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THE MOKNING OKEGOXIAN, SATURDAY. DECEMBER T, 1901. WILL REPORT FAVORABLY ACTIOX OP TnE SEXATE COM3IIT TEE OX THE CAXAL TREATY. Pacific CoaKt Delegations Dlscnsaed the Chinese Question Houe Committees Appointed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The Senate committee on foreign relations today voted to report favorably the new Hay Pauncefote treaty, providing for the con struction of an Isthmian canal. The com mittee was In session nearly two hours und went over In detail the provisions ot the convention. No votes were cast against It, but It was criticised very sharply by Senators Money and Bacon, who found In It many of the objections which they urged against the old treaty. They took especial exception to the pro vision continuing in force the neutrality provision of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and also made objection to the clause spe cifically authorizing the United States to police the canal as placing a limitation upon the power of this country abso lutely to control it. The contention was made that the effect of the treaty as sent to the Senate would be to deprive the United States of control of the canal In case of war. iispecial attention was called to the provision in the preamble or the impending treaty reserving article a of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty from the repeal provision of the new treaty. The portion of this article of the old treaty to which especial objection was made reads as follows: "In granting, however, their joint pro tection to any such canal or railroads as are by this article specified, it Is always understood by the United States and Great Britain that the parties constructing or owning snail Impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid Governments shall approve ot as Just and equitable; and thai, the same canals or railways, being open to the citi zens and subjects of the United States and Great Britain on equal terms, shall alto he open on like terms to the citizens and subjects of every other state which is wining to grant thereto such protec tion as the United States and Great Brit ain engage to afford." Senators .Money and Bacon did not go to the extent of voting against the report of the treaty, and they acknowledge they are anxious to see it ratified because ol their great desire to have the canal built. Still they insisted that the treaty as It now stands is very objectionable in case of the contingency of war. Senator Fryc presided over the meeting and he asked Senator Lodge to report the treaty to the Senate on Monday next in case there should be an executive session on that day. It also was the sense of the committee that the consideration of the treaty should be pressed as speedily as possible In the Senate, some Senators expressing the hope that action might be secured before the adjournment for the holidays. The com mittee also voted to recommend that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the treaty. Senator Bacon moved the revival of the amendment to the original Hay-Paunce-fote treaty, which was suggested by Sen ator Davis, then chairman of the com mittee. The Senate amendment provided that nothing in the treaty "should apply to measures which the United States may find It necessary to take for securing by its own forces the defend of the United States and the maintenance of public or der." The amendment was voted down. THE DAY IX THE HOUSE. Announcement of Committees Ty Speaker Henderson. WASHINGTON, Dec 6. In the House today, after the readlngr and approval of the journal, Gaines (Dem. Tenn.), who has just returned from the Philippines, ap peared at the bar, where the oath of offlcs was administered to him. Speaker Henderson then announced the' appointment of the following committees: Ways ard means Republicans: Payne (N. Y.), Dalzell (Pa.), Hopkins (111.), Grosvenor (O.), Russell (Conn.), Steele (Ind.), Tawney (Minn.), McCall (Mass.). Long (Kan.), Babcock (Wis)., Metcalf (Cal.). Democrats: Richardson (Tenn.), Robertson (La.), Swanson (Va.), McClel lan (N. Y.), Newlands (New), Cooper (Tex.). Appropriations Republicans: Cannon (111.), Bingham (Pa.), Hemenway (Ind.), Barney (Wis.), Moody (Mass.), Van Voor his (O.), McCleary (Minn.), LIttauer (N. Y.), Brownlow (Tenn.), Gardner (Mich.), Burkett (Neb.). Democrats: Livingston (Ga.). McRae (Ark.), Bell (Colo.), Pierce (Tenn.), Benton (Me.), Taylor (Ala.). Enrolled bills Republicans: Wachter (Md.), Ball (Del.), Burke (Pa.), Turner (N. H.), Democrats: Lloyd (Mo.), Edwards (Mont). x Then at 12:06 P. M. the House adjourned until Tuesday. In each of the committees announced today the majority representation was In creased one and the minority representa tion reduced to that extent. This policy Is to be followed in the appointment of the other committees. Metcalf Is the