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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1903. ELKiNS' BILL STANDS House Passes Third Anti Trust Measure. LITTLEFIELD BILL IS SHELVED Drnnllc Ilnlc Shut Off III Speech and I Prevent Ills Hill From HdnR Of fered Hepburn and Cochrnn Vau the Uc Freely. Under the operation of a special order which cut off opportunity to otTer amendments, the House, alter a debate of an hour yesterday, bj- a vote of HI to C passed the Biking bill to prohibit rebates to shippers. The sir members who voted acalnst the bill were Democrats. Llttlefield ot Maine was present, but did not vote on Ither the rule or the bill. The Demo crats had Intended to offer the provis ions of the Llttleflold bill as an amend ment. Dalzell of Pennsylvania, Overstre of Indiana end Hepburn ot Iowa an nounced that with the passase of the Elklns bill the antl-trurt leclflatlon for this Kssion of Consress would be com plete. Purine the debate. Cochran (Dem.. l!o.) branded one of Hepburn's state ments as a 'deliberate He." but. con trary to cuitom, this strong lantuage had no sequel. The remainder of the session was de voted to the sundry civil appropriation bill, which was practically completed. JCo effort was made to 'pass It, as there was no quorum present. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. In .the House today Dalzell (Pa.), from the committee on rules, presented a special order for the consideration of the Elklns rebate bllL The rule provides for an hour's debate and a vote on the bill and com mittee amendments at the end of that time without Intervening motion. The previous question being ordered on the adoption of the rule, M minutes debate on each side was allowed under the rules. Dalzell contented himself with a brief explanation. He said the provisions of the measure were familiar to all. that It was one phase of anti-trust legisla tion which should receive consideration. Richardson, the Democratic leader, pro tested thit there was no emergency which required such a drastic course as the special order proposed. It permitted no opportunity to amend or recommit the bill. Underwood (Ala.) said he favored the passage of the bill, but he protested that It did not go far enough. Hull (la.) said no one contended thit the bill was perfect, but It was a step In the direction of the regulation of trusts. Cannon called attention to the fact 'that less than three weeks of tho session remained, and owing to the bick ward state of appropriation bills and oth er Imperative measures In the House, he said. It was possible to put through some legislation. In the Senate business at this stage was done, only by unanimous consent. Public sentiment demanded trust regulation. The pending bill, he declared, would do more .to solve some of the troublesome questions than any other. It would prevent favored rates to favored shippers and place all on an equal foot ing. He urged the House to take whit It could now and try for more later on. Llttlcflcld Choked Off. - TAttlefleld attempted to get In with an inquiry, but Dalzell declined to yield him time. He, however, got a minute from Richardson. In that minute he called attention to the word "wilful" be fore "failure" In the provision imposing .penalties for the "wilful" failure of cir ' rlers to publish and observe rates. lie .said the word ought to come out and that Senator Elklns. the author of the bill, agreed with him. Cannon replied that If that were the case. Senator Elklns could air his views In the Senate. "He Is a very consider ate Senator," said he. "but I never heard that he was a great lawyer." DeArmond denied emphatically that the country was demanding the enactment of the Elklns bllL "It will do no good," said he, "and the people foremost In urging It know it. That Is the reason they urge it." (Dem ocratic applause.) There was nothing In the bill, he said, that was not on the statute books except th clauses repealing existing penalty provisions of law. To repeal those penal ties, he said, was the real purpose. The bill, he declared, was an attempt to "bun co" the people and to prevent the offering of amendments, the majority "dare not vote against." It was a mere "demagogic plan" to stifle legislation. "The gentleman from Illinois (Cannon)," he said, "says the author of tho bill Is not a great lawyer. He may not be, but he Is great In other things a master In the art of this sort of legislation." Third of Trust Dills. Overstreet (Ind.), In support of the rule, pointed Out the three features of the anti trust legislation the majority had set, out to place upon the statute books t7 ex pedite cases, to secure publicity of the cor po rations" methods of doing business and to prevent discriminations and rebates by railroads. Propositions covering all three subjects had passed the House and two bad passed the Senate. The rebate bill for the consideration of which the rule provided, he said, was practically ldentl ,, cal with that In the