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THE MORNING OKEGONIA WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1901. .
QUAY THE CHOICE
End of a Long Struggle in
Pennsylvania.
THE OPPOSITION WAS SPLIT
Sfomlnnted In Both Boqiu,. of the
Iresrlalatnre With Three Vote to
Spare Senatorial Contests
in Other States.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 15. After a
memorable struggle which has continued
lor several years. Colonel M. S. Quay,
regular Republican nominee for United
States Senator, was elected today by the
Pennsylvania Legislature to fill the va
cancy created by the expiration of his
term, March 4, 1S99. His combined vote
In the Senate and House was ISO, or thre
more than the number necessary to elect.
The Senate and House will meet Jointly
at nooh tomorrow to canvass the vote
and declare an election. Mr. Quay's com
mission has already been prepared and
elgned. He will eo to Washington tomor
row afternoon and take his seat In the
Senate Thursday.
The Democratic vote was cast solidly
for Colonel James M. Guffy, of Pittsburg,
and that of the anti-Quay Republicans
was divided among nine persons. W. J.
Galvin, of Schuylkill, who two weeks ago
voted with the Republicans on the organ
ization of the House, was the only Demo
crat who voted for Mr. Quay. "When Tie
cast his vote, the followers 6f Colonel
Quay broke into cheers, which continued
for more than a minute. Colonel Guffy
lost three votes by the absence of Repre
sentatives George J. Maloney, of Venan
go, and Madison A. Garvin, of Adams,
who were unable to be present on account
of illness, and the pairing of Representa
tive Robert Squier, of Wyoming, with
Isaiah R. Halderoan, of Montgomery, Re
publican. Mr. Squier was present, while
his pair was 111 at his home with typhoid
fever. The vote was divided among the
four leaders as follows:
House. Senate. Total.
ttl S. Quay 101 28 130
James M. Guffy 44 12 5C
Congressman Dalzell.. 24 10 34
Charles E. Smith 11 1 12
There were 16 scattering votes. The
wildest excitement prevailed during the
balloting In the House. Long before that
body convened, at 3 o'clock, the crush at
the doors was so great that many mem
bers had to have the aid of police to get
Into the halL
The anti-Quay Republican legislators to
night gave out a statement regarding the
pledge signed by G5 members not to vote
for Quay under any circumstances, among
these members being: John K. Thompson,
John P. McTighe. George C. Hill, George
B. Tiffany, Thomas J. Reynolds, Benjamin
P. Welty and Samuel A. Kendall, who
subsequently voted for Quay. The state
ment says:
"No language could suffice properly to
characterize perfidy so gross. No excuse
whatever can be pleaded for It that will
be believed by honest men. The pledge
was voluntarily taken, and It has been
openly and unblushlngly broken. These
men have parted company with their
honor for reasons which they dare not
avow, and have condemned themselves
to lives of social and political disgrace."
THE STRUGGLE IX MONTANA
Clark Called on Separate Ballot, but
Mar Succeed Today.
HELENA, Mont, Jan. 15. Both houses
of the Montana Legislature voted in sep
arate session for United States Senator
today. For the long term, to succeed
Thomas H. Carter, who goes out of office
March 4, "William A. Clark, of Butte, re
ceived a total of 47 votes, or a malorlty
of one over all. He did not, however,
receive a majority in the House, and,
therefore, a Joint ballot will be necessary.
Late tonight his friends are claiming he
will have at least 53 votes on Joint ballot.
There are 15 members of the Legislature
elected as fuslonlsts on expressed or im
plied Instructions to support Mr. Clark.
It is conceded that he will be elected to
morrow. Thomas H. Carter received the
solid Republican vote, so m alL There
were two absentees, both Republicans.
For the short term, or the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Senator
Clark, the fusion strength was scattered,
some dozen men being voted for. H. L.
Frank, of Butte, led with 15 votes. The
others got from nine to one each. Ex
Senator Lee Mantle, of Butte, is the Re
publican nominee for this term. It is
generally predicted that the struggle for
the short term will be prolonged.
Contest In Nebraska.
LINCOIiN, Neb., Jan. lb. The first vote
for the two United States Senators to be
elected by the present Legislature was
taken by the two houses separately at 11
o'clock today. For the long term in the
House 16 men were voted for. The vote
for the prominent candidates was: MellUe
John, 1$; Currier, 9; Crounse, S; Rosewater,
S. For the short term: Halner, 4; Hln
shaw. 9.
In the Senate the vote for the promi
nent candidates for the long term was as
follows: Currier, 8; Rosewater, 4; short
term. D. E. Thompson, 7.
The complimentary vote of the Populists
in the House and Senate is largely for
"W. V. Allen, and of the Democrats In the
Senate, for W. H, Thompson. In the
House the Democrats voted "for G. M.
Hitchcock.
Patterson Succeeds IVolcott.
DENVER, Colo.. Jan. 15. Thomas 2d.
