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"7;? i. V; t I""' "Jl THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, "APRffi 5, 1900. - jrf It f THE CASE OF QUAY Senate Decided to Take It Up Today. L. WOLCOTT APOLOGIZED TO LODGE The Spooner Philippine Bill Was Hade the Unfinished Business of the Senate. WASHINGTON, April 4.-fitewart (SIL Nev.) presented a petition in the Senate from citiiens of Cuba.. representing JU. 000.O capital, "praying Congress to enact a law prohibiting the use of the United States military power to prevent the land ing of a competing cable from the United Morgan (Dem. Ala.) called attention to a rule of the- Senate that provides that no petition should bo offered from citizens of a foreign country except through the State Department. He did not object to the petition, because ne wn"" held such relation to the United Stntes as could be dissolved only by Congress. Spooner (Rep. Wis.) said the rule was founded in good sense, and he believed tne petition ought to come through the State Department. The chair held that the pe tition could not be received if objections were made. Stewart urged that the peti tion did not come within tho rule, as the Cubans, having no other alternative, ap pealed to Congress. The petition finally was read and ordered printed. At the conclusion of the morning bus iness, the chair laid before the Senate the resolution declaring Quay waa not en titled to a seat In the Senate from Penn sylvania, that the question might be brought to a direct issue. Chandler (Ren. N. H.). chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, moved to strike out the word "not" in the resolution. Speaking to this motion. Burrows (Rep. Mich.) said he would be glad to proceed with the case today, but a very Important matter Involving the seat of a Senator was under consideration by the committee on privileges and elections, and attendance in tho committee-room of members was necessary. "I ask. therefore." said Bur rows, "that the present order bo contin ued until next Tuesday. We can then proceed with It. I hope, without inter ruption." Stewart protested that the cose of Quay had already been too long delayed, and urged that there be a. vote upon It. Chandler, replying to the remarks of Burrows, said the committee on privileges nnd elections, considering thecase of Senator Clark, would not operate against the Senate considering the Quay case, as the committee would not sit later than 1 o'clock h day. He also sold the friends of Quay were ready to have a -vote now. Burrows said he and others were not prepared to proceed today. Daniel (Dem. Va.) appealed to tho Sen-, ate that a time for a vote be fixed. "This is a question of the highest privilege." said he. Wolcott (Rep. Colo.) delivered a speech In which he apologized for his impassioned statements made Just at tho close of yes terday's session. He disclaimed any in tention of injuring tho feelings of any body, least of all Lodge Rep. Mass.). Wolcott- declared there was a. prevalent belief that the case of Quay was to be squelched. Ho could scarcely credit such a report, but the actions of Senators gave some support to It. "There Is a great state," said Wolcott. "which Is not represented here as it is entitled to be. That state has almost as many Inhabitants as there are Tagals In the PhlllDolnes. and yet Senators will hold one of Its Senators at the door of this body. It Is not a question of the person ality of Mr. Quay, but one of proper rep resentation of the State of Pennsylvania. Here we have a Senator, brave, kindly and able, dear to the people of his com monwealth. He Is rightfully entitled to a seat In this body as an appointee of the Governor. This Senator has been sub jected to more vicious and overwhelming attacks than any man In public life to day. It is cruel If this Senate, where he served with honor and distinction for 11 years, shall give him the final stab which may end his public career." Wolcott then referred to Mr. Quay's political work, which he thought had brought him many enemies, especially his service as the National chairman of the Republican party. Every man who held such a position was In danger of his repu tation. He believed that the Senator from Arkansas (Jonen), who had served at the head of a political committee, had come out of the fire with as little ot the odor of smoke on him as ever a man had. But that mlfeht have been, suggested Wolcott, facetiously, because he had little money to spend. "And I am quite satisfied," continued Wolcott. "that if the Senator from Ar kansas Is at the head of the committee this year, he will come out absolutely un smirched." In conclusion, Wolcott appealed to the Senate to proceed with the case without obstruction and vote upon it at an early date. Galllnger (Rep. N. H.) said he wanted to repudiate the statements of Wolcott. so far as they concerned him. He, had laid nothing In the way of consideration, and would not do so at any time. Bur rows also said he had no Idea of obstruct ing a vote, and he was desirous that an early vote be had. Stewart asked that a final vote be taken one week from next Tuesday, but Galllnger objected. The Quay case then went over until tomorrow, with the understanding that Galllnger should speak on the resolution at that time. At this Juncture. Lodge made a few re marks, and the incident closed pleas nnjly. Referring to the Incident of yes terday. Lodge said no explanation from "Woloott was necessary to assure him that he (Wolcott) had made no personal re flection upon him In his remarks of yes terday. At Carter's request, the Alaska code bill was then taken up. Morgan made an effort -to have a day set for the consideration of the Nicaragua canal bill, but Mason (Rep. III.) objected, saying that