bill the House passed on Saturday. If that bill could not be come a law' It was the part of practical wisdom to pass this. Dalzell said the reasons given on the other side against the rule were the best that could be offered for its adoption. They had all said they were for the bill, good or bad. Two-thirds of the anti-trust legislation was now passed. With this measure the present legislative programme for the regulation of trusts would be com plete. Rlcbardson concluded the debate on his ride and urged the House to vote down the rule and compel the production of another that would open the bill to amendment. Grosvenor concluded the debate for the majority, deprecating the constant at tempt of the other side to play for party advantage In connection with the trust question. The roll was called and the rule was adopted, UO to 110, a strictly party vote. Uttlefleld. Republican (Me:), did not vote. The debate on the bill proper then pro ceeded, uoenran (Ma) characterized the bill as a "brazen and shameless" Imposi tion upon the credulity of the people. His argument was principally directed against the repealing of all -the provisions of ex isting law making officers and agents of railroads guilty of discriminating punish able by. fine and Imprisonment. Shackleford (Mo.) denounced the course Vol the majority In refusing to permit the minority to offer as an amendment the LJttlefield bill, passed last Saturday. Hepburn and Cochran Give the Lie. Hepburn called attention to the fact that the Democrats denounce th bill. Later on. he said, they' would all -rote for It. In the course of Hepburn's remarks, Cochran of Missouri, paid one of his state ments was n "deliberate He." Hepburn was speaking of the character of meas ures the Democrats had voted for. saying among other things that they had voted for a proposition under which It would have been possible to fine the Pennsyl vania Railroad JS,000.tt for a single act. They would, he eald. stop at nothing labeled "anti-trust." Then, while explain ing tno provisions of the pending bill, he denied a statement previously made by Cochran that the bill relieved individual officers of railroads. "I say there Is no repeal from linn to last In all this relation " he was saying when Cochran nought to interrupt him. "1 prefer not to yield," said Hepburn. Cochran Th gentleman ought not to refer to the "gentleman from Missouri" If he doei not want to yield. iiepDurn I ought to refer to the gentle man at any time when ho deliberately misstates a proposition. Cochran I brand that as a deliberate He. I did not deliberately misstate the question. Hepburn Then lgnorantly. The gentle man can taks either proposition. I say there is no rifcieal of the present statute making culpahlc and responsible crim inally the Individual under the interstate commerce law. In the three bills which were to become law. speaking of the entire programme for trust regulation, he said he believed Congress had struck the "happy medium" with regard to this vexed question, "the least of Injury to the Individual and the mosi good to the public" The vote then was taken on the passage cf the bl'.l. It was passed, 211 to 6. Those voting in the negative were: Coch ran and DeArmond. Missouri: Glass. Vir ginia; Hooker. Mississippi; Klutz. North Carolina, and Neville, Nebraska, all Dem ocrats The House went Into committee on the sundry civil appropriation bill, and Rich ardson offered an amendment to prohibit the printing of Illustrations In the annual report of bureau officers, except when specifically authorized by the head of a department. He called attention to the increasing abuse in this respect. Some reports, he said, were tilled with useless. expensive Illustrations. Action on the amendment was temporarily postponed. Without completing the bill the committee rose, and at 5:15 P. M. the House ad journed. FAVOIl ELKINS ANTI-TRUST IIII.l.. Democrats In Senate Hnve More Con fidence Than Those In House. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb. 11 The Democrats of the Senate havo more confidence in the Elklns bill than was shown by their fellow-parti sans In the House. They not only sup ported It In committee, but they made no attempt to amend It when It passed the Senate. Some of this was due to the per sonality of Elklns and his desire to pass the bill, but those who favored It regarded It as a measure which will prevent ono form of monopoly In the granting and re ceiving of rebates. While the Attorney General was not consulted In regard to It, the measure has hfa approval as well as that of the President, and there Is more confidence In Its success than might be anticipated from a bill which Elklns would favor, as he Is generally classed with those having interests In great corpora tions. Some railroads of the country favor the proposition, because It releases them from contesting with the rebate-granting roads and will, perhaps, tend to less viola tions of the Interstate commerce law than heretofore. RUSSELL