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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, JPUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1902.
DAY TO OLEO BILL
Speeches in Senate For and
Against Measure.
MITCHELL WITH THOSE FOR IT
Simmons Makes the Principal Argu
ment in Opposition Bill for Im
provement of Mount Itanlcr
Park Paused.
WASHINGTON. March 3L During the
entire session of the Senate today the oleo
margarine hill was under consideration.
Three speeches were delivered, two In
support of the measure and on. against
it. Simmons made an extended argument
in opposition to the bill, reinforcing
cogently points heretofore made against
the proposed legislation, and adding some
new and forceful arguments. Dillingham
presented a strong legal argument In sup
port of the measure, and vigorously ar
raigned the manufacturers of oleomar
garine for imposing, as he said, a fraud
upon the people. In supporting the pend
ing bill, McCumber expressed the belief
that the farmers of the country were en
titled to the protection afforded by the
bill.
Among the bills passed were the fol
lowing: Providing an additional Circuit
Judge in the Seventh Judicial Circuit; to
amend the act for thp protection of the
lives of miners in the territories; appro,
prlating $25,000 for the Improvement of
the Mount Rainier National Park in the
State of Washington; to pay Mrs. M. D.
Meeker, of Colorado, $9102 out of the
funds of the confederated band of Ute
Indians, on account of the assassination
of her husband and property losses. The
Senate thjn resumed consideration of the
oleomargarine bill.
Proceeding; In Detail.
Simmons said the enactment of the
bill would destroy many oleomargarine
factories and render practically valueless
millions of invested capital, and it would
also seriously affect growers of cotton
seed and manufacturers of cotton-seed
oil, and also the large growers of cattle
and hogs. At the conclusion of Sim
mons' remarks, Pr6ctor, in charge of the
bill. In response to an Inquiry of Clark of
Wyoming, said it was his purpose to ac
cept the amendment offered by Harr,
placing a tax of 10 cents a pound on adul
terated butter, and regulating the manu
facture and sale of renovated and process
butter.
Mitchell expressed himself as favorable
to the bill, and, as bearing on the sub
ject, he requested the publication In the
Congressional Record of an article on
the operation of the so-called beef trust
which recently appeared in a New York
newspaper. The request was granted.
Dillingham, In sport of the measure. In.
elsted that oleomargarine and all other
food products ought to be sold for what
they actually are. When an article was
placed on the market In a false guise he
contended that the American people had
a right to demand legislation that would
protect them. Dillingham made a partic
ularly sharp arraignment of the manufac
turers of oleomargarine and butterine for
the fraud, which, he said, they commit
ted un on the public He said the Amer
ican people were getting tired of being
humbugged in their food products, and
were demanding the enactment of pure
food legislation.
In supporting the pending bill McCum
ber said he believed there was a moral
obligation on Congress to protect the
product of the farmer whenever it was
possible.
The Senate, at 4:25 P. M., went into ex
ecutive session, and five minutes later ad
journed. GOVERNMENT FOR PHILIPPINES.
Senate Committee Reports, Voting;
Democratic Subsidy Down.
WASHINGTON. March 3L The Senate
committee on the Philippines today com
pleted consideration of tne bill prescrib
ing a form of government for the Philip
pine Islands, and authorized Senator
Lodge to report it to the 8enate, after
voting down the Democratic substitute by
a party vote. The amendment provides
for a census of the population of the isl
ands, and is as follows:
"That whenever the existing insurrec
tion in the Philippine Islands shall have
ceased, and a condition of general and
complete peace shall have been estab
lished therein, and the facts shall be cer
tified to the President by the Philippine
Commission, the President, upon being
satisfied thereof, shall order a census of
the Philippine Islands to be taken; such
census. In Its Inquiries relating to the
population, shall take and make, so far
as practicable, a full report of all the
inhabitants, of name, age, sex, race or
tribe, whether native or foreign-born,
literacy In Spanish, native dialect or lan
guage, or in English; school attendance
and ownership of homes, and such other
information separately for each island,
each province and municipality, or other
civic division, needful to inform the
President and Congress concerning the
capacity, fitness and readiness of all the
people of the Philippine Islands and of
particular islands, provinces and munici
palities, and other civil divisions, for the
establishment and maintenance in the
islands, dr certain of them, of a perme
nent popular representative government."
After the completion of the census, the
Philippine Commission Is required fully
to report to the President and to Con
gress its recommendations based on
such census and upon the operation of
the local governments provided for,
whether all or certain of the Phil
ippine Islands are capable, Jit and ready
for the establishment of a permanent
popular1 representative government. The
Philippine Commission is continued In
effect, and there Is no further hint than
that .heretofore quoted of a possible
change. Other features of the bill relate
to the details of the commission's admin
istration and have been from time to
time published.
