THE MORNIXG OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1901.
THE WAR TAX'BiLL
Passed the Senate After
Being Amended,
FIRST NIGHT SESSION HELD
Vicorous Speeches Made In Opposi
tion to the Shipping; Bill by Jones
of. Arkansas, and Teller "West
Polnr Bill Passed.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Two import
ant measures were disposed of by the
Senate today, the Military Academy ap
propriation bill and the war revenue
reduction measure. The former was un
der consideration less than an hour. The
only change made In it was strengthening
of the provision against hazing at West
Point.
During the remainder of the afternoon
session the war-revenue reduction bill
was before the Senate. Determined, but
unsuccessful, effort was made to reduce
the tax on bank checks, and to provide
tnat telegraph and express companies
should bear the burden of the tax on mes
sages and packages. The finance com
mittee's amendment, levying a tax on
transactions in so-called "bucket-shops,"
modifying the tax on cigars and cigar
ettes, and providing for a rebate on
unbroken packages of tobacco, in addi
tion "to several others of a minor char
acter, were adopted. An amendment, sub
stituting an income tax for the war
revenue measure offered by Morgan, was
rejected by a party vote, 21 to 38.
Beginning at 8 o'clock, the first of a
series of night sessions was held to dis
cuss the shipping bill. The entire session
was devoted to a continuous round of in
tellectual pyrotechnics. Practically every
question that has been or Is likely 'soon to
be before the Senate "was discussed, but
very little time was devoted to the pending
measure. .Notable, speeches were made
by Jonesr (ArkOand Aldrich. The- Ar
kansas Senatpr was passionate in his de
nunciation of the methods of the majority
to force the Shipping bill to an issue,
and AldrlchTs "response was quite as
keen and vigorous In its defense.
Several bills were passed, including one
appropriating $50,000 for the preparation
of a site and the erection of a pedestal
for a statue of the late George B. Mc
Clellan in "Washington City, and one au
thorizing the Arizona Water Company to
construct a power plant on the Pima In
dian Reservation in Maricopa County,
Ariz.
.Consideration of the Military Academy
appropriation bill -was then resumed, the
pending question being the amendment
offered by Allen providing that cadets
Upon entering the academy should take
an oath not to engage in hazing, and
If found guilty of hazing, be dismissed
from the academy and not be eligible
thereafter to hold a position either In the
Army or In the Navy of the United States.
Sewell, in charge of the bill, opposed the
amendment, maintaining that the pro
vision against hazing in the bill was suf
ficient. In supporting the amendment, Allen as
serted that the brutal practice of assaulting-
another who -was his Junior had
been carried to a ridiculous extent at the
Military Academy and he believed it
would never be broken up until the most
rigid measures were taken in good faith
to put an end to It. After further dis
cussion, Allen withdrew his amendment
and offered some amendments making
stronger the phraseology of the com
mittee's amendment relating to hazing.
As agreed to, the hazing paragraph reads:
"That the Superintendent of the Mili
tary Academy shall make such rules, to
be approved by the Secretary of War, as
will effectually prevent the practice of
hazing, and any cadet round guilty of
participating in or encouraging or coun
tenancing such practice shall be summar
ily expelled from the academy and shall
not thereafter be reappointed to the corps
of -cadets or be eligible for appointment
as a commanding officer in the Army or
Navy."
The bill as amended was then passed.
Aldrich called up the war-revenue reduc
tion bill, and it was read. Aldrich said
no -written Teport upon the bill had been
submitted, but he would explain the
committee's action after he had perfected
the measure. The first amendment added
to the "promissory notes" (providing for
the repeal of the stamp tax on such in
struments) the words "and any renew
als thereof." The .second modified the
paragraph removing ' the -stamp tax on
bonds, maklngtjraad as follows: "Bonds
of every description, not including, how
ever, the bonds provided for in the first
paragraph of schedule A of said act, or
bonds for Indemnifying any person or
persons, firm or corporation who shall
have become bound or engaged ns surety
of the payment of any sum of money
or for the ue execution or performance
of the duties "of any office or position,
and to .aeoount for money- -received by
Virtue .thereof." -The amendments wore
agreed; jfo.
The next amendment Included perfum
ery and cosmetics in the. section providing
for a penalty for failure to affix stamps
to medicinal and proprietary preparations.
It was agreed to, as were other amend
ments, as follows: Providing for a re
bate upon unbroken packages of cigars
and tobacco; authorizing the cancellation
of stamps on fermented liquors by perfor
ation; reducing by one-half the tax upon
foreign bills of exchange; for the appoint
ment or a competent person to secure en
forcement of the tax Imposed upon lega
cies and distributive shares of personal
property: providing that the purchaser
of an uncompounded medicinal drug, of
which the tax already has been paid,
ehall not be required to pay further tax.
