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CAPE- NOME MINING
Senate Agrees to Amendment
to the Civil Code Bill.
FOR SHOAL WATER EXPLORATION
Onlr Citizen and PerBOna Intending
to Become Sncli Permitted to
IVorlc Off-Shore Claims.
WASHINGTON. April 16. Durins al
most the entire session today, the Senate
had under consideration the Alaskan civil
code bin. The amendment providing for
the mining ot gold along tho beach In the
district was perfected, after a discussion
lasting nearly four hours. The amend
ment, as Anally agreed to and Incorporat
ed In the bill, la as follows:
"That subject only to general limita
tions that may be necessary to exempt
navigation from artificial obstructions, all
lands and shoal waters below mean hlgt
tide on the shores, bays and inlets of
Behring Sea within the Jurisdiction of the
United States shall be subject for explor
ation for gold and other precious metala
by citizens of the United States and f,cr
- sons who have legally declared their in
tention to become such, under such rea
sonable rules and regulation as the min
ers in organized mining districts may have
heretofore made or may hereafter make
governing the temporary possession there
of for exploration and mining purposes
until otherwise provided by law.
"Provided, further, that the rules and
regulations established by the miners
shall not be In conflict with the mining
laws of the United States, and all permits
heretofore granted authorizing any per
son or persons, corporation or company to
excavate or mine, under any of said wat
ers are hereby revoked and declared null
and void: and the reservation of a road
way 60 feet wide, under the 10th section
of the act of May 14, 18B. entitled 'An net
extending the homestead laws and pro
viding for .the right of way of railroads
in Alaska, and for other purposes,' shall
not apply to mineral lands or towneilcs."
The House today entered upon the con
sideration of the naval appropriation bill,
with a' prospect of a severe struggle ahead
over th5 question of armor-plate, the
building of ships Jn Government yards and
the provision In the bill for the Coast
and Geodetic Suney. The bill carries
$13,000,000 more than any previous naval
bill. Today, Fobs, the acting chairman,
and Cummlngs, the ranking minority mem
ber of the committee, defended tho bill.
Tho latter declared himself in favor of
paying $515 for Krupp armor, at least until
all the ships authorized were built, and
eald that the committee had information,
the source of which he was not at liberty
to reveal, showing that we could obtain
Kppp armor at a price lower than any
other country In the world. Kitchen of
North Carolina, one of the members who
elgned tho minority report, criticised what
he termed the general extravagance of
the bill, and advocated the establishment
of a Government armor-plate factory to
protect the Government against extortion.
During the debate. Cummlngs raised a
burst of applause by stating that he be
lieved in keeping the Army and Navy in
the Philippines as long as a single rebel
defied the authority of the United States.
"But when we have conquered them," he
added. "I am in favor of treating them as
we propose to treat Cuba. On the whole,
I think the Filipinos were mora gallant
than tho Cubans, and certainly deserve
v as fair treatment."
TUB DAT IX DETAIL.
Consideration of the Alnnknn Bill In
the Senntc.
WASHINGTON, April 1G.-Tbe House
ioint resolution In favor of a Constitu
tional amendment providing for the elec
tion of United States Senators by popular
vote was laid before the Senate.
As it was about to be referred to tho
committee on privileges and elections.
Butler (Pop. N. C) asked that It bo read,
and then addressed the Senate briefly.
Ho declared it was a function of the com
mittees of tho Senate to create, not to
smother, legislation. He thought that this
question had been so thoroughly con
sidered that it was not necessary to send
It to committee, and, therefore, moved
that it be placed on the calendar.
Chandler (Rep. N. H.). chairman of tho
committee on privileges and elections, said
that, as Butler was disposed to make im
putations on the committee, he desired
the right then to Inform him that he was
mistaken. .
"I do not." he said with a snap, "quite
like to have the Senator attack tho com
mittee on privileges and elections in ad
vance of its actions on measures."
Hoar (Rep. Mass.) called attention to
the gravity of tho proposition, and sub
mitted that the matter should be consid
ered by a committee of the Senate. Ho
did not approve of the proposed amend
ment, holding that its addition would glvo
the United States two executive bodies,
both chosen by tho people in popular elec
tions, the only difference being that the
Senators would have a larger constituency
than the Representatives.
The motion to place the resolution on
tho calendar was withdrawn, and It was
referred to tho committee on privileges
and elections.
Hale (Rep. Me.) presented an addition
to the urgent deficiency bill, and it was
passed without debate.
The bill providing for the return to the
proper district for trial of persons In
dicted in United States Courts was also
passed.
