Morning Oregonian., January 10, 1902, Page 2, Image 2

THE MOKNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1902.
THE HEISTAND INQUIRY
COMMITTEE'S REPORT PRESENTED
TO THE SENATE.
So Reflection Cast on Any Officers ef
the Government "Whose Samel
"Were Connected With. It.
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The open ses
sion of the Senate today was devoted to
routine business. After an. executive ses
sion the Senate at 1:50 P. M. adjourned
until Monday.
Cockrell reported from the committer
on military affairs the results of the Hei
stand inquiry that was conducted under
the Pettigrew resolution 'of the late ses
sion. The report contains a concise state
ment of the facts In the case as brought
out by the inquiry, and casts no reflection
upon any of the officers of the Govern
ment whose names were mentioned In
connection with the case. The report cites
the charge quoted.in.the resolution of in
qulryrthat Colonel Heistand, In 1899. was
engaged In forming a combination for the
purpose of controlling the hemp produce
of the Philippine Islands, and that the
names of Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn,
Attorney-General Boyd. Secretary Allen
and General Corbln had been frequently
mentioned by him as associates In the
enterprise.
The committee finds that the charge
made In the first paragraph of the pream
ble to the resolution is. .not true, the tacts
in that connection being that Colonel,
then Major Hclstand, about May, 1899,
proposed to Major B. L. Hawks', who had
been Major of the Tenth Volunteer In
fantry, a scheme for establishing a man
ufacturing plant In Manila for the man
ufacture of the hemp product in these
Islands, and suggested to Major Hawks
to take charge of It. which offer the lat
ter accepted. The company then prepared
a prospectus and a blank for the names
of subscribers, but the incorporation of
the company never was consummated.
The committee finds that Heihtand and
Hawks canvassed the possibility of inter
esting the Government officials whobe
names are mentioned In the resolution.
It Is found that Heistand wrote to Hawks
in 1833 as. charged, sending documents and
making suggestions, about the Philippine
tariff, but the committee cays that these
suggestions are capable of different con
structions. "It is." says the report, "impossible for
the committee to divine Colonel Hei
stand's intention when he said: 'Of
course, the needs of the future will be
met as they require,' referring to the
Philippine tariff."
The committee finds that Hawks made
a claim upon Heistand for compensation
for services, but the charge that Assist
ant Secretary Meiklejohn guaranteed to
Hawks a position In the Government ser
vice, in part settlement of this claim. Is
not sustained by the committee, but it is
found that Meiklejohn did, in March, 1900,
appoint Hawks to the position of Inspec
tor of the Custom Service In the Philip
pines, which appointment was revoked by
Secretary Root In the May following.
Other findings are:
"That while Heistand was the projector
of the hemp company, he was not au
thorized to represent the other Govern
ment officials who were engaged with
him, and It Is not found that tariff duties
would be adjusted for their benefit; that
the matter of the adjustment of the tar
iff was never mentioned, directly or in
directly, by Colonel Heistand to General
Corbln, Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn.
Assistant Attorney-General Boyd, or As
sistant Secretary Allen; that Hclstand
asked General Corbln to take stock, and
that the latter first assented and then
declined."
The testimony concerning the charge
that Heistand had promises from Assist
ant Secretary Allen and Assistant Eecre--lary
Meiklejohn Is repeated without com
ment, but the following is added:
"Your committee further finds that the
Assistant Secretary of "War, G. D. Mei
klejohn, has not used Government posi
tions for the purpose of paying private
debts of any officer of the Government,"
The committee finds that the letter of
commendation of Hawks, of date July 13,
1SS9, signed jointly by Colonel Heistand,
Assistant Attorney-General Boyd and As
sistant Secretary Meiklejohn. was not
signed officially by these officers, and also
that the words "the Government will look
with favor on the same," meaning the en
terprise, were not In the correct copy of
that letter.
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
Thnt of Shaw Speedily Acted Upon,
Some Dinpnte Over Payne'ii.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The Senate In
executive session today confirmed the
nomination of L. M. Shaw to be Secre
tary of the Treasury; of Hon. H. C.
Payne, to be Postmaster-General, and of
"W. S. Graham, to bo Surveyor-General of
California.
The confirmation of Mr. Shaw was ac
complished without comment, but there
was tome controversy over the action of
the committee on postofllces in reporting
Mr. "Payne's nomination without going
through the formality of a meeting. Sen
ator Rawlins stated that ho had desired
to appear before the committee for the
purpose of requesting that an inquiry be
irvtituted into the charge that Mr. Payne
had been Interested In the efforts to secure
leases for the purpose of prospecting for
minerals on the Indian reservations In
Utah, having been president of the Flor
ence Mining Company. In this connec
tion. Interesting letters presented to the
Senate by Mr. Rawlins yesterday were
read.
Senator Spooner, a representative of Mr.
Payne's own state, replied to this state
ment by reading a letter addressed to
himself, by Mr. Payne, and dated several
weeks back. In which Mr. Payne said that
hla connection with the Florence Company
had terminated two years ago, and that
at present he had no interest, direct or
Indirect, immediate or remote, in that cor
poration. Mr. Rawlins thereupon, said the
Investigation was satisfactory, and, after
gome further criticism of the committee
for the manner In which the report was
made, namely, by an informal canvass,
the nomination was unanimously con
firmed. Senator Mason declared the ac
tion of the committee was in harmony
with numerous precedents, and also spoke
euloglstlcally of Mr. Payne.
