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TWO HOUSE ANTIS
Clark aid Dinsnfbre Sgoke oi
Pnllfppihe Question.
OPP9EDTO HOLDING THE ISLANDS
Prepositions Jaia Down by the 311s-
eearl Congressman Drainage
J3anal In the Honse.
"WASHOfaTON. ;Feb. 5 The democrats
continued their assaults upon the Phil
ippine policy of the administration dur
ing the general debate upon the diplo
matic and consular appropriation bill to
daj Two speeches were made by demo
cratic members of the foreign-affairs
committee DInsmore pf. Ajkinsas and
Champ Clark of Missouri opposing the
retention of the Islands. The speech ot
Clark, which, lasted almost ..two hours,
was a notable effort, replete with unique
epigrams, and .attracted much attention
Xo republican spoke in defense of the"
administration today.
Sibley of Pennsylvania, who was elected
as a democrat, but who made a speech
last week defending: expansion, was goad
ed today Into the announcement that the
democrats could consider his seat con
structively on the republican side. Be
fore the debate began, an effort was made
to pass a bill looking to the appointment
of an expert commission to examine into
the question of the pollution of the "water
supply of cities, but It was defeated. The
Chicago members considered it was aimed
especially at the Chicago drainage canaL
The Proceedings.
It was suspension day, and Bartholdt
rep Mo ) was recognized to move the
passage, under the suspension of the
rules, of a bill appropriating J40.000 for
the appointment of an expert scientific
commission to Investigate the alleged pol
lution of the waters of the Mississippi
river and other rivers, which threaten the
water supply In more than one state.
Hopkins (rep IH ) and Richardson (dem.
Tenn1) demanded a second, Which was
ordered by unanimous consent. This per
mitted 40 minutes' debate on each side.
Bartholdt, in advocating the passage of
the MM, said it had been Indorsed by tire
legislatures of 14 states, and the boards
of health of 1 states. He refrained from
any reference to the Chicago drainage
canal during his remarks The bill was
defeated ayes, 96; noes, 57.
Robinson (dem. Ind.), by unanimous
consent, paid a glowing tribute to Gen
eral Lawton's patriotic career, from the
ime ne ien lfort Wayne as a boy ot
18 till the time ha died on the battle-field
In the Philippines.
Hitt (rep. Ill), chairman of the for
eign affairs committee, called up the dip
lomatic and consular appropriation bill.
It was impossible to reach an agreement
limiting the debate, as several members
Indicated a purpose to discuss foreign
questions In general
Dinsmore (dem. Ark.), the ranking demo
crat on the foreign-affairs committee, then
called attention to some of the questions
In which this country is concerned. He
said the jurisdiction over matters relat
ing to Cuba, which Is nWTJhited State3
territory, had been transferred from the
foreign affairs to the. insular .committee.
This was deliberately dona for the pur
pose of giving color td ouWgtentioh of
control there, and ultimately of absorb
ing Cuba. He had always hoped that
some day Cuba would be part of the
United States, but would never favor an
nexation under such conditions as sur
rounded the annexation of the Hawaiian
islands. t y.
Speaking of eur duty in the Philippines,
DUumore said Je would proolalm imme
diately to the people In arms against the
United States that it was not our pur
pose to acquire permanent sovereignty,
but to offer our friendly aid to set up a
stable government. When such a govern
ment had been established, he said, we
w ould withdraw from the islands. (Demo
cratic applause ) Commenting upon Gen
eral Otis' reasons for changing the lan
guage of the president's, proclamation to
the Philippines, Dinsmore said "the bit
ing blistering sarcasm of General Otis
constitutes Insubordination at the very
least" Dinsmore said hi was not glen
to adulation, but he respected Aguinaldp
as one who had the courage to fight for
the liberty and independence of his coun
try Champ Clark's Remarks.
Clark (dem. Mo ), a member of the for
eign affairs committee, spoke against the
policy of the administration. Clark, In
his characteristic way, laid down the fol
lowing propositions.
" A man Is not a traitor because he Is
opposed to doing those things which jeop
ardise the life of the republic
An American is not a pessimist be
cause he is unwilling to See his country
adopt as a settled policy the political prin
ciple of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon.
In the hands of political jobbers, the
American flag, like the mantle of charity,
Hill be made to cover a multitude of sins.
"I think more far more of the liber
ties of my children than of all the trade
of all the earth. I would like to leave
them both rich and free, but of the two
I would rather leaie them free free to
labor free, te Nsorlc out their own des
tmy.ufreV!t symn&tmW 'with and help,
all people struggling, for liberty, any
where and everywhere
I would not give the life of one healthy,
honest, moral, patriotic, ambitious, cour
ageous American white boy in exchange
for all the Filipinos who now live, or may
lie m the archipelago this side of the
great resurrection day.
' Believing flrraly that the annexation
of the Philippines, either by force or with
their consent, will In the end prove dan--gerous,
perhaps ruinous, to our go em
inent of the people, by the people and for
the people.' I am dead against It, now
and for all time."
Notwithstanding that President MeKin
ley's speech at Boston, 1 days after the,
peace treaty was ratined, said the Phil
ippine queetian was now with congress
that congress was the "conscience and
judgment of the country." Clark declared
the executive and not the legislative de
partment of the government was deter.-,
mining the question. Congress bad fallen
so low, he said, that it was now simply
a register for the will of the executive de
partment. If we take the Fntplaes Into partner
ship, the knell of the American republic
Is sounded ' - - "2C
Ajs ajKivate oittson." said he, "I wish
the president long Hfe and prosperity. As
a politician, I hope his death is set for
high noon. March 4, 19SL" (Democratic
applause.)
