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.2 THE MOR2sI2STG OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1900. FINISHED HIS PLft .Frye's Argument fortfheShipJ Subsidy Bill. V C0ST.jT0:.THE; fiOVEflHWENr Explanation of the Provision That Would Admit to American Regis- tratlon Foreign-Built Ships The Executive Session. "WASHINGTON, Dec 5.-Senator Frye. at today's session of the. Senate, conclud ed his speech upon the -ship subsidy bill. He devoted his attention principally to a technical explanation of various provj elpns of the measure, explaining that pro vision which Tyould admjt to American registration forelgn-bullt ships. From several sources his attention was directed to the provision and it is evidently one on which much of the forthcoming debate will rest. Aside from the speech of Frye no business of Importance -was transacted In executive session. When the session opened, the creden tials of Samuel D. ilcEnery and Murphy J. Foster, as Senators from Louisiana, .and George P. "Wetmore, -from Rhode Island, were Tecelved. Bills were passed " permitting Captain 3. H. Jlctalla and Commander Wf C. 'Wise, otihe United States Navy, tor ac cept decorations from the .Emperor of Germany. The resolution introduced yesterday by Fettlgrew (Pop., S. IX. calling for in formation as to the postal frauds In Cuba seas .referred to the" committee on relations with. Cuba. At 1:25 the Senate, onmotfon of Lodge (Rep, Mass.), went Into executive ses sion, remaining behind closed doors un til 2 o'clock. The House 4)111 for the celebration of the establishment or the seat of ; the Na tional Government lnt the City of Wash ington 7yas .passed 'without discussion. Consideration of" the .ship, subsidy bill was then resumed. Frye said the amount of subsidy could be jio more than ?9,000. 000 per year. That lfmit, he said, was fixed definitely in the bill. "So far as the cost to the Government is concerned," he Rdded, "It will, be really no more than $700,000 as the subsidized ships are required to carry the United States malls free of cost to the Gov ernment." There was absolutely no truth In the remarkable statement that $3O,CKX,0OO and 550,000.000 and even as high as 5100,000.0:0 a year would be the cost he said. The limit of C9.O00.O00 in the subsidy would not be reached lor at least live years,, as Tvitnm tnar period there would not be enough vessels to draw the full amount of the subsidy. When the limit of $9.00 000 is reached, the subsidy will be pro rated so- that all vessels will be on pre cisely the same plane and will receive perfectly impartial treatment. Referring to a provision of the pend ing bill requiring all ships to take freight up to a certain percentage of their car rying capacity. Frje said It would pre vent vessels like the American liner St. Louis from participating in the benefits of the act. He announced, therefore, that tomorrow he would propose to the com mittee on commerce an amendment pro viding for equal to 50 per cent of. the carrying capacity when leaving a port of the United States for a foreign port. That would so distribute the products to be carried as to do no injustice to anyboJy. Discussing the provision of the bill which enables foreign-built ships to be brought Under the American flag and to enjoy a portion of the proposed subsidy unBer certain restrictions.- 'Fry ald it Aad been asserted that 500.000 tpns of for- ctcn vasccls "would:-come" la it once un der the provision as It now stands. He said It was his purpose to offer a substi tute for the present provision so that it coula be determined definitely Just how many foreign vessels Tould be admitted to American registry. Hale interrupted his colleague to di rect his attention to a memorial of ship builders which .hp liad r,epelvrd. He said he was in sjmpatby wjth the general pro visions of the bill, but admitted that he was troubled by that provision whirh enables foreign-built vessels to be brought under the American flag to enjoy the pro nosed subsidy. Je had reached, bemadd ed, strong protest against 'this provision of the measure Igned"Jby 40 or 50 ship-; ment was made that already tfersohs are engaged In foreign" 'shipyards In' the'"c6n struction of vessels which are to partici pate -In the proposed subsidy. x "It is said." said "Hale. "thatHhe? bounty lor Jorelgn shlps"wlll amount to"1 mora. than 53.000.000 a year. I oo nofthlnlrmyH colleague would look "wltnfaVdriipoh any such proposition as "that." Frye said there "was only onfe trouble with the statement made in the" pro- test, and that was that it was" not true. "Under the provisions of the pending bill," said he, "owners- of forelgn-bullt ships cannot draw a cent of bounty Tintll they construct In the shipyards of this country -an amount -of tonnage equal to that which they, have brought from abroad." - He believed a. provision for the admis sion of foreign-built ships under proper restrictions was wise because