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TT7T?, MORNING OREGOXIAK, SATURDAY, MAUCH 10, 1900. PUERTO RICO DEBATE Lindsay Is in Favor of Expand ing Eastward, "BUT NOT IN DIRECTION OF ASIA HI .Objections to a Tariff on the Island's Product Pension Ses sion In the House. '-"WASHINGTON, March 9. discussion of Mason's resolution expressing sympathy for the Boers was conducted in fne Sen ate today behind closed doors, Davis, chairman of the foreign relations com mittee, demanding that the doors be closed. The feature of the. open sesslpn was a speech" by Lindsay of Kentucky on the Puerto Klcan tariff and Government measures. He opposed the tariff provi sion of the bill and some parts ' of the proposition for the Puerto Rico Govern ment. The first day pension session of the House, provided for under the new rule adoptedd yesterday, proved a great suc cess. There was comparatively little fric tion, and 97 bills were favorably acted upon in committee of the whole and sub sequently passed by the House. The only Incident of the session was a brisk ex change between Xoud of California and Sulloway of New Hanpshlre on the gen eral policy of pension legislation. In which the former attacked and the latter defended the system. THE ROUTINES REPORT. Proceedings in the Open Session of the Senate. WASHINGTON, March 9. Allison (Rep. la.) reported from the committee on ap propriations, the House bill making ap propriations of. the customs dues exacted from the island of Puerto Rico from Oc tober 18, 189S, to January 1, 1900, amount ing to $2,095,459, arid gave notice that he would call up the measure tomorrow. When the routine business had been fin ished. Mason (Rep. 111.) called up his motion, entered yesterday, to discharge the foreign relations committee from further consideration of his resolution ex pressing sympathy for the Boers In their heroic struggle with Great Britain. Tho motion was laid before the Senate. Davis (Rep. Minn.), chairman of the committee on foreign relations, moved that the doors be closed, and the Senate went into execut!r session. After being In secret session nearly two hours, the Senate, at 2:20 P. M.. proceeded again to open legls'atlve session. Lindsay (Dem. Ky.) took the floor to address the Senate on the Puerto Rican tariff and Government bill. He said in part: "The selection of the island of Puerto Rico as the proper subject for establish ing the principle that the territories -acquired by the United States through the recent treaty with Spain are not per se Integral portions thereof, is, in my opinion, singularly unfortunate. The difference in the considerations applying to the Amer ican and the Asiatic territories acquired by the recent cession by Spain are rad ical and do not require elaboration or dis cussion. Puerto Rico is essentially an American country, and rt'hile Its term of territorial probation m;iy necessarily bo on extended one, there Is no reason that precludes it at some future time from being admitted Into the Union as an Amer ican state. This is not true with regard to the Philippine Archipelago or the Ha waiian Islands. This is a Union of Amer ican states, and must so remain to tho end. "The passage of the House bill to tax imports and exports between Puerto Rico tlnd the United States has provoked gen eral condemnation by the! pebple of the United States. They almost universally demand that trade between the United , States and the island of Puerto Rico shall be unrestricted by any customs duties whatever, and that we shall redeem the good faith and' the implied pledpes of this country to the people of that Island." Lindsay said the Senate measure con tains all the objectionable features of the House bill and also a provision absolutey inconsistent with the taxing power It as serted. He then called attention to the fact that the Senate bill declared that all Puerto RIcans who were Spanish sub jects should be deemed citizens of the United States, and took Issue with For aker's contention that "citizens," when used in the treaty of Paris, meant merely that a person owed allegiance to the Gov ernment. He did not believe we ire un der constitutional or legal obligations to make citizens of the people of Puerto Rico, but if we are to treat them as the Inhabitants of a dependency, he insisted that wo cannot consistently declare by Congressional enactment ;that they are to be deemed and held to be citizens of the United States. Any action we took as to them could not. In his view, determine the civil rights and the political status of the Filipinos, for it was a matter of expediency with us. The Philippines, while lawfully subject to our sovereign jurisdiction, were not in tegral parts of the United States, and their Inhabitants were not, in his opinion, entitled to the claim that they can be governed only under and in exact accord ance with tho Constitution of the United States. It was to avoid the claim that by the acceptance of the cession from Spain we placed ourselves under obliga tions to the people