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",5FJ3a!piBr,ifw'i wjhpt -? -g- -m THfl MOftNING OREGONXAfl, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1900. BACON'S RESOLUTION Discussion -of the Philippines RosKJcroed in the Senate. MBNERY AND STEWART SPOKE Conferees en tke Financial Bill "Were Appelated Hawaiian BUI "Was Taken Up. WAJtttaiOTOK. Feb. 16. Consideration of ttM ftnswcUl mMtre having been coactakM, tiocMnnolsa of the PhWpptee questlosi dm reausacd la the senate to day McBncrr (rep. La.) strongly p posot the permanent acquisition of the Islands. and bettered the United States ought to retlnquteh them as soon as the authority of this country had been as serted. Stewart (slL Nev.) took a pro nounced poslttoa in favor of the admis sion of the products of any of the island possessions of the United States free of duty The hill providing a form of gov ernment fr the territory of Hawaii was read, bat beyond that formality nothing was done with it. MoBaery's Speech. Bacon's resolution declaring the policy of the United States toward the Philip pine islands was laid before the senate, and McEnery addressed the senate therej on, bf accordance with previous notice. McEnery said the question presented to congress was a difficult one. and time alone could solve it. The Filipinos, he said, had no conception of liberty guided by law. Order established one day on the islands would be succeeded the next by disorder and anarchy. He deprecated the acquisition of lands whose produc tions in the very nature of things were similar to many articles produced in parts of this country. On the fields of Luson, he said, cotton and rice, as line as grown la any part of this country, could be produced. Those products would be brought to this country in competition with those grown here. The growth of cotton In Laison by the cheap and de graded labor to be had there would inter fere with the establishment of cotton mills in the South and New England. He declared It would have been well if Ad miral Dewey had sailed away from Ma nila after hie famous victory and left the Filipinos and Spaniards to fight out their own differences. "It is the duty of this government, now that we are established on those islands." said McEnery. "to assert its authority over the Filipinos. I believe we ought to vote all the money, men and ships necesssary to put down those who dispute the authority of this country. I am op posed to expansion, and don't think we ought to have disturbed those people in the place where Ood made and placed them. My belief is that God himself will solve the problem by destroying the in ferior raoes." This he said had been the result in Hawaii, where, through disease and other causes, the population has dwindled to barely 40.000. He declared that, while a few adventurers might thrive in the Phil ippines, with machinery and cheap labor, the products of the Islands would drive those of our own country from the mar kets and ruin the farmers of the United States. The sums we are expending and would expend in the Philippines would easily reclaim the arid lands of the West, and the now useless lands of the Mississippi valley. Through our posses sion of the Philippines. McEnery felt sure foreign complications would result with France, Austria, Germany and Xlussia, and we would be forced to seek an al liance with our kinsmen, the British across the sea. In the course of his remarks, he ad verted to the trouble in Kentucky, where, he said, an army had been em ployed to prevent the lawful sessions of the legislature. The people of this coun try, he thought, had enough to attend to without seeeking troubles abroad. "I am not willing," he said, "that the Philip pines or any part of them should become the property of the United States, and I am unalterably opposed to their inhabi tants becoming dtisens of this country." McEnery complimented the efforts of the president to establish civil govern ment on the Islands. He said in conclu sion that he would regard it as extreme ly unfortunate for the islands to be con sidered a part of the United States, for If the constitution and laws of this coun try were extended over them, the inhabi tants would become citlBens of the United States, and we would have repeated the troubles front which the country had suf fered from the enfranchisement of the negroes. Stewart's Speech. Stewart followed McEnery with a speech In which he discussed what dis position would be made by congress, not only of the Philippines, but also of the other island posceoostons of the United States. He said in part: "No one pretends that the Filipinos ere now fit for statehood, but I repudiate the suggestion that they are not fit foi just such government as Jefferson ex tended to the Louisiana purchase and Monroe to the acquisition of Florida. There may not be enough Americans in that country to organise a state govern ment without congressional or executive action, as in the case of California. But If the same congressional and executive care that was extended to all other ac quisitions of