It would insure to the United States a respectable fleet of merchant vessels within a rea-' sonablc time. The success of the venture by -which the New York and Paris had been admitted to registry had induced him to Insert In the pending measure the provision for the admission of a cer tain fixed number of forelgn-bullt vessels to American registry under similar re strictions. He did not believe that an other ship would be admitted to American registry, except those specifically pro vided for In the pending measure. In conclusion, Frye referred to what ho termed "the wild and Insane criticism" of the measure, criticism which he said was based upon no fair or accurate knowledge of the prolslons of the bill. On motion of Piatt, the Senate at 3:45 P. M. held a brief executive session and then adjourned. The Executive Session. The executive session was devoted to the consideration of the Hay-Pauncefote treatv. The treaty and the amendment to it. suggested by the committee on foreign relations, were read at the in stance of Lodge, who took charge of the treaty on behalf of the committee. He then made a speech in explanation of the treaty and urged its speedy ratifica tion as a necessary preliminary to the consideration of the Nicaragua Canal bill. - Lodge was subjected to many questions during the presentation of his explana tion of the treaty. Beverldge (Rep. Ind.) asked whether -It was not true that the abrogation of the Qlavton-Bulwer treaty, as provided for in the pending treaty. would haw the effect of permitting Great Britain to acquire property in the area affected. Lodge replied In the. negative, saying hat "It -was well "known to all that the HajvPaunccfote - .treaty, while -abrogating the Clayton-Rulwer treaty so far as Jt applies to the United States and binds this country, still leaves England bound by Its terms. For this reason he was su.re there need be no apprehension on that score. Lodge discussed the amendment sug gested during the last session of Congress by the committee -on foreign relations, providing J&at none of the provisions of the flrst five sections qt the treaty should i he xonStcued.jts. fi-PPkliUt" to. toeasures which the United States mayifnd neces. sarv lor securing bv Its own nrri the defense of the United States and the. maintenance of public order." The Sena tor urged that this amendment had the effect of giving greater assurance to our -own people and was a necessary safe guard. At this point, Lindsay (Dem. Ky.) inter jected a question and In doing so made quite, a statement as to what he said he considered a popular misapprehension as to the effect of the amendment. 'T find," hetsald, "that most people ap pear to think that this amendment pro vider for the fortification of the canal. '.whgrcas it does nothing of the kind, as a reading of it will demonstrate." He quoted from the amendment showing that it applied specifically to only sec tions 1, 2. 3, 4 and 5 of article 2 of the treaty. He claimed that it only provides in the most general way for the protec tion of the rights of the United States. He called attention to the fact that while the treaty of Constantinople, applying to the Suez Canal, had been used as the basis of the pending treaty, only the first seven articles of it had been incorporated In the Hay-Pauncefote agreement, leav ing out article 10, and that agreement which gives to the Sultan of Egypt the right to defend the interests ot that country in connection with the Suez Canal. Replying, Senator Lodge said he had not contended and did not contend that the amendment conferred specifically the power to fortify the canal. The great benefit of the amendment was found, he said, in the fact that it applies to the first section copied from the Constanti nople agreement, providing that the canal "shall "be free and open in time of war as in time of peace to the vessels of com merce and of war ot all nations." The amendment, he further said, was substan tially In the language of article 10, of the Constantinople treaty, and, therefore, might be expected to serve the same pur pose Intended to be subserved by that article with reference to the Suez CanaL In conclusion, he urged early action on 'the treaty as of great importance be cause of the general desire to go on with the Nicaragua Canal legislation. He did not, however, indicate any time for taking a vote upon either the treaty or' the committee amendment. Money (Dem. Miss.) made a brief speech "In general opposition to the treaty, but In dicating that he might vote for It If the amendment was retained, though not satisfied, he said, that the amendment would make the document entirely satis factory. Upon the whole, he thought the United States would best promote Its own .interests by proceeding to constructing the canal without asking the aid or con sent ot any other country. During the executive session several comparatively unimportant treaties with other