of the ceded territory to clothe them with American citizen ship, however Inexpedient or preposter ous or even dangerous it might be to do so, that the stipulations of the old French. Spanish and Mexican treaties were omitted and a materially different stipulation inserted in the treaty of Paris, providing that the "civil rights and the political status of the native inhabitants of territory ceded to the United Statea 6hall be determined by the Congress." All the judicial opinions relied upon by those who contend that the Constitution fol lows the flag, had been rendered In cases arising under treaties fixing and defining the personal rights of the Inhabitants. "The Asiatic countries ceded by Spain cannot be Incorporated Into our Union." said Lindsay. "Their people cannot be admitted to the rights of citizenship. "We have, therefore, the alternative either to cease the performance of the duty which, in the estimation of the civilized world, we assumed by the acceptance of the cession, or else courageously to set about th- iMsl: of giving to these people the eit government they" are capable, of ad n'nlsterlnp:. I do not favor and I do not believe the American neoplc favor the permanent holding of the Filipino1? in a state of vassalage, but we do not hasten the day of their national enfranchise ment by demanding for them rights which their condition makes it Impossible for them to enjoy, or by charging them with duties they are palpably unable to per form. "We cannot forget that with the cession of Puerto Rico she Inst the principal mar kets she had long njoved. that our tariff laws have been svstonritieally apnlled to her product; and that the markets of Spain and Cuba, which were once open to her. can only bo reached now bv the pay ment of Spanish and CubRn duties. She has losl free Intercourse with Spain and Cuba, and It is now nronosod to denv her f'ee Intercourse with the pefnle of tho United States TVo cannot afford to do this un1ut thing. I shaU vote to amend this bill so as to make It nrovlde for ab solute free trade with the people of Puerto R'co " At the conclusion of Lindsay's speech he was not only applauded by tho audi tors In th crallerlcs. hut was nrmlr con rratulaicd bv Tils colleagues. The SenaM hen at 4:05 P M., took a recess .until S o'clock tonlrht. T1ia T"nr""Jr','"r th ','eVin vwo "Mil was read In the Senate tonight from S to 10:50, when the Senate adjourned, having complied with the formality that requires one full reading of each measure con sidered. la the House.. Under the new rule adopted by the House yesterday, setting .'aside the sec ond and fourth Fridays of each month for the consideration of private pension bills, Sulloway (Rep.. N. H.), chairman of the committee on invalid pensions, im mediately after the reading of the Journal, moved that the House go Into committee of the whole for the consideration of pri vate pension bills. True to his Announced Intention of in sisting upon the presence of a quorum, Talbert (Dem. S. C). made the point of no quorum. The speaker was unable to count more than 11G members present, and the doors were closed and a call of the House ordered. Many absentees ap peared during the call, ind it developed the presence of 21S members. The House, In committee of the whole (Lacey of Iowa in the chair), then pro ceeded to the consideration of private pension bills. Loud (Rep. Cal.). delivered some gen eral remarks in criticism of the policy of passing private pension bills. He said that 95 .per cent of the special bills passed by Congress never should have been fa vorably considered. All of them, he said, had been rejected by the pension orilce after the claimants had exhausted every effort to establish their claims. He knew It was unpopular to say these things, but. said he. no man ever made a mistake by pursuing the right. Of the 1.250,000 old soldiers and widows of soldiers, who sur vive the war, almost 1.000,000 were on the pension roll. Loud warned members that if things went on as they were going, during the life of the direct descendants of the youngest member of the House, Congress would still be legislating for the pensioners of the Civil War. It might be surprising to some members to know, but It was nevertheless true, that Congress was still legislating for cases arising out of the Revolutionary War. Loud said ho had never objected to a meritorious case. Sulloway replied to Loud. He said he gloried In the fact that his country had done more than any other for the care of those who defended the flag. While a single old soldier was hungry and cold, his body wrecked with physical pain and his mind with mental agony, he prayed to God that the pension roll would Increase. Ninety-seven bills were passed by the House. Including one to pension the widow of General Moses N. Bane. Fiftieth Il linois, at $10 a month, and one .to pen sion Sarah Campbell, widow of the late General .Charles T. Campbell, who was a member of the Forty-seventh, Forty elchth and Forty-ninth Congresses, ' at 530 a