Davis (Rep. Minn.) reported from tho
committee on foreign relations the follow
ing resolution, and It was adopted:
"That the Secretary of State be directed,
to send to the Senate a copy of the me-"
mortal of Edward Gottfried, a citizen of
"Wllkesbarri, Pa., and late consular agent
of the United. States at Truxlllo, Peru,
sworn to March a. 1S00, now on file In
the State Department, together with all
papers, letters and exhibits attached to
said memorial, and also copies of all cor
respondence of this Government and that
Of Peru, and of any opinions or decisions
of the Department of State In connection
with the action of n party of Peruvian
revolutionists against the .constitutional
government of Peru, on and after August
20. 189S. the memorialist at the time being
consular agent of the United States in
Peru, wrongdoers perpetrating alleged
depredations on his property and injuries
to his person in violation of treaty rights."
The Senate then rvsumed" consideration
of the Alaskan civil code bill, the pend
ing question being an amendment offered
by Stewart (SI1. Nev. as to regulations
for the mining of gold below low-water
mark along the coast of Alaska.
The provision In the bin that no person
over 50 years of age shall be eligible to
appointment as United States District
Judge of Alaska was stricken out.
Warren (Rep. Wyo.) offered an amend
ynnt. which was aierreed to. providing
that in case of the death, sickness or ab
sence of the -Cpvernor, the duties of the
office shall be performed by the Surveyor
General, ex-offlclo Secretary of the dis
trict. The bill was then laid aside, and
the Senate held an executive session,
after which, at 4:45 P. 1L. it adjourned.
In the House.
The House took up tho Naval appro
priation bill Immediately after it con
vened. Some difficulty arose in connec
tion with attempts to secure an agree
ment for closing the general debate. Foss.
acting chairman of tho Naval committee,
suggested seven hours on each side.
Underwood (Dera. Ala.) and Wheeler
(Dem. Ky.) thought there would be some
general debate on live topics raised In the
bill when read for amendment. This was
especially true. Underwood thought, re
garding the question of armor plate. That
question had been vexing Congress for
several years, and it was important that
It should be settled, and settled tight.'
AH efforts to secure an agreement failed,
and the House went Into committee of
the whole, Payne (Rep. N. Y.), in lha
chair, with an Indefinite period for gen
eral debate ahead.
Foss made a general.prelimlnary speech.
In opening, he paid tribute to Boutellr,
(Rep. Me.), chairman of the committer,
whose illness had prevented him from at
tending the sessions of the House since
the Christmas holidays. The bill, Foss
explained, carried a. total appropriation of
J61.KiO.000. the largest naval appropriation
bill ever presented to any American Con
gress. After explaining the various Items
of the bill, Foss said:
"We are building It for peace: we are
building it not to provoke war, but to con
serve international concord: we are build
ing it in order that the nations may take
warning that If American honor Is as
sailed, American valor will defend. Tho
cation which Is armed and ready to fight
Is the least likely to be called upon to do
so. The best peace conference is a strong
and efficient navy. Sea power Is recog
nized the world over as the strength of a
great nation. V are building a Navy to
maintain our foreign policy, to defend tho
Monroe doctrine, and to guard the pro
posed Nicaragua canal, which I trust will
never be built unless the American Navy
has the right, as It has the ability, to de
fend it in time of war. While protection
to ourselves was the watchword of tho
past century, commerce will be the watch
word of the coming. We will not only con
tinue to build our own ships of Amer
ican material, fashioned by American
hands, but at the same time we will build
as we have been building recently shlas
for Japan and RUMla, and in time, by
reason of the decreased supply of iron
and steel of other countries, wc will be
building tho navies of England, France,
Germany and other great naval powers.
Men will not embark In commercial en
terprises beyond the seas unless they
lAiow that their own country has the abil
ity to protect them In every port and har
bor In the world, and when an American
merchantman goes to foreign ports she
will go there backed. If necessary, by
American men-of-war, to see to It that
she has the rights and privileges of the
most favored nations. The American
Navy will thus play an Important pct
in securing our commercial supremao."
The American battle-ship would also
play, he stld, a not Inconsiderable part In
the civilization of the Filipinos. The
Amercan school ma'am, with her spelling
book, may enlighten the mind, he raid,
the American missionary, with his Bible,
may soften the heart. Tho commercial
traveler may teach them the laws of
trade, but they recognize no virtue unless
accompanied by force and the Ameriran
battle-ship anchored In the harbor of Ma
nila will do more than anything else to
teach them that liberty Is not license, but
that true liberty Is liberty under law, re
spect for order and reverence for Justice.
ANTI-TRUST IAWS.
Two Measure Determined Tpon by
the Special Douse Committee.
