Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1902)
OREGON STATESMAN FIUOAT JANUARY 51. 13C2. ... : A SUBSTITUTE ; IS WTflODUCtD S;:c2cr's New CHI la the. Senate Provides fcra tanzf THE ROUTE TO BE CHOSEN BY PRESIDENT, EITHER THE PAN AMA OR NICARAGUA. ft Gives the Executive Full Authority to Acquire the First Named Prop erty, and If thla Is Found lmpo sible. then the) Second l to Be J Chosen A Bitter Quarrel in the Senate. -'..I I 1: : , WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Just before the adjournment of the Senate today, SpooneV introduced a substitute forthe Nicaragua Canal bill. The new bill is a practical authorization to the Presi dent to choose between the Panama and Nicaragua route. The first .pro vision looks to the acquisition of fran chises, right of way, and other prop erty of the new Panama Canal Com pany of France, including that com pany's control of the Pmnmma railroad. The President is authorized to pay $40,000,000 ' for these, "provided ' a sat factory title can be obtained. He I' then authorized to secure the neewsary concessions from; the Re- 'public 'f CoWriblsi, 'these to .include perpetual control' of the ten-mile strip of territory from tbe Cat lobeait Sea' to the- Poclfie. oeean? I . The bHI carries air alternative-pro- vlr ion," authorizing fth'e President to proceed' with the- oonsl ruction- of the Nicaragua, canal," In he fails to se cure the necessary f. coneeHHion from 'olombl or satinfio-tory title from 'th Panama Canal Company. An immediate appropriation of$10, 000,0(10 is. made In either event. The IlmlTof cowt is fixed, tit $135,000,000. In a-je the-"Panama route is chosen, while $l0',0.00- 1 allowed in case the choice fafls on the. Nicaragua .route. Hot Words Exchanged. r Washington. Jan,' A Philippine Ktorio Ava central, ifi the Hesate Ctiam ler tKitiy, for nearly three hours. At time , it looked very serious, and the" spectators watched, it with breathless. Intcri4i. "Acrimony In thp Senate de bates ,1s not infrequent, but it ha 1een year Kin?---there haa ltn tiuch a.hur- rfc-ane -of latter vituperation.- ersonai taunt, ugly charges; and unmodified "criticism. .-a-'1 was vWm-8Fed oda,y. -tice or irivh e personal encounters Once, when Senator Teller taunted thi Kcpub'fccat) Senatois l.y declaring that he knew the statement mfadfin the recent ;dispteh from- f'unila, 'in wlii? h General Wheaton was repre sented "as- criticising the oppojientis of the; Government's policy In the Phllip-pim-s. were not true, half n dfr.cn l,e puhlfraiis were .on their feet In ,an in taM. Senator ltdge, at whom! Ihe taunts twTiiel t' i- Himwl 'articular ly, alonatcly hHllenfd the state-jiii-M tf the t'olortulo Senator, and de manded that he' withdraw ft. Teller miM-lltivd tlie jffatemrm that further h"t ilttlt-M- at that tinle wete aerti tl. one of 4.he.ahartMMt colloquies of the tst"f?)in was bet w-t eti Spooner and Till ir,.ri. . The race ; jrjh1em, involvimf lh lynr fcinsr of nt igries, whs interject cd into thf i:ntrvjry, and mnch fcel inx waH mknifcjt'd iy both Pervators The. Kertatofa In ttielr excitement for 1b- nioiwti; 'filled to have frgtten the f.ulJ"ct.of th'- donate. fryo waifable t with difliculty to maintain, order. When the disus.in iliuiliy a ended Tor the day the chair felt .est lied iifon seriously to admonish the Senators ithitrt the rttics of the wdy hitdTmd Iwen ,obSfrvedr Fuch'ttimnn. iti.n,h.is nl tl n nf.-de by the pie sldlns "HWcr Wf flthe Senate, in many, yt-ii-e. -I' '; , . . lrlr tf the jruitbrVk in th Philip tln iiupstinn.lfef Senate cOn-tuttl the rli- uxon of xf bflt esrtrtblishin frt'pnrtfrtt-nt -of, Copimcrce ;Ttd Kt?ed It. .Name r tf' , lpmHtni'nt was Mrrcert gi iHpartmnt; of t'Ommerce aivj I4b-.r. i i , V : " ' - ' :-. i ' ' v Department of Commerce. I . j Vatilntn. Jsnf ."2. 