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2 THE MORNING OKEGOXIAN. THURSDAY, - FEBRUARY, 21, 1901. FIERY COPPERHEAD Sensational Speeches by Lentz in the House. HE IS BRANDED AS A TRAITOR Declared the Soldiers -In the Philip, pines "Were Justified In Deserting? Brought the Entire Repub lican Side Dovrn on Him. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The House finally today passed the sundry civil ap propriation bill today and entered upon consideration of the general deficiency bill the last of the general appropriation bills. Lentz (Dem. O.), -who In this and the previous Congress attacked the Ad ministration, furnished the sensation of the day. He used a newspaper para graph recounting the death of a Federal Judge in New Mexico who had been a member of the Legislature which elected Senator Hanna, as a text for charging corruption In that election. This called for a rebuke from Cannon (Rep. 111.), who declared that brave men fought the living and only ghouls ravished the tombs of the dead. Grosvenor (Rep. O.) at tempted to reply and the two Ohloans were anxious for the fray, but Cannon would not permit. He thought If "dirty linen" was to be washed, the gentlemen should hire a hall.- Later, Lentz made a second onslaught of a more sensational character and brought down upon him self the whole Republican side of the House. In some remarks about a para graph in the bill for payments for the ap prehension of deserters, Lentz made the startling charge that soldiers in the Phil ippines had buried a native alive and had then beheaded him, and he read a letter, written ho said, by a soldier in the Phil ippines saying that her and Tils compan ions, while on the" extfeditlOh'. 'Were or dered to shoot every man and' beast they found. Lentz said If these' things "were true the soldiers were justified in desert ing. Cannon, Mahon (Rep. Pa.), Grosve nor, Moody (Rep. Mass.), amid warm applause, strongly rebuked Lentz. Can non declared that were Lentz In the Phil ippines he would be tried by courtmartlal and shot; Mahon said that Lentz remarks were a revamping of the copperhead speeches of 40 years ago, and Moody "read the words of Lincoln that the man who encouraged a soldier to desert is worse than the deserter. Thg proceedings were enlivened by a humorous speech made by Allen (Dem. Miss.) in favor of an amendment offered: by him to appropriate 520,000 for a fish hatchery at Tupelo, Miss. Allen goes out of Congress March 4. after a service of 16 years. He declared that "thousands and millions of unborn fish were clamor ing to this Congress for the opportunity of being born In Tupelo" (Allen's home). The amendment was unanimously adopted. The question of rearranging the hall of the House of Representatives for the ac commodation of members, In accordance with a plan agitated some years ago to remove the seats and substitute benches, something after the manner in which the House of Commons is arranged, came up on motion made by Crumpackcr (Rep. Ind.) to appropriate $115,000 "for refur nishing and rearranging the hall of the House of Representatives, including the removpl of the individual desks of mem bers and the reduction of the size, and re seating of the hall In a manner that will be most convenient for the sessions of the House." The amendment also provided for the refurnishing of the Speaker's room. The proposition was debated at considerable length and then defeated, 245 to 1GL The bill was then passed. The House next took up the general deficiency appropriation bill. Speaking to a pro forma amendment. Lentz had read a paragraph from a Columbus, O., newspaper, reporting the death of Charles Lyland, Territorial Judge of New Mexico, who was at one time a member of the Ohio Legislature and who, the newspaper said, voted for Hanna for "United States Senator. With this para graph as a text he attacked corruption In high, and low places, charging that tf judicial place had been given Mr. Ly land in return for his vote for United States Senator Hanna. Steele (Rep. Ind.) made the point of or der that Lentz was not speaking to the subject under consideration, but "was jumping on a dead man." "I am not jumping on a dead man," replied Lentz, "but on a man who Is so alive that he will ride on Pennsylvania avenue with the President one week from Monday." "I do not know Mr. Lyland." inter rupted Cannon, emphatically, "but I do know the gentleman from Ohio. Brave men fight the living: ghouls ravish the tombs of the dead. That is all I have to say." (Republican applause.) Later on, Grosvenor tried to secure an opportunity to reply to Lentz, but Lentz objected unless 20 minutes were allowed on a side. "It is not possible that my colleague will insist upon his