Morning Oregonian., March 13, 1902, Page 2, Image 2

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THUHRD.AY, MARCH 13, 1902.
WAYOUTMUDDLE
Offer of Compromise of Cu
: ban Tariff Conflict.
OVERTURES BY THE PAYNE MEN
They Propose That the Twenty Per
Cent Redaction Apply on Saar
for One Year From Next
December.
WASHINGTON. March 12. Overtures
have been made for compromise. of the
conflict over tariff concessions to Cuba,
and there are evidences that the two ele
ments "will come together, probably on a
proposition to have the 20 per cent reci
procal reduction apply for one year from
next December, and covering tho .sugar
crop. It is understood that Chairman
Payne and Representative Dalzell made
the overtures toward an agreement. One
of the leading members qf the opposition
said that Messrs. Payne and Dalzell had
made the suggestion to him, and had asked
for an answer.
This was followed by a hasty canvass
of opposition members which developed
wide difference of views. Representative
William Alden Smith said no compromise
would be accepted until at a meeting
where it could be considered deliberately.
Representative Tawney said the limitation
of time was Immaterial, and that no com
promise could be effected which affects
manufactured products without similarly
affecting unmanufactured products.
Soon after the overtures of compromise
were made the leaders of the element op
posed to the ways and means committee
plan called a conference in the rooms of
Representative Smith. Some 30 members
were rresent, and the discussion lasted
about two hours. The sentiment was
rather unfavorable to accepting the plan
of a 20 per cent reduction for the year from
next December, and some of those present
favored rejecting the plan. But it was
urged against this course that so long as
overtures for adjustment had been made
in good faith, It was only proper to meet
the committee representing the ways and
means, and Payne and his associates,
therefore, were advised that they would
be met bya committee from the other side.
Durlng-"the meeting the statement was
made that one of the beet-sugar advocates
had been assured by representatives of the
ways and means committee that thp plan
of compromise would not cover this year's
sugar crop, and would apply only to the
crop of next year, harvested prior to De
cember, 1903. Some doubt existed, how
ever, as to these assurances, and it was
considered quite vital to learn with
definiteness whether the 20 per cent re
duction would apply to two crops or to
one.
It was stated afterward by ways and
means committee members that the com
promise plan would affect two crops that
of this year and next allowing 20 per cent
off on each. There was no purpose. It was
stated, to limit the reduction to a single
crop. This matter probably will be left to
the arbitrating committee, with the indi
cations tnat the beet-sugar conferees will
insist on limiting the reduction to one
crop, that of next year, and with that limi
tation will be Inclined to accept the plan
ot compromise.
A full conference of the opposition to
Cuban concessions will be held tomorrow
liripr to meeting representatives of the
Ways and means committee.
IGXORANCE IX THE PHILIPPINES.
David P. Barrows Describes the Tiro
. Element Among the Xntives.
WASHINGTON. March 12. David P.
Barrowr, chief of the Bureau of Non
Christian Tribes of the Philippine Islands,
today gave testimony before the Senate
committee on Philippines. Ho separated
the Filipinos Into two elements, the culti
vated class and the mbordinate class, al
though the dominant cultured class is
small only about a dozen families In
every town of a population of 10,000. The
remainder have no education, and no
wealth, and are controlled economically
and socially by the upper class. For two
year?, he said, this latter class and the
Americans labored under great misappre
hension of each other, but there Is an
understanding now. He agreed with Gov
ernor Taft that small garrisons quartered
in the midst of the Filipinos hinder the
ltfe of the town and act as an Irritant
to the natives. The upper class, he said,
possesses an Influence over the lower
class that the United States authorities
have been blow to appreciate. Among the
lower class, Mr. Barrows said, there is a
strong desire for social betterment, as evi
denced by the sending of the children to
school.
In repponre to a question by Hale, he de
scribady the masses as being uncultured
and uneducated, closely following the di
rections and feelings of their tutors,
whether in hostility to the authority of
tho United States or In the exhibition of a
friendly spirit. Mr. -Barrows said that
tho declaration by Congress- that a .Iberal
pollcj' is not to bo followed would disap
point the influential Filipinos- and un
doubtedly alienate them. He gave an ex-
tended account of the efforts making to
educate the Filipinos. He did not think
1t possible or desirable to eradicate the
old dialects.
A SUPPLY BUREAU.
Secretory Root Argncs In Favor of
the General Staff Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 12. Secretary
Root today made an argument before the
Sqnate committee on military affairs in
'support of the bill creating a general
staff and consolidating the Quartermas
ters", thf Commissary and the Pay Bu
reaus of the Army under one head, to be
known ao the Supply Bureau. He said
that Abe experience of the department dur
ing the war with Spain had demonstrated
the wisdom of this consolidation, and that
it was demanded by all considerations
of expediency, efficiency and economy.