he favored the canal bill, but he did not want the time determined until the fate of the Hay-Pauncefote traty was known. He did not believe the pecplc generally would want the canal at all If it was to bo constructed under the terms of the treaty. This ob jection served to prevent the granting of Morgan's request. Cci.slderr.tlon of the Alaska, bill was proceeded with on the basis of Hans brough'R anendmmit for the exclusion of alien ni!mrs from the mines of Alaska, lu this connection, Hansbrough had a letter read from -an American miner, complaining of the mining regulations of the Canadian Government as unjust and oppressive. The waiter said that ho had addressed a letter to Secretary Hay de nouncing the Cenadlun retroactive law as "highway robbery." The Spooner bill, at' 2 o'clock, was made the unfinished buslnr-ss, and was then temporarily laid aside to permit contln unrce of the consideration of the Alaska bin. Berry Dtm. Ark.) suggested as amendment providing tor the opening to mining and prospecting ot the CO feet of land along the Retiring Sea coast re served under law for a roadway.- Pending action, a brief executive ses sion was held. The1 Senate then. In 4S minutes, ratsed n pension bills, pensions of $50 a month being granted to the widows of Rcar-Admlrals Calhoun and Mrade. of Commodore Inch, and of Colonel Lister. Mexlcnn Tleiv of Tarir Mmldle. MEXICO CITY, April 4. The. Mexican Herald says: "The old-fashioned Mexican , Liberals, who have pinned their political' faith on the United States as the great exemplar of democratic and popular Institutions, will suffer In the conflict with the Clerical party and mossback Conservatives. 1 the United Btates fall to do ample justice to Puerto Rico and Cuba.. Mexican lib erals have suffered much (or freedom, and their proudest boast has been that they were copying the example of the great Republic of Washington. If they And the United States becoming imper ious and tyrannical, yielding to sordid temptations, they will have no answer to makB to the -taunts of the Clerical and Spanish .organs here, which hold the United States up as a recreant to all Its grand traditions." st . RHODE ISLAND ELECTION. Republicans Carried the State, Elect. Ins Gregory Governor. PROVIDENCE. R. L. April 6. Tho Re publicans carried the state in the annual election today, William Gregory, of North Kingstown, being elected Governor over Nathan W. Llttlefield. ot Pawtucket, his Derrfocratlc opponent, by about 8300 plu rality. The Democrats succeeded In not only polling a heavy vote, but la cutting down the Republican plurality of last year by over 1000. The General Assembly will stard on a joint vote, 83 Republicans and 16 Democrats, a Democratic loss of three, and George P. Wctmore, Republican, will probably be returned to the United states Senate. . The Kansas City Election. KANSAS CITY. April 4. Pull returns of he election in this city give James A. Reed. Democrat, for Mayor, a majority of 2U7 over P. S. Brown, Jr.. Republican, supported by the present Administration. The Democrats elected their entire ticket, with the exception of five members of the lower house, by pluralities of S3 to 1007. Mllvrnnkee Election. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. April .-Complete returns from the municipal election in thU city give Mayor David S. Rose. Democrat, a plurality over IL J. Baumgartner, Re publican, of 2374. Two years ago Rose's plurality was 7767. The new Board of Aldermen is made up of 21 Democrats. 1 Republicans and 2 Populists. The Board of Supervisors is largely Republican. souxD-Moxnr league. Majority of the Committee Is In Fa vor ot Continuing; Work. NEW YORK, April 4. A majority of the executive committee of the Sound Money Leaguo is in favor of continuing the league and taking part in the Nation al campaign, in case the Democratic plat form contains a free-silver plank. It was tho wish of J. Sterling Morton. ex Secretary of Agriculture, and until re cently the president of the league, to close up the organization and to have the bal ance In the treasury, amounting to some thing over 10,000. devoted to the contin uance ot publishing sound-money argu ments In a paper, tho Conservative, pub" Ilshed by him in Nebraska. The other members of the executive committee of the league were not In syrr pathy wjth Mr. Morton, either with his idea of closing the league or his plan for disposing of the treasury balance, and these differences of opinion are. It Is said, responsible for Mr. Morton's decision to r-efuse re-election as president of the league. He was succeeded last week as president by Mr. Cowen, president of the Baltimore & Ohio. , Aside from Mr. Morton, the members of the executive committee believe It U yet too early to give up the machinery which was created during the active work of the league. If the Kansas City conven tion nominates Bryan on the Chicago platform, it will, the committee argues, be necessary to have an effective organ ization to counteract the efforts of the free-silver people, in order to prevent the latter from making decided progress. A. Barton Hepburn, a member of the executive committee of the league, said: "The Sound Money League Is not to be dissolved. The election, which is about to take place Involves the election of 13 United States Senators, most of whom, If not all. are In states which might be very easily carried by the" Populists or Democrats. Two of these Senators will represent Nebraska, one West Virginia and one Montana. The Sound Money League has work before it trying to pre serve these states as far as possible for tho sound-money cause. There Is a great field for effort In tho South. In the states which have gone so heavily into cotton manufacturing. "In fact, the league may do hard work