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TH m HE MORNING OREO'OXIAX, - FRIDAY. DECEMPJEB 21, 1900. TWO. BILLS PASSED Provide for Indian and West Point Appropriations. LITTLE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE Ther Carried Xearlr Ten Million. Dollar The Reapportionment BUI Trill Be Called Up Immediately After the Holidays. "WASHINGTON", Dec 20. The House passed the Indian And. the. IllUary Academy appropriation bills today. . The" former carried J9.03G.526 and the latter 5700,151. Neither provoked much discus sion. A few minor amendments were placed upon the former. Immediately after the approval ofi-the journal the House went Into committee of the -whoje and entered -upon .the con sideration of the Indian appropriation bill. Shermm (Hep. .. T.L who was In charge of the 1)111, explained the measure, vhlch carries $839,2S6 more than the law for the current yeir; "The main Items of Increase are those appropriating 51.500. 000 for fulfilling treaty stipulations with lap Apaches, Kiowa s .and Comaches: J50.000 for the Chippewas and $125,000 for the Tort Hall Indians. The principal de crease Is "54T4.00O for the" Five Civilized Tribes commission. The amendment of Little (Dem. Ark.) striking out the appropriation for the. Hampton. Va., Indian school, was dis agreed to, 11 to SS. A vigorous discussion of the sectarian rniestlpn. developed inconpectlon witlr-the amendment. Cannon (Rep. I1L) called attention to the growing costof educat ing the Indians. In 18S7, it was about $1,000,000 and now about $3,000,000. Last year. It cost $1,381,000 to educate the 45.- 000 children of the District of Columbia and over $3,000,000 to educate 21,500 Indian children. Curtis (Rep. Kan.) explained that the Indian children were not only educated, bnt boarded and clothed.. An amendment was agreed to relative to the fees of clerks in courts in the Indian Territory, requiring fees to be .accounted for and allowing $500 per year in addition to salary for certain extra work. The bill wis then'passed. The Military ' Academy appropriation bill was then 'taikenup. ''It carries $25. S45 more than the current law. ' Hull (Rep. la.), chairman of the military committee., explained? that the principal Item of Increase was $10,000 for n cen tennial celebration to be held at the academy July i. 1901. Bailey (Dem, Tex.) asked if tKe prac tice of hajjipg at the academy had been broken up. . "The academy management." replied Hull. "Is doing all It can to break it up. Two cadets have been expelled dur ing the past j ear for Indulging in the practice." 'r notice from the testimony now being taken at West Point," said Bailey, "that the cadets admit that hazing continues. 1 do not believe It Is" necessary to make a brute of a man In order to make a Boldier of him. I believe the practice nhould cease. If It cannot be stopped, the academy should be abolished." (Ap plause.) "And the Naval Academy as well,''' cried Hill (Rep. Conn.) amid renewed ap plause. "I agree with all the gentlemen regard ing the brutality of hazing," observed Hull, "and I think the Qfllcprs of the" academy will soon stamp otft the prac tice." The bill was then passed. Hopkins (Rep. 111.), chairman of the committee on census, announced that he would call up the reapportionment bill Immediately after the holiday recess. At 4:50 P. M. the House adjourned. OPEX SESSION OP THE SENATE. Another Dchntc On the Montana Senntorlul Cimc. "WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. A spirited de bate was precipitated in the Senate over the resolution of Chandler (Rpp. N. H.) to discharge the committee on contingent expenses from further consideration of the resolution authorizing an investiga tion of thp Montana Senatorial case. The exchanges between the advocates and op ponents of the resolution took a political turn and resulted In some lively col loqu'es. No action upon the resolution was taken. For the first time during the present session. Jones, (Dem. Nev.) appeared In the Senate. He had been detained from his seat in the Senate by serious Illness In his family. ( Hawley (Rep. Conn.), chairman of the committee on military affairs, reported from that committee the Army reorgan ization bill. After some discussion of the status of the measure, which has been passed bv the Senate and Hbuse and Is now again reported to the Senate for passage, the measure was placed on the calendar. In the event of the passage of the pending measure by the Senate, it wlir'nent to a committee of confer once. A bill was passed to allow the commu tation of homestead entries" upon, ceded rations of Indian reservations. The resolution previously offered by Chandler discharging the committee on contingent expenses from consideration of the resolution authorizing- an Investi gation of the right of W. A, Clark- and Martin Maglnnis- to a spat In the Senate, was laid before the Senate. Jones (Dem. Ark.) declared that "If the Senate should adopt the resohitlon dis charging the committee op contingent ex penses, taixi consideration Qf..th.e .rpsolu Xion. Jtw-$u&J -folRte tljelaw. a" the law provides that no -such expenditures should bo made without the authority of the committee on cpntlngent expenses. "Does the Senator mean to say." in quired Spooner (Rep. Wis.), "that the Senate's hands are -tied If the