THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1903.
MAY PROVE INVALID
Morgan Picks Flaw in Pan
ama Canal Treaty.
DISPUTES HERRAN'S POWER
Quote .Coloxnliinii Constitution to
Show Conprre.s Must Act Pro
pose That Senate Call for
Hcrran's Credentials.
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Senator Mornan yesterday raised a j
question as " " i'"""-
Herran to bind Colombia to the Mana
ma Canal treaty, on the ground that
the Colombian government is In the
hands oi a. dictator.
Senator Quay objected to a piece of
routine business, which brought down
on him a charge- of obstruction from
Hale, and a few sharp compliments
were exchanged.
The diplomatic and consular appro
priation bill was passed by the Senate.
The House called for the papers in
the Indianola postofllco case; passed
the military academy appropriation
bill without debate and begun con
sideration of the Indian bill.
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Senator Mor
gan, chairman of the interoceanic canal
committee, today offered in the Senate a
resolution questioning 'the credentials of
Tomas Herran, Charge d' Affaires of Co
lombia, who recently signed with Secre
tary Hay the Isthmian Canal treaty. Mr.
Aldrlch immediately made the point that
the subject must be considered in execu
tive session, and the Senate went into
executive session on motion of Mr. Hale.
The resolution which Morgan presented
is as follows:
"That the President is requested, if it
is not incompatible with the public inter
ests, to Inform the Senate as to the al
leged full powers of Senor 'Herran. who
signed the treaty with Colombia that was
sent to the Senate on January 23, 1903, for
ratification, to negotiate and sign the
same, and that he send to the Senate a
copy of the powers of said negotiator."
Senator Morgan spoke in support of his
resolution, contending that the Colom
bian government is practically in the
bands of a dictator. He said that the Co
lombian Congress had not been In session
for three or four years, and insisted that
this was vital, for the reason that under
the constitution of Colombia no power
was vested on any authority except the
Congress of the country to enter Into a
contract affecting the treasury, as the
canal cession does.
Senators Lodge, Foraker, Cullom, Hanna
and Bacon spoke briefly, most of them
simply urging the reference of the ques
tion to the committee on foreign rela
tions. They did not enter into a discus
sion of the general question at issue be
yond saying that to adopt the resolution
would be to Impeach the character of our
own treaty-making officials and to offend
the government of Colombia.
A motion was made to refer the motion
to the foreign relations committee. None
except Senator Morgan opposed, and It
was so ordered.
Trenty Causes Joy in Jamaica.
KINGSTON, Jan. 26. The Jamaican
newspapers express delight at the slgni
lng of the treaty between the United
States and Colombia, providing for the
completion of the Panama Canal. They
look upon it as opening a much-needed
field for Jamaican laborers and artisans.
EXCHANGE OP EPITHETS.
Caused, by Quay's Stntekod Block,
adc of Senate BuhIooxh.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. Soon after the
Senate met today Piatt N. Y.) pre
sented a report from the committee on
printing and asked for Its consideration.
To this Quay (Pa.) objected.
Hale (Me.) said the objection was ex
traordinary and that things had come to
a pretty pass if priTileged reports from
the committee on printing could not be
considered. He said that Quay had con
fiscated the time of the Senate from 2
o'clock, and he now sought to confiscate
the time of the morning hour in the
interest of the statehood bill. He hoped
Piatt would move to take up the print
ing resolution.
Quay replied that there had been a
"great deal of sneering on the floor of
the Senate" about his action. He was
simply carrying out the will of a ma
jority of the Senate. Those who were
making complaints would relieve all pres
sure by allowing a vote on the bill. He
said he was tired of being lectured and
hectored by the Senator from Maine.
Hale said Quay was mistaken if he
thought the majority of the Senate was
with him In objecting to a proposition
such as printing matters for the conven
ience of the Senate.
Cockrell then made the point that under
the rules a single objection carried the
resolution over and he was sustained by
President pro tern. Frye.
The credentials of Mr. Alger, recently
elected Senator from Michigan, were pre
sented and the oath of offlce adminis
tered to him. Morgan (Ala.) presented
the resolution Inquiring into the validity
of Senor Herran's credentials,- and upon
motion of Aldrich. seconded by Hale, the
Senate went Into executive session, which
lasted two hours. When the doors were
reopened, the credentials of Klttredge,
elected to succeed himself as Senator from
South Dakota, were presented by Gamble
and the oath of office administered.
