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-, ujsjip jpniiiiMwyfLfl55i gjwi?wAjw THE MORNING OREGONIANj FRIDAY JANUARY 11, 1901. APPEAL FOR TAGALS Sensational Memorial Intro duced in the Senate. THROUGH TELLER'S HANDS Colorado Senator's Effort to Have It Printed Met With Vigorous Oppo sition Consideration of the Army BUI Resumed. WASHINGTON. Jan. lO.-ConsIderable progress was made by the Senate today with the Army reorganization bill, but the final vote upon the measure seems to be as far off as ever. Today's proceed ings wre characterized by several sharp colloquies, some of which were of a decld ,edly personal nature. An appeal was presented by Teller, from more than 2000 persons in Manila, urging the United States Government to cease its operations against the Filipinos. The appeal Is sensational in Its statements and so unusual In form that Hawley made a Vigorous objection to its publica tion as a document. He declared that it was a treasonable denunciation of the Government, an attack upon our soldiers. Consideration was concluded of the com mittee amendments of the Army reor ganization bill and the Senate took up the amendments proposed by Individual Senators. The amendments providing for the appointment of General James H. Wilson, General FItzhugh Lee and Gen eral Shatter to be Major-General of the regular Army and retired, precipitated an extended and, on the part of Pettl grew, a bitter debate. The amendments prevailed, however, despite the opposi tion. On the desk of Galllnger, at the opening of today's sesrion of the Senate, lay a bunch of beautiful roses, sent by friends as a testimonial of his efforts to secure the abolition of the canteen in the Army. Vest and Rawlins announced that they had been detained unavoidably from the Senate yesterday when the vote upon the canteen question was taken. They would have voted, had they been present, to sus tain the action of the Senate committee, that is, against the abolition of the can. teen. Teller presented the memorial from 2006 "Filipinos and peaceful inhabitants" of Manila. The memorial was in the form of an appeal to the Congress of the United States, and. as Teller stated, was "signed personally by the leading people of Manila and that section lawyers, bankers and professional men, represent ing the best elements of that community." It reviewed the circumstances leading up to the present struggle of the Filipinos for Independence. It paid a high tribute to the work of Aguinaldo and his coadju tors in their endeavor to obtain liberty and Independence for the people of the Philippines. Reference was made to some of the principal events of the present revolution against American authority, the petition urging that the American troops had failed to make serious Impres sion upon the revolutionary party. It pointed out that Aguinaldo had declared he might lose the hope of victory, but he would not lose the hope of dying for the liberty and independence of his people. It pointed out that the revolution has the support of practically all the people of the Philippines, and declares that though 300 revolutionists be destroyed, 1000 will rise up to support the flght for lndepend. ence. All of the Islands of the archlpel- ago, says the memorial, are supporting the revolution, and they will not yield until the last drop of Filipino Wood has been shed. The Filipino Nation, the memorial con tinues, bearing in mind the history of America and its humanitarian doctrines, asks the Government of the United States to cease its "persecution" of men "strug gling to be free etrugglng against great er odds and greater wrongs than those which inspired the fathers of the Repub lic." This they ask "In the names of Washington, of Jefferson, of Lincoln, in the name of justice and in the name of the God eternal." The appeal directs that an autonomy similar to that enjoyed by Canada and Australia would not be prac ticable for the Filipinos, who desire full liberty and Independence and they urge the Government of the United States to give them liberty and independence. When the reading of the memorial had been concluded. Teller presented an order for the printing of the Filipino petition as a Senate document. "I protest against the paper being print ed as a Senate document." said Hawley. "It is an attack upon the United States, its authority and its troops, and a pas sionate appeal to the Filipinos to continue to kill our men. If Jefferson Davis had brought forward a similar paper after the battle of Gettysburg and demanded to have It read and printed as a Son ate document, It would have been a mild crime In comparison with this." On account of the objection of Hawley, the order went over until tomorrow. Consideration of the Army bill was re sumed, the pending question being the amendment offered by Proctor, of the mili tary committee, providing how volunteers might be appointed First and Second Lieu tenants in tho regular Army. A committee amendment to increase the number of flrst-class privates in the Sig nal Corps from 200 to 250 was adopted To section 51 of the bill providing for retirement of officers, amendments were made that the section should not apply to any officer whose active service In the Army does not exceed 15 years, "and it shall not apply to any officer who has been placed upon the retired list by vir tue of any special act of Congress or to any officer who has already received such high grade." In discussing those amend ments at length, Teller said: "I want to say that the bill was drawn In the Army Office. It was drawn with the idea of taking care of the pets of the service." The pending bill, he said, was neither Just nor reasonable. Proctor said the pending bill certainly had not been drawn with the Idea of re warding favorites, as suggested by