CHINESE EXCLUSION BILL.
Pacific Coast Delegations Decide to
Grant Hearings.
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The Pacific
Coast Senators and Representatives In
terested In Chinese exclusion legislation
' decided today to grant hearings to the
Federation of Labor and to a Pacific
Coast delegation now here, before deter
mining finally on the bill which will be
favored. The hearing will be closed by
January 16, at which time a final deter
mination on the course to be pursued is
expected.
Senator Penrose, chairman of the com
mittee on immigration, has called a meet
ing for next Thursday, to hear persons
who have expressed a desire to make rep
resentations concerning the Chinese ex
clusion bill. Among those who will be
heard will be representatives of the South
ern cotton planters, the Asiatic Associa
tion of New York, the Canadian Pacific
Railroad, the Boston & Maine and other
New England roads. J. "W. Foster, also,
has asked to be heard, in order to advo
cate certain modifications of the pending
measure.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
Senate Committee "Will Favorably
Report Nelson's Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The Senate
committee on commerce today authorized
a favorable report on Senator Nelson's
bill for the creation of an executive de
partment of the Government to be known
as the Department of Commerce. Besides
providing for an additional member to
be known as Secretary of Commerce, the
bill provides for an assistant secretary
and a complement of officers.
Under the new department shall be the
following offices and bureaus: Llfesaving
service, lighthouse board, lighthouse serv
ice, marine hospital gen-Ice, steamboat
inspection service. Bureau of Navigation
and United States Shipping Commission
ers, Bureau of Immigration, Bureau of
Statistics, the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey, the Commissioner of
Railways, the Census Office, the Patent
Office, the Department of Labor, Com
mission of Fish and Fisheries, Bureau of
Foreign Commerce, now in the State De
partment, to be consolidated with the
Bureau of Statistics. There is also to be
established a Bureau of Manufactures and
a Bureau of Mines and Mining. The new
department is designed to promote com
merce and gather and furnish all Infor
mation on commerce and industries. It
also relieves the other departments, nota
bly the Treasury, of a great amount of
work now performed there.
Tq MAINTAIN THE PARITY.
Hill's Financial BUI Reported to the
HoHMe.
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The first finan
cial measure of Importance to be reported
to the House is that agreed upon today
by the committee on coinage, weights and
measures, providing for thf maintenance
of the legal tender silver dollar at a par
ity with gold and for the Increase of the
subsidiary silver coinage. The measure
was Introduced by Representative Hill, of
Connecticut. It was considered last year
in Congress and attracted widespread at
tention among bankers and financial au
thorities. Hill today urged Immediate action In or
der that the bill might be brought before
the House at an early day. This was op
posed by the Democratic members, who
were against the bill on its merits, and
protested against what they alleged to bo
undue haste.
Shafroth of Colorado sought to have
the vote deferred one week. In-order that
Alexander Delmar, writer on economic
subjects, might be heard. This was voted
down, as were all other motions to dcrer
action, and the committee, by a party
vote, ordered the bill reported.
It authorizes the coinage of subsidiary
silver coin without regard to limit and as
public necessity may require. The most
important feature of the bill, for the par
ity of gold and silver dollars. Is as follows:
"The Secretary of the Treasury ia here
by directed to maintain at all times at
parity with gold the legal tender silver
dollars remaining outstanding: and to
that end he is hereby directed to ex
change gold for legal tender silver dol
lars when presented to the treasury in the
sum of $5 or any multiple thereof; and
all provisions of law for the use or main
tenance of the reserve fund In the Treas
ury relating to United -States notes at the
discretion of the Secretary arc hereby
made applicable to the exchange of legal
tender silver dollars."
Urg-e Repeal of Taxes.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9. At the annual
meeting of the Board of Trade and Trans
portation yesterday. It was unanimously
resolved that since the reduction made
by the last Congress has not decreased
the revenue as much as had been expect
ed, and a further reduction might be made
without detriment, that the Board of
Trade and Transportation urges tho repeal
of such taxation as has proved a burden
to the commerce of the country, csneclal-
ly such taxes as are burdens upon the'
people, and do not protect our manufac
turing Interests.
A resolution was also passed urging
upon Congress the establishment of a
new "department, under a Secretary of
Commerce and Industries, "who shall be
a member of the President's Cabinet, and
in which department there Bhall be a bu
reau of reciprocity, and which shall be
charged with the duty of Investigating
tho conditions of any industry affected by
a proposed treaty."
Presidential Nominations.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. The President
today sent the following nominations to
the Senate:
Secretary of the Territory of Oklahoma
William Grimes, of Oklahoma.
Indian Agent, Sac and Fox agency, Ok
lahomaRoss Guffin, Missouri.
Register of Land Office Robert C. San
born, Minot, N. D.
Receivers of Public Moneys Isaiah T.
Montgomery, Mississippi, at Jackson,
Miss.; Albert E. Rose, North Dakota at
St. Michael, Alaska.
War Artillery: Second Lieutenants,
Nathan J. Shclton. at. large; Samuel C.
Card well, Kentucky.