Tho amendment of the committee fix
ing the tax upon transactions in stocks
through so-called "bucket-shops" was
agreed to, with an amendment offered by
Mason, providing for a tax of 2 cents (in
stead of 1 cent) "on each $100 in
value of the merchandise covered
or pretended to be covered." A com
mittee amendment modifying the tax on
cigars and cigarettes, in accordance with
the proposition made previously by Matt
(Conn.), was agreed to. Allison offered
an amendment exempting from the tax
levied upon life insurance companies "any
post-mortem assessment association or
ganised and coaduoted solely for the
members thereof." In response to an in
quiry by Jones (Ark.) Allison said the
amendment would not apply to any of the
recognized life insurance companies, mu
tual or; otherwise.
Hoar urged that the taxation of life In
surance companies practically was inde
fensible, and in some sense vicious. Aid
rich, In" reply, declared that the four or
five great life fnsUr&rice companies In '
New York had assets greater than half
the aggregate banking- capital of tho
United States. They, ho said, were doing
a banking and guaranty business, and
were Justly and properly subject to tax
ation. Chilton said that many of the so
called mutual companies were really great
Investment companies, and as such were
Often controlling factors In financial af
fairs. Allison said it was. not true that la many
of the so-called mutual companies the
persons assured 'share the profits of the
Abmpanles In which Jfhey held policies.
Others, ho said, divide only a portion ot
their earnings, the result belne- vast
accumulations whjch werernot to be paid
put to persons now5 insured. This ac
cumulation becomes a surplus for in
vestment. He "thought such companies
should pay taxe Tne fraternal com
panies charge not more than half as
much as the so-called mutual companies,
and for this reason, he said, had been
granted exemption. Chandler declared
that nearly all insurance companies are
mutual to a greater or less extent, and
that in the course of time all the surplus
of any of the companies goes to the bene
ficiaries of policy-holders. He did not
believe that any life insurance company
should be taxed. The Allison amendment
was agreed to.
Aldrich, explaining the effect of the
bill, said that according to the calcula
tions of the committee, the reductions of
the revenues made by the bill would
amount to $39,800,000. This calculation
did not, however, take Into account the
effect of the amendment for taxing bucket-shops,
which the Senate today had in
corporated in the bill. He had been In
formed that there are 65,000 of these
bucket-shops In the United States. If
each one of them should pay ?400, the
Government would derive $10,000,000 from
that source.
Cockrell inquired what the difference
was between the pending substitute and
the original bill. Aldrich replied that
the House had adopted the policy of lop
ping off entirely a large number of the
special taxes. The plan of the Senate
committee had been to reduce rather than
to take off the taxes entirely, although
in some instances tho taxes had been re
moved. Turley suggested that It would have
been well had the committee presented a
proposition to tax the telegraph and ex
press companies, as, despite their great
wealth, they had escaped entirely the tax
under the original law. Aldrich said It
was well understood when the original
bill was passed that the tax on telegraph
messages was to be paid by the sender.
He had been assured by the Western
Union Telegraph Company that by tho
low rates of its tolls to the Government
It was now contributing from $150,000 to
$300,000 a year. .If required to pay even
one-half of the tax, it would be Impossible
for the company to pay its 6 per cent
dividends. He said express companies
maintained that if the tax were placed
upon them It would absolutely destroy
their business.
An amendment was agreed to to pro
vide that the tax on new banks shall be
computed from the time the Institutions
begin business. Chilton offered an amend
ment reducing the tax on bank checks
from 2 cents to 1 cent, but it was de
feated. 18 to 42. An amendment offered
by McComas was agreed to providing that
the Internal Revenue Commissioner
should place the stamps provided for in
the bill on sale at the postofflces of the
country.
Jones (Ark.) moved to eliminate from
the bill the proposed exemption from tax
on tdlegraph and telephone messages. He
gave notice that if the motion was agreed
to he would offer an amendment to tax
both telegraph and telephone companies
on their gross business, so as to compel
them to pay the tax. The motion was
rejected, 15 to 25.
Morgan offered as an amendment to the
measure his proposition for an Income
tax beginning July 1 and running for 20
years. The amendment placed a tax of
2 per cent upon all Incomes above $4000
a year. The amendment was In the form
of a substitute for the pending bill and
for the revenue law now In operation.
Morgan maintained that It was the duty
of Congress to repeal the war tax, inas
much as the war to support which it was
levied long since had ended. The
amendment was voted down, 21 to 28.
The vote was strictly on party lines. The
bill was then passed without division.
Aldrich then moved that a recess be
taken until 8 o'clock tonight, and Jones
(Ark.) moved to adjourn. Aldrlch's mo
tion prevailed without division and a re
cess was taken at 5:45 until 8 o'clock.
Tlic N'lRht Session.
When the Senate reconvened at 8
o'clock, with Chandler In the chair, Jones
(Ark.) remarked: "By actual count there
are just 12 Republican Senators present. I
suggest the absence of a quorum." . At
that time 11 Democratic Senators were
present. One at a time Senators hurriedly
entered the chamber, but when the result
of the roll call was announced, only 42
had responded to their names. Fyre de
manded that the roll of absent Senators
bo called. While the call was in progress,
several Senators entered the chamber,
among them Hanna, who had risen from a
sick bed in order to be present. Finally
the chair announced that a quorum was
present. Frye then called up the shipping
bill and it was laid before the Senate.