Teller He felt that the bill went as far in pro viding for the retirement of officers as It. could go reasonably. Perrtrlng action upon the amendment proposed by Teller to Increase the retired list, the whole mat ter went over until tomorrow. An amendment offered by Penrose, authorizing the members of societies and corps and regimental organizations of Spanish War veterans to use and wear upon occasions the distmclve badges of suQh organizations was adopted. pen roso also offered an amendment provid ing In elaborate terms against the dese cration of the United States flag, but ob jection was made, and It went over. Daniel offered an amendment authoriz ing the President to select from the list of Brigadier-Generals of volunteers two officers, without regard to age. for the purpose of appointing them Major-Generals of the regular Army and retiring them. Daniel stated that the amendment was intended to provide for the retire ment of General J. H. Wilson and General FItzhugh Lee. Sewall offered an amendment to the amendment, authorizing the President to select a regular officer, not above the rank of Brigadier-General, to be appoint ed as a Major-General and retired. In answer to an Inquiry of Teller. Sewell re plied that his amendment was intended to epply to the benefit of the "man who conquered the Spanish Nation" General 6h after. Pcttlgrew declared there was nothing In the history of the conflict at Santiago which warranted the proposed action by the Senate. "It is conferring distinction for honor not .won," he declared, "and for services not rendered. I am opposed to it If I read the history of that en gagement correctly, the credit for our victory certainly does not belong to Gen eral flhafter." Pettigrew then sent to the clerk's desk and had read a chapter of Senator Lodge's history of the Spanish-American War, giving an account of the battle of San tiago. After the clerk had read for some time, Pettigrew himself took up the read ing, making, as he proceeded, sarcastlo remarks upon General Sbaftera conduct of the battle. "Yet," said he, "this Is the man who Is to be especially honored by Congress, after It has laid before it this damaging testl. mony from the most eminent historian of this body. The victory at Santiago was not only not won by General Shaf ter, but in spite of General Shafter. Now we proi pose to promote him for mere blunder ing, incapacity and Inefficiency, without parallel In history. We have already pro moted Corbln, who was not away from Washington during the war, and Alns worth, who acted as a clerk merely, and now we propose to put Shafter upon the list to emphasize the fact that Congress never promotes anybody unless It Is sure he has never done any fighting." Sewell made a warm defense of General Shafter. He declared that General Shaf ter had been selected to command the Army in Cuba na one of the best soldiers In the Army an officer who had settled satisfactorily all the Indian troubles In the Southwest, and who was the fighting man of the period. That he was a mili tary genius, said Sewell was conceded by military authorities and all competent to judge. Sewell's amendment was agreed to, 41 to 11, and the original amendment, as amended, was agreed to without di vision. Pettigrew offered as a new section of the bill an amendment providing that one third of the vacancies made by this act shall be made by selections of officers from the volunteers. Proctor opposed the amendment. Daniel spoke in support of the amendment. Without concluding his speech. Daniel yielded the floor until to morrow. A committee was appointed to attend the funeral of Representative Clarke, and as an additional mark of re spect, the Senate adjourned. COUNT BONI'S DEBTS. Hearing or the Castellane Suit In Kerr York. NEW YORK, Jan. 10,-The suit brought by Anton J. Dlttmar, the New York lawyer, as assignee of Asher Werthelmer, the London bric-a-brac dealer, to enjoin the trustees of the estate of the late Jay Gould from paying over to the Countess de Castellane any portion of the income of her share of the estate, was called in the Supreme Court )oday on an applica tion to continue, pending the trial of the action, a temporary injunction Issued by Justice Fitzgerald preventing the Goulds from sending any money to their sister. By an agreement between counsel the Goulds have been permitted to send to the Countess $19,800 a month for the last two months. Mr. Untermeyer, of counsel for Ditt mar, presented an affidavit today from Werthelmer. giving a detailed account of all the articles sold by him to the Cas tellanes and alleging that they were worth all that was charged for them. Annexed to his affidavit, Mr. Werthelmer has placed much of the correspondence that passed betwen himself and Count Castellane. In the earlier letters the Count acknowledges the receipt of goods ordered by him and agrees to settle, as alleged by Mr. Werthelmer in his affida vit. Interest, says the count, on all credit purchases Is to be reckoned at 4 per cent per annum. In several letters the count pleads the Spanish-American War as an excuse for not meeting his obliga tions. He says that his income has been reduced by the war. In one letter the count assures Mr. Werthelmer that this income will shortly Increase and that the recipient knows that as soon as the count has -a few "sous" they will be at the disposal of the creditor. In a letter dated London. April 6, the count writes that he made by an arrangement with his brother-in-law by which Mr. Wer thelmer's bill would he paid in eight days. In a letter written In January, 1900, the count asked Werthelmer to dis continue legal proceedings, saying that he was about to visit America to realize on certain securities for the benefit of his creditors. The count offered to sell on his return