new Republican member on the ways and mcans commlM.ee, and Brownlow, Gard ner and Burkett the new Republican mem bers on the appropriation committee. Wood of Alabama was the Democrat dropped from the ways and means committee. The retirement of Allen of Mississippi from Congress made It unnecessary to drop a Democrat from the appropriation com mittee. Wachter succeeds Baker of the same state as chairman of the commit tee on enrolled bills. Baker was not re elected. The announcement of the appropriation committee will permit work to begin at once on the appropriation bills, and the hope Is expressed by members that the pension bill, and perhaps an urgent de ficiency bill, will be passed before the Christmas holidays. Chairman Cannon said after the announcement of the com mittee that he would call the members together early next week, and would soon thereafter name the subcommittees which would prepare the big supply bills. The pension bill will carry about $138,500,000. THE CHIXESE QUESTION. Pacific Const Delegations Met to Agree Upon a Policy. WASHINGTON, Dec C A meeting of Senators and members of the House rep resenting the Pacific Coast States was held today In the committee-room of Rep resentative Loud for the purpose of agree ing upon a united policy in the prosecu tion of legislation for the continued ex clusion of Chinese from the United States. Mr. Loud was chosen chairman, and Sen ator Dubois secretary. There was a large attendance of members of both political parties, and the expression of opinion In favor of vigorous and effective work was quite general. Senators Mitchell and Htitfeld and Representative Loud were especially earnest In urging action. They took a position In favor of making the Gearj law Immediately effective, declaring that the Chinese multitude should be kept out of the country for all time. Chinese Inspector Dunn, who Is stationed at San Francisco, also made an address. In which he detailed his experiences In this work, pointing out many evils which he con tended are Included In the promiscuous admission of Chinese. A committee of six was appointed to take the subject In l-.ind. This committee Is composed of Senators Mitchell, Heltfeld and Foster and Representatives Newlands. Metcalf and Coombs. The committee organized by electing Representative Newlands chairman, and Representative Metcalf secretary. Representative Kahn, who represents the San Francisco district containing the Chinese quarter, in which some 30,000 Chi nese reside, today introduced in the House a Chinese exclusion bill. It defines strict ly the status of those who by treaty have a right to enter the country, Including all except Chinese officials, teachers, stu dents, merchants, travelers and returning laborers. In each of these excepted cases a section Is devoted to the rigid identifica tion and specification of the excepted per sons. In the case of Chinese officials, the Chinese Government is required to fur nish a list of its officials coming to this country. Mr. Kahn says this will over come the wholesale creation of officials, including those of the Six Companies, who are said to have been made officials In order to take them outside of the ex clusion law. QUESTION OF DISFRANCHISEMENT. Fleming's Reply to Moody, of Mas- snehusctts. WASHINGTON, Dec 6. The proposition of Representative Moody, of Massachu setts, for a Congressional Investigation of the right of Louisiana members of Con gress to hold their seats, today drew a rejoinder from Representative Fleming, of Georgia, who presented a resolution for the Investigation of the right of Massachu setts members of Congress to hold their seats. Moody's resolution asserted that a certain class of voters were disfranchised in Louisiana, thus invalidating the elec tion of the Louisiana RepresentatU'cs. Mr. Fleming's resolution in part reads: "Whereas, the Constitution of the State of Massachusetts, in contravention of the provision of the Federal Constitution, Im poses additional qualifications for suffrage by declaring that no person shall have the right to vote who shall not he able to read the Constitution in the English language and write his name, "Resolved, That when the said select committee shall be appointed. It shall he charged with the further duty of In quiring and reporting whether the Repre sentatives of the State of Massachusetts aro entitled to membership In this House, and whether representation from said state should not be reduced." Hepburn' New Canal Bill. WASHINGTON, Dec 6. Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, today Introduced his isthmian canal bill, which by reason of his being the author of the bill passed last year, and his probable continuance at the head of the House commerce com mittee. Is considered as the measure which will serve as a bas-s for action by the House. It differs from the Hepburn bill passed last year in making the total ap propriation 5180.000,000 Instead of ?140.000.O00. Of the total amount, $10,000,009 is mnde im mediately available to begin work. In other respects the bill follows that of last year, authorizing the President to acquire a right of way from Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and then to direct the Secretary of War to begin the construc tion from Greytown, on the Caribbean Sea, to Brito, on the Pacific Ocean, with suit able defenses, etc Xomination of Attorney-General. WASHINGTON, Dec. C The Senate committee on judiciary today authorized a favorable report on the nomination of P. C. Knox to be Attorney-General. Op position to the confirmation was made by the Anti-Trust League, which filed a pro test with the committee In which com plaint is made that Mr. Knox failed to bring certain suits against organizations said to be trusts which he was urged by the league to institute. The committee con sidered this document at some length, but concluded that the President should be al lowed to choose his own advisers, he being responsible for them. Anti-Trust Bills. WASHINGTON. Dec 6. Several anti trust measures were presented to the House today. One of them, by Ball of Texas, proposes the appointment of a spe cial committee of nine Representatives to report an anti-trust bill. Criimpacker, of Indiana, introduced a bill providing for an amendment to the Constitution, per mitting Congress to tax the capital stock and earnings of corporations. Amending; Apportionment Act. WASHINGTON, Dec 6. Representative Crumpacker. of Indiana, has introduced a bill for the amendment of the appor tionment act so that members of the House of Representatives will be 372. The representation is based on the vote cast instead of population. It reduces the rep resentation, in the Southern States and makes Increases in the Northern States. Pnrcliasc of Danish Antilles. WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. Representative Gardner, of New Jersey, has Introduced a Joint resolution authorizing the State De partment to purchase the Danish West Indies, and appropriating J4.OW.000 for that purpose. The resolution refers to the de sirability of American ownership of these islands under the Monroe Doctrine. Pension for Mrs. Mclvlnley. WASHINGTON, Dec C Representative Taylor, of Ohio, today Introduced a bill to pension Mrs. McKInley at the rate of $500 a year, beginning September 14, 1801, the date of the death of the late Presi dent. Anarchist Cheers for CzoIkohz. CHICAGO, Dec. 6. President McKln ley's assissin was cheered publicly In Chicago last night. A challenge from the platform that anarchists dared not con done the crime at Buffalo was -met with a vigorous "You're a liar." Abraham Isaak, the recognized lcider of the "reds' in this -city, and editor of Free Society, declared openly he could not condemn the assassin's act. He said that as to personal merit he took a second place to Czolgosz. The confession of Isaak was accompanied by a scene of Intense excitement- It wis the climax of the debate on "Socialism or Anarchy," and came when the crowd of over 1700 had been aroused thoroughly In wild oratori cal denunciations. "Hurrah for Czol gosz," shouted a man in the gallery, swinging his hat above his head. Hisses, jeers, yells of approval and cat calls came from all parts of the house. The crowd rose to Its feet and riot was only averted by the prompt action of tha chairman. Prison Bird Roosted Hlprh. LONDON, Dec. 6 A convict at the Pen tonvllle prison, who managed to elude the warders, established himself on a roof ot the institution and for 30 hours defied all attempts to dislodge him. Thousands of spectators were watching the show and aiding the prisoner by timely warnings oi the movements of his would-be captors. Ladders against the wall were promptly thrown down by the occupant of the roof, whose reckless movements and wild laughter at the futile efforts of the ward ers were thought to indicate insanity. The- fugitive collected a large pile of slats which he gleerully threw at the heads or the officials who attempted to scale the walls by means of ladders until they were forced to retreat. The. convict sur rendered, this afternoon after defeating all attempts to dislodge him by force. He was lured to the ground by the offer of a dish of roast beef and potatoes. Xo Transfer of Corea. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec 6. A state ment printed In the London newspapers to the effect that certain diplomats In AVashlngton thought that the govern ments of Japan and Russia were negoti ating the transfer of Corea for the Philip pine Islands, has created much amuse ment here. The statement is criticised as absurd and Impossible and It is fur ther pointed out that the Interests of Japan in Corea outweigh any conceivable substitute for that territory. It is now firmly believed that peaceful relations between Russia and Japan are definitely assured and that there is no friction between the two governments. Marquis Ito was thoroughly pleased with his reception here. Stops the Conelt and "Works off The Cold. Laxative Bromo-Quinlne Tablets cure a cold In one day. No Cure. No Pay. Price 25 cents. ' THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL MAY BE PASSED BY THE HOUSE BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS. Matter Discussed Yesterday by the Republican Members of the Wnys and Means Committee. WASHINGTON. Dec 6. The Republi can members of the ways and means committee met Informally after the ad journment of the House today and talked over the needs of Philippine tariff legis lation. The discussion continued through the afternoon and although no definite announcement was made, it is said that a measure will probably be ready for pre sentation to the committee next week with the prospect of being reported to the House without delay and passed before the holidays. The meeting went over until Monday when it is understood Rep resentatives Grosvenor and Hopkins, who were absent today, will be back. Tho discussion thus farhas turned chiefly on -whether the Philippine bill MAYOR-ELECT SETH LOW'S FIRST APPOINTMENT. ,4. MS ?JviEr. H -v V ,4 LWfflp . v B-r ? T$Wi.r sap COLOXEL JOHX X. PARTRIDGE, POLICE COMMISSIOXER. Having taken up first the department which above all others has been honey combed with Tammany corruption the police force Mayor-Eelect Low has an nounced his selection of Colonel John N. Partridge for Police Commissioner of Greater New York. Colonel Partridge is at present State Superintendent of Pub lic Works, a position to which he was appointed by Governor Roosevelt In 1S09. shall be temporary or permanent. Chair man Payne being rather inclined to a permanent measure Another question brought up today was as to the uniform ity of the tariff rates to be established, it being held In some quarters that the United States should have preferential rates over foreign countries to the ex tent of 15 per cent or thereabouts. How over, this has not gone beyond the point of discussion. The indications are that the measure will be ready early next week and perhaps by Tuesday, although the Republican members say there will be no disposition to rush through a meas ure without mature consideration. The committee expects to give a hear ing next week to the Cuban representa tives now here, concerning tariff conces sions on Cuban sugar and tobacco. Discussed by the Cabinet. WASHINGTON. Dec 6. A number of matters were discussed at the Cabinet meeting today, but none was of sreclal importance. It developed that the Gov errxnent is convinced that the decision of the Supreme Court in the Insular cases does not in any way disturb the Philip pine tariff and that the Government will continue to collect customs duties as heretofore. Manila Merchants Petition. MANILA. Dec C The Import mer chants here are preparing a petition which will be sent to Congress, asking that Manila be made an American port, free of duty. Major Velasco, an Insurgent outlaw, who tried to murder a Filipino Judge, has been sentenced to be garrotcd. GEXEHAL CHAFFEE'S REPORT. Reasons for the Prolongation of Guerrilla Warfare. WASHINGTON, Dec 6. The War De partment made public the first annual re port of Major-Gtneral Adna R. Chaffee, Military Governor of the Philippine Islands. Governor Chaffee sums up the situation in the Philippines from a mili tary point of view by stating that the Provinces of Batangas and Laguna. In Luzon and the Islands of Samar, Mindora, Cebu and Bohol constitute the area now disturbed by any embodied force of in surgents. He says that to the physical character of the country, to the nature of the warfare of the rebels, who are amlgo and foe In the selfsame hour, to the humanity of the troops, which Is taken advantage of by the rebels and the Inhabitants who sympathize with them, and to the fear of assassination on the part of the friendly disposed if they give information to the American forces, is due the prolongation of the guerrilla war fare. Commenting upon the plan of gradually replacing military with civil administra tion. General Chaffee says: "The withdrawal of Interference with civil affairs does not contemplate the withdrawal of the troops from their sta tions to any considerable extent; on the contrary, this should not be done hastily, and when undertaken should be gradual and more In the nature of concentration than reduction of force or abandonment of any considerable area of territory." He, therefore recommends that there bo no further material reduction of troops before January. 