objection?" said Grosvenor. "He made an attack up on a dead man and I desire five minutes to reply." "I did not make an attack upon a dead man," replied Lentz. "I made an expose of a live man. I have the proof here If you desire to open up the subject." Angered by Lentz' refusal to allow him to be heard. Grosvenor, with flushed face and uplifted arm, declared that the gen tleman from Ohio (Lentz) had been guilty of a malicious falsehool. "And he knows It," added Grosvenor. A few minutes afterward, Lentz pro posed that Grosvenor be given 15 minutes and he (Lentz) 10 minutes. "Oh, I ob ject," called out Cannon. "If the gentle men desire to wash their dirty linen, they should hire a hall." "A very sensational episode occurred when the paragraph providing that not over 550 should be paid for the appre hension of a deserter from the Army was reached. This paragraph -was seized upon by Lentz for a base from which to at tack what he said was going on in the Philippines and which so disgusted our soldiers there that they deserted. He de clared that reports were coming back from the Philippines to the effect that our soldiers were killing prisoners, and he said that he knew of a letter received by the father of a soldier In the Philip pines telling how a native had been buried alive by his captors and then beheaded. "If that is the sort of civiliza tion that Is being carried Into the Phil ippines," Lentz declared, "It will take 55000 to prevent our soldiers from desert ing." Lentz' remarks roused the House to fe ver pitch. Graham (Rep. Pa.) challenged Lentz to produce the letter he had re ferred to. He said ho thought It existed on'y in the imagination of the gentleman from Ohio. Lentz declared that the letter could not be produced without getting the boy into trouble. Cannon, in Impressive tones, declared that a gentleman who would rise In his place In the American Congress and ad vise men who had enlisted under the American flag to desert might be safe here, but if he should say the same thing In the Philippines, he would be tried by drum-head courtmartlal and shot. This statement brought a round of applause from the Republican side. But Lentz returned to the assault. He read a newspaper account of a letter al leged to have been received by the father of a soldier saying that the soldiers were ordered to shoot every man and beast they found. Lentz declared that he could not be "brow-beaten." If such orders had been Issued, he said, this Congress collectively should be ashamed to face the world. He charged that our soldiers were guilty of murder and said that the time had come when the country was entitled to know the facts and not to rely upon a censored press. Cannon said the gentleman was lashing himself into a passion, while the men he slandered were probably In the perform ance of their duty. Cannon said that In his life he had heard more eloquent men than the gentleman from Ohio encour age desertion. "When the life of the Nation was at stake," he said, "men all over the North stood behind the firing line and encouraged desertion. I leave the gentleman to the contempt of an indig nant people," continued Connon, amid a whirlwind of applause, as he took his seat. "Was the gentleman on the firing-line?" cried Lentz. "It matters not where I was." retorted Cannon, Jumping to his feet. "I was not disloyal then, and what is more import ant, I am not disloyal now." (Renewed Republican applause.) Mahon challenged Lentz to bring in a resolution to ask the Secretary of War whether such orders as he had referred to ever had been Issued. The result of some such Inquiry, he said, would show that the report was a falsehood. "I have heard such speeches as the gentleman delivered before," he con tinued. "They are but a revamp of the copperhead speeches from 1SC1 to 1SC5. The copperhead charged every crime In the calendar to the Union soldiers. The boys In the Philippines are deserting be cause you encourage them to desert, and the man who encourages them to desert Is worse than the deserter. During the rebellion I thought If S000 or 10.000 of the copperheads had been shot, we would not have been troubled with desertion. Some of those men still live thank God, very few. There are none in my state. Neither the people nor the press of my state will be paid to make such charges as the gentleman has made. I am not surprised that the good people left you at home not because you charged that the Administration paid $100,000 to defeat you you are not worth It but because of your everlasting demagogy." (Loud Republican applause.) This brought Lentz again to his feet. When he declared himself a Jcffersonlan Lincoln Democrat, the Republicans Jeered. Proceeding, he charged that his