from America a portion of his fur niture, taking In payment the drafts held by Werthelmer, signed by the count. Mr. Untermeyer argued againEt the technical objections raised by the Goulds and then passed to the merits of the case. The acceptances given by tho Count and Countess de Castellane, he said, were given for historical bric-a-brac and valu able paintings, chiefly obtained from sales at Christie's in London. "Some of it." counsel continued, "has been sold by Count de Castellane and some of it has been bought by George Gould, his brother-in-law, and one of the defendants. In the face of these facts, one of the de fendants swears on lnformatlcn and be lief that parts of this claim are fraudu lent. Mr. Werthelmer has to carry these acceptances at a high rate of Interest and when he asks that his indebtedness be paid, the Goulds come in and make this shameless defense. In this transaction. Count Castellane shows himself as mean and thorough a scamp as can well be conceived. He does not see fit to give us back our furniture, which we have expressed our willingness to take, but sells it. He then has the audacity to say that five pictures are not from the col lections to which they were alleged to belong when he purchased them from Mr. Werthelmer." Colonel James, for the Gould trustees, said Mr. Untermeyer had attached to his new affiidavits an amended complaint and he would ask for time to consider whether he should not oppose it. Mr. Untermeyer dealt with the legal aspect of the case and cited authorities to show that the action could be carried on here and that the trustees should be enjoined from paying over a greater sum to their sister than the court would per mit. Colonel James opposed the motion to continue the Injunction and held it could not be continued legally. Mr. James said: "One Asher Werthelmer Is a dealer in bric-a-brac in London. As has been stated. Miss Anna Gould married Count Castellane and with him went to Paris to live and became a citizen of that country, Mr. Werthelmer became ac quainted with the couple shortly after their arrival, and during the years 1S95 and 1S96 and afterward sold them paint ings and other furniture. To gain an Idea of some of the transactions I will show you two. One was the sale of a wardrobe for $125,000 and $9000 for a commode, on representation that they, "were made by old artists. We deny that Dlttmar is the real party in interest. We hold that this court Is without jurisdiction over the person of the Countess de Castellane and Is without power to determine what part of her Income is necessary for the sup port of herself and children. This is an attempt to collect a debt that has not been established. B the answer which the defendants interpose, the honesty of that debt Is questioned. Even though the court had Jurisdiction, the will of the late Mr. Gould would prevent the main tenance or payment of the claim, for in a codicil to his will Mr. Gould expressly provided that no beneficiary under the will should have power to encumber the share to which he or she was entitled." Colonel James then quoted a number of authorities to show that It was lawful and just for a person so to place his estate in the hands of the trustees and to provide that his heirs should not be al lowed to contract debts in anticipation of their Income. Colonel James asked the court to dismiss the Injunction and let Werthelmer havo his redress in the French court, to which both of the de fendants are subjects. Decision was re-scrvotl. INDORSED THE GROUT BILL SECRETARY WILSON'S ARGUMENT IX ITS SUPPORT. The Measure Is Intended to Protect the Farmer and the PubUo at Large, WASHINGTON, Jan, 10. Secretary Wilson made an argument before the Senate committee an agriculture today In support of the Grout oleomargarine bill. He said the measure was intended to protect the farmer and the public at large. Mr. Wilson said that the amount of butter disposed of annually is- about 18 pounds per capita, and of oleomargar ine something" over 100, and he said in response to Judge Springer, that he con sidered this dangerous competition. He was of the opinion that there was danger In the imitation of butter by the use of coloring matter, and thought in time the use of improved methods would result in driving renovated butter out of existence. The Secretary said he did not accept the opinion that the regula tion of the oleomargarine business would Injure the beef cattle business; and said that farmers would find it profitable to keep and fatten their own beeves. Inci dentally, he expressed the opinion that farmers of the South would get far more In the way of returns by raising cattle and the crops necessary to that end than they would out of the sale of a few thou sand barrels of cotton-seed oil to the oleomargarine-makers. He said that more than half the substance used In Washing ton for butter Is oleomargarine, and that he had butter for his own tablo shipped direct from a creamery In Iowa Secretary Wilson has addressed a letter to the chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture and forestry in defense of the Grout bill, in which he says: "Although the act approved August 2, ISSGi has served well to Identify oleomar garine and prevent deception on the part of merchants generally, it has not fur nished adequate protection to producers and consumers. In all the earnest efforts to protect consumers, the most serious obstacle has been tho Introduction of col ored oleomargarine In original packages. Hence I deem the first section of this bill of pressing Importance. It Is the pur pose of this bill so to exercise the taxing power of the Government as to render the counterfeit product unprofitable, and thus protect genuine butter and prevent existing fraud. "Considering the provisions of the sec ond section of the bill as a whole, I do not see why it should be opposed by oleo margarine manufacturers and merchants. If the higher tax upon the product when colored In Imitation of yellow butter Berves, as is hoped, to prevent deception and fraud, that must be a satisfaction to all who believe in honesty In produc tion and trade as well as among consum ers." NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL. Secretary Long's Recommendation for an Increase Accepted. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. The House committee on naval affairs today prac tically completed the naval vapproprla tion bill, but It will not be In shape to make public until tomorrow or Saturday. The question of the Increase of the Navy, Which usually entails the largest contest, was easily settled this year by the accept ance of the recommendation of the Sec retary of the Navy for two battle-ships and two cruisers. The committee also finally decided to give the full increase of enlisted men asked for by the Secretary 5000 men, instead of 3000 men, as tenta tively agreed upon yesterday. The bill also will carry a provision to commission two classes from the Nayal Academy now on their cruises, and also to commission the present senior class Immediately upon their graduation in June. This action was taken tp provide the additional officers of which the de. partment Is greatly in need. It will make about 150 new officers available for duty. Aa, the Senate has twice declined to ac cept the House proposition to shorten the Naval Academy course. from six to four years, the committee did not insert it in the bill. There is a possibility that In addition to the Increase of the Navy a number of submarine boats of the Holland type will be provided for at the last moment, but this is hardly probable. The repre sentatives of the company are to be given a hearing tomorrow, but the committee has a confidential report of the Board of Bureau Chiefs of the Navy Department, signed by Admirals O'Neill, Melville, Bradford and Naval Constructor Wood ward, which strongly opposes the author ization of further boats of this type. Eight of these boats were authorized by the last naval appropriation bill. The conclusion of the Board Is as follows: "Without desiring to discredit Mr. Hoi land In any way, or to detract from the merits of the boat, the Board Is of the opinion that the utility of boats of thl3 class has not yet been sufficiently demon strated to warrant the construction of Others than those already authorized eight in number which are considered a sufficient number to experiment with "As regards the cost of the present boats, namely, $170,000 each, the Beard is of the opinion that If the cost of con struction, with a reasonable profit to the contractors, is alone considered, It Is a very high price; but If the expenses of the company In developing the boat is taken into consldeation, the price is not excessive." FINANCIAL BILLS. Hearing: on the Overstreet, Levy and Hill Measures. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Secretary of the Treasury Gage, Horace White of New York, and several other prominent financiers today appeared before the House committee on coinage, weights and measures, at the request of the com mittee and gave their views on the Over street, Levy and Hill bills to maintain the parity of the money of the United States. The three bills, although con taining different provisions, each provide for the exchange at the option of the holder of gold and silver coins of the United States. To accomplish this, the Overstreet bill authorized tho Secretary of the Treasury to use the gold reserve fund In the Treasury, and the Levy bill authorized him to issue two-per cent bonds. Before the hearing Chairman Southard read a letter from John H. Rhoades, chairman of the finance com mittee of the New York Chamber of Commerce, heartily Indorsing the bills urging the enactment of the proposed legislation at this session of Congress. "We believe," said Mr. Rhoades, "that the sooner all defects In the legislation of the previous session relating to the maintenance of the gold standard is re moved, the better it will be for the coun try at large and for business in general; and we also feel that action In this di rection should be taken now at the pres ent session of Congress, rather than be delayed and acted upon at the next session of Congress when another elec tion Is approaching. The marvelous de velopment of the mercantile Interests now In progress demand, in our judg ment, the serious attention of Congress in order that the ground work may be laid and the superstructure begun of a broad and comprehensive banking sys tem, which will be adequate to the need3 of the coming generation. I fear none of us realize what lies before us In the way of expansion of business during the coming 25 years of this century, of growth, anU how quickly the vacuum thus created will be filled up and we will once more find ourselves face to face with a need for currency at a time when a quick expansion of credit Is absolutely necessary to prevent financial disaster and a monetary panic." Mr. Lev? sf New York. wo was pres ent to advocate his bill, created some thing of a sensation by stating that Mr. Bryan, the recant Democratic candidate for President, had told him that if elect ed President he would find a. way to pay the obligations of the Government in sil ver. The only question at issue was the means to be placed at the disposal of the Secretary of. the Treasury to secure its maintenance. Ho then took "up the language of therbllls And gave the Hill bill his endorsement. Mr. Shafroth, of Colorado, asked whether to make sliver and greenbacks exchangeable in gold did not In tact make them simply promises to pay In