WASHINGTON. April 16. Two meas
ures directed against trusts were deter
mined upon today by the special snb-com-mlttee
on trusts of the House judiciary
committee. Tho special sub-committee
has spent many days examining the vari
ous remedies proposed, and the confer
ences were not concluded until a late
hour today. As agreed upon, the rem
edy Is twofold, namely, a Constitutional
amendment giving Congress full power to
deal with trusts, and a new anti-trust law
making the following extensions to the
Sherman act:
First Requiring Wis branding or mark
ing of trust-made goods shipped out of a
state, so as to be easily identified as the
product of a trust
Second Prohibiting the interstate traffic
of trust-made goods not so branded, and
making them subject to seizure and con
demnation. Third Requiring corporations having a
capital over $1,000,000. or doing an annual
business of Jl.000,000, to file a report of
their affairs with the Secretary of State.
Fourth Providing the process of in
junction against combinations sending
trust-made goods from state to state or
to foreign countries.
Fifth Prohibiting the use of the malls
to concerns and their officials proven to
be trusts.
FOR THE PAX-AMERICA? CONGRESS.
President Asks for nn Appropriation
of a Quarter of a Million.
WASHINGTON. April It The Presi
dent today sent a message to the Senate
asking that SSO.G00 be placed at the dis
posal of the Secretary of State for pay
ment of the expenses of a conference of
the Republics, constituting the Union of
American Republics, which he rocom
mended in his last annual message. The
President says In his message that since
the date of his annual message, "the
Secretary of State has informed the gov
ernments of tho various Republics of this
continent of our wish to see another con
ference convened and has received formal
favorable replies from some of them in
response to my suggestion and nn ex
pression of their willingness to send del
egates to a second conference. From a
majority of the other Republics this
Government has received oral Assurances
of a slmlllar tenor, so that at the present'
time the recommendation made in my
message is assured of the approval of
the American Republics." It Is not ex
pected that tho proposed conference WIS
be held In the United States.
ARMY APPROPRIATION DILI
Some Provisions of the Slenaure Re
ported Tenterany.
WASHINGTON. April 16. Chairman
Hawley reported today from tho commit
tee on military affairs the appropriation
bill for the army. The pay for officers of
the line is Increased $153,500. The section
providing for a military telegraph line tn
Alaska, costing $450,550, Is stricken out.
For a library building at Manila. $5000 ii
appropriated. In computing the length of
service for the retirement of officers and
soldiers rcrving In Puerto Rico or the
Philippines they are to be allowed double
time for such service. Travel allowanuc
for enlisted men discharged Is Increased
$2,200,145.
To Meet the Gaynor Case.
WASHINGTON, April 16. A bill was
passed By the Senate today In ac
cordance with the recommendation of
Attorney-General Griggs, to meet the
case of Gaynor Bros., and others. In
dicted In conjunction with ex-Captain
Carter, charged, with fraud on work
done In the harbor of Savannah and
Cumberland Sound. The recent decision
of Judge Brown. In New York, who re
fused to return tho Gaynors to Georgia
for trial, where they had been Indicted,
Induced the Attorney-General to prepare
the bill, 'the text of which was sent out
by the Associated Press last Friday.
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Nomlnntlons Confirmed.
WASHINGTON. April 16. The Senate
today confirmed the following nomina
tions: Captain Silas W. Terry, to be a Retr
Admlral and Charles E. Barnes, of Illi
nois. -to be Consul at Cologne.
Allen Nominated Governor.
WASHINGTON. April IS. The President
today nominated Charles H. Allen, of
Massachusetts, to be Governor of Puerto
Rico.
The Secrets of Planets Revealed.
The Immense telescope which Is now In
Erocess of construction Is expected to
ting the moon within a mile's eyesight
of this world, and to reveal the secrets
of all planets. It may cause as great a
change In the world's thought as Hostel
ler's Stomarh Bitters does in the physi
cal condition of sufferers from dyspepsia,
constipation, liver or kidney troubles. The
Bitters strengthen the entire system, and
also prevents malaria, Xever and ague.
Try It,
AS JEFFERSON WOULD DO
ADDRESS BT JOHN P. AL.TGELD AT
ALBANY.
The Problems Now Confronting the
Democratlo Party, and Hott He
"Would Solve Them.
ALBANY, N. Y.. April 16. Ex-Governor
John P. Altgeld, of Illinois, was the prin
cipal speaker tonight at. the banquet
given at the Stanwlx Hotel by the Bi
metallic League of Albany County in
honor of the anniversary of the birth of
Jefferson. He responded to the toast
"What Jefferson Would Do." The at
tendance was very large. A. hearty, greet
ing was extended to Governor .Altgeld,
who said:
"In America enterprise has come to
mean exploitation, and patriotism has be
come a new name for plunder. Any con
tingent will ,do, and one hemisphere U
as good as another, so long as the Govern
ment can be used for private enrichment,
"Finding the Government such a profit
able asset, these private monopolists havo
taken possession of It. They seek to con
trol caucuses, conventions and elections.