defeat had been compassed by bribery right and left. "I was defeated," he concluded. "You are welcome to the glory and satisfaction of it." "It is a great satisfaction." laconically observed Mahon, amid laughter. Grosvenor also paid his respects to Lentz for terming himself a follower of Jefferson and Lincoln, and Moody (Rep. Mass.) also brought his side of the House up standing by reading an utterance of Lincoln condemning more the "wily agi tator" who induced the soldier to desert than the soldier himself. "Has Massachusetts shot Senator Hoar?" shouted Lentz, while the applause was resounding through the hall. "Oh, get out," called Dalzell (Rep. Pa.). The excitement then subsided and the consideration of the bill was resumed. Sherman (Rep. N. Y.) offered the follow ing amendment, ngainst which Cannon raised a point of order: "Provided further, that the superintend ent of the Naval Academy shall make such rules, to be approved by the Secre tary of the Navy, as will effectually pre vent the practice of hazing: and any cadet found guilty of participating In, or encouraging such practice shall be summarily expelled from the Academy and shall not thereafter be reappointed to the corps of cadets, or be eligible for appointment as a commissioned officer in the Army or Navy." THE ARMY BILL.. Amendments by the Scnnte Commit tee on Military Affairs. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. The Senate committee on military affairs today com pleted Its consideration of the Army ap propriation bill. The committee Indorsed the action of its subcommittee in adding the Spooner Philippine amendment to the bll. A vote on the amendment resulted 5 to 4, the division being on party lines. The committee also Inserted an amend ment providing that appointments under the Army reorganization law, to till orig inal vacancies in the grade of Captain in the Quartermaster's, subsistence and pay department, may be made from Army officers of volunteers commissioned since April 21, 1SS8, and now in the service. Another amendment strikes out the ap propriation of 52,000,000 to pay soldiers' de posits, made by the bill as it passed the House, and appropriates JCO.OOO to pay in terest on the deposits. Among the other amendments Inserted was one providing that "upon the occur rence of a vacancy in the grade of Colo nel in the Inspector-General's Department, after the present Lieutenant-Colonels therein shall have been promoted or re tired, such vacancy shall not be filled, and thereafter the number of officers author ized for that department shall be as fol lows: One Inspector-General, with the rank of Brigadier-General; three Inspectors-General, with the rank of Colonel: four Inspectors-General, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and nine Inspectors with the rank of Major. Discourteous to Bnglnnd. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The Senate committee on foreign relations today took a'dverse action upon the resolution here tofore Introduced by Senator Morgan de claring the right of the United States to proceed with the construction of the Nica ragua Canal regardless of the Clayton Bulwer treaty. The reason given for the committee's action was that it would be discourteous to Great Britain to adopt the resolution while the Hay-Pauncefote treaty is still pending before the British Government. Considered Mnson's Amendment. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. In obedience to the call made upon Senator Wolcott, chairman of the committee on postofficcs, while Senator Mason's pneumatic tube amendment was under discussion in the Senate today, the Coloradoan called a meeting of the committee immediately aft er the Senate adjourned to consider the amendment. The committee was in ses sion for half an hour, and, failing to reach an agreement, adjourned until tomorrow. A French Sugar Trust. PARIS, Feb. 20. An important sugar refinery at St. Ouien, Department of Seine, announces that It will close, as Its machinery Is out of date and the es tablishment Is unable to compete with other refiners. L'Aurore asserts, however, that the closing down is really due to an agree ment between some of the principal su gar refiners, such as MM. Sommler, Say and Lebaudy, who have suppressed the refinery in order to restrict the output. L'Aurore declared that this operation is "the first of a series designed to create an entire monopoly of the sugar In dustry." Tlllnxnoolc Shipping. TILLAMOOK, Or., Feb. 20. The tug George R. Vosburg returned to the city yesterday from Nehalem, where she has been bar-bound and unable to reach As toria to have her boilers covered. The schooner C. H. Wheeler has been partly loaded with lumber at the Tilla mook Lumber Company's mill, at this city, with about 350,000 feet of spruce. She has been towed to the Davles mill, on the Trask River, where she will take on board 250.000 feet more of spruce previous to being towed to San Francisco. Belgium Will Make No Reprisals. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. It Is stated at the Belgian legation that Belgium has no intention of engaging in retaliation against the United States because of our Government imposing a countervailing duty on Belgian beet-sugar imported into the United States, that method of repris al' being foreign to Belgian practice. PNEUMATIC TUBE SERVICE THE SUBJECT AGAIX BROUGHT BE FORE THE SENATE. Precipitated by Amendments Ex tending It to Chicago and St. Louis Railway Mail Pay. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The Senate spent the day on the postoffice appropria tion bill, making some progress, but not completing It. The amendment of But ler proposing a reduction of about 9 per cent In the pay for the railway postal service was defeated, IS to 51, after a de bate In which Depew answered Butler's criticisms on the large profits made by American roads. Late in the day a sharp controversy on the pneumatic tube ques tion was precipitated by an amendment offered by Mason, extending that service to Chicago and one by Vest extending it to St. Louis. Hale severely criticised those promoting the system, referring to a "job and lobby." When he made a point of order that a committee had not passed on the amendment the advocates of the extension quickly circulated a call for a meeting of the committee on postoffices, and the session closed with Wolcott's humorous announcement of the commit tee meeting in response to the Impera tive demands made on him. Soon after the Senate convened Petti grew offered a resolution, which was agreed to, directing the committee on printing to ascertain why the public printer had not delivered to the Senate the instructions and papers sent to the Paris Peace Commission. Bills to grant land warrants to descendants of the New York Indians who served In the War of ISIS, and to pay an award of the Sec retary of the Interior In favor of the Cherokee Indians were referred to the Court of Claims. Consideration of the postoffice appropria tion bill was resumed at the conclusion of the routine business. The pending ques tion was the amendment of Butler to re duce the pay of railroads for carrying the mails an aggregate of about 9 per cent. The North Carolina Senator continued his speech begun Monday. Butler said he would ra,her see the ship subsidy bill become a law than to have the pending bill pass containing the present provision for railway mail pay, as under the pend ing appropriation bill a bigger hole would be made In the treasury than would be made by the subsidy bill. Butler pointed out that according to the report of Pro fessor Adams, the expert of the Postal Commission, which he had read, 4S per cent of the amount paid to the railroads for carrying the mails actually was paid for carrying mail pouches. He had often wondered, he said, why the leather and the locks in the malls were so heavy. "It seems," he said, "that the railroads have used their Influence to have them made heavy because they are getting the same pay for carrying them as they are getting for carrying mall matter. He thought there would be just as much sense In charging the weight of the car against the Government. Butler contrasted the cost of railway mail pay In Europe and In this country to the disadvantage of the United States. Depew Interrupted to say that the wages paid by European continental railroads were only about one-fourth of the wages In this country, while the freight rates In this country were only a little more than one-fourth of what they were in Europe. "Does the Senator mean," Inquired But ler, "that the American railroads are los ing money?" "I do not mean to say they are losing money." responded Depew. "I mean to say that if they had anything like the rates charged for freight In Continental Europe, they could carry the malls free, and, in addition, pay a large revenue to the Government." "No railroads In the world have larger profits than those of the United States," asserted Butler. "The capitalization of railroads in Eu rope," responded Depew, "is much larger than it Is here. In Great Britain It 'is about 5350,000 a mile. If that capitaliza tion be reduced to the average capitaliza tion in the United States, you will find that the profits of the English railroads are enormous." Wolcott said, as to European railroads carrying the malls free, that in Great Britain the cost of railroad mall trans portation was little less. If any. than here. In Continental Europe the govern