countries, largely South American, were laid before the Senate and referred to the committee on foreign relations. Some of these were reciprocity treaties and others extradition agreements. One of them was a reciprocity agreement with Ecuador and another a treaty with Den mark, providing for reciprocity agree ment with the Island of Santa Cruz. Later In the day, a second executive session was held, but no business was transacted beyond the reference of sev eral nominations to the proper com mittees. HAY-PAUJfCEFOTE TREATY. Sennte Committee Equally Divided On Amendment. WASHINGTON, . Dec 5. The Hay Pauncafotc treaty was the subject of a few - minutes conlsderation today by the Senate Crmmlttee on jjor. elgn Relations, which has charge of the treaty In the Senate. The treaty already has been re ported by the committee, and It was therefore only taken up In an informal way and for discussion only. No conclu sion was possible, except to decide to press the question in the Senate, and there was substantial agreement upon the wisdom of this policy. There Is no division in the committee except upon amendments, although Senator Bacon did not manifest any great concern for the passage of the treaty in any shape. No vote on any subject Connected with the treaty was possible in the committee, but the discussion repealed the fact that ths committee Is evenly divided upon the question of the amendment of the docu ment in accordance with tho provision re ported during the last session ot Con gress providing for the fortification of the proposed canal. The committee stands: For the amendment Lodge and Clark, Reps.; Daniel. Bacon and Money, Dems. Against It Frje. Cullom. Foraker and IVolcott, Reps.; Morgan, Dem. The advocates of both lines of policy express the opinion that the opposing side will in the end surrender. THE EW CANTEEN LAW. Terms of the Proi islons of the Army BUI. 1 "WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. The canteen prpylson in the new army bill Is likely to cause a great deal of contention. In stead of being a prohibition of the sale .oX.Hau.or. Jt provides that no army officer lor soldier shall sell liquor. The pro- vlslon.js. as follows: That no officer or nrlvate soldier shall ell intoxicating drinks of any kind, as a hartehder or 'otherwise In any army post tor on any army transport, or In any en campment or fort, or on any premises used for military purposes by the United States, and the Secretary of War Is here by directed to issue such general orders as may bo necessary to carry the provi sions of this section into full force and effect" The canteen provision of the present law Is- as follows: J'That no officer or private soldier shall be detailed to sell Intoxicating drinks, as & bartender or otherwise, in any post exchange or canteen, nor shall any other persort be required or allowed to sell such liquors In any encampment or fort or any .premises used for military purposes by the United States; and the secretary or War Is hereby directed to Issue such gen eral orders as may be necessary to carry the provisions of this section In full force and effect" Bills Introduced In the Sennte. 'WASHINGTON. Dec 5. Among the bills Introduced In the Senate toddy were the following: By Prltchard The bills prepared by the commission appointed by the President providing revision of the patent and trade mark laws. By Hale To revive the grade of Vice Admiral In the Navy. By Thurston Creating an additional "Judicial Circuit to be designated as the Tenth and to Include the states of Kan sas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming. Utah and Montana, and creating a Court ot Ap peals for the circuit By Warren Permitting the free admis sion ot honorably discharged soldiers and sailors into any hospital of the United States for medical or surgical treatment To Extend National Hank Charters. WASHINGTON, Dec 5. Representative Broslus. of Pennsylvania, chairman of the committee on banking and currency, to day introduced In the House a resolution j to authorize the Controller of the Cur rency, under ito limitations of the act of July 12, 1SS2. to extend for a further pe riod of 20 years the charter of any Na tional banking association which shall de sire to continue Its existence after the expiration of Its present charter. Presidential Nominations. WASHINGTON. Dec 5. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Roy H. Chmberlaln, of Iowa, to be Col lector ot Internal Revenue, District of Hawaii. Benjamin H. Tatem. of 'Montana, to be assaycr in charge of the assay office at Helena. Mont. W. Irvine Shaw, of Pennsylvania, to be Conspl-General at Singapore To RepenJ Fifteenth Amendment. WASHINGTON. JDec 5. Representative Xltchln, of North Carolina, has Intro duced In the House a resolution for a constitutional amendment to repeal the 15th amendment of the Constitution. AN AGREEMENT REACHED XIXISTERS AT FEKIJf HAVE SET TLED OX TERMS. Minister Congrer Has Been Author ized to Sign on B eh all of the United States. "WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. The State De partment has been informed that the Foreign Ministers at Pekln yesterday reached an agreement, which was sub mitted to the home oSice. Secretary Hay today cabled Minister Conger authorizing him to sign the agreement on behalf of the United States Government It is dif ficult to get details of the understanding at this time. However, it Is known In the two Important issues that were still open, namely, those relating to punish ment and indemnity, the view of the Unit- THE NEW AMBASSADOR TO ITALY. GEORGE YOS L. MEYER. ' WASHINGTON. Dec 5 It Is announced that the President will send to the Senate the nomination of Georse von I. Meyer, of Boston, to be Ambassador to Italy. Mr. Meyer, who will succeed Ambassador Draper In Rome, Is one of the wealthiest men In Massachusetts. He lives In a magnificent home near Hamilton, Essex County, on a. fine estate of ISO acres, ad joining: he estate of his mother, who Is herself blessed with an extraordinary quantity of the world's wealth. Mr. Mejer was born In Massachusetts in 1S58. and Is a graduate of Harvard with the class of 1870. His debut in politics was made several years ago In Bos ton, where he served as member ot the Common Council, and for one term as Alderman. He next served with distinction in the Legislature, acting as. Speaker of the Houses tor three of the flie ears, he spent at the-stae capital, Go'vernor "Wolcott appointed him chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Managers for the Paris Exposition, and he was last year elect ed Massachusetts member of the Republican National committee. The new Ambassador's wealth will enable him easily to sustain the larre expentes of Che post to which he has been appointed. He- is a director In the AmosWeag Manufacturing Company, the Armory Company,, the Old Colony Trust Company, the National Bank of Commerce, the Electric Corporation, the United Electric Security CoJ. tho Walker Baker Company, and he Is president of the New England Electric VehicIelQpportallon Company and the Ames. .Plow Company. ed States Government has prevailed. As to punishment. It Is to be the severest that can be Inflicted by the Chinese Gov ernment As to Indemnity, the Chinese Government Is to admit formally Its lia bility, and then the matter Is to be left for future negotiations. It is understood that on the other points, the French prop- 'osltion has formed the basis for the agree ment The .Main Argument. PEKIN, Dec 5. At yesterday's meeting of tho foreign ministers, the main point of the argument concerned the question whether the Joint note should be cohsld ....... ..... ww jw...- ..-. w..- .. ored as an ultimatum or whether futther-J .operations should be conducted with the Chinese The United States. Russia and Japan favored-the latter course, and the other envoys desired to consult their re spective home governments. , Japan's rep resentatlve expressed a, desire to havo the name of the murdered Japanese Chan cellor of Legation. Suglymat added to that part of the note demanding a mdnu ment to Baron on Kettcler, and also that a Chinese commission should proqecd tojj Japan to make proper representations. In regard to nhe question of punishment it was generally agreed to modify some what the former demands, ElKhty Boxer Lenders Executed BERLIN. Dec 5 The Chinese Minister here has handed the Foreign Office ottl clals a telegram from Ll Hung Chang to the effect that Sih Liang, tho new Gov ernor of Shanghai, has puDiiciy execuiea unwards of 0 rebel leaders and asserting i,o . i othonriko antlncr with the createst severity In the suppression ot the R-rr nH nprjrPticallv urotectlntr. the missionaries The telegram conveys the thanks of EmDeror Kwanc Hsu and the Empress Dowager for the moderation of the de mands of the powers, and says that their majesties are anxious to return to Pekln as soon as circumstances will permit, and J are eager to arrle at an understanding with the powers. Colnnc Llscom's Funeral. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 5 Funeral services were held at the Presidio today oer the remains of Colonel E. S. Llscum, who was killed at Tien Tsln. Temporary funeral services were read by Chaplain Joseph Potter, after which the casket was borne to the waiting caisson by six non-commissioned officers and taken to the ferry for shipment to Washington. Chinese Hold Mountain Passes. BERLIN, Dec 5 A dispatch from Field Marshal von Waldersee, dated Pekln De cember 4, says strong detachments of Chi nese regulars, under General Ma. are re ported from Shan Si to be noldlng the mountain passes on the frontier o! Chi Ll. An explosion at Pao Ting Fu during the clearing out of a powder magazine killed one man and wounded five others. Guatemala Railroad Damaged. NEW STORK, Dec 5. The Herald's cor respondent at Guatemala City. Guate mala, telegraphs