He would sacrifice as much for his coun
try as any man, but William McKinley
was not the country, said he. Clark raised
a laugh by hie reference to the treaty
made by General Bates, upon behalf of
the United States, with the sultan of
Sulu Democrats and republicans, he said,
had joined in putting B. H. Roberts out
of the house because he had three wives.
He asked the republicans to join with
them tn keeping out of the house a sul
tan with JW wives. This distinguished re
publican racial. ' said he. gats $150 a
month, and the keeper of his harem $S6
per month If -this keeps , the time
win come when no TepuhUcaa official will
be properlr equipped without a harem and
a keeper of a harem." Ckaughter and ap
plause )
Olark said he "wasaet opposed to ex- f
paiufon. He was toay In favor of tak
ing every feet of tte Brkjeh possession;
la North America. 'This vnerance evoked
democratic applause. He predicted that
Great Britain, spreading herself over the
globe. In her attempt to throttle the re
public i South Africa, was to take the
first step upon that dismal path that all
ration had trod before.
"I believe it is the beginning of the end
of Great Britain," said he. "and, I say,
God grant it"
Clark spoke almost two hours. After
he had concluded, Sibley (dem. Pa.) called
down UDon hlmsfilf tho wralh nt H "Kflc.
souri democrats by rsadinala letter from
fa formar emocratfc anember of the
JlouseTram MtssourliivfaosupportedV the
hfeig platform," fgdorsfag his speech
afeV daysagr HB"a'rew X round of ap
plause from the republicans by telling
the democrats that hereafter they could
consider his seat constructively on the re
publican side.
Cochran (dem. Mo.) Replied to Sibley
In a warm five-minute speech. Then at
5.10 o'clock the house adjourned.
Alaska Civil Code. .
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 Senator Carter
todaj reported from the committee on ter
ritories the bill for a civil code of Alaska,
rand, prpvlding-fpr courts of thatterrltory.
"Three" district courts, with the necessary
officers, and United States commissioners
are provided, for. Three judicial districts
are created. No delegate In congress from
the territorial legislature is allowed under
the bin.
Roberts Pleaded Rot Guilty.
SALT" LAKE, Feb 5 B. H. Roberts, by
his attorney, appeared before Justice
Kroeger today and entered a plea of not
guilty to the charge of unlawful cohab
itation upon which he was arrested Sat
urday. He, was held In $300 bail for fur"
iber bearing.
M'KINLEY AND BLISS.
Indorsed, 3y tlie Xonlslnna Republi
can. Convention.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb 5. The regular
republican state convention, recognized by
National Committeeman Wimberley, met
here today. Resolutions were adopted in
dorsing President McKinley and Cornelius
N. Bliss for vice-president. The conven
tion was unique In that a majority of
the delegates' werewhite men. Eugene S
Reems was named for governor.
DEMOCRATIC ISSUES.
Advisory Commitee Collecting Plat
form Material.
NEW YORK, Feb, 5 According to the
Herald there Is td be no total surrender
by the democratic leaders tb the gold
standard men. If men like Mr". Bryan
and Chairman Jones have their way, the
silver plank of the Chicago platform will
be emphatically reaffirmed, and, at the
same time, it will be the policy of the
party managers to devise a platform that
will have enough planks to give standing
room for all classes of men opposed to
the republicun administration.
With a view to bringing about as much
harmony asHossibte, Senator Jones re
cently designated senators aioney or
Mississippi, Bacon ot. Georgia, Tillman of
South Carolina, and Turley of Tennessee"
to act as a sort of advisory committee
and get together material available for
platform-making purposes These sen
ators are now going through former plat
forms of the party and lopking up argu
ments against trusts, expansion, ship sub
sidies and other subjects that they believe
will be useful in the approaching cam
paign. It is part of their purpose to bring about
as much unanimity as possible In the plat
forms of the several state conventions on
these subjects, leaving each state to deal
with the silver issue as beat suited for
Its particular locality.
BRYAN IN MASSACHUSETTS.
Mndc Speeches at Plttsfield nnd
North. Adams.
PITTSFIELD, Mass, Feb. 5 W. J.
BrjanTfjiis afternoon addressed a mass
meeting In the Casino, attended by people
from all parts of Western Massachusetts.
MrVJBrjan was. Introduced as a private
cltlzen"flrst, R.nd then as the next president
of the-Unlted States. After the cheering
subsided, Mr. Bryan, in a rather husky
voice, responded that he was rather em
barrassed by the Introduction, which he
declared had been oo flattering.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass, Feb 5 This
city went wild over W. J. Brjan from
the time the party arrived from Pittsfieli
until Mr. Bryan retired, shortly before
midnight. He got his first experience of
Northern Berkshire when he reached
Adams, at 5 40, and as he appealed on the
rear platform, Mr. Brian, exclaimed:
"Why, you people have seen a president
here so many times that I did not think
3 ou would turn out to see a candidate "
After, lunch had been served, Mr. Bryan
was driven to the Wilson, where he held
a short reception. When the doors of Odd
Fellows' hall were opened, there was a
rush for seats, and long before Mr. Bryan
appeared to speak, the hall was packed.
At the close of the mass meeting, Mr.
Br j an was tendered a banquet at the
Wilson house by the democratic city com-
.xnltte, at a which 150 attended. -r-
""SibleyNow a- Republican,
OIL CITY, Pa, Feb. 5. The OU CUy
Derrick tomorrow will publish a letter
from Congressman Joseph C. Sibley, in
which the latter announces himself a re
publican candidate for congressman from
the 27th district Mr. Sibley was last
elected as a democrat, but is now allied
with the republican majority in congress.
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" CONDITIONS IN CUBA.
People Not Yet Itendy for Self Gov
ernment. NEW YORK Feb. 5. A special to the
Herald from Washington sas:
Though gratified at the excellent con
duct of the residents of Cuba since Amer
ican' occupation began, the authorities"-
are, stl'l unable to name the date when
LAmericau sovereignty s,hall end and the
Inhabitants of the island span commence
the administration of their own affairs.