ment either owned the railroads or guar anteed the payment of the principal and interest of their bonds, and of o or 6 per cent dividends on their stock, whether they earned It or not. The amendment offered by Butler, mak ing an aggregate reduction of about 9 per cent In the railway mail pay, was re jected, IS to 51. The amendment appropriating 5SCO.0O0 for the transportation of mail by pneumatic tubes and repealing the law which pro hibits future contracts for pneumatic tube service, together with the pending point of order against it, was called up. The president pro tern., Frye. submitted the point of order to the Senate, and it was sustained without division, the amend ment thus being stricken out. Mason then offered an amendment ap propriating $500,000 for the maintenance of pneumatic tube service In cities where it is now In operation and for its establish ment in Chicago, provided that all future contracts for the establishment of the service be advertised publicly. Against the amendment. Hale raised a point of order, saying It was clearly "general leg islation." On a vote, the amendment was held to be in order, 54 to 16. Hale Interposed a further point, of order on the ground that a committee had not passed upon the proposition. The Sen ator added some very severe remarks on the "gigantic lobby" behind this pneu matic tube plan. He had thought it had been smitten in the teeth by the action of Congress two days ago. but now the "Job" was here again, and the streets leading to the Capitol were fairly lined with people Importuning Senators from the time they left their homes. Mason replied In vigorous terms. Vest moved an amendment that St. Louis be Included in the provision for pneumatic tube service. At this point Wolcott gained recognition and said: "I have Just been handed a communication of a rather Imperative character the most imperative that I re call In 12 years." He then read a request addressed to him by a large number of Senators of the postoffice committee, reading: "Please call immediately meeting of committee on postoffices and post roads to consider Mason's pneumatic tube amendment." Wolcott said that with such an imperative request before him, he would call the meeting. In the mean time, he asked that the subject be laid aside and that the Senate adjourn. There was a general laugh at the sudden shift of affairs, and then, at 5:25 P. M., the Sen ate adjourned. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION'S. Another List of Promotions In the Array. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The President today sent these nominations to the Sen ate: Army of the United States To be Ma-Jor-General: Brigadier-General' William R. Shatter, United States Army, retired (Major-General United States Volun teers). Cavalry Lieutenant-Colonel Edward M. Hayes, Fourth, to be Colonel; Major Charles L. Cooper, Fifth, tc be Lieutenant-Colonel. Medical Department Assistant Sur geons with rank of Captain, to be Sur geons with rank of Major: Charles M. Gaudy, Jefferson R. Keene, Harry I. Ray mond, Francis J. Ives, Edward R. Mor ris. Artillery To be Major: Captain Eld ridge R. Hills. First Lieutenants to be Captains: George W. Watchell, Oscar I. Straub, Henry O. Schumm, Alfred M. Hunter, John L. Hayden, Peyton C. March, Eugene T. Wilson. Edmund M. Blake, John T. Martin. Wilmot E. Ellis, William L. Kenly. William G. Haan. Sid ney S. Jordan, Walter A. Bethel, Morris K. Barroll, Delamar Skerrett, Edward T. McGlachlan, Jr., Archibald Campbell. Quartermasters' Department First Lieutenants to be Quartermasters with rank of Captains: Joseph T. Crabbs, Eighth- Cavalry, and Louis B. Lawton, Ninth Infantry. Subsistence Department First Lieuten ant A. M. Edwards to be Commissary with rank of Captain. Infantry Sergeant William J. Schmidt, Twelfth Infantry, to be Second Lieuten ant. Volunteers Eleventh Cavalry, First Lieutenant C. R. Trowbridge to be a Cap tain, and Second Lieutenant John Holt man to be First Lieutenant. Acting As sistant Surgeons. United States Army, to be Assistant Surgeons of Volunteers with rank of Captain; James Edmondson, New York; Joseph C. Relfsnyder, Pennsylva nia; Joseph J. Currj'f Massachusetts; James K. Stoddard. North Carolina; George R. Plummer, Florida; William R. Van Tuyl, Kansas; Joseph S. Fogg, Maine. Navy Commander Robert M. Berry to be Captain: Lieutenant-Commander Dan iel V. Stuart to be Commander; Lieu tenant William P. Rush to be Lieutenant Commander; Lieutenant (Junior grade) Wilfred V. M. Powelson to be Lieutenant. Justice Marshall E. Woodworth, of California, to be Attorney for the North ern District of California. VALUE OF THE CANAL. Isthmian "Watervrny From a Military Standpoint. NEW YORK. Feb. 20. "The