'Senaitor. Ncl Btt a l.ilK. creating w te.t1meiit. of t'irtoiiicrt-e.. whieh iK-Hel tlx? fjenate to- 'lay, Heded ;in vrb5 iwirticu lar'.; rndwbly met imrtant of the amendments was. the one changing the tiM. tn read! tvivartment' of I'om merce and Iahor - ' ! 1 Th pnHHwJ j erarlmeot l cfe-i-ally chryed vritli. h development and fostf rinK of foreign and dmetit; emn(rtte. In the lcttrtment there 1? tt bt a (new liureau of M.intifacturcsv a nd ma hy bureau.t now , im ludetl i n other ',repttrtments ; are ttaneferred to be w'w Inart ment. Mncluilits; th life savin't ervic4.-the! light boo servtr. the marine hospital ervic. th stMirt lw.it tnieetiori wrvlce, ajtd.the llureau of , Navigation. Sbippina; n t Imirgra tfon," as wSlt aw th control of fisberies and fhe Chinejw? esclusion ipieatlons. The iH-partineht; Is al gtven juri dlctfon over th eoivsubtr rvite so f.it as it pertains to commerce. Lease Public Lands. '- Washfngton. J,ta. 2S. Senator Mil lard itoday lntroducel bill, pmviding for the leasing of public lands. The provision covers the atte and lerri -tortes of AHsona. California, olorado, Idaho. Kansas. Montana, i Nebra.tka, Nevada. New Mexico. North lakota Oklahoma. . Oregon. South '.lfcakbta, Utah. AVahington! ant Wyoming. att provides that : puWle lanls shall be leased for the uniform rental of 2 cents per cre. per .annum. The leas are to run jen years, but are to terminate before' the expiration of thaf'time, if the land passes Into private hands. A- BANK CLOSED. BEIXTVOOD, la-, Jan. 2S.- V : The FL-.tt 1 f UZTd 'I'- : - - Valley State Bank'cldsed Its doors to day. And Is now in the hands of the 1 tate Examiner. IL GL Gould, the cash ier, isiunder arrest, charged with lure- ery:"k - '. .: . tv . '." ! KITCHENER'S REPORT. Boers Continue Active, But Are Being Reduced in Numbers, and Hope. LONDON," Jan. 2. A long' dispatch from tord Kitchener date! Jobaruies- burg, ilonday, January tl, glvea details' of thei military operations i nee Janu ary SlWc .They are mostly unimportant, but indicative of continued activity on the. nart of the Boers. ? General Me- thuen'p Teomanry got In trouble nir Kietolei, Western Tranavaal, and lost eight jmea killed, " five n wounded and forty-one made prisoners- The latter have since been esed. . i Thisj was offset Iby ! General Bruce Hamilton's pursuit of the .Boers In the vicinity of Ermelo. Trannvaal Colony, resultiha; in the dbpeal of a , Boer laager at Neispan. The IJoer losses were two men killed, four wounded and nlnetyffour made prisoners, including Meld Comet DerlllleTS, ' Captain De- Jaageriand Lodewate Dejaager, a for- I - i . . , Ta11,. i Tn A nirr. inPi'iorr. ul lire ,i vmio, i dition. Colonel Plumer ca.ptured fltty- fiye Boers."'"" '"-.' A . f . Ln-dj Kitchener reports ! -that Field Cornet Bodes command quarreiJi while discussing the - question . of sur render, lowers Bodes and three of his fol- surrendered. i I j The other encounters have already been reported. The Week's Boer losses were thirty- one men killed, tweaty wounded. 322 made prisoners and fifty-three surren dered. NEll PE46E PROPOSAL HOLLAND NEGOTIATES WITH ENGLAND ANdItHE BOERS In an Effort to Bring About a Cessation of Hostilities ini South Africa Lord Rose bery's Plan is Proposed. lXN(DON, Jan. Mr. Balfour in the Hciuse of Commons today, referring to a iuention, said tht no pvertures lor peaee n South Africa had been receiv- ed from anyone authorized to speak ti behalf of the Boers but admitted that a communication had been received from the Ihjitch Government late on Satur day arid that it. was mow under consid eration. ' t . " r . V . Lfd Bosebery is generally credittsd with having brought, about this move mcnt on the part of the Dutch Govern ment. iThe Dally Mail claims credit for the initiation of thef peace movement That Paper ways, after Lord Roaebery'a siieeen at :neterneia, ; tney sent w, BisMchop on a mission to the Continent to'invlte the Boer