month. At 4:55 P. M. the House adjourned. THE AEAV CCRREXCY BILL. Controller Dmves Corrects a "Wrong: Impression Prevailing. NEW YORK, Iarch 9. A special to the Times from Washington says: Controller of the Currency Dawes la overwhelmed with assertions and inquiries touching tho operation of the currency bill about to become a law. All sorts of no tions are entertained by those who have undertaken to interpret It, and recently the Controller's attention was directed to a press report published In several papera to this effect: "It is estimated that any one with $30,000 capital can .start a National bank, under the new system. All that is required Is J25.000 In 2 per cent Government bonds, which could be secured at ruling rates for $26,750. These, representing the capital of the bank, could be sent to Washington, and circulation for tho full amount of the capital Immediately taken out. The or ganizer of the bank then has only $2750 tied up in the enterprise, but could take deposits In the regular way." "That report haa gained so much public ity," said Controller Dawes, "that It seema to mo it ought to be corrected as soon as possible. The report Is fallacious. The new law regarding circulation would not make it easier to drive the authorities Into allowing the bank to do business with no capital. While It is,, true that the or ganizers of a National bank can secure in circulation the par of the bonds deposited by them as security therefor, less the 5 per cent redemption fund, if this currency was used to pay off the cost of the bonds. It could not, of course, be used as capital for the bank. "Where money has been borrowed to purchase tho bonds deposited as security for circulation, the bank notes Issued against them might be used to pay a por tion of the debt But this" operation doea not affect or lessen the necessity of the bank having $25,000 In unimpaired cash capital, irrespective of the currency and bond transaction. The assumption is that the $25,000 received from the Government upon the deposit of the amount of the bonds as security could be used both to pay the debt assumed In the purchase of the bonds as well as for the working cap ital of the bank In addition, which is, of course, Impossible." THE FTU3XCII TREATY. Stay of Proecedlnsrs Probably Se cured. NEW YORK, March 9. A special to the Herald from Washington says: Senator Aldrich and the New England Senators who are acting with him In op posing the ratification of the French treaty, are asserting that they have prac tically secured a stay of proceedings which will prevent action on the treaty before March 24, the date upon which the-treaty must either be approved or rejected. As the subject is still pending in secret session, Senators are prohibited from dis cussing it for publication, but enough Is known of the situation to justify the pre diction that the treaty will not be ratified within the prescribed limits, and negoti ations have been, opened with tho French Government with a view to securing an extension of time in which to obtain a ratification. The opposition to the treaty has been able to convince several Senators that Its provisions are defective In certain respects, and certain modifications are suggested which may make it more ac ceptable. It is understood the conditions in the Senate have been explained to the Presi dent and the Secretary of State, and, not withstanding the urgent request of the President that the treaty In Its present shape should be ratlllea. the opposition is stubborn enough to convince him that the desired results can not now be ob tained. The strongest kind of pressure has been brought to bear upon the oppo sition without avail, and the Senate la again in the position where a small mi nority is able to defeat the will of a sub stantial majority. DEBS AND HARRIMAN. Nominated uy Social Democrats for President and Vice-President. INDIANAPOLIS, March 9. For Pres ident, Eugene V. Debs, of Indiana; for Vice-President, Job Harriman, of Cali fornia. This is the National ticket of the Social Democratic party, which will absorb the HIlqult-Harriman faction of the Socialist Labor party by agreement. The Social Democrats were happy to day. They say the candidacy of Debs will attract hundreds of thousands of voters to their party. They profess to see the beginning cf a great National victors". Still Opposed to Hrynn. BOSTON, March 9. Frank Jones, for many years the leading Democrat of New Hampshire, refuses to discuss the report that he will be a delegate from New Hampshire to the Republican National Convention. He declares, however, that he is still firmly opposed to Mr. Bryan. out Accident In n French Mine. NIMES, France, March 9. Sixteen miners have been killed by an explosion Jn a coal pit at Besseges. The galleries of the mine collapsed, .burying the "bodies of the victims. MASON BOER RESOLUTION SEXATE DEBATED IT IX SECRET SESSION. Sentiment Was Against a Public Dis cussion of the Question Xo Ac tion on nis Motion. WASHINGTON, March 9. In the secret