The provision concerning the currency
to be used In the islands covers six pages
of the hllL After authorizing the Philip
pine government io establish a mint at
Manila, and extending the coinage laws
of the United States, so far as applicable,
to the Islands, the following is Inserted
as a section: '
"That the said Philippine government Is
authorized to coin a silver dollar which
shall contain 416 grains of standard silver
and the standard of said silver coins shall
be such that of 1000 parts by weight 900
shall be of pure metal and 100 of alloy, and
the alloy shall be of copper. And upon
the said silver dollar there shall be devices
and Inscriptions to be prescribed by the
government of the Philippine Islands
with the approval of the Secretary or
War of the United States, which devices
and inscriptions shall express or symbolize
the sovereignty of the United States, and
that It Is coin of the Philippine Islands,
together with the denomination .of the
eoin expressed In English. Filipino and
Chinese characters, and the date of its
coinage."
"That any owner of sliver bullion may
fleposlt the same at the mint In the Phil
ippine Islands to be coined as hereinbefore
provided. Silver bullion brought to the
mint of the Philippine Islands for coin
age shall be received and coined by the
proper officers for the benefit of the de
positors. Provided, that It shall be lawful
to refuse at the mint any deposit of less
than $100, and also any bullion so base
as to be unsuitable for the operations of
the mint; and provided also that when
gold is combined with said bullion in eucb
small proportion that it cannot be sepa
rated advantageously, no allowance shall
be made for such gold to the depositor."
The silver dollar is made a legal tender
In the Philippines. There Is further re
quirement that the depositor of gold to be
coined shall be required to pay 1 cent for
each piece coined. Authority Is given for
the coinage at San Francisco at the re
quest of the Philippine Government of
silver dollars authorized by the act, but
it Is required that the sliver coined at
the San Francisco mint shall have been
produced in the United States. Silver
certificates of not Jess than $10 in de
nomination are authorized.
Authority is also given for the coinage
of a subsidiary Philippine coinage, con
sisting of half dollars and of 20-ccnt and
10-cent pieces. This coinage is to be con
ducted under the authority of the Philip
pine Government, with the approval of the
Secretary of War of the United States,
and there is a provision that the dollars
and subsidiary coins issued under Spanish
authority may be recolned into (subsidiary
coins by the Philippine Government with
out consulting the Secretary of War.
Minor coins of one-half cent and of one
cent in copper and of 5 cents in nickel are
also authorized. Provision Is made for
the maintenance of subsidiary coinage at
any mint In the United States. Existing
provisions In force In the Islands making
any form of money legal tenders arc re
pealed after December 31, 1905.
Bill Lnld Before Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 21. Lodge,
chairman of the committee on Philippines,
today reported to the Senate the bill tem
porarily to provide for the administration
of the affairs of the Islands. He said in
submitting the report he hoped to call up
the measure for consideration at an early
date. Rawlins, of the same commltte,
offered an amendment to the Philippine
government bill, In the nature of a sub
stitute for it. It represents the views of
the minority of the committee.
When Cnnnl Bill Will Come Up.
WASHINGTON, March 1. Senator
Mitchell, who was authorized by the Sen
ate committee on lnteroceanlc canals to
confer with the Republican steering com.
mittee of the Senate, today reported to
the canal committee that he had been In
conference with the members of the steer
ing committee, and had been led to be
lieve that unless there is change of plan
the Nicaragua Canal bill will be placed
on the Senate calendar as the unfinished
business after the disposal of the -Chinese
exclusion bill.
Presidential Appointments.
WASHINGTON, March 21. The Presi
dent today sent the following nominations
to the Senate:
Register of Land Ofllce at Topeka, Kan.,
Charles H. Titus; Receiver of Public
Moneys, J. G. Wood, at Topeka, Kan.
First Lieutenants in Artillery Corps
Jacob M. Coward, N. J.; Edward L. Glas
gow. Kansas; Robert B. McBrlde,
Georgia.
United States Marshal for the Territory
of Oklahoma William D. Fossett; also
a large number of promotions In the
Navy.
Confirmations br Sennte.
WASHINGTON, March 31. The Senate
today confirmed the following nomina
tions: Indian Agent George D. Corson, at San
Carlos Agency, Arizona. "
Consul William H. Alger, at Puerto
Cortes, Honduras.
PATRICK MARRIED IN JAIL
Pen Stroke Did It, Despite AH
Measures Taken to Prevent.
NEW YORK, March 31. Albert T. Pat
rick, convicted last wtek of murder in
the first degree for plotting the death of
Millionaire William Marsh Rice, and now
awaiting the death sentence, and Mrs.
Addle L. Francis have become husband
and wife in the matron's room of the
Toombs, according to the American and
Journal. A pen stroke did It. despite ail
measures taken to prevent. The arrange
ments were so perfectly made, so secret
ly planned and bo cleverly executed that
not until the marriage was Irrevocably
complete were Patrick's guards cognizant
that it was even Intended.
