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THE SUNDAY OEEGQNIAN, P0ETLA2O), DECEMBER 6, 1903.
WONT ADJOURN
Congress Will Work Up
to Regular Session.
NO PROMOTION FOR WOOD
His Appointment Fails with
Others Made in Recess.
PRESIDENT MUST, NOMINATE
Collectorshlp of Port of Charleston
May Remain Vacant for a'Tlme,
as the Senate Has Once ReJ
fused to Confirm Him.
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 By the manner
of adjourning the House today, the extra
session of the 58th Congress -will expire by
constitutional limitation Monday, -when
the regular session will begin. This elim
inates the possibility of a recess between
the two sessions, and gives no opportunity
for the President to review his civil and
military appointments. Such appoint
ments as have not been confined by the
Senate during the extra session must be
renewed simply in the form, of nomina
tions, which In effect are but recommend
ations, and do not become effective in any
case until confirmed by the Senate. In
effect, this action -will demote General
Xeonard Wood from his present rank of
Major-General, to -which the Senate has
not confirmed him, to the rank of Brig
adier, -which he held prior to August 8
last It also will demote, in like manner,
167 Army officers who were promoted re
spectively to fill the vacancies caused by
the promotion of General TVbod.
Civil Appointments Affected.
Among the civil lippolntments affected
Is that of William Macrum, as a Collec
tor of Customs at Charleston, S. C, who
Is serving under a recess appointment, the
effect being to vacate his position. As
Macrum's recess appointment has thus
been terminated, and the situation In the
Senate has been such that his confirma
tion has been despaired of, the collector
ship of the Port of Charleston will re
main vacant until the expiration of the
next session, unless the President selects
some one else for tills place, and the nom
ination is confirmed by the Senate.
While no official representation has
been made by the Senate to the House,
several informal conferences have been
held between the Republican Senators
and Speaker Cannon. In these th Speak
er has stated the House has no authority
over executive appointments or confirma
tions, and If the creation of a recess were
necessary to take care of these matters,
the Senate would have taken official ac
tion looking to the adjournment of the
special session. In the absence of such
a movement, the Speaker said he could
not Interfere In any way with the expira
tion of the extra session by constitutional
limitation.
All of the new nominations, including
Army and Navy and clil appointments
made by President Roosevelt during the
extra session, and which have not been
confirmed by the Senate, will have to be
renewed at the regular session. It Is ex
pected that these nominations will be re
transmitted by the President Monday
next.
War Department in. Doubt.
At the War Department the officials are
not quite so clear In their minds as to the
exact status of the military officers whoso
nominations have failed of confirmation.
There is a disposition to take the point of
view that between the expiration of the
present session and the beginning of the
regular session there will necessarily be
an appreciable but small period of time
when there is no session, and during
which Congress is technically in recess,
and that it will be within the power of
the President at any time after Monday
noon to make recess appointments to con
tinue during the session until otherwise
disposed of. The officials are not united
j et in their view upon this point, but the
now nominations which are now being
made out at the War Department to re
place those which lapsed are- all to be
dated as of the time the vacancy oc
curred. It seems possible that the com
plex questions involved may require the
decision of the Attorney-General.
DEMOCRATS AFTER CANNON.
They Contend That They Are Not
Given Enough Committeeships.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Speaker Can
non today completed the organization of
the House by announcing the remainder of
the committees so when the House recon
venes Monday it will be ready to pro
ceed at once with general legislation. At
the request of Williams (Miss.), the
minority leader, an hour was given for
general debate, during the course of
which Mr. DeArmond (Dem., -Mo.) criti
cised the numerical representation ac
corded the minority on the Important com
mittees. Payne (N. Y.) replied on behalf
of the majority. The greater portion of
the time given to debate was devoted to
discussing the tariff policy and Its effects.
When the speaker brought down the gavel
today upon the adoption of the motion
to adjourn he merely announced the
House stood adjourned.
When the House convened today the
Speaker announced the House committees.
Williams (Tenn.), minority leader, asked
unanimous consent that an hour be given
to general discussion, 30 minutes to each
side. Russell (Dem., Tex.), was recognized
for 35 minutes.