Still standing, as he had been since the
session opened, Jones entered a passion
ate protest against the consideration of
the pending bill at night sessions. He de
clared such action Involved a deliberate
purpose to break down the opposition and
prevent the passage of the appropriation
bills. The shipping bill, he asserted, was
the most perfectly detestable measure
presented to the Senate In years, so bad.
in fact, that one of the Republican Sen
ators had offered an amendment reducing
the period of the bill's operation from 20
to 15 years, thereby preventing the loot
ing of the United States Treasury of $45,
000,000. He declared thai the shipping bill
was a part of a great scheme i to place
all transportation facilities under one con
trol. "I believe." he said, "that this bill pro
poses to place our commerce of the seas
under the control of the men who are now
trying to get the land transportation
routes by the throat. So help me high
heaven," he shouted, passionately, "I will
not be a party to this effort to throttle
free speech! We give you notice if you
will have night sessions, that you must
have & quorum here all the time, as we
do not propose to contribute in nny way
to such tyrannical effort to suppress free
speech by brute force."
Aldrich said Jones' remarks were so ex
traordinary as to require attention. He
said no public business now was demand
ing attention of the Senate. No appro
priation bills were pending. All that Sen
ators on his side of the chamber asked
was that the Senate should proceed in an
orderly manner.
"There Is no disposition on this side of
the chamber," said he, "to stifle free
speech. No such suggestion ever was
adopted, and the Senator from Arkansas
understands it as well as I. We are per
fectly willing to have every measure fully
debated. All we ask of you Is that, after
full discussion, you shall permit a vote to
be taken. The threat of the Senator
from Arkansas is that, for the first time
In our history, the minority proposes to
kill a bill by filibustering. We ask you
that, according to all traditions and pre
cedents of the Senate, you will allow a
vote to be taken upon the measure. There
never has been a measure which met the
approval of a majority of the Senate
which was killed as you propose to kill
this bill. Tou can filibuster the measure
to death, if you will, but heretofore there
has been always a self-respect on the
part of the minority which has prevented
It from abusing the rules of the Senate
to kill legislation by refusing to consider
it or by talking it to death.;
Teller entered his protest against hold
ing the Senate in session at night for
the purpose of considering a bill the pur
pose of which, he said, was to loot the
Treasury for the benefit of a few ship
owners. ie would be willing, he said, to
"attend night sessions or long day sessions
to consider legislation f or the Philippines.
It might be necessary, too. to take some
action wtih reference to Cuba, and in that
connection, he had heard, ho said, "rum
blings that the plighted faith of this Gov
ernment as to Cuba was to be aban
doned." Ho was not in favor of an extra
session of Congress, but in the interest
of good government he would be willing
to remain here, even in extraordinary ses
sion.
Replying to Aldrich, Jones said the pend
ing bill "might properly be caljed a
Jimmy," with which it was proposed to
break into the United States Treasury."
He declared his belief that, there was a
dollberate effort on the part of the Re
publican majority to cause the failure of
appropriation bills. "Much as you want
to loot the Treasury,,, he asserted, with
vehemence, "you do not dare to place the
President in the attitude of calling an
extra session of Congress topass the
ship subsidy bill. If, however, ydu. can
cause appropriation bills to 'fail, the Pres
ident will call Congress in extraordinary
session and then the subsidy bill can be
passed." In conclusion, he referred to
the Spooner Philippine bill, the Nicaragua
Canal bill and the anti-trust bill as im
portant matters of legislation now before
the Senate.
Aldrich retorted that the Spooner Phil
ippine bill was before the Senate for
action last session for two weeks.
"Why did you not pass it, then?" de
manded Jones. "You- had a majority."
"You would not let us," retorted Aid
rich. "You employed the same tactics
then that you are employing now."
Bacon resented the statement that the
opponents of the shipping bill were fili
bustering. He suggested to Spooner that
he call up the Spooner Philippine bill. The
Wisconsin Senator replied that he would
be glad to obtain consideration for the
bill, out he was not. in charge of It.
Teller said the President had no power
to establish civil government in the Phil
ippines. "No ruler," he declared, "has
such unlimited power, unless it be the
Czar of Russia, or, perhaps, the Sultan of
Turkey."
Chandler referred sarcastically to Tel
ler's speech as a "protest and lucid argu
ment against the shipping bill," and to
the speech of Jones, who could character
ize the people who were advocating the
passage of the bill only as robbers, who
proposed to loot the Treasury. There
had been no ground, he said, for the
charge of filibustering against the meas
ure until five days ago, when Clay offered
the Nicaragua bill as an amendment, and
Tillman offered as an amendment the
anti-trust bill. These evidently were, he
said, filibustering methods.
Both Clay and Tillman challenged
Chandler's statement. Chandler said that
as notice had been given that the bill
would be defeated by filibustering, the
only thing for the minority to do was to
accept the challenge. In a vigorous speech
Clay disclaimed any Intention of filibus
tering, but he demanded fair and full
opportunity to discuss the measure.