Will Recommend Otero.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The Senate
committee on territories spent the greater
part of today in investigating the charges
maae against jo. A. otcro in connection
with his renomlnatlon as Governor ot
New Mexico. These charges were form
ulated by ex-Delegate Catron, but were
read by William M. Berger, of Santa Fe.
They asserted that under Governor Otcro
the Republican party In New Mexico has
become a mere clique, and also attacked
the Governor on his business record. Af
ter hearing all the charges the committee
voted unanimously to recommend Gover
nor Otero's confirmation.
Morgan's Panama Investigation.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. The committee
on interoceanlc canals today authorized
Senator Morgan, as chairman of the com
mittee, to appoint two sub-committees of
five members each, to make inquiry con
cerning alleged combinations between the
railroads to control charges on the Isth
mus of Panama. One committee will hold
sessions In New York, and the other in
this city.
Permanent Census BnreaH.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The Senate
committee on census today unanimously
agreed to recommend the passage of the
bill Introduced by Senator Hale to create
a permanent Census Bureau.
DANISH ISLAND PLANTERS
Say SaRBr Iadnstry "Will Be Ruined
if the Sale Is Not Consummated.
ST. THOMAS. D. W. I., Jan. 9. The
following cablegram, signed by a large
number of residents of the Danish West
Indies, was sent from the Danish Island
of St. Croix to tho Minister of Finance
and the Rigsdag at Copenhagen Janu
ary 3:
"Confirming the memorial to his majes
ay. King Christian, June. 1900, thte under
signed planters, representing 3S.O00 acres
out of a total of 50,000 acres, and mer
chants and other representatives of the
Danish West Indies assert that if the
American market is not secured by the
sale of the islands, the sugar industry
here will Euffer severely and will have
to cease in the near future, the prices for
sugar now ruling being below the cost of
producing that article."
Subsequent signatures secured to this
message raised the ratio of representa
tion to nine-tenths of the total acreage
under cultivation.
Trolley Line to Mecca.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 9. Trolley cars are
to displace the patient ass as a means of
locomotion in the Orient. Cleveland and
Chicago capitalists, Incorporated as the
Cleveland Construction Company, have
been successful in negotiations with Slg
nor J. J. Spanler, of Rome, Italy, for con
cessions for electric lines, from Cairo,
Egypt, to Mount Slnal, and thence along
he coast of the Red Sea through Syria
and Arabia to Mecca. A branch is to con
nect Damascus with the system at Mount
Slnal. It is figured that the business dur
ing a single one of the annual Moham
medan pilgrimages to Mecca, .whither it
Is the pious duty of every Mohammedan
to go, will pay a handsome profit on the
cost of construction, the number of pil
grims being enormous. Letters received
from Slgnor Spanler say that the Sultan
of Turkey has granted an Important part
of the concessions for the system.
BLAMES SPOONER BILL
ONE CAUSE OF LACK OF PROG
RESS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Secretary Root Said the People
Would Be More Orderly if They
Had Employment.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Secretary Root
gave an Interesting exposition of the con
dition of affairs in the Philippines, to
gether with the outlook for terminating
military by civil rule. In the course of a
hearing today before the House commit
tee on military affairs. In connection with
the Army appropriation bill. The meeting
was behind closed doors, and no exact
statements of Mr. Root's remarks was
given out, although the following Is under
stood to embody the more essential feat
ures: The discussion of the Philippine condi
tions was brought out by a question by
Hay of Virginia, as to whether civil gov
ernment could be maintained in the
islands without' the presence of the Army.
In reply, Mr. Root stated that the Army
Is necessary a? a moral force to maintain
the civil administration now established.
One of the main causes, he said, why
there has not been more progress In the
WtJ TTNQ RANG.
Philippines Is that the Spooner amend
ment, passed by Congress laet year and
restricting the grant of franchises, has
had the effect of preventing the Invest
ment of capital, and the consequent em
ployment of labor. Many people are Idle,
and many of these become conspirators
simply because they are Idle. The Secre
tary instanced the fact that, although rice
is one Of the main products of the Phil
ippine?, yet about $57,000,000 worth of rice
had to be Imported last year. In this and
many other branches the wheels of indus
try are not moving, the people out of
employment are encouraged in vlclous
ncas, and as a result it Is necessary to
keep some 40,000 troops In the Islands.
In some provinces a very satisfactory
administration has been set up. But Mr.
Root pointed out that, even in provinces
where civil government has been success
ful, there are many conspiring to assist
In the agitation and warfare carried on
in neighboring provinces. On the whole,
however, the Secretary expressed the be
lief that if Congress enacted the bill pro
posed by Senator Lodge, or that of Rep
resentative Cooper, of Wisconsin, provid
ing systems of laws for the Philippines,
it would be possible eoon thereafter grad
ually to reduce the military establishment
In the Philippines. He did not believe It
would be a rapid or complete termination
of military rule, as the conditions among
the natives are firmly fixed, and It would
take much time to bring about the new
order of affairs. .Mr. Root said that bet
ter progress has been made. In the last
year than had been expected, and he ex
pressed the opinion that civilization ulti
mately would be extended to the people of
the Islands. To Illustrate this point, he
said the Philippine people have been In
effect living under a ICth-century govern
ment and the United States wants to give
them a 20th-century government
Tho situation In Cuba was discussed
only briefly, as Mr. Root remarked that
we are simply trustees there, whereas our
Interest In the Philippines is much more
definite and extended, particularly over
the large sweep of public lands. Mr. Root
also stated that it is the expectation of
the War Department to do away with tho
Army transport service, so .that the
transportation of troops thereafter will
be carried on by privato concerns.
