representation that either was not In
accord xvlth tho other disregards every es
sential element in tho caso Hut between
n IB per cent duty and freo trade as a con-
stltutlonnl right going necessarily and in
! stantly xvherovor noxv land may bo nc,
I quired, thero Is the world-wide difference
j between reserving full discretionary power
10 ueai wiui me now possessions ns tneir
varying Interests or ours may require nnd
leaving no discretionary power In congress
whatever. And this Is tho real Issue which
has beon forced by thu attitude of the mi
nority In congress.
"The country is starting out on n new
departure and n now experiment nnd It Is
of tho highest Importance, for our own
safety, us well as for tho welfare of the
new people who have come under the flag,
that we should leave ourselves free to dc.it
xvlth each case ns Its own merits demand.
The claim which Insists that freo trade
goes by legal right to Porto Hlco would
bind us hnnd and foot.
CniiMltut Inn nml Nrvr l'orlnn.
"The partisans who sought to put tho pres
ident nnd congress In a hole hnve, jht
haps, unconsciously, dug a pit for them
selves. They will find that they have tnken
n position that xvould estop them from car
rying out the policy they hnvo proposed
for the disposition of the Philippines. Hut
as 1 do not wish noxv to discuss the matter
In Its broadest aspects or to treat It In n
partisan spirit, I do not pursue this point.
It is enough to say that tho position that
the constitution does not by Its own force ex
tend over tho new possessions without leg
Islatlvo act Is in harmony xvlth thu general
tenor of Judicial decision nnd legislative ac
tion from the acquisition of Loulslann down
to this time.
"The republican party had Its birth in
an Issue very llko thnt which Is now pre
sented. The Calhoun doctrine was that
the constitution by its own forco carried
slavery Into the territories ot the United
States. The republican party sprang to
being from tho uprising of thu public con
science against that doctrine. One of the
resolutions of tho Chlcngo platform of 1S60.
on which Abraham Lincoln was elected
president, was in those words:
Nnine Dokiihi by I'ro-SIn very Men.
" That tho new dogma that the consti
tution of its own force carries slavery Into
any or all of the territories of tho United
States Is a dangerous political heresy at
varlnnco with the explicit provisions of that
Instrument Itself, xxith contemporaneous
exposition and with legislative und Judicial
precedent, Is revolutionary In Its tendency
and subversivo of the peaco and harmony
of tho country." '
'Tho political heirs of those xvho put for
xvard tho dogron that the constitution of
Its own forco carried slavery into tho ter
ritory of tho United Stntes noxv maintain
tho dogma that the constitution of Its own
forco carries freo trado Into tho new Is
land territory of tho United Btates without
nny legislative nctlon. It Is an Interesting
circumstance that In this noxv epoch of our
history tho republican party Is ngaln bat
tling for a principle kindred to that which
gavo it birth."
AGAINST A SHIPPING TRUST
House Committee ItrportK the Stilmltly
lllll xvlth Some Important
Aiuc iiiIiiiciiIm.
WASHINGTON. March 8. Tho house com
mittee on tncrchant mnrlno nnd fisheries
held nn extended session today with a view
to completing the shipping subsidy bill,
which has been under consideration for some
tlmo.
Tho bill as originally Introduced xvns taken
up and served as a basis for action, a num
ber of amendments being made along the
lines of tho substitute measure proposed by
Representative Miner of Wisconsin nnd somo
of his republican associates. These amend
ments havo been Incorporated In the main
in the senate bill, so that the nctlon ot the
houso committee brings the two houses in
virtual ngreemont on the form of the meas
ure. Tho voting disclosed that the majority
was united It, the general plan cf revising
tho bill. Tho minority also acted together
in general opposition to the hill xvlth tho ex
ception of Chanler of New York, who with
held his vote, and Daly of New Jersey, who
was absent.
A new amendment Intended to prevent tho
creation of a trust In shipping Interests was
proposed by Representative Stevens of Min
nesota nnd caused extended discussion.
Hy a vote of 10 to 3. tbo bill xvas finally
ordered reported and Representative Gros
venor, chairman of the committee, xvns au
thorized to "submit tho report. Mr. Ores
vrnor summed up the results by saying the
committee had agreed to the amendments
In the senate bill and also to a few other
new amendments. On tho final vote alt tho
republican members favored the bill as
amended nnd all tbo democrats opposed it
except Chandler, who did not vote
Slovens' anti-trust amendments xvere
agreed to. As summed up, by him, they are
as follows:
"That any vessel or owner of vessel en
tering a trust to increase the price of ex
port freight, or in restraint of export trade,
shall cease to draw compensation under this
bill."
