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TH MOBNING 'OKE&OttlAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1900. Senate Committee Will -Make an Adverse Report TtfE VOTE WAS' FOUR "TO THREE Committee Investigating: Bribery Charge Against Clark, o "Mon tana, Heard Opening: Arcnments. WASHINCTOIC, Jaa.5. The senaite com mittee on -privileges fond elections today decided, by a -rote of-HoTo make an adverse report upon theresolution to seat Senator Quay. The .resolution tras as fol lows: "Resolved, That Matthew S. Quay be admitted as a senator from the state of Pennsylvania, in accordance wjth his ap pointment, made on April 29, 1S99, by the governor of said state." ' The members xjf -the "committee voting for the resolatlonwre -Senators Chandler, Hoar and McOomas, and those opposing. Senators Burrows, Caffery, Pettus and Harris. Senators Turley and Pritchard were paired, the latter for and the former against tfhe resolution. No definite time was set for the pre sentation of the committee's report ,to the senate. The minority will also present a report, and the understanding' Is that the minority shall be notified by the majority i when it is ready to put in Its report. Senator Burrows, jgieonly "republican on the committee-trho voted against the res olution, will prepare the report of the ma jority, and Senator Hoar that of the mi nority. SENATOR CLAHK7S CASE. ArfirnmcnfBef oretKe" .Senate Com mittee "by Counsel on Both Sides. "WASHINGTON. Jan.. 5 The senate committee, on privileges and elections to day begaif its investlga.tloiv8t.the charges of bribery made in connection with the election of Senator Clark, "of Montana, The proceedings were begun hy argu ments from counsel on both sides. Clark himself was present with his counsel, ex Senator Faulkner. Ex-Senator Edmunds appeared as lead ing counsel for the complainants, mak ing the first statement in support of the memorial presented against 3Ir. Clark. He said the complainants expected to be able to prove all the charges made, and to show that Clark's election was ob tained by the liberal use of money and that large sums of money were furnished to this end in the contest. He believed the expenditures could be traced to Clark with due effort onHhepart of the com mittee. He said he and his associates had many witnesses summoned. Ed munds also said they would enter quite thoroughly into the "Whiteside libel case, showing that when Clark had an opportunity to oppose in the court, he had refused to answer any material questions. "While Edmunds was making Ma statement, a question arose concern ing the admissibility of 'testimony taken by the grand jury of Lewis and Clark county. Senator McComas took occasion to intimate that he would hesitate to ad- m&t statements purporting to violate the secrecy of a grand-jury room. Re plying, Edmunds said the notes on the grand jury proceedings had been made by Attorney-General Nolan, and had been presented and received by the Montana court in the"1; .disbarment proceedings against John B. "Wellcome. Hoar suggested that the testlmonyshould he admitted for the time and its relevancy determined upon the final decision of the case. This brought out a spirited protest by Kogers Foster, of New York, who ap peared as one of the counsel for ClarK. He urjred that such a course was con trary to the precedents of the committee; that Nolan was antagonistic to Clark and that at best the testimony was ex parte. Such a document was no more evidence than an indictment would be. Clark was not to be expected to defend his character, but his right to a seat in the senate. Re ferring to the Montana supreme court, ho 6aid there was politics there, as well as elsewhere in the state. He Insisted that Clark should have a right to face and cross-examine all witnesses. Ex-Senator Faulkner made the formal statement on behalf of Mr. Clark. He reviewed the politics of Montana, refer ring tc the "Daly gang" and the Clark faction in the democratic politics of the state. It was, he said, an acknowledged fact that the opponents of Mr. Clark in the state had determined to prevent his political preferment, regardless of all proprieties It would be show n that not withstanding charges were made of brib ery against some 50 persons, Including 38 members of the legislature, there had been no proceedings against any of the men thus involved, In any of the Mon tana courts. This was evidence that the present proceedings were not sustained hy public sentiment He said the prosecution was "con ceived in the womb of personal malice, rocked In the cradle of personal hate and nourished upon corruption and- jealousy. All members of the legislative committee were opposed to Clark." Outlining the defenpe, Faulkner said it would show that the proceedings against Clark had really had their origin in the senatorial contest in 1S93, when the idea of springing a pretended exposure of Clark upon the legislature was conceited by the Daly faction, and that the leader of the faction had turned prophet In December, 1898, and declared that If Clark showed his head something would be heard to drop, and that he would drive Clark out of the state. Other points of the defense were outlined, and the statement wjls made that, if necessary, each charge against the senator will be met "by direct and positive proof of Its falsity." After hearing these preliminary state ments, the committee held an executive session to decide upon the status of the papers before it. but. after considerable discussion on the points, adjourned with out action. The hearing of testimony will "begin tomorrow. ' Favorable Action on Resolution. "WASHINGTON, -Jan. E The senate committee on privileges and elections to day took favorable action upon Senator Chandler's resolution prohibiting the ap pointment or employment of senators, representatives or United States judges to perform executive functions. The res olution provides that none of these of ficials shall represent the president or an executive