territory, except California, are extended to the Philippines, they will progress. "The president has acted wisely in se lecting an eminent Jurist In the prime of life to assist the natives of the islands in establishing local self-government after the models which our country so abund antly furnishes. "We want very little legislation for the Philippines. We want their leaders to come here and see how we govern our selves, to enable them to do likewise. The absurd charge that there is any intention on the part of the administration or the republican or democratic party to govern the Philippines or any other territory which we have acquired or may acquire as colonics by the strong arm of the mili tary power. Is entirely without founda tion. "I am aware of the suggestion of an Im post duty upon the products of Puerto Rico, which, of course, would be one of the worst forms of a colonial policy. This suggestion H pregnant with evil, and if carried out would furnish substantial ground work for the charge of imperial ism. It would be too much like the exao ttone which Imperial Rome made upon her conquered provinces, and it might furnish a parallel to some extent of the Imperial policy of monarchial countries in recent times. I am glad the president of the United States has not made that mistake. On the contrary, in his last annual mes sage ho says Our plain duty h to abol ish all customs tariffs between the United States and Puerto Rico and give .her prod ucts tree access to our markets ' 'The recommendation of the secretary of war, contained in his last annual report, described in forceful language the injustice of erecting a tariff barrier against the products of Puerto Rico. The colonial policy of greed, with dteerlmlnatlng duties agamst the products of our own terri tory, would breed dissatisfaction and dfe rord. It might lead to militarism. It might tequtre a large army to maintain order and force the people of the colon to suo mtt to such unjust and discriminating policy. It might do more. It might Involve vast expenditures to maintain armies of sooupation -which would be dangerous to the snfot of the republic If we treat Puerto Rloo as we treated Louisiana, Flor ida and Oalii.-ima the people of that (slant will 1 am to Ioe the American flag. unt wAU soon be loyal Americans, instead of a sullen and discontented people, suffer m&Trem discriminating laws. 'The discussion of the constitutional power of congress in connection with these islands Is unprofitable. There is no doubt congress has power to rob the territories In a thousand ways, rendering the people of our new acquisitions more miserable than they were tinder the horrible system of Spanish extortion, Which we undertook to abolish. There Is no doubt that the people of the United States could amend the constitution and re-establish slavery, If they were wicked enough to do so. It would be just as profitable to discuss the question whether congress has the con stitutional power to discriminate against the people of new acquisitions by new revenue laws or any other ferm of extor tion which greed may suggest. "The country has a right to know that no Imperialism or militarism Is Intended. "Whatever mistakes may have been made In dealings with the Filipinos or in falling fully to acquaint them with the policy ol our government the president's message commending equal laws for Puerto Rico, and the appointment of Judge Taft to com mence the work of instructing and aiding the Filipinos to establish and maintain local self-government. Indicate very clear ly that the president has no idea of de parting from the teaching of the fathers or of establishing an empire on the ruins of the republic" The reading of the senate bill to pro vide a government for the island of Ha waii was then begun. The disagreement of the house to the senate amendments to the financial bill was reached, and Alflrloh (rep. K. I.), Al lison (rep. la.) and Jones (dera. Ark.) were appointed conferees. The appointment of McMillan (rep. Mich.) as a member of the committee on celebration of the establishment of the District of Columbia was announced. The senate then, at 3:20 P. M., adjourned until Monday. THE CLARK IXVBSTIGATIOX. Testimony Not So Sensational as on the Preceding Bay. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. The proceed ings in the Clark case today did not reach the Wgh point of interest attained yester day. The principal witness of the day was Walter Cooper, one of Sir. Clark's managers in the campaign. He Is a resi dent of ex-Representative Hartman's home town Bozeman and the personal tilts between the two served to relieve what would have otherwise been a com monplace story. Mr. Faulkner sought, in "behalf of Senator Clark, to reopen the question as to State Senator Whiteside's effort at bribery during his own election, but the committee adjourned for the day without deciding upon, the question of rel evancy. The first witness was Frederlok J. Winston, the New York lawyer, who said he was present In the office of Broker Kerr, of New York, some time