In distributing sound-money literature In these states In which the progress of the manufacturing industries and the subsi dence of the race Issue give an opening through which they may be- captured for sound money." e Teleirrapblo Brevities. A temperance movement Is under way in Mexico. Winners at Oakland were: Homage, Candlelight, Tuthlll, Prestome, Alamora and Mortgage. Charles H. Pepper, who was recently proffered the position of secretary to the Philippine Commlslson. has declined the place. " It Is Intimated In Washington diplomatic circles that the stories of friction between Russia and Japan were Invented by Eng land to distract attention from South Africa. At tho end of the first round at the trap-shoot at Queens, N. T.. 102 marks men had clean scores of four birds each, and at the end of the second round 63 had killed eight birds straight, Hiram S. Utley, the inventor of many Improvements In artificial marble. Is dead at his home In Chicago. Ho was a vet cran of the Civil War, and was born In Manchester, Vt., August IS, 1S44. Tu Yuen Toy, said to be an ex-ofilclo member of the Chinese Legation at Wash ington, had three of his trunks seized by San Francisco customs officers. They contained 1700 silk handkerchiefs, valued at 11 each. Judge Brown, of the United States Dis trict Court at New York, refused a war rant of removal in the case of Captain Carter's contractors, B. D. Green and the Gaynors. He ordered the discharge of the prisoners. A test is to be made by the Treasury Department In the case of Archibald D. Buchanan, arrested by Government of ficers on the charge of having In his pos session plates and counterfeit stamps ot foreign countries. , Michael J. Dady, the Brooklyn contract or who obtained from the Spanish Gov ernment of Havana a 112.000,000 contract for sewering and paving, has received a letter from Governor-General Wood. In forming him that his plans are disap proved and rejected. The State Department announces that Minister Merry has succeeded In averting war between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. While Costa Rica Is still preparing for defense, she is not making any hostile movements against Nicaragua. The Phil adelphia will be kept on the west coast and the Detroit on the east coast. Commissioner-General Peck has sug gested to Secretary Hay the advisability of excluding the American dependencies from participation In the American ex hibit at the Paris exposition, owing to the prospective delay in the Installation of exhibits from the islands, and in the case of Hawaii and the Philippines Inti mates that fear of the bubonic plague may cause the French government uneasiness. A Crnel Joke. St. Paul Pioneer Press. That was a cruel, cruel practical, joke of Secretary Gage when he appropriately selected the portrait of Thomas A. Ben ton, the original .gold-standard man and high priest to Andrew Jackson, to dec orate those new 2 per cent bonds. There Is a limit to "rubbing it In" even for those touching appeals to the memory ot An drew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson, who had about as much In common with mod ern Democracy as Billy Mason has with George Washington. VENTILATED IN CONGRESS KEXTTC1CY SITUATION BROCGBT CF Vi THE HOUSE. " Wordy "War Between the Republican and Democratic Members From the Bine Gross State. WASHINGTON, April 4. There was an exciting scene In the House today, as the climax of a discussion of the Kentucky situation, when Wheeler, a Kentucky Democrat, and Pugh, a Kentucky Republi can, faced each other from opposite sides of the main aisle and Indulged in a wordy duel. Pugh charged Wheeler with, mis representing certain facts. Ho was labor ing under great excitement. Wheeler showed admirable temper, and. though quick to resent the fancied Insult, awaited the explanation of Pugh, In which he dis claimed any Intention of Imputing to him personally a desire to distort the factu. Throughout the debate, which was precip itated by a speech of Borelng, the other Republican member from Kentucky, there was .an air of suppressed excitement. It, was the first time the subject had been broached In the House, and much interest was manifested. . Without preliminary business, the House resumed consideration of the bill to estab lish a territorial government in Hawaii. McDowell (Dem. O.), member ot the com mittee on territories, was the first speaker. While McDowell was speaking, the clerk of the Senate appeared and announced the passage of the Puerto Rlcan tariff bi.l. with "sundry amendments, in which the concurrence ot the House is requested." The bill was Immediately referred, under the rules, to the committee on ways and means. McDowell, one ot the original opponents of the annexation of Hawaii. Inveighed against the labor conditions In the Islands and the Influence of corporations there. He approved some of the features ot the bill, but was eevere In his condemnation of tho 10th section, which he said continued In force the labor contracts made with Imported Chinese and Japanese. De Armond (Dem. Mo.) believed the bill would allow all the Chinese and Japanese in the island free entry into the United States. He also denounced that section of the bill which extended the Constitution to the Islands as far as applicable. He took the ground that the Constitution wsa there of lu own vigor; it not. Congress, by enactment, could not extend It there. Borelng (Rep. Ky.) aroused general In terest by discussing the Kentucky situa tion. Holding the light of civilization before the world as the United States was doing, were we, he asked, willing to see the torch of liberty extinguished at the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln and the home of Henry Clay7 It was with no spirit of acrimony, he