Morning Oregonian., January 29, 1902, Page 2, Image 2

THE MORNING OREGONIAy, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1902.
HOT TALK IN SENATE
Sharp Tilt Between Spooner
and Tillman.
OVER THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION
Teller Taken Part in the Abase of
the Republicans Wheaton Matter
Brought Dp Commerce De
partment Bill Paused.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. A Philippine
storm wab central In the -Senate chamber
today for nearly three hours, but was
void of definite results. At times It looked
very serious, and spectators who thronged
the galleries watched it with breathlest
Interest. Acrimony In Senate debates Is
not Infrequent, but It has been years since
there has been such a hurricane of bit
ter vituperation, of personal taunt, of
ugly charges and of unmodified criticism
as was witnessed today. Not since the
oiscussion of the resolutions leading up to
the Spanish-American War has any scene
occurred In the Senate chamber compar
able with today's. Even that debate
lacked the personal bitterness manifested
at times today. Irritation was aroused on
both sides of the chamber, and once or
twice personal encounters between Sen
ators seemed imminent. Once, when Sen
ator Teller taunted the Republican Sen
ators by declaring that they knew the
statements made in a recent dispatch from
Ivlanlla, in which General Wheaton was
represented as criticizing the Opponents
of the Government's policy in. the Philip
pines, were true, half a dozen Repub
licans were on their feet in an instant.
Serator Lodge, at vhom the taunts
seemed to be aimed, particularly, hurried
ly crossed from his seat in the center of
the Republican side to the main alsie of
the Senate and, white to the lips, pas
sionately challenged the statement of the
Colorado Senator, xnd demanded that he
withdraw it. Senator Teller so modified
the statement that further hostilities at
that time were averted.
One of the sharpest colloquies of the
session was between Senator Spooner and
Senator Tillman. The race problem. In
volving the lynching of negroes, was in
terjected into the controversy, and much
feeling was manifested by both Senators.
Senators in their excitement for the mo
ment seemed to have forgotten the sub-Jt-ct
of debate. The chair (Frye) was
able with difficulty to maintain order.
When the discussion finally was ended
for the day, the chair felt called upon
seriously to admonish the Senators that
the rules of the body had not been ob
served. Such an admonition has not been
made by the presiding officer of the Sen
ate in many years.
Prior to the outbreak on the Philip
pine question, the Senate concluded the
discussion of the bill establishing a de
partment of commerce and passed it. The
:.ame of the new department was changed
to that of the Department of Commerce
and Labor.
Proceedings In Detail.
A resolution Introduced yesterday by
Lodge, authorizing the committee on the
1 hllippincs to make an Investigation of
tr.c Philippine question, and for that pur
ine to tit during the sessions of the Sen
uie. was reported favorably and adopted
by the Senate soon after it convened.
Bacon offered a resolution providing
that the committee on printing consider
t.ie expediency of printing a special edi
tion of the Congressional Record, for sale
to the general public at 12 for the long
sessions and tt for the short sessions. It
was no reflection, he said, upon the news
papers of the country to say that they did
not publish full reports of Congressional
pioccedings. No newspaper could afford
ta present to its readers more than a
brief synopsis of the proceedings In the
two branches of Congress. The resolution
v.r adopted.
Consideration of the bill to establish a
JJepartmcnt of Commerce then was re
turned, the pending amendment being
that of Pettus, providing that the De
partment of Labor should not be made a
part of the proposed new department.
After a discussion the amendment was
rejected, 19 to S3.
Bacon then offered an amendment pro
viding that the name of the new depart
ment should be the Department of Com
merce and Labor.
Hale withdrew his amendment, ofTerett
a few days ago, transferring the Inter
state Commerce Commission to the new
department. The bill was then reported
lrom the committee of the whole to the
Senate.
Quarles demanded a separate vote on
the amendment by which the Census Bu
reau was stricken from the bill as a part
of the new department. Br a vote of h
to 52 the Census Bureau was retained in
the measure as one of the bureaus of the
new department. The Dill then waa
passed.
Tariff Bill Taken Up.
The Philippine tariff bill was taken up.
McCumber, referring to the statement of
Dubois yesterday, regarding General
Wheaton having been a charity boy, edu
cated at the Military Academy, said Gen
eral Wheaton never had been at West
Point, but rose from the ranks.
Dubois said he was glad to know It.
Senators had been quibbling over the dis
patch from Manila, but so far as he had
observed, none of them had ventured to
suggest that Army officers should not be
leprlmanded for their criticism of Sena
tors. Bacon presented a joint resolution,
which went over, providing that the law
restricting to vessels of the United States
the transportation of passengers and
merchandise directly or Indirectly from
one port of the United States to another
port of the United States, shall not be ap
plicable to foreign vessels engaging in
trade between the Philippine Archipelago
and the United States, or between ports
in the Philippine Archipelago.