The statehood bill was laid aside lnfor
mally and the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill was taken up. An
amendment offered by Lodge, providing
for xl reorganization of the entire consular
service, was rejected on a point of order
raised by Galllnger. Gallinger said that
the Senate had listened to a lecture by
the Senator from Maine, who had charged
that a majority was filibustering. It was
something he had never heard before, and
he hoped he would never hear of it again,
The diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill then was passed.
The statehood bill then was taken up.
and Foraker. having it in charge In the
absence of Quay, yielded for the passage
of a House bill making an appropriation
for the suppression and to prevent the
spread of contaglpus and Infectious dls
eases of livestock. Mr. Burnham was not
ready to continue his statehood bill speech
today, and at 4:30 P. M. the Senate ad
journed until tomorrow.
HOUSE CAI1I1S FOR, PAPERS.
"Want Information About Indianola
Record for Rapid Action Broken.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The House to
day made a new record In the matter of
appropriation duis. xne .aimtary Acad
emy bill was passed without a single word
of debate. The Indian hill, which fol
lowed, was not completed, as Bur
ton, (Rep-. O.) made a long speech on It
In general criticism or tne policy of the
Government toward the Indians. A reso
lution was adopted calling on the Postmaster-General
for the correspondence in
the Indianola, Miss., postollice case.
Loud (Cal.) presented as a privi
leged report a resolution from the post
office committee v?Mrh v.-? tfc'
Postmaster-General to transmit to the
House. If not Incompatible with the pub
lic interests, all correspondence and docu
ments in his possession concerning the
recent resignation of the postmaster at
IndUnaola, Miss.
Williams (Miss.) asked Loud to yield to
permit him to offer an amendment to in
clude the President as well as the Postmaster-General,
In order that light might
be fully shed upon the matter.
Loud declined to yield, saying that the
report of the committee was unanimous.
Swanson (Va.), a minority member of
the postofflce committee, said his under
standing was that the resolution would
procure all the correspondence, except a
single personal letter to the President,
which it would not be compatible with
the public Interests to publish, and that
he had therefore agreed to the resolution.
The resolution was adopted.
The House then proceeded to the consid
eration of District of Columbia matters.
Before taking up District business, the
fortifications appropriation bill was re
ported to the House.
At the conclusion of the District of
Columbia business, the Military Academy
appropriatlon bill, carrying $544,273. was
taken up. The bill was read and passed in
20 minutes without an amendment or a
word of debate.
Ovefstreet (Ind.) submitted the report
upon the anti-trust bill, and asked and
obtained consent for Individual members
of the judiciary committee to file their
personal views. The House ordered 5000
copies of the majority report.
Consideration of the Indian appropria
tion bill was then entered upon. In a
speech of an hour Burton (O.) criticised
the Indian policy of the Government.
Sherman (N. Y.). In charge of the bill,
agreed with Burton that the Government
had been liberal beyond Justice to the
red man. The ration system, he said,
was continued in pursuance of treaty
stipulations. Burton made numerous
criticisms and offered several amend
ments, but they were voted down.
After completing 23 of the 52 pages of
the bill the House at 5:20 P. M. adjourned.
ADOPTS EliKIXS TRUST BILL.
Senate Committee Will Report It,
but Makes Material Changes.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The Senate
committee on interstate commerce today
decided unanimously to report the Elkins
anti-trust bill, with some amendments,
that a subcommittee is perfecting. Among
the amendments was one relating to re
bates as follows:
"Every violation of thl.o aectlon shall be
prosecuted in any court of the United
States having jurisdiction of crimes within
the district in which such violation was
committed, or through which the trans
portation may have been conducted, and,
when the offense Is begun in one juris
diction and completed in another, it may
be dealt with. Inquired of, tried, deter
mined and punished in either jurisdiction
in the same manner as if the offense had
been actually and wholly committed
therein."
Another amendment amends section 10
of the present interstate commerce lawf,
relating to publication of tariffs, as fol
lows: "In construing and enforcing the pro
visions of this section, the act, omission
or failure of any officer, agent or other
person acting for or employed by any
common carrier shall in every case be
also deemed to be the act, omission or
failure of such carrier, as well as that of
the person."
The following provision was adopted:
"Whenever any carrier files with the
Interstate Commerce Commission or pub
lishes a particular rate under the pro
visions of the act" to regulate commerce,
or participates in any rates so filed or
published, that the rate, as against such
carrier. Its officers, or agents in any
prosecution begun under this act, shall be
conclusively deemed to be the legal rate,
and any departure from such rate, or
any offer to depart therefrom, shall be
deemed an offense under this section of
this act."