gold. "Certainly," replied Mr. White. "Then you desire to impound 500,000,000 In silver and eventually dump the silver on the country as bullion." "Not at once, but gradually," replied Mr. White. "We should do Just what Germany has done. I think we would be lucky if we could get back half of what we paid for the silver." Questioned further, Mr. White said a failure of crops, anything which would greatly lessen the demand for money, would send sliver and sliver certificates under the present law into the Treasury and, eventually cause a disparity in the price betwoen gold and silver because of the Government's inability to pay In gold. Mr. Hill said, in his opinion, the two dangers which threatened the gold stand ard were the greenbacks and silver. He asked if Mr,. White did not agree that much of the silver could be recolned Into subsidiary coin and the re mainder made exchangeable. Mr. White agreed to this proposition. Secretary Gage said that the question involved in the bills before the commit tee was simple. He agreed with Mr. White that In times of dullness or busi ness depression, the bonkers and other holders of money In the centers of popu lation would gradually withhold gold and allow silver and silver certificates to pile up In the treasury through the pay ment of custom duties and taxes. If Con gress failed to make gold and silver ex changeable it Implied, a doubt, no matter how slight it might be, and the bank ers and holders of money refused to take the risk. "Why should they take the risk," he continued "if you refuse to remove it?" Why charge them with re sponsibilities you would not take?" he asked, striking the table emphatically. Secretary Gage said that his experience had taught him that if a. man showed the slightest inclination to evade respon sibility for enterprises he had undertak en, he wag hurt in his community. It was the law of life, he said, and It was a progressive law. He saw no risk in the Government removing every doubt as to its policy and purpose, Mr. Cockran, of Missouri, asked the Secretary if silver was to be made re deemable in gold, why It would not be better from the standpoint of economy to sell the silver and place it In the gold fund for redemption purposes, "If it could be done without seriously disturbing the money markets," replied Secretary Gage, "I think that course would be more honest." Amendments to the Subsidy Bill. WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. The Senate committee on commerce today agreed to make several additional amendments to the ship subsidy bill. One of these ex tends the benefits of the bill to ships engaged In both foreign and coastwise trade, such as those of the Panama Rail road line. The amendment grants sub sidy to the extent that the cargo Is for eign. Another amendment Is Inserted on page 24, which permits a majority of tha owners of a steamship to sign contracts with the Secretary of the Treasury, In stead of requiring all of the owners to sign, and In lieu of a bond the Secretary Is authorized to retain 25 per cent of the earned compensation as security for the performance of the contract. A THE DEATH ROLL. Rear-Admiral Thomas Phelps. NEW YORK, Jan. 10. Rear-Admiral Thomas Phelps, retired, of Washington, D. C, died at the New York Hospital tonight of pneumonia. He was taken to the hospital only yesterday from the ho tel where he was staying. He had come to this city to be with Mrs. Phelps, who Is sick at the New York Hospital. Major Nat Dnrbnnk Dead. NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 10. Major Nat Burbank, 0f the Picayune, widely known a3 a dramatic critic and as the, author of the humorous column of that paper, died suddenly In a street-car today. He came here with the United States Army during the Civil War and had been associated with the Picayune for many years. Genral Lambert, PARIS, Jan. 10. General Lambert, Sen ator for the department of Finisterre is dead after a short illness. He commanded In the defense of the mansion made fa mous by the battle-painter, Alphonse de Neuvllle, In the painting known as the "House of the Last Cartridge." David Graham Adee Dead. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. David Gra ham, brother of Assistant Secretary of State Adee, and well known as an author, died this morning. He had been an invalid for many years. Commander John 1V Quaclccnbush. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10,-Commander John W. Quackenbush. United States Navy, retired, died today at his home In this city, aged 54 years. Roosevelt in Colorado, COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., Jan. 10. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt arrived In this city on the Rock Island train at 7:35 this morning, and at 11 o'clock, ac companied by Philip B. Stewart and Dr. Gerald B. Webb, boarded the Colorado Midland train, on which he continued his Journey westward to the hunting-grounds, where he will seek sport with mountain lions and bear. The party left the train at Rlfio, Colo., tonight, and tomorrow they will ride to Meeker. Colo., where the well-known guide, John Goff, awaits them with horses, hounds, guns, ammu nition, provisions and cooking utensils. A crowd was assembled at the Midland depot to witness the departure of the hunters, and it made a noisy demonstra tion In honor of the Vice-President-elect, Washington Grain Inspection. L. H. Pearson, secretary of the State Grain Department, has made h!s quarter ly report of the number of carloads of grain Inspected at the three inspection points in the state. Tacoma Inspected 5760 carloads of wheat, 169 of barley. 