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SENATE RATIFIES
CANAL TREATY
Senator Teller Made Principal
Speech cl the Day in 0p
position to Measure.
ONLY SIX SENATORS VOTE NO
llucon, llliickhiirn, Ciilhcron, Mai'
lory, Idler mid iillinun (o
on Record AKiilnct lluy
I'aimcefote Document.
WASHINGTON, !. 16 -The senate
today rntlfled the lliiyl'iiimccfolii
iNllimlnn in rut I treaty hy tin- decisive
sole nf 73 to I The prm. Ipul iimh
of tin- iluy wn made ly Senator Te.
I.r In oppodllon In the treaty.
The vote on ratification of the treaty
w an follow:
Vrim - Aldrlch, Allison. Hard, Hate,
lurry. Itev.i htice. Iliiriiham. IliirroK.
Utiiton, I'uimark. ''Iitpp. ''lark (Mon
tana), t'lnrk t WyoinliiK, 'lay. (ck
rell. iilloin. I -t.M, plctrl. h. Inlllng
limn, tNilllvrr, Dul.osc. rulrhiinkii. For
ttker. Kotrr (Alabama), l'osi.-r iWimh
IIIKtonl. Kl)e, Galllnger, CftUllde, Gib
son. Mule, I liiioth rough Harris. Ilu-.-
Il. ltf. l l. Il inr J.. -s I Arkansas!.
K.itn. Iv-iinm K it 1 1 1-! K'-. Je.dge. Me-
'VlMaH, Me' '..Mllx-r. Mel'lirrlli-)', Me.
I.niinn i MiMt'.st.ii). Meli irln I. Car
.ililun M Mlllati Martin. Man-in. Mil
laid Mit.-ti.-!1. Miimy. MnrKnn. Nel"n
Iviiriiw. 1'i-rklripi, 1Vitu, I'lutt C'onn ).
I'latt iN V ). I'rltehnrd rrortor.
ijnnrleH, Si-ott. fitiimoiis. Pinion. Sir.
vuit, Ski m. r. Tallliifar o, Turin r.
Vi nt Wiitn u. Wi lling' .n, W.-tim re
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Mnlli.iv. T.ll.r. Tlllmnn-.
luiil.y mm pnln-it with In-jh-w and
Kikiiin Itauliiiii pulrrd with Man
na and Seunll.
Thone w ho ill 1 not vote and for whom
no . u 1 1 n were nniiotinri-d are;
I'atilel, Jon.- i Nevada), 1'utti-raon
and gutty.
KN. HNFIKMK.l.
WASIIINiJTt'X, IVe t',. -Just b.
forv adjournuiritt tonlKht the senate'
eoiithine.) the iioiiiinutlon 01' I'liiUindi r
ii-rnlly true of the n w rill- hlh
Koverna the ehurnea t.i la- mni
Mil load Hhliineiils, aeexidll K l' the
length -if the ear. This r-Kulullon, It
i i'laliio-'l. was iut In Ih rUsillleutlun
so at to yield a lr(i-r revenue to the
lallroads on sui h tt I n ii-n t n. To II
lustniie, when the minimum iarloml
uelichl provided In the i lul'li ullon Is.
nay ;o si Hiund, and a ur f-et
Ioiik Is furnished, the tllroa.l will
:tnru' for not less I hurt H'fn pounts;
If the ear Is IH feet Ionic the chance
will be for Hot less than M.QUI pounds
nnd si on. Many articles have be.-n
made sul.J.-i I to this rule, mie.iiK tln in
aifrli ullural Itiipletnents unl part
thereof, apple or fruit hutt'-r, churns,
eoik ships and cork wood, le-iry t tales,
ereiimei hs and coolers, tr.icilon en
vines., Hi kins and kits, furniture and
Vehicle.