said, that he re ferred to the situation in Kentucky. So far 09 tho Goebel election law of that state was concerned, he said, the people of Kentucky would be glad to exchange places with Puerto Rico or Hawaii. They were not asking for Federal interference; they were asking simply for a fair elec tion law. In conclusion, he gave notice to the country that if it was necessary to get rid of the Qoebel law, he would risk for the passage of a Federal election law. Borelng" speech drew the fire of Wheel er (Dem. Ky.), who replied in a fiery speech. He had sincerely hoped, he said, that the Kentucky situation would not be brought to the attention of Congress. Ho admitted that the situation was hu miliating to every Kentuckton. but he had hoped that It would' not bo ventilated here. Proceeding, he eulogized the Goe bel election law, which had been declared Constitutional by the highest court of the state. To that decision, he said. It was the duty of every law-abiding citizen to bow. He would not contend that the dom inant Tarty had not token advantage of Its power in districting the state. It had done so, following the tactics of the domi nant party in most of the states. In con clusion Wheeler assured the members who had crowded about during the ex citement and the packed galleries that there would bo "no bloodshed In Kentucky. "But," said he. "the Goebel law Is there to stay. It will remain as a perma nent and enduring monument to the knightly son of Kentucky who was strick en down by a concealed and cowardly- as sassin." Pugh (Rep. Ky.) hotly interjected tho declaration that the contest that had been waged on party lines In the Kentucky Leg islature was a disgrace to the common wealth and a disgrace to Wheeler as a citizen thereof. Wheeler retorted that he would rather be disgraced by taking his lot with the Democrats of Kentucky than to be Identified with the men who took the life of Governor Goebel. Amid de risive laughter on the Democratic side, Pugh, livid with excitement, asserted that Goebel's bitterest enemies had been raem bers of the Democratic party, and he In timated broadly that among those the assassin might be found. Wheeler, in n kindlier tone, said he did not believe that the Republican party of Kentucky was responsible for the assassination. Then, In a solemn voice, he declared that he did believe that there were some Republicans who were responsible, and the law ot Kentucky, he said, like the poisonous shirt ot Nessus, would "stick to them un til It consumes their very bones, or we protecute them to their conviction." The Democrats gave Wheeler a round of applause when he concluded. Lacey (Rep. IaO replied briefly to Wheeler, denouncing the Gotbel law as a subversion of the Constitution and neces sarily productive of the anarchy that reigned in Kentucky. The debate drlfUd back to the bill un der consideration. Hamilton (Rep. Mich.) made on able defense of the features of tho bill that had been criticised. He con gratulated the House especially upon tho elimination of the property qualifications for voters, which was in the original bill. COEUR, DALEXB IICAIIING. Conclusion of Manaser Ilnrbrtdirc'a Testimony. WASHINGTON. April 4. The cross-examination ot Frederick Burbrldge, man ager ot the Bunker Hilt & Sullivan mine, was continued In the Coeur d'Alene Investigation today. There were frequent animated controversies, between members ot the committee. One' ot these occurred over the authority of Mr. Cros thwalte. one of the private counsel, to ap pear. He denied that he represented the Bunker Hill mine or General Merrlam, and said he was retained and paid by Governor Steunenberg. Representatives Hay and Dick also joined Issue over the extent of the inquiry. Mr1". Hay contending that Is-was being curtailed to the preju dice of those making the charges, while Mr. Dick Insisted that some limitation 'was essential In order to get through. During Mr. Burbrldge's testimony, he stated that he, was not a United States cRlzen at the time he became manager of the mine, but was ndmltted to citizen ship tho following year. When questioned as to whether the Standard Oil Company had any Interest In the Bunker Hill mine, the witness said he had been Informed by the president of the Bunker Hill Com pany that the Standard OH Company had no interest In the mill. Burbrldge com pleted his evidence late In the day. and. with several other witnesses, was ex cused. "Wanted for n Kansas City Murder. SAN FRANCISCO. AprH 4. William O'Nell Is In the City Prison, awaiting the arrival of an officer from Kansas City with extradition papers. He was arrested in Manila and brought here on the Sheridan on the suspicion that he Is James Redmond, who murdered Miss Emma Schumacher In Kansas City over two years ago while robbing her house. The man was arrested in Manila for im personating & Sergeant of artillery, and was Identified by Lieutenant Cobb and others as the Kansas City murderer. He said thai 'he saw W. G. Llewellyn, the soldier who murdered Policemen Clifford and Griffiths in Denver, August 11 'last, while be was In Seattle watting for the Garonne to sail. At the time of the Kan sas City murder he claims to have been in Rossland, B. C i e RHODES AND KEKEWICH. Bad Feellns; Between Thesti Dnrlnj the siege of Klmberley. LONDON, March 2-Wh!le the 50-odd columns written at the front, appearing during the last two day? In the London dailies, have been chiefly devoted to Cronje's surrender and Ladysmlth's relief, other events no less Interesting have devel oped In the letters of those not fortunate enough to have been present at the greater occasions. The troubles between Cecil Rhodes and Colonel Kekewich are not fully told. It appears that the relations between the "Empire Maker" and the Colonel command