Under instructions given by the presi
dent and the secretary of war, before his
departure, General Wood Is doing every
thing in his power to. educate the people
'of he" Islandtirt Sf-overnment, not
only by example, but by placing themn
.positions of responsibility. IfTis believed
that after the Spanish, subjeols of the Is
land have registered fielr intention 'ot
continuing their allegiance to Spain oroi
Becoming citizens of Cuba, the people wil'
be ready for the election which -will com
mlt the municipal gpvernmolits of the is
land to the offlcgrs -ulecfeU By the people.
These elections will, of course, be con
ducted under American .supervision.
The operations of the municipalities will
be carefully watched by the administra
tion. In order to determine If the people
j- are ready for a larger rcsponsibiUty and
If It should be shown that such Is the
case, then a representative convention will
be called to draft a constitution and to es
tablish a general system of Independent
government. In his annual message, the
president declared that the United States
"must see to lt that free Cuba be. a reality,
not' a name, a perfect.entlty, not a hasty
experiment, bearing within .Itself the ele
ments of failure."
rTJeyear-allbwed by the treat of Paris
for .the Spanish population of the island
Co" elect whether they will be Cuban rH
Spanish citizens will expire on April 11
next. It was believed that by that time
the results -of the census would have been
computed and tabulated, when this gov
ernment would then be ready to provide
for municipal elections.
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of choicest wines, its line quality, cannot
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THE HEARING OF CLARK
DEFENSE'S WITiVESSES CONTHA
DICTEI.THI3teOS$CnDTIdX ,
.Tho Claim of Whiteside and the
Statement of Speaker Stiff, of
the Montana House, Refuted.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 The two most
Important witnesses before the Clark in--vestlgatlng
committee of the senate today
were' Representative Jacqueth, of the
Montana legislature, and A. B. Cook, ex
state auditor. Mr. Jacqueth is one of the
members in whose name Mr. Whiteside
Claimed to have received $5000 for voting
for Mr. Clark for the senate, and Mr. Cook
had been represented by Mr. Stiff, speak
er of the Montana house, as having tried
to induce him to vote for a money con
sideration. Both denied these charges. Mr.
Jacqueth' said he never befpre aw the
envelope In which the JSO00, said to- have
been Intended for him, had been placed.
Mr. Cook declared that he never but once
talked with Mr. Stiff concerning the -contest
for the United States senatorship,
and that then Mr. Stiff had brought up
he1 subject, suggesting that he .might cast
his vote for Mr. Clark for the senate for.
$50,000, but that he (Cook) had said that
ne Tvas not interested In the senatorial
contest to this extent. A half-dozen other
witnesses were examined, aU by the de
fense, and each in refutation Pf some tes
timony offered by the prosecution.
When the committee resumed its Iiiveb
tlgation, Mr. Campbell, attorney for the
prosecution, produced the affidavit of Mr.
Hill, which that gentleman had testified
had been altered by himself and Mr.
Campbell. Mr. Campbell said he had made
no changes, in thedocument.
At this juncture Mr. Foster, attorney
on Senator Clark's side, asked that Mr.
Campbell be compelled to restore to Mr,
BIckford the letter which had been "stol
en" In its transmission. He referred to
the letter from BIckford to Ben Falk,
which Hill said had been taken from him
and opened by Campbell when he was tak
ing It to Falk, and which Campbell ad
mitted he had read, but which he said Hill
had opened.
Mr. Campbell resented Mr. Foster's In
timation that the letter had been stolen,
saying this was absolutely untrue, and
adding that he would hand the letter over
to the committee when -called for. Chair
man Chandler said this would be satisfac
tory. James Ryan, of Butte, was the first wit
ness. He knew Representative Normoyle
and Representative Murray; that Nor-
moyle had asked him (Ryan) to see Clark
for him and ascertain whether he could
not get some money for him (Normovle)
out of the contest. That Murray had told
him that if he couidf get a purchaser for
some lots of his for 52500 he would not
come to Washington to testify. He said
he had gone to Helena In Mr. Clark's In
terest during the session of the legislature,
but he had paid his own expenses.
"What did you do in Helena?" a.sked
Mr. Birney.
"I drank whisky principally," was the
reply. "I helped Mr. Clark by having a
good time with the boys,"
Robert Fair, of Butte, also contradicted
Mr. Normoyle's statements, declaring that
he had never made any suggestion to that
gentleman to the effect that he could get
$10,000 or any other sum for yoting for
Mr. Clark. He had not, he .said, partici
pated In the senatorial contest.
William Gallick, a wrholesale liquor deal
er, said he had never tried to Induce Rep
resentative Murray to vote for Clark, thus
contradicting previous testimony put in by
the prosecution. This witness also stated
that WMlam R,ector, one of the .witnesses
for the prosecution, had told him that
Congressman Campbell had promised him
that If he (Rector) would swear beforei
the stato supreme court what he (Camp
bell) told him to swear, he (Rector) could
have the job of "expertlng" the books ot
the Silver Bow Company, which would
not take more than two or three months
and for wlch he could have $2000 or $3000.
The witness also said that Rector had told
him that if he (Gallick) could get Clark to
give him $500, he would go to British Co
lumbia and avoid coming to Washington
to testify. Gallick said he had declined
to undertake the negotiation.