SAGE OX TRUSTS. He Says We Shonld Study Symptoms Before Prescribing;. NEW TORK Feb. 11 In a conversation on the subject of anti-trust legislation. Auaaeu oaKe is tiuoieu as saying: "The trust proposition has not reached a stage where the evils have presented incmeivts plainly and in a definite form. Legislation at this time will only work harmful results, for no one can nut his finger on the danger spots. "The situation, as It appears to me. is similar to Illness, with the trust as the patient. The doctors are called In. They simply watch developments and time speedily develops Just what Is the matter. Then the curatives are applied. It 1b the same with the trust question in this coun. try. It will not.be too late to await developments and closely watch these big combinations of capital. Practically So per cent of them arc young, and bad tendencies can readily be cured when these make themselves felt. I am In favor of allowing time and the American people to introduce proper legislation at the proper moment." Amending LIttlefleld'a Bill. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11 The Senate committee on Judiciary further considered the question of trust legislation on the basis of the Llttlefleld bill, attention being again monopolized by the question as to whether all corporations should be includ ed in the requirements to make returns. Senator Bacon has offered an amendment, providing that the returns required shall only be mandatory upon large corpora tions, but that It may be made applica ble to smaller ones In the discretion of the authorities having the matter in hand. WILL rUSII TREATIES THROUGH, If Xecessnry, President Will Call Extra Session, of Senate. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11 Senator Cul lom. chairman of the foreign relations committee, had a conference with the President today concerning the treaties that are now pending in the Senate. The anxiety of the President to have both the Panama Canal treaty and the Cuban trea ty ratified as soon as possible Is not con cealed. While It Is not understood that a definite decision has been reached. It can be said to be not Improbable tha, In case the Senate should fall to act upon those treaties at this session, an extraordinary session may be called to consider them. According to the best Information today It seems likely that an extra session will not be necessary. The belief Is that the pending treaties will be ratified before the close of the present Congress. While no statement of the details of today's Cabinet meeting was made. It Is known that serious consideration was given to the status of 'tho Panama Canal treaty In the Senate, and It is under stood an aggressive fight for its ratifica tion will be urged upon its advocates in the Senate. The Cabinet discussed with the President the selection of the United States Com missioners under the terms of the Alas kan boundary treaty, which was ratified a few days ago. The Commissioners have been chosen and they may be announced very soon. Rnthbone Appeals to Senate. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 The Senate committee on relations with Cuba today considered an application made by J. G. Rathbone, Director of Posts for Cuba dur ing the American occupation, for an in vestigation Into circumstances connected with hi trill An pnnrrM ef lrrApi,1i4ftAa made by this Government. Mr. Rathbone filed a petition with tho committee, in which he-alleged that Injustice had been f'.nnft" thnt he vni Tint n 1 1 n rvnA n nm nn , - ..v.v. l witnesses who were necessary to the prop er presentation 01 ms case, and that he was not permitted to make an appeal. The petition was referred to Senators x-iaiL. 01 (jonnecucut, ana Teller for fur ther Inquiry. Hea to Succeed Admiral Melville WASHINGTON. Fab. 11-Rear-Admlral ucurgo v. -xieiviiie win relinquish his po sition as Englneer-ln-Chlef of the United States Kaw within th ft- .... and will be succeeded by Captain Charles v. iiea, now on amy as a member of I the examining Doara in una city. TO HEAR BOOTH PRAY OnEAT CROWD ATTENDS SCSSIOX OP SENATE. Depew and Rawlins Join Issne on Question of Polygamy In Pro poned New States. The delivery of the opening prayer by I Reneral William Ucoth. of th Salva- tlon Army, drew a large crowd to tht Senate chamber yejterday. Nearly the whole reftlon was occu pied in dobate on the Mormon cues tloa as related to the Katehood bill. Depew declaring the anti-polygamy sec tion Is Inadequate, and IUllns sup porting It. .