Patterson was today elected United
States Senator to succeed Edward O. Wol
cott. The ballot, taken by both branches
of the Legislature, In separate sessions, at
noon, resulted as follows: Senate
Thomas M. Patterson, fusion, S3; Edward
O. Woloott. Republican, 1; absent. 1.
House Patterson, 5S; Wolcott, 7. Tomor
row the Senate and House will meet in
Joint sossion to ratify the action of the
separate sessions.
Senator Iloar Re-elected.
BOSTON, Jan. 16.-George Frisbie Hoar
was re-elected today in both Senate and
House In the Massachusetts Legislature
to succeed himself in the United States
Senate for the term commencing March 4,
1901. The vote In the Senate was 29 for
Hoar and S for Richard Olnoy. One Dem
ocratic Senator voted for Hoar. The vote
of the House was 1 for Hoar. 4S for 01
ney and 1 for Charles H. Bradley, Social
Democrat. Four Democratic members of
the Hous. voted for Hoar.
Bnrnbnut Succeeds Chandler.
CONCORD. N. H., Jan. 15. Both houses
of the New Hampshire Legislature today
voted for a United States Senator to
succeed Senator "William S. Chandler. In
the Senate the vote was: Honry E. Burn
ham. Republican. 25; Charles F. Stone,
Democrat, 1. In the House: Burnham,
279, Stone. S3; Henry M. Baker, Independ
ent, 1. Both houses in joint convention
tomorrow will ratify the election.
Utnli Governor's Message Read.
SALT LAKE, Jan. 15. Shortly after the
convening of the House of Representatives
today a suspension of business was caused
by the entrance of the visiting lawmakers
from Wyoming, after which the Speaker's
chair was given up ta Senator Nichols, of
"VKVomlng. After some remarks by Sen
ator Nichols, the Utah Senate entered In
a body, and the two houses listened to
the reading of the Governor s message.
The message was very long, and referred
in detail to matters of state interest.
Re-election of Frye.
AUGUSTA, Me., Jan. 15. The two
houses of the Legislature voted for Sen
ator today. In the House Senator Frye,
Republican, received 105 votes, and
Staples, Democrat, 13. In the Senate Mr.
Frye received 21 and Mr. Staples 1. The
Joint convention will meet tomorrow at
noon to ratify Mr- Frye's election.
McMillan. Re-elected.
LANSING. Mich., Jan. 15. Senator
James McMillan, of Detroit, was re-elected
by the Michigan Legislature this after
noon, being the unanimous choice of the
Republican majority. He received S3
votes in the House and 31 -in the Senate.
The vote will be ratified in Joint session
tomorrow noon.
Fusion Candidate In Kansas.
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 15. At a caucus
of the fusion members of the Legislature
tonight, David Overmyer, a Topeka law
yer, was nominated for United States
Senator.
THE CRUSADE IN BROOKLYN
Bishop Potter Talks of the Duties
the Citizens.
NEW YORK, JanT 15,-Blshop Potter
presided at a meeting or the Get-Together
Club In Brooklyn tonight, and in the
course of his opening remarks said:
"The subject for the evening is "After
Suppression what?' and I suppose I must
say something as to this title. I confess
that If I had the authority of prescribing
the subject, I should change It to read,
'The Antl-Vlce Crusade; Before Suppres
sionwhat?' For I have grave doubts as to
the Immediate suppression of vice, and I
have met many who are equally doubtful.
"We may undoubtedly do a great deal
In civic matters and make vice less Inde
cent, less insolent. The mere suppression
is not essential. Nothing has Impressed
me more during the last three months
than the efforts of the metropolis to make
Itself a more decent city."
Bishop Potter then read an extract from
a neVspaper describing the settlement of
the East Side bakers' strike, and how men
stood outside of the strikers' headquarters
and shouted to the passers-by that the
strike had been settled, and that hereafter
the people would get good, pure and clean
bread on which union labels had been
placed.
"What we want," said the bishop, "Is
good, pure tenement-houses, on which the
Union labels of morality have been placed.
The only piece of advice I gave to those
who came to me when the committee of
15 was appointed, was that at least two
representatives of labor should be placed
on the committee and that the committee
should recognize all classes. We have
Initiated this crusade not for the crushing
out of vice, but for the triumph of virtue."
Bishop Potter then introduced William
H. Baldwin, chairman of the committee
of 15, who spoke on the subject, "The
Committee of Fifteen Its Origin, r,cope
and Purpose."
Mr. Baldwin talked at some length on
the congested conditions existing on the
East Side, and the prevalence of vice
there. As to the remedies he said:
"Partisanship would ruin the attempt
we are making to reform conditions; any
suspicion of partisanship would ruin the
movement. The greatest mistake we
could now make would be to produce any
thing sensational. My purpose is to pur
sue a careful and business-like policy in
handling existing conditions. We should
have no false notions that any one can
stop what is called vice. Our duty Is to
stop the public trade In vice.