Spooner adverted to a statement made
by the Georgia Senator a few days ago.
indicating that a formal order had been
issued by the Secretary of War, practi
cally suspending the navigation 'laws in
respect to the participation of foreign ves
sels In the trade between the United
States and the Philippines. He said an
investigation on the subject showed that
no such order had been issued. The fact
was, he said, that after the decision of
the Supreme Court defining the Philip
pines as domestic territory, the Secretary
of War was confronted with an obstruc
tion in the law in getting necessary sup
plies to United States troops in the Phil
ippines. A ship containing a cargo ot
vegetables for the troops in the islands
had been permitted to clear from San
Francisco, because it was most Important
that those supplies should go forward
promptly.
Referring to the recent criticism of
General Merrltt. ex-commander of the
Department of the East, for some state
ments he was reported to have made In
a public speech, Foraker .presented a let
ter from General Merrltt, denying em
phatically that he ever had said the Con
stitution was an antiquated document and
ought to be abolished.
Spooner and Tillman.
Spooner then resumed his remarks on
the Philippine tariff bill. After a rather
breezy colloquy between Spooner and
Tillman the latter asked Spooner to say
explicitly whether the Philippine Islands
were a part of the United States.
"I recommend," replied Spooner, "that
the Senator read the decision of the Su
preme Court."
"I have read some of those decisions,'
Tillman said, "but with four Judges on
one side and four on the other, and the
fifth wabbling, I could not make much
out of them."
Spooner The Supreme Court settled one
thing, and that is that there is a distinc
tion between the United States and terri
tory belonging to the United States.
While Spooner was proceeding wlh his
speech he was Interrupted by Tillman,
and in a moment a sensational colloquy
was in progress.
Tillman Inquired: "Will the Senator al
low me to ask him if the Piatt amend
ment had been defeated by debate until
the end of the session, would that side
have had the courage to have gone for
ward in its philanthropic humanity, Chris
tianity and liberty, and all that kind or
thing, and have called an extra session?"
Spooner We have courage enough on
this side to do anything on earth.
Tillman Except to defend the negro.
Spooner We have not courage enough
to lynch colored men or deprive them of
their rights.
Tillman Does the Sendtor desire to dis
cuss the race question here? He seems
to have left the proposition which he
started to throw a personal fling at roc.
I am ready to meet him anywhere on
the race question.
Spooner Wherever the Senator is will
ing to meet me on that question or any
other, he will find me there, so far as
that is concerned. The Senator addressed
to me an observation rather offensive in
its character.
Tillman It certainly had no allusion to
lynching.
Spooner No.
Tillman And the Senator understands
very well that I come from a section of
the country where lynchlnga for a given
crime and for a good many other crimes
are very prevalent Now, does the Sen
ator wish to leave the Philippine proposi
tion, in which he is dealing with a col
ored people in a most infamous and
damnable and hypocritical way, and go
South and hold the negroes up as exam
ples that we are dealing with in i simi
lar way. I mean the colored people here
At home. Are we to have two rules of
conduct In regard to the colored psople,
one In the Philippines, by which we
.butcher them and shoot Christianity Into
them, and another In the South, where
we are allowed to protect our wives and
children?
Spooner If we had the sime rule for
the colored people In the Philippines as
the Senator refers to In the South, God
help the colored man In the Philippines.
Tillman God help men In the Philip
pines now. You have already butchered
In three years three times as many as
the Spaniards did in three centuries.
Spooner It is one thing to kill men
with arms In their hands ngalnst a Gov
ernment and against the flag. It Is an
other thing to burn them.
Tillman You burned them In Kansas,
sir.
Spooner Wherever It Is done it Is an
outrageous crime.
Tillman Oh, It Is a very easy thing for
a man who has not come In contact with
them In close quarters to theorize and
sentimentalize- as to what other people
ought to do.
Tillman was admonished by the Presi
dent pro tem that he must not interrupt
a Senator without first obtaining leave,
to Which he replied that he was "taunted
in a way that no white man from South
Carolina can submit to."
After a little colloquy, Tillman asked
Spooner, when he quoted the Constitution
a moment ago in regard to the power of
Congress in dealing with territory and
bther property, did he Include men as
other property "whose liberty and lives
and all rights are to be jeopardized or to
be destroyed In this country, and wheth
er they are property; whether people are
property? You bought them at $2 a head,
it is true, but did you Intend to give
them their liberty as we propose, or do
you propose to hold them under the bay
onet, under carpet-bag government more
damnable than you put on us In 1S68?"
"That is the old question," replied
Spooner. "The power to occupy Inhab
ited territory Involved the power, I sup
pose, to change the allegimce. We ac
quired Louisiana. No one ever pretended
that men and women were bought and
sold In that transaction."