They control legislation, they own courts,
and. they dictate to the President of tho
United States.
"Naturally, they select men with no con
victions to do their rear-stair work aud
betray the public, and they have brought
to the front a race of men who make de
ception their business and duplicity their
stock in trade.
"These men are mere creatures. They
do not rise to the dignity of politicians,
but have the Impudence to sit in chain
once occupied by statesmen.
"Through this doss of men the func
tions of government have been perverted
and from being the protector. It is being
madq the despoiler of the people.
"At the dictation of the combines. the
courts, which were intended to protect
the citizen In his rights, havo been used
to strike down trial by jury, that bulwark
of liberty for which the English-speaking
people have shed more blood than for any
other thing.
"Although living In a republic, yet In
stead of being governed by the people
and according to law, the corporations
have bad established for their convenience
government by injunction, and according
to tiie whims of prejudice of an Individual
who acts as their creature and Imprisons
American citizens at pleasure.
"Although living In a republic and hav
ing no need of on army, the corporations
of America are fostering a military estab
lishment and the bullpens of Idaho, where
thousands of American citizens were last
summer Imprisoned by military authority
for months without warrant, without In
dictment and without trial, merely be
cause the Governor of the state was
simply a convenience for the corporations.
show what Is in store for the tollers of
America If this corrupt rule of the syn
dicates is not arrested.
"For over 100 years our country grsw
great and covered the land with cities,
railroads and shops; It protected lite ami
property and punished crime. During this
time government by injunction was not
heard of, and the use. of tho military as a
convenience for corporations was not
thought of. But with tho advent of pri
vate monopoly, growing out of tariff laws,
growing out of franchises, growing out o!
special privileges, came a race of manipu
lators and corruptlonlsts not captains of
Industry, but exploiters of the public, who
trample down the liberty of the citizen
at home and sneer at the Idea of estab
lishing free Institutions abroad.
"Once the Republican party stood for.
great principles, onco It had a messag
for humanity, once Its leaders were men
of conviction, once It believed In the Dec
laration of Independence: but the finger
lot the corporation has erased every great
motto from its banners, and today the
great party of Lincoln sits meekly In the
market place and takes Its Instructions
from the trust magnates of America,
"Once It had (conscience, now only
hunger: once It loved liberty, now it wor
ships the dollar; once It stood for human
ity, now only for plunder. -Time changes,
men degenerate and parties rot. Cant It
at a premium and hyproclsy passes for
coin. The creed of King George has be
come the platform of McKInley and Mark
Hanna's dollar-sign breeches has become
the flag of the Republican party.
"Under these circumstances it Is nat
ural for both Republicans and Democrats
to ask what would Jefferson do if ho
were hereT
"First, he was one of the most radical
men of his day, and was the most pro
gressive and aggressive politician and
statesman of that period. He was neutral'
In nothing, he never trimmed, he never
dodged, he never straddled: he never
asked whether a measure was popular, but
whether It was Just and eternally, right.
He was never silenced by salary, or self
interest, and did not belong to that class
of men who fear to do their duty as citi
zens lest It hurt their business. He never
asked: 'What do the rich wantr but al
ways "What do the people need?"
"Second, he was never negative, but al
ways positive. He went forward, ho
shaped, he created. He was not anti
he was pro but his pro made -the aitfi
unnecessary.
"Third, from his utterances It is clear
that he would Impeach and drive Into
eternal disgrace those Judges who havo
usurped the functions of the legislative
and executive departments by establish
ing government by injunction, and depriv
ing the citizen of his Constitutional rights
nnd trampling trial by jury under foot.
He would put such further safeguards
around trial by Jury as to preserve It In
violate for all times.
"Fourth, he would pnnlsh by proper
proceedings all those men who use the
military forces so as to violate the rights
of American citizens, and Instead of build
ing up a great military system after tho
manner of McKInley for the benefit of
contractors, the employment of rich men's
sons, and the convenience of corporations,
he would reduce the Army down to the
actual needs of the country.
"Fifth, he would coin both silver and
gold on like terms, because ho agreed with
Hamilton that one metal alone made too
narrow a basis of money for the welfare
of the people. He would at onee have
the Government resume the Governmental
prerogative of issuing whatever paper
money it was necessary to issue, for ho
was bitterly opposed to banks of Issuo.
He would denounce the financial bill lately
passed by Congress as a crime against a
free people. This measure was the scrofu
lous Infant that was born of a liaison be
tween the followers of McKInley and of
Palmer and Buckner. Let me say by way
of parenthesis, that I question no man's
right to support McKInley or to follow
Palmer and Buckner: excellent men have
done this; but I do Insist that a decent
regard for truth, for history, and for the
memory .of the mighty dead should pre
vent him from .then calling himself a
Jeffersonlan Democrat.