department in any diplomatic dv consular capacity or act in any way &s the representative of an executive of ficer. PROSPEROUS RAILROADS. Receiver Appointed for Companies. Only Ten CHICAGO, Jan. 5. The Railway Age says: The best evidence that the year of 1B89 was one of general prosperity Is found in the fact that it was a year almost with out railway bankruptcies. In only two years since 1S75 hae the roads for which receivers were appointed been so few, and in only three of those years were the mileage and capital involved so small. The new Kansas Oity. Pittsburg & Gulf defaulted in its obligations before It had time to demonstrate its earning capacity, and -was placed in the charge of receivers early in the year. Of the nine others in the list two are short logging Toads be longing to private persons. One Is an old narrow-gauge road that has never been profitable, and Is owned by a great rail- way .company-which now proposes to straighten" out Its title by foreclosure, and the others are jshoft local llnes,ipjstfy in the experimental .staga. The total-' cover lng all thesSrcimdidOTCSrJSLesents com panies, with" 1013 miles of "road-ond-a- cap italization of a little over $52,000,000. The long, dark era of railway, bank ruptcies, which culminated In 1&8, when 74 companies with nearly 30,000 miles -of JInes were handed over to receivers, has endea and the new year starts with the rail ways of the United States, with very few exceptions, in solvent and hbpefilK con dition. In 1S76 the GG62 miles of roads for .which, receivers were appointed represenfed,-ove 8 per cent of the -total mileage of 'the" country, then 76.S00 miles. The receiver ships for 1829 CQver9nIy209rnUes, kor a I nine over, nan ox j. percenjor-JAereseni mileage. The record" for 1 dreclosure sales also shows a large decrease In the num ber of roads and mileage over immediately preceding ears, lndlcatlng1 that the sup ply of bankrupt companies is being stead ily reduced. Nevertheless the foreclosure's for the ear Included 32 roads, with 4294 miles of lines and 1267,000,000 of capital, of which $155,000,000.was represented by bonds. While m6si'6f these roads are small, there are several very Important proper ties In the list, Including Central "Vermont, Baltimore & Southwestern, "Wisconsin Central, "Wheeling & Lake Erie, Cleveland, Canton & Southern, Columbus. Hocking "Valley & Toledo, and -Jacksonville, Tam pa & Key "West, These seven roads have 3360 miles of line, and represent an appar ent investmentfover ?220.00J,-000 An ap palling prop6rtI0h"of our railways have now gone through the costly experience of foreclosure" sale. v Stock 'Jordreat JTorthern Employe. ST, PAUL. Minn., Jan. 5 One million dollars of Great Northern stock was voted by the directors, otdlstribntlon:ahiong em ployes whose salaries are less than $3003 per year. The stock is to go to them at par for cash or on the installment plan. It Is worth H7o a share, which amounts practically' fb a- gift of $7a a share. Em ployes areexp'ected to retain their stock as long as they shall remain with the road. , . . c FOOD FORETHOUGHT. if the South "Wants Power Let Abandon Economic Heresy, It Baltimore Sun. It is reported that the caucus of re publican members of the house of rep resentatives will Indorse the bill of Mr. Crumpacker, of Indiana, which Is Intended to prepare the way for the reduction pf the SouthTa representation ihTthe congress. The object of the bill, according "to Mr. Crumpacker, is, by means of the next cen sus, to-r furnish congress with Informa tion showlnrr the numhet of mnlA InVinhl- tants3n the various-states that have "been disfranchised by "operation of local laws In order that a just and Intelligent appor tionment of representatives may be had under the 12th census." "The- 14th amend ment to the constitution," says Mr. Crum packer, "requires the apportionment of representatives to be based upon popula tion, but In the event that any state shall disfranchise any of Its male Inhabitants over 21 years who are citizens of the United States, excepting for crime or par ticipation In rebellion, the representation of such state shall be reduced In the pro portion that the disfranchised male Inhab itants bear to the whole number of male inhabitants over 21 years of age. That provision of the constitution is Imperative. It is the policy of the federal government to encourage universal manhood suffrage, and It is a notorious fact that in a num ber of states a large proportion of the vot ing population is disfranchised." That Mr. Crumpacker has no very friendly feeling for the south may be fair ly inferred from another extract from the statement from which the foregoing Is quoted. "The white people of the South," ho says, "have-felt justified In resorting to subterfuges for the purpos of evading the federal laws in order tee protect them selves against the colored -tote, until there prevails1 fn many localities a -general con dltlon of political demoralization. The cheating of election laws has come to be looked upon as a virtue. The respect for law that Is so conspicuous a character istic of the American people In most sec tions of the country has received a great blow in the South. Can we expect any thing but lynchlngs and mob rule in a community where the most sacred laws are trampled In the dust by the gov erning class by subterfuge and evasion? Mr. Crumpacker helleves that If the rep resentation of those states which have restricted the franchise "should be re duced, as It ought to be, It would operate as a countervailing force and tend to es tablish a proper political equilibrium. The Importance of a large representation In congress and In the electoral college Is ap preciated by the white people of the South, and they would be prompted to establish fair laws for the protection of their do mestic institutions and to nonestly admin ister them." It Is time for the Southern people to wake up to the fact that their representa tion In congress and In the electoral col lege