that only 60 miles of the Northern Railroad remain In operation, 40 miles having been rendered Inaccessi ble owing to broken bridges. As the part in working order is situated at either end. the line in the middle sections being damaged by lie heavy rains and swollen rivers, the road is almost useless for traf fic at present No repairs are being ef fected, and the whole llne Is in a de plorable condition. Brazilian Coffee Crop. NEW YORK. Dec -5. A dispatch to the Herald from Panama says: This year's coffee crop Is expected to aggregate abo.it 900.000 quintals, being the. heaviest crop recorded In this country a history. Shlpmeats have already begun, starting a lively competition between the four steamship companies running on the coast, o obtain the coffee freight; most ot which will pass over the Panama Rail road. An epidemic of suicides has broken out in thl- city. Three that have occurred this week were those of a student ot tne polytechnic school, the proprietor of the Hotel Uermania and Jonas Kestler, treas urer of the American Club. A DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. An Accident in- Mexico Killed and "Wounded Many Miners. MEXICO CITT, Dec. 5. An explosion of dynamite yesterday at the mines of San Andres de la Sierra killed or wound ed many miners. At the latest advices, 28 dead bodies had been recovered. Fif teen injured persons, some of whom will die, were taken from the wreckage and the ruins are thought to contain other victims. It Is not known as ret how the -explosion occurred, but nine cases of dy namite blew up at the powder-house with an appalling roar, shaking the coun try for miles around. When the panic had partlaly subsided, the wives and children of the miners hurried to the scene, finding all the buildings wrecked and dead bodies, fearfully mangled, lying about Economic Benefits of Fprestry. Germany now has the most perfect and extensive forestry system in the world, says Professor K. F. T. Lurey, In the Chicago Tribune. The rational cultiva tion of forests has led to important Im provements In the methods of transpor luiiuii, j me construction oi gooa roan: nnd railroad lines, and to the lhtrodue tation, to the construction 'of good roads tlon of suitable measures for the protec tion of tho forests from avalanches, floods, landslides and the' ravages of destructlvo Insects. There" Is still a great deal to be done, but even at this tlirie Germany Is 'deriving enormous economical advantages tfom 'its national system of forestry. -. Accidentally Electrocuted. UTICA, Dec. 5. Two persons were killed In this city this morning by com ing in contact with electric wires that had been broken from poles bythe storm during the night. The victims were a j Pole, aged about 28, and an Italian boy. 1 15 xears old. The snow broke down thou- sands of wires, and the telephone, tele graph and car service are badly crip pled. . Cavc-in in Pennsylvania 3Hne. . bCRATON, Pa., Dec E. A serious cave-In occurred this morning at tho Ray ug. mine, near uunore. irty-one men I were entombed. The rescuing party, after i nearly three hours' hard work, succeeded In d'eging Into the chamber in which the men were entombed. AH were rescued. not one being seriously Injured. Fire In Cambridge. CAMBRIDGE, -O., Dec 5. Fire broke out in the Cambridge works of the American Tlnplate Company shortly after midnight The loss on finished tin alone amounts to between 5175.000 and 5200.000. The total loss has not been es timated, -nor Is the amount of Insurance known. Fire In Haywood's Boston Store. BOSTON. Dec. 5. Fire In the upper storeroom of "Haywood Bros, and the Wakefield Rattan Company early today caused a loss ot 51CO.000, of which 575,000 was to tho stock and building of Heywood Bros, and the Wakefield Company and the rest to the building adjoining. Five Railroad Laborers Killed. INGLEWOOD JUNCTION, Ont., Dec 5. An engine on the Grand Trunk road, near here, early today crashed into a handcar on which were five section men going to work. All five were killed In stantly. The driver f and stoker of the engine escaped unhurt. FasiRTIpton Sale Ended. NEW YORK. Dec 5. The Faslg-Tipton Company today closed the most success ful auction sale of trotting and pacing horses in Its history. The proceeds of the sale were 5352.1E0 for 702 horses, an aver age of about 5500- a head. Earl of DoBogk&ore Dead. LONDON, Dec 5. John Luke Hely Hutchlnson, fifth Earl of Donoghmore, at one time Assistant Commissioner In East ern Roumanla. died ot paralysis, in Lon don, this morning. Stops -the Coash and "Works OS the Cold. j i onc day. 2o cure, no pay. rrtce, zs cenu. COSTOF THE GOVERNMENT AJiXUAL ESTIMATES OF THE SEC RETARY OF THE TKEASTJRY. The Aggregate Is Six Hundred and Tvrenry-SIx Millions, a Decrease Front Last Year. "WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury today sent to Congress the annual estimates of the expenses of the Government fof the coming year. They aggregate 5626,741,762, & slight de crease from the total estimates of last year. The appropriations for the pres ent year are 5554,653,352. The estimates cover every branch of Government ser vice. The War Department estimate is 5176,658,315, and the Navy Department $SS, 5SL393. Among the public building estimates of 550,000 and over" are: Butte, Mont, postofllce 5 75.000 Helena, Mont, public building.. 