"Sixth, Jefferson would ' encourage the
Filipino people In establishing on lnde-
pendent government, and probably give
them such protection as we give the South
American republics. I do not believe, that
he would consider It wise to incorporate
them into our system as citizens, and he
would consider It a. crime to hold them
In any other way by force. Just as Mc
KInley once said It would be. McKInley
saw plain duty and wavered Jefferson
not only saw. but conquered.
"Seventh, he would send a message of
good wU and moral support to the two
South African republics that are now
fighting for existence. We would not see
the humiliating spectacle of the mighty
American Republic secretly supporting
the world's great bully In strangling lib
erty on a new continent,
"Eighth, he would connect the two great
oceans with a canal so as to bring our
Western and our Eastern shores closer
1 together, and he would not get on his
knees In order to secure England's per
mission for this enterprise. England got
control of the Suez canal without consult
ing us. If we get permission of the men
and government that have the land, and If
wo pay all the bills, why must we get
England's permission to connect our own
shores? Under the treaty Just signed by
the McKInley Administration. England
would control the new canal after it was
built with our money, for hoc navy will al
ways be larger than ours. If you are a
Republican. let me askjrou In all serious
ness, do you approve of this toadyism, this
(lunkeylsm, this Anglomania which makes
everything American subservient to Eng
lish Interests?
"Ninth, Jefferson would do today what
he tried to do over 100 years ago. He
would establish the principle of direct leg
islation, now called the Initiative and
referendum, so that tho people could con
trol their government under all circum
stances, and thus In a measure at least
put an end to the bribery and debauchery,
the chicanery and the trickery that are
destroying republican Institutions In
America. -
"Tenth How about trusts? Jefferson
would abolish all monopoly, and all special
privileges. This much we know for he
has told us. If this were done, there
would not bo a trust left In America, But
how would he do it. In my Judgment, and
I speak only for myself, there Is only one
way. and that Is to have the people own
and oporato all necessary monopolies,
such as municipal utilities and transporta
tion. This done, most of the others would
dissolve. There would bo no private mo
nopoly In this country. Leave everything
posslblo to individual enterprise, and
where that will not suffice let the people
do It In their collective capacity, for they
arc all equally Interested.
"Eleventh, Jefferson would establish a
Just Income tax, and require concentrated
capital to bear Its share of the burdens
of government, and thus lighten the bur
dens of tho smaller taxpayer.
"What Is It that gives Mr. Bryan such
a hold on the Democracy of America as
no man has had since the days of Jock
son? It is his principles and his earnest
ness. "There Is no hero-worship about It.
They favor the principles ho advocates.
and have absolute confidence in nis non
esty and courage. Ho is on Idol, not a
hero. People love him because they oe
llevo he sympathizes with them.
"I hear some good man say. Why could
not Bryan consent to modify some feat
ures of the Chicago platform so that we
could all unite and then we could win?
"My friend, you have simply read the
newspapers, and havo not studied the
conditions. You have not heard the earn
est heartbeats of our people.
"The moment Mr. Bryan consents to
modify tho Chicago platform in any par
ticular, that moment ho -Is destroye'd.
"He would at onco sink to the level of
the ordinary politician, who was trimming
his sails to catch votes.
"He would at once cease to be tho Idol
of tho Democratic heart. Now you re
spect him for his sincerity then you would
despise him for his weakness,
"We axe at a crisis In tho history of
tho race. Shall tho hand of toll be eman
cipated, or shall it have now shackles riv
eted on It, Shall the American millions
be free men or .serfs? Shall Government
protect tho weak or bo a mere conveni
ence for the' strong' Shall Justice up
hold tho right or smile on iniquity? Shall
liberty illumine tho earth or bo slain in
her. own temple?
"For many decades this Republic has
been the greatest world-power on the
globe: not through her armies, or her
navies, or her wealth, but through her
moral force; through high Ideals, through
tho divinity of human rights.
"Shall she go on In this course, lifting
tho hopes of all people, and brightening
tho skies of all nations, or shall she abdi
cate her high position, get on to tho low
plane of brute force, and move along the
barbaric road of tinsel, oppression, misery
and death?
"Tticse ore some of the questions that
confront our people. . Let them but clearly
'Understand and there will be no doubt
about the Issue. My friends, look up;
this Republic has not yet performed Its
mission. It is not going to fall; liberty will
not die; the human race Is about to move
forward. Something llko Industrial and
financial freedom will be established. So
cial and political reforms will yet come.