Some question was raised by members
of the committee as to the propriety of
an item In the bill of Jl.000.000 for emer
gency expenses of the War Department.
The Secretary said the amount Is unneces
sary, and had been estimated through an
oversight, so the committee doubtless will
omit this emergency fund from the bill.
OUR MINERAL PRODUCTS.
For the First Time the Vnlne Ex
ceeds the Billion-Dollar Mark.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The value of
the mineral products of the United States
ln 1900 exceeded for the first time the
$1,000,000,000 mark, according to the Geo
logical Survey report on mineral resources,
which has Just been issued. The exact
figures were $1,067.G03,C36, as compared
with 71,900,894 in 1SS9, a gain of $95,703,712,
or 9.S3 per cent. Iron and coal alone
yielded more than half of the grand total.
their combined value being over 5o66,000,
003. The statistical summary of the pro
duction of tho various minerals already
has been published.
Of the total Iron ore output ot 27,553,lfil
long tons, the Lake Superior region, em
bracing mines In Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota, produced Us maximum output
of 20,564,238 long tons. The Meeaba rang"
In Minnesota alone produced 8,158,450 long
tons, or 30 per cent .of the total domestic
product. Tho total vnlue at the mines of
the 27,553.161 long tons produced In 1900
was $66,590,504, as compared with $34,999,077
In 1SS9, a gain of 90.26 per cent. The av
erage price was $2 42 per long ton, as com
pared with $1 43 per ton in 1S99. The low
est price per ton was 82 cents, in Texas,
where convict labor Is an element In min
ing. The highest price was $3 71, In Colo
rado. The report shows thai pig Iron produc
tion In 1300 Increased 1.24 per cent In ton
nage, and over 6 per cent In value over
the record-breaking year 1899. The total
steel production was a decrease of over
450,000 long tons from 1S99.
The most lmDortant gains In gold pro
duction were in the Seward Peninsula of
Alaska, the Cripple Creek district of Col
orado, and In Arizona. The yield for the
year was valued at $79,171,000, a gain of
$8,117,000 over 1S99. The silver output was
of the commercial value of $35,741,140. The
report notes great activity for jthe year
In old and new copper properties.
In 1S99 the production of coal In the
United States exceeded ?or the first time
that of Great Britain; In 1900 the lead
over Great Britain was much increased,
thus fixing the United States firmly in the
first place among the world's producers.
Next to this, the most Interesting feature
of the production of 1900 was the marked
increase in value compared with the In
crease In tonnage. The production in 1900
was 2e9.SSl.827 short tons, valued at $30B,
891,364, the increase over 1899 belhg more
than 1G.000.000 tons In amount and more
than $50,000,000 in valup. The strike in
the anthracite region cut short Its out
put by probably 5,000,000 long tons, and
iHisssssssssssssssssssssssssrX.
IWBr ; w" 'fix
pBKi: yf ,j Iff
cost the miners something over $10,000,000
m wages, and the strike in the Cumber
land region decreased Maryland's produc
tion about 700,000 tons, as compared with
18W. The advance In value of bituminous
coal was unprecedented, the average price
per ton having risen from SO cents in 1S59
to n 04 In 1900. The exports of coal In 1900
amounted to only a little over 3 per cent
of the total product, and the Imports were
still smaller. Fully 95 per cent of the to
tal coke production in 1900 of 20.533.34S
short tons, an Increase of 864.779 tons over
1899. was taken to Appalachian fields.
The crude petroleum production exceed
ed all records, a large Increase being es
pecially noted in West Virginia, Califor
nia, Ohio, Indiana and Texas. The Texas
development was chiefly In 1901. Over 91
per cent of the total production came
from the Appalachian and Lima and Indi
ana fields. The indications for 1901 are for
a largely Increased output of petroleum
over 1900.
The Japanese Silk Fraads.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-General H. L.
Burnett, United States Attorney at New
York; W. Wlckham Smith, attorney for
the Merchants' Association of New York,
and S. C. Meade, secretary of the asso
ciation, had a conference today with the
Attorney-General and Secretary of the
Treasury in regard to the alleged customs
frauds In connection with the importation
of 'Japanese silks at New York. Mr.
Smith received his commission from Attorney-General
Knox as special Asslst
ant United States Attorney at New York
MINISTER WU'S ARGU
MENT AGAINST THE
CHINESE EXCLU
SION ACT.
NEW TORK, Jan. 0. Wu Ting
Tajik. Chinese Minister to Wash
ington, rives nome of his views on
the Chinese exclusion act In a let
ter to one of the speakers In a de
bate to be held on that question -at
Passaic, N. J., at an early date.
Mr. Wu says:
"There Is no danger that the Chi
namen will suppress tho American
laborer, although there has been
much said on the subject. The
Chinaman Is a home body. He does
not leave his native country In any
large numbers, a fact which la
proved by the few Chinese to be
found In countries where they have
free acoets."
"Wu Ting Fang quotes rom njany
leading authorities In support of-hls
. vkws.
to assist Mr. Burnett In the prosecution
of any persons believed to be guilty of
fraud In this connection, and It Is ex
pected work on the case will be begun at
once.