ing at Klmberley reached such a pass that Mr. Rhodes ordered the army officer out ot the house. The dispute Is told In de tail by the Klmberley correspondent of the Dally Telegraph, who writes: . "When Mr. Rhodes saw the danger u which the town and Its Inhabitants were exposed, he concluded that the time had arrived for the facts In the case to be placed on record. Accordingly, the Mayor and a few leading citizens In consultation with him drew up the following represen tation, which was duly forwarded to Col onel Kekewich, accompanied by the re quest that he would transmit It by helio graph to the higher military authorities: " 'Klmberley, Feb. 10, On behalf of the inhabitants of this town, we respectfully desire to bo Informed whether there is an Intention on your part to make an im mediate effort for our relief. Your troops have been for more than two months with in a distance of little over 20'milco from Klmberley, and If the Spyfonteln Hills are too strong for them, there Is an easy ap proach over a level flat. This town, with a population of over 45,000 people, has been besieged for 120 days, and a large portion of the Inhabitants have been enduring great hardships. Scurvy la rampant among the natives: children, owing to the lack of food, are dying In great number!, and dysentery and typhoid are very prevalent. The chief foods of the whites have been bread and horse flesh for a Long time past, and of the blacks meal and malt only. Theso hardships, w think you will agree, have been borne patiently and without complaint by the people. During the last few days the enemy have brought Into action from a position within three miles of us a six-Inch gun, throwing a 100-pound shell, which Is setting Are to our buildings and la causing death dally among the pop ulation. As you are aware, the military guns here ore totally Inadequate to cope with this new gun. The only weapon which gives any hope Is. one of local man ufacture. Under these circumstances, as representing this community, we feel that we are Justified in asking whether you have any immediate intention of instruct ing your troops to advance to our relief. We understand large reinforcements navo recently arrived In Cape Town, and we feel sure that your men at Modder River have, at the, outside, 10,000 Boers opposed to them. You must be the Judge as to what number of British would be required to deal with this body of men. but it is absolutely necessary that relief should be afforded to this place. "After taking time to consider his de cision, the officer commanding sent Mr. Rhodes a letter Informing him that the substance of his communication had been lorwarded to Lord Roberts by heliograph to Enslln. Lord Roberts' reply, which was communicated In due course, possesses no less Historical Interest than the remark ablo communication which originated the correspondence: I beg to represent to the Mayor and Mr. Rhodes, as strongly as you possibly can, the disastrous and humiliating effect of surrender after so prolonged and glori ous a defense. Many days cannot pos sibly elapse before Klmberley will be re lieved, as we commence' active operations' tomorrow. Future military operations de pend In a large measure on your main taining your position a very short time longer.' "Mr. Rhodes was much annoyed at the suggestion that thought of surrender had ever occurred, either to himself or to those associated with him in the representatons which had been made, and I have reason to believe that when Lords Roberts and Kitchener arived in Klmberley he took an early opportunity of disabusing their minds of such a mischievous impression. "It is to be regretted that the relations between Mr. Rhodes and Colonel Keke wich should have been almost from the beginning of the siege, for reasons which It is Impossible to discuss, almost uni formly unsatnsfnetory. Colonel Keke wich treated Mr. Rhodes as a simple civil ian. On his part, Mr. Rhodes was Intol erant of military routine, a little too In clined to express his opinions bluntly and brusquely. Still, the fact remains that harmonious relations with the head of the Do Beers Company were absolutely essen tial to the smooth operation of the mili tary staff with the civil population. They were barely on speaking terms when the siege was raised, and "their accidental meeting shortly before General French's arrival gave rise to a most stormy scene Colonel Kekewich, It appears, told Mc Rhodes that he had come to see the Gen eral about arresting the editor of the Dia mond Fields Advertiser. Mr. Rhodes re plied warmly: Then you had better ar rest me, for I agree with every word he has written, and we ough to go to prison together.' This led to lively pas'page-at-arms. which ended with Mr. Rhodes or dering Colonel Kekewich to leave the house. Subsequently, Mr. Rhodes ex plained the reason of the article to Gen eral French, who was quite satisfied, and declined point blank to act upon General Kekewlch's Irate suggestions." l COST OF HANDLING FREIGHT Krnttschnltt's Testimony Before In. terstate Commerce Commission. SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. The third day of the local session of the Interstate Commerce Commission resulted In nothing particular being elicited from the various witnesses. Several wholesalers testified to the conditions under which their firms operated. Julius Kruttschnltt, general manager ot the Southern Pacific Company, was the principal witness. Asked by Judge Lovetr. ot Texas, if there was any difference in the cost of carload and less than carload freight, he said the cost of delivering leas than carload freight Is much greater. It began Immediately with the gathering. Freight was In danger ot being broken open. Switching, opening and locking of