may be reduced by a republican con gress unless the national democratic par ty can elect Mr. McKlnley's successor or secure control of one branch of congress. President McKInley has praised the pa triotism of the South and spoken elo quently of the "era of reconciliation," but he would probably sign a bill cutting down the Souih's representation if such a meas ure should be enacted by congress dur ing his second term. All the expressions of good will and assurances of regard in which he has abounded In the past year year would be forgotten when the repub lican majority In congress enacted legisla tion of the character suggested by Mr. Crumpacker. If Southern democrats can contemplate without alarm a reduction of their representation In the house of rep resentatives and In the electoral college, they will, of course, make no effort to change the leadership and policies of their party, but will drift along under the lead ership which has resulted In disaster. On the other hand, If they realize the danger by which they are menaced, they should make every effort to unite democrats of all sections and of every shade of opinion on a platform that will give offense to none. That such legislation as Mr. Crumpacker proposes should be advocated by repub licans is not surprising. The republican party has been discredited, and, realizing this fact, it would not hesitate to adopt despotic methods In order to hold on to power. Only a few years ago, when de feat seemed to be inevitable, it was the champion of the "force bill," by which It expected to control elections, and, through Intimidation, secure a long lease of power. Evidently it has learned noth ing since then, and the enactment of a new "force bill" on the lines adv6cated by Mr. Crumpacker, Is an evidence of Its desperation. By cutting down the elec toral vote of the South tt will be easier for the republicans to win In the future and proportionately more difficult for the dem ocrats. Mr. Crumpackers plan Is not de signed to Improve the condition of the negro. Its object Is to make it harder to turn a republican administration out of power when It has "become odious to the people. It Is simply an evidence of the "imperialism" in domestic affairs which we may expect to be adopted along with "Im perialism" In the Philippines. J o "" Ore Elevator Fell. CHICAGO, Jan. 51 An elevator In the furnace-room of the brass foundry of the Illinois Steel Company's branch works at Thirty-firs,!: street and Ashland avenue fell today, instantly killing two workmen and Injuring another so badly that he died a few minutes after being removed to the hospital. The dead are: Joseph Middle. Ignatz Glazgoak. Joseph Sock. The men were using an eleyatot used for carrying ore and blocks of Iron in the upper rooms. "When near the top the eievaror caoieparted ana the car fell to the "bottom of the shaft. CARLISLE" ON .""ROBERTS tvJT "SX-SECItETAIfY'S VIEWS ONt THE CASE OF THE tiTAH POIiYGA&tlST. . . ' Roberts 7(ot a. Citizen, of the. "United StatesThe Congressman-Elect Begins' His -Argument.' ""i - . i - "WASHINGTON, Jan. SA-The&oberts investigating committee bbhtlxnnrdtijts ses sion .today. Miss Roberts the daughter of the., Utah member-elect, satngai? him. vuiuiuiuu xu;iu ov.ti.icu clonic uutsoi luai, he had received from ex-"Secretary John G. Carlisle a letter giving his views on the case. Mr. Carlisle said he was suffer ing froni a cold arid was unable tb make 'an oral argument at this time. As to the case, he said: "It seema to me that the question of' citizenship has been abandoned, or at least nothing Is said about It In the testimony. The, record of Roberts' application and admission to citizenship does not Lomply with the law as 1 understand It, and I do not think he would be allowed to vote in any state upon a certificate based upon that record. "The resolution under which the com mission is proceeding directs it to ascer tain and report,, not ,bnly upon Roberts prima facie 'rigbibut upon his' general This Mr. Carlisle discussed on the evi dence, arid says J -" "He is' at this very moment a noly.gam Ist, not having at any time abandoned or renounced the relation assumed tyy the plural marriages, and cohabitation, with the alleged wives is not at all necessary. The question, therefore, Is whether the committee will decide on the question of final right that an undoubted polygamlst wno jusunes tne doctrine and practices of polygamy shall be allowed to hdid a seat In the house." . It was determined bv the committee to ask Mr. Carlisle for his views more at length on the general right of congress to exclude a member. Mr. Roberts then began his argument He read a typewritten statement review ing in detail the proceedings of his case up to date. It said Jn part: ""The d.ue'stlons to ha considered ar thfl prima facie and final right of B. H' Rob erts, representative-elect from Utah, to a seat in the house of representatives, to which he was elected in the.mdnth of .No vember, 18D8, by the people of Utah; the electorate of-safiitateWinrJdm-a-pIur-ailty Yoteof 66b5. Wis a case irrwhich there la no contest, and where it appears, so far as the proceedings before the com mittee is concerned, the representative elect possejses all of -the qualifications prescribed riy the constitution of the United States, and where there Is no statute, so far made to appear before the committee, either Ih the state of Utah or the United utates, applicable to the catfe which dis qualifies the representative-elect from the office of congressman In the" lower house of the American congress." Mr. Roberts dwelt with special empha sis on the right of a constituency to de termine the moral character of a member. 