"We must clean the streets. Think of
the thousands' of children here In New
York tonight who are not safe. Think of
the wives that are In danger. Your own
wives and children are at home safe and
secure from harm, but the wives and chil
dren on the East Side are not. I would
kill the man who touched one of my chil
dren. "The great difficulty we will have in
handling the present conditions is that the
people soon get tired of these questions
and drop them after the first agitation.
This time we have got to stay with the
problem this year, next year and the
year after. Now that we have started the
movement, we must keep it up. I believe
that the city is now entering Into an era
of virtue and morality and that we will
not make the mistake that has been made
In reform movements In the past."
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MILLIONAIRE RICE'S HEIRS.
Learned of Lawyer Patrick's At
tempt Through the Newspapers.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15. Papers on file in
the Surrogate's office, containing the rec
ord of the case of the will and estate of
"William Marsh Rice gave the clew, on
which notice was served on the heirs,
discovered in Missouri, to appear on Feb
ruary 7, and protect their interests in
the estate under the first will, which is
not that making Albert T. Patrick, the
lawyer now in the Tombs, the chief ben
eficiary. It appears from these papers,
that Benjamin Franklin Rice of Radical,
Stone County, Mo., read of the arrest of
Albert T. Patrick and the mystery sur
rounding the estate of William M. Rice.
He, accordingly wrote to Captain Georgo
McCfusky, then In charge of the detective
bureau, making some inquiries as to the
estate, and was referred to the law firm
in charge of the will.
The letter of B. F. Rice, telling of hla
family history which is attached to the
papers, fully expalns the facts. He says
his father's name was David Rice. He
was born in Massachusetts. He had three
brothers and two sisters, William M. Rice,
Caleb Rice, Frederick, Louise and Char
lotte Rice. After David Rice's wife died,
the letter goes on, he came west and was
later commissioned Colonel in the United
States Army, serving through the Mex
ican War.
During these years his brother, Wil
liam M. Rice, came out to Texas and es
tablished a firm known as Rice & Nlckles,
of Houston, Texas. His two brothers,
Caleb and Frederick followed soon after
ward. The two sons, halfbrothera to B.
F. nice, became separated and no word be
ing received from them, the father thought
they were dead. After the war his fath
er settled in Missouri and married. Five
children were born, of whom three are
living and of these B. F. Rice Is the old
est. The mother Is living with these child
ren at Radical. Mo. David died in Decem
ber, 1S99, being then a few years older than
his brother. William Marsh Rice.
Roosevelt Finds Plenty of Game.
MEEKER. Colo.. Jan. 15. Vice-President-elect
Roosevelt has been hunting
from daylight to dark every day since
he left Meeker, and he brought down a
magnificent specimen of a wild cat and
a Hon in two days. The first day out from
Meeker he got the wildcat, and the sec
ond day out on the trip from Goffs
Lodge on the Strawberry to Coyote Basin
he brought down his first Hon. The coun
try around which he. Is hunting Is liter
ally alive with the game he Is after, and
following the best pack of dogs In Colo
rado there is every indication that ho will
have a Hon for every day he is In the
country.
Dally Treasury Statement.
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Today's state
ment of the Treasury balances In the gen
eral fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold
reserve In the division of redemption,
shows:
Available cash balance .....$135,514,631
Gold 72,763,271
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablet. All
drursUu refund the money it it falls to cure.
E. W. Grove's signature a oa -each box. 23c
THE WAR REVENUE BILL
MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE SEN
ATE THIS WEEK.
The Committee Is Inclined to Re
duce the Tax on Tobacco,
but Not on Beer.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. The Senate
committee on finance today considered
the war Tevenue reduction bill, but did
not reach a conclusion upon the measure
as a whole, although socral changes of
detail were tentatively decided upon.
These the committee formally decided not
to make public, because of the importu
nities they think publication would bring
upon them. The committee will meet
again Thursday, and it Is the intention to
continue the sittings dally after that time
until the work Is completed. Senator
Aldrich, chairman of the committee, ex
pressed the opinion that the bill would
be In shape to be reported to the Senate
before the close of the present week.
The committee evinced a strong dispo
sition to reduce the tax on tobacco and
to leave the beer tax as fixed by the
House. It seemed generally agreed that
the House provision for the removal of
the tax on bank checks should not be
accepted, on the ground that the revenue
prodpeed by this item is large, 'and that
people who draw bank checks can better
afford the tax than can others. There Is
a disposition to reduce one-half the tax
on stock transfers.
THE DALLES IMPROVEMENT.
Oregon Delegation Undecided "What
to Do in the Matter.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. The members
of the Oregon delegation are In some
doubt as to what shall be done In the
matter of the Improvement at The Dalles.
If the Oregon Senators agree that they
desire to keep in the old provision for the
boat railway as it has stood for several
years, they can do so. Senator Simon Is
of the opinion that If this repeal could
be In some way connected with a provis
ion to commit the Government to a canal
and locks, It might be a very advan
tageous proposition, and he Is trying to
have an amendment drafted which will
carry out this plan.