Another amendment mattes it unlawful
to discriminate In regard to furnishing
cars to shlppera
Another amendment provides that suits
shall be brought by "United States At
torneys, leaving out the clause "by di
rection of the Attorney-General," so that
the Attorney-General will not have to
initiate the suits.
IN MEMORY OF M'KIXLEY.
Roosevelt Goes to Canton to Attend
Anniversary Banquet.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. President
Roosevelt left shortly after midnight for
Canton, O., to attend the banquet in com
memoration of the birthday of the lato
President McKinley, to be given tomor
row night. The President will respond
to the toast, "William McKinley." Sec
retary Root will speak on "The Army."
Those in the party in addition to the
President were: Secretary Root, Secre
tary Cortelyou, General Leonard Wood,
Colonel T. A. Bingham, Captain W. S.
Cowles, Surgeon-General Rlxey, of the
Navy; Assistant Secretary Brlgham, of
the Agricultural Department; Representa
tive Taylor, Charles Emory Smith, Charles
A. King and Charles A. Whiting, Jr.,
of Canton.
SMYTHB MUST PAY UP.
Liable for $125,000 In Treasury
Notes Burned in His Mint.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2C. The question
of the liability of Andrew Smythe, late
Superintendent of the United States Mint
at New Orleans, for $125,000 in Treasury
notes, which were lost by him while In.
his custody, was decided by the "United
States Supreme Court adversely to Mr.
Smythe. The claim was made on his be
half that the notes were burned, and it
was urged that, as the notes were only
promises to pay, the Government had In
reality lost nothing by their destruction.
The court, however, refused to accept this
view, holding Smythe and his sureties for
the entire amount lost Justice Peckham
dissented.
Promotions In the Army.
'AShUNGTON, Jan. 26. Brigadier-General
Edward M. Hayes, recently promoted,
was retired today, and Colonel Charles l!
Davis. Fifth Infantry, will be promoted
to the vacancy.
Other officers to be promoted and re
tired are Colonel Joseph P. Farley, of the
Ordnance Department, and Colonel M. C.
Foote. Colonel Francis Moore, of the
Eleventh Cavalry, will receive the perma
nent promotion as Brigadier-General, and
will be assigned to the command of a mili
tary department In the Philippines.
CUBAX TREATY EXTENDED.
More Time Allowed the Senate to
Ratify It.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The President
today sent to the Senate an agreement
with Cuba extending the time for the rati
fication of the Cuban reciprocity treaty.
Under the terms of the Cuban treaty rati
fication was required by January 31, and
It has become apparent that the time
limit was too short.
The President also transmitted the Cana
dian boundary treaty to the Senate.
TWO HOUSES DISAGREE.
Senate Sticks to Philippine Currency
BUI Rejected by House. ,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The Senate
committee on Philippines today decided
to substitute the Senate currency bill for
the House bill and report to the Senate.
The Senate bill Is the same reported
from the House committee on Insular af
fairs which was defeated In the House
last week.
Only Americans to Have Contracts.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The Senate
committee on interoceanjc canals today
authorized a favorable report on the bill
prohibiting the granting of contracts in
relation to the proposed Panama Canal
" brt American cltizcnr.
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minute, FASHIONABLE CAPES and JACKETS and SWELL SILK PETTICOATS all at prices it
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CORSET NEEDS. Whether you need a corset now or not, it will pay you to invest in one of the
Royal Worcester Corsets we are offering during this last week of our great clearance sale. You
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CLEARANCE PRICES. And bear in mind, THERE ARE BUT FIVE DAYS MORE OF THESE
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LAST 5 DAYS
OF OUH
GREAT SALE
five days when you can buy all articles that you
for less money than at any other time in the year.
Great Clean-Up Sale
IN
CloaK Department
No telephone orders filled. None sent on approval.
ack kersey,
5.65
Ladies' tailor-made Jackets, tan, castor, b
all this season's styles, selling until
now at $8.50, $9, $10, $12.50, all will
be sacrificed at one price
500 this season's Percale and Flannelette
one dollar Wrappers
at
33.00 Black Mercerized Sateen Petti
coats, double accordion plaited ruffle,
at
AH our fine tailor-made French Flannel
Waists, the $6.00 and $7.50 styles,
at
50c
S3.48
About 75 fine tailor-made Suits, two or three of a
style, in a variety of styles and materials, will be
sacrificed.