committee on contingent expenses should never mike a report?" "I moan to tell the Senate." replied Jones. "Just what the law is." Jones declared that the resolution offered by Chandler was in the- nature of a rebuke to the committee on contingent expenses that the members did. not relish. A meting of the commitee had been held today but had postponed action until to morrow. He was of the opinion that no tangible results could be accomplished bv authorizing now an investigation of a case that would 'be settled by the Mon tana Legislature Jenuary 2, when It met to elect a Senator. "" . Chandler denied that a.ny politics had entered IreM lhe consideration of the Montana Senatorial case by the commit tee pn privilges and. dctIon. BSth of the appointees to the Senate from .Mon tana were Democrats and the question involved the seating of one Democrat or another "If this Is purely a Democratic quar rel." suggested suggested Tillman (Dem. S. C ), "then the Senator's Interest In the matter 14 rather extraordinary." Chandler retorted facetiously that there were not now enough" lrocrats In the Senate property and fully to present Democratic principles and expound Demo cratic doctrines and It was that another might be given a seat. Adverting to the question of the law involving the right of the Senate to discharge the committee on contingent expenses from the further consideration of the resolution. Chandler maintained that such a law could not bind the Senate, the committee being a creature of the Senate. Referring to the presence on the commute of Jones of Nevada and Jones- of Arkansas, Chand ler said the argument of the opponents of the resolution was that the Senate had placed Itself In the hands of the Jones family and that It could not get out even to determine which of the Demo crats was entitled to a seat In the body. In response to a statement of Chandler tint the committee en contingent ex penses was remarkably dilatory In acting upon the resolution, Galllnger (Rep. N. H.), a member of the committee, said that at the meeting today that conclusion "for the present" had been reached. He said that the committee would have" an other meeting tomorrow and desired to have some members of the commitee on privileges and elections before it to explain the necessity for the proposed in vestigation. "I do not think," retorted Chandler, "that the extraordinary spectacle ever has been witnessed In this Senate before when the committee on contingent expenses has summoned members of another committee to appear before It to give reasons why an order of the Senate should be ex ecuted." Further along In his argument. Chand ler, In response to an inquiry by Tillman, said that the Montana Senatorial Investi gations, conducted during the last session of Congress, had cost between $30,000 and $W.000. "And what benefit was derived from it?" Inquired Tillman. "The vacincy of one of the seats of Montana is the answer," replied Chandler. "Yes," responded Tillman, "but In the recent election Montana went Democratic and a Democratic Senator from that state is" assured. The fruits of the Investiga tion are not so sweet as they were ex pected to be." Chandler replied that he had no desire nor Intention to discuss the merits of the Clark case nor the results of the Mon tana election. "The Senator from Mon tana (Carter), who Is In his seat," said he, "doubtless would be glad to discuss the methods employed by the Democracy in the recent election In Montana, of which the Senator (Tillman)- boasts." Scott (Rep. W. Va.), a member of the committee on contingent expenses, said that as a matter of business he had a right to .know whether the money to be expended for a further Investigation of the Montana case ought to be spent. Pending a motion by Lodge (Rep. Mass.) that the Senate proceed to the con sideration of executive business, Gal Unger made a statement of the case from Its inception and contended that the com mittee's action was justified by the facts. An effort was made to continue the de bate, but on Lodge's Insistence the Sen ate went Into executive session and at 4:25 adjourned. THE POPULAR VOTE. McKlnley's Plurality, According to Actt York Tlmex, "Was 859,SM. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. The Times this morning publishes a table showing the popular vote for Presidential Electors in the recent election. Minnesota was the last state to declare Its vote, this not having been done until yesterday. In some states, as in Louisiana and South Carolina, there were the nominations of but two parties. Republican and Demo crat, upon the ballots; In other states there were three and four, and In some eight. The total vote, including C211 scattering, was 13,957,230. Of this, McKInley re ceived 7,217.677, and Bryan, 6,3S7,S53. Wool ley, Prohibitionist, received, so far as re- -ported. 207.3GS. Barker, Mlddle-of-the- Road Populist, 50.1XS: Debs, Social Demo crat, 94,552; and Maloncy, Social Labor, 33,450. McKlnley's plurality, according to the figures of the Times, was S39.S24; McKlnley's majority -w as 4CS.055. In addition there were votes returned In five states 'for the candidates of the Na tional "Union Reform party, Seth H. Ellis, of Ohio, for President, and Samuel T. Nicholson, of Pennsylvania, for "Vice President, and In two states fo the can-, dldates of the United Christian party, J. F. R. Leonard, of Iowa, for Presldont, and John G. Woolley, of Illinois, for Vice President, these votes being as follows: National Union Reform Arkansas, 341; Illinois, 672; Indiana. 