SBspcnslon of Havana Mayor.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Although the
officials of the War Department will mako
no statement regarding the suspension of
Miguel Gener from the office of Mayor of
Hanava, by order of Governor-General
Wood, It Is learned on good authority that
such action was the result of an Investi
gation Into Mayor Gener's conduct In re
lation to political affairs in Cuba. No
further information on the subject is
forthcoming here beyond tho admission
that the action of General Wood in tnto
matter has the approval of the Secretary
of War.
HAVANA, Jan. 9. General Wood's rea
sons for suspending- Miguel Gener, the
Mayor of Havana, yesterday were his al
leged Incompetence and Inattention to
business. Genet has been the leader of
tho Masso faction In Havana and Is one
of the officials who came out openly for
General Masso. He gained the enmity
of the Cuban official element and the
Councilman of Havana.
Labor Leaders at "White House.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. The President
had with him at luncheon today the Attorney-General,
the Secretary of Agricul
ture and a notable gathering of repre
sentatives of organized labor. They were:
F. P. Sargent, chief of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen; E E. Clark,
grand chief conductor of tiie Order of
Railway Conductors; P. H. Morrissey,
grand master of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen; H. P. Perham, president
of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers,
and A. B. Youngson, first assistant to P.
M. Arthur, chief of tho Order of Locomo
tive Engineers.
Governor Shavr at Dei Moines.
DES MOINES, la., Jan. 9. Governor
Shaw arrived in Des Moines early today
and was occupied during the day with a
great mass of correspondence and the
final proofs of his annual message, xie
expressed himself as pleased with his
conference with President Roosevelt and
Secretary Gage. Before departing for
lunch he received a personal message
from Washington apprising him of con
firmation of his appointment by the Sen
ate. He was pleased, but not surprised,
by the quick actiom
Colorado Land Opened.
PUEBLO. Colo., Jan. 9. In compliance
with Instructions received from the Commissioner-General
of the land office at
Washington, the Pueblo land office issued
orders opening up for settlement more
than 250,000 acres of land In the south
western part of Huerfano and the west
ern portion of Las Anamas Counties. This
land was withdrawn from settlement over
a year ago, for the purpose of creating the
Las Anamas reservation. The area Is
24 by 18 miles In extent.
Ordered to Havana.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 9. The battle
ship Illinois will leave New Orleans Just
as soon as It leaves the dock, probably on
Friday. The move Is the result of a
hurry order to proceed to s.ea. It will
coal outside the Jetties. Captain Con
verse said tonight the Illinois would pro
ceed to Havana.
Parcels Post Agreement Slffned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The President
today signed the parcels post agreement
recently arranged between the United
States and Bolivia.
Violet-Ray Treatment.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9. As a last resort.
Dr. John E. Richardson, of Brooklyn,
who has been a sufferer from cancer for
many years, and whose life Is despaired
of. Is submitting to a test of the newly
discovered violet-ray treatment. The phy
sicians had informed him that his case
was hopeless, and that he might die at
any moment. He then determined to try
the new treatment. A violet-ray ma
chine was Installed In the house, and every
fair day the rays are concentrated and
projected down Dr. Richardson's throat.
After several months of treatment It Is
declared that his condition Is so much Im
proved that hopes are entertained for hla
recover.
Bryan Is at Boston.
BOSTON, Jan. 9. Hon. W. J. Bryan
arrived in Boston this afternoon from
New Haven tc be the guest of" the Com
monwealth Club. X big crowd was at
the station to see the distinguished visi
tor and .when he stepped from tho train
and parsed along the platform, he was
loudly cheered. He was recognized on
the street and heartily greeted. Tonight
Mr. Bryan held a reception at the Qulncy
House and many men of political and bus
iness prominence paid him their respects.
Following the reception a banquet was
served.
ARBITRARY RATE ON GRAIN
KANSAS CITY SUFFERS FROM DIS
CRIMINATION. Interstate Commerce Commission
Had No Little Difficulty In Draw
ing: Oat the Facts.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 9. The Interstate
Commerce Commissioners spent six hours
here today, and examined seven witnesses
regarding grain rates from Western points
to the Atlantic seaboard and other East
ern destinations. They returned to Chi
cago tonight, after announcing that the
investigation would be resumed In that
city January 24, when It Is believed sev
eral big railway officials will be called.
The expected rush of railroad officials
and grain shippers today to confess that
they had made and received freight re
bates or cut rates did not occur. In fact,
what information was elicited was ob
tained only after persistent questioning
on the part of the Commissioners. The
most direct admission was that of John
A. Robinson, of the firm of Hall & Rob
inson, of Kansas City, which controls the
export grain business of the Missouri Pa
cific Mr. Robinson admitted that W.
C. Stlth. freight traffic manager of thb
Missouri Pacific, made him a rate on ex
port grain of from 3 to 5 cents per hun
dred lower than the published export tar
iff. Other testimony went to show that
Kansas City was made to suffer from dis
crimination by the through lines because
of an arbitrary rate on grain In effect
here.
Only three members of the commission
attended the hearing, Judson C. Clements,
of Georgia, Charles A. Prouty, of Ver
mont, and James D. Ycoraans, of Iowa.