in No vember last, when Mark Hewitt, a wit ness for the prosecution, had expressed an opinion reflecting upon the state su preme court of Montana in connection with the Wellcomet disbarment case he fore that court Winston said Hewitt ex pressed the opinion that Wellcome would be disbarred, "as the supreme court was owned by Daly." The witness also said Hewitt said the general impression in Montana was that Daly had supplied the $30,000 used in the Whiteside exposure t6 defeat Clark for the senate, but, falling In that, they were using the money against Wellcome in the supreme court. In reply to a question from Chandler, Foster, counsel for Clark, stated that Winston was put on to Impeach Hewitt's testhnony. Walter Cooper, of Bozeman, Mont, who was one of Senator Clark's chief support ers in his campaign for the senate, was the next witness. He testified to being present at the meeting of Mr. Clark's friends, In Butte in July, 189S, preliminary to entering upon the campaign. He said the purpose of the meeting was to "break the control of the Anaconda Copper Min ing Company over the affairs' of the state," and that he had done all he could In the succeeding campaign to accomplish this result Of the 79 democratic mem bers of the legislature, the Clark peopla had "believed after the legislative elec tion that 50 would vote for Clark. He had failed' to get this number, owing to the Influence of the Daly interest In the legislature. Of the entire membership of 94, the witness believed there were 21 or 22 who were employed by Daly or in en terprises in which that gentleman la Interested, and he gave a list of those so employed. Mr. Cooper said he had been In Helena during the entire session of the legislature, but that he knew of no effort to corrupt any member of the legislature In Mr. Clark's behalf. He had expended 5300 during the sitting of the legislature, the money being "used In paying the ex penses of friends of Senator Clark who came to Helena to assist in his campaign for the senate. Speaking of Representative Johnson's transfer of his vote from Hartman to Clark, Mr. Cooper said It was not made until It became evident that Mr. Hart man had no chance of success. He repu diated the Idea that the vote of Mr. John son (who Is a physician) had been Influ enced by giving him employment at the Bridges coal mines. Mr. Cooper said he had received; no pay for his services in support of Mr. Clark, but that Clark's son, Charley, had paid his hotel bill. He had kept a memorandum of his expenses during the campaign, but he had de stroyed or mislaid 'it Mr. Hartman asked the witness what debts he had liquidated since the ad journment of the legislature. He at first refused to answer, saying: "That Is my private business, and none of yours. To tho committee I would say, I will tell you everything I can of a public nature, but I will not let this man parade my private business from one end of the country to the other." He did explain, however, that he had paid $24,000 In debts w ith money he had secured from the sale of the Bozeman water plant and $3000 he had borrowed from Senator Clark. For his debt he had given his note, and ex pected to pay the note when due, having given his milling company stock as se curity. Ben Fc'k, ex-deputy clerk of Flathead countv. Montana, was recalled by Mr. Faulknpr and asked whether Mr. White side had offered him $1000 to be allowed access to tho election returns involving his (Whiteside's) election to the state sen ate, before the votes were counted. Mr. Campbell objected unless upon the understanding that Whiteside should have a chance to rebut He thought the testimony entirely Incompetent Mr Faulkner admitted that the testimony. If given, would be purely collateral, but said the bars had been thrown down in admitting testimony as to attempts at bribery of tho supreme court This, he thought, wcr Id let in this matter. Responding. Mr. Campbell said if the testimony was admitted, the prosecutloc would ask to "have witnesses called to prove that the witness had received $?5W from Mr. Btckford for making the state meat The committee reserved its decis ion on this point and adjourned until tomorrow. Broom-Corn Trnttt. CHICAGO, Feb. 16. There was a quiet meeting of the members of the Union Broom Company, known as the broom oorn trust, in this city, and It is said an effort was made to advance the price of "brush from $809 to W a ton, but the wise" heaus thought it best not to do it The dealers outs de claim this will be done at the next meeting. From all sec tions come reports of Increased acreages this year. Floods In Ensland. LONDON, Feb. 16. Ralna and rapid thaw have caused man rivers to over flow and there are -unprecedented floods In various parts of the United Kingdom. Several provincial towns are inundated. great damage having been done to farms. Hundreds of sheep and other livestock have been drowned, and mush of the railroad traffic la suspended. THE HOUSE'S ANNUAL JOKE STRUCK OUT APPROPRIATION FOR CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. Today the Provision "Will Be Re storedPension Claims From the War With Spain. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. The house to day indulged in its annual joke by striking from the legislative appropriation BJ1 all provision for the evil service commis sion. This action is taken each year in committee of the whole, where the mem bers do not go on record, and the pro vision Is then lnvaria'bly restored when the bill gets back in the house, where members have to respond to their names upon a rollcall. The vote today to str ke out was 75 to 67. Tomorrow the house will reverse this action as usual on an aye and no vote. Most of the time of the house today, beyond that occupied in the discussion of the civil service law, was demoted to at tacks uj,pn the speech made by S.ms (dem. Tenn.) Wednesday, in which he fur nished some figures of the pension office, showing the number of applications for pensions filed by soldiers of the volun teer regiments engaged in the Spanish war, to show that the Northern soldiers were much more clamorous in that regard than the Southern ones, and attributing this to the debauching of prfbllc sentiment In the North -on the pension case. Pearre (rep. Md.) Taised the storm by a reference to those figures, and the statement that hundreds of Massachusetts soldiers, who never smelled powder, had applied for pensions. This brought out an Indignant reply from Fitzgerald (dem. Mass.), who detailed the record of the Massachusetts volunteers In the lato war. He was fol lowed by others, who defended the records of the soldiers from their several states. Hepburn (rep. la.) vigorously assaled Sims. Considerable temper was shown. The Proceedings. When the session opened, announcement of the receipt of the currency bill from the senate was made, and, on motion of Overstreet (rep. Ind.) by unanimous con sent, the senate amendments were dis agreed to. Tho speaker appo nted Over street, Broslus (rep. Pa.) and Cox (dem. Tenn.) conferees. The house went Into committee of the whole on the legislative bill. Pearre vig orously attacked the appropriation for the civil service commissidn and charged that the departments were full of incompetents. When the provision relating to the civil service commission was reached, Pearre stated that if he thought the striking out of an appropriation would put an end to the civil service law, he would make the motion. He announced hla unequivo cal opposition to the law. He reiterated the charge made several days ago that the departments weie full of Incompetents. "Where are they?" asked Fitzgerald. "Where were they under the old sys tem?" asked Pearre, replying with a ques tion. "Everywhere. There were thousands of them," replied Fitzgerald. "If the bars were down now you would have the de partments crowded with Marj landers." "Massachusetts -need not sneer at Mary land," retorted Pearre. "A few days ago a gentleman read a list of hundreds of Massachusetts soldiers Tho never smelled powder during the Spanish war, but who are already clamoring for pensions." Fitzgerald, indignantly denied that the Massachusetts regiments had never smelled powder in tho Spanish war. The Second Massachusetts, he said, had three men killed and three officers and 41 men wounded In the Santiago campaign. In all, the Second Massachusetts lost 99 men, the Fifth Massachuestts 55, the Sixth 10S, the Eighth 197, and the Ninth 130. "What was the cause of helr deaths? asked Wachter (rep- Md.). "Disease contracted on account of the inefficiency of the government," replied Fitzgerald, hotly, amid applause. Fitzgerald, continuing, told a harrowing story of the return home of the Massa chusetts volunteers, broken and wrecked by disease. If they had been rendered Incapable of earning a living by the fail ure of the government to provide them with proper care and sustenance, then, 6ald he, they were entitled tp pensions. Hepburn called attention to the state ment made by Sims Wednesday contrast ing the records of eight volunteer regi ments in the North and South, showing that from the former came 358S pension claims and from the latter 7G1. Sims had attributed the disparity to the universal pension sentiment In the North. Hep"burn pointed out that for the purpose of com parison the tables adduced by Sims were not alike. He was very caustic in Ils criticism of Sims' action. The latter said he had received the tables from the pension office. He had no personal knowledge of the facts. He contended that the main point he had made (the preponderance of Northern over Southern pension claims) was correct. Green (dem. Pa.), who was a captain In a volunteer regiment during the Spanish war, and who sened at Chlckamauga, said that in tho years to come in con sidering pensions for the soldiers of the Spanish war, the sickness due to malad ministration of army affairs would hae to be recognized. Cummlngs (dem. N. Y.) paid a tribute to some of the dead New York heroes, Sergeant Hamilton Fish and W. A. Tif fany, and to the splendid valor of Gover nor Roosevelt The mention of Governor Roosevelt's name brought