He said the creation of a general staff
would give an official standing to many
war officers now detailed for special work
in the War Department. The work upon
which they are engaged, he said the prep
aration of plans for military operations,
etc is very necessary In case of hostili
ties. The committee did not agree upon
the bllL
Treaty-Making Pevrcr.
WASHINGTON, March 12. Tho Senate
committee on foreign relations has adopt
ed the report made by its sub-committee
on the aspect of reciprocity treaties, and
authorized the presentation of the report
to 'the Senate. The investigation was un
dertaken because of the contention that
the Houso ot Representatives should be
consulted In negotiating commercial
agreements, since they affect the tariff,
but the report agreed upon today holds
that the entire authority to enter into
such agreements is Vested in the PresL
-dent and the Senate ss the treaty-making
power of the country.
Melter at San Francisco Mint.
WASHINGTON, -March 12. The Presi
dent today nominated Charles M. Gorham,
of California, to be melter and refiner of
the mint of the United States at San
Francisco.
Transfer of Frest Reserves.
WASHINGTON, March 12. The He use
committee on public lands today ordered
a favorable report on the bill authorizing
a transfer from the Interior to the Agri
cultural Department of forest reserves
when their boundaries are permanently
established, and also authorizing the
PrceidcEt to estatlish portions of forest
reservations an game and fish preserves.
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THIEVES AND MURDERERS.
Gang; of Black and White Criminals
Unearthed at Bcanmont.
BEAUMONT. Tex., March 12. Mattle
Bennett confessed today to Sheriff Llndley
that she was at the head of a gang ot
negro women and white men, who had
been for months luring men into her
houso, drugging them, beating them and
robbing them. If they died, the victims
were dragged to the river and thrown in.
If they wero only stunned, they were tak
en out of the house to a remote part of
some street and left for pedestrians or
policemen to find. A fear Is felt that
more than 12 men among those who have
come to Beaumont and were afterward
reported as "missing" have been murdered
and that their bodies are now at the bot
tom of the river. In the last three months
at least 0 inquiries for missing men have
been received, nnd while no one supposes
that the gang has murdered so many,
there Is a fear that some of the disap
pearances are due to their work. Five
bodies have been found In the river since
the first of the year.
The Bennett woman was arrested Sun
day, on suspicion of being connected with
the murder of Benjamin Pearson, one of
tho victims. She denies being guilty of
this crime, but admits that one of the
gang of which she Is a member discussed
the commission of the deed. On the
strength uf her confession a white man,
"Punch" Prom, and a negro woman.
"Mary Jane." have been arrested. All of
them have been "sweated." and Sheriff
Llndley states that he expects a full con
fession from them all, not only of the
Pearson murder, but of others. Sheriff
Llndley is looking for two more negro
women and six or eight white men, some
of whom are wanted as witnesses.
EXPERIMENTS AT PATRICK. TIAL.
Evidence td Prove That Rice Died
of Old Age.
NEW TORK, March 12. Dr. John H.
Glrdncr was on the witness-stand again
today in the trial of Albert T. Patrick,
indicted on the charge that he murdered
W. M. Rice Assistant District Attorney
Osborne handed the witness a bottle of
chloroform, a towel and a sponge, and
asked him to saturate the towel and
Rooiure with chloroform, let them stand
half an hour and then put a match to
them. Charles F. Jones has testified that
be burned the chloroform-saturated towel
with which he said he killed Rice after
it had been on Rice's face for half an
hour. The defense objected, and asked
that two physicians, one for the prosecu
tion and one for the defense, make the
experiment with materials purchased by
themselves. This was agreed to. The
Recorder directed that the experiment be
made at the noon recess.
The defense called Dr. Isaac Newton
Love professor physical diagnosis- and in
ternal medicine at the Post-Graduate Hos
pital Medical College. In reply to a ques
tion reciting the evidence in the case and
asking his opinion as to the cause of
Rice's death, Dr. Love replied: "Old age,
edema and congestion of the lungs, crip
pled kidneys, a narrowing of the heart
orifices and disease of the entire equip
ment of the man."
"Could the symptoms as described and
revealed by the autopsy have resulted
from the Inhalation of chloroform vapor?"
asked Mr. Moore of Patrick's counsel.
"They could not," replied Dr. Love.
Dr. Gardner was recalled. He said the
experiments with the towels soaked in
dhloroform had been finished. The first
towel blazed for nine minutes, smouldered
for 51 minutes, and then went out. The
second one burned slowly for 15 minutes
and smouldered 54 minutes. One-third of
the material was consumed by the blaze
In the first test and one-fourth In tho
second one. The sponges used resisted the
action of the fire better than the cotton
material of the towel.
Assistant Attorney Osborno produced a
false beard and mustache mounted on
wire, and asked an opportunity to pour
an ounce of chloroform on it and hang by
a window to provo that the odor of
the drug would not xemaln in the beard
for an hour, as Dr. Curry. Rice's physi
cian, said it would. The Recorder would
not agree to this, and the court adjourned
until tomorrow.