State Senator Jerry Connelly, of Gran
ite county (populist), testified that he dll
not c6nslder that Mr. Whiteside had been
a sincere reformer, because the witness
knew of frauds In elections in Silver Bow
and Deer Lodge counties; that there was
much talk of bribery in Helena, but it
all originated with the "Daly gang"4 that
he had voted for Clark, but that he had
received no money for his vote. In voting
for" Clark he -voted the sentiment of SO
per cent of his constituents, and he resent
ed the Insinuation that he had sold his
vote. He said he was for anything the
"Daly gang" was against, and was agaipst
SnytKlfig the"Daly gang" -was for.: "They
are blackmailers, the whple lot of 'them,"
he said bitterly. ;
He admitted that for some time he had
felt very antagonistic to Campbell and
Whiteside Connelly 'said that Governor
Smith had told him that Daly could be
elected senator, but that Daly had not
"had the nerve to show up" during the
sitting of the legislature In Helena
He said. In reply to a question as to why
he was opposed to Mr. Campbell that
the latter had been guilty of treachery,
and then proceeded upon his own accord
to attack ex-Congressman Hartman, say
ing that he 'had Svery reason, to. believe
that Harlman had inducements' to get oft
the ticket.
Mr. Connelly said In a statement previ
ously made, that the Daly element had
charged fraud in Deer Lodge and Silver
Bow counties, and said he had meant to
say that the charges were against the
Daly element, the labor 'people claiming
that the Daly element was using the
"rankest kind Pf bribery.""
As the examination bfahehed into details
of Montana politics, fusion, etc., Mr.
Chandler cautioned the parties that ihis
would not be allowed beyond those mat
ters having direct bearing on this case.
George Casey, of Bqtte, was the first
witness of the afternoon Besslcm. He
stated that he had spent last winter In
Helena In Mr. Clark's Interest, and that
Mr. "McDermott had paid part of his ex
penses. He denied ever having made
promises of pecuniary assistance Jo Rep
resentative Murray for his vote. .Mr.
Casey testified to the purchase fpf $7000
worth of sheep by himself and Repre
sentative Lockhart, of the Montana legis
lature, which had been paid fdr with
money borrowed blyMr. Lockhart at the
bank of Cfark & Brother, In Butte.
James M. Hodges, receiver of the land
office at Miles Cit, told of a proposition
which he said had been made tot him in
Helena last winter by John R. Toole, a
member of the Montana house of repre
sentatives, to assist in preparing 'for the
contest of Mr. Clark's seat He hao asked
Mr Toole's assistance In the fight against
the Rosebud county "bilk Toole had told
him tjbajt he would gjyethe help, but that
In return he wanted his (witness) help
Mr. Toole had said to him that he and his
friends had just heeh .beaten by Mr.
Clark in the contest for the United States
.inate:.that Mr. .Clark's rlg&t tq he seat
would be attacked; that for this purpose
testimony would be wanted, that he (wit
ness) was wanted fqr-jthjs purpos.ebecause
it was believed he could help, that money
would be furnished for his services; that
he must know men, who had been con
nected with- the senatprlal cpntest, and
whose votes could b6 secured tor a con
sideration, and Mr .Clark must be pre
vented from faking his seat, "by fair
means ft possible.'' an'd if not by foul
means.-"
"Did you understand " asked Senator'
Turley "that you. were to go to witnesses
and offer them money to testify falsely
here?"
"I ata,' was the reply
"Did you become indignant?
"Nd, sir, I feared that to do so would I
lose TPole's support in the Rosebud bill
Mr. Toole had told him that he wanted a
repubUcan for this work because he feared
he could not trust a democrat,
A. B. Cook, a railroad contractor of
Helena, was introduced to impeach the
testimony of. Speaker Stiff, of the Mon
tana house of representatives. He con
tradicted Mr. Smrs testimony flatly. He
did nqt offer Mr. Stiff $20,000K nor had he
tried later to get him to accept the propo
sition, nor held, out Inducements to be
lieve that he could get $50,C0O for his vote.
He admitted that he had Invited Mr. Stlif
to visit the Montana Club, but denied that
after getting Mr- Stiff Into the building
he had taken him to a quiet room and
opened up a conversation on the senatorial
question, pressing Mr. Stiff to vote for
Mr. Clark for a consideration.
"We did talk of the senatorial fight
whUe in the club building," said the wit
ness, "but Mr, Stiff opened up the ques-
irtlon, not J. We had taken seats, and the
conversation drifted to the senatorial
fight Mr. Stiff asked me what 1 thought
of the use of money In the contest, and.
putting his hand on his. knee, he leaned
over and asked me how I stood with the
Clark people, I replied that I was friend
ly with them, whereuppn Mr. Stiff said
to me; 'I am a married man and have a
family. I should like to vote for Mr.
Clark for the senate, provided I could get
enough out of it I believe I would vote
for him If I could get $50,000," ""
.The. witness said he had told Mr. Stiff
that he Tvas. not Interested Ii the sena
torial contest to that extent, and had not
since talked with Mr. Stiff on the ques
tion ot the senatorial contest. Mr. Cook
said that he had been Interested in Mr.
Clark's behalf, but tha$ being a repub
Ucan, he had not participated actively In
the contest.,
A. s-i Jacqueth, republican representa
tive in the Montana house of representa
tives, said In contradiction of what the
prosecution's witness, Rector, had said,
that he had not asked Rector to hold
money for him, not having known that
man. Jacqueth Is one of the members of
the legislature for whom Mr. Whiteside
asserted he held $5000, paid by Mr. Well
come, for Mr. Clark, for JaCqueth's vote,
and which was afterwards turned over
to the state by Whiteside. Jacqueth con
tradicted this story, saying that Mr.
Whiteside had come to his room and
suggested that he could get money for
his vote, but that he (the witness) had
told Whiteside he wanted tp hear noth
ing about the matter. He had not gone
to Mr. NeiU's or Mr. Wellcome's room
at Whiteside's request, had never asked
Whiteside to hold money paid by them
for his vote, had never marked an en
velope containing such money; nor had
he ever received any money for his vote
for Mr. Clark for the senate. He said
he only voted for Mr. Clark because of
the decision of the republican caucus In
.his behalf, and because he considered he
was carrying out the wishes of his con
stituents..