Tailor-made Suits, regular $15.00, will
be sold at
I ailor-made Suits, regular $JO.OO, will &"f Q HT
be sold at iplr.;v
Tailor-made Suits, regular $25.00, will
be sold at
Tailor-made Suits, regular $27.50, will
be sold at
Tailor-made Suits, regular $35.00 and diO Q, g?
$37.50, will be sold at $iv.03
$16.45
HEROES OE BOTH SIDES
UXIOX VETERANS JOIX X CONFED
ERATE REUNION.
Tonstx to lhe Union and Lincoln
Minsrlcd With Thowe to Lee, Jef
crson Davis and Roosevelt.
NEW YORK. Jan. 26. The 13th annual
banquet of the Confederate Veterans'
Camp of New York, held tonight at the
Waldorf-Astoria, was made memorable by
eloquent eulogies of the great figures of
the South and North during the Civil
"War, delivered by men whb themselves
had fought In the opposing armies.
Charles Francis Adams, of Massachu
setts, a soldier of the Union, responded
to the toast of "Robert E. Lee," and
Colonel Henry Watterson, a soldier of the
Confederacy, paid a tribute to the char
acter of Abraham Lincoln. The third
toast to Jefferson Davis was responded to
by "William Hepburn Russell, formerly of
Missouri, and now Commissioner of Ac
counts of New York City. More than 500
comrades of the camp and their guests
were present, and the presence of many
women lent brilliancy to the banquet.
Commander Henry E. Owen presided,
with Mayor Low at his right, and Colonel
Watterson at his left. Others at the guest
table were:
George H. Taylor, commander of Alex
ander Hamilton Post; J. Edward Graybill,
president of Georgia Society; General A.
S. Barnes, commander Lafayette Post;
Colonel Samuel D. Paul, lieutenant-commander
C V. C, of New York; August
Van Wyck, president Southern Society;
Hoger A. Pryor, regent Virginia Society;
D. L. Snodgrass, former Chief Justice of
Tennessee; James H. Parker, past com
mander Confederate Veterans of New
York; General Thomas H. Hubbard, of
the New England Society; "Walter S. Lo
gan, regent Empire State Society Sons of
the American Revolution; W. W. Fuller,
president of the North Carolina Society;
Rev. George S. Baker, chaplain Confed
erate Veterans of New York; Rev. J.
Nevitt Steele, president of the Maryland
Society.
The opening toast, "To the President
and the Army and Navy of the United
States a Prince Among the Rulers of the
"World, but the Servant of a Free Peo
ple," was drunk standing, amid great ap
plause, the orchestra rendering "Hail, Co
lumbia." This was followed by the toast
to "General Lee Nature Made Him. and
Then Broke the Mold," responded to by
Mr. Adams. Mr. Adams, a veteran of the
Union Army of the Civil War. paid a
glowing tribute to the character of Lee.
He paid especial tribute to his humanity,
reducing as he did the horrors of war to
the minimum. In closing, he declared
that some day there should stand at the
National capital a statue of Lee. who
"erect on his charger and wearing the in
signia of his Confederate rank, would
gaze from his pedestal across the Poto
mac at the Virginia shore, and his once
dearly loved home at Arlington." It
should, he added, "bear some such in
scription as this:
"Robert Edward Lee. erected by contri
bution of those who. wearing the blue or
wearing the gray, recognize brilliant mil
itary achievements and lofty character,
honor, greatness and humanity In war,
and devotion and dignity in defeat."
This was succeeded by the rendering
of "The Bonnie Blue Flag," and songs of
ante-bellum days by Mrs. Holllngsworth
Warklns, formerly of Louisiana.
In responding to the toast to Abraham
Lincoln "He Was Not for an Age, but
For All Time" Colonel Henry Watterson
said:
"If Lincoln had lived, there would have
been no era of reconstruction, with Its
repressive agencies and oppressive legis
lation. If Lincoln had lived, there would
have been wanting to tho extremism of.
the time the cue of his taking off to spur
the steeds of vengeance. For Lincoln en
tertained, with respect to the rehabilita
tion of the Union, the single wish that
the Southern States to use his homely
phraseology should 'come back home and
behave themselves,' and. If he had lived,
he would have made this wish effectual as
he made everything effectual to which he
seriously addressed himself.
"His was the genius of common sense.
Of perfect intellectual aplomb, he sprang
from a Southern pedigree, and was born
In the South. He knew all about the
South, its institutions. Its traditions and
its peculiarities.