129,701 Cleveland, postofllce. custom house and courthouse 400.000 Indianapolis, courthouse and postofllce 500.000 Kansas City, Kan., postofllce.... 50,000 Los Angeles, CaL, courthouse and postofllce 150,000 Oakland, Cal., postofllce . 135,000 Omaha, courthouse, custom house and postofllce 350,000 Salt Lake City, courthouse and postofllce 75,000 San Francisco, postofllce, court house, etc 2,155,005 Marine hospital, Honolulu 200.000 The total for rivers and harbors. In cluding continuing contracts. Is 533.SS1.317. The total for pensions is 5144,000.000. In his annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury, the supervising special agent states that during tho season of 1900, 22,470 sealskins were taken, and It has been reported that the lessees took moro seals than have ever before been taken. which. It Is thought, will result in a di minished catch next year. The seal life in 1S99 is reported to be 20 per cent less than in 1SSS, which Is attributed to the effect of pelagic sealing. The total customs receipts at all the ports In the United States Is stated by the supervising agent "to be 5234,779,000, and the expenses 57,135,000. THE PENSION ROLL. Secretary Hitchcoclc Says It Will Call for $142,000,000. ' NEW YORK, Dec. 5. Secretary 'Ethan Allen Hitchcock, of the Department of the Interior, was here on private business. "The pension roll for the coming year will call for the expenditure of about 5142,- 000,000, as against about 513S.000.000 for the year just closing," said the Secretary last night "There are a little less than 1,000,000 names on the roll now and these are being added to by recent 'legisla tion. Under the old law soldiers widows not '-wholly dependent on their own labor for their support were not 'entitled to draw a pension. A recent law made it J.egal for a widow receiving an income not above 5250 a year to receive a pension. This and certain amendments bearing on the construction of the disability of veteran applicants have added several thousand names to the roll. No country in the world Is so liberal with Its pension ers as this Government, and this fact has prompted dishonest men to take every sort ot mean advantage of the Government No doubt there are many fraudulent pensioners on the rolls today, but as fast as trickery Is discovered the proper measures are taken to check It" "How aboat the Comanche-Kiowa land allotments in the Indian Territory?" Mr. -Hitchcock was asked. The time for the completion of the al lotment of the 430,000 acres in the south ern pjrt of the Indian Territory to the Comanches and Klowas expires this week." replied Mr. Hitchcock, "and only about 300 of the 3000 allotments of 160 acres each have been made Th sur veyors encountered great difficulties In tracing old boundary lines where cer tain corners had been marked by blazed trees by the earlier surveyors. Some of these tree trunks were sent to Wash ington for our Inspection. After these In dian lands have been allotted there will be left more or leBS territory for pub lic settlement I don't know how many prospective settlers Ignorant of the law rushed in and settled on these lands and had to be removed by the Government agents. There was no particular resist ance. They slmpiydid not understand the law. With reference to the attempt of a certain Kansas City syndicate which tried to secure the passage of a law permit ting the transtcren.ee of certain nomadlo tribes from the Indian Territory, to old Mexico, I do not believe that anything of the kind will be done." The .New Army Ration. CHICAGO. Dec. 5. A special to the Record from Wichita. Kas-says: The emergency ration board of the War Department under Captains, S. M. Foun taln and F. W. Foster, has reached Anadarko, from Fort iReno, with a de tachment of 0 men of Troop A and Troop C,. Eighth Cavalry. This Js the fourth and final test In Oklahoma of the pre pared ration. .The board will reach Fort Reno Friday after a trip through the Wichita and Caddo Reservations. After two days of sunshine, rain began falling last night, with a. cold, raw wind from the north. This condition of weather will enable the board to test the ration fully. Manley May Accept. WASHINGTON. Dec 5. Hon. Joseph H. Manley. of Maine, who has been of fcied the position of Commissioner of In ternal Reyenue in place of George W. Wilson, deceased, will be in Washington neit Saturday, when it Is expected- he will accept the appointment Consular Apointment. WASHINGTON, Dec 5. William H. Robertson, ot the District of Columbia, today