Teller Takes It Up.
At the conclusion of Spooner's remarks,
Teller offered the following amendment
to the bill as a separate section:
"Be it further enacted, Thxt the Consti
tution and all the laws of the United
States which are not locally inapplicable
shall have the same force and effect wlth
iin the said Philippine archipelago as else
where within the United States."
Teller declared that the outrages and
tortures committed In the Philippines by
the Spaniards had been increased since
the advent of the Americans Into the Is
lands, as was always the case when the
Anglo-Saxons succeeded the languid Lat
in in such an undertaking. He asserted
that war was rife today in the Philip
pines as it had been since our forces
opened fire on the Filipinos. He was sat
isfied, he said, that if the Senator from
Massachusetts (Lodge) would call before
the Philippine committee men who knew
the facts, he would find in the Philip
pines a condition of absolute Insurrection
and war. There was opt a square mile of
territory In the islands, he said, outside
of Manila, where an American could walk
without the protection of bayonets. The
civil branch of this Government, he de
clared. Insisted that there was no war In
the Philippines, while the military au
thorities were calling for more troops.
"It is Incumbent upon this Administra
tion." said Teller, "to tell us when it is
going to bring about peace and order In
the islands. If this Administration has
not got a policy except to drift, we ought
to know It."
Teller further along referred to what he
declared was the establishment in the
Philippines of rcconcentratlon camps and
to the repetition In the Philippines of the
horrors Introduced in Cuba by Weylex.
He said that a private letter from an
Army officer in the Philippines had been
received in Washington in which an Army
officer was quoted as saying, with re
spect to the establishment of concentra
tion camps: "If thing is to continue, I
will have to apologize to Weyler."
Teller, In response to a volley of ques
tions, replied .that he did not know the
name of the writer of the letter, and
would not mention It if he did know it.
As he was proceeding to discuss the cen
sorship on press dispatches sent from Ma
nila, he was Interrupted by Foraker, who
quoted from an Interview with President
Taft, of the Philippine Commission, under
yesterday's date, stating that there was
no censorship of press dispatches
now. Further along Judge Taft. with
reference to the alleged establish
ment of concentration camps, ex
plained that only an Insurrectionary cor
don had been established, with a view to
crushing out what remained of the rebel
lion. Foraker said tlat if there was
anything more barbaric than another it
was the establishment of concentration
camps In Cuba by General Weyler, and
for any Senator to say this Government
had established anything of the kind In
the Philippines was for hkn to make a
most serious charge.
Interrapted by Beverldare.
Teller was insisting that he had good
authority for the statement that press
dispatches were censored In Manila when
he was Interrupted by Beverldge. who said
that it had been stated by authority on the
floor of the Senate that press diSDatches
were not censored In Manila. He was
prepared to make the same statement from
personal observation in the Philippines.
He was well acquainted, he said, with the
Associated Press correspondent in Manila,
and knew from him that the censorship
had been suspended.
Manifesting much irritation, Teller de
clared ho would let the Senate consider
"the impertinence" of Beverldge In inter
rupting him for a question and then pro
ceeding to lecture him. He said there had
been some rules of decency and courtesy
which had been recognized In the Senate
for 25 years.
"This is the first time in my experience,"
said he, "that a Senator has gained the
floor to ask a question and then charged
the Senator who yielded to him with being
a liar."
Beverldge promptlydlsclaimea any Inten
tion of discourtesy toward Teller, but in
sisted that he would now and at all other
times correct misstatements when they
were persisted In by other Senators.
"Well. I consider that the Senator was
very, very discourteous," said Teller.
Soon after. Teller, referring to the As
sociated Press dispatch from, Manila
quoting General Wheaton as criticising
some utterances of Dr. Schurman in his
Boston speech, said:
"There Is not a Senator on that side
of the chamber (pointing to the Republi
can side), who did not know that the
statements in that dispatch were true."
Instantly a half-dozen Republican Sen
ators, including Lodge, Hawley and Piatt,
sprang to their feet entering protests
against the Colorado Senator's statements.
"That Is not true, and I will not oermlt
it to go unchallenged," declared Lodge.
"Then I will change It," said Teller,
"and say that there is not a Senator on
that side who ought not to have known
that the statements in tha dispatch were
true."
Foraker Interrupted Teller to inquire if
he had any information additional to that
which he had yesterday upon the accuracy
of the dispatch.
"I said I had satisfactory evidence evi-
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dence satisfactory to my mind." said Tel
ler, "that the statements in that dispatch
were correct."
"Then the Senator has no further infor
mation than he had yesterday," persisted
Foraker.