254; Maryland; 147; Ohio, 42S4. United Christian Illinois, 352; Iowa, 1C6. RETURN OF COMMON SENSE Democracy' Chance of Ilcnrt May Bring- About Sncccss. WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. The declara tion by ex-President Cleveland, published today, and also the report that Chairman Jones will retire from the head of the party, and Taggart, of Indiana, is likely to succeed him are glimpses of return ing common sense of the Democratic party. If the Democrats will get rid of Jones, Johnson and Stone as leaders, and follow the suggestions of Cleveland rather than Bryan, It is believed by many politi cians here that they will stand a good show of winning, not only In the next Congressional election, but In the next Presidential campaign. No Comment From Bryan. ATLANTA Ga., Dec. 2a Hon. W. J. Bryan, in a telegram today to the Atlan ta Journal, declines to express himself upon ex-President Cleveland's statement, which was published this morning. Mr. Bryan says: "Until Mr. Cleveland sets forth definite ly what ha considers 'Democratic princi ples' thero Is no necessity for comment. The rank and file of the party expressed themselves In 1S96 and in 1900. and I have no doubt they will continue to express themselves on Issues as they arise." A REVOLUTIONARY PROFESSOR Superintendent of Cnhan Schools IsHnen Sensational Proclamation. NEW YORK, Dec 20. A dispatch to the World from Havana says: Professor Frye, the Superintendent of Public Schools In Cuba, has Just Issued, over his official signature and through the Spanish newspaper. Dlario de la Marina, a sensational "proclamation" to tho Cu ban people. He speaks jn derogatory terms of the Government, and of Inter vention In general by the Anglo-Saxon race. He urges that all words offensive to Spain be blotted out of the Cuban hymn, "Baycmsa," and that others be substituted which would be calculated to Inspire the natives to prepare to drive out and resist all foreign foes to the Island of to its absolute Independence. To Extend the Credit System. NEW YORK, Dec 20. Secretary Will lam A, Prendergast, of the National As sociation of Credltmen, has just returned to this city from the regular meeting of the directors of that organization held In St. Louis. He said the sentiment of the conference was that the National As 'soclatlon. should extend its circle of in fluence Jn the South, the Association now bpinp well organized and represented in the North and WesL Another matter of importance considered was the establishment of a bureau for In vestigating and prosecuting fraudulent failures. This scheme will be put into practical operation as soon as the neces sary funds are raised by the various local Associations. Mr. Prendorgast said that pledges for different amounts have been receled from several local Credltmen's Associations. Dally Treamry Statement. WASHINGTON, Dec 2a Today's state ment of the Treasury balances In the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve In the division of redemption, shows: Available cash balance $141,2S?.G43 Gold 5S,S63,SS0 TO CUBE A COLD IX OXE DAY, Takfe Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets. An drucslsta refund the money If It falls to cure. K. ". Groro'i signature is on each box. 25c. MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE CEXSTJS COMMITTER FILES THE RE APPORTIONMENT BILL. It Provides for 337 Members The Minority Favors an Increase Crnmpacker on the Sonth. WASHINGTON, Dec 20. Representa tive Hopkins, chairmen of the committee on census, today filed in the House the majority bill reported by his committee fixing the membership of the House for the next decade at 357. Representative Burleigh, of Maine, filed a minority re port, signed by six members, recommend ing that the House be composed of 3S6 members, and Representative Crumpack er, of Indiana, who signed the Burleigh report, also submitted an independent re port In favor of reducing the represen tation of the Southern States to the ex tent of the abridgment of their suffrage. This Independent report favors a House to be composed of 374 members. Mr. Hopkins, In the majority report, cites an instance to show that the loss of seats by states under reapportionment bills was not uncommon. Massachusetts, for instance, which, under the third cen sus had 20 members, was reduced to 10 under the sixth, seventh and eighth, and Virginia, which had 23 In the third, had but nine under the nlnts. The report says that the committee favored the plan adopted under the sixth census, and fol lowed continuously since. It has the sanction and approval of CO years of Na tional existence The plan Is to" divide the constitutional population by 357, the proposed 'membership. The quotient, 20S, SCS, Is theatio of Representatives to pop ulation. This ratio applied to the popu lation of each state will include in the aggregate a number somewhat less than 357. the number determined upon the mem bership of the House. The difference is made up by assigning to the states having the largest majority fractions additional Representatives until a sufficient number has been assigned to bring the total up to 357. A membership of more than 357, the report says, would make the House unwieldy. The minority report, signed by Burleigh, Russell, Hcatwole. Crumpacker, Griffith and Wilson, proposes as a substitute for the Hopkins measure a bill fixing the total number of Representatives at 3S6. Referring to the Hopkins apportionment, the minority report says: "The anomalous character of this pro posed apportionment, as well as its ob vious injustice. Is clearly demonstrated by the fact that It Is necessarily based. In part, upon majority fractions, and yet Colorado, with a majority fraction of 121. 