Taking as his text some remark made
by Teller, regarding the right of the Sen
ate to demand of the executive depart
ment official documents and other In
formation, Nelson sharply criticised the
effort to obtain information which, if
made public, would be employed against
the United States Government In the
trial of Neely In Cuba.
Turner and Tillman protested against
the holding of night sessions, both urg
ing that nothing would be gained by such
unusual insistence of the majority. They
intimated that they -would resist force
by force. Tillman said as It was "nearly
time for the ringmaster of this circus to
dismiss," it was almost 11 o'clock, "he
would; not discuss, the subsidy bill." He
would offer, however, some remarks upon
the Philippine question. He declared that
he did not believe there was any honest
purpose Jto enact legislation for the Phil
ippines unless Its enactment should pre
sent opportunity for the securing of con-'
cessions and franchises by capitalists,
thus affording them chances to loot the
Islands, as it was proposed by the pend
ing shipping bill to loot the United States
Treasury for the benefit of a few shipowners.
THE FOSTOFFICE BILL.
House "Will Vote on Amendments
This Afternoon.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Without pre
liminary business the House today went
Into committee of the whole and resumed
consideration of the postofflce appropria
tion bill. Loud (Rep. Cal.), chairman of
the postofflce committee, who was a mem
ber of the Joint postal commission, took
the floor, to discuss the questions inves
tigated by the commission. With regard
to the Incidental questions, pneumatic
tube service and "special facilities," Loud
said the commission agreed that they
should be discontinued. "The pneumatic
tube service in Philadelphia and Boston
Is not extravagant, but the service in
New York was conceived in sin and born
In iniquity," said the speaker, "and
should be crushed out." The appropria
tions for special facilities ','have proved a
disturbing element and are vicious In
their effect upon the whole service," he
said. Loud went exhaustively Into the
details of the work of the committee re
garding railway mall pay, explaining the
character of the Investigation and the
conclusions reached. Loud made a trip
abroad In connection with the work of
the commission, and he declared that the
United States had the best and cheapest
railway mall service In the world.
Mann (Rep. III.) said he should Insist
upon his point of order against H. C.
Smith's amendment to reduce railway
mall pay 5 per cent. It was agreed be
fore adjournment that the debate should
close tomorrow at 12:30 P. M., when the
votes should be taken upon the several
amendments which are pending.
Te Senate amendments to the District
of olumbia appropriation bill were sent
to conference.
INTEREST AT WASHINGTON.
Senatorial Contest in Oregon Draws
Attention.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. Republicans do
not conceal the anxiety they feel concern
ing the deadlocks that exist in Nebraska,
Delaware- and Oregon. So far as Oregon
Is concerned, there seems to be a general
belief that the Legislature will not allow
the state to go unrepresented, -but will
elect a Senator before it adjourns. In
both Delaware and Nebraska there is
altogether a different feeling. The in
tense hostility of some candidates to oth
ers, and the great desire of some candi
dates to be elected Senator, make it prob
able that there will be no election In
either of these states.
It has been pointed out that in case
there should be no election in either Dela
ware or Nebraska, it would mean a loss
of four Republican seats for two years,
as It is absolutely certain that no ap
pointees in such cases would be seated.
But, more than this, there is great possi
bility of losing the Legislatures In both
these states next election, in which event
there would be four Democrats or oppo
sition Senators returned where there
might be four Republicans. While It is
generally supposed the Administration Is
keeping Its hands off of tho various con
tests, It Is known that not only the Ad
ministration, but Republican Senators and
members of the National committee are
urging Republicans in .the states where
deadlocks now exist to adjust their dlffer
ances and elect Republican Senators while
they have an opportunity, In order to swell
the Republican majority in the next Con
gress. The Senatorial Fight.
HELENA. Mont., Feb. 6. There were
some indications today that the Senatorial
fight may narrow down between Frank
and McGInnlss. The vote today was:
Mantle 31Coburn ..,.,. 5
MacGlnnlss 18 Hoffman 3
Frank 18 Conrad 2
Cooper SJSprlggs 2
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 6. The joint bal
lot for United States Senator today was
as follows:
Allen 51Currle
.13
W. H. Thompson.. 20
Hinshoftv 14
Meiklejohn 29
Hitchcock ZS
Ransom GjRosewater
17
Berge
D. E. ThomDson...34
CrounSe
Scattering 25
Connection BctTreen Revolutionist
NEW YORK, Feb. 6. A special to the
Times from Washington says:
It is beginning to be generally believed
that a close connection exists between the
revolutionists in Venezuela and Colom
bia. The two nations have been hostllo
for some time, and this unfriendliness has
lately been approaching an open breach.
Neither wants war if the same result can
be obtained by other means, and it Is nQw
reasonably certain that each government
Is encouraging the revolution against the
other
MAY CALL OUT TROOPS
JfASH AUTHORIZED TO IJfCUR. EX
PENSE TO PRETEXT THE FIGHT.