session of the Senate today, the discus sion was mainly upon the question as to whether discussion of the Mason motion should be In open or secret session. Chairman Davis, of the foreign relations committee, said that the public discussion of the subject in the Senate might result In disturbing existing relations between the United States and a friendly power. He thought, therefore, that anything of the kind would much better be avoided. Mason said there was no reason why this motion should not be discussed openly, unless some one wanted to conceal some thing. The resolutions of sympathy for the Armenians and the Cubans had been discussed day after day in open eession, and no one then feared that existing friendly relations would be disturbed. Ma son quoted from a speech of Senator Frye on the Armenian resolution, in which the Maine Senator took occasion to criticize Great Britain very severely. This, he said, d.Id not disturb relations with that country. Lodge, speaking for the committee on foreign relations, said that It was an unheard-of matter to take resolutions out of the hands of the committee some thing that had never been done, and that it was a discourtesy which should not he done a committee of the Senate. As to open sessions. Lodge said that matters might be brought out which should not be published. Mason responded that It would find Its way into the papers anyway. He saw no reason why the simple motion to discharge the committee should not be discussed In public Lodge said the debate would not be con fined to the motion, but would go Into the merits of the resolution Itself, and it was this danger of having the debate In public Mason replied that there could be no grave danger to this country In any such discussion. The only people with whom the United States was at war was the Filipinos, and he could not see how this race could profit by what Senators said concerning a war In South Africa. Spooner opposed discussing tho motion in public. He was In sympathy, he said, with the Boers, and the people m'ght be. but this was a Governmental matter, and Great Britain would have cause for of fense If this Government should take any action. Mason replied that this was a Senate resolution, requiring neither the assent of tho House nor the Executive, and would be simply an expression of the Senate. Spooner said that at the same time It would be taken as an expression of the Government. The question was one for the Executive and not for the Senate. Mason had no right to have a vote on this question. Mason retorted that ho had a right to try and would continue to try. Hoar said he was In favor of passing a resolution asking tho President to offer his good offices In an attempt at media tion, and if the Mason resolution of sym pathy should oe passed. It would prevent" the passage of such a resolution and stop tho President, from making the tender on his own account. Tillman then offered a substitute for the Mason resolution, requesting the President to tender his friendly offices for media tion. The resolution was as follows: "That the President be requested to offer the med'ation and kindly offices of the United States Government to put an end to the war In South Africa and secure peace between Great Britain and the Dutch Republics on terms honorable to both parties to the conflict." Lodge made the point of order that k substitute resolution could not no offered to the resolution now In committee, and the point was sustained. Hale mado a Bpeech in favor of the Boers, similar to the one he delivered in open pession some time ago. He added that he was in favor of the Mason reso lution, but that it was useless to try to get any expression of sympathy from the Senate. The subject of an alleged secret alli ance came up. Mason said we were told every day that thero is no secret alli ance. If there Is not. said ho. let us carry out our usual habit In such cases. We al ways have passed resolutions of sympathy with struggling Republics, continued Ma son, and we should do so now. There was nothing against Great Britain In the reso lution. Spooner responded that England had been our friend In the Spanish war, and we should do nothing to Interrupt those friendly relation. This brought Hoar to his feet. He said that a great question of riglrt and wrong was Involved, and It should be settled regardless of questions of friendship, whether It was of Spain, England or the Czar of Russia. Depew eaid he had recently been waited upon by a committee of Flnlanders. who wanted the United States to take action upon the outraces perpetrated upon them by tho Czar. He asked why it was that when the junior Senator from Illinois was bubbling over with sympathy, some of It had not swashed over on the Flnlanders. Mason responded that he still had a number of other resolutions on tap which ho would Introduce, but Just at nresent he was anxious to have action for the Boers, who most needed It. It Is under stood that the motion will be debated again next week. THE "WAIU5XER