"No; I had the same Information yes
terday," responded Teller, without further
Interruption, and concluded his remarks,
declaring that he proposed to discuss the
whole Philippine question during the pend
ancy of the measure, and did not propose
to be "bullyragged" by anybody or de
terred from doing what he considered to
be his duty as an American Senator.
At the conclusion of the debate, the
president pro tem., Frye, called attention
to the rule requiring that when a Senator
desired to speak he shall address the presi
dent, and shall not proceed until he Is
recognized, and that no Senator shall in
terrupt another Senator in debate without
his consent. Frye hoped the rule would
be observed in future.
The Senate, at 5:05 P. M., went into ex
ecutive session, and soon afterward ad
journed. ADMIRAL KIMBERLY DEAD
Passing: Array of a Distingnlahed
Naval Officer.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S. Secretary
Long has received a telegram announc
ing the death of Admiral Lewis A. Kim
berly, U. S. N., retired, at West Newton,
Mass., this morning, of heart disease.
Admiral Klmberly was selected for service
on the Schley court of inquiry, but was
compelled to decline on account of Ill
health. He had a long and distinguished
service in the United States Navy.
He was born in Troy, N. Y., April 2, ICO,
and as appointed from Illinois, entering
the naval service in 1S46, working his way
up to Rcar-AcVnj'ral in 1SS7. He served on
the frigate Potomac, In 1SS1-62, and was
executive officer of Far ra gut's flagship,
the Hartford, participating in the actions
of Poit Hudson, Grand Gulf, Warrington,
Mobile Bay, etc. He was In the expe
dition to Corea, and commanded the force
which landed and captured the forts.
Afterward he was commander-in-chief of
the Pacific station. He was at Apia,
Samoa, during the great hurricane of
March 15 and 16. 18S9.
Engrene Dnpont.
WILMINGTON. Del.. Jan. 28. Eugene
Dupont, president of the extensive powder
manufacturing plant of Dupont, Dcne
roours & Co., died at his home at Chris
tiana Hundred tonight of pneumonia,
aged Gl jaers.
Werner LactaaoTT.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2S. Werner
Lucknow, aged 29 years, a well-known
newspaper and magazine illustrator, is
dead In this city, after an illness of two
weeks.
General Lcvalle.
BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 2S. General Le
valle, cx-Mlnlster of War, is dead.
Cleveland Rctarnr From Ilnatlnsr.
GEORGETOWN, S. C, Jan. 28. Ex
President Cleveland and party came up
from the shooting preserves at Ford's
Point today on the Government launch
Water Lily, and left in their private car
attached to the north-bound train, at 4
o'clock, this afternoon. The party car
ried a large bag of ducks, and seemed in
good spirits.
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Garfield Act Sustained.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 23. The Su
premo Court of Ohio today handed down
a decision sustaining the Garfield Cor
rupt Practices act. The decision wat
given in the case of L. A. Russell against
the state. Russell claimed that conform
ity to this act could not be required of
candidates for Congress.
Ta Care Grip In Ttvo Days.
Laxative Bromo-Quinlne removes cause.
E. W- Grove's signature on every box.
FOR PACIFIC CABLE BILL
VOTE IN FAVOR OP GOVERNMENT
OWNERSHIP.
HoHie Committee Aathorlzes a Fa
vorable Report on Representa
tive Corlies' Measare.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S. By a vote of
3 to 7 the House committee on commerce
today decided in favor of Government
construction, operation and maintenance
of a Pacific cable,- and ordered a favora
ble report of the bill of Representative
Corliss, of Michigan, providing the de
tails of such a Government undertaking.
The bill was amended so as to provide
that the Government cable shall be of
American manufacture, if this can be
supplied, according to the highest stand
ard, and at a cost not exceeding 10 per
cent above foreign manufacture. An
other amendment authorizes the Post-
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master-General. Secretary of War and
Secretary of the Navy to make arrange
ments for connections with Japan and
China.
As finally determined upon the bill pro
vides for a Government cable from the
coast of California to Hawaii and the
Philippine Islands, via Midway and the
Island of Guam, or by whatever route the
President may consider -moat practicable.
The cost is fixed at not to exceed JflO.OOO,
000, of which $500,000 is made immediately
available. The work of construction is
entrusted to the Army and Navy Depart
ments, and after the cable Is laid its
operation Is to be under the control ot
the Postmaster-General, Secretary of
War and Secretary of the Navy. Provi
sion Is made for Government messages,
and also for private messages, at a rate
not exceeding 25 cents a word to Hawaii
and 50 cents a word to Manila.
BEET SUGAR INTERESTS.
Heard Yesterday at the Cuban Reci
procity Hearing.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. The Cuban
reciprocity hearings were resumed today
before the ways and means committee,
with delegations representing the beet
sugar Industry of Colorado and a numbr
of Cubans, representing the" planters of
the Island, in attendance.