The fact that Commissioner of Correc
tion Hynes had declared his opposition
to a marriage between the prisoner and
woman who has been so faithful to him
during his long Incarceration, and the ex
hausting tension of the long-drawn-out
trial, made the Toombs officials more
alert to prevent a marriage In the prison.
The marriage is said to have been accom
plished, however, while the matron was
present. The latter,, however, was so
much preoccupied while attending to the
linen and her other duties that she was
unaware what was gplng on,
Mrs. Francis, accompanied by her attor
ney, her sister and Patrick's father,
called at the Toombs and asked for a
conference with the prisoner. He was es
corted to the matron's room and after a
few moments the guard is said to have
stepped outside. It is said the wedding
"contracts were then 6lgned by Patrick and
Mrs. Francis in duplicate. Under the
law enacted by the Legislature a year ago
this form of marriage Is lawful when the
signing of the contract Is witnessed by
two persons. -To perfect the ceremony it
Is only necessary to file a copy of the
contract with a magistrate within six
months.
Samuel B. Thomas, attorney for Mrs.
Francis, made the following statement:
"As counsel for Mrs. Francis, I advised
her that the contract marriage was ab
solutely vaud and binding. Mrs. Francis
had been engaged to Mr. Patrick since
1898. It was their Intention to be married
on the day of Patrick's acquittal, but as
the verdict was against him this plan
could not be carried out. They were mar
ried, properly and legally, and as his wife,
Mrs. Ada Francis Patrick can visit blm
when he is confined In the deathhouse,
which would have been defiled her other
wise." When the contract was presented to the
City Clerk it was refused, the clerk saying
that the statement that the marriage too
place at "the corner of Center and Leon
ard streets. City of New York," was not
definite enough as to place. The clerk sug
gested that, something be produced to
show that the contract was signed in the
Tombs, or else that the contract should
give the street number of that building.
The City Clerk consulted legal authority
and then decided to accept tho contract
for filing as it was offered originally.
Another Fend in Kentucky Probable
CHICAGO, March 3L The Tribune's
Whltesburg, Ky., special says: Two
unique funeral processions were witnessed
In Pike County Sunday afternoon. There
were over 200 mourners, and every man
carried a rltie across his shoulder. One
was the funeral of the two Hatfields,
Thompson and his son Eph, who were
killed In the quadruple tragedy of Satur
day morning, the other victims being John
Rutherford and Harry Watts. The Hat
fields were burled on the mountain side.
The other funeral was that of John Ruth
erford. Both were conducted at the same
time, and the two processions were in plain
view" of each other. The Rutherfords are
greatly wrought up over the killing of
their kinsman, and it is probable a feud
which may eclipse the celebrated Hatfleld
McCoy feud has Just begun. Any suspi
cious movement on the part of the mourn
ers in either procession would have caused
a reopening of the warfare.
PILES CURED WITHOUT THE KNIFE.
Itching, Blind. BUcdlns or Protruding Pile.
Xo Cure. No Pay. DruBJflsta ara authorised br
manufacturers qf Paxo Ointment to refund
money where it falls to cure any. case or pije.
no matter of how Ions standlne. Cufes ordi
nary cwe In fix days; the worst caces in four
teen days. One application xles case and rest.
Kelleves itching Instantly. This is a new dis
covery and Is th only pile remedy cold on a
fosltlve guarantee, -io jure ao pay. Price, Kte,
f your drusslst dou t keep it In stock send uz
COc In Rtamra and we will forward same bj
mall. Manufactured "by Paris Med. Co., St
Louis. Mo . who also manufacture the celebrat
ed cold cure. Laxative Bromo-Qulnln Tablets.
A CONCESSION TO CUBA
FAVORABLE REPORT ON PATXE
BILL FOR SO PER CEXT TARIFF.
Home Wars and Means Committee
Stood 12 to 5-Tfro Republi
cans Vote No.
WASHINGTON, March ZL The ways
and means committee, by a vote of 12 to 6,
today ordered aifavorable report on the
Payne bill for 20 per cent tariff concession
to Cuba. Eight Republicans voted for tne
bill. Two Republicans Tawney of Minne
sota and Metcalf of California, voted
against it. No amendments on. the reci
procity feature were made, but by general
consent the United States contract labor
laws were included, with the naturalization
and exclusion laws, as applicable to Cuba.
A series of Democratic amendments ior
general revision were defeated on strict
party votes. The final vote In detail was:
Ayes Payne, Dalzetl, Grosvenor, Rus
sell. Steele. McCall. Long and "Babcock.
Republicans; Richardson. Swanson, Mc
Clellan, Democrats 11.
Vnps Tswnev nnd Metcalf. Renubllcans;
Robertson, Newlands and Cooper, Demo
crats 5.
Although the actual vote was 11 to o, by
general consent Hopkins, who was absent,
was recorded in the affirmative, making
the record vote 12 to 5.
Grosverior's amendment, Including the
contract labor laws with those of immi
gration, etc., to be-adopted by Cuba, was
agreed to without division, and was the
only amendment made.