'It is left to those constituents to deter- TT1JTW " Tlv co !T "-!. J. l n a l status of the1 man they wish to send to ' ., tviicXL hiihji np. rno mor i I JL . lepreseniave, ana not to the house of congress." In support of this he read1 with em phatic and approving comment a congres- slonal report signed by B. F. Butler, Dan iel TV. Voorhees and others, In the course of which It i's said that the house of rep resentatives shall be composed of mem bers chosen by the people of the states, and not by the. representatives of other states, "according to the notion of the necessities of 'self-preservation and self purification' which might suggest them selves o the reason or caprice of mem bers from other states In 'any process of 'purgation or purification.' " , Mr. Roberts declared that Utah, .one of the4-reat silver-producing states.,'; had. been denied representation of late whlle the important financial bill, vitally Involv ing Utah's silver mining and silver indu& try, was considered and passed. Mr. -Roberts then? took up the evidence of the witnesses who appeared against him, and was questioning some of the statements, when Mr. Tayler interrupted: "Mr. Roberts, if you want to testify, you ought to go on the witness-stand." This developed some difference of opin ion among the members of the committee. Mr, De Armond and Mr. LIttlefleld said the statements were in the lme of legiti mate argument. Mr. Tayler Insisted that Mr. Roberts should not be permitted to make state ments of fact, while not under .oath and not subject to the rule of perjury. Mr. De Armond answered that the hear ing had wide latitude, and he was sure the committee could discriminate be tween Mr. Roberts' A arguments and his statements of facts. "I am not In such a sfate of mental disturbance," remarked Mr. De Armond, "as to be able to foresee what Mr. Rbb erts is going to" say."- He added that he cfld not see that the Interruption of the chairman was at all called for, In view of the latitude heretofore allowed. The Incident took an amusing turn when Mr. Roberts, being allowed to proceed, said he was through on that subject, and there was a hearty laugh all around. He went on, however, analyzing the evidence of other witnesses and Jn generaUques tlonlng the directness and conclusiveness of the testimony. "It has not even been established," said he, "that B. H. Roberts was ever married to Margaret C, Shipp Roberts. It ha3 been shown that he was seen near the house and oncfe In the house. But there was no testimony of"" marriage, nothing as to their maintaining marital relations, nothing as to their having been seen at the theater or at the church, or otherwise associating as man and wife." "How do you account fbr your picture being found In her house? ' asked Mr. Tayler. "I don't Ttnow how to account for It," answered Roberts. As to the testimony that he had attend ed the funeral of a child of Celia, Dibble Roberts, that was, Mr. Roberts said, not remarkable. There was nothing extraor dinary In his attending a funeral, and the Inferences drawn could not be viewed as proof. As to any direct marital relations with Cella. Dibble Roberts, 'he said there wa3 no direct testimony. In the main the evidence was as to general repute, he" con tended, which was short of that conclu sive proof required. -He challenged the charge that he had contracted three pq lygamous marriage's. Mr. Tayler said he had never heard of such a charge, as three polygamous marriages would rAean. four marriages In all.' "I challengo this," said Mr. Roberts, "because It is one of the charges on which excitement has been worked up.'' Mr. Roberts was still arguing when, at 12:30 o'clock, recess was taken until 1. P. M. Mr. Roberts continued his argument after the recess "When he sought to read published comment tending to show the motive of the "crusade" and "cause" against him, Chairman Tayler stopped him. The committee had nothing to do with any crusade, Mr. Tayler said, but was trjlng to ascertain one fact, namely, whether Mr. Roberts Is a polygamlst. The chairman said Mr. Roherts line of pro cedure was irregular. There was some difference of opinion In the committee as to the course to pur sue. .. t, "Lot us settle it here and now," said Mr. LIttlefleld. "As far as I am con corned, ,1 am ready to hear anything he wants to say." Mr. Tayler said he wished to enter his protest against bringing questions of fact into the argument as both Improper and ridiculous. ' y Mr. Roberts vehemently exclaimed against those "who had "hdnnded" him. They were not the bankersj merchants, lawyers and other substantial citizens of, Utah, but they were, in the main, Eastern ,missdonarIes who had gong to Utah to' oppose Mormonism. At one point Representative McPherson asked: "lender your faith, was the taking of plural wives merely allowable or was it required?" " "It was "mandatory," replied Mr. Rob erts, "according to the View of( leading Mormon authorities," Mr. Roberts cdntlnued until 4:30 P. M when he asked that the hearing go over, having spoken almost four hours. The committee, thereupon adjourned until 10 A. M. tomorrow, when Mr. Roberts will conclude. '" FIGHT STOPPED BY POLICE. iVcIlI-O'Brlen Bout Came 'to an End In the Fifteenth Round. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5. Police, inter ference ended "the Nelll-O'Brien fieht at "Wo'odward's pavilion tonight, in the middle of the 15th round. The end came so 'sud denly and the Confusion wa's-so great that it is difficult to say just what happened. But to an impartial observer, it appears that the police captain in charge of the contest lost his head when he thought Neill was about to be knocked out, though he claims O'Brien gave Nelll a palpable foul from his point of view. Up to the very last minute of the fight It looked as If Neill would win, whenever he made up his mlnd to go In and mix matters. He forced the pace after the third round, ,an allowed O'Brien to wear himself 'out with ineffectual leads, which he ducked, blocked or took without serious harm to himself. In the In-fighting Neill i showed to advantage, his blows having much more force behind them. O'Brien lrripressed the spectators as one of the cleverest boxers and shifty ring sters ever seen here, but he lacked hitting pbwers. At long-range sparring he showed