RIOTS. Crosx-Exanilnntlon of Sovereign Con. tinned by House Committee. WASHINGTON. March 9. The cross examination of Sovereign was continued today In the Coeur d'Alene investigation. Representative Dick took the witness over his statements regarding martial lav and the course of the War Department with a view to showing it was the state au thorities and not the Federal Govern ment who declared and enforced martial law. Sovereign said the reading of official telegrams satisfied him the War Depart ment declared martial law, as the mili tary telegrams antedated the Governor's proclamation by one day. When asked if the military were there for any other pur pose than to maintain peace and order, the witness answered he oelleved this was not their purpose, as the-.r presence tend ed to terrorize the people, substituting mil itary dictation for the usual civil methods. No one ever heard of martial law before in a labor trouble. Sovereign declared. Aa to his approval of the use of the military for maintaining order, Sovereign stated that he understood the Bunker Hill mine was owned by the Standard, but this had been denied In testimony before the Indus trial Commission, although the witness believed from the telegrams developed In this case that the ownership existed. He was also questioned as to the Influ ence of certain lead interests In the Coeur d'Alene districts. In that connection, ho said a mine official had told him several of the lead Interests had sought to com bine on $30,000,000 capitalization, but New York capitalists would not consider the matter unless the capitalization was $178, 000,000. Representative Sulzer regarded that thl9 means $14S,000,000 of water and Chairman Hull added that It was a val uable basis for another Investigation. Fred O. Martin, a miner, followed. He said he was on the. train carrying the party to Wardner when the mill was blown up. but he had no part in the demonstration, did not see it, and had the impression that the crowd was going to a mass meeting. Several days after he was arrested by a party of soldiers, held In a barn for some time, and subsequently put In the "bullpen." Most of his evidence rolated to hardships endured In the "pen," the lack of adequate food, the hardness and obscenity of the negro soldiers on guard, substantially on the same line as previous witnesses. Martin said he whs held six months and no charges were made against "him at any time. Ho was among these placed on the 'standing line," and described his experi ence there and In the guardhouse, on bread and water diet, up to the time of getting sick. Ho said Mike Devlne, one of the prisoners, died from exposure when first arrested. The witness tried to see Devlne In the hospital, but was denied access to him. While Imprisoned outside parties "jumped" his land claim, valued at $1500, and the military authorities re fused to. let him out to save the claim. On one occasion, Martin testified, an Army officer threatened to hang him up by the thumbs. Martin wllL continue his testi mony tomorrow. x DEFENSE OF CANAL. (Continued from Firat Pass.) age of all maritime countries would be un worthy of the United States If we owned the country through which the canal is to be built." .Strategic Importance. Touching upon the strategic character istic of the canal, the report says: "We stipulate against the blockade of the canal by any nation. In conditions that may not be entirely remote, we would find this provision for letting our ships through the canal free from capture by our enemy of great security to our coast wise trade. "With our naval bases at Manila, Hono lulu, San Francisco and San Diego on one side, and at San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Isle of Pines and Key West, and other fortified naval stations on the other side, It is extremely Improbable that a fleet would cross either of the great oceans and approach the canal to And a gateway to the coasts of the other ocean. If we aro not able to handle an enemy under such disadvantages to them, 'our power of re sistance to such a campaign would be unworthy, of our country; if it would not not be ludicrous." As to the prohibition of fortifications, the report says: "With the military policy by the United States provided for In this convention for the protection of the canal. Its defense can be made perfect against any foreign power that is not strong enough to occupy the country and hold It against all com ers. In any event. If rrar is to come that will Involve the ownership or control of the canal or the right of passage through it, no battle should be fought in the re gion near It. To make the canal a battle ground is necessarily to expose It to de struction, and the erection of fortresses for its protection will invite hostilities in Its locality. ... "But the real danger to the canal from the absence of fortifications is so slignt and improbable that its discussion appears to be unconstitutional. It scarcely is con ceivable that Great Britain would send a fleet across the