This cleared the way for the reat test
of strength, which was first made on Taw
ney's amendment, making .01825 the gen
eral rate on sugar L e., taking off the dif
ferential. Chairman Payne promptly ruled
this out of order as not germane, and
thereupon Tawney appealed from the rul
ing of the chair. On the vote the chair
was sustained, 9 to 6.
PAYNE MAKES A STATEBIEXT.
Concession Necessary to Avoid a
Most Serious Crisis.
WASHINGTON, March 3L-Chalrman
Hayne today presented o the House the
report of the ways and moans committee
on the Cuban reciprocity bill, which that
committee had ordered reported earlier in
the day. After -reciting President Roose
velt's recommendation in behalf of Cuba
Mr. Payne said:
"Our relations to Cuba are peculiar. In
our declaration of war with Spain, and
ever since, we have solemnly proclaimed
to the world that our object was to give
Cuba a stable and independent govern
ment. We have labored for more than
three years to accomplish that result, and
In this endeavor we have spared no ex
pense. During the years -of preparation
we have given her an example of the bene
fit of law and good order, of cleanliness
and of the preservation of the public
health, and of good government generally.
She has organized her government -under
x constitution, and Is now ready to launch
forth among the nations of the earth in
the month of May
,K S'Zh Cas due
to the world's overproduction of sugar,
and said:
"This condition threatens grave disas
ter to this, the principal product of Cuba.
It la true that labor In Cuba Is, and for
the past throe months has "been, fully
employed at fair wages: that there has
been no distress, but a trustworthy writer,
an American, not Interested in sugar and
a careful observer, says, under date of
March 20: 'While the masses of Cuba ere
not actually suffering from lack of food,
ihe planters and business men are on the
verge of collapse and bankruptcy, and are
anxiously hoping for concessions in the
United States tariff, in order that they
may receive new life and hope. The mer
chants have a large sum of money trusted,
out and are not paying each other. They
are simply holding1 up In the hope of ob
taining relief, and If failure once begins
they will run like wildfire.
"All the evidence received before the
committee points to a conclusion that the
crisis threatened involves the most serious
consequences. This threatened financial
distress cornea at the very time we are
abput to set the Cuban Government up In
business on Its own account. We have
performed the part of a guardian up to
the present time, and are about to send
the ward forth into the worjd. We cannot
afford to take the risk of her failure If a
little timely aid will Insure success.'
The report adds that we are bound to
care for our own people, but after review
ing the American sugar situation, says:
"It can work no Injury to our Industry
If we make this small reduction In Cuban
sugars The enactment of this bill will
not affect the protection of the sugar
producers of Ihe United States. There is.
no reasonable pretense that the same re
duction on other Cuban products will In
jure any other American industry."
The report assets that the planters, and
not the refiners, will recolve the benefit of
the reductions, and adds?
"Cuba does not come simply as a men
dicant, nor should she be treated as such.
She offers good trade ink return. Thl she
Is willing to concede. Under the provisions
cf the bill we should be able to double the
amount of our export trade -with Cuba,
which amounts to J2S.CO0.O00 more than
that we obtained in the last fiscal year."
In conclusion the report says: "It Is a
happy circumstance that, without any in
Jury to our own industries, and without
the loss of anything except $7,000,000 or
$8,000,000 of revenue, which we do not
need, we are able to expend this relief
to Cuba, and at the came time get recip
rocal trade relations with her,
"Aside from the exceptional caso that
Cuba presents, the action of the commit
tee In entire accord with the reciprocity
doctrine of the Republican platform and
the declarations of President McKInley
and President Roosevelt. It Involves no
proposed revision of the tariff or anything
not entlrel yln Harmony with maintenance
of the protective system."
Beet-Snsrar Men Confer.
WASHINGTON, March Si. Following
the action of the ways and means com
mittee on the Cuban reciprocity bill, tho
Republican members who oppose the bill
held a conference In the cpmmlttee-room
of Representative W. A. Smith, of Michi
gan. About so meraDers -wore present,
representing the various states Interested
In beet-sugar production. No formal ac
tion was taken, hut the discussion was In
line of continuing the contest on the floor
of the House. It Is expected, however,
that the opposition will be from members
Individually rather than from a compact
and organized opposition. After the meet
ing it was decided by these present that
about 30 Republicans would speak and
vote against the bill. The ways and
means leaders feel confident that the bill
will pass, probably by Republican votes.
In any event, there la said to be more
than sufficient Democratic' support of the
bill to offset the Republican defection.
IN THE HOUSE.
Consideration of Snndry Civil Ap
propriation BUI Began.
WASHINGTON, March 3L The House
today began consideration -at the sundry
civil appropriation bill, completing the
general debate before the close of the ses
sion. Little of the speechmaklng today
was pertinent to the bill. WHUams (Dem.