out a round of applause. "The only objection I have to him," said Cummlng, "Is that he Is a republican." (Laughter.) Mahon (rep. Pa.) scud It was unfortunate that the pension question had been brought up to create partisan rancor. During the past few years the democratic opposition to pensions had disappeared. It should not be revived now. Justice would be done to the Spanish war soldiers without sectionalism. Ga-nes (dem. Tenn.) denied that the dem ocrats were opposed to liberal pensions; they were hostile only to the unworthy claims. Clayton (dem. N. Y.), who commanded a troop of cavalry during the Spanish war, resented the reflection upon the conduct of the war. Our officers, regular and volun teer, compared favorably with those of any other country on earth. We had made fewer mistakes than the British had made In South Africa. Norton (dem. O.) declared that If the commissioner of pensions prepared the tables Included In Sims' remarks ha should be removed. Talbert (dem. S. C.) extolled the courage of Sims, "I am glad ho has placed the facts before us," said he. "He has opened the eyes of the house and the country." Mudd (rep. Md.) then moved to strike out tho civil service provision, and' It prevailed, 75 to 67. No record Is made In committee, and as soon as the announce ment of the vote was made, Cannon (rep 111.) gave notice that he would demand a aye and no vote In the house. After 7 pages of the bill had bean disposed of, the committee tosg. The night session for pensions was post poned until Monday night At 5 o'clock the house adjourned. Co IVon the Walkinsr Match. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 16 Amid the plaudits of a large crowd of spectators. Thomas Cox. of New York, dashed across the finishing line at 10:30 o'clock tonight, win ner of the six-day go-as-you-please race. Following Is the score of the six days: Cex StflDean 415 Day WeiHegelman 412 Barnes 5S9!Hart 380 Campana 4GlIck 3S5 Graham 4SSJ B Too Busy fo Practice Politics. Pendleton Bast Oregonlan. "We people of Weston," says Senator Proobstel, of Weston, "are just now In terested more In the price of wheat than anything else. There Is still over a third of last season's crop on hand In our neigh borhood, and we are desirous of getting rid of It After we succeed in this, then we may have a little time to devote to politics. Present crop prospects are excel lent, and I have noticed that when thi3 Is the case, people generally are more satis fied and do not pay so close attention to matters of state as they do to tholr farms. Thl3 Is our position now. and we haven't the time or Inclination 'to engage In polit ical controversies. Wo are all fairly pros perous and quite pleased with ourselves and tho world at large.' o MUSIC NO CHARM FOR HIM. Expedients of Avernjre Smnll Boy to Avoid Plnno Prnctlcc. "Did you ever try to teach a boy to play the piano?" asked a teacher of music of the Indianapolis Journal. "I do not mean," she, continued, "a golden-haired mamma's darling, but one of tho kind I have seen described as a 'dear, whistling, fragrant, nerve-shattering boy a recep tacle for edibles, a bottomless pit for pie, a buttonless young savage, a render of garments, a lover of goats and dogs and a dispenser of their fragrance, a scoffer of propriety, an incorrigible boy.' One such bit of restless humanity It has fallen to my lot to teach, and I can never tell the "endless surprises that came to me during one season's work with this boy. His talent as a musical critic showed It self In calling Mme. Zelsler 'a kind of a cyclone,' and again. In describing to me a singer with a pronounced tremolo in her voice, he said: 'Sho shackled so I couldn't tell what she was trying to sing.' "Is there a cultured musical critic in this country that could express so much In so few words? "But I Intended to tell you of the end less number of things that happened to this boy's hands which in each Instance gave him a good excuse for not having practiced. He caught a ball on the tip of his finger, which knocked the nail off. He got a. fish hook In his finger and had to have It cut out He burned his hand with hot molasses candy and again with a firecracker. The cat scratched him; the dog bit him. His knuckles were well nigh worn off In playing marbles on the frozen ground, and so on, endlessly. Soon after the appearance here of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, he came to me with a savage-looking sore, fully one-half an Inch wide and extending entirely around his head, just below his ears and mouth. I exclaimed in horror, 'Why, J ; what's the matter now?' " Huh that's nothin; I just got las soed.' "Inquiring later of his mother, she told me that a little girl of neighborhood, whose parents , make frequent visits, to Mexico, had searched the attic and found a horsehair lasso, which she succeeded In throwing about his head, as he was passing on a bicycle. Needless to say he had a fall, the horsehair lasso removing a complete circle of cuticle from around his head. Think of chaining such a boy down to the torment