Atlantic to attack our Western coasts or across the Pacific to attack our Eastern coasts. ... In the event of such wars, the neutrality of the canal, secured by the consensus of all na tions, would operate to our advantage by bringing our ships of war safely from ocean to ocean into quick access to our harbor defenses. But the canal is not dedicated to war, but to peace; and, what ever shall better secure just and honor able peace Is a triumph. Senator Morgan later In the day filed a minority report opposing the amendment of the committee. After announcing his concurrence in the main report referring to the history of the Clayton - Bulwer treaty. Senator Morgan proceeds to the consideration of that treaty as affected by the pending agreement. He says that the "extreme contention of the Government of the United States has been that the Clay-tQn-Bulwer treaty Is vlolable at our op tion. Not having exercised that option, the treaty Is confessedly conclusive as to tho parts of the agreement that have been executed, and is operative as to the parts that remain In fieri. "The only legal effect of the amendment. If It can have any effect upon our national rights or powers," he says, "is to annul the neutralization of the canal provided for in article 2 of the treaty under consid eration. If this Is its purpose, It would be more satisfactory to strike out that article and declare the abrogation of the unexecuted parts of the Clayton - Bulwer treaty." 2IASOX "WAXTS IXFORMATIOX. As to Attitude of A'arlous Secretaries Toward the Treaty. WASHINGTON, March 9. Senator Ma son has Introduced In the Senate a reso lution calling upon the State Department for all correspondence between the gov ernments of the United States and Great Britain relating to the Isthmian Canal authorized by the late Secretary James G. Blaine, and also "a chronologic recapitu lation of the contentions made by the the various Secretaries of State since the sign ing of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty as to tho validity of this treaty, the replies by tho government of Great Britain, and the violation of the terms of the treaty on the part of Great Britain which have been held by the Government of the United States to have operated as an abrogation of the treaty." The purpose of tho resolution Is an nounced In the body of it to be "to secure from the State Department a complete ex planation as to trio attitude of tho various Secretaries of State relative 10 the Clayton-Bulwer treaty." ASSASSINATION OF GOEBEL. Clerk of the State Auditor Charged With Complicity. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 9. W. H. Coulton, a clerk In the office of State Auditor Sweeney, was arrested and placed in jail tonight, charged with complicity in the murder of the late Governor Wil liam Goebel. The arrest was made by Chief of Police Williams at 9 o'clock. Warrants have also been Issued for the arrest of Secretary of State Caleb Powers and Captain John W. Davis, policeman of the state capital square, but they have not been served. The warrants charge them with being accessory to the Goebel assassination, and warrants against ex Secretary of State Charles Flnley and John T. Powers, brother of Secretary of State Powers, have been sworn out and have been sent to Whitley County for service. Davis Is in the city tonight, but was not at his residence, and up to a late "hour tho police had not found him. It Is not known whether Secretary Powers is in the city. Several witnesses who testified at the trial of Harland Whlttaker Tuesday swore that the shots at the time of the Goehel assassination were fired from the direction of Powers' office, and he and all of tho persons for whom the warrants were issued tonight have been under the strictest surveillance ever since the as sassination. Captain Davis was an ap pointee of Governor Bradley and was con tinued under Governor Taylor. The Senate today reconsidered the Trip lett resolution appropriating $100,000 for tho purpose of equipping a state militia and recovering the arms and equipment removed to London. Senator Triplett said that last night the remaining arms and other military property In the arsenal here were loaded In cars and shipped to London. Senators Puryear and Jones, who voted against the resolution, voted for it today, and it passed 19 to 1. a o Oor Increase of Insanity. Much discussion has been aroused lately by the alarming increase of insanity. Our high rate of living Is the cause assigned. In the lush for money, both men and women neglect their bodies until the breakdown comes. The best wajs to pre serve health is by a faithful use of Hos totter's Stomach Bitters. 