W. P. Trickett, head of the Kansas City
Transportation Bureau, the first witness,
said the arbitrary proportional and differ
ential grain rates as they obtain on goods
shipped from Kansas City east place
Kansas City at a disadvantage. He said
that the through grain lines, which were
the Santa Fe, Missouri Pacific and Rock
Island, each had special grain representa
tives In the person of certain grain firms,
and these firms could afford to pay a
higher rate than other grain men, as they
undoubtedly received concessions from the
railroads. Such a system, he said, had
been in vogue since about 1S96, and it had
destroyed competition. This he attemutcd
to show by saying that In 1S95 the Kansas
City market handled 51.4 per cent of the
Kansas wheat crop, while In 1S96 It han
dled but 25.4 per cent, despite the fact
that the 1896 crop was the larger of the
two.
John A. Robinson, of Hall & Robinson,
grain commission -merchants, which firm
Mr. Trickett had 'testified was the repre
sentative here of the Missouri Pacific,
declared his firm had never received
money for rebates or as a concession from
the railroad or from any other source,
directly or Indirectly, during the past
three years. His firm, he said, held a
definite and not an clastic rate with the
Missouri Pacific Mr. Robinson admitted,
however, that W. C. Stlth made him a
private rate on export grain to New Or
leans from 3 to 5 cents lower than the
published export tariff.
Fred Hoose, local representative -of
Richardson & Co., of Chicago, was the
next witness. "Mr. Trickett had testified
that this firm was the representative of
the Santa Fe Railway, and Mr. Hoose was
asked if that were a fact. He declared
he had no knowledge of any arrangement
by which his firm received any special
advantage or concession from that rail
way. He admitted that of 2,000,000 bushels
of grain handled by his firm in Kansas
City during the past year, the Santa Fe
received all but 250.000 bushels. But this
was simply because the Santa Fe ran
through better grain country.
H. G. Kalll, assistant general freight
agent of the Union Pacific Railway, the
first witness at the afternoon session,
was accompanied by L. H. Loomls, who
represented the railway as attorney. Mr.
Kalll was questioned about the Midland
Elevator Company, of Kansas City. Kan.
Grain consigned to the Midland Elevator,
he said, was billed to Kansas City, Kan.,
with the right to be shipped on east iito
any state, and went forward at the pro
portionate rate.
Commissioner Prouty thought this state
ment preposterous, saying that it forced
the consignor to pay the arbitrary rate In
force In Kansas City unnecessarily. The
Commissioners tried to bring out the fact
that the existence of the Midland Elevator
Company was a subterfuge to evade the
Interstate commerce law, and that tho
eastern destination was Intended when
grain was first consigned, and that a lay
over here means the application of the
arbitrary rate of 1 cent on 100 pounds,
which justified the suspicion that an
underhand motive existed.
Mr. Loomls Interposed to say that 6uch
conclusions were unfair, and to declare
that his road was acting In good faith.
He announced that he felt It his duty to
Instruct the witness to refuse to answer
further questions until tho matters at
issue were Judicially determined. The
Commissioners informed Mr. Loomls that
he and his witness must assume the .re
sponsibility, and Mr. Kalll continued to
answer questions.
Mr. Kalll admitted that his road paid
to the elevator li cents per 100 for all
grain unloaded, but said this was for un
loading the cars expeditiously when cars
were In great demand. It was the trans
fer 'charge, he said, that they paid to all
elevators.
J. E. Seager. manager of the Midland
Elevator Company testified that of 18.000,.
000 bushels of grain consigned to Kansas
City over the Union Pacific last year,
6,000,000 bushels went Into his elevator,
but denied that that railway favors this
particular elevator. All of the 6,000.000
bushels handled by their elevator had
gone east.
M. C. Eagley. of the Santa Fe, said he
knew of no private arrangement between
Richardson & Co. and his road, and In
sisted that his road gave no favors. He
would not admit that the arbitrary rate
was enforced to maintain through rates.
He admitted, however, that while the ar
bitrary rate existed from all Missouri
River points, It was not enforced at St.
Louis, Chicago, Memphis or New Orleans.
He admitted that there was a general be
lief that the Santa Fe makes concessions
to Richardson & Co.
Dduglas Gllam, of the Santa Fe. had
no knowledge of any advantage shown
Richardson & Co.
W. O. Moses, a Kansas City grain com
mission merchant, and G. L. Brlnkman, a
local miller, told how In their belief Kan
sas City was Injured by the arbitrary rate
on grain.
Two Utah Cnt-ofTs.
OMAHA, Jan. 9. It was given out today
in a semi-official way it the Union Pa
cific headquarters that the proposed cut
off from Echo. Utah, to Salt Lake will be
built during the year. It Is also stated
that the Southern Pacific, which now has
its terminus at Ogden, will build u short
line to Salt Lake around the southern end
of the lake, thu3 cutting off nearly 100
miles of the distance to the Pacific Coast.
Snntos-Dnmont "Will Enter.
MONTE CARLO, Jan. 9. M. Santos
Dumont, the aeronaut, was asked today
by a representative of tho Associated
Press whether he contemplated entering
the aerial competition at the St. Louis
Exposition. To this question M. Santos
DUmont replied: "Of course; but as yet
I don't know the conditions."
Mistaken Victim of Acid-ThroTver.
