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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."-
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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. Local 'bankers
have arranged to advance to the Raisin
Growers Association 5500,000, as required
to fulfill its contracts. Sales have been
slow of late, owing to the sluggishness
of the Eastern markets.' The packers
have taken 1700 carloads of TalslnS and
paid for them. About 500 "carloads more
have been packed, but there is a dispute
about the grades.
Sharp Brush With Tnprals.
WASHINGTON, Dec 20.-The following
cablegram from Admiral Remey, giving
an account of a sharp brush with Filipino
Insurgents, was received today at the
Navy Department:
"Cavlte, Dec 20. Bureau of Navigation.
Washington: Fifteen troopers, Fourth
Cavalry, and five of the crew were landed
from the gunboat Basco yesterday at
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stares destroyed. One soldier was wound
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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." Tho full extent of thedestruo
tion wrought is unknown, but It Is be
lieved to be serious.
' Aaron Crane Dead.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Aaron Crane- la
dead at his son's residence in Orange. N.
J., aged S6 years. He was for years an
Importer of this city, having branch of
fices in Charleston, S. C, and New Or
leans. In 1S70 he became a member of a
stock brokerage house He retired from
active business ljfe in 1SS5.
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