Russell (Dem., Tex.), replying to Hep
burn (la.), and quoting statistics, charged
that the wealth of the country, owing
to the policy of the dominant partly, had
been concentrated in the hands of a few
people.
DeArmond (Dem., Mo.), called attention
to the makeup of the committees, and
said that on each of the 16 most impor
tant committees, and each of which is
composed of 17 members, the Republicans
have 11 members and the Democrats six;
This, he said, was unjust and unfair,
and was an outrage to the minority,
which, he said, is entitled to a larger
representation.
DeArmond also charged the commit
tees were made up for partisan purposes.
He said he would propose a resolution
with a view to adding one Democrat to
each of the 16 committees.
Martin (S. D.),' reviewed the operation
of the various Democratic and Republi
can tariffs, and said the protective tariff
principle had been thoroughly tablished
in the -country. If the Democrats ever
wished Strain to assume the reins of Gov
ernment some other issue than the 'tariff
would have to be advanced.
Olmstead (Pa.), said Clark, who was
designated as "the Democratic statistical
witness and prophet," had .already pre
dicted a Democratic President and House
in 1901, andadded if this prophecy should
prove true it would drive $100,000,000 into
hiding within 30 days. Ha characterized
Democratic doctrine as a "Happy Hooli
gan" brand of statesmanship, which
brings disaster upon everybody concerned.
Hepburn replied to Russell (Dem., Tex.),
and Payne (N. Y.), referred to the criti
cisms of the committee assignments made
by DeArmond. lHe reviewed the record
to show that the Speaker had not de
parted from precedent. At this Juncture
the House adjourned.
Senate Meets Only to Adjourn.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 5. When the Beruj
ate met today 'it adopted a motion to T
adjourn until 1:8) P. M Monday. This
was done to afford opportunity to pass
a concurrent resolution for the sine die
adjournment in case an agreement of that
kind had been made between the two
Houses. Without transacting further
business of general Importance, the Sen
ate adjourned.
The resolution introduced by- Morgan,
providing for an Investigation of, the
charge that the .transcontinental railroads
have been Interfering unduly in the
isthmian canal question was called up and
referred to the committee on contingent
expenses of tho Senato.
Move to Get Postal Fraud Papers.
WASHINGTON, fiac. 5. Representative
Overstreet, the new chairman of the com
mittee on postofilces and post roadB, in
troduced a Tesolution today giving the
committee on postofilces and post roads
authority to request the Postmaster-General
td send to that committee all papers
connected with the recent Investigation of
that department
Repealing Duties on HIde3.
WASHINGTON, Dec. "5. Representative
Badger, of Ohio, introduced a bill today
repealing the duty on hides.
DUKE OF MANCHESTER VEEY ILL
He Is Suffering From an Advanced
Form of Kidney Disease.
NEW YORK, De. 5r-Desplte statements
from bis castle that he only was suffering
from a severe cold, the Duke of Man
chester is reported, in a dispatch to the
American from London, to be seriously
ill and confined to his bod. Another ru
mor is to the effect that his condition has
been pronounced grave, that he is suf
fering irom an advanced form of kidney
disease. Instead of being at his castle
in Ireland, It is declared the Duke is in a
private London sanitarium under treat
ment by specialists. The Duchess, who
was Miss Zimmerman, of Cincinnati, is
with him. .
Dpwager Duchess Relieves Friends.
LONDON. Dec. 5,-The Dowager
Duchess of Manchester, in response to
the Associated Press inquiry concerning
the alarming reports circulated In the
United States regarding her son's Illness,
telegraphed as follows:
"Kindly contradict the reports. The
Duke is only taking the rest cure."
Young Artist Asphyxiated.
NEW YORK, Dec 5. Virginia L.
Thornton, a young artist, was found dead
early today in the bathroom of her East
Sixteenth-street apartments. She had
been asphxiated by gas from a small
heating apparatus, the tube of which had
become disarranged while she was pre-'
paring her bath. Miss Thornton is said
to have recently come from Lexington,
Ky where her Drother now resides.