The second provision substantially Is:
"That any combination or conspiracy of
ship yards engaged In building vessels for
compensation under this act is declared Il
legal and upon proof of combination or
conspiracy of ship yards having n capacity
of one-third of the new tonnage of the
i United States, tho secretary of the treasury
Is authorized to admit foreign built vessels
to inKo tno place or new vessels constructed
under this act, except that such new ves
sels shall net enter tho coastwiso or lake
trado."
TO CONTROL CANAL IN WAR
Hrnntc Subcommittee .tureen on the
Amendment to llny-l'miiiccfntf
Convention,
WASHINGTON. March 8. The sennt J
committee on foreign relations will meet
tomorrow to consider tho Hay-Paunce folo
titaty amending tho Clayton-Ilulwer treaty
relative to the Nicaragua canal. Tho sub
committee, consisting of Senators Davis,
Lodge and Morgan, xvill report to the full
committee. This report Is favorable to tho
treaty, xvlth an amendment providing that
thti United States shall have tho right to
defend tho canal In time of war. Tho
provisions to prevent fortification still re
main. The amendment la considered suffi
cient to allow the United States lo Bhut
up the canal In tlmo ot war and rnfuse to
allow vcuiols nt war xvlth thu United States
to pass through tho canal.
Senator Mason today introduced In the
senatu a renolutlon calling upon the State
dopartmcnt for all correBpondoiico between
tho governments ot the United Stntes and
Great Britain relating tn the Isthmian e.i
nol authorized by tho late Secretary James
G. Illalno nnd also a "chronological recapit
ulation of tho contentions inadn by tho x-n-rloiiii
secretarial of state since, the signing
of tho Clayton-Ilulwer treaty us to tho
validity of this treaty, tho ropllon by .ho
govrriumint of Great llrltnln and tho viola
tions of the terniB of the treaty on tho part
of Great llrltnln xvhlch have been hold by
tho government of tho United Stntc3 lo
havo nporated as an abrogation of tho,
traty."
Tho purpose of the resolution Ik an
nounced In the body of It (o bo to "securo
from the Stato department n complete expla
nation ns to the attitude of tho various
secretaries of state relatlv6 to tho Clayton
nulwer treaty."
In thn prenmble General Low Wallocn Is
quoted ns saying that Illalno had told 111 in
while secretary of stato that he had written
a note to tho American minister to Great
llrltnln Instructing him to tnko the posi
tion that Great Hrltaln, by Its own acts,
had rendered tho treaty void. This state,
nient Is contrasted with the statement at
trlbuted to tho Stato department that Sec
rctary Friillnghuysnn was the only secre
tary of stato who had held tho xiexv that
tho Clayton-Ilulwer treaty had been can
celed. Thn propcsltlon tn amend the pend
ing Ilay-Pauncofote treaty by the
Inclusion ot curtain articles of the
Suez convention, which guaranteed tho
Egyptian government tho right to take any
measures deemed necessary In caso of war.
to defend Egyptian rights, has not been
mltunltied by any respnuMMr person to tin
Judgment of the ailmlnlnratloti otlleiald
FACTS SH0WPLAGUE ON SHIP
Snrucon General XX'.xiiiiin Make State
ment Alice llclnu Slum n I rcii'
Denial of lllscnic Alumni.
WASHINGTON. March S -Surgeon Gen
iral Wytnati of the marine hospital service
upon being shown a dispatch stntlng thai
It was denied thnt members of the crew ot
the Japanese steamer .Sanyo Maru, whlcb
had been detained nt Diamond Point. Wash
were suffering from the plague, tutd that Hit
facts arc that the steamer arrived at Port
Townsend quarantine January 30, having had
two eases of sickness on board en route.
There was one death at the quarantine
station and it was found to have resulted
from the bubonic plague. There were also
u number ol cases of beri-berl.
Tho steamer has been thoroughly disin
fected nnd released. Tho passengers and
,crcw who have been held In quarantine will
lie released, but those who have been In tho
hospital will Htlll be held. Surgeon Gasso
way, in charge nt Snn Francisco, has re
ported to General Wymnn thnt glands from
the suspected rase of plague there were
mibinltted to the local health authorities
and an examination Is being made. He
described tho quarantine regulation In forco
thero nnd sajs the situation thus far Is
apparently well hi hand. The antecedents
of the suspected case have not ns yet been
ascertained.
The surgeon genoial stnteti that n quan
tity of tho anti-pest serum, which he has
recently Imported from the Pasteur Insti
tute In Paris, Is already In the hands of
tho marine hospital ofllcers nt San Fran
cisco. He has sent nn nddltloual quantity
for tim? In this emergency.