While wo cannot name the day or tho
hour, yet the mighty movement in which
we are all laboring Is going to bring the
human race to a higher plane. The Al
mighty Is cutting a road through tho for
est, and Its coming Is scheduled on the
calendars of destiny."
ADMIRAL DEWEY QUESTIONED
Prominent Democrat Wants to Know
Where He Stands.
NEW YORK. ApriTie. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
To Admiral Dewey has been given on
opportunity to explain fully his position in
regard to the Democratic party, by a
prominent member of the Democratic Na
tional Committee, who has sent to the
Admiral a letter which may later be given
out for publication. After expressing due
regard for Admiral Dewey, tho writer of
the letter proceeds to explain that his
allegiance to tho Democratic party Is such
that he cannot restrain himself from ask
ing certain questlsns. He was, bo writes,
happy to learn that Admiral Dewey con
elders himself a Democrat, but there has
been so much talk of a third ticket with
Dewey at the head that he considers It
only fair that a more specific announce
ment should be made than .has yet come
from Admiral Dewey.
Ho then asks whether Admiral Dewey
Intends to let his name be presented to the
convention that has been called to meet
In Kansas City. If so, he wants to know
whether the Admiral is prepared to stand
by any platform that may be there adopt
ed. The pointed question Is then asked
as to whether Admiral Dewey will, if he
falls to secure the nomination, support the
candidate named by the party. Permis
sion has been given to Admiral Dewey to
make public the letter and to answer it
through the press.
Tho only visitor at the Admiral's country
residence Sunday to whom any political
significance Is attached was Nathan
Straws, of New York, who is an avowed
advocate of Admiral Dewey's candidacy.
Mr. Strauss spent several hours in con
sultation with tho Admiral relative to the
forthcoming declaration of', principles,
which will be promulgated probably, on
Tuesday' next. It is well known that Mr.
Strauss Is co-operating with Perry Belmont
and other Sound-Money Democrats, wha
are Interested In the Dewey movement.
The Admiral declined to discuss the de
tails of Mr. Strauss's visit, beyond saying
that Mr. Strauss made a friendly call, and
seemed to enjoy the beautiful surroundinga
and the balmy weather of Easter Sunday.
A personal friend of Mr. Strauss tonight
sold, that New York could be depended
upon to give the Dewey boom 'a decided
boost in the near future.
It Is rumored that, tho Admiral will
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Dtdk Clerks' Bill SIfrned.
ALBANY. N. Y.. April 16. Governor
Roosevelt today signed the bill provid
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the City of New York, and inspection of
drug stores by the local Board of Health.
By the provisions of the bill, drug clerks
are prohibited from sleeping in stores of
In apartments connected with stores.
After McGlffert's Fnrtlfinn.
NEW YORK. April It It Is reported
that Rev. Dr. Francis Brown, a professor
In Union Theological Seminary. Is to ba
attacked by the conservatives of the New
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and the charges against him, if made,
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ADMITTED AS EVIDENCE AT THE
CONGRESSIONAL BEARING.
Sulxer Protest .Voted Dovrn An Cz.
County. Commissioner and a. Min
ers' Surgeon Were on Stand.
WASHINGTON. April 1C The Coeur
d'Alcne Investigation was resumed today,
with TV. R. Stlmson. one of the ex-County
Commissioners of Shoshone County, on
the stand, to rebut features developed In
the previous testimony. His evidence was
to the effect that he was removed from
office' by the state and military 'author! tic
because they believed he would not serve
their purpose. He declared. In answer to
questions, that his removal was brought
about by legal and Judicial "tcols" of tho
Bunker Hill mine and the. Standard Oil
Company. The witness presented a photo
graph taken at the time of the outbreak
in ISM, It showed the front of the saloon
at Gem with glass windows riddled with
rifle shots. These, he, testified, were mado
by "PInkertons and thugs, brought in by
the mining companies to put down the
union men." Most of Stimson's testimony
related to minor circumstances in the af
fairs under Investigation.
An exciting controversy occurred at tho
afternoon session, when the petition to
the Secretary of War from several hun
dred citizens of the Coeur d'Alcne dis
trict, asking for the retention of Federal
troops, was presented tn evldonce. Rep
resentatlve Sulzer denounced the petition
as "bogus and fraudulent," declaring that
manyi of tho signatures were forgeries,
and that other names had been secured
by Intimidation. He asked to Introduce
affidavits, attacking tho petition, but after
an animated controversy these were ruled
out, the vote being on party lines. A
motion by Sulzer. calling on the President
for affidavits bearing on the petition, was
similarly voted down by the committee.