"From first to last throughout the angry
debates preceding the war, amid all the
passions of war itself, not one vindictive
prescriptive word fell from his tongue or
pen, whilst during Its progress there was
scarcely a day when he did not project
his great personality between some South
ern man or woman and danger. Yet the
South does not know, except as a kind of
hearsay, that this big-brained, big-souled
man was a friend, a friend at court, when
friends were most In need, having the will
and the power to rescue It from the
wolves of brutality and rapine, whom the
history of all wars tells us the lust of vic
tory, the very smell of battle, drives from
their hiding, to prey upon the helpless,
the dying and the dead."
Mr. Russell, in replying to the toast to
Jefferson Davis, drew a parallel between
Mr. Davis and Abraham Lincoln, both of
whom were sons of Kentucky.
WITNESSES FOR MARKLE
Evidence Shoivlni? He In Not as Blncl;
as Painted by Miner.
PHILADELPHIA7Jan. 26. The atten
tion of the Anthracite Coal Strike Com-,
mission was today directed to the claims
and charges of the Independent operators,
the first case being that of G. B. Markle
& Co., whose collieries are located In and
about Jcddo, In the Lehigh region. Ten
witnesses for the company were examined,
the more Important being Sydney Will
iams, general superintendent of the firm;
Gertrude Martin, a professional nurse in
the employ of the company, and Frank
Walk, general storekeeper at Jcddo.
Superintendent Williams' testimony was
based upon the company's answer to the j
miners' demands. He was subjected to a
rigid cross-exnminatjon by Attorney Dar- j
row, for the Miners' Union, and was com-
pelled to admit that, although 13 men J
were refused re-employment by the com
pany for alleged criminal acts during the
recent strike, he had no knowledge that
any one of than had ever been guilty of
a criminal action.
Miss Martin was a good witness for the
company. She told of the efforts of Mr. j
ana Mrs. iiarKie propeny to care for the
sick employes, and stated that where
cases of necessity were discovered, pa
tients were furnished with medicines and
nourishing food free of charge.
Frank Walk described the operation of
the "credit" or company store system. The
prices of articles, he said, were about the '
same as those charged by other dealers,
but he admitted that none other than em
ployes of the company were given credit.
He stated also that after the company
store system had been abolished and he
had resorted to the cash basis, he lost
two-thirds of his customers.
Counsel for the company caused some
surprise by requesting the commission to
summon as a witness D. J. McCarthy1, of
Hazlcton. one of the attorneys for the A
mlneworkers. Mr. McCarthy objected on
the ground that he could not be expected
to testify to facts he had learned as
counsel, but as counsel for the company
said he would not ask questions which
McCarthy could not answer as counsel,
the atter waived further objection and
took the stand. He was asked when he
had first heard of the eviction notices
served by the Markle Company ,on 12 ten
ants, to which he replied that all his In
formation in this connection was secured
as attorney, as all of the evicted men
brought the notices and retained him as
counsel. In answer to' further questions
witness said he knew the leases signed by
the men confessed judgment in ejection.
The evicted men told him they had never
wittingly signed such a lease, and had
never given authority to any person to
confess judgment in ejectment.
"I believed," continued the witness, "the
men had a good defense, so I saw the
Sheriff and asked him to notify me a
day or two before he served the notice,
so that I could prepare the defense. , He
promised to do so. but failed, and when
I upbraided hJm he said the writs had
been' prepared at midnight and brought
to him at 6 o'clock in the morning with
Instructions to serve them immediately."
Counsel for the company asked the wit
ness If he was not aware that judgment
could not be confessed unless an agree
ment had been sicned.
"I have heard of forged papers," re
plied Mr. McCarthy,
"Do you mean to say these leases were
forged?"
"I mean to say I think the men were
grossly deceived."
Counsel read from the stenographers'
notes a statement made by McCarthy be
fore the commission at Scranton to the
effect that the resident physicians em
ployed by the company received a sal
ary from the company in addition to the
fees charged the miners. He asked the
witness If he knew that to be so. Mr.
McCarthy replied that he had no positive
Knowledge on the subject. It was a rumor
he said, and had so stated when he pre
viously mentioned it. On cross-examination
witness said the evicted men had
been ejected without notice.
Chairman Gray asked if the men had
received copies of the leases from the
company and witness replied In the nega
tive "These leases are commonly known as
'cut throat agreements' are they not?"
Interjected Attorney Brumm.