to great advantage, landing both right and left with wondertul" quickness, and hi upper-cutting he was a. revelatlbn. In the loth round O'Brien landed a short- arm left blow on Nelll's solar plexus, causing the latter to stagger and drop his hands. O'Brien was upon him In an In stant, sending In both right and left on Nelll's face and body, alternately. Nelll staggered about the ring, protecting hia face as best he could when the police cap tain jumped into the ring and waved the men to their corners. The referee did not interfere, and he was disposed to let ho fight go on. Nelll braced up and motioned the captain out of the ring, but the offi cer persisted, and seht the men to their cbrners. , . Kid Madden Knocked Out. BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 5. Jack Living ston, known as the St. Paul Kid, knocked out Hid Madden, of Denver, brother of Billy Madden, In the third round, before the Butte Athletic Club, tonight. Living ston had height and reach, Madden bulk and 'weight Both are in the lightweight qlass. Livingston had the best of it from the start, thdugh Madden did some clever work. In the third he ducked to avoid a straight right, and caught a left upper cut on the jaw, knocking him out com pletely. TVfenty-ftve-Ronnd Draw. JNEW YORK, Jan. 5 "Spike" Sullivan and George McFadden, of this city, met tonight at the Broadway Athletic Club to decide which had the right for Con sideration for a meeting with the light weight champion, Erne, and his close sec ond; Jack O'Brien. After they had fought the full limit of 25 Tounds,, in which there was some rough work and not a little fouling, principally by McFadden, Referee Charley White declared the contest a draw. .THEi DAY'S RACES. Sari Durango and Wollmrst the "Win ning: Pa-iorltes nt New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 5 San Durango ana WolhUrst were the only, winning fa vorites today. The track was fast and the weather pleasantly cool. The results were: Sfx and a half furlongs,' sealing Sari Durango won, Deceptive second, Eight Bells third; time, 1:22. Seven furlongs Adjutor won, Amelia Strathmore second, Sadie Burnham third; J time, 1:30. Mile and 20 yards, selling Nekarnis won, Dr. Walmsley second, Rushflelds third; time, 1:44. One mile, handicap Andes won, Deer Ing second, Deyo third; time, 1 42 Mile and 70 yards, selling Wolhurst won, Waterhouse second, Can I See 'Em third; time, 1:48. Races at Tanforan. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5 The weather was cloudy at Tanforan today, and the track sloppy. The results were: w Five and a half furlongs Genua won, Monda second, Clarfendo third; time, 1.0SV&. Five, furlongs Loving Cup won, Misa Marion second, Juva third r time, VM. One mile White Fern won, Ping second, Raclvan third; time, 1:45. Seven furlongs Geyser won, Afamada second, Bathos third; time, 130. Six furlongs Good Hope won, Maud Fer guson second, Silver Tone third; time, 1:15. Vivo and a" half furloncs Alice Dousrh- erfy won, LImerl6k second, Choteau third; time, l:05?i. a " u THE PLAGUE -JN HAWAII. R6port of the Surgeon of jLhcj'JEIpjic-- lulu Military Hospital. tft WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Surgeon-Gen-eral Sternbejg has received the following report frbnT Major Taylor, the surgeon In charge at the military hospital in Hon olulu, dated December 15: "I have, the honor to report that on tho Hth and 12th of this month there were five deaths 'from bubonic plague In the Chinese quarter of Honolulu, and another occurred this morning. The whql0 regi ment of the Hawaiian National Guard Is Isolated from the infected districts, and the board of health Is making a house-to-house, inspection and disinfection. All corpses have been cremated and I think there will be but little danger of the spread of infection among the troops. There Is little doubt about t,he diagnosis in most of the' cases." Inclosed in fhe report Is an order Is sued by Lieutenant Ketcham, in charge of, .headquarters at Camp McKInley, directed to the troops It forbids all soldiers and employes In the service of the command to enter the city of Honolulu or the Infected districts, "except on duty, or by special written permission of the officers in com mand. .The pass list fs suspended, and the men are restricted to the limits of Kaplolani Park. Surgeon-General Sternberg is npfr alarmed at the conditions In Honolulu as set out in the report, and believes the measures adopted at Camp McKInley are adequate. He will not recommend that the army transports be prevented from touch ing: at Honolulu. Accident nt Homestead Worh-s. PITTSBURG. Jan. 5 One man is dead and three injured asvthe result of an ac cident at the Homestead steel works last night The dead meij Is August Berger. The injured are: John Fleming, crushed, will die; Joseph French, crushed, will die; Joseph Cohall, arm, crushed. The men were changing the rolls In tho 28-Inch mill when the chain with which they raised the rolls into place broke, let etlng the heavy mass of Iron down on them. Berger was Instantly killed. OP ' Mormonism. This Is a question that should Interest evry one. It is a blot upon our fair land a symptom of governmental Ill-health. The right laws would act as speedily upon It a Hostetter's Stomach Bitters does upon constipation, or dyspepsia. They would quickly clear it out and restore healthy purity! -arid this Is just what the Bitters does for the human constitution. It makes the stomach strong by curing indigestion, biliousness and liver trouble. GRttfCONFLICTIMMINENT DULLER NEARIY READY TO TRY TO BREAK THE BOER LIKE, His Force. Strengthened "With Every Battalion and Battery Upon AVhicn He Co-aId"Lay His Hands. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. A dispatch to the -iriDune irom ionuon says: VThe clubs were crowded last evening , Until midnight, since there was "a general Impression that the crisis of4 the war -had come, wlth a battle impending oil the TUgela. This feeling of suspense was strengthened by bulletins reciting vigorous shelling of the Boer trenches yesterday morning with 1yd-. due and? the destruction of Intrenchmentij, with minor "incidents' such as the shifting of the enemy's positions, the stampede of their horses and constant outpost brushes. In the newspaper offices, there was a sheaf of unimportant dispatches relating td the adventures of Thorneycrof t's scouts on the upper" Tugela, admissions of Boer deserters that General Joubert's army was suflering irom lack of food, the trial of traction engines for transport service, the destruction of a large gun at Colenso by a shell from a naval gun, and the escape of six horsemep from Ladj smith during a thunder 'storm, two of whom were fantastically reported as Dr. Jame son? and Colonel Rhodes. These were trifles light as air in comparison with the momentous conflict which 'TiStas'knovn"6 be 'imminent. tZ ?x General Buller, since hfs fdefeat, has called Into Natal every baffaiion aijd bat tery upon which he could Jay his hands, and has stiffened his forpe ih every way practicable for a supreme Effort to break through the Boer1 line of defense and re lieve Laflysmlth. Even the stbutest-hearted Englishman has been constrained to hold his breath until the issue of the battle Is' known. ' t , .Public anxiety, has riot1 been deeper than the feeling of suspense among military mi. 1 A fi-j it-.T -r, J- xui. niej UU.VO uBiuiueu uiu xuei rue- fensiye position, 16 miles In length, with relays of horses behind It by which the forces could be rapidly c6ncentrated at any point that might be strongly attacked, as something unique In military history. There never was anything like it, and ordinary tactics and strategy studied" by the staff college have provided no expe dients for regulating a scientific attack on a swollen river with concealment of the enemy's 'positions. Boer occupation of two points on the southern bank and the extension of their Jlne until It was hardly practicable to turn It, and the remarkable-mobility pf,theDutch force, have Increased the difficulties of a most for midable enterprise . The most thoughtful veterans have add ed that, while this hew defensive system wlthlong-range guns In cbncealed trenches and thousands of horses under saddle has been successful when attacked at the point of greatest resistance, It might prove weak and vulnerable at the point of least resistance. The Boers, adapting them selves to British tactics, had devised a most ingenious scheme of defense. It might prove unexpectedly weak If the British generals In turn could adapt their attack to it with any degree of flexibility. While Colenso remains the, center of In terest, operations have proceeded else where, which serves to indicate in creased mobilization and Improved tactics on the British side. The Dutch forces have made a belated effort to follow up their victory at Storm berg hy an advance upon Molteno and Cypregat, but General Gatacre'sent In fantry, and a battery to Telleve the Cape police and the Irish rjfles and reoccupled both villages, after a brisk artillery Are. Two Dutch commandos, which had skir mished with the outposts and advanced on the British $amp, retreated when the shells began to burst among them. General Gar- acre's official report shawsthat the police have retired froiu Dordrecht and taken a position' J oVWendwe",lihe, sand" that a company 'of mounted Infantry had recon noltered to Pcleska. While this skirmish ing is on a small scale, there Is evidence that Gatacre Is alert and vigilant and that His' sc6utlri- work ig JwelT done. Reinforcements have been sent from De Aar to General French, who Is still hover ing about Colesburg; and apparently ma neuvering to cut off the retreat of the Boers to the railway bridge. A heavy ar tillery Are Is reported, but the result ot the fighting Is Indecisive, as General French avoids a frontal attack, and is con tent to hold a strong position and con tinue to bewilder and harass "the enemy, without striking a blow. The Imperial yeomanry corps is rapidly mobilizing and the Prince of Wales will review the Londor contingent About 11, 000 hien will be allowed to serve, out of a total force, of 26,000 volunteers and yeo manry, and only 12 battalions of militia will go abroad, with 50 held back in re serve. It Is a mistake to suppose that Great Britain will be denuded of battalions when the Eighth division Is mobilized. There are more battalions on duty In Great Britain at this moment than there were at the outbreak of the war. Notwithstanding all these signs of pa triotism for Imperial defense, there are mis. glvlngs and searching of hearts respecting tne origin and justice of the war. Dr. Fairbanks, principal of Mansfield college, Oxford, easily the leading nonconformist minister In the United Kingdom, has writ ten an article In this week's Speaker, m which he, takes ground that the men re sponsible for the blunders which have sul lied the. English name, and for the loss of lives which have Impoverished 'the people, lack the competence required to seo the thing throush. FOR THE RED CROSS. Boer Recruiting; Is Active in New York. iNEW YORK, Jan. 5. Recruiting for the Boer- Red Cross service goes on dally in New York. Gustav Simon, who Is direct ing the movement and whose headquarters are a cigar stand In a .saloon at Mul berry and Houston streets, said that when he advertised for nurses a week ago to nter the. Boer service, he received about 500 applications In one day. and -that applications were coming In on an average or, oo a day. Mr. SJmonsald that qll who wejit were .wUMng to go. for Red, Cross work and alpoui 6 had paid their own expenses. Tljey received the special rate given to the Red Cross and would be able to reach Pretoria at an expense of $100 apiece. It was stated by- Mr. Simon that he hadnow about 900 applications in hand and that as soon as the references of an applleai4,had heen investigated, arrange ments weremqde 'to raise the amount necessary to pay transportation expenses. Among the