delegates to a con federation of the bais of negotiations, t hich; Ijord Ttoseberyl suggested, name ly. to igrant the IUers self government oh tbf Canadian model ; no.uhneces;iry prolonigation of the, military ocuta tion: jfomplete amnesty- to Bters and Colon fcil rebels, and grants- of money to enable Boers to reaitart, their J;hto9. Jiiss nnp noa a ong cooierence wun the lUjer - delegates on the Continent, with tie exception of! Kruger. Accord ing to the paper. Blsscbep parsuded .the delegates to hold a conference and IIhciixm the proposals. Then fallowed the viMit of Dr. Kuyper, ths Dutc h Premier, to London.) - - f. I A PECULIAR STRIKE. Coal Teamiters Refuse to Haul Fuel to Buildings Using Gas in Summer. CHICAGO. Jan. 28. The cold wave In thf extreme Northwest hasmoderst ed materially, the tetnperature ranging fromfzero to four below. At 4 o'cWk the ttiermmneter inr)hlcago was four degrees below sero, and at 10 it was ont degree below. , : i Coal teamsters renewed their war or. big ilown town, bulldiinga today. The coal teamsters' union decided that itr members should carjt no coal to bulld- ings vhere gas Is used during the sum-i mer months. A 8 A'cloek 100 drivers were lordered to stop by officials of the union and promptly obeyed the order, Prenident Albert Voting. f th Coat Teaoisters' Union. aid:: ! . ; "Wie have already stopped hauling coal, ko; the Old Colony building, the Mondnock, the Palmer Ilous and the Auditonum, and oeiore nignt not a un Ion tjeamater will ; be , hauling , coal to boHdtncrfl that ie: gas, fr fuel during the iimmcrl During te last -old snap our tien were worked to death. I'.uild Ings that . had formerly uw-fl fuel gas foun'l out thatoal was necessary and our men had to work night and day and at that were unante to meet, tne dp. Many tf the I regular -il burn ers were compelled: to wait for 'coal and suffered geeatly on account of out irwibi Itty tr supply he demand." ; Ml ton Booth, secretary; of the Co;tl Teamsters' Unin. said:. e are not! in the fight alone. ; but the fiUpijrt of the ctI men. - We haA-e w:oul 1 have cohdtioted the campaign alone had it teen necessary, but with the aid of -our jmpfryers we ari in a mut'h tciter iosiiion io coniuct ; tne ati it. will be a lively one." ' fi fight, WASHINGTON OPINION. Cannot Accept Without an ( Act of ! ' Congress.- WASHINGTON tfan." '.S.--In i tb present opinioii of the officials here. President' Roo-velt ; cannot accept any present fn.ni either Kmperpr N liltam or I'flncOf Ilefcry without authority from Consressl An ; examination of thel rirecelen-ts is -said to diswlose; the fact' h;itM while in many instamew fwidents apiUirrntly ' receive! : pres ents-jfrom abnitd. they; never have n -taiaed them exj-ept by express author ity jejonferred fy Congress. ; In . the othiei cases where the gifts have not been returned jto the donor, the pres ents have been! deposited by the Preai dent in the Department of State or In the mitbsonMn Institution. A large nujnber of medttls and articles of value mayjbe seon Injthe tibrary or the Htatc Department, the gifts of foreign rulers. SUIMMDERED TO AMERICANS flUpIco Officers, Weary of Wgr- i fare, An lzit Frlscstrs THE SIXTH CAVALRY IS MAKING ' A. GOOD RECORD IN THE PRO , VINCE OF BATANGAS. ! Reports from Manila Show that Gen eral Wheaton Did Not Censure the - ; ;' I." - United States Senate in His Dis- cussion of Professor Schurmann's Boston Speech He Meant No Die . . courtesy. . . i :'v-:--i.: , ":"":- ;.