Oleomargarine Hearing.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. The Senate
committee on agriculture today concluded
Its hearings on the oleomargarine bill by
giving Congressman Wadsworth, author
of the substitute for the Grout bill, an
opportunity to present the merits of his
measure, and Mr. Grout a chance to re
ply. Mr. Wadsworth had with him pack
ages Illustrating the way In which oleo
margarine would be presented to the trade
under his bill, and claimed that the re
quirement for Imprinting the word "oleo
margarine" In large letters In the oleo
margarine rolls, and not only upon the
paper wrappers, but upon the boxes en
closing the packages, would Insure the
public against fraud. He said the oleo
margarine industry was perfectly legiti
mate, so long as purchasers knew what
they were buying.
Replying, Mr. Grout conceded that Mr.
Wadsworth's device would protect per
sons who purchased through retail deal
ers, but not more than a third of the
oleomargarine was sold to persons who
did not know its true character. The
other two-thirds, he said, went to hotel,
restaurant and boarding-house men, who
knew what they were getting, but palmed
it off on their unsuspecting table guests.
It was against such practice as this he
protested. He urged that the only protec
tion was In the enactment of a law to pro
hibit the coloring of oleomargarine.
Navnl Appropriation Bill.
Washington, January 15. The House
naval affairs committee today completed
the consideration of the naval appropria
tion bill, and Chairman Foss was directed
to report the bill to the House. No
authorization of additional vessels of the
Holland class will be recommended by the
committee at this time. The total amount
carried by the bill is $77,000,000, an in
crease of $13,000,000 over that for the pres
ent year. Two battle-ships and two cruis
ers are to be contracted Tor, under the
head of increase of the Navy.
The sum of $21,000,000 Is allowed under
the head of increase of the Navy, as
against $12,000,000 for the current year.
This amount Is for the continuation of
work on vessels, etc., already contracted
for, no appropriation being made for the
ships authorized by the bill. An Increase
of 5000 men in the enlisted strength of the
Navy Is provided for, bringing it up to
22,500 men. For armor-plate the commit
tee allowed the amount required during
the year by the department to carry out
the contract recently made by the Sec
retary of the Navy with the armor fur
nishing companies.
Postofllce Appropriation BUI.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. The committee
on postofflces and postroads today prac
tically completed the postofllce appropria
tion bill. The total amount carried by
the bill will be about $122,700,000. The ap
propriation for the rural free delivery is
increased from $1,750,000 to $3,000,000. The
usiial provisions for special facilities be
tween Kansas City and Newton, Kan.,
are placed in the bill, but no provision Is
made for pneumatic tube service.
The total amount of appropriations car
ried by the bill aggregates $122,748,688, as
compared with an appropriation of $113,
638,238 for the current fiscal year. The
amount allowed for the Philippine postal
service Is JSO.000, as against $200,000 for
this year. The present appropriation of
$E0,000 for the payment to the Ocean
Steamship Company for mall transporta
tion on the Pacific Is reduced to 545,000,
the company having changed Its route.
Harlan's Nomination Not Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. While the
Senate was in executive session today an
effort was made to secure confirmation
of the nomination of James S. Harlan, son
of Justice Harlan, of the United States
Supreme Court, to be Attorney-General
for Porto Rico, but the action was pre
vented by the objection of Senator Petti
grew. Mr. Pettlgrew said he had no
doubt of Mr. Harlan's personal fitness
for the position for which he had been
named, but his opposition was based on
higher grounds. He then recited the fact
of the nominee's relation to Justice Har
lan, and declared that the nomination Is
entirely out of place In view of the fact
that Important litigation affecting the
Island to which Mr. Harlan Is appointed
is now pending before the court of which
the father is a member.
Substitute for Subsidy BI1L
MADISON, S. D Jan. 15. The Social
Democrats of this city have written to
Senator Pettlgrew as a body, urging him
to introduce a substitute for the pending
ship subsidy bill, which will provide for
the same amount of money expended in
building new vessels to bo owned by the
Government, and to be known as the com
mercial navy, to bo chartered for com
mercial purposes In time of peace and
used as transports In time of war, but
always to be officered and controlled by
Government officers. The Senator prompt
ly notified the president of the club that
he would introduce such a substitute at
the proper time.
Nevr Directors of Lehlch Valley.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15. At the an
nual meetng of the Lehigh VaUey Rail
road Company six new directors were
elected as follows: Eben 8. Thomas,
president of the Erie Railway; George N.
Baker, representing the Delaware, Lack
awanna & Western Railroad Company; J.
Rogers Maxwell, president of the Cen
tral Railroad of New Jersey; George F
Baer. a director of the Philadelphia &
Reading, who represents the Morgan In
terests In that company; Charles Steele
of Morgan & Co., atod Robert C. Llppln
cott. a lumber merchant, the only Phlla
delpblan among the new directors. These
six men take the places of ex-President
E. P Wilbur. ex-VIce-Presldent Charles
Hartshorn, ex-Vlce-Presldent John B.