76 of oats, and 8 of rye- Seattle Inspected 1574 carloads of wheat, 136 of barley, 134 of oats and 3 of rye. Spokane inspected 49S of wheat, 48 of barley and 52 of oats. p An Anti-Vaccination Doctor. "VEW YORK. Jan. 10. The Board of Health reports two new cases of small pox today. The board's counsel has been Instructed to apply for a warrant for the arrest of Dr. Leverson, of Brooklyn, who Is said to have treated SO cases of small pox without reporting them to the Board of Health, and to have advised his -hearers to shoot persons who might attempt forcible entry to their houses to vacci nate them. , Captain. Barber's Remains. CANTON, O., Jan. 10. The body of Cap tain James Barber, nephew of the Presi dent, reached Canton today, accompanied by the young widow, who made the trip from Hong Kong. The funeral service and interment will be held tomorrow. President and Mrs. McKlnley sent a beau tiful floral wreath from the White House conservatory. TO CURE A" COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets. AH drurclits rerund the money If It falls to cure. EL "VV. Grove's signature is on each box. 26c TO PUNISH KIDNAPING BILLS INTRODUCED IN SEVERAL LEGISLATURES. Governor Mount, of Indian, Suggests a Sever Penalty. History - I the Ross Cose. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 10.-A bill waa Introduced In the' House today for the punishment of kidnaping. The penalty is fixed at Imprisonment In the penitentiary not exceeding 25 years, or a fine not ex ceeding $5000, or both. The bill contains the proviso that this punishment shall "not extend to a parent taking his or her minor child, unless such parent Is de prived of the right to have the custody ot such child by order of a court of com petent jurisdiction." A NEW YORK BILL. Senator Plunlcitt Has Some Facts About the Charlie Ross Case. ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 10. Senator Plun kltt, of Manhattan, last night Intro duced In the Senate a bill to punish kid naping of children under 16 years of agv, by fixing the limit of imprisonment for such an offense at 25 years. Senator Plunkitt said he. had facts In his possession concerning the abduction of Charlie Ross in 1874 which had never been published. He said: "The abduct ors of Charlie Rosa were New York river thieves, Mosher and his companion. The wagon In which Ross was carried away was hired In New York by Mosher and driven to Philadelphia so as to prevent any possible discovery of the offendere. The wagon was driven about 30 miles out of Philadelphia, and was there aban doned. Mosher and his companion ac companied, their victim, taking passage on tho train to New York. Fear kept Charlie Ross quiet. Upon arriving at New York Ross was taken on one of Mosher's river craft, and, finally, to pre vent detection. Charlie was thrown Over board in the bay after being tied to iron so as to sink and make coming to the surface impossible. "The New Yorker who let the horse and wagon to Mosher never claimed his prop erty for fear of being charged with com plicity. "When Mosher was shot while attempt ing to rob the Van Brunt mansion at Bay Ridge, he made an effort to explain tha ChaTlle Ross affair, but death cams as soon as the name passed his lips." GOV. MOUNT'S RECOMMENDATION. He Would Punish Abduction by Death or Life Imprisonment. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Jan. 10. The 62d general assembly of Indiana convened to day. Governor-elect Durbln, Republican, will be inaugurated next Monday. Governor Mount, in his farewell mes sage, deplored the brutal lynchings that have dishonored the state, and said: "The remedy muBt be found through the co-operation of good citizens in de manding a rigid enforcement of the law, and not through mob violence." The message sayB of kidnaping: "Where the kidnapers have no legal or blood claim, where the abduction is for ransom or for any other unlawful purpose, It should be made in extreme cases punish able by death or Imprisonment for life." The Horton-Butler Contest. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 10. Randolph Laugh lln, attorney for the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners, filed suit in the Circuit Court today for an Injunction against the principals In the Horton-Butler Congressional election contest, to pre vent them from instituting proceedings because of the board's refusal to produce the ballots cast in the last election,, and for an order defining, their duties in the premises. A temporary writ waa Issued 'for the appearance of the defendants Saturday morning to show cause why the Injunction sho.uld not be granted. James Butler was declared elected to Congress from the Twelfth Missouri District, and Mr. Horton, his opponent, is contesting the election. Colorado Republicans Unseated. DENVER. Jan. 10. The House of Rep resentatives today voted to seat Henry Hart, W. C. Pochon and Andrew Park, Democrats, In places of R. Kerr, W. F Doertenbach and William Walk, Republi cans, from Pueblo County. This reduces the Republican membership to seven. Wisconsin Legislature. MADISON, Wis., Jan. 10. Both houses of the Legislature convened In the Assembly-chamber today to receive the mes sage of Governor LaFollette. The mes sage was devoted almost entirely to a discussion of taxation and the primary election law. CENTRALIZATION OF POWIR Leads to the Belief That All Men Are Purchasable. ' PHILADELPHIA,Ja,n. 10. Bishop Pot ter, in his address at the Academy of Music last night, said: "Nobody who has followed the history of this Republic can be Insensible to the enormous change In the relation of the population of this land to Its great busi ness centers. Wo leading cities of in ferior size in the state in which I live during the last decade have actually lOBt In population, and the community sur rounding them have lost still more large ly. The growth, on the other hand, of two or more large centers of population of America Is enormous. These are startling facts