cars, weighing, checking and clerical work were to be considered, whereas moat of this Is avoided In carload lots ot freight. Expensive warehouses had to be built for less than carload freight, whereas carload freight Is taken from the cars by tho, consignee. Job lot freight Is always cum bersome, and Is not as compact as carload freight. He said the cost of handling job lot freight is greatly In excess of the tariff that Is made. He said the cost of operating In this city Is greater than In Louisiana or Texas, owing to the price ot labor. In reply to C. A. Parker, attorney for the St. Louis Business Men's League, the witness said that the railroad had con solidating places at the terminals for less than carload freight. The witness was questioned as to the operating, expenses. He showed clearly that the cost ot coil here was two and three times as much as Eastern and Northern roads pay. and that the wages paid on the Coast were higher than eUewhere. s Masked men blew up two bridges and burned two tollhouses on the Logansport and Burlington Pike. in Stops the Conch nnd Works OS the Cold. Laxative Bromo-Qulnine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No cure no pay. Price 35c. CONVENTION HALL BURNED KA5SA9 CITY'S AUDrPORIirjf LAID IS " RUIXB. The Stmctare, "Which. Was to Hold the Democratic National Con vention, Will Be Rebuilt. KANSAS CITY, April 4. Conventioii Hall,' Kansas City's pride, wherein, the Democratic. National Convention was to have been held July 4, was laid In ruins In less than .30 minutes time this after noon from Are that started from an un known source at 1 o'clock. The fire burned with such' fury that It was evident almost from the start that the structure was doomed, and the firemen- soon turned their attention to saving surrounding property. A stiff breeze was blowing and before the fire was subdued the Second Presbyterian Church one of the finest edifices In the city, the church parsonage, the Lathrop public school, a two-story building, all situated across tho way on Central street, and a, half block of three-story flat build ings on Twelfth street were rendered total losses. Several residences were damaged to a greater or less degree, and for a time It was feared that several blocks of buildings In the residence district would go. Tho aggregate loss Is J100.000, appor tioned as follows: Ins. Convention Ha'l J2"S,Q(X) JltS.COO Church 5.CC0 Pon'Oniga 15 COO School 2-.C0) :0,'00 Williamson Block C'.'O) 4 ,010 Miscellaneous 5.C0O Plans are on foot to rebuild Convention Hall Immediately and make It ready for the convention In July. While the Are was still In progress, members of the Commercial Club, through whose efforts the hall was conceived and built, mingled In the crowds of spectators and began so liciting funds for a new structure. This evening, 123,000 bad been subscribed, and Secretary E. M. Clendennlng. of the club, called a mass meeting of citizens for to morrow night to devise ways and means of raising an additional $50,000. The Hall Association has 110,000 in the bank, and will have the 1155.000 insurance for imme diate use, the Insurance companies hav ing spontaneously agreed to waive the GO days' limit and make payment on de mand. The Kansas City Lumber Com pany, which furnished four-fifths ot the lumber for the old buHding. has agreed to duplicate Its order at once at the rate In existence-two years ago, and the Min neapolis firm that furnished the steel gird ers for the Immense roof has been tele graphed to duplicate its order. The fire started, as near as can be learned, at 1 o clock this afternoon, just above the boiler-room in the northeast corner of the building on the alley whers some plumbers had been at work. There was no fire In the furnace, and the suppo sition Is that the blaze started from a spirit lamp or by one of the plumbers crossing an electric light wire. A still alarm was first turned in. By the time the first engine arrived. 10 minutes lawr, the whole building was a moss, of flames. The entire structure, covering half a block each way on Fifteenth and Centra streots. was a furnace of fire before a second alarm could be sounded, and In less than half an hour the roof, upheld by massive steel girders that spaned its 200 feet of breadth, fell wjth a crash that sent showers of burning embers In every di rection and drove the firemen across the street. The brick Corinthian columns lin ing the building along the facades on Thirteenth and Central streets, tottered a few minutes and fell outward and the hall was a. complete wreck. A strong wind carried the flames to the Second Presbyterian Church, on the oppo site side of Thirteenth street and Central, and In 40 minutes that structure, occupy ing a half block In length, was in ruin,. Tho parsonage adjoining and next the La throp School, which was partially de stroyed In the cyclone of 1SSS, and which had been set aside for the use of the newspaper correspondents during the com ing convention, were attacked simulta neously, and soon nothing but their walls were left standing. Fortunately, the scboll children had not returned to their rooms after the noon hour, and all were gotten to places of safety. Next the flames caught the Williamson Flats, across the alley from the hall, on the north side of Twelfth street, and these were gutted. The flats occupied a halt block, and were brick and three stories in height. Flying embers started blazes on a dozen different residences within a radius of two blocks, and fanned by a stiff breeze and aided by a low water pressure, threat ened a general conflagration. The Are proved one of the quickest and most dan gerous experienced in Kansas City for many years. Convention Hall had been classed by travelers as one of the largest and most perfectly