Russian Minister Seriously ill.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 5. M. Pleske,
the Acting Minister of Finance, who it
was recently reported had been granted
a long leave xof absence, IS seriously 111.
The controj of the financial ministry will
daring the Acting Minister's absence from
the office bo assumed by Privy Council
lor Romanoff, who Is M. Plesko's assist
ant Mme. Therese Humbert III.
PARIS, Dec. 6 Tho Matin this morning
states that Mme. Therese Humbert Is 111.
She is said to be suffering from insomnia
and nervousness.
Spencer's Condition Still Grave.
LONDON, Dec 5. The condition of
Herberts Spencerr tho -.noted writer, con
tinues gravo.
PLAN TO END LABOR' TROUBLES
National Arbitration Board Is
posed by Chicago Man.
Pro-
CHICAGO, Dec. 5 The creation of a
national arbitration tribunal named by
the President, to which shall be submitted
all disputes between -capital and labor, is1
the aim of Volney W. Foster. He has
drawn up a 'bill, which has been sent to
leading business men, manufacturers and
labor leaders, with a request that they
suggest such amendments as they deem
necessary to make to the bill, enacted into
law, as effective as possible.
The bill provides- for a Commission of
six members at a salary of JS000 a year,
with the Secretary of Commerce and La
bor as an ex-offlclo member and chair
man. The members are not to accept pre
requisites aside from their salaries under
a penalty of a fine- of $5000, two years'
imprisonment or both. The headquarters
of the tribunal are to be in Washington.
The proposed bill provides that the tri
bunal determine all cases, either In the
affirmative or negative, on the claims of
both parties. It also provides that there
shall be ro strike or lockout pending the
Investigation, and both parties to the con
troversy are to resume and continue their
former relations. This condition is to
remain until a decision has Been rendered.
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"Keep the feet warm and head cool"
Is a. household saying that carried out no
doubt saves many an illness.
If, In addition to this, you will carry and
take "77" at the first chill or shiver, you
will keep free from Colds and Grip.
DR. HUMPHREYS' ADDS TO "77."
1 for Fevers, Congestions.
3 for Teething, Colic, Crying.
8 for Neuralgia, Toothache, Faceache.
10 for Dyspepsia, Indigestion.
14 for Salt Rheum, Erysipelas.
16 for Rheumatism, Lumbago.
27 for Kidney Diseases.
SO for Urinary Weakness, Wetting Bed.
In small bottles of pleasant pellets that
fit the Test pocket At druggists, 26 cents.
Medical Guiae mailed free.
Humphrey' Med. Co., cor, William & Joha
streets, 2few York.
COLDS
POPE WANTS PEACE
Working tp End French Cam
paign Against Church.
L0UBET MAY VISIT PJUS X
Vatican Officials Are Greatly Dis
turbed Over the Expressed Inten
,
tion of His Holiness to Call
Bishop of Padua to Rome.
ROME, Dec. 5. It is now regarded as
certain that Pop Plus, who has al
ready created Mgr. Callegari, Bishop of
Padua, a cardinal, Is about to call him
to Rome 'definitely. This step is said to
be viewed with apprehension at the Vati
can, as what the officials there wish to
avoid is the surrounding of the pope by
outsiders, especially those from the Vene
tian Provinces. This idea seems to be tho
desire of his holiness.
"Did we not suffer sufficiently with the
Peruginl the name bestowed upon tho
Peruglnl "triends of Pope Leo whona he
brought to Rome, that we must have a
new clique of Venetians?" they ask.
These new elements are regarded as too
much advanced and not sufficiently ob
servant of etiquette in Vatican circles,
but the pontiff, If he makes up his mind,
will not be deterred from carrjing out
his plans.
The pope Is now centering all his in
tention on the relations between the Vati
can and France, his present most ardent
desire being to find a means to put a
stop to the anti-Catholic campaign car
ried on by th6 French government and
of arranging a definite understanding be
tween the French Republic and the Holy
Sea on questions long pending. He hopes
tho beatification of Joan of Arc, which
will be the first ceremony of its kind to
be performed under his pontificate, will
aid in the fulfillment of his wishes. From
this conciliatory disposition of the pon
tiff, the Inference 1s drawn that the Vati
can may bo able to find a solution of the
differences so as to allow President Lou
bet, when he visits the King of Italy, to
pay his respects also to Pope Pius. Should
uis occur it would be the first instance
since the fall of Hhe temporal power of a
Catholic ruler going to the Vatican while
& guest at the Qulrlnal.