-.1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 11 The Senate was crowded today as It has not been since the opening of the session. Nearly all the Senators were on the floor, many members of the House were present, while thst Hides of the chamber were lined wun employes. The galleries were filled, many visitors standing In the alslcn and cor ridors. The attraction was General Will iam Booth, of the Salvation Army, who delivered the prayer at the opening of tho session. He made an earnest and quite extended prayer, occupying six mlnutc3. In the gallery was his chief assistant and son-in-law. Booth Tucker. Many other members ot the Salvation Army were present. Stewart reported the inman appropria tion bin. Thi resolution of Morgan call ing for the correspondence of naval of ficers regarding the military occupation of tho Bays ot Panama and Colon was agreed to. The statehood bill was taken up, but Quay yielded the floor for consideration of the Dlsltrlct of Columbia appropriation bill. The bill was passed and .consldera Hon of the statehood bill was resumed. Denew yielded to Dietrich (Neb.), who. under the latitude of debate, said he would ibmlt some observations regarding some affairs in the Philippines." He spoke briefly. Dcpcw, resuming his remarks begun Wednesday, said, referring to the anti polygamy provision of the statehood bill, that it would be seen "the Italian hand of the Mormon apostle had been at work In the preparation of the measure and that the concentrated Influence of tho Mormon hierarchy could be seen in the de termined effort to prevent any amendment which would completely exclude po lygamy." It Is not disputed, he said, that the vote of the Mormon church is absolutely con trolled by the central hierarchy of that or ganization. He declared that the mi gration of Mormons to different states and territories was not for the nurnose of securing homes, but through compact io control legislation. He read from an al leged address by Bishop Lunt. of the Mor mon church, exhorting his followers to re main firm In observing the tenets of tho church and thus maintain their power In politics. , Rawlins Informed Depew that the ad dress was fictitious and that Depew had been Imposed upon. Ho never knew of a Bishop Lunt In the Mormon church, and said the Mormon .organization had repud iated the address. Any legislation. Raw fins declared. In any state directed at Mor monlsm is futile unless there Is a public sentiment which will sustain the same. The question was not as to the inadequacy of the provisions against polygamy, but as to the exercise of political power. Perse cution Is the Beed of the Mormon church. he declared, and It did not do any good to arraign the entire people and brand every Mormon as a slave, a most unjust ac cusation. 'To do that." he. said, "you solidify those who would aid you In bringing about the very conditions you seek here." The best possible school, he said, for the cor rection of these evils Is to emancipate the Mormons and leavo them to work out their own destinies. Stewart declared that polygamy In this country - Is a thing of the past because public sentiment has condemned that part 01 tne creed of the Mormon church. Dubois said he did not think tho refer ences of the opponents of statehood to polygamy was serious. He declared that. It the statehood bill should be allowed to be put on the postofflce appropriation bill, ho would consent to and advocate the In clusion of the Idaho constitution relating to elections as an amendment and re quire Arizona and New Mexico to sub scribe to it before being admitted. Under the test oath of that constitution, ho said, Idaho disfranchised every member of the Mormon church and for years they were without a vote. Depew said that it was well understood that the people In this eountrv have liberty of religion, "so long as that religion In Its practice does not strike at the foundation of the family and the morality of the state." There can be, ho said, a so-called religion which can be made a cloak for Immorality, for crime, for the purpose of breaking up the family circle, for the deg radation of womanhood and for tho cor ruption of childhood. Depew had not concluded when, at SCO P. M., the Senate went into executive session, and at 5:10 P. M. adjourned until iu o ciock tomorrow, the departure from the usual hour being taken to allow Sena tors to attend the noon wedding of Sena tor Cockrell'a daughter. JUST TO BEAT BCVERIDGE. Many Senators "Will Vote for State hood for .Political .Motives. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb 11 It Is rather an Interesting fact tnat the statehood fight is getting to be a great deal of personal matter and that many of the advocates of the bill are willing to go to almost any length In order to pass tho omnibus bill. This accounts for the action In placing the bill as a rider upon the appropriation bills, as they are measures absolutely necessary for the Government, and, If It should be carried as a rider. It would have to pass or the appropriations fall, causing an extra ses sion of congress. The personal feature of the thing Is In the Intense feeling which tho advocates of statehood have against Senator Bevcrldge, cnairman or the committee on territories. He has been extereraely active and has made himself obnoxious by being dicta torial In his manner and very critical of the statehood advocates. One Senator today, who has always heretofore been willing to allow the statehood bill to die rather than force an extra session, says that the activity of Beverldge has changed his position and he would do anything In order not to allow the young Indiana Senator to triumph. Wilt Concur In House Amendments. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11-Senator El klns today consulted members of the com mittee on Interstate commerce, and se cured an agreement to concur In the amendments to the Elklns anti-rebate bill passed by the House today, when It Is received by the Senate. This action will send the bill to the President- 1 aiCSICALE AT WHITE HOUSE. Affair Preceded by Dinner to Diplo mats and Cabinet Ministers. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11-Mra. Roose velt resumed her Friday evening mu slcales at the White House tonight. Thero were a large number of invited guests who listened to an Interesting programme, which began at 10 o'clock and lasted until midnight and Included Bohemian songs by Bogea Oumleff. baritone, and "coon" songs by Miss Mary Leach, soprano. Ru dolph Pruscha was the accompanist at the piano. Thoso present Included the members of the Cabinet, representatives of the diplomatic corps, and of Congress, with tho ladles of their families and friends from resident and New York so ciety. N Preceding the muslcale. President and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained at dinner Baron and Baroness von Sternberg, Sec retary and Mrs. Hay. Secretary and Mrs. Shaw, Postmaster-General and Mrs. Payne. Secretary Moody, Secretary and Miss Wilson. Senators John P. Jones and Klttrcdge. Mrs. Hobart, Mrs. George Lee, Mme. Depercz. Mr. and Mrs. MacVeagh, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Robinson. Jr., Captain and Mrs. Cowles, Mr. and Mrs. W. Austin Wads worth, Mr. Sargent and Miss Calderon. KEEP STATEHOOD IX FRONT. Committee Will Tnck It to Postofllce Appropriation IIIII. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 The Senate committee on postofflccs and post roads to day decided to amend the postoiHcc ap propriation bill by adding as an amend ment the omnibus statehood bill. The vote on the motion to amend was S to 5. The members who voted for the proposi tion are: Elklns, Mitchell and Penrose, Republicans, and Clay, Culberson, Du bois, Simmons and Taliaferro, Democrats. Those who voted In the negative were: Bevcrldgc. Dovoe. Dolllver, Lodge and Proctor, all Republicans. Senator Mason, chairman of the committee, presided and did not vote. Will Settle With San Domlnr-o. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11 The Issues be tween San Domingo and the United States, arising from claims of citizens of the latter country, are in a fair way to be amicably and satisfactorily adjusted through the efforts of Minister Powell. Ono of the principal claims, that of the San Domingo Improvement Company, In volving the trannfer to the Dominican government of a railroad property valued at several million dollars, already has been referred to arbitration by mutual consent, and the State Department is now Informed that the other two questions of large importance, the claim of the Clyde Line Steamship Company for the refund of port duties, and the Ross claims for considerable wharfage property construct ed under concessions) not fulfilled by the Dominican government, will be adjusted In a similar manner In a few days. nvnl station In Culm. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11 The selection t two stations In Cuba for naval use by tho United States Is in conformity with the findings of the naval general board here, which has satisfied Itself that there will be a sufficient number to meet, naval needs. One station Is to be located at Guantanamo. on the southeast coast, and one at Bahla Honda, on the northwest coast, thug giving command of the two great channels of commerce at cither end of Cuba. Meade to Command Mare Islnnd. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11-Colonel R. L. Meade, of the Marine 'Corps, has been detached from command of the Marine Barracks at New York, to tako effect February 13, and ordered to San Francisco to command the barracks at Marc Island, as the relief of Colonel Harrington, who Is ordered to sail for Manila on the 2Sth to command the marine brigade In the Philippines. Lieutenant W. F. Splcer, now stationed at the. Portsmouth Barracks, will succeed Colonel Meade" at New York. Many Appointments Confirmed. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11 Tho Senate today confirmed a number of naval pro motions and a large number of Army nominations that have been held In com mittee for many weeks. All of the officers nominated to be Brigadier-Generals for retirement were confirmed. The lresldenC today .sent to the Sen ate the nomination of John J. Boyco. ot California, to be United States Attorney for Alaska. Invited to Ranqnet at Seattle. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 Representa tive Jones, of Washington, today present ed on behalf of tho Young Men's Repub lican Club of Seattle an Invitation to the President to attend a banquet to be given by tho club during the President's visit. The date of the banquet will bo set to suit the President's convenience. It Is likely tho Invitation will bo accepted. Omnibus Public DnlldlnR BUI. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. A subcommit tee of the House committee on public buildings and grounds is preparing an omnibus public building bill to be pre sented to the full committee tomorrow. Tito Xctt Illshopn for England. NEW YORK, Feb. 11 The appointment of the bishops of Winchester and St. Al bans Is expected daily, sags a dispatch to the Tribune from London. There have been several hitches, the most serious helnrr nnrwrpnilr ftver the claims nf thA bishop of Rochester for promotion, but an agreement has been reached between the Prime Minister and the Klnr. ' Is made happy-hood by healthy infant-hood. Children that ha've bunches in the neck, eruptions on the face, head or body, eczema, sore ears, inflamed eyelids, rickets, or snuffles, should be given' Hood's Sarsapariila The great specific for inherited or None too young or old to be benefited by this great blood purifier, "I bad scrofula when I waa two years old and Hood's' Sareaparilla cured me. I bave since taken it for dyspepsia and it has helped me very ranch." Ada. Ausnif, Tate, Va. Accept no Substitutes for Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills. No Substitutes act like them. ROW IN FRENCH CHAMBER MEMBER ATTACKS PREMIER AXn DEFIES PRESIDENT. Tries to Implicate Government in Humbert Fraails Wnldeck-Roas-neau Makes Accusations. PARIS, Feb. 11 An exciting Incident occurred in the Chamber of Deputies to day, when Maurice Binder. Nationalist, sought to Interpellate Minister of Justice Valle on the Humbert affair. The Deputy declared that suspicion had long been di rected against tho Cabinet over which presided that "weather-cock Combes." A scene of great disorder followed this statement, the members of the Left de manding the removal of M. Binder. Pre mier Combes sought to gain recognition, but. as M. Binder continued to shout at the top ot his voice. M. Combes and Vallo and other Ministers retired from tho House, the Left party applauding and tho Right hissing. The President, M. Bourgeois, then con sulted with the Chamber, which censured M. Binder. When ho attempted to re sume his speech, the President suspended the sitting. The Deputy continued his defiant speech after the session was re sumed, but he was finally silenced by the President's threat to cause his removal from tho chamber. Ms Valle made a brief rejoinder, to tho effect that his accusers were defenders of the Humberts, and an lpterpellatlon on the subject was then postponed until after tho budget was passed. IMPLICATES EX-MINISTER. French Premier Reveals Secreta About the Humbert Swindlers. PARIS, Feb. 11 Ex-Premier Waldeck Rousseau has written an open letter to tho lawyer of M. Cattaul. who is the prosecutor of the Humbert case, which is now awaiting Judgment, in reply to tho lawyer's statement in his speech before the court yesterday that M. Valle, the present Minister of Justice, vainly tried to secure the prosecution of the Hum berts. M. Waldcck-Rousseau says that, when M. Valle made such an application, he was told to go ahead and that an hour after M. Cattaul had filed his complaint a prosecution would be opened and the famous safe-openers would be secured at the end of March, 1902. when M. Valle was not a Minister. No complaint was filed. The order of the court which caused tho flight of tho Humbert family was made on May 6. Three days Jater. continues M. Waldcck-Rousseau, M. Cat taui's complaint was filed. The opposition papers are quoting this letter as a proof of Minister Valle's com plicity In the flight of tho Humberts. GERMAXY WILL NOT BUY. Chllenn and Argentine Warship Not Snitcd to Her Navy. BERLIN. Feb. 13. The German navy department, after considering the proposal that Germany purchase the four battle phlps being constructed for Argentina and Chile in England and Italy, have decided not to do so, for two reasons. First, be cause the government Is not willing. In view of the present state of the Imperial finances, to ask the Reichstag for tho J17.500.COO required; second, because the general staff of the navy does not wish to Incorporate into the Germany navy guns of different caliber, and turret ma chinery and other essential features of warships which are not similar to those In use on German-built vessels. It Is pointed out that the present homo geneity of the navy would be impaired were the four warships to bo acquired by Germany, as the gunners can now b changed from ship to ship 'without loss of their efficiency;- but if the four foreign built vessels were taken over with their armaments and separate stocks of ammu nition, differently drilled crews would be necessary. It Is also asserted yiat the construction of all four