Clothier' Scheme to Defraud.
NEW YORK. March 12. Simultaneously
with the seizure at Grand Forks, N. D.,
on an attachment of 510,000 worth of silks
and drees goods, on Tuesday, Louis Cohen
was brought into the Center-Street Police
Court, where he was arraigned on the
charge of grand larceny before Magis
trate Brann. Cohen, who formerly was
a member of the clothing firm of Kanter
& Cohen, at C22 Broadway, was held in
$10,000 ball for examination.
The complainants against Cohen are
the firms of J. W. Goddard & Sons, of
which Captain F. Norton Goddard is the
senior member, and the American Woolen
Company, a concern capitalized at ?C3,
O00.O0Q. whose chief offices are In Mas
sachusetts. They allege that the firm of
Kanter & Cohen misappropriated woolens
and other goods valued at $75,000. the mis
appropriation consisting in the fact that
they obtained these goods just previously
to their going Into voluntary bankruptcy,
and at a tlmo when they knew such was
to be the outcome. The bankruptcy pro
ceedings began on March S.
Ex-District Attorney Phllbln, who
appeared In behalf of th. complainants,
told Magistrate Brann tfrat much goods
had been shipped to various cities, where
they would be allowed to lie in the freight
yards until claimed by Cohen.
EmhesEllng 0cer Arrested.
PORT HURON, Mich., March 12.
Charles D. Thompson, ex-supremo
finance-keeper of the Supreme Tent,
Knights of the Maccabees, who some
time ago confessed to a shortnge of $57,
000, was arrested today on a complaint
sworn out by Sheriff Malnes. The war
rant contains nine counts, four of which
charge Thompson with having embezzled
$57,000 between February 12, 1901, and
August 12, IDOL Four other counts charge
him with having violated the state law
regulating the responsibility of Insurance
agents to their companies, and the ninth
charges him with the larceny of $57,000.
Thompson, when arrested, was taken to
the Police Court for arraignment. He
refused to plead, and the court entered
a plea of not guilty. Ball was fixed at
$5000. and was furnished- His examina
tion was set for March 18. The county
officials say they had become convinced
that the Maccabees did not Intend to
prosecute Thompson, and for that rea
son Sheriff Malnes made the complaint
Stole Governor Hogg's Watch.
NEW YORK, March 12.-Jose Diaz Al
varez, a young .Mexican, oas picaueu
guilty of stealing the $300 gold watcn or
ex-Governor Hogg, of Texas, on Octo
ber 21 In the Wraldorf-Astorla, Counsel for
Alvarez said the defendant came from
Mexico with some money and stayed at
the Waldorf. He was in tho elevator one
day with Governor Hogg and took his
watch. Alvarez was sentenced to the
Elmlra Reformatory.
Tcrllnden Will Be Extradited.
CHICAGO, March 12. As the result of
an order entered by Judge Kohlsaat,
denying further hearings to Gerhard
Terlinden, the defendant, who has been
fighting extradition proceedings for sev
eral months, has been turned over to
German Consul Wcver, by United States
Marshal Ames. Terlinden will bo taken
to Berlin for trial on a charge of de
frauding several banks In Prussia out
Cf $350,000.
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Te Care a Cald In One Day
Take Laxative Bremo Qalalae Tablets. Alt
trurglsU refund- the money U It fails to cart.
JJ. y(, Qroye'i aif sature 1 oc each hex. S5c.
LOCK HORNS ON CABLE
WARM . DEBATE IN THE HOUSE;
OVER PACIFIC PROJECT.
Richardson ef Alabama. Replies te
Speech by Corliss Perma
nent CensHs Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 12.-Gencral de
bate on the postofflce bill continued in the
House today, a number of topics being
discussed. The proceedings were enlivened
by a clash between Corliss (Rep., Mich.)
and Richardson (Dccn., Ala.) on the sub
ject of the Pacific cable. This Is the sec
ond time these two members have locked
horns on the cable "question. Sims (Dem.,
Tcnn.) devoted some time to showing how
the House had been buncoed In connection
with the permanent census bill. Dough
erty (Dem.. Mo.) discussed rural free de
livery: Jackson (Dem., Kan.) the Govern
ment ownership of telegraphs, and Green
(Dan.. Pa.) the Philippine situation. The
latter argued that if we would proclaim
our purpose to grant Independence to the
Filipinos the insurrection would cease in
stan.ly. The House adjourned at 4:S0, out
of respect to the memory of Doorkeeper
Glenn, who died today.
The Proceedings.
After transaction of routine business,
the Houjhj went into committee of the
whole and resumed the consideration of
tho postofllce appropriation bill.
Sim? (Dem., Tenn.) reviewed tho facts
in connection with tho enactment of the
permanent census law and asserted that
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HOBOS AND ILLEGAL
VOTERS, BEWARE i
Ycu cannot "square" it.