Garrett, Eugene Delano, Robert M. Gal
loway and Charles H. Coster. The old
directors re-elected were Edward T.
Stotesbury. of Drexel & Co.; Joseph
"Wharton, Beauveau Borle, Charles Steele,
Irving A. Stearns. Abram Nesbltt and Wil
son S. Blssel. Alfred W Walter was elect
ed president of the company. The Le
high Valley property, it is 'understood,
passes to the control of the Interests rep
resented by the new directors.
TORTURE IN KANSAS.
(Continued from First Page.)
"Received from J. B. Tomlln3on. war
den of Kansas State Penitentiary, the
body of one Fred Alexander, who has
been in the custody of said warden for
Eafe keeping since 10 P. M., January 12,
1901. I hereby represent to said Tomlln
son that I am prepared to, and will, give
protection to the life and body of said
Alexander against mob violence to the
full extent of the powers vested In me by
law.
"PETER EVERHARDT.
"Sheriff."
The Sheriff asked the Governor for the
state militia by telephone, and the Gov
ernor replied that he would send the mili
tia, but would require a written request
or a telegraph message. This, for some
reason, was not done. There was no re
quest made for the protection of United
States troops from Fort Leavenworth.
The Sheriff, upon requesting the delivery
of Alexander to him, said that he thought
he would be able to protect the life of
the prisoner, and the Warden, upon this
assurance, turned him over.
Governor Stanley Indignant.
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 15. Governor
Stanley says the lynching will result in
the restoration of the death penalty In
Kansas, as It should do. Governor Stan
ley condemns Sheriff Everhardt, of Leav
enworth, In unmeasured terms. He says
the Sheriff should be made to make suit
able restitution, if such a thing would be
possible.
"The Sheriff of Leavenworth Is either a
despicable scoundrel or a coward," said
the Governor tonight. "There wa no rea
son in the world that the negro should
not have, been protected to the last. The
whole military power of the state would
have been devoted to that effort, and the
Sheriff knew it all the time. I ordered
the militia of Lawrence and Topeka to be
ready, and they would have been sent to
the scene of the trouble the minute the
Sheriff would say he needed tham. Instead
of that, however, the Sheriff was very
sure that he could guard the man. Upon
receiving repeated assurances from Sher
iff Everhardt that he could and would
protect the prisoner to the last, I very
reluctantly countermanded the order for
the troops to go to Leavenworth. The
Warden of the Penitentiary had no right
to keep Alexander there, as he had been
convicted of no crime. He could do noth
ing more than deliver him to the Sheriff
when that individual insisted that It
should be done. But the life of the negro
should have been preserved at all haz
ards, and it Is to the lasting shame of the
great State of Kansas that such an in
famous proceeding should have been al
lowed to take place within a few miles
of the capital qlty. What makes the dis
grace to the state more galling than ever
is the fact that we had ample military
forces with which the tragedy could have
been averted. The Sheriff Is to blame, and
nobody else. I could not very well send
troops there In the face of repeated as
surances of the Sheriff that they were
not needed, and not wantefL Of course,
I would have sent them anyway if I had
known the real facts, notwithstanding the
assurances of the Sheriff, or I should have
ordered Warden Tomllnson to hold the
prisoner a ehort time longer. But It Is
done now, and to the fair State of Kan
sas belongs the disgrace. It Is awful sim
ply awful. Things like this have happened
in the South many times, but they do not
seem so horrible there as they do here,
where nothing of the kind had ever been
thought of. When occurrences like this
happen right here in our own state, it
brings us to face the fact that something
must be done."
Governor Stanley gave utterance to the
thought that the burning of Alexander
would not have taken place If the people
of Leavenworth had been persuaded that
the negro would have been hanged, if
proved guilty of the crime.
"I have no doubt but that he was
guilty," eald the Governor, and that he
deserved death. But that death should
have been administered at the hands of
the law. I am going to do all I can to
restore the death penalty, and I think
that this awful happening will bring the
legislators to the same opinion."
The Judiciary committee of the Senate
announced tonight that a bill would be
prepared making death the penalty for
murder and also for rape In cases where
force was used. The bill will, without a
doubt, be made a law within a few days.
THE DEATH ROLL.
Harrison's Ln-w Pnrtner.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 15. Wllllim
P. Fishback died at his home here today.
He was one of the best-known lawyers in
the Middle West, and had been prominent
in the affairs of Indiana for half a cen
tury. In 1S61 he became the law partner
of ex-President Benjamin Harrison.
This partnership continued until 1870,
when Mr. Fishback assumed the editor
ship of the Indianapolis Journal, which
position ho occupied for two years. In
1872 he bought an Interest in the Democrat
of St. Louis, now the Globe-Democrat, of
which he was associate editor for two
years.
Elijah W. Blalsdell.