was appointed United States Consular Agent at Arnprior, Ontario. Ho has been In the Consular service since 18S5, his last service being at Hamburg, Germany. Dinner to Exposition Commissioners. "OJASHINGTON, Dec 5. The first social function of the season at the White House occurred tonjght when President and Mrs. ilcKlnley gave a dinner to the Commissioners of the United States to the Paris Exposition and their ladles. Pacific Squadron's Winter Cruise. WASHINGTON, Dec 5. The battleship Iowa, flagship of the Pacific station, in company with the Philadelphia, has been ordered to leave Ban Francisco for the usual winter cruise southward. HAZING OF B00Z. Cadet's Father Tells How His Sen Was IClUed. NEW YORK, Dec 5. A special to the Herald from Bristol. Pa., says: William H. Booz talked freely of the physical force used in hazing his son at West "Point "My son was the victim of brutal haz ing." said Mr. Booz. ''He came home broken-hearted and physically wrecked. He never saw a well day after he left the academy. "I know" they forced something down his throat which permanently Injured him. He was forced into a flght. He was wounded in some way over the heart and his flesh was bruised and discolored for several weeks afterward. His eyes were Injured by the blows from a fellow student's fists. "They threatened to cripple him for life. While they were beating the spirit out of my boy they told him that what they could not accomplish by physical brutality they could still do by denier- Iting him along the line of discipline. "It Is a very severe hlovr or us. It has fallen heavily upon his mother. We wish other boys to escapa what he suN fered. He never took any lessons in box ing. We did not suppose It was required. He went there to study. They called him. a coward, but he went lut to fight them. 'T went to the academy three weeks af ter he was hazed. Se was looking hag gard and I asked hlm fpx an explana tion. He said he had been beaten in a -flght and was feeling bad around the heart He had been knocked down. "They gave him a Durnlng mixture which Injured the lining ot the throat. My theory is that the stomacn was affect ed and that tuberculosis set in and then affected the throat It Is not In me to give anything misleading. I know the boy was Injured by" his fellow students and those injuries resulted In his death." YELLOW FEVER SCARE. Chicago Fears Germs May Spread In That City. CHICAGO, Dec. 5. The body of Captain Alexander H. Cook, who died In Havana, Cuba, of yellow fever, has been removed from the undertaking establishment, and now rests in the receiving vault at Rose hill Cemetery, contrary to tfie strict rules of the Illinois Board of Health. The body was admitted on the strength of a special order Issued by Secretary J. E. Egan, of the State Board ot Health. The rule of tho' Illinois Board of Health, which pro hibits the bodies ot yellow fever "victims from, entering the state, was suspended upon condition that the oody be buried immediately upon its arrival In the city. Instead of complying with this order the undertaker who was to take charge of the interment is said to have removed the body to his establishment The City Board of Health sent an in spector to the railway station to take charge of the remains. The inspector has not since appeared, nor has a report been made by him. Tho failure of the Inspect or to-report the allered breach of agree ment on the part of the undertaker Is looked upon as peculiar, and ha3 cast an air of mystery around the case. Although the body a Inclosed in a copper-lined and hermetically sealed casket. It Is feared that the jar of the long jour ney on the train may have opened a crevice In the receptacle, thus permitting the spread of the germs. If such a crevice was made the lives bt the passengers on the train as well as the lives of persons in the depot were placed in jeopardy. The undertaker, when questioned, said the body was expected to arrive at 8 o'clock Sunday evening, but owing to some delay, it did not reach the city un til midnight. It was then too late to gain entrance to the cemetery. The Interment of the body is arranged for tomorrow. A dispatch from Springfield, 111., quotes Secretary Egan as saying that there is no danger to be Incurred from the transpor tation of the body at the present time; that yellow fever Is not prone to spread In Chicago at any time, and the disease will certainly not make its appearance in the month of December. LIVESTOCK EXHIBITION. Enormous Attendance at the Chi cago Show. CHICAGO, Dec. 5. The attendance to night at the livestock show was enorm ous, and It is estimated that during the. day between 50,000 and 60,000 persons passed through the gates. In the sales ring Dolly V, a Hereford cow owned by Clem Graves, of Bunker Hill, Ind., was sold for 53150 to C. A. Jamleson, ot Pe oria, 111. This breaks the world's record, for the sale of a Hereford cow. This same cow was sold last April