constructed auditoriums In the world. The bulldlcg was erected In 1838, at a cost of $233,000. which was raised en tirely by public subscriptions. It occu pied a piece of ground 314x200 feet in ex tent, was two stories high and built of native stone, cream brick and terra, cottn. The first story was of the Renaissance style of architecture and the second story In Peristyle 'form, with groups nnd col umns. The building was of bridge con struction, without a column, the roof be ing supported by great steel girders. Its genoral seating arrangement was modeled somewhnt upon the plan of the Metropol itan Opera-House, of New York. The floor space was divided Into arena, arena balcony, balcony .and roof garden, boxes skirting the arena and the arena balcony. The total seating capacity was nearly 20,000, and with standing room, the building was capable of holding more than 22.000 people. The arena alone seated 4000. The building had no stairway, the upper seating being renched by means of In clined planes. Separate exits were used for the balconies and roof garden, and it Is estimated that the hall could be emp tied at the rate of COOO per minute. Practically nothing remains Intact of Convention Hall save the Thirteenth street one-story wall and the foundation. The straggling side walls will have to be torn down. Committee Waiting; on Kanans City. WASinNGTON. April 4. Senator Jones, chairman of the National Democratic Committee, says the committee will take no action until he has further Informa tion concerning what Kansas City pro poses to do. If It Is true, as reported. that the hall is to be rebuilt, there will be no necessity for making other arrange ments. Senator Jones says that if the citizens of Kansas City go at it In the right way. there Is no reason why they cannot rebuild the hall by July 4. A FRENCH DUEL. Count of Lnhenae nnd Michael Cph rlassl Fought on a. Seine Island. PARIS, April 4. It Is reported that the first of the series ot duels arising from the Count of Lubersac's letter to Baron Robert Rothschild took place this after noon between Michael Ephriussl and the Count of Lubersac on the Island of Grande Jatte. In the River Seine, near Nlully. At the fourth onslaught, the aRron was wounded In the breast, the Count's sword striking a rib. The Count received k slight scratch In the neck. M. Ephriusst's seconds were M. Tavern ierne and M. Blestgana. The Count. It Is said, found difficulty In securing seconds, owing to the question of arbitration which the Count's previous seconds thought necessary, and he was obliged to ask the assistance of two noncommissioned of ficers belonging to his old regiment. They are gend'armes and wear the military medal for valor. The duel took place In the rustle danc ing hall which was the scene cf the no torious encounter between Marquis de MANY HOMES jsWssajTv All C. -r. I LiJ'sssW-'K P ilHiiffiiff jailt, liilKpiiiHiiHi i fiiii iwW Hi 1- MR. "AND MRS. KINSEY. Mrs. Margaret Klnsey, Elk. Genessee County, Mich., writes to Dr. Hartman as follows: "I -am well and think I will need no more medicine. I feet so well, and nil my old complaints are gone, which were many. I often did not know which way to turn." No one knew what I suffered. For 49 years I suffered, but now I am cured, for which I thank Dr. Hartman for his advice and good treatment. I keep Peruna In the house all the time, and shall never be without It. " My husband had a cough for nine years, and it helped htm. He looks quite young. every day and Is getting fat. He takes Peruna three times a day. You don't know how thankful I fee! toward you; I never think of you but to thank you, and will do all I can for you." Congressman J. H. Bankhcad. of Ala- tarrh cure. I know of nothing better." Dama, one of the m o s t Influential mpmhor! nf thn House ot Repre- . evtuuko ., eonti tlirecr ln a i lette r written tfrTV Tfi a i1ntwtrVy In rr irK-M h'K'lnl ? uorsement to tne great catarrh remedy, Peruna. In the following w- o r d s : "Your Penina Is one o the best medicines Hon. J. II. Kannneid. 1 1 ever tried, and no family should be WltnOUL jour IB- markable remedy. As a tonic and a ca- Mores and the Jewish Captain Meyer. In which the latter fell an easy victim. Quite a crowd had got wind of the meet ing and was assembled in the grounds. The Count attacked vigorously, from the outset, and the combatants parted at the finish without the customary handshak ing. The Count left the scene In a landau and was greeted with cries of "Abas ies Jeulfsl" and "Vive rarmeel" HAS NO JURISDICTION. Department of Justice Defines Limits of the Conatlutlon. WASHINGTON, April 4. Solicitor-General Richards, of the Department of Jus tice, has filed a brief in the Supreme Court which fixes the attitude ot this Gov ernment on tie question whether the Con stitution extends to the new possessions of the United States. The Department of Justice says it does not, without act of Congress. The case is that ot Ramon Baez, a na tive born Inhabitant of Puerto Rico, who applies for leave to file a petition for writs of habeas corpus and certorari to secure his release from further Imprison ment under judgment of the United States Provisional Court of Puerto Rico, sen tencing him to two months imprisonment for illegal voting at a municipal election held under the military order. The. prayer Is that the writ of habeas corpus be di rected to Samuel C Bothwell. Marshal of the Provisional Court at Humacoa. Puerto Rico, commanding him to produce Baez before the Supreme Court, and that the writ of certiorari lssuq to tho Provis ional Court of Puerto Ts.co, commanding It to forward to the court a transcript ot Its proceedings In this rase. After re - viewing the case the Solicitor-General makes the following argument: Is this military court