New Dioceses for America.
ROME, Dec. 5 A strange coincidence is
noted in the Jtact,that contemporaneously
with the receipt of the news of the death
of Right Rev. John Baptist Brondel, of
the Diocese of Helena, Mont, there ar
rived in Rome papers requesting the di
vision of that diocese. This request will
soon come before tho congregation of the
propaganda, which will probably decide
upon the erection of three new dioceses
in the United States.
HANffA STILL UNDECIDED.
Will Walt Before Saying What He
Will Do About Chairmanship.
WASHINGTON, Dec 5-Senator Ban
na's conference with the President last
night has aroused the keenest interest
among politicians generally. It can be said
that at Jast night's conference only inci
dental reference was made to matters of
concern to the Republican National Com
mittee. Ihc statement that Senator Hanna had
not determined definitely whether he
would be willing to retain tho chairman
ship of the committed or not is strictly
accurate. It probably will be several
months before the necessity for a final de
cision will arise. Meantime, the question
will remain in abeyance.
As to Perry S. Heath's connection with
the committee as secretary, it is under
stood that the President dbes not care to
assuae a position. Mr. Heath is an officer
of the committee, and the President thinks
the committee is amply qualified to take
care cf Its own affairs without suggestion
from him. The National Committee whioh
will direct the next Presidential campaign
will not be selected until the Republicans
of the country meet In National conven
tion next Summer. That committee will
select Its own officers. It is decided that
air. Heath, in any event, will not be a
candidate again for 'secretary of the com
mittee. Senator Hanna today authorized the As
sociated Press to state that the President
and hlmBelf "discussed a number of
things political." While they differ On tho
subject of the confirmation of General
Wood, there is "no misunderstanding be
tween them, and "nothing Indicating a
break in their relations such as has been
reported.
New Move of Bryan In Will.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec 5. Counsel
for W. J. Bryan today made a motion In
the Probate Court, asking that the sealed
letter referred to in the will of the late
Phllo S. Bennett be placed in the custody
of the Probate court In the motion It
was stated that the letter will undoubtedly
be needed when the appeal from probate
reaches tho Superior Court and It should
ttherefore be kept with the other docu
ments in the case.
Casualties on North Sea.
HAMBURG, Dec. 5 A terrific snow storm
and a dense fog prevail on the North sea
and a number of shipping casualties have
occurred. The Dutch steamer Alwina, from
La Rochelle, for Rotterdam, foundered
and her crew perished.
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LIBERTY BY BOLD DASH
BANKER, HANDCUFFED TO AN
OTHER MAN, LEAPS OFF TRAIN.
Oddest of All, His Companion
Charges He Defrauded Him
Out of $800. -
SHARON, Pa., Dec 5. Handcuffed to a
man he is alleged to have defrauded out
of $S00, Gabriel Hossza, the young for
eign banker of Sharon, wanted for the
embezzlement of nearly 515,000, made his
escape from an Erie train at BInghamton,
N. Y., this morning- Hossza was arrested
In New York City, and Charles Flowers,
of Sharon, was deputized to go after him.
Flowers took with him Frank Espyeach,
one of the prosecutors of. Hossza.
On the rturn trip Flowers handcuffed
his prisoner and Espyeach together in the
smoker, and he went to the Pullman to
get some sleep. When he awoke this
morning, the trainmen told him the two
men had walked to the forward part of
the car ag the train neared BInghamton
and Jumped off. No trace of the men has
been found.
INDICTED FOR BRIBING WITNESS
Twelve Men Accused of Spiriting a
Man in Strike Row Away.