If you attempt to vote at
the polls Saturday, you will
be arrested. It will not be
made "all right" by the police,
who urged you to register.
The names of ail persons who
have registered without legal
right to do eo etc known. The
fact of illegality hap been in
vestigated and verified.
d what Sheriff Frailer
says:
"I shall lnatract each one
bf my denBtles te arrest y
persons trying; ta vote at
the primary election Satar
day vrh'o are not entitled hy
lavr to cast a ballot."
Prrscutlon will follow ar
rest. Here is District Attor
ney ChambtrJaln's warning:
"I Trill prosecate every
case for irhlch a. complaint
In HTVorn to against persons
attempting to vote illegally
at the primary election Sat
txrday. The law provides
for nn honest and fair elec
tion, and so far as the Dis
trict Attorney's ontce can.
aid to that end the people
may he assured that every
thing possible Trill he done."
And the police cannot
"square' It.
the Hcuse had been grossly deceived by
the action of tha conferees. It had been
the Intention both of tho House and of
the Senate, he said, to enact a provision to
cover all the employes of the Census Bu
reau into the classified aervice and make
them eligible for transfer, but the con
ferees hod substituted a provision which
defeated the object sought to be obtained
by the two houses. He charged that Hop
kins (Rep., 111.) who presented the confer
ence report, had deceived the House. Hop
kins' action, he declared, called for the
strongest censure by the House, but as
the gentleman was not present he. would
not propose an action along that line.
Loud (Rep., Cal.) Interrupted to say that
the conferees on the census bill deserve
the thanks of the country for what they
had accomplished. "Congress," said he.
"attempted to steal something, and the
conferees prevented It."
"I take Issue with the gentleman," re
torted SIma "Congress passed the section
openly. Stealing is done secretly, after
the manner in which this bunco game
was worked."
Corliss (Rep.. Mich.) secured the floor
and launched an assault on Richardson
(Dem., Ala.), who some time ago replied
to Corliss speech In favor 05 the con
struction by the Government of a Pacific
cable. He went so far as to question the
sincerity of Richardson, and Intimated
broadly that there was some ulterior mo
tive behind the latters speech which he
expressed here in support of a Pacific ca
ble monopoly.
"With the hope, no doubt," said he.
sarcastically. " of Illustrating hl9 disin
terestedness, he placidly tells us that in
his own long experience at the bar he has
never represented corporations. What
prompts tho gentleman to display such
zeal as ho manifested in hla effort to de
fend a corporation whlch'seeks to usurp,
without permission or authority, one of
the most important privileges held by our
country? Why does not the gentleman
from Alabama wait until the consideration
of this measure ha3 been properly brought
before the House? What purpose has the
gentleman In mind or object in rushing to
tho defense of the. corporation? He ques
tions my zeal and seeks to find the motive
which prompts such nctlon. He should
study the scheming methods by which the
Commercial Cable interests have been
transformed from an active ally of a Gov
ernment cable into a partnership with an
English corporation now holding exclusive
privileges and the monopoly of cable
rights in the far East."
He paid his reepects to those who oppose
the Government cable, with whom he said
Richardson has allied himself. He was
especially severe on the United States
Export Association, of New York, and its
president. F. B. Thurber. He coupled Mr.
Tiiurbers name with that ot an officer of
the American Asian AsFociation, styling
them "The Devil's Duet," In the garb of
"Heavenly Twins," seeking to mislead the
public and "conceal the iniquity of the
cable monopoly in its effort to steal this
most valuablo public franchise."
Corliss read a resolution, which he said
ho would ask to have considered later. It
recites that an officer of the Commercial
Cable Company has made a combination
with other cable companies, in violation
of conditions imposed upon tho lines, and
in violation of the Sherman anti-trust
law, and directs the Attorney-General to
institute proceedings to destroy the mo
nopoly. Jackson (Dem., Kan.) followed with a
set speech in favor of Government owner
ship of telegraphs.
Reply hy Richardson.
Richardson (Dem., Ala.) then secured
recognition to reply to Corliss.' He said
he would not have replied had the gentleman-
from Michigan not Indulged in re
marks personal to himself. "I regret,"
said he, "that the gentleman. Is not in his
seat at this time, as I do not believe in
the -oollcy of shooting and then running."
Richardson then proceeded to make soma
very caustic comment upon "the remark-M
able and exclusive facilities possessed by
the gentleman from Michigan for the ad
vance delivery of his speeches throughout:
the country." He disclaimed any inten
tion to reflect upon the correspondents of
the press, but ho expressed his surprise
that th6 speech made by Corliss earlier In
the day had been typewritten and 'lying
in soak" for two weeks. Thereupon he
drew from his desk a copy of a prepared
synopsis of Corliss' speech, liberally Inter
j larded with editorial comment, and pro
ceeded lo read some of the characteriza
tions It contained.