in the cele brated Hereford sale In the same amphi theater for 51200. The other Hereford cow, Lady Help, was sold today to J. W. Adams, o,f Moawequa. III., for 52S0O. She gold last April In the Nave sale for 5260O The bult March On XHI sold today to William Moffatt & Bros., of 'Pawpaw, 111., for 5350O. The great Hereford sale was closed today, a total of 95 animals bringing 542,305, an average of 5445 each. VIOLATORS OF GAME LAWS Mormon Hunters Heavily Fined In Colorado. . MEEKER, Colo., Dec. 5. Sixteen Mor mon hunters were captured by Game Warden Johnson, In Northwestern Colo rado. Thirteen of them were heavily fined by Justice Shanklln, at Shanklln's Ranch, and three will be brought to Meeker to be tried here. In traveling through Rputt and Rio Blanco Counties, the game wardens found' that; the Indians had left their camps for the reservation only' 48 hours ahead of them In some instances. The officers turned back many teams' driven DyUtah' Mormons, who were coming to carry away deer hides. Game Commissioner Johnson swore in half a dozen special wardens "to watch for future expeditions of hide-hunters. He Intends to break up this' business, which has been carried on for years. . . - Servant Girls May Strike. NEW YORK. Dec 5. A strike of serv ant girls on Manhattan Island Is Immi nent, acordlng to Mrs. St. Justin Beale, who Is planning a servant girls'" union. Three hundred domestics, she says, stand ready to stop work as soon as the union Is formed and demand better conditions. The union, she says. Is to be organized tonight by Herman Robinson, general or ganizer of the American Federation of Labor. "I have always taken a great Interest in servant girls," Mrs. Beale said, "and I find that with a few exceptions they are badly fed, badly housed and over worked." International Chess Match. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec 5. Negotia tions are now on the way between tha University of Cambridge and OxfoTd in England, and four American colleges with regard to the International chess .match this year. The trophy was pre sented by I. N. Rice, of New York, and has been won twice by Cambridge and Oxford and unless the American colleges Eruptions Dtj, moist, scaly tetter, all forms of ec zema or salt rheum, pimples and other cu taneous eruptions proceed from humors. either inherited, or acquired through de fective digestion and assimilation. To treat these eruptions with drying medicines is dangerous. The thing to do Is to help the system to discharge the humors, and to strengthen the digestive and assimilative functions against their return. ' Hood's Sars&parllla can be confidently relied upon to do that, according to thous ands of voluntary testimonials. It effects radical and permanent cures. "I was troubled with eczema for some time, but have had no return of the disease nines taking Hood's Sarsaparilla." J. G. HutES, Franks, His. I was troubled with pimples on my face and back and -chafed skin on my body. Hood's Sarsaparilla cured me of both troubles.'' Miss Aitota Woitbb, Box 212, Alcona, Wis. Hood Smrsmparlil Is positively unequaled the medicine for all humors. Hood's IilLS are the belt catiurus. win the match this year the trophy yrtn become the permanent property, oftha English University. There are six met in each team, to bo chosen after the intjr colleglate match in New York afer Christmas. Harvard, Princeton, Y&e and Columbia will be represented on tia team. Hitherto, the match has beei played in New York, but this year efforii are being made to have it played ll J3031UU. MENACE TO THE CUP. Yachtsmen Fear LIpton's New Chal lenger. NEW YORK, Dec 5. The conviction among yacntsmen on this side of the At lantic that Sir Thomas LIpton's challenger for the America's cup carries with It real menace to the continued residence of the famous trophy in. this country, has grown with the cabled reports from abroad con cerning the elaborate preparations being made for the building of the new chal lenger. Shamrock IL The reason for this fear is set forth in a letter by Designer Clinton H. Crane, of this city. He says in part: "The fact that the Shamrock fs building at Denny's yard, at Dumbarton, does pot seem to have excited the Interest ot yachtsmen In this country that it should have done, perhaps because It Is- not known that this Is the first sailing yacht that the Dennys have ever built, and that the Dennys have the only private model testing tank in the world two very sug gestive facts. It is known that the speeds of the warships and merchantmen of un usual model have been predicted with ab solute accuracy after experiments in sucb a,tank." Railway Telesrraphers Grievances. ST. PAUL, Dec 5, A grievance com mittee representing the Northern Paclflo telegraph operators- Is in the city. Wages is one of the grievances. It Is stated that the operators, considering the times, are sadly underpaid. 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