Isthmian Canal" was the subject of discussion at a meeting of the American Academy of Po litical and Social Science at Philadelphia last night. Professor Emory R. Johnson, of the University of Pennsylvania, a mem ber of the Canal Commission, spoke upon "The Economic Aspects of the Isthmian Canal Question.' and Colonel Peter C. Haines, of the Army, upon "The Isth mian Canal From a Military Point of View." Colonel Haines Is quoted In a spe cial to the Tribune as saying: "For an isthmian canal to be of service to the United States. It must be presup posed that passage of it, through It and from it is assured. But passage to or from It In case of war with a strong naval power could only be maintained by a strong naval force. If the canal bris tled with guns from one end to the other, it would be of no use to the United States while a powerful hostile fleet dominated the Caribbean Sea. The nation that con trols the adjoining seas will. In time of war. control passage through the canal, no matter which one has possession. "From a military standpoint the canal is valuable only as a shortened line of communication. It has no other value. It docs not serve as a good base of oper ations In a war with a strong naval power. No prudent naval commander would hold a fleet In Lake Nicaragua or Lake Bahla to spring out on the foe in either ocean, as has sometimes been suggested. If our enemy be weak, it would not be necessary; if strong, the dangers of being bottled up are too great. "Suppose, on the other hand, the" canal were neutral. It would not then become a prize of war. Neither the maintenance of an army to protect It nor of a fleet to keep open communication with it would be necessary. Great Britain might pos sibly send ships through it. but even that Is doubtful. The most that could be gained by doing so is a saving of time. Under some circumstances this might be an Important matter But the naval pre ponderance of Great Britain is such that time would be of less Importance to her than to us. "It Is believed in consideration of the freedom of the ranal extended by j. the United States to the ships of all nations, those nations would agree to an ar rangement by which the region of the canal and large areas of the sea at each terminus should be exempted from the operation? of war. The larger these areas of neutrality the better should such an agreement be violated by any nation that is a party to It. The United States could destroy the canal if necessary, so as to render it Impossible of being used against us. As no nation except Great Britain would wish to use the canal for any other than peaceful purposes of com merce, ar.d as she probably would have no strong reason for using It in any other way, it is not seen why such an agreement might not be made." RUSSIA ONLY WILL BE HURT W. T. Stead on the Threatened Tar iff Wnr. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. W. T. Stead, in a special dispatch to the Journal and Ad vertiser, says: "Russia does not mean to quarrel with the United States, not even to the extent of a tariff war. The sudden and startling application of the maximum tariff to Im ports from America, valued at 510,000,000 a year, as n method of Indicating dissatis faction with Gage's method of levying duty on a commodity of which America Imports only 5200,000 annually, can hardly be regarded as serious policy. "Being a convinced free trader, believ ing Russia's material development has been and is still being horribly retarded by the heavy protective duties which she Imposes on Imports, I regard the Increase of Russian duties on American Iron and steel goods with profound regret. It does not matter much to the American manufacturer if ho Is temporarily shut out of the Russian market; It matters everything to the Russian consumer that the price of his machinery should not be increased. The Russian peasant needs cheap agricultural machinery. As Pro fessor Ozeroff cried out not long ago, high duties on iron and steel hit the agriculturist at every turn. "From a political point of view, with Count von Waldersee menacing China with a great expedition inland, with Count von Waldersee's master hand in glove with Great Britain. It would be unheard-of fatuity for the great .powers which are In accord as to the policy to be pursued in China to allow a trifle, such as this matter of interpretation as to what is and what is not bounty-fed su gar, to Involve them in a dispute which might render their co-operation in China less easy and natural than it Is today. "Cassinl has now assured Gage that Russia Is prepared to cut off her nose to spite her face. Such Is the extraordi nary dementia that sugar seems to have produced upon the minds of the finan