367, and Florida with a majority fraction of 1J0.5S6. do not receive a representa tive based upon such majority fraction, while every other state with a majority fraction receives a Representative for such majority fraction. We believe that every state should be treated alike with reference to Its majority fraction, as no valid reisons have been or can be as signed for the discrimination between them. We also believe that In the new apportionment no state should lose a Rep resentative. Therefore, we recommend a House consisting of 3S6 members. In reaching this number we have adopt ed the method used by the committee. We take the computation based upon 3S6 Rep resentatives. Upon a ratio of one Rep resentative for every 191.1S2 ot popula tion, Nebraska, with a majority fraction of 97.C29, and Virginia, with a majority fraction of 106,545, each lose a Representa tive and get no Representative for the majority fraction In either case- Those are the only states having a majorijy fraction that fall to get a Representative therefor. This seems to us an injustice. Therefore, following the precedent in the case of New Hampshire and Florida In 1S72, we assign to each of these states one Representative for each majority fraction, thus add Iris two to the whole number, making In all 3S6 Representatives. Under this the rrain Is as follows: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Washington, West Virginia and Wiscon sin gain one representative etch; Min nesota, New Jersey and Pennsylvania gain two: Illinois, New York and Texas gain three. "We submit that this apportionment. Involving an Increase In the membership of the House of 29, Is In line with the uniform practice of the House in increas ing its size so as to keep pace, as near as may be, with the Increase in population of the country. No practical inconveni ence as to the seating capacity of the House can result from this Increase." The independent report of Mr. Crum packer Is a lonr document, which goes exhaustively Into the abridgement of the right of suffrage In the Southern States. In the beginning he quoted the 14th amendment to the Constitution, providing that when the right to vote is abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the representation shall be reduced in such states in proportion to such abridgment. "Congress In this matter," Mr. Crum packer says, "must take cognizance of current history and of facts disclosed by official records. There Is not a member of either House of Congress who does not know to r moral certainty that by direct operation of law the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina have disfranchised u sufficient number of citizens to deprive each of them of several Representatives they would otherwise be entitled to, to say no uilng of the largely increased sup pression of votes caused by unfair parti san administration of the laws. The question Is, Will Congress make an ap portionment of Representatives accord ing to the requirements of the Constitu tion or will it Ignore thse reaulrements and act according to Its arbitrary will?" Mr. Crumpacker then takes up the Con stitution of Louisiana and adduces figures to show that In that state 43.74 per cent of the citizens are disfranchised. The rep resentation should, therefore, he argued, be reduced from seven to four. In North Carolina, or the same reason, he figures that the representation should be reduced from nine to six; In Mississippi, from seven to four and In South Carolina from six to four.. The subterfuge resorted to in the South to evade the law, he says, marks the beginning of political demorali zation and social decay. He then pro ceeds to a severe arraignment of the South. In many localities of which "the trampling under foot of laws calculated to. secure the exercise of political privileges to the negro has continued for so long" that it is showing its vicious fruits in the prevalence of mob law." He denounces tho frequent resorts to lynch law, and its unspeakable horrors. "The atrocities," he says, "bespeak a deplorable condition of political" morals. Their frequent occur rence is the legitimate result of a genera tion of disregard of election laws." The solution of the problem this condition presents, Mr. Crumpacker says, is one of the burning questions of the hour. It in volves the very life of the Government. He says in conclusion: "The measured propose carries no re sentment toward any state, North or South. It Is not designed for punishment, but Is simply aims to secure a represen tation In the House on a Constitutional basis, and no state can Justly complain If It be accorded its full rights. No com promise can be made