1903. The governments which are being organized provincial and municipal General ChatTec says, are both new and untried, and there Is but one certain and reliable method of ascertain ing the progress of the Filipinos in self government, namely, observation by the Army. On the subject of military government of the City of Manila, General ChaiTce says: "In the government of Manila for three years. If the military have done nothing more, it Is everywhere apparent that an excellent foundation has been laid and a turbulent and hostile community brought to observe the laws and individually be orderly; this has been done without un due harshness or severity of treatment of the inhabitants." In anticipation of a partial concentra tion of the troops in the Philippines next year. General Chaffee submits estimates of cost for the construction of quarters and "barracks. He recommends that a permanent post be constructed at once In the vicinity of Manila for a garrison J of two squadrons of cavalry, two batter- les of artillery and two full regiments of Infantry, together with a hospital and storehouse, the whole to be under the command of a Brigadier-General. He gives $300,000 as a rough estimate of cost for this project and says that $200,000 should be available immediately in order to take full advantage of the dry season for the construction of permanent quar ters at other points which may be de termined upon. During the fiscal year ended June, 1903, he estimates that 52, 000.000 Is required. General Chaffee devotes a good part of his report to the terrible disaster which befell Company C, Ninth Infantry, at Balangiga. Samar, and which, he says, "was largely due to overconfidence In assumed pacific conditions and In a people who, to a great extent as yet, are strangers to and unapprociailve of our humane policy of liberty of beliefs and actions." American soldiers, he says, fall to dis criminate between real and assumed friendship on the part of the Filipinos. A table Is submitted showing that since June 10 last, the date of the last table submitted by General MacArthur, up to September 15, 301 Filipino officers and 3G3S men surrendered to the American mili tary t and 26 ofllcers and 433 men were cap tured. In an appendix report. General J. P. Sanger, Inspector-General of the division of the Philippines, in speaking of the discipline of the troops in the islands, notes a commendable absence of excesses and serious infractions of the regula tions, but says there Is great room for Improvements in the matter of dress, de meanor and show of respect in saluting superior officers, the criticism appealing ad well to officers and soldiers. Judgc-Advocate-General Grosbeck says that the suppression of brigandage in the Philippines most probably will be one of the trying problems of the future. If the military arm was left free to deal with the mauraders, he says, there would be no doubt of their final suppression, but the incoming of civil government com plicates the situation very considerably. Great attention Is paid In appended re ports to the subject of the prevalence of venere.il diseases In the Army of the Philippines and vigorous measures have been taken to segregate dissolute women and by rigid physical inspection guard against a spread of such diseases. To Expedite Transport Business. WASHINGTON, Dec. C In order to ex pedite the shipment of troops and supplies from the United States to the Philippines, the Secretary of War has transferred the transport Kilpatrick from the New York Manila route to the San Francisco-Manila route, so that the vessel, which Is now at Manila, can assist in carrylns troops between the Inst two named ports. She will tail about the middle of the month. It Is estimated at the War De partment that it takes as lorg for one trip from New York to Manila as for two from San Francisco to the same point. Another order Issued today was for the freight transport Dix to leave Manila to morrow for Seattle, where a large amount of suDpllcs are awaiting shipment to the Philippines. Xo Philippine Tobncco Combine. NEW YORIC. Dec. 6. The Mall and Express has the following: "There Is no reason to believe that a combination of Philippine tobacco grow ers is being effected, so far as the au thorities here arc concerned. The secre tary of the American Tobacco Company said today he knew nothing of any such combination said to have a capital of J20.000.000 or more, and other tobacco Interests here do not credit the report." Shnrcttl Will Go to Manila Soon. LONDON. Dec. 7. A dispatch to the Chronicle from Rome says that Mgr. Sbarettl. formerly Archbishop of Havana, and who has been appointed apostolic delegate to the Philippine Islands, will shortly leave Rome for Manila. His mis sion is to discover a modus vivendl in the matter of Philippine monastic orders. The Swltohnicn'ji Strike. PITTSBURG. Dec. C Traffic moved promptly today on the railroads affected by the switchmen's strike and the freight blockade Is being rapidly cleared. The five departments of the Homestead Steel Works, which closed