Mr. Jacqueth said. In explanation of Mr.
Whiteside's conduct toward him that he
had a quarrel with Whiteside in 1899,
when the latter had said that he would
"get even" with him.
The -witness said that when he was
elected to the legislature he owed the
bank of Kalispell about $6000, but that he
had slncp paid the note. The payment
had been made with money received on
two $5000 contracts with the, government.
He was shown an envelope "which It was
claimed "contained the $5000 that had been
given him by Mr. Clark's supporters. He
said he had never before seen the envel
ope, and that the initials oh It were not
In his handwriting, He was asked to
write his initials, and, while he was doing
bo, Messrs. Campbell and Whiteside
stepped up behind the defense, where
upon Mr. Foster, of counsel for the de
fense, cautioned Mr. Jacqueth not to dis
play any private documents.
"We have already bad one letter
stolen,' he said (referring to, the letter
which Ben Hill had said Mr. Campbell
had takea from him).
' "Mr. 'Campbell replied to this remark
saving that he considered lt. an Insult.
Chairman Chandler said he considered
Mr Foster's" remark accidental, and hoped
that the language would not be used
again Mr. Foster responded that he con
sidered the characterization accurate, but
that he would not again use the language
State Representative G F. Ingersoll, of
Custer county, Mont., said he had not
received any consideration for his vote
for .Mr. Qlark for the senate; and that
he had never told any one that he was
to get $10,000 for his vote for that gentle
man. He is a republican,, and he ald he
had only voted for Mr. Clark on the peti
tion of the leading members- of his party
In his county.
John Mnrphy Located.
BUTTE, Mont , Feb G John1 Murphy,
the man whose disappearance from Wash
ington caused some comment by the peo
ple in charge of the Clark senatorial case,
got back to Butte today. He says he
loafed around Washington for some time,
and, not being summoned as a witness,
went to Ohio to visit relatives on his way
home He says he made no concealment
of his movements
DEWEY'S FUTURE.
Gossip as to the Dnty to Which He
' Will Be Assigned.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5. A special to the
Herald from Washington says.
There is considerable gossip in naval cir
cles as to the duty to which Ad-.ral Dew
ey will be assigned, now that he has prac
tically completed Jiis work as a member of
the Philippine commission There has
been talk in the navy of the creation of,
a special board to consider matters relat
ing to the preparation of plans for new
ships, the president of which should be
the admiral. Secretary Long, however,
saja he is not considering the organiza
tion of sucn a. board.
There Is reason to believe that a detail
of this character would not "be disagree
able, to Admiral Dewey. He has very de
cided views on the question of ship con
struction and is espscially opposed to the
use Pf covered turret3 for armored cruis
ers 'the experience of the battle of
Manila bay demonstrated, in the ad
miral's opinion, that covered turrets are
a handicap, and It is his belief that bar
bettes, which would provide protection for
the gun crews, would give greater satis
faction. It is understood President McKinley
has apprpved the finding of the board
wMQh examined Lieutenant William P.
Elliott, on duty at the Cavite naval sta
tion, recommending that he- be given a
year's probation, at which time he will
be again re-exanilned for promotion. The
board round that Lieutenant Elliott was
morally unnt for promotion at this time.
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Cycling- Conventions.
. 1NEW YORK, Feb. 6 -The Herald says:
Two cycUng organizations will hold con
ventions within 10 days. The annual
meeting of the National Cycling Associa
tion Will take place in this city tomorrow.
One week from Wednesday the L. A. W.
meeting will take place at Philadelphia.
At both of these conventions cycling rac
ing affairs will be paramount. The N. C.
A. will perfect its rules for the govern
ment of amateur and professional racing
throughout the United States It will also
discuss and probably adopt rules for mo
tor cycle competition and record trials
on road and track.
With the L. A. W. the great question
win he whether it will continue to dabble
In the sport or forever renounce its In
terests In cycle racing Ex-President
KPotter will introduce amendments to
eliminate entirely- reference to races in
the constitution and by-laws of the
league. Another amendment will be in
troduced looking to the amateur racing
only..
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William, Henry Gilder Head.
NEW YORK, Feb 5 William Henry
Gilder, the explorer, a brother of Richard
Watsori Gilder, died at his home in Mor
ristawn. N J. today. He was born 'in
Philadelphia inri&i.
HAY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY
SIGNED ATT THE STHTB DBPAST-
TSmbT YESTERDAY.
England "Withdraws Her Objections
to a Trans-Isthmian Canal Xo .
Quid Pro Quo.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. The Hay
Pauncefote treaty, amending the ClaytPn
Bulwer treaty, relative to the eonstruc
tipn of the NIcaraguan canal, was signed
at- the state department today by Secre
tary Hay and Lord Fauncefote, for Great
Britain. Though the consummation of
the treaty occupied some time, owing to
the necessity of comparing the two drafts,
there was little formality about the cere
mony, and the convention that is expected
to be. for the United States, at least, ot
the most far-reaching Importance and
value, came into being without any thea
trlcal surroundings There were present,
besides. Secretary Hay and LorQ Paunce
fpte, only Mr. Bromley, honorary attache
of the British embassy," and prospectlv6
spn-jn-law of Lo;d Pauncefpte, Sidney
Smith, chief of diplomatic bureau,, and
William Gwynn, the faithful and d'screet
mesoenger to the department of state, who
placed the seals upon this convention as
he has upon nearly every treaty of im
portance to which the United States ha3
been a party for the past 3Q years.
The first thing In" order was to com
pare the two drafts of the treaty care
fully, to Insure their Identity, which work
was performed by Messrs. Sjplth,, and
Bromley. Then the signing took place.