Miss.), Pou (Dem., N. C.) and Splghl
(Dem, Mlsa.) spoke on the proposed in
vestigation of the Southern franch'se ques
tion. Bell (Rep. Colo.) dlscuEsed the
financial bill before tho House. Payne,
chairman of the ways and means commit
tee, reported the Cuban reciprocity bill
and gave notice that he would call it up
a week from tomorrow.
Speaker Henderson called the House to
order today with a gavel made from Phll
'pplnc hard wood, It waB presented to the
Speaker by Amos W. Brandt, a citizen of
Des Moines, la.
Immediately after the approval of the
journal, the House went Into committee
of the whole and entered -upon the con
sideration of the sundry civil bill. Can
non, chairman of the- appropriation com
mittee, who was In charge of the meas
ure. In a brief preliminary statement, ex
plained that tlje bill carried $19,323,895, be
ing 312,445,542 less than the estimates, and
$12,672,012 less than the current law. Irk the
course of his remarks Cannon (Rep. 111.)
called attention to the gratifying fact
that the taxes collected were being re
duced. Last year $4.X,C00 of war taxes
were Temoved and this year $70",WO,OOO were
to be removed, making a total reduction
of revenue in two years of $111,000,000.
With regard to the vast project for
beautifying Washington by a vast park
scheme to cost ultimately $200,000,000. Can
non said the committee had recommended
the policy of having the District or Co
lumbia pay half o the cost and proceed
ing no farter than tfie district was able
to go. The pending bill carried $70,000.
In this connection Qannon also adverted
to the Improvements for completing the
Capitol building according to the origi
nal plans with an extension on the east
side and for various other Improvements
involving an expenditure of over $6,000,
000. The committee, however, had post
poned this question of entering upon this
Improvement until Congress could see the
results of reducing the revenues.
Benton (Dem. Mo.), who had charge of
the time on his side of the House, speaking
of the situation in the District of Colum
bia with regard to taxation, expressed the
opinion that 2.000.KO escaped taxation j
In Ihp rilstr'rt. Tht statement led to
In the district. This statement led to
some discussion, and Kluttz (N. C.) said
it was notorious that millionaires were
coming to Washington to escape taxa
tion. Bell (Rep. Colo.), taking advantage of
the latitude allowed In debate, discussed at
some length the growing Influence of the
Senate and the retrogression of the House
as an Influence on legislation. He declared
that as a deliberate body the House of
Representatives had ceased to exist. It
was absolutely cpntrolicd now. he said, by
a fev men, and the greatest trust in tne
country today was the legislative tniEt.
Bell then branched off Into a discussion
of the financial bills before the House.
He was especially sevoro In his criticisms
of the banking bill, which, he said, proved
that the National banks are fair-weather
institutions, and could not stand the stress
of financial storms.
Disfranchisement of Neero.
k Slpght (Dem. Mlss.7 and Pou (Dem.
N. C.) spoke on the question of the dis
franchisement of th6"negro In the South.
The former appealed to the Republicans
not to disturb the era of good feeling In
augurated by the late President McKInley,
and Potf, after describing the manner in
which 000 negroes had been Inducted Into
office In North Carolina between 1S24 and
1SS3. through a coalition between the Re
publicans and Populists, said the Demo
crats again having secured control, pro
ceeded to disfranchise as many negroes
as possible. "If our representation is to
be reduced for that,' said he, "we are will
ing to submit to it There is not a mem
ber from North Carolina who would not
prefer to sacrifice hla seat hero rather
than go back to the conditions that exist
ed prior to 1C00." Pou called attention to
the resolution ho Introduced to Investigate
the alleged campaign corruption funds
raised In the North. If election laws were
Investigated in the South, he said, he saw
P W. -hjr the corruption of the bV
lot should not be Investigated.
Williams (Dem. Miss.) discussed the
question of the Chinese exclusion from a
philosophical standpoint. He Insisted that
the Chinese problem on the Pacific Coast
was Insignificant compared with the negro
problem In the South. The South had al
ways stood with the people of the Pacific
Coast against the Invasion of the Mon
golians, but when the South needed help it
received none. WIHIams defended the
franchise provision of the Mississippi con
stitution. General debate was then closed.
Payne, chairman of the committee on
ways and" means, reported the Cuban reci
procity bin, and gave notice that he would
call it up a week from tomorrow.
At 4:10 the House adjourned.
Sympathy for Boers.
WASHINGTON. March SI. Representa
tive Sulzer, of New York, today Introduced
in the House the following resolution:
"That We sympathize with the heroic
Boers In their struggle to maintain their
liberty and independence, and protest In
tho name of humanity and civilisation
against the continuation of a war which
outrages the feelings of all liberty-loving
people, and that the Congress of tho
United State? being committed to the
principle -of -arbitration for the settlement
of International disputes, the President is
hereby respectfully requested to urge upon
the Government of Great Britain the wis.
dom of operating this policy for tho pur
pose of Mopping the awful atrocities now
going on In South Africa; and that the
President Is hereby directed to maintain a
strict neutrality between the contending
forces, and prevent the shipment of con
traband goods from ports of the United
States, to aid the -British forces In South
Africa, and rcapecfully Inform the Brit
ish Government that If the war In South
Africa is continued It must be conducted
In accordance with the rules of civilized
warfare and the provisions agreed to and
adopted by the Gcnei-a Convention and
The Hague Peace Convention."