F. M. Carey, of Colorado, spoke of the
development of the beet sugar Industry
of Colorado and its bright prospects if
not endangered by Cuban concessions,
which, he asserted, would redound to the
great advantage of the American Sugar
Refining Company. The present move
ment, he said, was only another chapter
in the Inevitable conflict between the do
mestic sugar producers of this country
and the refining company, the latter seek
ing to crush the former.
A bubble which had been pricked, he
said, was that Cuba was suffering from
starvation. This idea had been indus
triously encouraged by the pamphleteer
ing of the sugar company, and yet the
claim had been torn to pieces during these
hearings.
Representative Hopkins, 0f Illinois,
questioned the witness as to whether any'
concessions to Cuba would injure tho beet
sugar induptry. Mr. Care declared that
Injurs' In such casts was Inevitable. Rep
resentative Hopkins said Mr. Carey's as
sertion of injury to beet sugar Industry
was only an assumption, and he expressed
the belief that a reduction could be made
of a certain percentage without destroy
ing the beet sugar Industry.
Representative Dalzell and Representa
tive Grosvenor took part In the discus
sion, stating that the Injury to the do
mestic producers had been shown by this
and other witnesses. Mr. Grosvenor re
marked that any one could see this result
who could put two and two together.
F. B. Machado. head of the delegation
of Cuban planters, said in part:
"The Piatt amendment attached as an
appendage to our constitution chained the
Cubans to this country to such an extent
that we are powerless to help ourselves,
or to develop our Internal Jlfe, because
the pathway for dealings with outsiders
la closed: to us. It has been said That the
Cubans have had cheek to knock at your
doors almost like beggars. The Cubans
will be eternally grateful to you for giv
ing us our liberty, even with the Piatt
amendment. But that does not mean we
are eternally forbidden to come to you.
and that your final word has been said In
Cuba. As we have no personality, at
whose doors shall we knock?"
Mr. Machado spoke of Cuba as a mil
itary defense of the Gulf; guns on Morro
Castle were more effective than at the
mouth of the Mississippi River. So that
If the international Interests of the United
States ever require the American eagle
to keep her claws there, Mr. Machado
askd if it was not a natural duty to look
to Cuba'B welfare and' not her ruin. The
statements of the Cuban delegation were
In progress when the committee ad
journed until 1:30 P. M.
The other members of the delegation of
Cuban planters,. George R. Fowler, Joa
quin Pledra, Octavlo Smith and Octavio
Davis, were heard at the afternoon ses
sion, their statements being along the
same general lines as those of Chairman
Machado.
Commissioner Degeteau, the representa
tive of Porto Rico In Washington, made
a brief statement to the effect that Porto
Rico opposed the reduction of duty to
Cuba as likely to be a menace to Porto
Rico sugar exports. Already Cuba had
placed a $12 duty on Porto Rico coffee,
thus injuring that trade, so reliance waa
now placed in a continuance of the sugar
trade. Mr. Mendoza, of the Cuban dele
gation, made a rejoinder to Mr. Degeteau.
expressing surprise that Porto Rico should
cast her Influence against Cuba, after
Porto Rico had reaped all the benefits ot
the war which Cuba conducted.
COMMERCE AND LABOR.
Features of the Bill Passed by the
Senate Yesterday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Senator Nel
son's bill creating a department of com
merce, which passed the Senate today,
was amended in various particulars.
Probably the most important of the
amendments was one changing the title
to read the Department of Commerce and
Labor. It provides for a secretary, who
Is to be a member of the Cabinet, assist
ant secretary, and also the other officials
and clerks necessary. The proposed de
partment is especially charged, with the
collection and distribution of statistical
information and with the development and
fostering of foreign and domestic com
merce. In the department there Is to be
a new bureau of manufactures and many
bureaus now included in other depart
ments are transferred to this new depart
ment, Including the life-saving service,
the lighthouse service, the marine hospital
service, the steamboat Inspection service,
and tho bureaus of navigation, shipping
and immigration, as well as the control of
the fisheries and Chinese exclusion ques
tion, all now within the Jurisdiction of the
Treasury Department; the fish commission
and census bureaus. The department is
also given Jurisdiction over the Consular
service, so far as it pertains to commerce.
Chinese Exclusion Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. The question
of Chinese immigration was again under
consideration by the House foreign affairs
committee today. Ex-Secretary Foster
claimed that the Pacific Coast bill 'con
tained 20 violations of our treaty with
China. Maxwell Evarts, of the Pacific
Mall Steamship Company, criticised the
statements of Mr. LIvernash before the
Senate. Mr. Evarts took up the Pacific
Coast bill and discussed it in detail,
pointing out the sections which he de
clared unconstitutional and to be in vio
lation of the existing treaty. The com
mittee adjourned to meet Thursday
morning.