in oufc history. In other words, the drift of the moBt active men and of the youth of the land for educational or oth er purposes Is Increasing to those great centers. More than ever they strike the note, more than ever they set the pace. "I want to speak to you about the rela tions of such a factor as this to communi ties In our municipal and National life, which ought to'be remembered. One of these I believe to be the curious decay In that life, whether it is National or municipal, of the Influence and power of the individual. That great political revolution which began in France, which had for Its masters Rousseau and the rest, stood for the emancipation of that older world, for the freedom of the Indi vidual ljfe and mind. "There has been at work during the last 25 years in 'the United" States, proml. nently, think, certain great tendencies toward centralization of power. You see It in the domination of capital, in honest aggregations of money, which makes it possible for three Or four Indi viduals In the back office of some bank to create In half an hour a convulsion in the financial markets of the world. "You see It In the concentration and organization of the. great Industrial en terprises which have startled the world, not alone with their enterprises, but with their genius and ability. The difficulty In modern life Is with tho organized forces that touch the individual life. They are so great and so rich, and so many hand ed, that for the Individual to stand up against them is something more than or dinary courage will dare to attempt. That is the whole tendency of our modern Ufa As the result of It, a conviction has come to pass, which exists widely not only in such communities as yours and mine, but all over this land, that there does not exist a man who Is not a pur chasable man. . "About a year ago there came into mj study in New( York some one whom. I had never Been, a stranger, whose name upon his card 1 did not recognize, and whose errand I could not divine. 'Sir,' said he, 'I am from such and such a part of the country. In that part of the country a fierce political campaign is now in progress. One of your clergy (it was in a territory and not in a city) i3 J attacking from the pulpit the moral char acter and moral standards as a gentle man, a candidate there for a very high office, whom I represent.' "I aaldt 1 have not any clergymen out in that part of the world. I have no more jurisdiction there than you have." He said: Perhaps not. In the sense you mean, but It Is one of your men.' " 'What do you want me to do,' said I. T want you to stop it,' said he, 'and I am authorized by the distinguished gen. tleman whom I represent to say that it you will stop it, he will make it worth your while.' "I felt like saying It win coma high.' I got up and walked to the door. I opened It and stood there. He looked towards It a moment m some perplexity. I said, "Does It not occur to you, sir, that thls Interview Is at an end 7' He went out. "I mention that Incident as a proof of the statement I have made here. Here Was a person in a distant part of the country, a candidate for a very high po sition, who had not the smallest hesitation In sending an emissary to me with an in timation that if I were prepared to si lence a speaker who was saying dlsa greeablo things, that money would bo put up to make It worth, while. "The appalling fact is that from the top to tho bottom of our social structure the Judge upon the bench, the Legislator in the halls of legislation, the magistrate in the law courts and the policeman on his beat, are all believed by the great ma jority of the people to be purchasable men. That such suspicion should exist Is itself a dishonor so deep and damning that no community, ouffht to be willing to rest in It for an hour." New York's Reform. Movement. NEW YORK, Jan. 10. President Will iam H. Baldwin, Jr., of the committee of 15, gave out a significant interview after the committee had been In executive session fpr two hours, in their office in the United Charities building. Mr. Bald win deollned to go into details regarding the meeting, but said: "You may rest assured that our hired Investigators will get all the evidence there is, and that when Lewi Nixon's committee of five gets through, we will be able to take, up their work there and carry It to a finish. The Tammany com mltteo Is all right, and Is doing good work. It will accomplish its purpose. Matters of such magnitude and import ance and so far-reaching were discussed by our committee that it Is absolutely Impossible for me to say another word." A KANSAS CITY TRAGEDY. Young: Woman Shot Her Husband In an Office Bulldlnff. KANSAS CITY. MoT, Jan. 10. Philip H. Kennedy, acent for the Merchants' Dis patch Transportation Company, was shot four times and killed by his wife, Lulu K. Kennedy, at his office, In the New Ridge building. In the heart of the city, late this afternoon. At 5:30 this afternoon, Mrs. Kennedy appeared at the entrance of the office of the transportation company, and, seeing her husband, Philip H. Kennedy, Inside, requested! him to ste into the halL He had barely passed through the door into tho hall when his wife opened fire on him with a revolver, shooting him four times and kHIlnsr him Instantly. The woman kicked the lifeless body of her husband as she exclaimed: "Now you will never se duce another woman." Mrs. Kennedy, who was formerly Miss Lulu Prince, married Kennedy December 4, 1900, and the groom's action during the ceremony Indicated .that he was not a willing' party to the contract. The father and1 brother of the bride accompanied the couple during the marriage ceremony. Last Tuesday Kennedy brought suit to annul 'his marriage with Miss Prince. He alleged In his petition that he was forced to marry her by