Emergency Board Gives the Ohio
Governor the Use of $50,000 The
Injunction Proceedings.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 6. At the re
quest of Governor Nash, the State Emer
gency Board today authorized him to
incur any expense necessary to prevent
the' proposed Jeffrles-Ruhlln fight, billed
to take place In Saengerfest Hall, Cin
cinnati, February 15. The request was
granted by unanimous vote of the finance
committee, the chairmen of the two
houses of the General Assembly, the
State Auditor and the Governor. It is
possible that no funds will be needed,
In case the court should enjoin the fight
ers, and even if It becomes neeessary to
use the militia, if will be hardly neces
sary to call out more than one regiment,
and that will not entail anything like
$50,000 in expense. The members of the
board did not know until they arrived
here that they were to be called upon
to approve such an expense. This move
ment on the part of the Governor leaves
no question about his intention to use
the military arm. If the state law falls
to prevent the fight. Following is the
Governor's letter to the Emergency
Board asking the emergency allowances:
"To the Emergency Board of Ohio:
Gentlemen Whereas, There Is reasonable
apprehension that a body of men are
acting together in the City of Cincinnati
and Hamilton County with the intent to
commit a felony, to-wit, bring off a
prize fight, and by force and violence to
break or resist the laws of the state,
therefore, I respectfully ask your board
to authorize the Adjutant-General to cre
ate a deficiency for the transportation,
subsistence, pay and general expenses of
the Ohio National Guard in case it should
become necessary to use them in preventing-
tho commission of said felony
and In avoiding the breaking of said laws
and In overcoming resistance to the
same, said deficiency not to exceed in
amount $50,000. Respectfully,
"GEO. K. NASH, Governor."
Assistant Adjutant-General Adams
stated this afternoon that probably two
regiments of state troops would be used
In case the step became necessary to
prevent the fight. The Third Regiment,
with headquarters at Dayton, and the
Second, with headquarters at Lima, will
likely be those chosen, as it Is not the
policy of the state to use local troops in
a disturbance like this.
THE IXJUXCTIOX CASE.
Marquis of Quccnsbery Rules Were
Read In Court.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 6. The second day
of the Jeffrles-Ruhlln prize fight cases
In court brought no Indication as to when
the hearing would be concluded. The
state is making a most exhaustive effort
to show that the two fights scheduled for
this city February 15 would be a public
nuisance under the provisions of the
Ohio law and on that ground a permanent
injunction is asked. The promoters of the
fight and their counsel are contesting
every movement made by the state, and
claim to be hopeful of pulling off the
boxing contest under the permit of
Mayor Fleischmann, notwithstanding the
radioal action taken by Governor Nash
and other state officials since last Sat
urday, and especially today. The sale of
seats, the training at the quarters of
Jeffries, Ruhlln, Martin and Chllds, the
work of arranging boxes and seats In
the big hall, and all other preparations
for the event havo been proceeding to
day as usual. It Is evident that every
thing -will bo 'completed and in readiness
before a decision by Judge Holllster shall
be rendered. The only suspension seems
to be in withholding the lithographs and
other display advertisements of the
event. These will be rapidly distributed
If Judge Holllster refuses to grant an In
junction. Fenton Lawson, director and secre
tary in both the musical and the ath
letic associations, was the principal wit
ness today. William Ramsay, attorney
for the Saengerfest Musical Association,
had a wordy conflict with. Mr. Lawson
during the noon recess of court. Ram
say advised against a scheme which was
called a lottery, in which It was pro
posed to offer the big- hall as the first
prize. This plan was dropped and then,
when the musical association reorgan
ized itself into an athletic association,
other counsel than Ramsay was secured.
Ramsay took radical exceptions to the
testimony of Lawson during tfle forenoon
and when court reconvened in the after
noon Lawson and Ramsay were put on
tho stand for their respective statements.
The most Important witness was Mayor
Fleischmann. who testified as to the con
ditions under which he granted the per
mit for the fight, and who held that he
was justified in so doing, as he gave a
permit for a boxing contest that would
come within the laws of Ohio.
Henry Straus, at whose cigar store the
tickets are on sale, was kept on the
stand most of the afternoon. Straus tes
tified to the great demand for tickets
and said the meeting between Jeffries
and Ruhlln was to be a boxing contest,
and not a prize fight, and he felt confi
dent that he was not selling tickets for
an illegal performance, but for one that
came within the provisions of the laws
of Ohio.
A feature of the afternoon was an ar
gument by John M. Warrington and
Judge Moses Wilson on the competency
of the admission of the rules of the Mar
quis of Queensbery In evidence. The court
overruled the objection of Wilson and a
copy of the rules was admitted as evi
dence. As the contracts that have been
entered into provide for contests under
these rules, the attorneys for the In
junction consider that they have made a
strong point In their efforts to show that
the event Is to be a prize fight for the
championship, rather than a boxing cos
test. The attorneys for the injunction
read these rules In, open court with great
effect and commented on the brutality
that was possible under them.
MctcUny Bought Frankfort.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6. The World says:
Clarence Mackay is the real purchaser
of the 3-year-old colt Frankfort, the full
brother of Hamburg, sold at the late Mar
cus Daly's sale of thoroughbreds at Madison-Square
Garden for $10,100. At the time
of the 6ale Lord Clonmel was given out
as the man who had bought the colt.