of a piano forte technique. As well try to chain the winds!" NOT A COLLEGE WOMAN. Literary Career of the New Presi dent of-"WeIlesley. x Miss Caroline Hazard, the new president of AVellcsley, has never before been di rectly associated with the college. She is tho daughter of Roland Hazard, t!he wool en manufacturer of Peacedale, R. I., and granddaughter of Roland G. Hazard, of North Kingston, R. I. Her grandfather was well known in his day as a philos opher, and was a personal friond of men such as J. Stuart Mill. Her. father was a man of learning and culture, with a wide circle of friends, and "Oakwoods," the home of tho family In Peacedale, litis al ways been a center of hospitality for dis tinguished men of our day. Miss Hazard is not a college-bred wom an, but through her father, a member of tho corporation of Brown university, she has been brought Into close touch twith, college life. During her student days she shared the semicolleglate privileges grant ed to 'women by Brown, and was for many years a pupil of Professor DIman, who conducted courses In history for young women. This work laid for her the broad foundation In history which as sisted her In producing work of historical as well as literary value. Miss Hazard has traveled extensively In this country and abroad. She Is a thorough linguist and a good musician. Her literary work Includes: First Collecting and editing the philosophical work of her grandfather; second The memoirs of Protestor Dlman; third "Thomas Hazard, Son of Robert called 'College Tom,' a Study of Narra gansett In tho Eighteenth Century, by His Grandson's Granddaughter," a work of antiquarian and historical value, drawn from family papers and village rerds; fourth A volume of Narragansott ballads; fifth A privately printed volume of re ligious sonnets. She received In June, 1S99, the degree of XJt. D. from Brown, and tho degree of M. A. from the uni versity of Michigan. In addition to her intellectual training and wide acquaint ance with men and women of distinction, Miss Hazard brings to the college consid erable executive ability acquired In the management of affairs In Peacedale. As sociated with her father In the care of the community which has grown up around his factories, and Intrusted with carrying out his plans after his" death. Miss Hazard has done much to make the little "village of Peacedale the Ideal man ufacturing village that It Is. The Outlook. gn MRS. CRAVEN'S CASE. Sansalito Justice Says He Bid Xot Perform the Mnrrlajje Ceremony. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16. There have been startling developments In the suit of Mrs. Nettle Craven, who claims to be the widow of the late James G. Fair, and, therefore, entitled to a share of the $20, 000,000 estate left by Mm. Two days ago Mrs. Craven testified that In addition to being married by contract to Senator Fair, a marriage ceremony had been performed by Justice of the Peace Slmpton, of Sau sallto. Slmpton, when Interviewed, stated that Mrs. Craven's story was correct, and that he was prepared to testify to that effect. Now, however, he has made an affidavit before Judge Hunt, of the su perior court, in which he says he never performed the marriage ceremony be tween Senator Fair and Mrs. Craven, but that Mrs. Craven offered him $10,000 to testify that he had done so. Smpton says that he agreed to do this, Intending to expose Mrs. Craven at the proper time. Mrs. Craven says Slmpton's latest state ment Is a fabrication. ' Owing to the absence of Judge Troutt, of the superior court, the proceedings in the case were very brleJ today. Attorney Pence, for Mrs. Craven, appeared before Judge Hunt, who acted for Judge Troutt, and, asked the court to commence an im mediate Investigation of the charges con tained In the affidavit of Judge Slmpton, but Judge Hunt refused to do anything In the matter, and ordered a continuance of the C26e until Monday. Attorney Pence made the direct charge In open court that his opponents have by the use of money Induced Slmpton to make a false affidavit SAMOAN TREATY. lisehange of Ratifications Occurred Yesterday. WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.-The exchange of ratifications of the Samoan treaty took place today at the state department, and it is presumed a similar exchange oc curred at the foreign offices in v London and Berlin. This Is the last ceremony necessary to give full effect to the Sa moan agreement though as a matter of form and public information, here in the. United States, at least it may be neces sary to proclaim the treaty. THE ELECTRICAL CHAIR DEATH SnXTENCB PASSED OS RO LAND B. MOUM3U.t, Prisoner Declared Ills Innocence, and Said the Yellow Jpurnnls -Put a Price on Ills Head, NEW YORK, Feb. 16. Roland B. Moll neux was today sentenced to die In Sing Sing prison during the week of March 26, for the murder of Mrs. Adanw. Mr. Weeks moved for a new trial on the ground that the verdict -was contrary to the law and the evidence. He read 10 grounds for his application for a new trial, basing them chiefly on the legal