threats to take his life if he refused, and the threats were made not only by the father and brother of the young woman, but by her also. The pe tition said that he never lived with her as his wife. The siri's family claims that she and Kennedy were engaged to be married, when he met another younsr woman and fell in love with her. He broke the en gagement with Mlsa Prince, they say, and the cards were out announcing his marriage with the other young woman when tho father and brother of (Miss Prince took a hand in the affair. Ken nedy waa about SO years of age, and his wife Is 20. Refused to Be Driven Out. OHICAGO, Jan. 10. A special to the Times-Herald from Indianapolis says: The sequel to an attempt made toy a mob of white men last night to drive from Newburgh, Warwick County, a ne gro, whose wife is alleged to be a white woman, may be an attempt to lynch the black man. The negro moved into the village a few days ago. The report that his wife was a white woman aroused In dignation, and he was ordered to leave. He refused to obey the order, and a crowd of 80 or 40 whites went to his house and commanded him to come out. The negro fired at the whites, and the shooting be came general. Sixty shots were fired, but nd one was wounded. The mob finally retired. The hSeriff of Warwick County went to the scene of the trouble and un successfully urged the negro to leave, the latter declaring he would stay In his house. The negroes of Newburgh congre gated at the cabin, heavily armed, ex pecting an attack. Commuted by the President. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. The President today commuted the sentence of Charles L. McUln, who was to have been hanged In this city tomorrow, to imprisonment for life. In December, 1899, McUin, who was a motorman on one of the street rail ways, killed another motorman. Jealousy was the cause. Charged With Raising: Bills. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. lO.-George Dyer Is under arrest here on an indict ment from Wolf County, Kentucky, charging him with raising Jl bills to $10. Dyer had enlisted In the Army, and was on his way to Manila. New Transcontinental Scheme. DULUTH, Minn., .Jan. 10. It wa3 re ported in Duluth railroad circles today that there was another transcontinental scheme afoot in which this city was in terested. It is a proposition for a line from ocean to ocean, consisting of the Grand Trunk. Wisconsin Central, the Mc Kenzle & Mann road and tho James Duns mulr connection from Winnipeg to. the Pacific. William McKenzle, when In Du luth a year ago, announced that within two years his road would enter Duluth from tho direction of Winnipeg. Mr. Mc Kenzle and Mr. Mann recently attempted to purchase the Northern Pacific & Mani toba line, and, not being successful, an nounced that they would begin operations on an independent line at once. Conferences With Hill. NEW YORK, Jan. lO.-James J. Hill today conferred with J. P. Morgan, Jacob Schlff, James Stlllman and E. H. Harrl man, but nothing in the way of news de veloped. The president of the Great Northern road declined to make any reply to the report that the so-called "deal" with the St. Paul road would fall through. One of his assistants is author ity for the statement that Mr. Hill's con ferences with the railroad and financial magnates here are for the sole purpose of effecting a better agreement among the roads in the West. Jersey Insurance Swindle. NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-rhe Evening Journal says warrants have been issued for the arrest of four men who are ac cused of swindling the Colonial Insurance Company, of Jersey City, by securing in surance on. the lives of persons about to die, and by other methods. The four men Used 20 Years We do not know of any other hair preparation that has been used in one family for twenty years ; do you? 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Kelly, of New York, said to be an agent of the Colonial Insurance Company, has been arrested and locked up in the Jersey City Jail. INSURANCE SWINDLERS. Jersey City Company Causes the Ar rest of Four Men. NEW YORK, Jan. 10. Believing that they were the victims of "graveyard" In surance swindlers, officers of the Colonial Life Insurance Company of America, lo cated in Jersey City, today caused the arrest of Thomas Martin, editor of a Union Hill, N. J., newspaper; William Necker, on undertaker at Union Hill, and Thomas J. Kelly, a pugilist, whoae right name is said to bo Thomas Waldron, and who until recently was an agent for the company. Dr. Richard Jaher, a West Hoboken physician, and formerly the medical examiner In Union Hill for the company, went; to police headquarters, but, after making a statement, was not placed under arrest. Secretary and Man ager Ernest Heppenhelmer, of the Insur ance company, said he did not think Dr. Jaher had been guilty of a criminal In tent, but he had been careless in signing papers presented by Kelly. Martin, Kelly and Necker were each released on $1000 ball. An indictment had been found against the four men upon the charge that they had conspired'' to secure insurance upon the life of Robert Brenner, a boy af 17, who was the brother of Martin's wife. The Insurance was secured in August last, -when Brenner was an inmate ot Belle-vue Hospital. Martin was the bene ficiary. Brenner's application had been secured by Kelly, as agent, had been ex amined and passed by Dr. Jaher, and his body had been burled by Necker, the un dertaker. It was charged that Brenner was dying with consumption when the policy was granted. Manager Heppenhelmer said that Kelly, while an agent of the company, had taken very bad risks, on which the company had paid money to TSTeoker and Martin as beneficiaries. 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