Sporting Notes.
The Ninth American handicap of the
Interstate Shooting Association will be
held at Queens, L. I., April 3.
Winners at Tanforan were: Invlctus,
Scotch Plaid, Credo, Astor, Handlcapper
and Prestone; at New Orleans, Four Leaf
C, Blue Ridge, Donation, Picador, Jim
Conway, Laureata.
For one hour and 17 minutes, Ernest
Roeber and Paul Pons struggled for the
wrestling supremacy in New York. In
spector Thompson stopped the bout at
midnight.
Telegraphic Brevetics.
Branner School, in Topeka, -was closed
on account of smallpox.
Nicholas Michaels, a saloonkeeper, and
his wife, were brutally beaten by thugs,
In Chicago, and robbed of $2300.
Rev. Jonathan Weaver, bishop emeri
tus, of the United Brethren Church, died
at Dayton, O. His religious career began
in 1841.
In a freight train collision near Ripley,
Tenn., the engineer and a tramp were
killed. Tho Illinois Central's loss is
$150,000.
Arbitration committees reached an
agreement which will mean the end of the
building trades strike that has existed
irr Chicago for over a year.
The Confederate Veterans' Association,
of Savannah, has passed a resolution
against the invitation to President Mc
Klnley to attend the Memphis reunion.
Marcel I. Silverman, a jeweler, who
was shot through tho head In Nw York
Tuesday, died yesterday. The police are
Investigating suicide and murder theories.
The National Federation of Churches
and Christian Workera took up the ques
tion of a constitution, at Philadelphia.
The question was referred to a commit
tee. Secretary Long approved the majority
report of tho Naval Construction Board
favoring superimposed turrets and other
changes in the batteries of the new bat
tleships. Lorenzo Priori, who murdered Vincenzo
Garuzo, in New York City, December II,
1S9S, was put to death in the electric chair
at Sing Sing. It required two shocks to
kill him.
Burglars bound and gagged the postmis
tress at Rossford, a suburb of Toledo, O.,
and robbed the office of $150 In stamps and
$3 in coin. Lighted matches were applied
to her feet, and she was struck over the
head and brutally kicked in the side.
EXPORTS OF MINERALS.
Branch of Our Trade Which Is
Rapidly Growing.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Mineral pro
ucts, crude and manufactured, have be
come in recent years a very Important
feature of the domestic exports of the
United States. Of the $1,565,228,606 exports
of domestic products, including gold and
silver, in the year 1900, $436,227,477 in value,
were composed of mineral products. Thus
2S per cent of the total domestic exports
originated beneath the surface of the
earth, though, of course, much of their
selling value was added by the labor
which turned them into form required
for the use of man. The exports of Iron
and steel, for Instance, amounted, in 1900,
in round terms, to $130,000,000; mineral oils
of all classes, to $75,000,000; copper, to
nearly $60,000,000; coal and coke, over $22,
000,000; paraffin, more than .$8,000,000;
phosphates, more than $5,000,000, while the
gold production exported amounted to $52,
787,523, and the silver to $59,272,668.
A comparison of these enormous ex
ports of metals and minerals and their
products with those of a decade ago,
shows the remarkable progress which has
been made in this branch of American in
dustrythe production and manufacture
of the mineral wealth which nature has
so lavishly supplied the United Sfates.
In Iron and steel manufactures, for In
stance, the exportations of 1890 amounted
to but $27,000,134, and in 1900 they were,
exclusive of Iron ore, $129,633,480, or nearly
five times as much as a decade earlier.
Of copper, the exportations of 1890 were
$5,918,395, and in 1900, $58,881,529, or nearly
10 times as much as in 1890, a decade ear
lier. Of mineral oils the exportations of
1890 were $52,270,943, and In 1900, $74,493,707,
an Increase of about 50 per cent. Of coal
and coke the exports of 1890 were $7,277,692,
and In 1900, $22,883,047, or about three times
as much as in 1890; and of phosphates, the
exports of 1890 were $1,818,439, and in 1900,
$5,217,560, or about three times as much as
a decade earlier. Taking the entire group
of minerals, metals and the manufactures
thereof, exclusive of gold and silver, the
total for 1890 was $103,693,955, and In 1900,
$324,167,286, or more than three times as
much as in 1890, a decade earlier; while
of gold the domestic product exported in
1890 amounted to $20,654,960, and in 1900 to
$52,787,523, and of silver the exports of
1850 were $16,098,1SO, and those of 1900, $59,
272.66S. The value of metals, minerals and
the products thereof exported in 1900, ex
clusive of gold and sliver, showed an in
crease of 218 per cent over 1890, and, in
cluding gold and silver, an increase of 210
per cent, while the total domestic ex
ports, including gold and silver, showed
during the same time an Increase of but
77 per cent.
Meantime Imports of this character have
materially decreased, except in case of
natural products not obtained from the
mines of the United States, but required
for use in manufacturing. Imports of
manufactures of Iron and steel, for In
stance, fell from $41,679,501 In 1890. to $20,
443,903 in 1900; while pig tin used In the
manufacture of tin-plate has Increased
from about $6,500,000 in 1890 to $19,458,586
in 1500.