By this time the members of the House
were Interested, and began crowding
t around tne place wnere Kicnarason was
summing, morass nimscu emeriti mc nan.
Before he sat down, be denied that he had
written the advance newspaper articles
describing his speech which had been cir
culated. Richardson said he was con
scious of the correctness of hlspwn mo
tives, and refused to be diverted from the
real irsue by the "raw head and bloody
bones' conjured up by the gentleman from
Michigan; it was all the veriest clap-trap.
"What is this proposition." said Rich
ardson, "that we have to discuss? The
gentleman from Michigan and his friends
propose that the Government of the United
States shall lay this cable from the coast
or California to Manila at a cost, at a
conservative estimate, of 515.000,000. The
annual outlay for the maintenance will
be $1,500,000. The reasonable annual In
come that the Government can expect to
derive will not exceed J150.0CO. That is
the proposition they make, and that is
the proposition that this House will pass
upon.
"What is the proposition for which we
are contending? It is this: Here Is the
Commercial Pacific Cable Company, com
petent, qualified, experienced In Its work.
Lwlth men of the necessary skill. They pro
pose to build hls cable from the coast of
California to Manila by January. 1SC5,
without a single dollar of cost or pubsldv
frctn the Government. They have entered
Into a contract to build this cable from
San FranclJco to Honolulu and to complete
It by January. 1903. They have expend
ed on the contract J1S0.C0O. It will cost
them to build to Honolulu something over
$2,000,000. When this company gives such
an earnest evidence of spending over
72.000.0C3. it is an absolute guarantee that
It will proceed and build the line to Ma
nila, where the business- will pay.
"The Commercial Pacific Cable Com
pany proposes to build an all-Amerlcan
line. If possible. There Is no question
about that except the deep water around
Guam. It proposes to take Government
messages at half rates: ard not only that,
but that the Postmaster-General shall reg
ulate the rate. and. that the Secretary of
State, wherever ho sees an emergency
arise, shall have a right. In the name of
the Government, to take possession of tlio
line and to use It and operate It for the
Government until the necessity Is past.
These are the propositions that we pro
pound to those who Talge this cry of mo
nopoly and octopus."
RlchardFon said tho real track of the
octocus and monopoly could be found In
section 8 of the Corliss bill, and he pro
ceeded to read from the testimony of
Clark, of the Western Union Telegraph
Company; the statement that a Govern
ment cable would give his company Its
share of the business, while If the Com
mercial Cable Company constructs the Pa
cific cable It would get nothing.
Payne (Rep.. N..Y.) leader of the ma
jority, announoed the death of Glenn, the.
doorkeeper of the House, which occurred
today. The Speaker appointed a commit
tee to attend tho funeral. At 4:30 P. M..
as a further mark of respect to the mem
ory of tho deceased, tho House adjourned.
ALKALI COMPANY'S TROUBLE
ShH to Prevent It From Collecting
Assessments.
TRENTON, N. J., March 12. Suit hns
been started In the United States Circuit
Court to restrain the collection of an
assessment of $10 on each share of the
preferred stock of the American Alkali
Company, and to'wlnd up the, affairs of
the company, Tho bill charges W. W.
Glbbs, of Philadelphia, with fraudulent
transactions In connection with the pro
moting of tho company and charges him
witi. obtaining $500,000 in cash and $12.-
600,000 of the common 6tock of the com
pany through a secret arrangement be
tween himself and the Commercial De
velopment Company, Ltd.. whose pat
ents were bought by tho Alkali Company
for $1,000,000 in' cash and $24,000,000 la com
mon stosk. The patents were for use in
'tho manufacture of caustic soda.
Tho bill charges that $250,000 was In
vested in a plant in Canada, that largo
salaries wer paid, and that Gibbs, by
holding so much stdck, was the domi
nant spirit in the company. It is alleged
that the company never had made a dol
lar profit.
In September last resolutions were
adopted making assessment of $10 on each
share of the preferred 6tock, which would
have realized $1,200,000, Only $30,000 of this
baa been paid. Suits are now threatened
to enforce tho payment of the remainder.
Tho suit is brought by Wlnfleld S.
Campbell. Washington Rlgter, David S.
Thompson and W. Paul Subers, of Phlla.
delphla, for themselves and others, to re
strain the collection of the assessment and
to secure such other relief as the court
may grant. It is charged in the bill that
the patents were greatly overvalued, and
that the whole thing was a stock jobbing
scheme.
A PARIS BENEFIT.
Performance to Aid the McKlnley
Memorial FHnd.
CANTON, O., March 12. On April 16. in
Paris, is to be given the greatest theat
rical benefit ever seen In the French cap
ital, according to advices received here.
The proceeds are to go to the fund for
a McKlnley Memorial at Canton.
Secretary Frederic Hartzell, of the Ohio
McKlnley Memorial Association, today re
ceived from Judge Holmes, formerly or.