Leasing of Public Lands.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-Senator Mil
lard today Introduced a bill providing for
the leasing of the public lands. The pro
vision covers the States and Territories of
Arizona, California, Colorado. Idaho, Kan
sas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon,
South Dakota, Utah, Washington and
Wyoming, and It provides that the public
lands shall be leased for the uniform rental
of 2 Cents per acre per annum. Leases are
to run 10 years, but are to terminate be
fore the expiration of that time If the
land passes Into private hands under the
land laws of tha United States.
Irrigation Bill Reported.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Tho Senate
committee on public lands today ordered a
favorable report on the irrigation bill re
cently agreed upon by the Senators and
members of the House of Representatives
from the semiarid states. There was no
objection in the committee, and the mo
tion to report the bill was carried unani
mously, but Senator Berry reserved the
right to offer amendments when tho bill
Is taken up in the Senate for consideration.
No amendment was made in committee.
Later in the day the bill was reported
by Senator Hansbrough, chairman of the
committee.
Army Appropriation Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. The military
appropriation bill has been practically
completed by the House committee on
military affairs. The bill carries approx
imately $47,000,000, which Is about $10,000,000
below the estimates and about $26,000,000
below the appropriations of last year. It
Is understood that the transportation item
is much reduced, but the usual allowances
are made to continue the Government
transport service. The bill Is still subject
to change, and Its details will not be given
out until theyare perfected and the bill
is reported.
German Sailors at "White Honse.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. The officers of
the German training ship Moltke, now
lying at Baltimore, who are the guests at
the German Embassy in this city, were
received by the President today In the
blue parlor of the White House. They
were presented by Dr. von Holleben, the
German Ambassador.
Nominations Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S. The Senate to
day confirmed the following nominations:
David H. Jarvis, Collector of Customs,
District of Alaska; R. V. Crozier, United
States Attorney, Idaho; B. B. Heywood,
United States Marshal, Utah.
ITS WORK NEARLY ENDID
Pan-American Conference Will Close
Friday.
CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 28. The Pan
American Conference today practically
finished Its real work before it by approv
ing the International sanitary measures
and the Important articles of the court
of claims project.
Thp only thing it has still on hand is the
report of General Reyes, of Colombia, on
the means of Improving fluvial communi
cation in South America. Friday after
noon will take place the closing session
of the conference. Minister Mariscal de
livering the closing address.
BAD SERVICE AT BAR.
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Mr. Burns regarded this as too large an
order. It might demand opinions before
they were ready to be given. Mr. Ayer
thought it best that the secretary make
this request at his own discretion, to
which Mr. Lewis assented.
New members of the Chamber of Com
merce were admitted as follows: H. Slns
helmer, Gratton & Knight Manufacturing
Company. J. B. Bilderback, Oregon Pack
ing Company, H. C. Albee Company, Brey
cnan Leather Company, J. AT Henkle and
J. A. Baker, H. P. Chrlstensen and Es-berg-Gunst
Cigar Company.
To Give It Larger Powers.
At the last meeting of the transportation
committee. Secretary W. A. Mears was
Instructed to write to the Oregon delega
tion in Congress, requesting that they aid
toward giving larger powers to the In
terstate Commerce Commission and to
ward dividing the country into five dis
tricts, as follows: Atlantic Coast, Great
Lakes, Mississippi and Missouri Valleys,
Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Coast
Secretary Mears was also directed to re
quest the O. R. & N. Co. to divert the
Thunder Mountain traffic to Welser, Ida
ho, Instead of allowing It to seek points on
the Oregon Short Line; also to compli
ment R. B. Miller, general freight and
passenger agent of the Southern Pacific,
for his success In obtaining the "settlers'
rate" for the Willamette Valley.
Dinner in Honor of Miss Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S. President and
Mrs. Roosevelt gave a dinner, followed
by a muslcale, at the White House to
night. In honor of Miss Alice Roosevelt.
The floral decorations were elaborate and
beautiful. The guests at the muslcale
numbered more than 200 nersons.
TENEMENT-HOUSE FIRE
EIGHT LIVES ARE LOST IN A BOS
TON BLAZE, v
Three of the Victims, Who Were
Italians, Threw Themselves
From Upper Windows.
BOSTON, Jan. 28. Eight persons were
killed, three probably fatally burned, three
seriously hurt in Jumping from windows,
and others more or lees hurt as a result of
a fire Just before 2 o'clock In an Italian
tenement-house, on Fleet street. North
End. Seven of the dead are adults, three
of them women, and the eighth is a child.
The building was six stories In height. The
fire was not seen until It was under such
headway that the sleeping Inmates on
the uper floor were cut off.