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At the Cabl- rj vifw-tf tnrr tril'iv Bniotorv Cl ! rtllt lined his plan for carrying into effect the j new financial bill, which, It is expected, will pass the House next Tuesday and be approved by the President soon thereafter. The Secretary explained that In all prob- ' ability 35 or 45 per cent of the outstand ing bonds which may be refunded under the new law will bo presented for ex change within a comparatively short time. This will Involve cash payments as premiums to the holders of tho old bonds amounting to from $3O.00O.CO0 to $35,000,000. A question which has occupied the at tention of the Secretary of late Is wheth er this amount should be taken from the funds now In the Treasury or from the Government deposits with depository banks, or wnether a part should be taken from tho Treasury and a part from the banks. Attention was called to the fact that even If considerable sums wero drawn from the depositary banks In these settlements, it would only amount to a transfer from one bank to another or from the credit of th Government to tho credit of the party surrendering the bonds In the same bank. Therefore, the total of the amount of money held by the banks would not be materially changed. In the determination of this question much will depend upon the rapidity with which old bonds are presented for ex change, and also upon whether the ordi nary Treasury receipts keep up to their present mark. The Secretary's purpose, as stated to Uie Cabinet, is to create as little financial dis turbance as possible In the settlement of premium accounts. If the Treasury re ceipts continue large and the applications for exchange of old bonds for now Is not excessively heavy at the outset, it Is al together possible that a considerable share of the premium will be taken from, the Treasury, but should there bo a. rush for the exchange of bonds, It Is quite likely that the banks will be called upon to share In tho payment. On the other hand, the Secretary does not Intend that the present available cash balance In the Treasury, which now amounts to about $300,000,000. including the $100,000,000 gold reserve, shall be largely encroached upon. The question, therefore, whether the cash to be paid as premium shall come from the Treasury, tho depositary banks, or both, depends for its solution largely upon conditions which cannot now be foretold. The new bonds will be dated April 1, and the amount of premium to be paid on the old bond3 will be calculated from that date, the rate in all cases being tho same which, according to the terms of the new act, is such as shall yield a return of 24 per cent per annum. These details were fully explained to the Cabinet, and the plans and purposes of the Secretary met with general approval. TO STOP FOREST FIRES. Present Law Xot Stronsr Enough Committee's Recommendation, WASHINGTON, March 5. A renewed effort Is being made to suppress forest fires -on the public domain, and. though legislation has several times been at tempted In this direction, nothing that Is thoroughly satisfactory has yet been arrived at. Three years ago an act waa passed to prevent such fires, but the act has not been found sufficiently strong to accomplish the desired end. This act Is as follows: "That any person who shall willfully or maliciously set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any timber, underbrush or grass upon the public domain, or shall (carelessly or negligently) leave or suf fer fire to burn unattended near any tim ber or other inflammable material, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof In any District Court, of the United States having Juris diction of the same, shall be fined In a sum not more than $5000, or be Impris oned for a term not more than two years, or both. "Sec. 2. That any person who shall build a (campflre or other) fire in or near any forest, timber or other Inflammable material upon the public domain shall, be fore (breaking camp or) leaving said fire, totally extinguish the same. Any person falling to do so shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof in any District Court of the United States having jurisdiction of the same, shall he fined In tv sum nqt more than SiQKMESS $1000, or be imprisoned for a term of not moro than one year,- or both. "Sec. 3. That in all cases arising under thls act the fines collected shall be paid into tho public-school fund of the county In which the lands where the offense was committed are situate." The public lands committee of the House report back an amendment to this act. and make the following comments: "The bill as reported amends the above act by striking out the words inclosed In parenthesis. The words 'carelessly or negligently,' which occur In section 1 of the original act, are omitted in the act as amended, for the reason that it haa been found difficult to secure convictions under the law as It now stands, owing to the fact that It has thrown upon th Government the burden of proving as to whether fires were 'carelessly or negli gently' left and suffered to burn unat tended. The amendments In section 2 of the present law. by striking but the words 'campflro or other "and the words 'break ing camp or, aro made for the reason that this1 language is considered redund ant and unnecessary." As reported, the amendment will un doubtedly