New York, but now of Paris, who is at
the head of the McKlnley collection in
Europe, details of the plans for the ben
efit Judge Holmes writes that tho
French Government has broken precedent
by permitting the use of the Theater
Comlque for the benefit. Boxes will bo
reserved for President Loubet and Am
bassador Porter.
Assurance has been received from Sara
Bernhardt, the two Coquellns, Alne, Ca
det, Melba, Rejane and others that they
will elve their services. Jean Van Beers,
the famous French artist, has agreed to
paint a special Illustration for a souvenir
programme, which will be sold. But one
American voice will be heard, and that,
will be In "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Judge Holmea says he expects to raise
at least 25,000 francs for the fund by
means of the pcrformance.
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CoBntry Banks Robbed.
TITUSVILLE, Pa., March 12. Safe
crackers blew open tho vault of tho.
Farmers' Bank of Townvllle, this counts',
last night, and stole between $7000 and
$S000 in bills and coin. There is no clew.
NEWCASTLE, Ky., March 1Z. rn0
Bank of Newcastle waa robbed of $4500
cash, a lot of Jewelry belonging to Isaac
W. Kelly. Its president, and $500 worth
of stamps deposited by the Postmaster
early today. Citizens wero aroused, but
wero held at bay until the six burglars
made their escape.
Convicted of Bank Robbery.
ST. LOUIS, March 1. -" John Stevens,
alias Harrington, whoso right name is said
to be Burns, has been convicted at Belle
ville, 111., on a charge of robbing the Na
tional Stockyards Bank on the night of
January 6. Sylvester Savingnac and
Charles -Meyers, who were tried on the
same charge, wero acquitted.
How to Break Up a. Cold.
It may be a surprise to our readers to
learn that a severe cold can In many in
stances be completely broken up In one or
two days' time. To do this, however,
prompt action la necessary. The first
symptcms of a cold are a dry, loud cough,
a profuse watery discharge from the nose,
and a thin, -white coating on the tongue.
If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is taken
overy hour after the first appearance of
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fect of the cold and restore the system
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plete cure Insured in a very short time.
This Remedy also counteracts any ten
rionrv of a cold to result In pneumonia.
For sale by all druggists.
Women of the United States
Regard Peruna as Their Shield Against Catarrh, Coughs,
Colds, Grip and Catarrhal Diseases.,
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MRS. DELVA A. LOCIOVOOD, LATE CANDIDATE. FOR. THE PRESIDENCY.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood. the eminent barrister of Wcshlngton.. D. C, Is the only
woman who has ever been a candidate for the Presidency of tho United States.
She Is the best-known woman ih America. As the pioneer -of her sex In the legal
profession she has gathered fame and fortune. ' In a letter to the Peruna Medicine
Company she says:
"I have used yonr Ferunn both for myself nnd my mother, Mrs. Han
nah J. Bennett, now In her SSth Tear, nnd I And it nn invaluable rem
edy for cold, catarrh, hay fever nnd kindred diseases nlpo a good 4onic
for feeble and old people, or thoxc run down, nnd -rvlth nerves un
strung," Yours truly, BELVA A. LOCKWOOD.
Any one who wishes perfect health must be entirely freo from catarrh. Catarrh
Is well nlgh universal; aimost omnipresent. Peruna Is the only absolute safeguard
known. A cold Is the beslnnlng of catarrh. To prevent colds, to cure colds. Is to
cheat catarrh out of Its victims. Peruna not only cures catarrh, but prevents It.
Every household should be supplied with this great remedy for coughs, colds and
so forth.
Address the Peruna Medicine Company, Columbus, O.. for a free book on catarrh.
ARGUE FOR SHIP SUBSIDY
M'CUMBER AXD DEPEW SPEAK FOR
THE BILL IX THE SEXATE.
Latter Pictures tho Future of the
Merchant Marine Under the Op
erations of the Measure.
WASHINGTON, March 12. Again today
the ship subsidy bill occupied practically
the entire time of the Senate. McCumber
presented a carefully prepared argument,
in which, as a Republican of an agricul-
tural state, he favored the bill, on tne
ground of its protective features, Depew.
one of the members of the Committee 011
commerce, delivered an elaborate speech,
In which he analyzed the arguments both,
for and against the position to pay sub-
sidles to the shipping Industry. His pero-
ration, in which ho pictured In glowing
Innguage the results of the operation of
the bill, elicited hearty applause from the
galleries.
A few bills were passed, Including one
providing for the redemption of Hawaiian
silver coins and the substitution therefor
of American silver coins.
The Proceedings.
Soon after the Senate convened Rawlins
Introduced a resolution, which was passed,
directing the Secretary of War to send to
the Senate tho reports of Inspectors Car
penter and Maus, and any other informa
tion he may have in relation to the trans
ports between the United States and the
Philippines, especially regarding freo
transportation for individuals.