Another pia'lliully new provNIon,
hli h a Tens laeklnir house pr.xluits
nnd other articles, Is us follow:
"When any of the following; siene.J
iirlli h-s are shlpiied by one packer or
uwrier at one time to one consiicriee
and destination In either straUht or i
nilsed carloads, and
RECEDING WATERS.
REVEAL DAMAGE
Hoods in Eastern Pennsylvania
Subsiding and Communica
tion Being Restored.
MANY INDUSTRIES SUSPEND
It Is Kntiiuutctl I hut More Than
Forty lliotiHiinJ I'crsons
Have Keen Thrown Out
of l inplo) incut.
IHlKAII3IJ'irlA. lc. 16 Advice
the NKKrek-ate I 'r"m "'ton of the eastern half of
welKht of the entire shipment Is IS,. I Pennsylvania over which area, Satur-
isl .unds, or more, the carload rste l" nlhf storm raged furiously, are
for loo -unds applying; on each artl- ! '" the ,ht he waters covering
ele shall e cl arKed." I ,n t'AA districts are re-wdlng and
Then follow the list of article af- ,hal rallroa l and telegraphic commu
feete.1. sueh as beef and rk and pro- 'nl.-a.tlon are slowly being restored,
duets thereof. "If the aKgr.-gute . rom Towanda tonight con.es the an-
eii(ht of these artl. ls." the rule con-
tlnii'S. dm not e iual the required
tiilnlmum of 2i.0x un Is, sutllclent
hall Im- add.-d to the weight thereof
nouneernent of three death cause by
the fl.eel and that two other will die
from exposure. The damage to prop
erty and pecuniary los from tnforc-
to make up the deficiency. Any other I'" suspension or many Industrie win
arthles loa I. d In the fain- car with "'an' nunnreiis or tnouaanns cr
tli..se .le. ritx-l al-.ve w ill l charged dollm-s. Ioxens of coal mines are flood
au-
r at th" less than carload rate
thorli.-d for sueh arilel.-s and
Ik'ht thereof shall not l.e applied to
jed along with hundred of Industrial
the n r l ImlH uirowing inousanus 01
linen out of employment. It is estl-
nrls making up the required mini-
iinim w.-lght of pouiidi. "
i inate.l that more than tO.i) rsons
i have u-en rendered Idle.
AAIX VISITKD.
('. Knoi to Im attorney it-le r.il of the
I'nlted State
S f T 1 1 1 J 1 1 N A I ' I Ml X TAI I ; N T S .
WASIllNliToX. Ih-c. H - President
Hoosevelt Is adopting a plan of se-
i-urlng Information from Ivmocratlc
senators and representative regarding
applicants for otll.e In th- South. To
day, by appointment, he consulted
Senators Foster and M. -Knerney and
ilepresetitatlve llrosard. of Umls
lami. regarding Ioulslina appoint
ments. lie had a list of about Cei applica
tions for place from collet tor of the
Port of New Orleans down to minor
nttlcers concerning whom he request
ed Information. President Konsevelt
also consulted HeprcKentiitlve 1'lnyton,
Thompson and Wiley, of Alabama,
almul some appointments In that state.
NAM K D HY l'UKS I PRNT.
VASIIIXtlTlN. lVo. IS. I'rildent
Itoosevelt today sent the following
nominations to the senate: To be sur
veyor of ctiHtoin for the district of Pan
Krnnclsi'o, Joseph S. Spear, Jr.
To be collector of customs for the
district of Huiiibol.lt, California, Sterl
ing A. Campbell.
PoHtninsters (forge 11 HoU-rls, Jr.,
Ilrooklyn. X. Y.; Clayton M. Michael.
Philadelphia.
A(THX IWrNKD.
WASlllXinMN. ive. 16 Lute today
Secretary Long ncknouledged In an
Informal letter the receipt of the re
quest from Admiral Schley for permis
sion to tile a bill of objections. The
secretary granted the request nnd al
lowed until Friday next In which to
submit a bill.
'WUliotna Territory Vlslie.) t.y Another
Hliixard.