of the ships is so far advanced that the German ronstruct or? would be unable to change the plans. Tho Ansaldo Comcanv. of Genoa, has Informed the naval authorities hero that the second of the Argentine battle-ships building there will be launched next week. BRUTALITY IV BRITISH ARMY. Scotch Soldiers Driven to Desert by Officer Who Flog. NEW YORK. Feb. 11 A remarkable In crease in desertions In the rank and file from the Scots Regiment is attributed to overwork and bullying, says the Tribune's London correspondent. If the charges are well founded. It will be an open question whether subalterns who are. licensed to flog one another are not brutal disciplin arians of the men under them. There is a current report that when the Grena dier subalterns .execute the sentences of the jnesaroom courts, the victims, whether sons of peers or not. are hoisted upon a whipping horse, stripped and flogged. Tho nrestlce of the privileged society regl- Motherhood alterative and tonic. "Oar lHtle boy had eczema and the top of his bead became scaly. Hood's Sarea parilla cared him sod made him strong and hearty." Mas. X. Hobhbt, law recce, Kan. ments cannot be restored until the truth Is known about the methods of "ragging." TO GERMANIZE POSEX. German Settlers Recnlled From Rus sia Lynch Lavr for Thieves. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. S. The Ger man National Committee which Is oppos ing the settling of Poles in Eastern Prus sia Is successfully recalling the German settlers In South Russia by offering them land under easy conditions around Posen. Two thousand German families, accord ing to Volyn, are preparins to leave Zhitomir In the coming Spring. Hundreds left last year. They were swayed In their determination by the growing opposition of Russians, many landlords refusing any longer to let land to persons of German descent. An instance of lynch law by Russian peasants has Just occurred In a suburb of Klove which had long been terrorized by a band of thieves. The peasants armed themselves with clubs, unexpected ly attacked the thieves while the latter were drinking and beat a number of them to death. The absent members of the band escaped to neighboring villages but they were hunted down and subjected to the same fate. Another case of lynching is reported from Stavropol, where four men were ar rested for horsestealing. After the local Chief of Police had examined the accused, ha stepped into tho market place and In vited the assembled peasants to take the law into their own hands. Three of the thieves wero killed on the spot and the fourth had to be taken to a hospital. The Chief of Police was arrested. Defends Steel-Rail Syndicate. BERLIN. Feb. 11 Public Works Min ister Buddc, before tho budget committee of the Prussian Diet today, defended the practice of the steel rail syndicate In selling cheaper abroad than at home. He said the practice was in the interest of the employes, as It gave them steadier employment and prevented shut-downs. The giving of steadier work also was In the Interest of the manufacturers, since It diminished the cost of production. The Minister, during the course of his state ment, mentioned the fact that the Prus sian State Railroads employed 3GO.0CO men. Hnrrlcnnee Lays Waste Bndapeat. BUDAPEST. Feb. 11 A terrific hurri cane visited thl3 town today and did enormous damage. Tho root was blown off St. Elizabeth's Church, five statues of saints around the church were thrown to the ground and other works of art were shattered. All the bridges are impassable. Sixty persons were injured. Accused of Morgan Forgeries. LONDON. Feb. 11 A warrant has been Issued for the arrest of Count Maurice de Bosdari. In connection with tho forgeries of J. P. Morgan's signature on a number of bills purporting to have been given In payment for pictures. Edvrnrd Receives Marconi. LONDON. Feb. 11 King Edward re ceived William Marconi today at Buck ingham Palace. CATTLE DISEASE AGAIN. New Ontbrenk in Massachusetts Government to Investigate. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11 The foot and mouth disease has become serious again In Mosaschusetts, and Dr. Salmon, the chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, will return to Boston In a few day3 to In vestigate the situation. Disquieting re ports have .reached Secretary Wilson re garding fresh outbreaks of the disease near Boston, where most of the cases re cently havobecome concentrated, and there Is much anxiety over a possible spread ot the disease. Whole Herd Is Slaughtered. BOSTON, Feb. 17. The recrudescence of the cattle disease in" Massachusetts is In the towns of Needham and Medfield In Norfolk County, 10 miles southwest ot Boston. Tho cases were reported to the State Cattle Bureau last week and a herd of 69 Jerseys owned by Charles Foster, of the Castle Farm. Needham, was slaugh tered on Monday after condemnation by tho Federal authorities and the State Cattle Commission. 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