----rri .t.j-i-- MANILA, Jan. 28. Major Lot ard three Filipino lieutenants surrendered to Major Anderson, of the Sixth Cav lcy yesterday, at Llpa, Province of Batangas. ". N ickerson's scouts , have captured Colonel Lotr a brother of Major Lot, near Batangas. ' Lieutenant Larned. of the Sixth Cav alry, had aislight engagement with Fil ipinos, during which he killed two In surgents and captured a captain, and two soldiers. The g-eneral' outlook in Batangas province Is deeidedljr favor able." i-y.y- .; ! .i Wpeaton's Statement, Manila, Jan. 2S. Criticism of the in Senate jmlnority p-eport on the pine tariff bill has been general public and private here, though many persons admit the statements made in the report are eorrectJ Gcheral Wheaton's vigorous ritlclsm referred entirely; to Irof. Schurman'p sieech at Boston, though he holds the professor in high personal estejem. Th( statement jthal the , person who made such remarks here as those credited to Prof. r5churmann during his Boston spee h would be; sent':. to jail, j ref cri ed merely to the recent -edition ilaw, His Action Excusable. v aShimrton, Jain. 28. Secretiiry Boot today acted on the case of I.iieuteiwt m Preiton Brown, of the Second Infahtry, who was sentenced by the court martiM. to be. BiHinissed from the service e Filip- Lieutenant Browh shot a nati Ino because he soldier to drown, have saved him. iillowed an Amerlt an when he might ea-Hj t StH-retary Ki mI takes the ground that Brown's actlolt'whlle ; ' not justifiable was excusable under all "the circurq- etances, and he therefore recommend that the sentence of dismissal be coin muted. A Cabinet Meetir., Washington. Jtitn. 28. At the CaMnet meeting ! today Secretary Koo rejid a be-r private letter from Genera which denied:thejTeports of f ri tween the military and civil authorities in the Philippines; find gave it very en- coti raging resume of the ritual! statement was considered verV tion. His gratlfy- lngby the President and the of the Cabinet. ! I rnembers NEW YORK EXPLOSION Work of'Clearing Away Wreckage Wil,l Take a Week. NKW YORK. Jan. The work clearing away" the wreckage and re- pairing buildings rfamaged by yester day's tunnel exploston was resumed at daylight toJay. r Iarge forcei of men were employed at theMurray Hi Ho tel and Grand , Union 'Hotel. st the Grand Central Station and at the Man- hattan Kye and Kar Hospital It was expected t hnt a week; would be requir ed to pu t the hosjdtai I n proper co,nd i - tion to make safe the return o: tients 4V,ho: were , removed to other in- stitirtions yefV.rday. j t All of ; the hospHalslto whici injured persons were taken after the explosion reported that their patients weredolng well. Many who had suffered mostly from the Whock were able to go to their homes to-lay. ' . -,"K - ,.'' GEN. FUNSTONS WOUND. An Examination Shows That He May Have to Undergo an Operation. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 2. General Funston this afternoon submitted' to an examination of the wound' from which he has expHrteneed trotrtle late ly. Whether ornot another oieratlon would be necessary the physician was nrt redyo tite; saying that it might be two or three days before that, ques tion could he determined, i . In -the meantime General Funst4rk- sail be would remain in Kamag City, resrttng quietly. .He exprefwtl himself aa feoling perfectly wefl." He said that after umlergoing treatment here and visiting bis. parents, he would return West in Ihne to take ransTMt. fori ManiVa early in February. His leave of absence expires March 10th. MISS STONE'S CASE. The Captive Missionary Is, Not Yet Free, nor Hs the Money Been ' ' Paid to the Brigands. . ' '- ." "' . -.;- . WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S.