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.
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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.
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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.
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PUHING IT INTO EFFECT
SECRETARY GAGE'S PLAXS FOR THE
NEW FINANCIAL. BILL.
Refunding: of Outstanding Bonds Will
Involve Payment of About
Thirty Million Dollars.
WASHINGTON. March 9. 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.
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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. Alexander
Carter, a young man. 32 years of age.
while in a temporary fit ot Insanity, today
shot and fatally f wounded his brother
Charles, aged 22 years, at the house of
their parents in North Berkeley. Then,
placing the muzzle of the pistol in his
mouth, he blew out his brains. His brother
died this afternoon.
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Dally Trensury Statement.
WASHINGTON. March 9. Today's
statement of the condition of the Treas
ury shows:
Available cash balance $200,846,022
Gold reserve 239,469,020
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