BREWERS DELAY STRIKE.
Boston Men Will Wait to Get Ap
proval of Central Union.
BOSTON, March 31. It Is expected
that 1500 men employed In the Boston
breweries would leave work tomorrow,
having been unable to reach an agree
ment with the master brewers on .threo
disputed propositions, hours of labor,
free beer, and In tho matter of discharge,
but after a long discussion tonight, it
was decided to obtain tho apprbval of
tho Central Labor Union, and with that
to leave work on Thursday- Every brew
ery In the city "will be more or jess af
fected, and It is expected that i large
number will have to shut down. The
brewers demand the right to discharge
any employe at their discretion, but at
the same .time agree npt to employ any
but union men. Tho men, on their part,
demand that before i man is discharged
he shall be accorded a hearing.
Advance In Wages For Thousands.
BOSTON, March 31. The posting of
notices of advances In wages made
Eastpr Monday a particular pleasant
day to" tens of thousands of cotton-mill
operatives In Southern New England.
Some disagreements over the amount of
tho increase has arisen, and the yarn
mill , operatives, who hive not been In
cluded In the increase,, are disposed to
be re.stlve, but on the whole the mill
situation Is much better than a week
ago. The chief incident today was the
continuance at work of most of the 16,
000 operatives in the southern corpora
tions at Lowell, who on Friday last ex
pected to lie Idle through the vote of the
organized crafts to strike. Work was
resumed as usual, except In those depart
ments In which orders had been closed
out In -anticipation of a shut-down.
Painters Looked Oat.
BUTTE, Mont.. March 3L Members
of the Butte Painters' and Papcrhang
ers Union have Jaeen locked out by the
employers. The "men demanded an In
crease of 50 cents a day, "which was
refused. The action affects about 200
mert. The union had planned to strike
In the event the demand was not granted.
Shoe Factory Has to Shut Down.
OMAHA, Neb., March 3L The shoe fac
tory of theF. P. Kirkendall Shoe Com.
pany was compelled to shut down this
morning on account of the strike which
began Saturday. About 200 employes are
out on strike, and a large number of
others are affected. The management has
refused to arbitrate with the employes.
T Care Cold la One Day
Take Laxative Broiao Qulnlc Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if It fails to cura
S. W, Grove's slf nature Is oa each box. 25c.
INQUIRY AS TO RAILROADS
WORK OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION OUTLINED.,
Commissioner Prouty Says the Law
Mnst Be Obeyed Hearings
Begin Asaln Today.
CHICAGO, March 31. It is the purpose
of the Interstate Commerce Commission
to emotov every means within Its power
1 to secure an absolute observance of the
provisions or. tne miersiaie comment
act. The commission Is not going to cease
work Because. Injunction suits have been
begun with the same end In view. This
announcement was made tonight by Com
missioner Prouty preliminary to the lcves-
l tlgatlon which will be conducted here, be-
ginning tomorrow, aorcu i.u. mu tuur
misslon expected to discover, and what
would likely be the outcome, provided
evidence of late Infractions of 'the law de
veloped, Mr. Prouty said:
"We must first ascertain what Is and
has been done, and then determine what
action Is advisable under the circum
stances as they may develop. The fact
that the Department of Justice Is pro-
orl!rifw hv nnnfhpr TflMns tvnilld nnt Tire-
vent our -takIng the mutative In lnstitut-
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mg criminal procecuinys aiiuuiu me mum
disclosed by the evidence .warrant sue
action. Upon former investigations rail
road officials have told us that secret prac
tices have been abandoned, and the law
obseryed. Despite this fact, one railroad
had on file with the commission for some
time a tariff of 42 cents on packlng-houso
products from the Missouri River to the
seaboard, and It was not met openly by
any other road. Now, we would like to
learn how it was the other lines managed
to get business upon a tariff of 48 cents
when the road In question was carrying
It for 42 cents." -
Commissioner Prouty said another pur
pose of the hearing was to take steps to
compel the railroads to publish their ex
port shipments. This is a radical depart
ure, although some of the roads in times
past have filed reports on grain and other
grain products. In general, however, rail
road officials and attorneys allege that the
law cannot compel them to publish export
tariffs, and a battle Is to be made on this
point. The reason for the fight Is that
railroads have been making higher domes
tic rate3 on packing-house products and
grain, and then cutting the rate by taking
care of everything as export shipments.