Secretary Hay attaching his signature
first ta the copy of the treaty which 13
to bo retained by the United States gov
ernment after the final ratifications. The
,B.eaJs were attached and then there were
congratulations, and -the cereihony was
over. Messrs. Smith and Bromley retired,
and Secretaiy Hay and, Lord Pauncefote
had a long private chat.
Mr. Smith carried the freshly signed
treaty to the White House, where the
letter of transmittal was signed by the
president, so that the treaty could be dis
patched at once to the United States sen
ate for ratification. The letter of trans
mittal -was purely fdrmal, simply com
mending the treaty to the senate, without
entering upon any argument to demon
strate its great value.
Secretary Hay declined to make public
the text of the treaty, or even to make
any statement as to Its. details, holding
that courtesy to the senate obliged him
to remain silent until the senate Itself
rempved the seal of confidence from the
convention. So that all that Is now known
of this convention is that it amends the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty of 1850 In such
manner that Great Britain yields to the
United States the right to construct the
Nicaragua canal, or a canal at any point
on the isthmus, without British partici
pation. Most of the other features In
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty are retained.
This is notably true of article No. 5,
which guarantees the absolute neutrality
of any canal, and the security of tho
capital invested. It Is understood that tne
United States constitutes upon itself thi3
obligation to maintain the neutralization of
the canal, which shall be open and free.
It Is also believed the treaty looks to
an international undertaking on this point.
Because thp requirements of international
courtesy would not otherwise be observed,
it is expected the senate will not make
the convention public before tomorrow at
the earliest, and on this point ther,e has
been some understanding between Secre
tary Hay and the British government.
The treaty was arranged between Secre
tary Hay and Lord Pauncefote, who- are
the principals, and whp manifested that
fact by signing 4he treaty.
As soon as the treaty is ratified and
the ratifications have been exchanged, tha
United States will be at liberty to prccee
at pnee rlth the construptiQn.ofan Msthr ,
mlan canal, unfettered, by any pblig4tloji.
towards Great Britain, save that of al
lowing to British citizens, as to the citi
zens of other nations, the use of the canal
on the same terms with American citizens.
Possibly this might have been done with
out today's treaty, for the question as
to whether or not the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty is still alive has been a subject of
controversy for many years, and able
minds haVe taken opposite sides. But the
present administration is convinced that
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is still in force,
and it felt itself bound by the most sacred
obligations to live up to the treaty as
long as it stood unchanged, and, desiring
to amend it, resorted to the only honor
able means in its judgment to realize its
desires, hence the treaty signed today.
There is absolutely no quid pro quo of
fered to Great Britain In this- treaty in
return for the valuable concession to the
United States. Whatever return th
United States may choose to make for this
concession Is a thing for the future.
XONDON PRESS C03IMEXT.
On the Whole They Are Satisfied
With the Agreement,
LONDON, Feb. 6. The Dally Chronicle
,says: "There can be no question that this
agreement regarding the canal between
two "friendly nations Is a matter, for con
gratulation, not merely to themselves, but
to the world at large, which will ma
terially benefit by the construction of
this great waterway." The Chronicle Is
"unwilling to believe that British rights
under the treaty have been abandoned
w'itbput0 reciprocal consideration."
" The Times says: "We -can see no sert
ohs objectrdn on our -part to the com
pletion, under exclusive American aus
pices, of a work which may have as
great an Influence on thp trade of the civ
ilized world as the Suez canal. It is to
be regretted that other outstanding diffi
culties have not been settled, as had
been hoped, at the same timer but as tbfr
Idea of joint Anglo-American construc
tion "Was1 long ago abandoned, we have
no Interest fri resisting a -project bene
ficial to the world's trade."
The Daily "News says: "Secretary Hay
has won a great diplomatic triumph. He
has procured the tormal abrogation of the
treaty without giving anything in re
turn. The American victory Is remarki
ably cqmpjfltp,. It would have been churl
ish and ungracious "to prevent the con
struction of the canal, but something
might have been expected in return, either
for Canada or ourse'ves "
GERMAN PROTESTS.
Uncle Sam's Troubles With the Cus
toms Regulations. ,
WASHINGTON, Feb 2. The German
government gives the United States more
trouble than any other regarding the cus
toms regulations and tariff laws. When
ever there has been a bill pending for
regulating the tariff In this country there
have always been protests from the Ger
man government regarding the schedules
In the bill before the measure Is passed
Sometimes these protests from the Ger
man government are supplemented by
protests In Pqnslderable numher from oth
er foreign countries, but It is the Ger
mans who begin and reiterate their objec
tions. One of the greatest difficulties that
the Germans find is the extra duty on
sugar which compels a bounty requiring
a payment of an amount equal to the
bounty over qther countries The Ger
man government made a serious protest
against this every time a. bill of that char
acter has been passed. Since then the
Germans have protested against the man"
ner Jn,;whlch the invoices have been ex
amined, hut it Is well known that Ger
many is treated the same as other coun
tries, and that there will be no changes
made In the regulations for that govern
ment especially It Is also a fact that the
present German ambassador Is not as
diplomatic In his methods and language
as some of bis predecessors and it has
been the gossip of the departments that
he has to be bandied vary gingerly by er
state officials, or be Beeomes dKEMded
when no offense is raeaat. Hj wiR proe
ably not be satisfied with th dtiteloa ot'
the ' departmest that the Ufeitad Se&tes
officials cannot modify their epoeawB regt
ulaUons. in answsr to the pretest He has
made,
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SITUATION AT NOME.
Civil Government Mast "Be 'Estab
lished on a. Rlrm Foundation.
NEW -XORK. Feb. 5. Xheca will be
lawlessness and a reign, of terror m the
new geld fields at Cape Noma, Alaska,
next stammer. In the plnkm. of John .