exceptions taken to the evidence and the rulings of the recorder. As soon as he handed In his exceptions, Mr. Weeks asked that the defendant be permitted to speak in hie own behalf. To this Recorder Goff at first demurred, say ing that the request was unusual, but finally, after some discussion with Mr. Weeks, ruled that Mollneux might be heard. Mollneux straightened himself up and began: "I thank your honor. Of the crime for which I stand convicted and for still an other crime with which I am charged, I am absolutely and entirely Innocent All of the evidence" The court You are not charged with any other crime. The defendant I supposed that I might refer to it since the district attorney did not In his opening and closing argument - The court Your counsel has attended to alLTif that matter. "Very well, youf honor," said Mollneux, "All of the evidence produced here does not point In the direction of guilt on my part I refer especially to the evidence of Miss Miller In regard to the purchase of that silver bottle-holder. She did not sell It to me. Also to the evidence of Mr. Koch, respecting tho letter-box hired by somebody In the name of Harry Corn ish It was not hired by me. Also to the evidence given by Kutnow respecting sam ple boxes sent around the country by his firm none of them came to me. Nor did I possess at any time any of the Instruments which appear to have been used In this crime, and I never, for one moment, had a murderous motive. "As for the theories which the prose cution offers, I do not think I should be convicted upon their suppositions or the guesses they may wish to Indulge In. I cannot conceive, your honor, how any hon est man can believe the testimony of Nicholas Heckmann. who convicted me upon an Identification which was for sale. Yellow Journalism put a price upon my head. It was an Invitation to every black mailer, every perjurer, every rogue, every man without principle, out with a price, and to that invitation Mr. Heckmann re sponded. "Tho handwriting experts who have tes tified against me, your honor may give their opinions; they may give their rea son, what they believe, what they think, but I know that, these hands never put pen to paper to address that poison pack age or to write the disputed letters, "Your honor will not permit us to make mention of the great Injustice which Is a matter of history, but experts In handwrit ing have made mistakes before,' and they thave repeated It here. Your honor, all this Is nothing to what Is In my heart at this moment. Above and beyond every thing else I denounce and despise the ac tion of the district attorney In attempting to vllllfy and attack the character of th? pure and lovely woman who bears my name. It was the act of a blackguard. It was a damnable He. Now, your honor, I am prepared to hear you sentence me. I am not afraid, because I am not guilty." Directly after sentence had been pro nounced, Mollneux was taken back on his way to the Tombs. Almost before he had left the courtroom Mr. Battle served no tice of appeal upon District Attorney 'Gardiner and upon the chief clerk. . , . j Mollnen in the Death House. SING SING, N. Y., Feb. 16. Roland B. Mollneux is now in a condemned cell in the death house at Sing Sing prison, having arrived here this afternoon. THE MOLINEUX CASE. Grounds of the Conviction of R. B. Mollneux for Murder of-Mrs. Adams. In answer to several Inquiries about the Mollneux case at New York, and to re quests for a brief "statement of the facts about the murder of Mrs. Kate Adams and the motives of the murder. The Ore gonlan presents the following statement: "Mollneux had no grudge against Mrs. Adams, If Indeed ho ever heard of her. But he hated Harry Cornish and H. C. Barnet, who, with him, were members of an athletic club. He sought to Injure them by underhand methods, by writing letters In feigned handwriting and with false signaturea Barnet died at the ath letic club of poison, since proven to be cyanide of mercury. About the holidays, 1S98, Harry Cornish received a bottle pur porting to contain bromo-seltzer. Cornish did not have the headache at the time, so ho took tho supposed holiday present to the house of. his relative, Mrs. Adams, with whom ho boarded. On December 28, 1S98, Mrs. Adams had a severe head ache, and Cornish gave her a dose of the medicine, and when she complained of the bitterness, took some himself. Mrs. Adams was soon dead, and Cornish was. very ill. but recovered. It turned out that the bottle contained cyanide of mer cury, a deadly poison, but one not so generally known as some others. "The affair was a great mystery at first The clews seemed very scanty and In conclusive. There were the f bottle, the supeiscriptfon and a "bottle-holder marked 'sterling silver.' When facsimiles of these were publ'shed In tho newspapers, a young lady of Jersey City came forward vlth the statement that she had sold the oot-tle-holder to a man with a red head. Then a wig-maker testified to having sold a red wig to a man about the same time. Then there were discoveries that private letter boxes