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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
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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.'
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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.
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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-
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"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
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FREAK JOURNALS.' '
Ye Exchange Editor Yearns for a
Real Newspaper.
''It would be a grand thing," said the
exchange editor, In one of his lucid inter
vals, "If some daring person would pub
lish a newspaper a real newspaper and
print it In English."
There was an angry hiss in the pile of
papers in the corner, and each strangu
lated headline tried to rise and deelare
that it represented the real journalism.
And that it was in the English language.
But the slop and slang drowned the hiss,
and the exchange editor proceeded:
"The freaks are not all In New Xork,
nor are the latest Ideas all born here.
The telegraph places the far Western
cities as closely In touch with the news
centers as the New York papers can be,
and for that reason the metropolitan pa
pers have lost the prestige they once en
Joyed. Western papers no longer look to
the East for ideas, and as a result they,
are just as original and. just as ridiculous
as some New York newspapers.
"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. That paper had a two
column headline over the report of Gen
eral Lawtpn's death which was about
thus:
SMILED
AND WALKED OVER. THE BREASTWORKS.
THEN TAGAI. BULLETS SANG MERRILY .
ABOUT HIS BARS.
AND BRAVE GEN. LAWTON FELL DEAD.
"That same paper had a strange ed
itorial column for years. It actually pub
lished editorials only when it had an Idea
worth an editorial. However, It has quit
that freakishness, and has so many sticks
of editorials a day now, just the same aa
other papers, no matter whether "It has
Ideas worth editorials or. not" Mall and
Express.
u ' "
LOSS OF LIFE IN BATTLE.
South Afrlcnn Affair' Nt a SInrUcr
to Other 2Xodora Conflicts.
Much has been said and written recent
ly about "enormous losses of Jlfe" in- re
cent wars particularly the Boer war. The1
heavy loss of life has been attributed to,
the deadly precision of modern artillery
and small arms.
"In the nine days from the 9th to the
ISth of November, 1812," says the New
York Press, "the French, in Bonaparte's
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that campaign has been estimated at 40ft .
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
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teofc IHce eMM'sr play." -
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Sate ef the Btgr ljcht.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. It has now been
decided that Jim Jeffries and Jim Corbett
will fight in the Seaside Sporting Cub
at Coney Island, May 1L This was d
eided upon at a meeting today where
Tom CRoarke, acting for the Seaside
Cmb, and George Conatelne, Corbett s
manager, signed articles. Brady, man
ager for Jeffries, has not yt signed the
agreement.
Puerto Rice Bill TYext.
WASHINGTON. Feb. !. The republican
caucus of the senate today discussed the
order of business inr the senate and de
cided to take up the bill providing a gov
ernment for Puerto Rleo next after the
disposal of the Hawaiian Mil.
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