pass, and it is hoped will have a tendency to stamp but the fire nuis ance, which is not only so obnoxious, but dangerous, to Western people and West ern interests. t a CRIME OF A TRAMP. May Result In a Lynching: by an In diana Mob. CHICAGO, March 9. A special to the Record from Marlon, Ind., say3: A mob of enraged citizens sur round the Jail here and threats of lynching a prisoner are freely made. Mrs. Henry Wise, wife of a prominent farmer, living six miles south of Marion, was attacked by a tramp yesterday afternoon while her hus band was absent in the field. Mrs. Wise was engaged in dusting furniture with a towel when the man came Into the room. He seized the towel, bound her hands behind her back, administered chloroform and left her lying unconscious, where she was found by her little daughter when the latter returned from school. The girl notified her father and he hurriedly summoned two physicians, who, after .working nearly all night, succeeded in re viving tho woman. A posse of neighbors and the Gas City Police started in pursuit of the tramp, capturing him at Upland, about four miles east of the Wise farm. They returned to the farm with him, but Mrs. Wi3e was unconscious, and he was placed In Jail. He was taken before her today and Iden tified as her assailant. He acknowledged being at the house, but dented attacking Mrs. Wise. After Mrs. Wise had Identi fied him, the anger of the neighbors be came Intense and the Gas City officers sent for the Jonesboro Police 'and the Sheriff and deputies at Marion, as they feared mob violence. The Sheriff and posse went to the scene and conducted the prisoner to Gas City, where they in tended to board a street-car and bring the prisoner to Marlon and place him in jail. While waiting for the car the mob made two attempts to lynch the prisoner, but were dispersed each time at the point of revolvers by the Sheriff and his depu ties. The officers finally succeeded In reaching Marion with the man and placed him In Jail. The .mob does not seem to be well organized, and It has not attempted to storm the Jail. The man gave the name of Fred Dunker, of Quebec. Quebec. He says he 'was born In France, and Is 45 years of age. He Is much frightened and fears the mob will lynch him. AM ARIZOXA FEUD. Cattlemen and Sheepmen ore at War in the Tontn Basin Country. PRESCOTT, Ariz., March p. Persons who arrived in Prescott yesterday from the Tonto Basin country state that an other war Is threatened there similar to that of 1S87 and 1S88, when 40 people were killed In what was known as the Tewks-bury-Graham feud. While not to exceed half a dozen men of those engaged In the above are alive today, the causes which brought it about still exist, and new men seem willing to fight on the same old lines. The trouble Is between the cattlemen and sheepmen. Largo herds of sheep from Northern Arizona are driven South for the Winter, returning to their Northern grazing grounds again in the Spring, and one of the favorite routes is via Tonto Basin, which Is usually well watered and abounds In good grass. The drought of the past year has caused a shortage of both, and cattlemen served notice on the sheepmen that on account of the condi tions, they would not be permitted to re turn North by th's route this Spring. Tho latter sent back word that they were go ing through Tonto Basin if they had to fight their way. The advance guard ot the returning flocks were met by the cat tlemen and turned back and scattered. Several cases of arms and ammunition are known to have, been, shipped Into the sec- I tlon recently, and open threats have also been made by the Interested parties to shoot each other on sight. WANTED TO BE IIAXGED. Convicted Murderer Objected to Idle ImprlMonment. CHICAGO. March 9. Archibald Carle asked Judge Bretano yesterday to grant him a new trial, so he might plead guilty to murder and be sentenced to be hanged, instead of going to the penitentiary for 25 years, as sentenced by the jury for kill ing Hector McKenzIe. A motion for a new . trial had been overruled and the Judge asked the prisoner if he had any thing to say before sentence was Imposed: "Yes," replied Carle. "Grant me a new trial, so I may plead guilty to murder and be hanged. I much rather would die on the gallows than go to prison for 35 years. If Your Honor will grant me a new trial, I promise to plead guilty to murder, so that I may get the rope." When he had finished. Judge Bretano briefly reviewed the circumstances of tho killing: -of Heqtor ilcJCente, .sayinsrCarlo had walked up to McKenzle from behind and assassinated him without a word ot warning. "Years ago I cave you a chance to re form and live a better life," said the Judge. "You failed to avail yourself of the opportunity. The sentence of the court Is that you be taken, to the .peni tentiary, there to be confined for the term of 25 years at hard labor, In accord ance with the verdict of the jury." Act of an Ininne Man. OAKLAND. Cal., March 9. 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