Sulzer sharply commented on the course
of the majority, and his exchanges with
Acting Chairman Marsh were at times
personal and emphatic. Sulzer and Cap-
J ron also had several wordy colloquys.
ur. Hugh France, who Is regarded as an
important witness, slnco ho acted as coro
ner when the Bunker Hill mill was blown
up and shared with Bartlett Sinclair in tho
direction of affairs following that event,
was put on the stand. Dr. France said
he was graduated from Bellevue hospital
New York, and he denied being in the
employ of the Bunker Hill mine, as had
been alleged, and said he was chosen by
the miners as their physician and surgeon,
receiving his pay from them. Ho des
cribed tho warfare between the union and
non-union men. culminating with the
march on the "Bunker Hill and the dyna
miting of tho concentrator. Dr. France
defended the work of the coroner's Jury
against criticisms made during the testi
mony and explained the regularity of the
various steps taken. His testimony will
proceed tomorrow.
REDUCTION OF WAR TAXES.
Congress Not Likely to Take the Mat
ter Up.
NEW YORK, April 'It A ppeclal to
the Tribune frpm Washington Fays:
Information acquired as tho result of In
quiries among leading and Influential
members of the majority in Congress In
the course of the last week does not jus
tify or encourage the belief that any
serious effort to reduce taxation will be
made at the present session. It is barely
possible that such an effort might bo made
as regards a few articles of taxation if
it would be confined to them alone, but
even that would not be probable In view
of the near approach of a Presidential
campaign and election, and the 'grand de
sire of the leaders of both the great po
litical parties to bring the session to art
end as early as practicable.
Statesmen and politicians of experience
nro nearly all inclined to fight shy of
Buch legislation In a Presidential year.
The year 188$ was on exception. It Is true,
but the leaders of the party which forced
the tariff issue to the front) and passed a
tariff bill through one branch of Congress
then will not toon forget the disaster
.which overtook the party on that account,
and the leaders of the opposite party will
long remain and profit by it. Besides, tho
disposition of the treasury surplus has
not. yet become so urgent a question and
one demanding so speedy a solution as it
was 12 or 14 yearn ago.
The Secretary of the Treasury in the
statement he furnished to the House of
Representatives last Tuesday placed the
surplus for the current year at $72,000,000,
and for next jear at $S2.000,000. This state
ment did not contain any recommendation
or suggestion for a present reduction of
revenue by means of legislation, although
such a suggestion would have been pertl
ment In response to the House resolution
calling for the statement. As a matter
of fact. It Is said on excellent authority
that the Secretary Is of the opinion that
such legislation is not necessary nor ex
pedient at the present time.
The same view is held and expressed by
tho finance committeo of the Senate, nnd
by the ways and means committee of the
House, who have recently given this sub
ject their attention. They estimate that
the Secretary of tho Treasury would ba
required to use some H0.0oo.CO9 of the es
timated sdrplus for this year In carrying
out the refunding operations relating to
the exchange of the older bonds for the
new 2 per cents, and $25,000,000 more in the
redemption of the old bonds, which were
continued at the rate of 2 per cent, and
are redeemable at the pleasuro of the
United States.
It Is also pointed out by them that the
expenditures incident to the war with
Spain must bo provided for many months
to come, and appropriations by Congress
at this season will not fall far below tho
estimates, even If none should be made for
the river and harbor Improvements, or on
account of the merchant marine or an
lnteroccanic canal or a Pacific submarine
cable, or for any other object not in
cluded in the estimates sent to Congress by
the Secretary of the Treasury.
Conspiracy nnd Restraining Orders,
WASHINGTON. April It Senator
Thurston today Introduced a bill to. limit
tho meaning of the word "conspiracy."
and also tho use of restraining orders, as
applied to disputes between employers and
employes, and especially those engaged
In Interstate commerce. The bill provides
that no agreement, combination 'or con
tract with reference to .any act in contem
plation or furtherance of any trade dis
pute shall be deemed criminal, and also
provides that those engaged In such acts
shall not bo Indictable, for the crime of
conspiracy. If such act when committed by
any one person, vrould not be so punish
able. It also provides that no such act
shall be considered in restraint of trade
Accidentally Killed His Sister.
OAKLAND, Cal., April It Annie Nunes.
a 10-year-old girl, residing with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nunes. about
flvo miles southeast of Haywards. this
county, was shot and Instantly killed
about 8:30 yesterday evening by her
brother.
The accident occurred In the kitchen of
the family home. Mr. Nunes had returned
from hunting and had given his gun to
his little son to carry. The little fel
low marched into the houe. pointed the
gun at his sister, saying "I'll shoot you."
In some way the weapon was. discharged,
the shot taking effect In the girl's head,
which was terribly mangled.
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Chlcnco Milk Trust Broken.