with wrong." RIVER. AXD HARBOR BILL. VIsoroni Parlnj? Dorm hy the House Subcommittee. WASHINGTON, D.ec 20. The Ho.use committee on rivers and harbors today competed their bill, and It will be given to the public tomorrow. The decision to make It. public before the holiday recess was dut to the fact that the various Items of the. bill had leaked out. The bill was vigorously pruned at the last mo ment. The total appropriations carried by it yesterday, including continuing con tracts, amounted to about S0,000.OQ0. A subcommittee pared the bill down last night to about $60,000,000. The big project for Cleveland, the home of Chairman Burton, which was In the bill for more than 51.000.000, was reduced to about 53, 000,000. The project for the Southwest Pass, at the mouth c the Mississippi, was reduced to 53.Q0O.O0O; the project for a aouo foot channel. 35 feet deep, at Boston, was reduced from about JS,000,000 to about J4, 500,000. This latter project is to be placed under the contract system and JbOU.ttW of direct appropriation is made In the bill. The appropriation for the Delaware River was cut about $500,000; that for the Upper Mississippi River about $1,500,0U. The amount for Buttermilk Channel, New York, was cut from 52,200,000 to SiOW.OOO. The Spring Channel project for Baltimore is provided for in the bill. Galveston will receive 51,000,000 for the restoration of Its Jetties. An appropriation of 5223,000 Is ma.de for preliminary work on the canal to connect La;ke Michigan with the Mis sissippi by way of the Desplalnes River and the Chicago drainage canal. Nominations Confirmed. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2o. The Senate to day confirmed the following nominations: O. S. Francis, of New York, to be Min ister to Greece. Arthur's. Hardy, of New Hampshire, to be Minister to? Switzerland J. A. G. Lelshmann, of Pennsylvania, to be Minister to Turkey. C. L. Thurston, of Nebraska, to be Secretary of Legation at Buenos Ayres. F. J. Bakerv of New York, to- be Sec retary of Chilean Claims Commission. J. Ml Ferguson, of Pennsylvania, to he Secretary of Legation to Japan. Postmasters; Oregon H. Atwell, 'Forest Grove: R, Waggener, Hlllsboro; D. J. Wilcox, Lake 'View; B. W. Severance. Tlllnmook: G. L. Reed, Astoria; b J. Jawett, Sumpter; G. Summers, PrlnevlUe; J. C. Manning, Alexanaer City; T. Ji. Lawler, Enslcy; D. Crook, Jacksonville. Montana G. W. Crane, Fort "Benton. Washington G. E. Hartson, Mount Ver non; V. J. Kpnpp, Anacortes. Alaska J. C. C. Barber.-Juneau. Hawaii L. Severance, Hllo; J. M. Oat. Honolulu; C. H. Bishop. Llhue; A. Walt, LIhaina. Army Bill In .the Senate. WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. Just before the Senate adjourned today. Senator Haw ley stated that tomorrow he would ask the Senate to take up the Army reorganiza tion bill, which was today reported from the committee, on military affairs. Sen ator Daniel today introduced an amend ment to the Army bill authorizing the President to select from the volunteer Brigadier-Generals two for retirement, re gardless of age. BENEFITS OF SLAVERY. Raised the Blade Man From the Snv Ke, According: to Major Pratt. NEW YORK. Dec 20. A disp.?tj to the Times from Carlisle. Pa., saysSjfl In reply to a! protest from Bib,jb Fran cis H. Hill, of ihe African McthoXa Epis copal Church, Major Richard PMtt. iu perlntendent of the Carlisle Indlanchool, and an otficer In the Tenth Colored Cav alry, has written to Bishop Hill, de fending his assertions as to the benefits of slavery for the negro. Major Pitt. last week "delivered an address berd"e tho Cumberland County Teacher's lnsfc tute. In which he spoke or slavery as hav- f Ing been the means or aeveloping the negro rate and bringing, It Into beneficial contact withcivillzatlon. Xn 'the. ap pearance of aport of h!s address, Bish op "Hill, -who lives at Hnrrisbu'rg. aa- f dressed 'a vigorous letter to the Major.' demanding to know on wnat grounds' he justified negro slavery. Major Pratt, In his reply, said: ' "What I said was that slavery had brought 10 000.O00 blacks from the torrid zone into this enlightened country, taugnt them a new langifage and prepared them by association for citizenship. I am be ginning to question whether freedom tor your people in the United States Is going to be ouh a boon to you and to the United States. "We blamo the people of the South for Jim Crow cars. The United States makes a Constitutional amendment that there shall be no distinction 'on account ot race, color or previous condition of servitude.' Then Congress Immediately legislates that there shall be two regi ments of cavalry and two of infantry made up entirely of colored men. "Ybu certainly have no grounds to quarrel -Kith slavery unless you regret being transplanted from the jungles ot Africa and your low estate there to the clUzenshlp. freedom and intelligence In the United States you now enjoy. Tor slavery was the bridge that carried you over, and there was not and is not an other bridge equal to that Job." AGAINST THE CANTEEN. Conference of Temperance Bodies in WnshliiKton. -WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. A conrerence of church and temperance bodies favor ing the anti-canteen section of- the Army bill has been held here. The bodies rep resented by delegates or communications were