ROCKFORD, 111., Jan. 15. Elijah W.
Blalsdell, one of the founders of the Re
publican party, and who is said to have
been the first man to propose the name of
Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency, Is
dead. Mr. Blalsdell has been a resident
of Rockford for 47 years, and during the
time was a nowspaper publisher, an au
thor, lawyer, real estate dealer and poli
tician. Ada Rehan's Mother.
NEW YORK. Jan. 15. Mrs. Henrlette
Rehan, mother of Ada Rehan, the actress,
died at her home in Brooklyn today.
Johann Faher Dead. .
NUREMBURG, Jan. 15. Johann Faber,
founder of the Faber lead pencil factory,
is dead.
Famous Mathematician Dead.
PARIS, Jan. 15. Charles Hermlte, the
mathematician, Is dead, aged 79 years.
Pacific Medical Association.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15. A Pacific
Medical Association is about to be or
ganized. The plan is to have San Fran
cisco the center o a Western medical
field, embracing Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Arizona,
California, Alaska, British Columbia, the
Hawaiian Islands, the Philippine Archi
pelago and other islands of the Pacific,
the western part of Mexico and of the
Central American RepubUcs, and possibly
the Empire of Japan. A preliminary meet
ing of the most prominent" physicians in
terested in this movement will be held in
this city Saturday evening.
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Kruser's Eyes Trouble Him.
THE HAGUE. Jan. 15. Mr. Kruger
will start for Utrecht In a few days to
consult an oculist-
Van Camp's Soups, 10c at all Grocers.
INDICATES A HARD FIGHT
ANOTHER CASUALTY LIST FROM
SOUTH AFRICA.
British Losses Severe at Murrays-
burg Reinforcements Are Badly
Needed Other Foreign News.
LONDON. Jan. 16. The casualty list
shows that there has been a severe en
gagement, with a loss of six killed. 17
wounded and .five -missing, at -Murrays-burg,
where the Dutch are said to have
been joining the Invaders. Murraysburg
is 16 miles west of Graaf Relnet.
Indications are not wanting that the
decision of the government to send .rein
forcements has not been taken a moment
too soon. Colonel Colvllle's mobile col
umn, which has been pursuing the Boers,
has been obliged to rest at Greyllngstad,
to erect a blockhouse and to cease op
erations until reinforced by mounted
troops. General Paget has taken his
force to Pretoria to refit. Many of the
men are suffering from enteric fever.
Three hundred Boers captured a small
British convoy at Bronkhorstprult, near
Pretoria, but made off after liberating the
prisoners. General Brabant, while ad
dressing a conference of Mayors at Cape
Town, said the authorities were anxious
to keep the war away from Cape Town, If
possible, but that the only hope of doing
this lay In Sending 10,000 men to the front.
He urged that no precaution should be
omitted to prevent the enemy from ad
vancing further south.
"The government has decided to send
large reinforcements to Lord Kitchener,
and the War Office, in carrying out this
decision, has determined to enlist 5000 yeo
manry volunteers.
General Dewet Threatens.
KROONSTAD, Orange River Colony,
Monday, Jan. 14.-rfhe success of the
burgher peace commission in distribut
ing among the republicans Paul Botha's
ibook, "From Boer to Boer," has Infuria
ted General Dewet, who, it is reported,
swears he will shoot the author at the
first opportunity.
The refugee camp Is now occupied by
2000 persons. Another is being formed at
Rhenoster.
Supplies of all kinds In the towns are
shortening dally.
The Boers are most active northward,
and also in the direction of Llndley. Va
rious commandoes appear to be joining
General Dewet to the southward.
In No Mood to Be Feted.
LONDON, Jan. 15. Earl Roberts today
further emphasized the unsatisfactory
condition of South Africa in a letter to
the Mayor of Portsmouth, postponing the
presentation of a sword of honor from
the city. He said:
"It is most distasteful to me to be hon
ored and feted and called upon to re
joice while so many are in bitter grief,
and before we can properly return thanks
that the cloud is being rolled away which
has for more than a year darkened the
homes and crushed the hearts of so
many In our country."
Report From Kitchener.
LONDON, Jan. 15. Reporting to the
War Office under date of Pretoria, Janu
ary 14, Lord Kitchener says:
"Dyers' whole force crossed the rail
way near Kallfonteln January 12, making
to the east.
"There are no Important changes In
the positions in the colonies. Several
small parties appear to be returning to
the Orange River Colony. Some Cape
rebels who accompanied a commando Into.
the colony have surrendered."
Guarils for Transvaal Mines.
CAPE TOWN, Jan. 15.-Slr Alfred Mll
ner's consulatlve committee of Ultlanders
Is telegraphing to the various committees
of the Ultlanders throughout the country
the terms of. the formation of guards for
mines. Each mining company is to pay
and feed its own men.