The following table, compiled by the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics, showing
the exporta'tlons in 1890 and 1900 of the
principal products of minerals, metals and
the more Important manuiactures thereof,
illustrates the great development during
th'e decade of this branch of our domestic
industries:
Articles exported. 1890. 1900.
Iron and steel and
manufactures $ 27.000,134 $129,788,236
Mineral oil 52,270,943 74,493,707
Copper and manufac
tures 5,918.395 58,SS1,529
Coal and coke 7,277.692 22,883,047
Parafine ....T. 2,920,262 8,185,514
Scientific instruments 1,500,369 6.7SS.930
Phosphates 1,818,439 5,217,560
Cycles , 3,060,161
Zinc and manufac
tures 344,931 2,316,981
Clocks and watches.. 1,591,SJ6 2,104,319
Brass and manufac-
factures 2,063,072
Copper sulphate 2,050,989
Jewelry and plated
ware 1,223,077 1.810.4S0
Marble stone and
manufactures 948,321 1,556,981
Nickel 1,382,727
Tin 262,343 467,332
Lead and manufac-
factures 521,961 459,571
Quicksilver 93,192 425.812
Cement 225,306
Total domestic mer
chandise $103,693,955 $324,167,26C
Domestic gold ex
ported 20,654,960 62,7S7,523
Domestic sliver ex
ported 16.0D8.1S9 59,272.663
Total minerals, met
als and manufac
tures $140,447,104 $436,227,457
A BILLION INVOLVED.
'Continued from First Page.)
Hoop Company. $19,000,000 common and
$14,000,000 preferred stock,' all Issued, and
the American Sheet Steel Company, $26,
000,000 common and $26,000,000 preferred
stock, with $24,500,000 of each Issued.
"Among the companies outside of these
two groups are the American Car &
Foundry Company, $30,000,000 common and
$30,000,000 preferred stock, all issued; the
Pressed Steel Car Company, with $2,500,000
each of common, and preferred stock, all
issued," and the Republic Iron & Steel
Company, with $30,000,000 common and
$25,000,000 preferred stock, of which $27,191.
CO0 common and $20,206,900 preferred stock
are outstanding,"
Injunction Against Cereal Trust.
AKRON, O., Feb. 6. A perpetual in
junction was granted today against a
combination of the cereal companies. Two
years ago the American Cereal Company
attempted to Increase its capital from
$3,500,000 to $33,000,000. It was proposed
at that time to form a combination of 05
per cent of the mills In the country. Mrs.
Nellie Hower, a stockholder, secured a
temporary injunction against the combi
nation on the ground that it was a scheme
to freeze out some stockholders and a vio
lation of the enti-trust laws., Today the
injunction waB made permanent.
Earnings of the Diamond Match.
CHICAGO, Feb. 6. At the annual meet
ing of the stockholders and directors of
the Diamond Match Company, which was
held In this city today, the old officers
and board of directors were elected. The
annual statement showed that net earn
ings equal to 13.3 per cent on the $15,009,000
capital stock have been earned. Presi
dent Barber fltated that the company's
progress in England is very satisfactory,
40 per cent having been earned in 1900,
against 10 per cent in 1899. The Peru
factory was also reported to be operating
satisfactorily
CONGRESSMAMWMD.
Of National Reputation Are the Men Who Recom
mend Peruna to Fellow Sufferers.
A Remarkable Case Reported From the State of
New York.
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CONGRESSMAN HOWARD OF ALABAMA.
House of Representatives,
Washington, Feb. 4, 1800.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus,
Ohlot
Gentlemen "I hare taken Peruna
now for tveo weeks, and find I ant
very mucn relieved. I feel that ray
enre Trill be permanent. I bare also
taken it to- la grippe, and I take
pleasure in recommending: Peruna
ns an excellent remedy to all fellow
sufferers." 31. W. Howard.
Congressman Howard's home ad
dress it Fort Payne, Aln.
Most people think that catarrh is a dis
ease confined to the head and nose. Noth
ing is farther from the truth. It may be
that the nose and throat is the ofteneat
affected by catarrh, but if this Is so It is
so only because these parts are more ex
posed to the vicissitudes of the climate,
than the other parts of the body.
Every orgah, every duct, every cavity
of the human body Is liable to catarrh.
A multitude of ailments depend on ca
tarrh. This is true Winter and Summer.
Catarrh causes many cases of chronic dis
ease, where the victim has not the Slight
est suspicion that catarrh has anything to
do with it.
The following letter, which gives the
experience of Mr. A. C. Lockhart, is a
case in point:
Mr. A. C. Lockhart. West Henrietta,
N. Y.. Box 58, in a letter written to Dr.
Hartman, says the following of Peruna:
"About fifteen years ago I commenced
to be ailing, and consulted a physician.
He pronounced my trouble a species of
dyspepsia, and advised me, after he had
treated me about six months, to get a
leave of absence from my business and go
into the country. I did so and got tempo
rary relief. I went back to work again,
but was taken with very distressing pains
in my stomach. ,
"I seldom had a passage of the bowels
naturally. I consulted another physician
NOT WORRYING OVER IT.