CONSIDER FRENCH TREATY
I'rnlialile thnt French (invc rmiicnt
"Will lie AnUciI to KxlelKl Thuti
of I'liiul Aclliili.
WASHINGTON. March S Several con
ferences wero held with the president today
on tho pointing reciprocity treaty xvlth
France, with tho result, It is thought, that
the French government will be communi
cated xxith on tho proposition to extend the
tlmo for Its llnnl ratification or rejection.
Hy tho terms of the treaty nctlon must bo
tnken thereon before the 21th of the present
month, and It Is the opinion of many promi
nent members of congress thnt If pushed
to a voto at this session the treaty will fall,
henco thero Is nn effort being made to se
cure a postponement until the terms of tho
treaty can be more fully considered. Sena
tors Sewell nml Kean ot New Jersey, both
opponents of tho treaty, and Senator Plait
of New York saw the president today, and
Inter Secretary Hay called.
Hy a voto of 10 to 5 the bill was ordered
reported.
AI.UIIICII WINS AMIiilKII COVniST.
Alnlmmilii Sealed a Third Time on
Content Ion of I'iiiikI,
WASHINGTON, March 8. -The bouse un
seated Gaston A. Hobblns, from the Fourth
Alabama district, nnd seated In his stead
William F. Aldrlch, a republican, who has
been three tlmea a contestant from tho same
district on tho ground of fraud, and xvho
is now given his seat for tho third time by
a republican house. The voto was a Btrlct
party one 138 to 131.
This matter out of tho way, a now rule
xvas brought In to set aside tho day sesslo-is
on tho second and fourth Fridays of each
month for pension legislation. Tho rule lim
ited debato on each bill to ten minutes on a
side, but this provision was xvlthdrawn upon
the nssurnnro of Richardson, the minority
leader, that his side of tho house xvould
not lndulgo In filibustering. During tho do
bato on tho rulo there xvns quite n lively
row between Mnhon of Pennsylvania and
Tnlbert of South Carolina.
Hcforo adjourning tho houso took up tho
contested election ease of Wise against
Young, from tho Second Virginia district.
Weeks of Michigan giving notice that he
would ask a vo'e on it nt 2 o'clock Monday.
Nomliiallolin hy I'rcnlilciit.
WASHINGTON, March 8. The president
today sent tho following nominations to tho
senate:
Interior To he Indian agents: James H.
Montclth of Ilutte City, Mont., for the Illa-k-feet
agency, Montana; George W. IInyzlr.lt
or Arizona, for the Navajo Indians In New
Mexico. Army (Infantry) Second lieutenants to bo
first lleutnnnnie: L. P. Rchlndoll, Sixth
George II. Pond. Third; I). T. Merrill,
Twelfth; :A. M. Wotheilll, Sixth; C. N.
Murphy. Twenty-second: T. A. Ilnldwln, Jr.,
Twenty-fourth; (I. N. Shields. Jr., Twelfth)
K. II. Cnoke, Tenth; A. L. Conger, Elgh.
rcnlh; J. n. Kemper. Fourteenth; J. W.
Ilarnes. Eighteenth; I. A. Saxttm, Fourth;
G. E. Thorn, Twenty-second; N. S. How.
land, Twenty-third; Alfred Aloe, Elgh'
centh; T. J. Fcnly, Fifth; F. W. Howell,
Second; II. A. Diurnin, Twolfth; J. M.
Campbell, Twenty-fifth. Cavalry, to be sec.
end lieutenant: Private F. W. Fonda, Troop
1J, Third.
Volunteer Army. Porto Hlco Regiment
Captain William E. Almv, Fifth cavalry, lo
be major; Joso Lugo Vina of Porto Hlco,
aotlng assistant surgeon, ('. S. A., to be as
sistant surgeon, xxith rank of captain.
.Sovereign Gocn Oxer Old lirotinil,
WASHINGTON. March R.-Jamos It. Snv
orclgn continued his testimony at the Coeur
D'Aleno Investigation.
Mr. Sovereign testified that the Miner-'
union was not responsible lor the publica
tions written by him, which had born Intro
duced ns evidence.
Thn (TOFs-ouimlnnlloii took .Mr. fiovci
e'gn over the exciting events attending the
blowing up of the Hunker Hill concentrator
nnd tho wltnem was made to recite In
minute detail th" circumstances of the ,ir
falr. the explosions, shooting, etc. In Uia
main this was nn elaboiatlon of the dire t
testimony previously given. He said the
masks worn by tho men were of ordinary
cloth with holes cut out for the eyes.
tTelniihmiB mat.
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