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foreign envoys until
In the American dlstri
court
of justice win come
oper
ation tomorrow. The death penalty may
be Inflicted for murder, manslaughter, at
tempted murder, robbery, counterfeiting,
looting and burglary. It may also be In
flicted Upon those known to have been
Boxers, who have done Injury to life or
property. Other punishments, like whip
ping, imprisonment and the imposition of
fines, can be inflicted.
Owing to orders received from Berlin a
hitch has occurred regarding the transfer
of the railway which Russia yesterday
began turning over to Germany.
French railway engineers have made a
breach In the western wall of the Chinese
city, through which they will bring the
Pao Ting Fu Railway. The Tien Tsln line
will be extended to the wall of the Tartar
city.
Instructions to Conger.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15. A special to the
Journal of Commerce from Washington
says:
The instructions to Minister Conger
at Pekln, in regard to the attitude of
the United States in the settlement of
the commercial privileges to be accorded
to foreigners in China in the future, have
not yet been perfected in detail. Mr.
Conger has been advised from time to
time of the desire of this country to se
cure the broadest possible privileges and
to hava them equal between all nations,
but an effort thus far has been directed
chiefly to the latter point and to restrain
ing the hunger of some of the powers for
expensive indemnities rather than to defi
nitions of what the new privileges shall
be. Mr. Conger himself showed a sense
of the Importance and complications of
the problem by 'his request that negotia
tions regarding commerce and indemni
ties be transferred from Pekin to some
other capital.
Signing of the Agreement.
BERLIN, Jan. 15. The German Foreign
Office has received official dispatches con
firming the press reports that the plenipo
tentiaries have sighed the agreement, but
has received nothing to indicate whether
the note has been returned to the foreign
envoys.
Ordered to Assist in Negotiations.
SHANGHAI, Jan. 15. Yuan Shi Kai,
Governor of Chan Tung, has been ordered
to proceed to Pekln to assist In the peace
negotiations, but it is expected here that
he will decline to go.
OTHER FOREIGN NEWS.
Coquard Killed Himself.
TROYES, France, Jan. 15. An Army
officer and a commissary of police at 7
o'clock this morning decided to enter the
house at Saint Savine, of the man, Co
quard, who, last Friday, when pursued
by the police, shut himself in the garret
with a quantity of arms and ammunition
and threatened to kin any one who ap
proached. They found the house empty
and proceeded to the barn, where, sur
rounded by soldiers with loaded rifles,
they forced the windows open and finally
found the body of Coquard hanging in
the garret. He had. also fired a gun un
der his chin, the 5hot emerging from an
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Conference on Canal Treaty.
LONDON. Jan. IE. TTnlmA Stnr Am.
bass&dor Choate and the Secretary of
oiate tor Foreign Affairs, the Marquis of
LAnsaowne. naa a second conference to
day on the omanded Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. An outline of the action Great
Britain Intends to nnrsiip wnn nnt devnl.
oped, and no definite decision is likely to
do reached by Great Britain for several
days.
B0SSCHIETER MURDER.
The State Submits Its Case as Com
plete. PATERSON, N. J., Jan. 15. McAllster,
Campbell and Death, the three men on
trial for the murder of Jennie Bosschleter,
showed when brought Into court today
that they had had a sleepless night fol
lowing the terrible disclosures mado by
witnesses during the first day's proceed
ings in court. It Is not yet definitely
known -whether George Kerr will be called
as a witness for the state.
Dr. Cyrus Townsend, of this city, was
the first witness today. He said that
about 2 A. M. on the morning of Octo
ber 19, McAllster, Kerr and Campbell
awakened him at.hls house and told htm
they had a young woman In a carriage
outside who had met with an accident.
The witness found Jennie Bosschleter in
the vehicle. She was dead.
Professor WltthaUa. an analytic chem
ist of New York, testified that the few
drops of liquid In the bottle found, near
the scene of the crime were chloral
hydrate. He found five grains of chloral
hydrate In the stomach of the girl.
Dr. Andrew McBrldc, County Physician,
who performed the autopsy, testified that
the chloral caused the girl's death. He
said all the organs of the body were in
normal condition.
Detective Titus gave an account of
Death's confession. Death was worked up
to a high degree of excitement Judge
Scott spoke to him and tried to calm him.
Detective Mclnery went over the same
ground as the previous witness. He then
went on to say: ''At 6:30 the next morn
ing, or rather the'samo one, of the morn
ing when Death was In the office. I went
to Death's cell and asked him if he had
any relations with the girl, and"
Death sprang to his feet before the offi
cer could finish and exclaimed: "You He;
you He."
Judge Scott dragged the highly excited
young man to his seat. Death was trem
bling violently and seemed completely un
nerved. Death went upon thp stand. He sajd
he was arrested Monday night and was
taken to the station-house, where there
were two other detectives. He continued:
"There were three revolvers on the table
at the station-house. Ttltus said to me:
'Billy, these revodvers are not loaded, so
don't try to kill yourself.' " He was
questioned by the detectives and answered
them. When he testified Titus said to
him: "Billy, you are not telling the
truth. Tell the true story-and we'll see
that you come out of It all right." He
was asked where he was that night. He
answered because he thought the officers
could get him free. Death was allowed to
get down without having told what he
claimed to have to'.d the detectives.