--The State Department today received ! a dlspateti from the United Slates representative! in Turkey, regarding the me of Mias Stone and Mme. Tstlka. Its contents were- diaappoirtlng. fthe captives not naving been released It Is understood that the hesitation of the "brigands to bring the matter to prompt conclus ion is due to the. dl-trus nt the atti tude assumed by the Turkish aUtbori-. tiew.' The ransom money has not iteen paid. " ...":", -, " ..." FILIPINOS' RELIGION. FAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2S. Hct, Homer C. Stuntx. superintendent of Methodist missions In the Philippine f IVi Ferrr r ' - j mw s I CTWU ' crops make more eos- V iowers-eo each year toe mni uid customers nave grown rreater. That's tbe I eeerel of tbe Ferry ism. 4 More! Ferry I and sown than any outer KtOO, DWM "J ' I D. TH. Ferry M. CO 1. . . t , ,i If Islands. , arrived " here on the steamer China and will make a trip to the East ern states. ! He declares that the Filip inos are rapidly becoming pacified, and about church (matters says: "The peo ple are giving Protestantism a very good hearingj About 12,000 assemble weekly in response to the efforts of the four missionary societies working i the Philippines.- ANOTHER TRAIN WRECK. x SYRACUSE. N. T- Jan. 28. The second section of the New York Cen tral Limited, - eastbound. struck switch engine staading in front of the Oneida station. Both engines and much of the station were demolished. .Tbe' engineer of the Umlted., Doraey Welch of Albany, was killed. Fireman Cahill, of Albany, was injured. None of the passengers or train crew were injured. ' NEWSPAPERMAN ASSAULTED Robbed in Boise, While Going Home . He. Was Injured and His Life jls . In Grave Danger. 1 t BOISI-V Idaiho. Jan. 29. Jesse C. Fie harty. telegraph edftor of the States man, was assaulted and robbed at an early hour Monday morning while on his way home from work. The attack. was made while he was passing through the State House grounds. He fought the robbers, of whom there were two, knocking one of them down. The other struck him on (the head with brick, and thiey. left him for dead, af ter taking $60 from his pocketbook. He soon rewyered: . partial ; cousclousnesa. and Inally reached the door of , St. Alphonsus Hospital. He dropped Into unconsciousness at once, and- remained in that condition several hours. Tonight he is in a precarious condl tion. He hasj passetl Into a stupor and crave fears for his life are enter tained, i FIR E IN I I ST. LOUIS. Guests in Ltndell Hotel Driven ' Into the Street. ST. IVOUIH. Jan. 28, Two hundred and thirty guests of the. Lit id ell Hotel were driven from their ' apuartments intohe sleety street at H o'ektek to night byvtlanw-s w Inert wrecked an ad lolnlng building. The struclure which hurnwl v;vs aMive-story orii'k outiaing A dczen or morexflrms occopleo it, a no losses will approximate SBo0,0O. The LiitdeH Hotel f was ,d;iHad, by smoke and -water. t2..,)00. The Rio Grande Lines Are Lowering the Fare lor the Convention ; Net ices Served. SALT LAKK CITY. Jajt, 28. The Bio tJrand- lihes. including the Homer & Bio Grande and Bio Grande, West ern, have prepared notices to'le served cn'all lines irtterested that a rate of $35 for the round trip from Chicago would be made In' ijonn-ectiori with the Mis souri Pacific' jfor Uhe P3ks' National invention. ti le held in Salt Iake City next August- This is ra reduction of, IT frm thejrate already agreed ufion t.y the Western lines. I ADMIRAL KIMBERLY DEAD. WASH INGfOX. Jan. 8. Secretary ing nas received a telegram tfti- jnouncing the death of Admiral Iewis N- KimtK-rly, IT. S. Nl.retlred, at West Newton, Mas..,, this tnoming of heart disease.1 Admiral Kimberly ' was. se iected for service on the S-hley Court tf' Inrmiry b'tff was mpelled to de cllne on 'accoumt of ill health-' Tie had a long olnd distinguished servtee in the United States NaVy. lie was horn In New York, and appointed frmn Illinois. entering the rtnvai service In 1846. THE AIR SHIP. MONTH CA rtHbO. Jan. : 2.