and Its trooper Marshal within the territorial Jurisdiction of this court? Both are In Puerto Rico. Whlle that Island has been ceded to tne resenting tne iTenor a " -. United State. Congress has yet taken no ) which had a majority of the stock trana steps toward organizing the territory or , ferred. applying the Constitution and the laws ot The deal means that President Clement, the United" States. The Island has been , working In harmony with the Vanderbtlt acquired under the power conferred by the interests, has completed a freight .lni be Constltutlonal Government of the Union twecn this city and Chicago, having a In making war and making treaties. The ' greater water and shorter rail haul tcsn ultimate disposition and government ot . EnJ- of Its competitors. It will be. In fac, territory thus acquired rests with Con- I the differential line of the New York Con gress, under tho power granted It "to dls- tral roadbetween New Yorkand the "Wear, pose of and make all needful rules and The fixed charges are lew than H0G.I0 an regulations respecting the territory or , nimlly. It Is estimated that the capacity other property belonging to the United i wm tie- about "0tO tuns per day. States. (Article 4. section 3.) I Freight leaving Chicago for New York "Congress has not yet acted. The or Doston will be taken by Rutland tran Presldent Is, therefore, still In control, itboats (formerly Ogdensburg Transporta actlng through the War Department. Tho tiort Co.) to Ogdensburg. thence by rail to occupation Is a military oc-rupatlon. The ' Rouse's Point over the Rutland-Canadian so-called courts are the mere agencies ot j Railroad, now being completed, thence tu tho military power. Everything Is pro- visional and temporary. The Department of Justice of the United States Is not In operation In Puerto Rico. The court has no jurisdiction of the case presented." PUERTO RICAX CONTRACT LABOR. Man Ordered Deported Relensed by Secretary Once. WASHINGTON. April 5. Secretary Gage today' passed on the case of Jorge Cruz, a native of Puerto Jtlco. who was detained at Ellis Island. N. Y and or- What You Most Need in Spring , Is complete renovation of every part of your system by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. This is the one and only Spring Medicine which sweeps away winter's debris just as spring showers cleanse and purify the earth; makes the corrupt blood fresh, bright and lively, radically and constitutionally cures catarrh, invigorates the kidneys and liver, creates a good appetite, braces up the stomach, and in short gives new brain, nerve, mental and digestive strength. HOOD'S Sarsaparilla Possesses the peculiar qualities peculiar to itself which ac complish Uicso good things for ill who take It. An unlimited list of "Wonderful cures proves its merit. Get a bottle TODAY. MADE HAPPY. PERUNA'S WORK. OF ELK. MICHIGAN. He took Peruna He works hard There Is but a single medicine which is a radical sneclflc for catarrh. It is Peruna. which has stood a half-century test. It has cured thousands of cases of catarrh. Ninety times m a hundred, those I who have been cured of "catarrh by Pe runa thought they have some other dis- ! ease." ' Tr vAHioilt iira vflfrfh mnat Tul IrlTr inc.cwitu, , .... ....... ........ .... ---- to rcacn tne mucous memoranes, ana inuj Is exactly what Peruna does. Peruna operates at the fountain head. Peruna produces normal, clean and vigorous mu- c3 memBranes. i-aiarrn cannui rcmua , In the system If Peruna Is used according I to directions. Address The Peruna Medicine Company, t.uiuiuuu, uutu, ami a- w uuya w. - tarrh. dercd deported, on the charge that he hnd violated fhe contract labor laws. In his telegram to the Commissioner of Immi gration, at New Ycrk, Secretary Gage says: "You will allow Jorge Cruz to land, tha department reserving the right to deport him at any time within one-year, and to bring suit for JIO.O'X) penalty against the person or corporation assisting, encourag ing or soliciting him to wme under con tract. It appears that Cruz came with out the knewledge that he was In viola tion of the law. If he be here :n violation of the law. It further appears that ho was broucht here to make a moot case and not In Kod faith as a contract labor er. This being an Isolated case, public Jn terests are not affected by allowing him to land, subject to future deportation. Leg islation now pending In Congress may change the present status. The Depart- . nr(ftri to test the Question by brlng- . ng guIt t0 recover penalty Imposed by tho, I Jaw upon tne person who brought Cruz Inin this country under contract. The matter will be referred to the Department of Justice, with a request to take such action In this direction as the case may justify." e i A VANDERBILT DEAL. Jfew Trunk Une Stem Between ChlcnBo nnd the Enst. NEW YORK. ApriTl The World cays: A new g.0X),W0 trunk line system be tween Chicago, New York and Boston, with nn annual earning capacity nt r,nriv MOO fflO.tfiO net. has been completed by the transfer of of the Bennington & Rutland stock Rail- 1 way to Perclval W. Clement, pres ident or tne jiuuanu nuiuu. .to."--Mr. Clement, there were present at tho m,.hni whlta fhe deal was agreed to, H. G. Smith, treasurer of the Rutland, anu J. G. McCullough and F. B. Jennings, reu- ' Rutland. Vt.. over the Champlaln divt- sion 0j the Rutland Railroad, and thence to Troy over the Bennington & Rutland o-,n"n.- From there to New York It will be sent over the New York Central. i s Very characteristic Is the epitaph which Ruskln put on his father's tomb at Shir ley near Croyden. Eng.: "Ho was an en tirely honest merchant, and his memory Is to all who keep It dear and helpful. His son. whom he loved to the uttermost and taught to speak the truth, says this of him." -