AURORA, III., Jan. 9. Charles Strauss
burger, of Chicago, a student for
the priesthood, was the mistaken,
victim of an acid - thrower at the
Chicago. Burlington & Qulncy depot
here last evening. As straussburger en-
tered the door of the depot a man stepped
In front of him and dashed a vial of acid
In his face. The fluid missed his eyes,
but the right cheek and side of his nose
were badly burned. The thrower took a
second look at his victim and cried out:
"My God, I've got the wrong man," and
fled. Straussburger was able to return to
his home. There Is no clew to the Identity
of the thrower.
NEARLY UNANIMOUS.
(Continued from First Page.)
dent the discretion to select. No risk
would be Involved in It. The bill, he
urged, needed maturing. It was silent on
many points. Were the Army engineers
to build the canal or was there to be one !
gigantic syndicate, whose Influence, bale
ful, perhaps, but certainly mighty, would
extend over many years? Were the prin
ciples of the civil service to obtain or
were political considerations to govern?
Dandlver (Dem. Mo.) and Hooker (Dem.
Miss.) advocated the passage of the un
amended Hepburn bill.
Criticisms Answered.
Hepburn answered the criticisms ad
duced against the bill during the debate,
devoting much time to Cannon. The gen
tleman from Illinois, he said, demanded
clearness and definlteness. yet he purposed
to support the Morris amendment, which
Hepburn pointed out was vague and in
definite. He had Imputed bad motives
to no one, but he believed that forces
were working for delay.
"I do not impugn the motives of the gen
tleman from Illinois," said he, "when he
says he Is In favor of this canal. In a
parliamentary sense I am convinced, yet
I am free to confess that only the obliga
tions of parliamentary law would con
vince me when I remember that he was
Invariably a stickler for delay."
Hepburn then proceeded to review Can
non's record on canal legislation to show
that his declarations of friendship did
not harmonize with his constant course of
hostility. He repeatedly drew applause
and laughter as he launched his shafts of
sarcasm at the chairman of the appro
priations committee. Cannon seemed to
take it all good-naturedly, joining in the
laughter provoked at his own expense.
Hepburn said that Cannon posed as a
business man, yet said that he wanted
to pay $40,000,000 for something the com
mission said was worth $27,000,000. With
regard to the alleged claims of the Mari
time Canal Company, which the gentle
man from Illinois discovered In the "pale
moonlight," the commission reported that
they had already been extinguished.
In conclusion Hepburn said it was his
opinion that the House should pass the
pending bill. He did not pretend that it
was as perfect as It would have been had
It been drawn by the gentleman from
Illinois, with his fund of Inexhaustible
wisdom.
Addressing the Democratic side, he read
the plank in the Kansas City platform
pledging the party to the Nicaragua Ca
nal. "That," said he, amid laughter, "Is,
In my opinion, the most respectable decla
ration In the platform.
"There are reports In the air," said he,
"that any Isthmian bill will have a rough
and rocky road to travel In another body:
that the sentiment of certain persons of
potency is against It. What will be the
moral effect If this House, by a practically
unanimous vote. Indicates Its purpose to
do what the people demand shall be
done?"
If the Morris amendment carries, he
said, the selection of the Panama route
would depend upon the attitude of a ma
jority of the commission. The choice
might hinge upon the attitude of one man
and no man, he declared, should be placed
In such a position, with $40,QOO,000 In the
balance.
Vote on Amendments.
The till was read for amendment under
the five-minute rule. Shackleford (Dem.
Mo.) offered an amendment to authorize,
the President to determine the choice of
routes as between Nicaragua and Pana
ma, If the property and franchises ol the
Panama Company could he procured for
J40.wo.000. He explained that the amend
ment offered by him had been agreed upon
after consultation between himself and
Morris (Rep. Minn.) and Parker (Rep. N.
J.), who had given notice that they would
offer similar amendments.
After a lively running debate over the
Amendment it was defeated upon a rising
vote. 102 to 170.
Parker (Rep. N. J.). De Armond (Dem.
Mo.), and Burgess (Dem. Tex.) offered
various amendments, which were voted
down.
The committee then reported the bill to
the House, whereupon Cannon moved to
recommit the bill with Instructions to re
port back within 30 days a substitute to
enable the President to acquire the neces
sary rights for a canal from Nicaragua
or Colombia and to authorize him to select
the route within 60 days. The amendment
was defeated without division. Cannon be
ing unable to secure a record vote.
The bill then was passed, ayes, SOS; noes,
2. Fletcher (Rep. Minn.) and Lasslter
(Dem. Va.) cast the negative votes. The
announcement was greeted with applause.
At 5:30 the Houao adjourned.
The East Si. XiOnis 'Bank Robbery.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 9. Night Watchman
David Palln, of the Southern Illinois Na
tional Bank, at East St. Louis. HI., re
ported this morning that an attempt was
made last night to enter the bank, and
that he fired through the door and drove
tho robbers away.
The total loss by the robbery Is now
estimated at $10,000 by President Knox,
of ihe Stockyards National Bank.
The preliminary hearing of the case
against Isaac N. Hughes was today set
for January 16. Hughes was returned to
jail In default of $1D,C00 bonds.