(iPTIIKIK. . T.. Dec. Another
cold wave struck Oklahoma this even
ing and following so cl.x-ly or. the
(list. It will do great damage to the
extensive cattle interest of the terri
tory. It.-ports from ranges state that
stoi k Is f rlshing, weakened by lack of
feed.
Tin iK OATH OK OFFICK.
XKW YolUC. IVc. 16 S.-th Low-
took the oath of ollice as mayor of New i
! Tin; p-tusn ql'kst r x.
I I bate in Herman lU'lchstag Luuwa
I Lively Press Discuss! jit.
i
M:V YiU'.K. Ie-. H The lierlln
eorresion lent ..f the Iy.nlon Times
and Xew York Tim.'s says the debate
j on the Polish uu- s'lon In the Helen
I stag is still a subj-ct of lively press
discussion.
The National Z.itung prints a let
ter from Poen alleging thut the Pol
h movement Is n ivv i arrled on by
Well-to-do lawyers. J.;-Mrs and me
chanlcs. When the plac of a law
yer or chemist Is free a Pole steps In:
i when land Is for ca'.e Polish money Is
States l requested to cause this res
olution lo be comrnunbated to Rear
Admlrnl H.hley and through him to
the ..Ulcers and men undr hi com
mand." Without comment the resolution wa
referred to the committee on naval af
fair. WASUIxriTOX, I-c. J. At the con
ference between Admiral tVhley and
his connI to lay It was decided to
ask Secretary Ix.ng to wlihhold his
approval of the finding of the court
f Inquiry until such time as the ad
miral, through his counsel, ran file
an objection thereto. The request win
delivered to Secretary Long an.J whllu
he has not yet answered the commu
nication It Is unlerstood in? request
will be granted.
MILES M RIGHT.
CINCINNATI. O.. Doc. V.. -General
Nelson A. Miles, speaking i f the find
ings of the Schley court of Inquiry,
said: "I am willing to take the Judg
ment of Admiral Dewey in the mat-UT."
MINISTRY SCORED
BY LORD ROSEBERY
Former Premier Attacked the
Manner in W hich the War
Has Been Condjcted.
TO gl'PPIire.S BRICJANDAGE.
Austro-Hungarian Governmint Crgf
Action.
CAUTIONED THE LIBERALS
Kcftm J to KetardeU Commercial
Ucvelofitncnt and Advo
cated Consideration of
Peace Overtures).
THE STORM COMIMJES1
wyomim; iikmi.y iiii.d
Itl-IZAKD'S CI.I ICII.
IN;
...... , . ortereq ior it. inis money, u is saia,
lork in the supreme court today. Mr. ' , '
, . stn-ams into the country from secret
.nil' l I I Mri4llt.wt hn ..n.-.. Inmiarv 1 '
' source. The German, as the weaker
party, forsakes the country
There was a Polish demonstration at
P.erlln I'nlversity recently. ?tudents.
male and female, shouted down Prof.
Schlemann. who was lecturing on "The
Polish Question In the Nineteenth Cen
tury. A disturbance between the Pol
ish nnd German students was threat
. ned but an official appeared and the
demonstrators left the lecture room.
The Times' correspondent says the
Pan-Germans are endeavoring to outdo
the Poles In recklessness and violence.
The Pan-Germanic League has Just
passed a resolution requesting the Im
perial chancellor to reply to the Brlt-
, Ish agitation by abolishing the parity
CHh'YKNXK. Wyo . IVc. 16 The of treatment for Polish subjects.
storm that set In Inst Tuesday night
Sheep lliisiiiess of Southern Part
of State Demoralized - Cold
In Nebraska.
has increased to a bllxxard and at
many point In the state business Is
almost entirely susiiended.
Reports received from the ranges In
Southern Wyoming tell of th I'enioral
Izatlon of the sheep busln. ss, flicks
being scattered In al directions and
herders dead and missing.