ciers. There Is little doubt that Russia will carry out her threat. Could not Gage, under these circumstances, discov er in the Inexhaustible resources of the art of Interpretation some means of saving Russia from inflicting an Injury upon herself out of all proportion to the grievance which she seeks to remedy?" The Moser Iurder Trinl. PEORIA, HI.. Feb. 20. One of the wit nesses examined Saturday afternoon in the Moser trial testified" that Moser had told him he went to Utah to kill himself because he did not care to live In the Amlsh community. Sheriff Mount testi fied that the accused told of the man ner of killing his family. On cross-examination he said Moser told him the only reason why he was expelled from the Amish church was because he held his crying child on his lap during services. He testified to conversations ivith Moser in which Moser blamed the church for all his trouble. A LONG LOAF IS WISE LOAF "Webfoot" flour "makes all loaves long in economy. Tastes just as good In any kind of a loaf. WILL NOT GIVE BOND MRS. NATION FOR THE PRESENT WILL LIVE IN JAIL. Saloon-Smashlnsr Cases Postponed Until April Progress of the Crusade In Kansas. TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 20. Mrs. Carrie Nation and her two companions, Mrs. Crist and Miss Madeline Southard, are still confined In the County Jail. Mrs. Nation stolidly persists that she will not give a 52000 bond to keep the peace, and will remain In jail. The other two women are undecided, but it Is thought will se cure bonds in a day or two. There has been a constant stream of visitors, and yesterday afternoon Mrs. Nation sent down word that she was not to be dis turbed. Judge Hazen postponed the cases against Mrs. Nation and others for the malicious destruction of property, Sunday, until the next term of court, which will be in April. Mrs. Nation arose several times to address the court, and each time called him "Your dishonor." When asked if she were ready for trial. Mrs. Nation, who acts as her own attorney, said: "Your dishonor, I am Incapable of trying my case this afternoon, as I have been poisoned by cigarette smoke in the Coun ty Jail. I want to see how the other caes are tried anyway." The Indications are that there will be a legal battle over the trials. The attorneys for the defense will Insist that they be granted a change of venue, on account of the alleged prejudice of Judge Hazen. THE MILLWOOD MURDER. Raiders Toole AdvantnRe of Reform Movement to Settle an Old Feud. LEAVENWORTH. Kan., Feb. 20. John Hudson, the bartender whose wife was killed In Tuesday's raid at Millwood, came to Leavenworth today and swore out warrants for the four farmers under arrest here, charging them with murder In the first degree. Hudson says he knows who fired the shot that killed his wife, and that he will make his name known at the proper time. Thomas McNamara, Hud son's cousin, openly accuses one of the quartet with firing the fatal shot. The Coroner's Jury will not sit on the case un til next Monday. In the meantime, the Coroner Is busily engaged In gathering evidence against the raiders, and several additional arrests will. It Is said, follow. It is snid today that none of the raiders were temperance 'people, and that they took advantage of the reform movement to pay an old grudge. William Webb, who was wounded in the raid. Is reported in a serious condition today, and may not live. He Is 60 years of age. Firemen May Be Called Ont. WICHITA, Kan., Feb. 20. A definite plan has been formed here. In case of a raid on the saloons In the night time, which Is expected to take place at any moment, to call out the fire department to reinforce the inadequate police service. For the purpose of quelling a riot, the firemen will bo permanently clothed with the authority of policemen, with power to deputize citizens at next Monday night's Council meeting, and until then it is un derstood that they will have temporary authority to make arrests. It is reported on reliable authority that Judge Dale, of the District Court, today made a statement that the ministers of churches shall have no Immunity from ar rest, so far as his court is concerned, if they use language calculated to incite a riot, even though such language may be used In the pulpit. Mr. Nation Henrd From. PEORIA. 111. Feb. 20. David Nation, husband Of Mrs. Carrie Nation, has writ ten the editor of the Journal, which Mrs". Nation Is to edit next Tuesday, stating that he will probably accompany his wife to Peoria, and that he Is more fully In accord with this latest of his wife's vent ures than with anything else she has done since coming so prominently before the public. Continuing, he writes: "Will you kindly give the enclosed a prominent place In your paper: 'We are authorized to say, in the most positive and emphatic terms, that the statement telegraphed from Wichita that Captain David Nation, husband of Mrs. Carrie Nation, is about to institute divorce proceedings against his wife unless she returns to Medicine Lodge at once, is as false as sin. as he and his wife are in perfect accord.' " Mrs. DIrtks' Compliment. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Feb. 20. Mrs. An nie L. Dlggs, the Kansas reformer, has come out as a defender of Mrs. Nation. In a paper read before the Current Evens Club, she says: "Were Mrs. Nation just the ordinary crank, zealously pursuing one purpose, or cherishing but one idea, the popular Interest In her would quickly wane, bjit instead, each day and hour she reveals some unique, picturesque and strong phase of character. Mrs. Nation is utterly uninfluenced by vulgar desire for notoriety." Mrs. Dlggs declares that Mr?. Nation Is so thoroughly u.imodern ns to date back not only to Puritan days, but far back to biblical ages. Crusade Reunited in Death. SI3TERSVILLE. W. Va.. Feb. 20. At Stringtown a small oil village In Tyler County, a fire started last night in a drug store, and before the flames could be controlled John Clendenning was burned to death There had been a Carrie Na tion crusade against the dives and "speak easies," and a warning had been given that, unless the proprietor of the drug store, over which Clendenning slept, stopped selling liquor, the place would be either burned or blown up. An Armistice Declared. WINFIELD, Kan., Feb. 20. Rev. George T. Smith, chairman of the mass meeting that Issued the ultimatum to the jointists giving them until noon today to close, has Issued a printed circular declaring a ces sation of hostilities, and further trouble seems to have been averted. Rev. Mr. Smith says the original purpose has been accomplished, and the prohibitionists will rely on the Mayor and Council to keep the joints closed. "Joints" Classed ns Nuisances. TOPEKA. Kan.. Feb. 20. The House today passed Senator Hurrell's bill relat ing to the sale of intoxicating liquors, and It was sent to Governor Stanley for his signature. The bill classes as a public nuisance all places where liquor is sold illegally. HIS SECOND ESCAPE. Again the Boers Nenrly Captured General Kitchener. LONDON, Feb. 20. A special dispatch from Pretoria says the Boers at Klip Riv er, February 18, derailed a train contain ing Kitchener's baggage. The train was preceded by another, with the Commander-in-Chief as a passenger. An armored train drove off the Boers, but the latter secured the contents of the train derailed. LONDON, Feb. 21. Lord Kitchener's second narrow escape from capture calls out newspaper warnings as to the danger of his rapid flittings by train from place to place. It is considered better for him to remain in Pretoria than to risk upset ting his carefully elaborated plans of campaign. As Lord Kitchener is now back In Pretoria, the Inference Is that General Dewet has again escaped from the supposed cordon. There Is no further news of General French's pursuit of Commandant Botha in Eastern Trans vaal. Statements emanate from both Pretoria and Brussels that Mr. Kruger contem- WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES Regard Peruna as Their Shield Against Catarrh, Coughs Colds, Grip and Catarrhal Diseases. MRS. DELYA A. LOCKWOOD, LATE CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. Mrs. Belva Lockwood. the eminent barrister, of Washington, D. C. Is the only woman who has ever been a candidate for the Presidency of the United States. She Is the best known woman In America. As the pioneer of her sex In the legal profession she has gathered fame and fortune. In a letter to The Peruna Medicine Company, she says: "I have uaed your Peruna both for myself and my mother, Mrs. Hannah J. 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It is said that he has Just finished writing a memorial on the war which will be sent to the European governments and to President McKlnley. Civil nnd Military Conflict. SALISBURY, Rhodesia, Feb. 20. Con flict between the civil and the military authorities here has arisen over the order of the latter for the suppression of the Times, a local newspaper, for having printed a criticism of the conduct of Gen eral Carrington. The high court ordered the restoration of its right to the Times, and interdicted the military authorities from any Interference therewith beyond the necessary censorship. The military authorities disregarded the order, and the staff of the Times w'ere forcibly evicted from their offices. Smith-Dorrien's Colnmn Mlxslngr. NEW YORK. Feb. 20. 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