the permanent committees on tem perance in the Presbyterian Church In the United States, the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran cnurcn; the Disciples of Christ, the Unlversallst Church, the Friends, tho National W. C. T. U . the National Nonpartisan W C. T. U., and the National division of the Sons of Temperance of North America. Representatives of the Baptist and Con gregational Churches and Independent Or der of Good Templars participated as in dividuals. ,Rov. E. C. Dinwiddle, legislative super intendent of -the Anti-Saloon League sub sequently said: "The conference indicated that the bodies represented, having a constituency of about 6.000.000. will not be content wltb anv compromise such as has been re ported by the sub-committee ot the Sen ate, committee qn military anairs, uui wm insist upon the anti-canteen provision as It passed the house "It is not true that we are opposed to the post exchange system. We believe in it and desire to have It extended and im proved but we are opposed to the sale of beer and other intoxicating nquora In the canteen section of the exchange. ' Appointment of Minister to Turkey. NEW YORK, Dec 20. Oscar C. Straus, in an interview in the Mall and Express, said that President McKlnley's nomina tion" of John G. A. Leishman to be Minis ter to Turkey is not a: diplomatic victory for the Sultan. "The report that the President's delay in sending a Minister to Constantinople was directly due to Turkey's failure to pay the missionary claims Is not true," said 'Mr. Straus. "For some time the President has desired very much that I should return to Constantinople. It was after I had told him that I should most certainly resign that he selected Mr. Leishman as my successor. "All the unsettled matters pending at the time of my appointment have been brought to a satisfactory issue and X be lieve that the Armenian missionary ques- tlon will be peaceably-settled and arnica - ble relations, between Turkey and the United States continue firmly established."- XeTT Yorkers Favor Evans The most popular brand ot Ale and Stout anions club men Is Evans'. One bottle makes a connoisseur of the most casual ale drinker. Brewery bottling insures perfection. BOOZ NOT THE ONLY ONE ANOTHER CADET SAID TO HAVE DIED AS RESULT OF HAZING. Large Number of Witneses to Be Called By the Military Court Yesterday's Testimony. WEST POINT. N. Y-. Dec. 20. The military court of Inquiry, composed of Generals Brooke, Bates and Clous, got through a mass of evidence today, and tomorrow the cadets of the first class. amSng whom are Frank Keller, who fought Booz, and some of the men who saw the contest, will be- examined. The court expects to have all evidence collect ed by Saturday evening, but, 3udglng by the large number of witnesses expected to be called, there may possibly be an ad journment until after the holidays. The name of ex-Cadet John E. Breth. of A'ltoona, Pa., who. It is alleged died 18 months aco. as a result of brutal hazlnsr .at West Point, was associated with that of .Oscar L. Booz in the inquiry today. Superintendent "Mills emphatically denied that Breth was Injured while here, and ,-saId that the assertions .to that effect were absolutely false. In refutation of the l&tement made by Cadet Booz" father. Congressman Phil lips, ot Cleveland O., sent a telegram to Superintendent Mills, of the academy, de nying that ho ever came to West Point for tho purpose' of protecting his son, Cadet Burt W. Phillips, from being hazed. This was- s'Amltted to the court and by direction of the court It was attached to the record. Major Charles B. Hall, Second Infantry, treasurer of th Military Academy, and Quartermaster and Commissary of Cadets, was the first witness called today. He identified the bottles of" red sauce which, he said, were the only kinds of pepper or tropical sauces In use In the cadets' mess hall since he took charge three years ago. Tobasco sauce was not In use in the academy. The hot sauces were not generally laid on the table, and were served only when called for. Cadet William H. Cowles, of Kansas, testified that he knew .Booz was not pres ent at the lUrht -with Keller. He de scribed the hazing ordeals In the Summer of 1S8S, fand said he'had undergone every thing that his classmates went through. He said he had attended rat funerals, took cold baths and joined In bowl races, 'as well as being made acquainted with "Wooden Willie," and the process of eagllng. He had taken a couple of drops of hot sauce from a spoon. When asked to describe the sauce, the witness said: "The bottle I saw in our tent was labeled Tropical Pepper Sauce.' " The witness prepared at the same school with Booz, and did not consider him strong. While at this school (St Luke's, at Bushtown, Philadelphia). Booz was ex amined by physicians and was developing lung and chest capacity. The witness could not remember the name of the phy sician. The witness had little to do with Booz after coming to West Pplnt; their relations were "Just Indifferently friend ly." The next witness, Herbert Z. Krumm, or Ohio, told the court that among other thinrs which he was made to do, as a fourth-class man, was to qualify in the mess hall. "What does that mean?'' usked Captain Dean. "I had to eat S3 prunes at one sitting, and at another I had to swallow