Cullom, chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, reported favorably a bill
authorizing the President to extend to the
Government of France an invitation to
Join the Government and people of the
United States in the dedication of the
monument of Count de Rochambeau, to
be unveiled in this city on May 24 next.
Hoar offered an amendment, which waa
agreed to, Including In the invitation tho
family of the Marquis de la Fayette. The
bill as amended was passed.
At the conclusion of routine business tho
Senate resumed consideration of the ship
suhsldy bill, McCumber speaking In sup
port of the measure. He maintained that
It would be Just as proper to remove tho
protective tariff duties from products pro
uucvu u vw i-unuuj . 11 iwu.u -
.J..A-S M A.t abm n rw I Yiffcil1 Via fr rV
fuse to offer to the shipping Industry tne
protection afforded by this bill. With
tho subsidy provided by tho bill, he
thought. In the course of 15 yenrs tho
United States would be able to compete
with the world In the shlp-bulldlng Indus
try. What the agriculturalists of the
West and Northwest most desired today
Is an opening to the Pacific the Oriental
trade. In conclusion McCumber charac
terized the bill as a right step toward re
instating our lost prestige on the seas.
A resolution by Spooner was adopted,
directing the Secretary of the Treasury to
report to the Senate the extent of the
mall pay now authorized by law and also
whether the payments are more or less
in effect than the subsidy rates provided
by the subsidy bill of 1S09.
Depew on the Suhsldy Bill.
Depew then addressed the Senate In fa
vor of the bill. Senators have criticised
the bill, he said, but none of them have
submitted any plan by which we could
have a mall service which would bo equal
to that of Great Britain, Germany or
France. We are. he maintained, contri
buting millions of dollars annually to In
crease still further the mall facilities and
enlarge tho merchant marine of those
competing countries, thus placing farther
off the distance which the American mer
chant marine must traverse before It can
be equal to that of the countries named.
"We are looking forward to that po
sition which we are entitled to as a world
power," said Depew, "but, as a matter
of fact, we are crippled because wo cannot
open the communications which are neces
sary to accomplish that commercial result
without the active assistance of the sub
sidized ships of our rivals in business."
"It Is a curious fact," said he, "that
while our friends, the enemy," referring
to the Democratic Senators, "are so sen
sitive about the expenditure of $2,000,000
a year to perfect our mall service to places
where we hope to have commerce, they
vote for the carrylng.of mail by the profit
able mall, lines in the domestic service."
He presented figures to show that the
arguments of the op'ponents of the bill as
to the prosperity of American shipyards
are not well founded He declared that
vessels aggregating 83,000 tons have been
A
constructed In American shipyards for the
foreign trade during the past 10 years,
"while in Great Britain during one year
tho last year available in statistics 1,500.
000 tons of ships have been constructed.
He suggested that the difference between
these figures is so extraordinary that tho
opposition Senators ought to post them up
in their committee-rooms as a pleasant
reflection on the return of the American
merchant marine.
Bacon suggested that, in order to be
fair and accurate, the figures of the Amer
ican construction ought to includo the
, vessols built In the United States for the
coastwise trade.
Thcfc figures Depew djd not give, but
. he said they would add not very materially
to tho total. Referring incidentally to
? the present situation in New York, Depew
, caid one of the greatest handicaps to tho
National Democracy, had been Tammany,
' He said great hope had been builded upon
the fact that a brilliant and cultivated
' gentleman recently had been placed at the
j head Qf the Tammany organisation. This
j js Lewis Nixon, an American shipbuilder,
Depew then quoted from a paper read by
jjr Nixon before a recent annual meeting
j 0f "an association of naval architects. In
the course of which he said that when the
i United States Is in a position to build
seeral hundred merchant- ships every
year, this country will be able to compete
with foreign shipyards. Until such a de
mand Is presented to tho United States
It would be unable to compete successfully
with ship construction in foreign yards.
"Give us the means." said Depew, "by
-which American ships may be run under
the American flag, and then we will build
the ships In competition with foreign ship
yards." The New York Senator said he did not
know whether J. P. Morgan had purchased
the Levland line of ships or not. but if he
has, it is because the line can be operated
at a profit,. He does not know anything
concerning tho statement that Mr. Morgan
expressed no intention of bringing' tho
vessels under the American flag and giving
them an American register. Mr. Morgan
and those whom he represented, said De
pew, are acute business men. If they
can afford to fly the alien flag over their
vessels, they will do so, hut they cannot
be expected to fly the American flas when
by so doing they -would be forced to run
their ships at a loss.
During the past decade, Depew said,
53,000.000.000 has been invested by Amorican
capitalists in manufacturing industries.
Vast sums have been invested in railroads
end mines. Similar sums have not gone
into American shipping because Hgures
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investox -tha he ca get h s y back.
vestment.
Depew referred to the subsidies paid by
Great Britain, Germany and France aa
having contributed largely to ths extension
of the merchant marine of those nations.