Before the firemen got on tho scene two
women and a man were seen to throw
themselves from tho windows of the third
floor to the street below." After the fire
men had succeeded in subduing the flames
they began a search of the far rooms and
found eight bodies. The firemen and po
lice officials labored hard in giving the
unfortunates emergency treatment, but
their efforts were in vain, for all had in
haled name and smoke, and their bodies,
in most cases, were blistered by the fierce
heat which they encountered.
The family of Lulgi Pilata was one of
those occupying the building, and three
members of his family, including his wife,
Mary, were among those who lost their
lives.
GREAT HOTEL EMPTIED.
Fire la Adjoining: Building: Drove
Gneats from the LIndell.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 28. Two hundred and
thirty guests of the LIndell Hotel were
driven from their apartments into the
sleety street at 11 o'clock tonight by
flames which wrecked the adjoining build
ing at the corner of Seventh street and
Washington avenue, and for 30 minutes
threatened to sweep away tho hostelry.
Women were carried from tho upper floors
by elevator, and down the stairways in a
fainting condition. Mothers with Infants
In their arms groped their way through
suffocating smoke. Men dragged their
trunks after them down tho broad stair
ways of the hotel, and clerks in the, office
hastily procured the valuables o'f tho
guest3 from safes and vaults and carried
them, to places of greater safety. The
structure In which the fire originated was
the old five-story brick O'Neill bulldlng3.
A dozen or more firms occupied it, and the
losses suffered by these concerns will ap
proximate $300,000. Tho LIndell Hotel was
damaged by smoke and water to the ex
tent of $25,000.
The New York Explosion.
NEW YORK, Jan. 28. The work of
clearing away the wreckage and repairing
buildings damaged by yesterday's tunnel
explosion was resumed by daylight today.
Largo forces of men were employed at the
Murray Hill Hotel and Grand Union Ho
tel, at the Grand Central1 Station and at
the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital. It
was expected that a week would be re
quired to put the hospital In proper condi
tion to make safe the return of the pa
tients who were removed to other Insti
tutions yesterday.
All of the hospitals to which Injured
persons were taken after the explosion
reported that their patients were doing
well. Many who had suffered mostly from
shock were able to go to their homes to
day. Wreck on New York Central.
SYRACU.SE. N. Y.. Jan. 23. The second
section of the New York Central limited,
east-bound, struck a switch engine stand
lg In front of the Oneida station. Both
engines and much of the station were de
molished. The engineer of the limited,
Dorsey Welch, of Albany, was killed.
Fireman Cahill, of Albany, waa injured.
None of the passengers or train crew
were injured.
Iowa Mine Burning.
ALBIA, la., Jan. 28. The mine of the
Star Coal Company, a few miles from the
scene of the Lost Creek horror of last
week, caught fire last night from an ex
plosion following shots set by the miners.
Forty men had Just left the works. It is
still burning.
ENTERTAINING THE PRINCE
The Programme as Finally Ar
ranged. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Tho pro
gramme for the reception and entertain
ment of Prince Henry of Prussia was fin
ally completed today, so far as the ex
changes between the President and the
German Prince are concerned. The ar
rangements now agreed upon differ some
what from those heretofore, and permit
the Prince and party to spend more time
in New York City. The programme fol
lows: Saturday, February 22 Arrival in New
York harbor, probably about noon, on
Kron Prlnz Wilhelm, of the North Ger
man Lloyd line. Admiral Evans, com
manding the North Atlantic squadron, will
meet the steamer at quarantine and con
duct Prince Henry, with his suite, to
tho Hohenzollern, which the President's
delegates will then visit to extend greet
ing. Visit of the Mayor of New York.
Exchange of military visits during the
afternoon. Prince Henry and his suite
will attend the Irving Place Theater and
return to the Hohenzollern for the night.
Sunday, February 23 In the morning
religious exercises on board the Hohen
zollern. If the weather Is favorable a
visit to the tomb of General Grant In the
afternoon. Private entertainment by the
Deutsche Vereln. Leave for Washington
In the evening, on the Pennsylvania Rail
road. Moday, February 24 Short stop at Bal
timore at 9 A. M. Arrival at Washington
at 10:20 A. M. Military escort from the
railroad station to the White House, and
then to the German Embassy. The Pres
ident will return the visit of the Prince
at noon. Various Ambassadors and Min
isters. Visit to the Capitol at 6 P. M.
Dinner at the White House at 6:30 P. M.
After dinner the Prince will return to
New York by special train on tho Penn
sylvania Railroad. Departure of the
President and his party for Jersey City
by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Tuesday, February 25 Departure of the
Prince and his suite, and of the Presi
dent and his party, from Jersey City for
the shipyards of the Towrsend-Downey
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are going after a bottle of
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" I coughed terribly after having la
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Shipbuilding Comnany at Shooter's Is-
l land. Launching of the yacht of the
uerman Emperor at 10:30 A. M. Luncheon
to the President on board the Hohenzol
lern at 1:30 P. M. Visit of the Prince to
the Mayor of New York In the afternoon.