down Wednesday on account of inability to get the necessary transportation, have resumed in full, and the mills In the Lawrenccvillc district are in better ihnpe than at any time in the last 10 days. Leonard Ames, first vlce grar.d master if the Switchmen's Union, stated today that the grievance commit tee was conferring with the officials of several lines, and within two days he thought every man would be at work. Alhan Goes to Bocas. COLON, Dec 6. General .Alban, com ntender of the Colombian forces, arrived here last evening and went on board the British cruiser Tribune, which sailed shortly afterward for Bocas del Toro. The general has gone personally to in vestigate the disturbance In connection with the treatment of two members of the Tribune's crew and other alleged grievances of British subjects. A Good CoukIi Medicine. From the Gazette, Toowoomba, Australia. I find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is an excellent medicine. I have been suffer ing from a severe cough for the last two months, and It has effected a cure. I have great pleasure in rccommcnd.ng it. W. C. Wockner. This is the opinion of one of our oldest and most-respected residents, and has been voluntarily given In good faith, that others may try the remedy and be benefited, as was Mr. Wockner. This remedy Is sold by all druggists. MARCONI'S EXPERIMENTS "WIRELESS TELEGRAPH TESTS AT ST. JOHN'S. The Inventor Proposes to Transmit Messages Four Hundred Miles Other Foreign Xews. ST. JOHNS. C. F.. Dec. 6. William Marconi, the Inventor of wireless teleg raphy, arrived here today on the Allen Line steamer Sardinian. He is accom panied by two assistants, and brings two portable balloons, which will be employed In sustaining the wires used In making his experiments. Mr. Marconi will probably select the signal hill overlooking St. Johns, which is topped with the Cabot memorial tower and Is 600 feet high, as a site for his station, Instead of Cape Race, as previously reported. Mr. Marconi ex pects to transmit messages 400 miles, reaching the ships in mldocean. He win spend three or four weeks in experiment ing here. He will then proceed to Nan tucket, where he will continue his tests. The Colonial Government Is offering Mr. Marconi every facility in his experiments. FREXCH INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE. Offer From Philadelphia of a Site for the Proposed School. PARIS. Dec. 6. Franco-Ameriom com mercial relations and the proposed French industrial college in America were warm ly discussed at a meeting today of the French Industrial and Commercial Socie ty, which Is composed of prominent manu facturers and business men. Senator Jules Siegfried, the ex-Minister of Commerce, who recently visited the United Statea, greatly impressed his hearers with the arguments in favor of reciprocity between the two countries. He quoted President Roosevelt's allusion to that subject in his message to Congress", and said that in case or the miners executing their threat to declare a general strike, French Indus trial Interests could reckon on big sup plies of American coal. Francis Kimball, president of the Amer ican Chamber of Commerce, who was the guest of honor, said the Chamber was equally desirous or Franco-American reci procity, and announced that he had wrU. ten to the Minister of Commerce, M. MII Ierand, offering the Chamber'e co-operation In the projected French industrial college in America. Other speaker ex pressed warm praise of M. Mlllerand's col lege scheme and the choice of America as the field for experimenting. Jules Sieg fried said the Union of Higher Commercial Schools had forwarded to M. tMUIerand an appeal to extend the scheme to the study of American business methods and to send a number of commercial students to America on the same conditions as the industrial students. M. Siegfried .also said that America was equally ahead on com mercial ideas, as on Industrial, and pro posed that the society send M. MUlerand a similar appeal. Mr. Ncldtrleln. a representative of the Commercial Museum of Philadelphia, then read a letter, whhch had been sent to M. MUlerand, In behalf of the museum, offer ing the use of a laboratory and work rooms, and even a site for the proposed college. He said he had just; received a reply from M. MUlerand. thanking him for the .otter, which was under consideration, and asking for further particulars as to how the college would be received by the various Philadelphia Institutions and mak ing inquiry as to the estimated expense ot the college, etc. The French Government has decided to make a special investigation of American trusts. Lazare Welller, Councillor of For eign Commerce, and Maurice La Gotel lerle, an engineer, have been entrusted with tho mission. They will proceed to the United States, to Investigate the eco nomic, Use I and social consequences. They will gall December 