had been leased In New York in the names of H. Cornish and H. C. Barnet Subsequently It was d'scovered that the proprietor of these two boxes had written to drug houses for samples. The letters appeared to be In the same handwriting. And thus gradually the web was- woven that enveloped Mollneux. He was indicted and brought to trial. "The handwriting on the poison pack age was proved to be the same as that of the pretended Cornish and Barnet. Various proven specimens of the handwrit ing of Mollneux were also introduced, and experts testified that they were written by the same hand that addressed the poison package. Barnet had died of poison sent by mall. It was proved that the symptoms were the same as those of Mrs. Adams and of Cornish. The enmity of Mollneux to both Barnet and Cornish was clearly proved. Mollneux is the son of General Mollneux. a highly' esteemed and wealthy resident of Brooklyn. He had all the advantages for his. defense that money could procure. He , himself was quite popular and so promising an athlete that he was prepar ing to represent his cltfb In international contests. That the trial had not destroyed his popularity Is shown by the fact that he was loudly cheered by the crowd as" ho left the courtroom after hearing the verdict. He had been married to Mies Blanche Chesebrough only a month be fore the poisoning of Mrs. Adams. Before her marriage Mrs. Mollneux had received some attentions from Barnet and Cornish. "The state mad out a strong case of circumstantial evidence, though mu-h complicated with handwriting exrerts whose testimony Is often received with caution. To the surprise of everybody the defendant declined to submit any evi dence, declaring the prosecution had made out no case. Recorder Goff charged the jury that the opinions of experts In hand writing were to be "received with caution, though their testimony as to facts stood- tmsmwuA mi .iiiiiMPtiijj THE BLUES Suffering Brings Discouragement Mrs. Pinkham Shows Women How to Re cover Health Read These Letters. Failing of Uterus, Painful Monsss " Dear Mae. Petkham : I want to tell yo how much good your medicine has done me. I suffered for two years with different female troubles. I had falling' of the womb, whites, irregular and painful menstruation, such, terrible headaches and bearing down pains,-! was nearly crazy. 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A great many expected a ver dict of acquittal, and even tnfr prosecuting attorney admitted that such a verdict would not surprise him. The jury, how ever, returned a verdict of murder la the first degree. "This does not end the case, of course. Every chance to save Mollneux which the law affords will be seized. It is impos sible to say whether there will be an other trial. The one just closed was of extraordinary length. The arraignment was en November 14, 1886, but so much t'me was consumed In selecting a Jury that the hearing of testimony did not begin till Decenfber 4. There wag delay after wards In consequence of the holidays and the Illness of a juror. Whatever may be the ultimate result, the case will always be a n6ted one In theanials of eriminal pfcseoutlon."' ' t . -, . FREAK JOURNALS.' ' Ye Exchange Editor Yearns for a Real Newspaper. 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"The yellow journal flourishes in every Western city, and it Is lust as audacious and artistic (sic) as it Is here. Hack writers are not so cheap in the West, so that most of the Sunday specials are bought in New York. New York papers are clipped liberally, and thus money is saved to pay for 'Ideas.' One idea of a Western paper some years ago was to publish a New Year's Issue dated a cent-, ury in advance. Each reporter covered his route for that day as It would be cov ered to his notion 10 years thence. The list of accidents recorded was appalling and the court proceedings, society .arat business events reported showed that that newspaper had plenty of freak talent. "The theory of headlines on the -best papers Is that the top line should tell the news. There Is one great Western paper, whose owner has a national repu tation, that reverses this. Its top line is one word, usually the most unimportant Idea In the item. 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Ml men killed, disabled and prisoners and JM,Wff.n worth, of property in equipments, 'etc. The lose of the Russians In soldier", killed, wounded and prisoners, was about 330,669, to which must be added the Mo lent deaths of 1MW etvfttaas burned and destroyed in various ways in Moscow And the loss of Russian property was not less than JWO.OW.OW. "The British generals who talk about 'unprecedented losses' on Mther side in the South African war have not read history, But, of course they have not. That goes without saying. The losses in- a few bat- ties of the war for the Union make the whole South African affairbloody to a . oeeteia dagceo as It has, uniioubteUy been teofc IHce eMM'sr play." - o Sate ef the Btgr ljcht. NEW YORK, Feb. 1. 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