County Commissioners View Drla
coll's Bill With Calmness.
The Multnomah County Commissioners
are not worrying over the attempt to oust
them from office, which is being made at
Salem, according to a Commissioner who
was speaking on the subject yesterday.
The attempt to legislate us out of office,"
he said, "is certainly not a reform meas
ure, as those who got up the bill merely
want to put men In whom they think they
can use. One man wants his father made
a Commissioner, and another his father-in-law,
so they are liable to fall out
among themselves ovetythe disposal of the
offices, before the matter comes up in the
Lerrislature at all.
"Some of the Multnomah delegation
would like to get control of the County
Commissioners because they imagine
there Is a great lever to be used In nam
ing the various boards of election, but
the Commissioner who would prostitute
his power in the selection of these boards
would not be fit to be a Commissioner
or to hold any office of public trust. The
attempt to oust duly elected Commission
ers for the purpose of finally controlling
the boards of election is therefor an indi
cation of intended fraud on its face. The
members of the present Board of Commis
sioners were elected by majorities so
large that the voice of the people was
never questioned, and if the people them
selves don't know what they want, a Leg
islature could hardly please them any bet
ter." Commissioners Showers and Ma:k were
elected last June, to serve four years, and
their time will not be up until July, 1804.
Commissioner Steele's term will expire
in 1902. Showers and Mack both reside in
Portland and Mr. Steele lives a short dis
tance outside of the city limits on the
Section Line road.
Olgra Nethersole's Condition.
NEW YORK. Feb. 6. The Herald says:
Miss Olga Nethersole w ill not be able to
play again this season, and it is quite
likely she will not .return to the stage
for a year. She Is critically 111 now at
the Hoffman House, In this city, and
must undergo a surgical operation at
once, which will necessitate her retire
ment from the stage for a long period.
The operation upon Miss Nethersole will
be perforated at a private sanita
rium in this city, and as soon as
she has recovered sufficiently to stand
the voyage, she will return to her home
in England.
Gratitude of Cnba.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6. A dispatch to the
Tribune from Havana says:
The Cuban Constitutional Convention
will refuse positively to add a clause to
the constitution expressing gratitude to
the United States. The delegates say that
such an expression does not belong in the
constitution, but they are willing to adopt
an independent resolution, thanking the
United States. The delegates deplore the
recent utterances of United States Sen-
with no better results. The disease kept
growing on me, until I had exhausted the
ability of sixteen of Bochester's best
physicians. The last physician advised me
to give up my work and go south, after
he had treated me for one year.
"I was given a thorough examination
with the X-ray. 'They could nit even de
termine what my
trouble was. Some
of your testimon
ials in Roches
ter papers seemed
to me worthy of
consideration, and
I made up my
mind to try a
bottle of Peruna.
Before the bottle
was half gone I
noticed a change
for the better. I
am now on the
fifth bottle, and
have not an ache
or pain any--where.
My bow
els move regular
ly every day. and
I have taken on
eighteen pounds
of flesh. I havt
Mr. W. r. Ppter
son. or Morris, 111.,
says:
"I was nearly dead
with catarrhal dys
pepsia and am now a
well man, better. In
fact, than I have
been for twenty
years or more.
"Since I got cured
by your Peruna I
have been consulted
by a great many peo
ple." W. P. Peter
son. recommended Pe
runa to a great
many, and they
recommend it
very highly, I
have told several
people that if they would take a bottle
of Peruna. and could vnen candidly say
that it had not benefited them. I would
pay for the medicine." a. C. Lockhart.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President ot The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
ators wherein the stand is taken that the
convention must insert a gratitude clause
before favorable action will be taken by
Congress.
Hatchet Sale at Wichita.
WICHITA, Kan., Feb. 6. Several wo
men bought hatchets here this afternoon
and a raid on the saloons Is expected to
take place In the early morning. Thirty
guards with deputy Sheriff commissions
have been appointed and are watching
the saloons tonight.
The Prevailing Kind. Bth (after the play)
Could you make out what It was all about?
Amy No, I couldn't. It must be one of those
problem plajs you hear so much about. Phila
delphia Evening Bulletin.
wasted muscles and decaying bones.
"What havoc!
Scrofula, let alone, Is capable of all, that,
and more.
It is commonly marked by bunches In
the neck, inflammations in the eyes, dys
pepsia, catarrh, and general debility.
It Is always radically and permanently
cured by
Head's Sas'sagsarifla
Which expels all hnmors, cures all erup
tions, and builds up the whole system,
whether yonng or old.
Hood's l'in enra tare? ills ; tha non-lrrltatlng and
only cafbartle to take with Hood's SumapnrlHal
jNGARTEriS
Positively cured by these
Iilttlo Pills.
They also relieve Distress from Dyspepstij
Indigestion and Too Hcai y Eating. A per
fect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Dro"d.
ness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tcngue
fain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. Tbvi
Regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable.
Small Pill. Small Dos
Small Price.