Chile and Argentina Agree.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Garcia Merou,
Argentine Minister in Washington, has
Just received the following cablegram
from his government:
"I have the honor to communicate to
your excellency that the Minister of Chile
In Buenos Ayres presented yesterday to
this department a note of the protocol
about policies In the same sense which
was given to It by this government. With
this explanation all the incidents are
definitely terminated. ALCORTA,
, "Minister of Foreign Affairs."
No Revolt at Bogota.
COLON, Colombia, Jan. 9. General Al
ban was questioned today concerning the
statement In a dlspatqh from Managua,
received In the United States yesterday,
to the effect that a revolt had broken out
In Bogota, and that the 'President of Co
lombia had been Imprisoned, he said:
"The reported revolt at Bogota and the
Imprisonment of President Marroquln are
both untrue. The source of information
in Managua cannot be trusted."
.
Pleased the Germans.
BERLIN, Jan. 9. The German Foreign
Office Is delighted with the excellent ef
fect produced In the United States by
Emperor William's request that Miss Alice
Roosevelt christen his new yacht now be
ing built on Staten Island. The illus
trated papers contain portraits of Miss
Roosevelt, and the social columns of the
aristocratic journals give much space to
the Twelfth Night ball given January S
In Washington.
Fasted Thirty Days.
BOULDER. Colo., Jan. 9. J. D. Choate,
of New York City, Is at the Colorado San
itarium here. For 30 days Mr. Choate has
eaten absolutely nothing. His fast has
been self-imposed, and because of a stom
ach trouble which would not yield to med
ical treatment. His mental and physical
condition, aside from the weakness of the
latter, due to his protracted fast, has not
suffered In the least.
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TUNNEL-WRECK INQUIRY
DISTRICT-ATTORNEY JEROME COL
LECTING EVIDENCE.
Poor Ventilntion Slakes It Impossible
for Trainmen to Discern
Lights in It.
NEW YORK. Jan. 9. Most of those In
jured in yesterday's New York Central
tunnel accident are reported as restlnjr.
well today. As the District Attorney has
commenced an Investigation to determine
the cause of and responsibility for the
wreck, the railroad officials have defi
nitely postponed their Investigation, and
will present all facts li their possession
to the county prosecutor. Another Inves
tigation will probably be made by Presi
dent Cantor, of the Borough of Manhat
tan. Mr. Cantor said today:
"I will confer with the corporation
counse.1 regarding my authority over tun
nels exclusively used by railroads. I am
not fully satisfied as tc my power In this
matter. .As Investigations are being made
by the District Attorney, the Coroner,
and the State Commissioner of Railroads.
I thought It best to find out my authorlty
before I attempted an Investigation of
my own.
"My opinion is that if electricity had
been used by the railroad, the accident
would not have happened. I visited the
scene of the wreck at 9:30 last night. Lp
watched the trains passing through the
tunnel. The volumes of smoke from the
locomotives filled the tunnel so that It
was Impossible to discern the lights."
District Attorney "Jerome said he wished
his Investigation to bb as thorough as
possible, and that he would confer with.
Coroner Scholer to that end.
In New Rochelle, where all but one ot
the dead live, business was almost en
tirely suspended today. Of those hurt. 23
lived In New Rochelle. and numbers ot
their relatives spent the night In or near
the hospitals. Today several of the
bodies of the dead were taken to New
Rochelle. The Mayor ordered the flag on
the City Hall to be placed at halfmasr.
until after the funerals. A public meet
ing has been called there to take steps
to Investigate the accident.
The District Attorney's Inquiry was heid
behind closed doors. Five witnesses were
examined during the forenoon session.
They were Division Superintendent Frank
lin. Brakcman Barnum, Engineer Doher
ty. Fireman Sweeney, of the Norwalk
train, and A. C. Coyler, of the White
Plains local. When District Attorney Je
rome's Investigation was concluded hft
announced that so far as the evidence
which Is to be submitted to the Coroner is
concerned, the Investigation has practical
ly been concluded. He declined to com
ment on the evidence, but admitted this;
the present grand jury may be asked to
act In the matter. All the evidence went
to show that, the engineer was a careful
man and of good reputation, both as a
citizen and an employe.
Antl-Brltish Demonstration.
VIENNA. Jan. 9. A riotous anti-British
demonstration was provoked yesterday at
the town of Salseburg, In Hungary, on
the occasion of the presentation of Wil
son Barrett's play, "The Sign of the
Cross." The police were forced to stop
the play and clear the building. The pa
pers heartily approve of the demonstra
tion. Fall of a Southern Ex-Governor.
BOSTON. Jan. 9. Admitting- that his
picture was In the rogues' gallery and
that for a period of years he had been
familiar with the "lowest depths of New
York opium Joints." yet pleading for
mercy from the court, Franklin J. Moses,
once Governor of South Carolina, was sen
tenced here today to four months' impris
onment for the larceny of an overcoat.
German Steel Trnst.
BERLIN, Jan. 9. The foremost financial
authority In Germany, the Frankfurter
Zeitung. says the great steelmakers ot
the empire are forming a combination to
Include all branches of the steel Industry.
lllrsch "Will Remain In Chicago.
CHICAGO. Jan. 9. New York will not
get the Rev. E. G. Hlrsch for Its Jewish
theological seminary- Mrs. Hlrsch said
today that her husband had authorized
an unequivocal denial of the rumor.
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