CHICAGO. April It The Chronicle rays:
The retail milk dealers' combination of
Chicago has gone to pieces and prices
have fallen to the rate of 25 quart tick
ets fpr $1 cents a quart. This is
lower than the price berorc the combina
tion last Fall, when 16 tickets could be
had for P, or 6i cents a Quart, The
rate since September 1. IS90, has been 20
tickets for $1 50 or TH cents a 'quard.
All tho leading retailers were in the
combination. The promoters counted up
on freezing out the small dealers during
tho winter, but the revolt of patrons from
the big concerns operating scores of wag
qns each was so great that tho small
dealers found an expansion of trade that
Incited them to.keep up tho fight and to
stay out side the combination.
At a meeting of the combination it was
decided to restore old prices and return
to a flat rate of 6 cents a quart. The
dealers. It was admitted, bad lost from 10
to 30 per cent of their patrons. The Inde
pendent men had been the gainers.
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FRENCH CHURCH BURNED.
Vandals PlUmced It nnd Then Set It
on Fire.
PARIS. April 17. The historic church
of Notre Dame des Vortus. in the out
skirts of Paris, wastentered Sunday even
ing or Monday morning by vandals, who,
after pillaging It, set it on fire. Several
firemen were badly Injured by burning
brands. The Interior of the church waa
found In a state of great disorder, and
the communion vessels are believed fc
have been stolen, unless they are burled
in the debris. One of the huge bells fell
into the sacristy and three others through
a roof Into the organ. Three men were
eeen leaving the church Just after the
fire waa discovered.
THE FAMINE IN INDIA.
Returned Mlislonary Tell of Its
Horrors.
BOSTON. April It Rev. Rockwell
Clancy, a missionary at Allahabad, who
Is visiting his brother In Medford, said
last night:
"The condition of famine-stricken India
today Is something perfectly awful to con
template. I cannot tell anything about
the number dying, but when I left Bom
bay last February there were some 0,000.
000 people suffering, and over 30,000,000 were
In dire distress, and of these but 5,000,001
were receiving government aid.
"It is not the dies, but the country
places, which are stricken, and when you"
know that it is mostly among the agri
cultural classes, and that 0 per cent of
the population of India Is made up of til
lers of the soil, you may be able to grasp
In some slight manner the extent of the
suffering at the present time.
"When the famine set in, the people be
gan to sell everything they had. In order
to get a little grain food. They took the
doors from their houses and sold them;
sold their furniture and farming utensils,
and then, when they had no longer any
thing to sell, they sold their children. The
boys don't sell well, and the traffic la
largely in girls.
"I saw girls in one town Just before I
came away being sold for 30 cents apiece.
They were bought up by Mohammedans.
But they won't buy the boys, so when
the parents can no longer support their
children they abandon them, and hence
forth they must get on as best they can.
These cast-offs congregate about the doors
of the grain merchant shops, and the
only way tho proprietors can get rid of
them is to throw out handfuts of grain,
scattering It wide. The children pick and
pick all day. and at night they are re
warded by having collected a single hand
ful." "ZAZA" IN LONDON.
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thuslastlo Reception.
LONDON", April It Both authors and
actors must have been fully satisfied with
the' reception given David Eelasco's "Zaza"
at the Garrick. Theater, this evening, under
the management.of Charles Frohman. Tho
performance went without a hitch. Mrs.
Leriie Carter was la excellent spirits.
and her clever and artistic rendering" of
her realistic role promises to make It as
popular In London as It was. in tho United
States. After the second, third and es
pecially the fourth acts. Mrs. Carter waa
most enthusiastically applauded, and at
the close she and Mr. Belasco were called
repeatedly before the curtain. M, Bcr
ton, one of the French authors of the pUy
adapted by Mr. Belasco, had come from
Paris especially to witness Mrs. Carter's
portrayal of the title role, and he came In
for a libera! share of the applauec.
The performance meets with a varying
reception at the hands of the critics. Tho
Dally Telegraph and the Standard regard
the play as "too realistic, rather than
vulgar." Several papers are Inclined to
be rather severe In their criticism, but
almost all admit the -great strength of
Mrs. Carter's acting. Tho Dally Mail,
which sayo that "Zaza" will draw the
town. 'compares Mrs. Carter's "extraor
dinary sensational acting" with Bcrn
hardt's. The Daily Chronicle says: 'The
play Jars the moral sene. but It is saved
by Mrs. Carter's consummate skill."
II tspnno-Amerlcan. Congress.
'MADRID. April It The Queen .Regent
today signed a decree convoking the pro
jected Hlspano-American Congrera for No
vember next.
The congress Is a sequel to the demon
strations which attended the recent vIsU
to Spanish porta of tho Argentine train
ing ship Prcmdeute Sarmlento. Early this
morning, the Spanish Government assigned
a credit to dfray the expenses of the
Spanish representatives at the-congress.
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