14. AMERICAN' SCHEMES OF CAPITAL. The London Times Believes We Have Outrun Discretion. LONDON, Dec. 6. The Times, in its financial article this morning, discusses the question of credit relations between the United States and Europe. The Times regards the time as still distant when the United Staes will become a great banker nation, and compliments Mr. Gage as the best Secretary of the Treasury for many years past. The paper says it remains to be seen whether all the big American schemes which European capitalists aro directly or Indirectly financing at the pres ent moment will prove as profitable as sanguine people expect. "We think that during the last year American energy and optimism have to some extent outrun discretion," says the Times, "and some of the best qualified judges in the United States seem to agree with us." In the opinion of the editor, the United States Is In the position of a young, vig orous, able and honest manufacturer, who has also had great success as a farmer, and who Js able to command first-class credit at his banker's. He makes a great deal more net income than he needs and employs all that he does not spend in ex tending his business. He hns occasional fits of exuberant energy and enthusiasm when he borrows largely to construct works which do not Immediately yield a return. Thus, periodically, he locks up more than Is wise in bricks and mortar and steel. Even in his prudent mood he does not keep much actual cash, but he likes to keep his capital growing. He does not believe in gilt-edge securities, except for insurance companies and savings banks, because capital does not increase fast enough in 3 per cent stuff. His ad mirers have been asserting that he is going to be a great banker If he is not one already. Probably he will be some time, but that time is distant. The writer assumes that Secretary Gage did not perfectly understand his (the editor's) argument In the Interview he gave, which was cabled here, but he affirms that the Secretary accepts his view that the United States Is a great manufacturer, but not yet a great banker. However, not all the London financial experts by any means support the vlcw3 of the Times in regard to the foreign cred it of the United States. On the contrary, some of the shrewdest men believe that any such purely theoretical reasoning is misleading, and that the actual great, long continued and obviously growing prosper ity of the United States is the important factor In the case. "America may be a debtor Nation,' said a well-known financier, "but the amount of American capital Invested here and elsewhere in Europe is enormous and in creasing." EXGLISH VIEW OF ROOSEVELT. DuloKlstlc Article in the London Spectator. LONDON, Dec. C An article on Presi dent Roosevelt will occupy considerable space In tomorrow's Usue of the Specta tor. His message to Congress Is highly commended. "Here, at any rate," says the Spectator, "la a man who knows what he means, and means that the world shall know It also." Briefly the Spectator will approve of President Roosevelt's attitude, both In re gard to the trusts and in foreign policy, but the paper will admit that European powers will never accept Monroeism In 'theory, and only in practice as long as the American Navy is strong enough to sup port it. The Spectator is especially glad that President Roosevelt Is inclined to face the possibility of the need to amend the Constitution, which American statesmen always regard as too sacred to be touched. The Spectator will also contain a highly eulogistic article on President Roosevelt's essay, "The Citizen and the Public Man." and will say that In this essay one sees a man with the inflexible moral vigor of Cromwell. "We are convinced that President Roose velt Is gooing to play a great part and a good part If he continues his work In CONSUMPTION i lliSttfylYuM tier aro Injnrloss. Seed for freo Sadleal booklet. the spirit which inspires this remarkable sermon. He will prove the most sweet ening influence in the whole lump of pub lic life In America that has been shown for many years." AMERICAN THROWX IX JAII. Vice-consul Schilling: Alleges Ger mans Treated Hint Shttmefnlly. BERLIN, Dec. C Paul A. Schilling, the American Vice-Consul at Selttau, Ger many, who was arrested last month by the German authorities In mistake for an other man and detained for one day, has addressed a letter to the press, in which he sets forth the indignities he suffered at the hands of the Selttau authorities. He says his purse was taken from him by force, that he was confined In a cold cell, and that when he was released, the authorities In no way expressed regret or apologized for their action. It is announced here that the divorce of the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Hesse will be decreed by a special tri bunal of the Darmstadt law courts. The Polish anti-German