Asked if the commission purposed trying
to probe any of the alleged Eastern tariff,
the Commissioner said that so far as he
knew there were no pools. Concurrent with
the commission's Investigation Is the no
tice published by all Eastern lines that,
effective April 14. rates will be raised on
grain and grain products and upon packing-house
products for export and domes
tic purposes, bath by all-rail and by part
lake and part-rail routes. The new rates
are from 2 to 4 cents higher per 100 pounds
than the present rates, and they will es
tablish a differential on grain and grain
products of 2 cents In favor of the Lakes,
as against 3 cents, at present existing.
G. A. IU ON PENSIONS.
Matters Complained of in Its
Be-
port to the President.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 31. Judge Ell
Torrence, Commander-in-Chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, Just back
from a conference with the President
on pension matters, says the report of
the G. A. R. oenslon committee was
submitted to the President over a week
ago. At his request, however, it will
not be made public for some time, a3
the President lias under consideration
the selection of a successor to Pension
Commissioner Evans. Judge Torrence,
discussing the report said:
"The committee found no fau! with
tho pension laws as they now exist, but
rather with the manner In which the
laws have been construed and admini
stered by the Pension Bureau. A de
sire for a change in the office of Com
missioner of Pensions has been steadily
growing for two years past, until now
it is almost universal among the vet
erans. Conservative Grand Army men
believe, and with good cause, that great
Injustice has been done to many deserv
ing and worthy claimants. "AH the
veteran soldier of the Union desires Is
that Ihe laws be Justly and fairly ad
ministered, and all who are ontltled to
receive their benefits shall enjoy them
without diminution or unreasonable de
lays, and that every unworthy claim
shall be rejected and every fraudulent
pensioner stricken from the rolls.
"The atmosphero of the Pension Bu
reau has been such as to create an. im
pression that a great many frauds are at
tempted by the old soldiers, but It Is
worthy of note that according to the
last report of the Commissioner, out
of 1E9 persons convicted of frauds against
the bureau last year but 10 were soldiers
of the Civil War, of whom two wore
deserters. Many convictions were for of
fenses against the old soldiers, and not
by them. The records show that only
one. old soldier out of 73,000 has been con
victed of fraud against the Government.
Certainly that is a wonderfully good
showing."
Incidentally Judge Torrence denied that
he was to be made Pension Commis
sioner, or that he wis a candidate for
that or any other office.
MAY BECOME) AMBASSADOR.
Henry White a Formidable Candi
date For Vacancy In Italy.
WASHINGTON, March 31. Henry
White, at present secretary of the em
bassy at London, Is the latest and most
formidable candidate for the vacancy In
the Italian embassy by the retirement
of Ambassador Meyer. Mr. White 's
strongly urged by Senator Lodge, and has
a most enviable record In diplomatic
practice. He was secretary of the em
bessy when Mr, Hay was Ambassador,
and conFequently he has a warm friend
In the Secretary of the State- Bellamy
Storer, now Ambassador to Madrid, Is
going to Berlin as Ambassador, to sue-
L flcor retires, which probably will be next
Fall. The only contingency which may
defeat Mr. Stprer's aspiration In this
direction lies in the attitude of Ohio
Senators toward his promotion; if they
are Jointly opposed, they may defeat thB
proposed appointment. Mr. Storers re
tirement from Madrid will make a va
cancy there which rumor connects with
the name of Henry Clay Evans, the
retiring Pension Commissioner, though It
Is learned upon Inquiry that this Is not
yet assured.
Minister Dran Calls on Hay.
WASHINGTON. March 31. Mr. Brun,
the Danish Minister here, called on Sec
retary Hay today with reference to the
pending Investigation by the House of
the charges preferred by Mr. Gron In
connection with the acquisition of the
Danish West Indies by the United
States. There Is reason to believe that
there has been received from Denmark a
sweeping denial by Christmas of any at
tempt on his part to corrupt American
Legislatures and newspapers.
Ball Tarns Tables on Matadore.
EL PASO. Tex., March SL The usual
Sunday bullfight at Juarez, Mex., was ac
companied by a somewhat unusual fea
ture, the goaded animal turning the table?
on the matadore. Several hulls had been
brought into the arena, but the amuse
ment they furnished was rather tame from
a Mexican standpoint. There were many
Americans among the spectators, who
were somewhat disgusted with the brutal
show, as horse nfter horse was gored, by
the tormented bulls, while the plcadorcs
and matadores escaped scathless. This
was all changed, however, when
Jarligo, the premier matadore, was pre
paring to thrust his long, double-edged
sword Into the heart of the fifth bull which
had faced him. It stood in the center of
the arena, bleeding from -many wounds.