"Yes."
COAL COMBINE ENJOINED.
Detroit Dealers Try to Dodsc Law hy
Itepealliij? Illegal Rnlc.
DETROIT, Jan. 26. The Wayne Circuit
Court today issued the preliminary" in-,
Junction asked for by Prosecutor Hunt
against the Detroit Coal Exchange, an
organization of SO local coal dealers. The
injunction restrains the exchange from
acting as an organization to fix the mini
mum price at which coal shall be sold.
The fact was brought out today that 14
of the largest coal dealers of the city
have resigned from the exchange, leaving
the smaller dealers, to settle with the law.
January 9, at a meeting of the exchange,
one of the larger dealers offered a resolu
tion rescinding the clause In the by-laws
providing for the fixing of a minimum
price for coal. It Is on this by-law that
Prosecutor Hunt's case Is principally
based. There was opposition to rescind
ing the by-kiw. and when the resolution
was voted " down the 14 large dealers
promptly resigned from the exchange.
ARRESTS FOR TAKING COAL.
Railroad Company Enrage Freezing
People of Iowa Town;
STRATFORD. Ia.. Jan. 26. Stratford
citizens are indignant over the arrest of
over 30 persons for holding up a North
western coal train here yesterday and seiz
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had been shipped to Stratford for weeks,
and a famine existed. When the train
stopped for water the news spread like
wildfire, and soon a mob of 500 persons
with wagons, baskets and coal scuttles
were at the tracks. A car was broken
Into and the citizens eagerly helped them
selves. When the raid was over only a
few tons of coal remained in the, train.
The railroad officials notified the Sheriff at
Webster City, who left for Stratford and
made the arrest 0' twoen 20 and 10 npr-
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sons. Excitement Is Intense and trouble
is expected when the prisoners are
brought to trial. All were granted ball.
the difficulty, the Brazilian government
has ordered a naval and military mobiliza
tion to meet the eventualities of the situation.
HenrMt Still After the Trust. .
ALBANY. N. Y Jan. 26. Attorney- j Second Contingent LeavcK la Paz.
General Cunneen gave a hearing today on I LA PAZ. Jan. 26. The second contin
the application of William R. Hearst that j gent of the Bolivian expedition to Aero
action be commenced before the Supreme I left La Paz today under the command of
Court under the anti-trust law against 12
coal-carrying railroads and the Templo
Iron Company.
CRISIS COMING IN ACRE.
Brazilian nnd Bollvinn Minister
Both Explnin to Hay.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. The Brazilian
Minister and Bolivian Charce here called
separately on Secretary Hay today to
acquaint him with the position of their
respective governments In the dispute
over the territory of Acre. It appears
that the situation Is really critical, but
both diplomats assured Secretary Hay
that under no conditions would American
interests in Acre suffer beyond the hap
penings absolutely incident to warfare.
PAXDO MAY NEGOTIATE.
Meanwhile Brnxil I Preparing Army
anil Xavy for AVnr.
LONDON. Jan. 26. The Brazilian Lega
tion in London announces that the Boliv
ian Minister at Rio Janeiro has 'offlclally
notified the Brazilian Foreign Office that
President Pando has been given full
power to enter Into a formal agreement
with Brazil regarding the Acre dispute.
Pending these negotiations which are ex
pected to lead to a peaceful solution of
President Pando.
EXCURSIONISTS IX DANGER.
Pelee in Eruption Scares Them From
St. Pierre's Rnlns.
CASTRIES. Island of St. Louis, B. W.
I.. Jan. 26. The Royal Mail steamer Esk
took over 400 excursionists to St. Pierre,
Martinique. Saturday, and returned here
today. She reports that while the party
was at St. Pierre at 5 o'clock In the after
noon, Mount Pelee was in eruption. At
that time more than 200 persons were
ashore, and great alarm was felt for their
safety. Volunteers from the passengers
who had remained on board assisted the
crews In hastening to the rescue. After
40 minutes of excitement, all the passen
gers were brought back safely. About S00
feet of the cone of the volcano has been
blown away.
Strike at Biscnlt Factory.
CHICAGO, Jan. 26. Twelve hundred em
ployes of the Kennedy Biscuit Company
are out of work today. Miss Daisy Sear
ing, president of the Cracker Packers' and
Helpers Union, said they were locked out,
while representatives of the company re
fuse to give any information regarding the
trouble. The controversy began Saturday,
when the union threatened a strike unless
three girls not members were forced to
Join the union.
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