applicants, he said, were a number of specially trained nUrses who were well recommepdqd, and about 00 men, recently selected; would go to South Africa In the next three weeks. Some of the money, for transportation expenses, he explained, had been raised nmoncr wealthy men in New York, a number of wnom were memoers Of the South African-American .Club, which has branches m south Africa and New York, and which has contributed needed transportation moneys which could not be raised by sub scription among .New Yorkers. Mr. Simon added that as the number of applications now averaged 50 a day, he should not 'advertise again at present, but probably would in about three weeks. He remarked that he did not wish to vio late the neutrality laws and he did not desire to say anything about the possi bility of the Red Cross recruits joining the Boer military service, as he had noth ing to do with that. THE FLOUR SEIZURES. Salisbury Takes the American Pro iest TJnder Consideration. WASHINGTON. Jan, 5. Secretary Hay received & -cablegram from Ambassador I Choate. at London, stating that he had j an eminently satisfactory interview with Lord Salisbury relative to the seizures o American goods by British warships. Lord Salisbury listened intently to the represen tations on this subject made by Mr. Choata by direction of the state department, ana tookthem under consideration, promising voluntarily to give the matter immediate attention and to return a. speedy decision. Tammany's Sympathy. NEW YORK", Jan. 5. The Tammany Hall organization of the seventh assem bly district last night passed resolutions which declared that -the organization "sympathizes with the Boers In their struggle against foreign Invasion and op pression and sincerely cherishes the. hope Ithat, notwithstanding the great odds against which they are contending, the God who presides over the destinies of na tions will prosper their arms" ahd lead their brave soldiers from victory to vic tory." John W. Keller, commissioner of chnr- J ltles, spoke in favor of the resolution. His speech was . bitter denunciation of the British government Mr. Keller said that England had made Christians of the blacks by killing them, but In her en counters with the Boers she had discov ered that they are brave men and better fighters than her trained soldiers. He said he hoped that the republics of South Africa would drive the English out. Steamer Mnshonn Released. CAPE TOWN, Jan. 5. The supreme court has ordered that the British steam er Mashona, Captain Johnstone, which left New York November 3 for Delagoa. bay, laden with flour for the Transvaar, and.., which was captured by the British gunboat Partridge, be delivered to the .claimants-,- upon giving satisfactory surety, nd that th"e portion of the cargo cTalmea as prize be stored in the custom-house at Port Elizabeth upon security approved by the authorities. The prize cargo consists of 17,000 bags of flour. The Mashona wilt proceed to other pdrts and discharge her unclaimed cargo. ,r Antl-BrltlsKrireclInsr In Germnnyrf BERLIN, Jan. 5. The seizure of the Bundesrath remains the dominant topic of the German press. Influential papers. ' ""." """". J.a&cw.o.kv, vufeiic .uua zeltung, Berliner Neuste Nachrichten, Hamburger Correspondenz and the semi official Berliner Post strongly hint at the possibility of Germany forming an anti Btltlsh coalition with Russia and France. The anti-British feeling Is clearly growing. A series oC-antl-Britlsh demonstrations In the various cities Is being organized by the pan-Germanic league. OUR WORK JN LUZON. .Otis Has Done Much Good, As Official Reyprt Shofvs. His Chicago Tribune. The official report of Major-General Otis, now Issued In printed form, can scarcely fail to raise that official In the public estimation. It reveals the multi plicity of difficult civil questions with which he has been wrestling. While the document Is an exhaustive history of the dealings with Agulnaldo up to last June or July, the portion which shows General Otis at his best Is that relating to recon struction. Here his passion for details has been, a d'stlnct advantage, and his report shows that, he has already laid wise and secure foundations for the fu ture government of the islands. The most important departments in which he can report encouraging: prog ress are those of the courts, the schools, the tax system and the establishment of municipal governments. The plan of starting with 'the reorgan'zatlon of the city and village governments, announced by President McKInley, Is carried out under a simple system, by which the In habitants, by a viva voce vote, elect their own president or mayor and a coun cil, composed of as many headmen as there are wards in the town. AH must be mvtlves and property-owners. The chief power Is exercised throuGh? the nres- Udentr with necessary limitations In vltaj makers on wo en tne military authorities haethe''unairWrd.--Wefta system 'Is too cdmpllcated to butfine here, blit It seems to be a salutary" fitting of Ameri can ,ldeas to Philippine needs. Curious ly (enoUgh, it has been found necessary to retain the "cedula." or personal cer tificate, which the Spaniards 'friade a means or tyranny and' extortion, but which General Otis issues for a hoirilnal oharge. The reason la that "this simple means of Identification Is valuahle to them In conducting business and when Journeying through the Islands." In spite of the closing of nearly all the chief ports by the insurrection, the customs receipts have exceeded the largest amounts re ceived in a like time by the Spaniards. One of the most Interesting features of General Otis' report is his account of the reorganizing of the civil courts. At the end of the Spanish regime everything lapsed into chaos. General Otis called to his aid Judge Arellano, a leading Fili pino lawyer, who had accepted a posi tion as Agulnaldo's secretary of state, but who had almost Immediately with drawn because he saw he could not serve the Interests of his people In such