Judge Nixon admitted the testimony of
tha officers relative to Death's doings and
sayings in 'the station-house. Detective
Titus was called and said Death had ad
mitted regarding the girl: "Well, she cer
tainly t had the dope thrown into ther."
Death said McAllster put knock-out drops
In the girl'B drinks three times.
William Preyor, a policeman, related
another confession, in which Death said
McAllster was the causo of all the trouble.
The defense did not cross-examine. Mr.
Emley then submitted his case as com
plete. UNDER-SEA TELEPHONE. . .,
First Line Will Connect Florida
and Cuba.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15. The Journal and
Advertiser says:
The first Under-sea telephone built, ac
cording to the invention of Dr. Michael
Pupln, Is to be put down between
Florida and Cuba for the United
States Government, by the buyer of the
patent, the Bell Telephone Company.
Last July Dr. Pupin, having secured his
patents here and abroad, offered his dis
covery to the American Telephone & Tele
graph Company. The company Immedi
ately bought an option on the Invention,
extending to January 1, 1901. Then, under
Dr. Pupln's direction, the company
equipped a line from Bedford Station, on
the Harlem Railroad, which ran partly
under water to New Bedford, Mass.,
thence to Albany and on to Pittsburg.
There the wire ran overland. The colls
were placed at Intervals of about two
miles, and were enclosed in glass insula
tors on the poles. The test was so sat
isfactory that about two- weeks before the
option expired the company paid the
money and closed the contract with Dr.
Pupin.
The Herald says:
According to the statements of Professor
Michael Pupln, adjunct professor of me
chanics In Columbia University, the
American Bell Telephone & Telegraph
Company has paid him. Instead of the
$200,000 as originally stated, nearly $500,
000 for his recent Invention of a system
by which ocean telephone Is made pos
sible. This is in addition to the annual
royalty of $15,000 a year during the life
of the patents.
DIFFERENCE IN WARSHIPS.
Admiral Melville Says English Ves
sels Should Be a Good as Ours.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Men-of-war purchased by the United
States from English shipbuilders or built
on English designs for the American Navy
do not possess the stability of American
designed and constructed ships. This was
the opinion expressed by Rear-Admiral
George W. Melville, Engineer-In-Chief of
the United States Navy, who continued:
""We have found that the ships pur
chased from British shipbuilders are not
as stable as our ships are. Two ships pur
chased during the war with Spain were
special objects of concern, and as a re
sult of an inclining test of one of them,
Naval Construnctor Bowles reported her
unseaworthy. This finding was based,
however, upon data which was erroneous,
for the reason that though the weights
below deck had been removed, the guns
remained in place. Another test showed
that she was tender that is. approach
ing Instability and that her stores below
acted as ballast. We make our ships
more stable than this, being particularly
careful to attain the proper metacentric
height. There is no reason why any of
the British ships should be unstable. The
battle-ships the British build hava great
depth of hold, breadth of beam and con
siderable draught, and these conditions
make them- very liable to- ba stable. I
do not think it Is proper to question the
ability of the English naval constructors
to build anything that floats. They are
the best shipbuilders in the world."
Transcontinental Association.
- NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 15. At today's
meeting of the Transcontinental Paa'sen
ger Association the matter of rates to the
Epworth League meeting to be held in
San Francisco July 1 was referred to a
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A 30-day rate of one fare for the round
trip was promulgated for the benefit of
those who determined to attend the
launching of the battle-ship Ohio In San
Francisco in May. The question of the
Canadian Pacific, Northern Pacific, Great
Northern and Oregon Short Line Joining
the transcontinental association was discussed.
NEVADA WANTS IT.
"Will Permit the Fight If It Is Not
Pulled Off In Cincinnati-
CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 15. An eveninff
paper has replies from 27 Governors in
regard to prizefights, and only one, the
Governor of Nevada, states that he would
allow the Jeffrles-Ruhlln fight in his state,
if it cannot be pulled off in Cincinnati
February 15. Governor Sadler said: Box
ing contests, even to a finish, are allowed
in Nevada by law, under special provis
ions." There seems to have been almost a ces
sation this week In Cincinnati of the op
position to the fight, and all arrangements
are boing made by the Saengerfest Ath
letic Association to proceed with their
arrangements.
California Improvement Company.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 15. The stockhold
ers of the California Improvement Com
pany, today elected the following boasd
of directors: George E. Lelghton. S. M.
Dodd. Charles Clark. R. CJverens, E. F.
Hobart and S. A. Bemls, all of St. Louis,
and William A. Clark, of Butte. Mont.
Subsequently the board of directors met
and organized by electing these officers:
R. C. Kerens, president: S. A. Bemis,
vice-president; Charles A. Smith, secre
tary and treasurer.
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