Suddenly the bull made a quick lunge for
the fighter. So unexpected was the at
tack that the fighter was unable to make
the customar" sidestep He was caught on
the bull's horna In the middle of the body
and toseed about like a toy balloon. Be
fore he could be rescued. Jarligo's Cloth
ing was literally stripped from hls body,
and his right leg a.-id his body W3re se
verely lacerated. It wil probably prove
his last bullfight, an it is not believed
that he will be able- to step into the arena
again as a mntadore. As the bull
tossed the man high in the air,
receiving his body on Us horns only
to asaln. toss It, the Americans imcng
the spectators cheered the animal loudly,
which called for a storm of hisses from
the Mexicans present, end for a time It
looked as though there would be a col
lision between the two racee
ALLEGED FOR GERRUN DOWN
!
Man Who Is Said to Have Secured
Dip Sum Located Slclc In Bed.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 31. Man-
son M. Johnson, of, Anderson. Ind.. who
Is alleged to have forged paper to the
extent of $100,000. was arrested here to
day at the request of Cashier Marker, of
the Anderson National Bank. Johnson
was found m his room at one pf the large
hotels, sick in bed and under a physician's
care. His wife and J. J. Nettervllle. a
fellow townsman, are caring for the cick
man. who seems to have broken down un
der the worry incident to his alleged illght
and multitudinous business troucieJ.
Johnson arrived in Hot Springs Sunday.
March 23, and was joined by his wife on
the Saturday following. Mr. Nettervllle,
who is connected -with the bank through
which much of the alleged forged paper is
said to have passed, came here on a pri
vate search for Johnson and round him.
Johnson Is so 111 that he will be unable
to
leave his bed for at least a week.
Johnson states that he wished to keep
his hiding place a secret until he was
able to travel, and then Intended to re
turn to Anderson to face tho charges
against him. It is stated that an at
tempt will be made by certain directors
of the Anderson National Bank to ar
range a settlement out of court.
Hnllenbeck Mnrdcr Case.
HUDSON, N. Y., March 31. Willis Bur
ton, Fred "Van Wormcr and Harvey
Bruce were brought Into court here today
to anawer tho charge Of murdering Pet-sr
A. Hallenbeck, on December 24, J9"l. Judge
Chester presided. Fifteen out of 20 talcs
men present were excused, and Judge
Chester ordered, the Sheriff to subpena 100
trial Jurors to appear on Wednesday.
On last Christmas eve Piter A. Hallen
beck, one of the most highly respected
and well-to-do farmers In the town of
Greenport. N. Y., was called to his back
door and, 'upon opening it, he was shot to
death by four masked men. Thirteen bul
lets were filed Into his body. In the house
with him at the time were his wife and
his moflier, who is 82 years old.
Suspicion pointed to the Van Wormer
boys, to whose mother Hallenbeck had
lent money, taking a mortgage on her
property as security. The Van Wormers
are relatives of Mrs. Hallenbeck, and own
a small tract of land near the Hallenbeck
farm. On Christmas day the three Van
Wormer boys and their cousin, Harvey
Bruce, were arrested. Their house was
searched and four revolvers found. The
boys, who are aged betwen 19 and 26 years.
were taken to the Hudson Jail. A separ
ate trial was granted Bruce, and the trial
of the three Yan Wormers was ordered.
Bigamist Enters Plea of Guilty.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., March 31. C. C.
Nelson, iwho was brought here from San
Antonio, Tex., two weeks ago, charged
with bigamy pleaded guilty to having
three wives today, and was sentenced In
the Criminal Court to three years In the
penitentiary. Nelson came under the Ju
risdiction of the St. Joseph courts by
reason of his marriage here last Septem
ber to JMre. Mary Parker, of Plattsburg.
Six Prisoners Escape.
ST. LOUIS, March 31. By means of a
wooden key six prisoners escaped from
the workhouse early today after 10 hours
work In breaking their shackles and open
ing the Inner and outer doors of their
cells. The man, three of them still wear
ing chains, climbed the rear fence of the
workhouse grounds and took a skiff to
the Illinois side of the Mississippi,
Talk of Lyn chins.
OKLAHOMA .CITY, O. T., March 31.
Sub-Contractor Dean, who was in charge
of the Rock Island camp, near Bridge
port, O. T., was shot at and killed at that
place by two negro camp laborers yester
day. Dean never TCgalned consciousness.
No cauBe for the deed Is known. The ne
groes escaped, and are being pursued by
a posse. There Is talk of lynching.
Jessie Morrison Surrendered.
ELDORADO, Kan., March 31. Jessie
Morrison, whose bond was nullified when
the State Supreme Court granted her a
new trial recently on the charge of mur
dering Mrs. Olln Castle, her rival, sur
rendered to the Sheriff today. Miss Mor
rison will, it is said, have no trouble In
furnishing a new bond.
Notorious Xlorse Thieves Caught.
MISSOULA. Mont., March 31. Sheriff
James Davis, of Blackfoot, Idaho, cap
tured near here todav Charles Carey and
Charles Irwin, notorious horse thieves of
Southern Idaho. Their pursuit bad been
kept up since August.
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soon after being discharged from tho
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