a con nection. With some persuasion he con sented to aid General Otis In establishing a supreme court and such inferior courts as might be necessary. He strongly op posed the Idea of a purely native ju diciary, because this would lead at once to the Asiatic consular court practice. Foreigners would not submit to a na tive court and would demand to be tried by their consuls. This would lead to in ternational complications or to the dis crediting of the courts. He advised that judges be selected from the most com petent lawyers of the islands and from Americans versed In tho law, to the end that simpler forms of procedure might bo gradually substituted for the cum brous and dilatory Spanish methods. On this basis General Otis has organized a supreme court, with Arellano at Its head, and It has been doing good work. "I doubt," says the general, "If any former Philippine tribunal has ever displayed equal ability." The successful establishment of schools referred to In the Philippine commis sion's report Is dealt with more In detail by General Otis. He says parents and children are eager for primary school In struction, especially In English. In Ma nila more than 5000 children are attend ing schools maintained at a co3t of 10.000 Mexican dollars a month. The superin tendent is a former soldier, and the teach ers Include Filipinos, Spaniards , and Americans. General Otis says he receives many applications from teachers In the United States, and they could do good work in the Islands, but he estimates that their living would be precarious. One of the most difficult questions now press ing for a solution concerns the seculariz ing of the university of Manila, which, though founded by the Jesuits, Is now under Dominican authority. The Fili pinos demand that this powerful Institu tion be made a state school. On all these subjects General Otis writes as one who has gone to the bottom of each question. The tone of fairness and reasonableness pervading his report is one of Its most encouraging features. 44 He That is Warm Thinks All So9 Thousands are "cold" in that ihey do not understand the glow of health This implies disordered kidneys, lever, Bocwels, hhod or brain. Hood's SarsapariHa. gives ztttvha take it the 'warmth of per fect health. Get Hood's Because feverqlsapBoms dfwodSc s KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE HOUSE ADOPTS RESOLUTION DE SOUXCDfG REPTIBLIGAX CHARGES. Senate Toole Appointment of Stand ing Committees Out of Hands of Lieutenant-Governor. FRANKFORT, Ky. Jan. 5. Represen tative Hlckmane was today elected chair man of the joint commltteo on the gov ernor's contest, and Senator Coleman chairman on the lieutenant-governor's contest. The committee on tho gov ernor's contest adopted a rule allowing until January 15 to- prepare contests and defense, nine days to be then allowed foe hearing- evidence before the committee, after which a reasonable time 3hall bo given for argument It Is- believed a vote on.the content will not be reached before the first week in February. In the house, Cartill. democrat, offered a resolution denouncing as false tha charges made by Representative Haawell and other republican members, chalnic Chief Clerk Leigh with manipulating bal lots In the drawing for the commit:ee on contest for governor. Orr, who Is classed as an antl-.Goebel democrat, said he did not think the re publican members were serious In their charges against the, clerk, but were mere ly smarting under their Ill-luck In tho drawing, and were making these charges for advertising purposes. He said, as a matter of justice to all concerned, how ever, an Investigating committee should be appointed. -Barton, dem., offered a substitute that the republican members be required either to withdraw the charges, or bring them in a formal way. Tho house adopted the Cantrtll resolu tion, denouncing as false, the charges of republican members against Clerk Leigh. Grtder, dem., voted with the republicans, saying he had entire confidence In the clerk, but was unwilling to vota to de nounce as false the statement of any member except upon a full Investigation. The vote otherwise was on party lines. The senate, by a vote of 22 to lo. took out of the hands of the republican lieutenant-governor the. appointment of the standing committees, and adopted a list of committees prepared by tho democratic steering committee. Three anU-Goebel democrats Hoys,. Gillespie and Alexander voted with the republicans. The motion of tho democratic election commissioners to keep Governor Taylor3 appointees for election commissioners out of office is being argued before Judge Cantrill. Ex-Governor Bradley and Judgo W. H. Yost appeared for the Taylor side, and Louis McQuoln and ex-Congressman John R. Hendrick for the Goebei side. Chicago Board of Trade iSnit. CHICAGO, Jan. 5. Edward Doyle, whom his lawyer describes as a "reformer, phil anthropist and philosopher," ha3 instituted suit against John Robson, a board of trade operator, for 5300,000 damages. Un der the criminal code of Illinois, losses by put and call operations on the board of trade may be recovered by the loser or any one else to the amount of three times the original losses. Losses of $100,000, al leged to havo been sustained by persons named In the suit, were not recovered by losers, and Doyle accordingly sue3 for three times the losses. The law of Illinois also provides that judgments on the amount recovered may be made a Hen on the property In which the gambling transaction takes place, pro viding the owners of tho property sanc tioned It Doyle's attorneys say they will at once attach the board of trade prop erty in case his suit be successful. o Explosion nt Carneprle "Works. PITTSBURG, Jan. 5. By an explosion of dynamite at the Carnegie blast fur naces, at Duquesne, Pa., today, six labor ers were Injured. They are: John Delawr Andrew'Pakan, Graff Hollow, Jolifc DUeh. James Best, Mike Petaskll 'All -wilt reoov er. 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