ABANDON PROJECT.
i Interests in Schley
With Naval Arch
Case Interferes
Subset lpt Ions.
NKW YORK. Dec. 16 Park Henja
niln, president of the naval arch com
mission, which has charge of the pro-
I posed naval arch and water gate at
TX NKItRASKA. j the battery In this city, announced to-
OM AHA, Neb., IH-c. It!. Another I day that the project has been tempo-
storm struck Northern and Western I rarlly given up. The arch and gate was
FRUfGHT OIjASS! FICaTION.
Trunk Line Roads Adopt New Rules,
Soon to lie Made Public.
NKW YORK. Dec. 16.-Changes In
the official freight classification, affect
ing several hundred articles, have
been adopted by the trunk line rail
roads and will take effect tm January
1. Th" classification committee of the
trunk lines some time ago took up the
annual revision of the schedule. The
work has now been completed and the
lasslficatlon will aoon be made public.
Mont of the changes do not alter the
previous classification; they consist
principally of the addition or ('limita
tion of specifications as to how the
merchandise affected shall be packed,
etc., of change In the minimum enr
load weights, and of the application of
certain new rules. All of these
hanges, however, refer, In a greater
or less extent, to the rates, This Is
Nebraska this afternoon an I in some
parts of the state Is the worst ex
perienced since the great billiard of
ls. Tonight It Is 10 degrees btlow
U'l'O.
to have cost 1,3iHiW and ti'-O.OOO Is
pledged. lienjnniin said the Schley
controversy had destroyed public In
terest in the undertaking.
WORK OF WRHCKERS.
SIVKANi:. IVc. 1G. It is now be
lieved the fatal train wreck near Es
sex, Montana, yesterday, was not an
accident, but a crime. A telegram has
been received from II. A. Kennedy, as
sistant general superintendent of the
Great Northern, who has visited the
wreck. He wires: "There is not the
slightest doubt but Uo. i was deliber
ately wrecked by parties unknown. I
think It was discharged employes."
CHILE INVADED.
SANTIAGO, De Chile. Dec. 16.-A re
port hns been received here of anoth
t r Invasion of Southern Chile by Ar
gentine troops. Should this be true It
will create new differences between the
two countries.
ARGENTINE NOTE TO CHIUB.
1U-ENOS AY UBS, Doc. 16.-The re
ply of the governor of Argentine to
the Chilean note was dispatched to
day. This reply Is conceived In terms
which leave no doubt as to Its ac
ceptance by Chile.
PRICE OF SILVTUrt.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16. Silver. 65Vi-
GOVERNOR GREGORY DEAD.
WICKFORP. R. I.. Dec. 16-Gover-nor
Wm. Gregory, of Rhode Island,
died today.
RESOLUTION Of THANKS
THE SCHLEY CASE APPEARS IN
THE SENATE
Thanks of Congress and Ameri
can People to lie Tendered
Hero of Santiago.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.-At the
opening of today's session of the sen
ate Mr. Jones (Ark.) Introduced a
Joint resolution as follows:
"That the thanks of congress and
the American people are hereby ten
dered to Rear-Admiral Winlleld Scotl
Schley and officers and men under his
command for highly distinguished con
duct In conflict with the enemy, as
displayed by them In the destruction
of the Spanish fleet oft the harbor
of Santiago, Cuba, July 3, 1S9S.
"That the president of the United
CHESTERFIELD. Eng.. Dec. It
Lord Rosebery's Ions; expected and
much heralded speech, delivered hero
tonight, was received With marked en
thusiasm by an Immense crowd. It
r-an lia.tlv ka .A l.
NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-A.1..cm which ' u..u.
have been received here In on official ,much "Kht lon h Pathway of
quarter from Vienna Indicite mat the fthe Liberal party. That the speech
Austro-Hungarian government I mak- wu 4 finished oratorical effort waa
ing trong represeitatl ma t loth amply attested by the frequent ap
Tuikey and Bulgaria with the otje.t 'plause with which the speaker waa ln
of inducing those countrUs to take ! tcrnipted, but It Is doubtful If when
suitable and effective steps to put I ne ad finished his most admiring Its
down the state of outlawry and brig- I tener could have given any Justlflca
andage on their borders, i-ay the Trlb- tion for his enthusiasm save that It
une's London corivapond-.-nt. 's Lord Rosebery.
It Is believed that this aitloa of the ! Resolved Into Its elements the speech
Austro-Hungarian jov-rnm-nt :a the merely ald: "Get together." The
result of frequent coni'i.enc; which speaker himself confessed that he did
the American mln!str In lenn i ha not pretend to say how this cohesion
recently had with Count oljchowskl should be accomplished. In urging; hla
in reference to Miss Ston;. j fyjlow Liberals to reorganize. Lord
Rosebery quoted the following words
I from the message of President Roose
i velt:
I "We have to keep going by slow
jsteps, not by bounds. We must keep
ious eye on the stars, but we must
also remember that our feet are on
the ground." Following waa the tenor"
HEAVY SNOWFALL.
Scotland Visited by Record Breaking
Snow Storm.
LONDON. Dec. 16.-The fad of snow j
in l-uiiujiu is Heavier inaJi mi any . - .u .
time in 60 years. Several game keep- t"1. P'"" careiuieech:
ers and shepherds are missing and the ! . C, Th Z D'
destruction of sheep In snow drifts. ! P6'8 fOUl1 CntUl bW
which range from 10 to iO feet is un X. '
a ui mug irora ine immediate out-
precedented. Farts of England are suf
fering almost equally from heavy
snow.
The storm appears to be general all
over Europe. There has been a vio
lent snow storm at Rome.
GIVEN LARGE JUDGMENT
AGAINST THE PAIL
TR ASPORTATION LINK.
Contractors Who Constructed the
Road Around Palis at I lie
Dalles Awarded SM.OOO.
break of the war. Lord Rosebery touch
ed upon education, in which he said.
Great Britain waa woefully behind her
sister nation. Her commercial devel
opment was also atrophied and the
time would soon come when Great
Britain would be forced to fight for
trade supremacy. She would then be
as helpless as though armed with bowa
and arrows.
I Concerning the government's conduct
,. ...Dlc( the war. Lord Rosebery was se
.'lOHK , ,,.,
; phatic on the necessity of vigorously
I prosecuting the war and expressing the
i fullest confidence In Lord Kitchener,
j Lord Rosebery said that he thought
the government should be prepared to
i listen to peace overtures. No sane
! Boer now hoped for anything but an
j nexatlon. he said, and for many rea
j sons it was urged that the war should
be ended. To Boers swearing allegi
ance he said he would give the larg
est possible amnesty and the fullest
Scornfully rejecting the
idea that such an empire as Great
Britain could not provide an alterna
tive government to the existing min
istry'. Lord Rosebery said that If It
were true the nation waa more fitted
to control a cabbage garden than an
empire.
in conclusion Lord Rosebery declar-
SIMKANE. Wash.. Dec. K-The
troubles of the Paul Mohr transporta
tion line from Spokane to Portland civil rights.
have assumed a new phase. Contrac
tors .Winters and Chapman have been
awarded Judgment for J30.000 against
the Central Navigation and Construc
tion Company, which built the road
around the falls at The Dalles, the In
tervening suit of A. A. Hutchinson for
..U I T , 1- . . V. . . I. -- (VYl
ow.wv mm jooepit auiuuiii iui ji.vw ,
as holders of bonds issued by Mohr's t ed that his services were at the dis
former company have been dismissed. posal In anything he could do to fur-
It is probable, however, that the sale ther the point he had Just expounded.
of the road to satisfy Winters" and i He said it was not to the party that he
Chapmans' Judgment will be postponed applied, but to the tribunal of public
pending an appeal. opinion and common sense.
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