Dinner of the Mayor of New York at 6
P. M. Gala performance at the Metro
politan Opera-House after the dinner.
Wednesday, February 26 Luncheon with
representatives of commerce and industry
at 12:30 P. M. Sightseeing in New York
in the afternoon. Torchlight concert at
the Arion Club at 6:30 P. M. Banquet of
tho press of the United States at S P. M.
Special ferry to tho Pennsylvania Rail
road at midnight and journey to Wash
ington. Thursday, February 27 Arrival 0t
Prince Henry at Washington and escort
to the German Embassy. Memorial ex
ercises to President McKinley in the
House of Representatives, the Prince and
his suite attending. Visit in the after
noon to Mount Vernon.
Friday, February 28 Visit to Annapolis
in the forenoon. Luncheon at Annapolis
at noon. Dinner at the German Embassy.
Reception by Secretary Long at the Navy
Department, 3 to 5 o'clock.
Saturday, March 1 Departure of the
Prince and his suite for his Southern and
Western tour on special train.
GALE AT SAN FRANCISCO
Schooner Mary E. Rnss Blown Ashore
Other Shipping; Damaged.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. A severe
northeast galo Is blowing tonight, and is
doing considerable harm, to shipping.
The schooner Mary E. Russ, Captain
Nyman, Is ashore at (Baker's Beach, just
at the entrance to this harbor. The tug
Defiance has gono to her assistance, and
may be able to pull her off before sho be
comes a wreck. Notwithstanding tho
threatening weather the schooner sailed
this afternoon in ballast for Coos Bay.
As she passed Fort Point tho wind began
to freshen, and instead of making head
way she was blown in close to shore. Her
anchors were cast, but failed to hold until
her stern had struck sandy bottom. Her
bow Is still afloat a ship's length from
the land, but tho tide- Is high, and unless
she Is got off soon the vessel will be a
wreck. The life-saving crew is on tho
scene, and tho schoner's men are not be
lieved to be in immediate danger.
The schooner Onward, which is moored
on tho windward sldo of Oakland long
wharf, Is reported to bo pounding hard
against the piles. She has already suf
fered some damage, and Is likely to sus
tain further Injury before assistance can
be had. Other vessels are working hard
at their moorings.
The scow schooner Annie off Section 1 of
the sea wall, snapped her anchor chain
and drifted against the scow schooner
Fannie, carrying away the latter's jib
boom. Both vessels are now tied up to
the sea wall. The Fannie is half full of
water, but will probably be kept afloat
by her deckload of lumber.
Crovrd at an Exccntlon.
HARRISBURG. Pa.. Jan. 2S. Weston
M. Keiper and Henry Rowe were hanged
at 10:40 o'clock today in the Harrisburg
jallyard In the presence of 10,000 persons
for the murder of Charles W. Ryan. The
murderers went to their death bravely,
and neither made any statement on the
gallows. The crush for admission to the
Jail was so great that It required the
combined efforts of the police court and
the Sheriff's deputies to keep the croud
away from the entrance. Several of the
jurors were forced to fight their way
through the crowd Into the prison. The
house-tops and telegraph poles in the vi
cinity were crowded with people eagtr to
witness the execution.
Northwestern People In Xew Yorlc.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2S. Northwestern
peoplo registered at New York hotels to
day as follows:
From Portland C. S. Unna, at the Im
perial. From Conconully, Wash. T. T. Work,
at the Navarre.
From Spokane Mrs. A. E. Smith, at
the Albert: F. G. Matheson, at the Cadil
lac; Z. B. Harney, T. B. Oppenhelmer and
wife, at the Rossmore.
From Seattle T. Burke, F. Waterhouse
and wife, at the Netherland: C. W. Cum
mer, at the Grand; J. W. Cover, at the
Broadway Central: M. J. Walters and
wife, at the Ashland: E. T. Stowe, at the
Morton.
Colors for Portland Football Club.
The Portland Football Club at Its busi
ness meeting last night decided to adopt
cardinal or maroon as the color of their
new jerseys, and also made financial ar
rangements to meet working expenses. A
match committee to select players for fu
ture matches was elected, consisting of
Municipal Judge Cameron, A. E. King and
E. A. S. Cawston. It is probable that a
match will be arranged with the Ilwaco
team, at Ilwaco, on Washington's birth
day. Professor Dawson Resigns.
SALEM, Jan. 28. Professor C. A. Daw
son, of the chair of science at Willam
ette University, has resigned his posi
tion in order to enter school as a stu
dent at Berkeley, Cal.
The Hot Springs of Arkansas.
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"or information address hotel managers,
or L. M. Fletcher. P. C. P. A., Mo. Pac.
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