CHICAGO, Dec 5. Twelvo indictments
were voted tonight in connection with the
alleged efforts to keep witnesses from
testifying against John Gallagher, - ac
cused of assaulting a nonunion man, and
Harry Pelkus, charged with accepting a
bribe to delete the case against Gallagher
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from the call of tho Criminal Court The
men against whom the indictments were
voted are:
J. B. Wilson, James Armstrong. J. T.
Kingsbury, Charles T. White, John H.
Mahoney, William Cleff, Paul LJppert,
Gustavus Sauer, Samuel Grimblat and
Philip G. Angel. Wilson is business man
ager for the Electrical Workers' Union.
Kingsbury is said to have been a party
to the plan to keep LJppert away from
Chicago, and Mahoney, Clelt and Arm
strong were members of the advisory
board at the time the bribe money Is said
to have been paid to Pelkus. LJppert Is
the witness who fled, and. Sauer, Grim
blat and Angel are charged .with having
guilty knowledge of the payment of bribe
money to Pelkus.
HE ONLY, PACIFIED GRAFTERS
Salsbury Unable to Remember Exact
Amounts Paid In Water Deal.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 5. Five
of the men charged by Lant K. Salsbury
with accepting bribes for supporting' the
project to supply the city with water
from Lake Michigan, appeared In the Su
perior Court and pleaded guilty. They
were Corey P. BIssell, ex-member of the
Board of Public Works, and Aldermen
John 3L Donovan, Clarke E. Slocum, John
McLachlln and Royner Stonchouse. Sen
tence was deferred. Ex-Alderman Ghy
sels also entered a plea of guilty In the
Superior Court The examination of Al
derman Ellon was resumed In the Police
Court today, wjth Salsbury on the stand.
Ex-Alderman Lozler waived examina
tion In the Police Court and was held to
the Superior Court under $2000 bail.
In the Ellen examination Attorney
Walker, for the defense, attempted to pin
Salsbury down to exact dates, and details
of conversations, but Salsbury refused to
attempt to make detailed statements.
"Have you a clear recollection of a
single thing you said?"
& King, Portland Agents
& King, Portland Agents
"I cannot answer that question. Ellen
agreed to- take $1000," replied Salsbury.
Salsbury was unable to remember
whether he gave Ellen $350. He said It
might have been only ?200. "I paid them
only enough to pacify them. They were
all Jumping on my neck for money, and
I gave them as little as possible."
The examination was then adjourned.
One of the respondents who pleaded
guilty before Judge Newham states that
in tho Judge's Iprlvate office all of them
made clean breasts of the complicity in
the scandal, some of them Involving
others.
MILLIONS PROBABLY STOLEN.
New York Fire Insurance Adjusters
Accused of Perjury.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5. District Attorney
Jerome will call upon tho grand Jury this
week to make a thorough Investigation
Into charges of grand larceny against sev
eral public adjusters of fire Insurance in
this city. ,,
It is charged that an organized hand of
fire adjusters, for a consideration, not only
will commit perjury but will submit false
claims of losses to Insurance companies.
Investigation by the Fire Marshal and by
members of the police department and the
District Attornej's staff has shown that
millions of dollars have been stolen from
the fire Insurance companies.
Several men who have submitted false
claims of losses by firo have made con
fessions through their attorneys to the
District Attorney.
Additional Charge of Murder.
CHICAGO, Dec. 5. As a result of the
Coroner's inquest today over the body of
John Qulnn, the detective killed by Gustay-l
Marx, one of the carbarn robbers, while
the officer was trying to arrest him re
cently, Marx was held to the grand jury
on an additional charge of murder. Later
in the criminal court. Marx changed his
plea in all cases against him to not guilty.
Alleged Negro Fiend Lynched.
TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 5 Lewis Jackson, a
negro, charged with having attempted to
assault the 3-j ear-old daughter of Super
intendent R. F. Ensey, of the Government
I works at Fort Do Soto, last Monday, was
lynched near Tampa last night by a mob
of white men.
Wages of Many Miners Reduced.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Dec. 5. The com
mittees of the miners in the employ of
the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Com
pany and the Sloss Sheffield Iron Com
pany today fixed the mining wags for
December at 47& cents per ton. This Is a
reduction of 5 cents per ton. Under the
contract, this is the minimum wage.
Something like 14,000 men are affected.
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