Ono of the most enlightened and progres
sive rulers of the Old World, said he, "Is
tho present Emperor of Germany. Within
the last 10 years he has brought Germany
practically to an unanimous support of
subsidies by which the German merchant
marine has rapidly overtaken that of
Great Britain." No dissenting voice now
Is ever heard among the German leaders
against the value of these subsidies. Ger
many Is commercially Independent, for
now wherever the German merchant goes
he Is followed by the German subsidized
malls and merchant vessels. That en
lightened policy Depew hopes to see this
country adopt. "If we have on the
ocean," said he, "an adequate merchant
marine, it is difficult to picture the benefit
to American labor whtcn would accrue
from the employment of our $M0.0.j0.X) 01
trade balance In our own industries and
among our own people."
A bill relating to the redemption of Ha
waiian silver coins and silver certificates
and thp substitution therefor of American
ciiiw TOna nnsard. after the section giving
the territorial government of Hawaii the
benefit of the seigniorage had been
stricken out. A bill wa3 passcu uuuinB
the revised statutes so as to allow each
Major-General of the Army to have three
aids, and each Brigadier-General two aids,
who may be selected by them from Cap
tains or Lieutenants. A joint resolution
was agreed to authorizing Army and Navy
officers who served In the Chinese War in
1900 to wear the distinctive badges of the
organizations to which they belong on all
occasions of ceremony.
At 4:20, the Senate, on motion of Cock
rell, went into executive session, and ut
4:23 adjourned.
Germany and Brazil.
NEW YORK. March 12. Strong protests
are being made at the German Foreign
Office by the Dlsconto Gessellschaft Bank
Miss Flora Wilson, 2472 Seventh avenue.
New York City, writes:
'For any one who is as vsusceptlble to
coughs and colds as I am, Peruna is a
blessing. I am never too careful, and
am always, catching cold, which some
times develops Into an annoying catarrh
of the head. Peruna I have found is ex
cellent for this, being very quick In its
action, besides being a most excellent
tonic." ,
Miss Helen Sauerbler, St. Joseph, Mich.,
writes:
"Last winter I caught a sudden cold,
which developed Into an unpleasant ca
tarrh of the head and throat, depriving
me of my appetite and usual good sptrits.
A friend who had been cured by Peruna
advised me to try It, and I sent for a bot
tle at once, and I am glad to say that in
three days the phlegm had loosened, and
I felt tetter, my appetite returned, and
within nine days I was in my usual
health."
Mrs. Leslie Carter, probably the most
prominent actress In America, says the
following of Peruna:
"Peruna Is uro to. prevent a cold.
It vrlll ntop a cough before it he
comes settled. It cures all catnrrbnl
affections like magic. Xo money,
could tempt me to he without thin
remedy for even n day. It Is JnMt
the remedy that all women need, e
peclally such women that are ex
posed to the vicissitudes of climate,
as I am.
"I never neglect nn opportunity to
recommend this remedy to jny
friends. It Is America's grcxttest rem
edy for America's greatest enemy,
catarrh nnd catarrhal affections. I
wonld not have catarrh for a million
dollars. rnd an long ns I have Pe
runa at hand to check the slightest
symptoms of Its approach. 1 feel per
fectly safe from this disease."
X. LESLIE CARTER.
Colds are considered one of the neces
sary ills of life. One Is liable to catch
cold both Summer and Winter. Vcry
often a cold is the starting point or causa
of a lengthy and dangerous catarrhal dis
ease. Colds are always dangerous, and
should never be neglected a day.
A cold is the beginning of catarrh. It
may cause catarrh of any of the Internal
organs the head, throat, lungs and ctom
ach especially. A remedy that will cure a
cold. then, would cure all these d'rect ef
fects of colds. Peruna Is such n remedy.
We have letters from all over the United
States, attesting to this fact. Tho poor
and rich alike use and recommend It. A
book of testimonials In the exact wools
of the writer sent to any address free oC
charge by the Peruna Medicine Company,
Columbus, O.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman. giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Addrcas Dr. Hartman, president of tne
Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. O.
and other institutions interested In rail
way property in the South American Re
publics, siys a Berlin dispatch to the Her
ald. The Dlsconto Gessellschaft Bank Is
now asking protection against the Bra
zilian Government, which is understood
to be on the point of confiscating a rail
way which already is in the hands of a
receiver favorable to the government.
Brazil claims that the German Investors
did not fulfill the stipulations of the con
cession, and this Is sufficient cause to re
peal the franchise. A naval demonstra
tion and aggressive, action Is planned as
the only way to bring Brazil to terms.
According to leading German financiers
the situation is most cVitical.
A Montenegro Engagement.
NEW YORK, March 12. The engage
ment of Mile. Natalie Constantinovich to
Prince Mirko. of Montenegro, is officially
announced, says a dispatch to the Herald
from Nice.
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