Brady, governor of the lerrftoty, and
George N Wright, postmaster at Cape
Nome, unless congress pikes steps to. es
tablish eiYll government on a Am fotntdK
tion and. ma&es laws denning tfc propcl
etorshlp of. claims. Gpverner Brady aad
Ma. Wright are in the Bast endeavoring
to obtain the appointment oi United,
States judges at Sitka. Circle City na
Cape Nome. An extraordinary rush or
goldseekers to the last named place to
expected" next May .when coramunlcarloa
With the outside world Is- reopened; Jar
Wright, believes that before th end oC
the summer there "will be 09$fr persons m
Cape Notne.
"We want the general land laws- extend
ed to Alaska,. so that we have homestead
rlghla, sa-d Mr. "fright last n ght,
' otherwise-we'eannot help having" a great
deal of trouble. ,We are without the legal
form of government. We have erg&ntaed
one of our ownr," electing a mayor, a
council, a chief of police and other oW
cers, but It has no standing In law. There
were 2000 men there last year, and they
agreed among themselves to observe each
other's rights, but It will he dMCereat
when we have W.000.
"In law, nobody has any right to the
beach between the high and low water
marks, where there are. rich deposits ot
gold It ought to be laid off m small
plots for the sale of the mineral rights.
Though gold was discovered la Cape
Nome a year ago last September, we tHd
not get the news to Seattle until iaetl
May. We suspected at first that It was
a scheme of the steamship companies to
get passengers, as the Ypkoa basmeea
was getting slack. I telegraphed to
Washington to be appointed postmaster
and was appointed over night by wire. I
got to Nome July 4. when there was
hot a sluice box in the district.
Lumber came in-later,' and about i.
600 000 of gold was taken out last summer.
One claim In Anvil creek paid' J17,M0 Ik
five weeks 1 know because I handled
the money. Three claims in Snow gulch
paid $500,000. On the Yukon the gold is
well below the surface, but at Nome It lies
near the top of the ground. Many claims
have been staked eut, but there is a
vast region still to be explored The for-'
mation is very peculiar Back of the
beach, which Is white sand, and rising
10 feet aoove it, is a fiat strip called
tundras, which extends rfom two to few
miles back to the mountains. This has a
layer of moss or peat on. top, then comes
a layer of blue elay from 6 to 16 inches
thick, and then the white sand 'to bed
rock S feet belqw. The gpld in .the white
sand runs from 96 cents to 51 Pf a pan,
and the pay streak of ruby sajad on the
bedrock runs $5 to the pan, besides coarse
gold. . tJ
"One of the steamers took, 350- ton-
sand shoveled at random from the befth
to San Franciaeo last year. It was ptet
Into a smelter and yielded. $9000 in gold
The beach has been prospected tor IS
miles. Nobody knows where the gold came
from, some tnink it was from hills
brought down by glaciers, and, some think
It was tnrown up by a volcano,
"Governor Brady wants Alaska to eoaie
in as a state when the population nag
been increasea by the rush next summer.
He Is tne pne man that all the people
.there, haye aneohite confidence in K we
are aamujea tQ the union we ,can taKjaJ
.OA rf miTVgPiTrACt flnai' KAf,an tf,Afifi
care PI ourselves auners. hegan comiag
I down from tn Volcon Met rlf Hnri Ttkara.
'TTT- T.": it." f- -.. " .TS"V "!
wui comes it wff dft mH gift auqiomy v
protect ourselvef We snOtf MM? trotebl.7 j
Cape Nome "Mmlng E" Trartf&rtauon.
Company was organized with a capital
of T5,wu,u,jy, to esta&ush a steamship line
and worK with machinery claims covering
920 acres of beach and" tundras. Francis
B 'inur&er, jj l. JLorlng and Gorg
Crawfora are the incorporators.
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SERMON ON KENTUCKY.
Dr. RainsfortL on the Assassination
of Goebel.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5. "With the single
exception of France, the United States
today is the most disgraced of civilized
nations," said Dr. William S, Rainsford,
rector of St. George's Protestant Episcopal
church, In his sermon with reference ta
the murder of Goebel In Kentuckyi
"We may say," he continued, "that the
assassination of President Lincoln was
a result of the chaos of civil war, but
we can offer no excuse for the murder of
President Garfield, nor can we render ex
planation or apology fer the ruthless
shooting down of a senator in the capital
of Kentucky.
"It is a neryous age," said Df Rams
ford, "and particularly so with the people
pf America. Dangerous, Indeed, is the
day when a people from ocean to ocean
can be fired at a moment's notice to frenzy,
swayed to a point of hyper"-hysteria. Ad
yet that is the- situation in the United
States today. Our millions of people ate
the most easily fired to Impulsive action
by a sentiment of all the nations.
"What are we to dj with such criminals
as those who have disgraced the nation
with the recent tragedy in KejituckyT
Hang them? Yes, hang the guilty assas
sin, for the more of such briitee are
hanged the freer will society be. But that
Is no remedy for the evil that is now the
curse of Kentucky and the blight of the
nation. Recent happenings at Frankfort
are but the climax of what has been going
on in that state for years. Disregard foe
law has Seen an undercurrent of sin grow
ing slowly day by day. The same condi
tion prevails throughout the land right
here in New York as much as'anywbere.
It Is due to the graced of men oet more
than theh;s share by disregarding the law,
and the cure rests, not in hanging the
criminal, but in going at the very root"f
the evil and Infusing into .the"mlnjas ef
the people of Kentucky the lesson of
Christ's obedience to law."
ALASKA MAIL SERVICE.