a bowl of molasses and' six slices of bread." "Did you succeed In doing these things?" asked tho court. " "No, clr. J was not successful at my first attempt with the molasses, but I did it all right the second time." Concluding his testimony, the witness said that Booz had a slouchy manner, and did not seem to have enough 'energy to hold himself together. Cadet David H. Bower, of Iowa, said he had been hazed In 1S98. He had to do foolish things, such as "receiving a turtle passing down the company street, with a candle on Its back," and "chains a sparrow off the street, after being told It was an eajrle." A LYNCHING BEE. Mississippi Molt HanRed One Xesro and Are Out for Others. NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 20. Citizens of Gulf Port. Miss., a lumber town 75 miles from New Orleans, today lynched one negro and are out on the trail of three others, as the result of the murder of Town Marshal W. E Richardson last night. The neffro lynched was not the one who did the shooting, but he had been arrested by a posse that was pursuing the real culprit and his relatives. Tho murder was the result of a dispute between Alvln Lewis, a negro, and Mar shal Richardson. A large crowd, prin cipally composed of negroes and Includ ing two sons and two nephews of Lewis, both of the latter bearing the same name, Henry Lewis, surrounded the men, and while the Marshal's back was turned one of the nephews drew a revolver, and, taking deliberate aim, shot the Marshal through the heart. The crowd scattered, and Alvln Lewis, his sons and nephews fled In the direction or Wolf River. Blood hounds were secured and Alvln Lewis was quickly captured and sent under guard to Mississippi City, where he was placed In Jail. The posse kept on Its way, and ran down one of the nephews. The prisoner protested his innocence, but started toward Gulf Port, under an es cort. Hnlf a mile from Gulf Port the escort was overpowered and the prisoner taken away and shot to death. The posso is still pursuing the two Lewis boys and their cousin. Tried to Rob State Treasury. LINCOLN, Neb., Dec 20. An unsuc cessful attempt was made to rob the State Treasury early this morning. Night Watchman F. M. Goofle said he discov ered three men In the Treasurer's office at the State Capitol at 3 o'clock. Two shots, he said, were fired at him by the robbers; one passing through the lapel of his coat. He 'ired twice in return, ap parently without effect, and the robbers fled. The watchman turned in a general alarm from the State Capitol, and almost the entire police force hastened to the ulldlng. The only evidence of the at empted robbery found was the bullet holes In the corridor walls. State Treasurer Mesecve was summoned and found his office in n. state of dis order, but the steel vault uninjured, and nothing of value missing, so far as he could tell. Prevented n Lynching:. DALLAS. Tex., Dec. 20. At the trial at Corslcana of Andrew Norris, a negro charged with the murder of the' wife of J. L. French, a white farmer, a mob, led by the dead woman's husband, at tempted to take the prisoner from the -courtroom and lynch him. The Sheriff's forces saved the prisoner. Governor Say ers was appealed to and a company of state militia is now guarding the pris oner. Courthouse and the Jail. Brorrn Ont of JalL SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 20. Andrew W. Brown, the son of a New York millionaire J who was arrested Monday night at the Palace Hotel on a telegram from the Sheriff ot Oswego County, N. T., that he was wanted there on a charge pf grand larceny, has been released, as the, com plainants refused to advance the money to take him back Cast. Trouble Brewing: in Chi Li. LONDON. Dec 20. A. dispatch to the Reuter Telegram Company, from Fekln, December 19. says t.be situation through out the province is rapidly growing- worse and Is. causing grave anxiety. The dis patch adds that unless a definite system of government Is speedily Installed, a re crudescence of the anti-foreign outbreaks Is confidently predicted. The pressure of Winter begins to be felt by the people, who are alio suffering on account of the blackmail levied by the native employes of the allies, for which the foreigners are blamed. A number of desperadoes impris oned at San Chpw Fu by General Mel, whom, the Germans released, are now hur rying to. tho Chi Ll-Shan Tung border, burning houses, murdering and pillaging. THE DAY'S RACES. THE DAY'S RACES. Races at Tanforan. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 20. Results at Tanforan: Six and a half furlongs, selling Jerld won. Prestidigitator second, - Ordnung third; time. 1:22. One mile, selling Wallensteln won, As tor second. Jennie Reld third; time, 1:46. Five and a half furlongs, purse Ada N. won, Edna Brown second, Merlda third; time. 1:10. One mile and a sixteenth, handicap Greyfleld won, Greenock second. Oppo nent third; time, 1:50&. One mile selling Alas won, Walken shaw second. LamachUs, third; time. 1:45. Seven and a half furlongs, selling Sea Lion won. Lady Meddlesome second, Do nator third; time, 1:37. Races at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20. Weather cloudy; track slow. Results: One mile, selling Belle of Orleans won. Silver Coin second, Lady Curzon third; time, 1:43. Seven furlongs, selling Georgia Gard ner won. Salic second, Algle M. third; time, 136. One mile and & sixteenth. selling Stranger won. Sauber second, Alvln W. third: time. 1:57&. ci- ii-innca VinniHraTi Senator Bever- tdge- won, Tom Collins second, Tom Klngsley third; .time, 1:10. One mile and 50 yarda-rlndlan won, Eminge second. Spurs third; time. 1:53. Seven furlongs, selling -uaun won. .ed ucate second, Tea Gown third; time, 1:34. McConncll Defeated by Crlbb. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 20. Otto Crlbb, an Australian welter-weight, knocked out Frank McConnell, of this, city, In the" fourth round tonight before the Colum bia Athletic Club. The fight "was a fast one. The Australian waa the aggressor and puzzled McConnell with a series of swift lefts on. the body and the face. McConnell was put out with a right on the jaw. Slonn in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 20. Tod Sloan and Tommy Burns, the jockeys, have ar rived here. Sloan says he has come pure ly for pleasure, and will not accept any mounts. Burns will ride here after the first of the year. He has been engaged by William C. Whitney for next season, and expects to ride in England. IRELAND GOES TO CUBA. Will Invastlsate Church Property by Invitation of President. DULUTH, Minn., Dec. 20. Archbishop Ireland, of St Paul, is to make a trip to Cuba shortly after the first of the year by commission from the President. The Bishop of Duluth has been Invited by the archbishop to accompany him. The mis sion of the archbishop Is said to be to investigate the questions lir dispute re specting the allotment 'df church property in the' island. A Government boat Willi be placed at the archbishop's: disposal, and hA will male n tour of the Island, study ing the-condUion? and all phases of the- Golfer Vardori's Opinion. NEW YORK, Dec 20. Harry Vardon sailed for England on the Majestic. "I like the country, the golfers and the links." sald Vardon just before he sailed, "I have traveled all over the East, the South and as far West as Denver, and I can safely say that I have been sur prised at the widespread popularity of the game. Atlantic City, I consider, one of the best courses in the country, and it would make an admirable site for the next amateur championship. Newport and Apawamls come close to Atlantic City In excellence. The best amateurs here have a good mastery of the game, but I am frank to say that they are not yet up t6 the class of the leading ama teurs in England and Scotland. Krnger Returns to The Hague. AMSTERDAM, Dec. 20. Mr. Kruger at tended a crowded meeting today in the Nleuwe Kerk. The speakers declared that Great Britain had sold her birthright for a handful of gold, and that the Con tinental powers would forever bear the brand of Cain unless they intervened in South Africa. Subsequently Mr. KrUger repaired to the Palace of Industry, where 5000 schoolboys welcomed him with a choral. Mr. Kruger started for The Hague this afternoon. The farewell scenes were a repetition ot the enthusiasm manifested on his arrival here. Another Draft for Manila. WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. The Buffalo, which Is now at Hampton Roads, has been ordered to make ready to carry an other draft of men for the fleet at Manila. She will take about 450 lanosmen and ap prentices to Trinidad, where she will fall in with the training-ships Hartford and Monongahela. She will exchange her green men for an equal number of the trained sailors on thp Hartrord and Mon ongahela. and will proceed to Manila, go ing by -Hfay of thef Cape of Good Hope and the Indian Ocean'. Title for Montenesrnn Prince. CETTINJE, Montenegro, Dec 20. Vo yevrede Bojo Petrovitch Nlegoch. Presi dent of the Montenegran Council of Min isters and Minister of the Interior, In the presence of the members of the Council of State, the Cabinet and Diplomatic Corps, formally requested Prince Nicholas as a sign of the gratitude of the people of Montenegro for his beneficent reign to accept the title "Royal Highness." Prince Nicholas accepted, expressing his thanks and referred to the presence of the diplo mats as a sign of the friendship of the European states for Montenegro. ' Advance to Rnlsln Growers. FRESNO. Cal., Dec. 20. 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Aj sharp skirmish Ja.tcf half an hour; 13 insurgents wore killed? 11 rifles captured and a large amount ol stares destroyed. One soldier was wound ed. REMEY." t Harrison Receives HH Fee. NEW YORK. Dec 20. A dispatch to the Herald from Caracas says: Ex -President Benjamin Harrison har received his fee for his services In con nection with the arbitration of the boun dary dispute between British Guiana and this republic The settlenjent has just been made public. In addition tmj gov ernment has paid the American mixed claims and the interest on the foreign debt. This settlement is expected to relieve the government of many of Its embarrass ments. especially of pressure from Ger many, which has caused not a little anx iety. Storm in Costa TUcn. KINGSTON. Jamaica. Dec. 20. News was received here today of a destructive storm which swept over Costa Rica last week. Miles of railroad track were dam aged, the fruit plantations were-Injured and communication with Port Limon was cut off." 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