agitation Is be ginning to attract serious attention in the German press. The reactionary papers are calling for repressive measures. The Lokal Anzieger reports that both the Aus trian and the Russian Governments hai'e promised to adopt measures to suppress the agitation. Chlnexc "Wnnt to Control Tien T.iln. PEKIN, Dec. 6. The principal object of the visit to Pekln of Yuan Shi-Kal. the new viceroy of Chi-L.1, who arrived here December 3, Is to Induce the foreign pow ers to relinquish their control of the Gov ernment of Tien Tsln. Yuan Shl-Kai has assured all the Ministers of the foreign powers here that he Is personally able and willing to maintain order at Tien Tsln and In the Province. The Russian, American and Japanese Ministers are In clined to comply with this suggestion of the Viceroy, but the majority ot the for eign representatives insist that the powers retain control of Tien Tsln until the re establishment of the Chinese court at Pe kln. Removal of Refugees. THE HAGUE, Dec. G. In the Chimber today the Socialists introduced a motion instructing the Government to take meas ures to obtain, with the sanction of Great Britain, the removal of the women and children from the concentration camps In South Africa to another country. Dis cussion of the motion was postponed until next week. The. Liverpool Exchnnpe Fire. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 6. The fire in the Liverpool Exchange building which broke out this morning as the result of an ex plosion was subdued after two hours" and a halfwork by the firemen. The Cham ber of Commerce offices and the exchange newsrooms were chiefly affected. r The damage is considerable. Interested in Senate Speeches. BERLIN. Dec. C The long reports of the proceedings In the United States Sen ate concerning anarchy, which have been printed here, are attracting much atten tion. Newspapers here express the hope that the anarchistic breeding grounds in the United States will be closed to Euro pean fugitives, thus materially aiding the efforts of the Continental police. Dentil of "Kins" O'Keefe. SAVANNAH. Ga.. Dec. 6. Mrs. Catherine O'Keefe, of this city, received today a letter from Joseph Michaels, of Yap, Caro line Islands, advising tar of the probable loss at sea of her husband. Captain David B. O'Keefe, and the fact that he had left property worth about 51.0O3.C00. David O'Keefe- was known In the Oriental trade as "King" O'Keefe. When O'Keefe land, ed at Yap 20 years ago the cannibal na tives thought him a demigod on account of his white skin, and made him tr.Mr King. He built up a profitable trade to Hong Kong, and owned two barks that traded between Caroline and Chinese pcrUv Last June, while returning from Hong Kong, his vessel disappeared, and Is suppobed to have been lost In a storm. Funds for the Irish Party. NEW YORK, Dec. 6. In response to a call that was sent out November 27 by a number of prominent Irishmen and sym pathizers with Ireland, a conference was held tonight In this city. It was decided to appoint a committed of 25, which will proceed actively about the work of rais ing funds to aid the Irish Parliamentary party. John E. Redmond is the leader. Among those present at the meeting were: W. Bourke Ccckran, John E. Redmond, M. P.. Dr. Charles Parkhurst. John Crlm mins. Robert B. Roosevelt, John E. Mul holland. W. M. McAdoo. Edward Lauter bach, James A. Gorman. General James R. O'Belrne and Montagu White. Two Killed nnd Seven Injured. PITTSBURG. Dec. 6. Two persons were burned to death and seven injured in a fire at Carnegie. Pa., this morning. The dead are: Mrs. Sarah Klec. aged 43; Mary Klee. aged 9. The injured: Samuel Klee. aged 50; Ida Klee. aged 20: Anna Klee, aged 17: Rachael Klee, aged U: Eva Klee, aged 10; Jennie Klee, aged C; Harry Klee, aged 4. Warships Ordered Array. WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. 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The gunboats Marietta at Colon, and Con cord at Panama, will remain at their respective stations for a time, and then they too will leave the Isthmus if affairs continue their present quiet aspect. 1 Xonvny Wants Hollnnd Boats. NEW YORK. Dec. 6. Three more Hol land submarine torpedo-boats may be sold to a foreign power. Captain Geelmnyr den, of the Royal Norwegian Navy, ha been sent by his government to buy. it possible, that many destroyers. Two ot the boats have already been sold to Jap an, and several to Russia. Knocked Out ly Jeffords. A,LLENTOWN, Pa.. Dec. C Jack Mc Cormack. of Philadelphia, was knocked out tonight by James Jeffords, of Cali fornia. In the 14th round of what was to have been a 15-round fight at the Keystone Athletic Club. Galnshn Parsons 111. TACOMA, Dec. 6. Galusha Parsons, the well-known lawyer. Is dangerously iil with a clot of blood on the brain, and is not likelv to recover. 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