Some of the Difficulties Carriers Ex
perience. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. The average
writer efietters addressed to peaoano Jh'
the gold fields of Alaska, never stops to
think what effort will be required or the
part of the postal authorities to- deliver
that letter at its destination. Of course,
in the summer months, when the routes
are open little difficulty is experienced, but
during the winter season this Is not tho
case An excellent idea of what is gone
through by the Alaskan carriers is con
veyed in a letter from Eagle, Alaska,
dated November 10. WW, written by Chief
Clerk Prldham, of the Alaskan service.
The letter is la part as fellows:
"It has occurred to me that perhaps the
department might be interested in a de
tailed aecount of the trip from Forty-Mile
to Eagle. On my arrival a? Port Cudahy
(Forty-Mile post) from the trip up Forty
Mile river I found the Yukon jammed and
huge cakes of lee piled mountain high
We made several trips to test It, but
found It would be unsafe because of large
holes between the cakes, through which
a man eould-fall and easily be lost. Then
the weather wanned up and the- crooks
put out quantities ef water, so that every
thing was nodded.
''Next came the news from Dawson
that the steamer StattiHfc wlfh 26 pouches
of mail, had gene to the bottom In an ice
jam. I concluded not to lose- what I had.
safe and dry by rashly starting before
It was reasonably aae," preferring safety
Sleeplessness
results io a teck of energy, make
yrrtr despondent ami ervos.
Duffy's Pare Halt WMskey
the old family rsawdjr, wM bring: yott
refreshing steep and vou wiU become
ion of energy and vitality. It cures
fiervontotegsaad fedigestKm. Gives
power to die bowi, strength and
elasticity to th muscles, and richness
.tathe blood. It fe a promoter of
r. health and longevity. Makes
old young, keeps the young
strong. Over 7,eoo doctors prescribe
kon account or ite -pnritar and escel
lencn. ' The mostsensttrve stomach
will retain k.
hMMrHacc I bM tetaka Mb O. K. ADAMS, m Summer
ABdmKfeaMl(rorc.;I.ake'. -VUMMeteokftse.
WT3f WWLT WMSKEY J, ieelKer, W. V
to celerity If a single pouch goes to the
bottom every man in th country hero
sweats be had a down letters In that par
ticular pooch.
"Several times -we mane attempts to
start, hwt were obttawd. to turn back.
Finally, e Xovembe 4 and ft, we had a
cottpfr good; cold ntsMs. and I gave
the signal to start early on the morn
teg of the Cth. We go away at daylight.
We had two starts, witlt a load of 300
pounds on each, and twe dogs to a sled.
together with the fnttowfctg party Car
rier D, MeCord and his man. a iady pas
senger, who -was going to Rampart to
marry one of the mail carriers down
there, th two carriers fiOm routes Nos.
78 and Mi, returning to Basle, and my
self Vnte made two men and two dogs
to each sled; and one man to help the
key paseenger over the rough places
That day we made 1 miles over the
jams. Huge eahes of fee were piled up
SO and M feet high, and m some places
drive W feet up the bank from the
water line. In some places we had to
chop a passage through the high piles
oT ice."
And after reconntrag the experiences of
the next few eas, during which time the
parry advanced from three to 16 miles
at Jump, the writer concludes
"This was about 25 miles from Xagle,
and next morning we started soon after
daylight to make the town that day I
was sent ahead to break trail. We ran
nearly all day, only stopping at 3 o'clock
at a cabin for a cup of tea and a piece
of bread and butter. We got to town
about S o'clock f . X."
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Hebe MoHattiln Howie Banierf.
X.OB ANGELES. Cat. Teh. fc The Echo
Mountain house, a targe hM oh- Mount
Lowe, near Pasadena", bunt!' today The
Are was caused fcy a defective flue. All
the guests eacapea? unrajMred and most
ef them saved ail their personal effects.
The loss Us estimated at WW.eoe
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Te Prevent Raf t-TevrlBg:.
cfAeirGTON, 9ee i.Senatar McMil
lan reported from the committee on com
merce a bill to prevent raft-towing on the
PactfiC coast Puget sound and other bays
and. rivers-are excepted from the provis
ions of the bill.
'He-Tfat is Warm
- Thinks All So"
TjKaosattds art "edd" in thai ihey th
flttxVhebpaituid ihe $fcar ef heaStfu This
eMr ctfere&WiAllijaga Wr, foeeft.
r htted' brsxu nosds Sarparifa
ges'rf v4ft&iiike if the w&rtnth of pen
feci htshh. Get Hoofs because
'For six yean I was a victim of dys
pepsia in its worst form I could eat nothing
but milk toast, and at times my stomach would
not retain and dlKest even that LaU March I
began taking CASCARETS aed since then I
have steadily Unproved, until I am as weli as X
ever was in my life.
David H Mw. Newark. O.
Pleases. Palatable, rutest. Taate Good So
ftootl, 2forr Sicken weaken, or Gripe We 3$c oOe.
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MO-TO-BAC I&i"ii?SiSXr?-
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Pesitrrely crxrod by these
Little Pills.
They aho relieve Distress from Srspepsfe,
Ja&geeoon and Teo Hearty, EatwgJ Apcr
fcet remedy for Dnareees, rfceeea, Drowsl.
Hess, Bad Tartenflke Month, Coated Tongu
jm ia tkcSlde, TOKrTQ I2VT3L Tie?
Resnkte the Bowskv Purely Vegetable
tmaM PJi. Small Do9
Small Po.
Th rnllfnral MImiau , fMUui
aw hithist parts of the State. S Mi
tee! Mission ws locate! in the bewrttfui
jwims vaiiey not far from Paso Kowes
. "Of Sms. The flimatu irv mnn
4 ievlgo stlnjr Hot Mineral Mud and
Solefcur Sprtsgs bubb1 up n abundance o
wi roc k io Keep tne naitny always io
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