-Hnitn Dumont made a trial ascertt of his air ship this, moriing. Everything worked smiKdhly. The vessel readily answereil her helm in the Hght brecse. prevailing. Arter a tour of' the harbor. Santos-Du m'nt steered his craft back to herhed amidst the cheers of thv assembled crowds. WORSE THAN BULLETS. SAN FKANCISCO. Jan. 2i. Sir Thoirtas Fitzgerald, an eminent surgeon of' MeltKmrncl who was honored with an appoijit'meint as. consulting surgeon to the' British army in South ACr'" several monthn after the breaking out Of tbe war. isi here on a.vlrft. He was knighted by gueem Victoria In ISiC.He says that fftVers, due to bad "water. cause more deaths in South. Africa than do' the builetsl of the Boers. , BINDER TWINE SEIZED. IMSTJN. Jan. 28. Two carloads of binder twlnehave been seized by Trea sury agent M Je bury lort. on the ground, that the tIri vas the pfolul of prison laNir In a Canadian Peniten tiary.' Under the Gvenvirrent laws, shipments of such proluct into the United States Is prohibited. The amount seized was Sft.Qaa pounds, worth J5000J . .. "..-".-: ,:;. 4:-' . ; KRUGER WILL NOT COME. NKW YORK. Jan- 2. C. I. Pierce, Consul of thei Orange Free State, said In rega.rd t the report that PaulKrugr might cnrne t this country In April, that it had been lnnitely settled that .he would nol -ome.- lie voke as it tbis decision .Was finaL COLD IN JAPAN. LONDON. Jan. 2. The Toklo cor respondent of 'the. Daily Kx press -ruble that over-'20 vmldirs have been fraeri to dearh in Nerthem Japan I ELKS' RATE CUTix ccjschsoip or PHESS RP0QTS la the Pfcllipplscs, tbe Subject of Anlnaied Dct3tc . , IN THE FEDERAL SENATE YES- ",: I i - "- - TE R D A Y D I SPATC H E S BY CORRESPONDENTS SENT Are Not Centered fi'ow. According to the Statements of the. War De- :"., , -i -, " t- .-' ' ' , partment Officials -Wheaton's Cri ticism of Schurnjiann's Addreis the Subject of a Heited Discussion War. Revenue: tot Be Reduced. WASHINGTON, Jan. ' 29. For an hour today th Senate had under; dis cussion the question, whether the cen sorship of press dispatches existed, in Manila. While rib sujch turbulent scene as those of yesterday were enacted, the debate for a time . nvas very spirited. The Secretary of War was quoted a saying that no pre: is censorship now existed in the Philippines, and a tetter from General Greeley, th chief signal officer of the army, was presented by Beveridge (Ind.) making the statement officially that there was no censorship of press dispatches ind thst "the press is entirely free." It was contended by the opposition that t te press censorship did exist in the Pi ilippines and that copies of every news dispatch filed with the cable company) was filed with the military , authorities. That, it was maintained, constitt ted a virtual cent sorship. j .- ..-" Ixdge said that ! a careful examina tion of the Associa led Press dispatch from Manila : show ed that General Wheaton had nt cn atlclsed the Senate, but had con lined his comment to the utterances of Prof. Schunyiann, who to . criticise, in had a perfect righjt rJffe's opinion. Gallinger read, a ri exlrac - from an Associated Press di.4 ta tch from Manila published today, sa ying that General criticisms referred Wheaton's vigorous entirely! to Prof.. Si hurmann'i speech at Boston. He did not think the Sen a tor from Idaho ould contend that General Wheaton h as not the right t criticise a private pinion, j j - "What U wnteml refilled dutois, 'is thtft it Is. in ei fr am .army offleer tfedingly bad taxt to crftk lse the tit terances of Prof.' who wan .sent by tfchurmann, a man thts Government to the Philippines in n restonsible ofticial capacity.! to awertaJ i the facts of the sKuation'm-er there . "I am glad," continued 'DuIjoIs, lhat the gentleman on toe other side of 'the rhamlier is forced tk admit the aceur acy of the dinpatt Introduced; here, That dispatch itseilf w as censored. . J nsorshtp In Manila I n te 4 , a tm Ant ' ! No newspaper man can file Hvdispatchi with the cable com paiy in Majiila without filing an exact cojiy or duplicate tary authorittRS; f it Milh the mili You may ouibbl over that fact. Ja jn.T opinion "that 1 censorship."; - - - ," Lodge , said he iia d called uron the Secretary of War ta st everting, and had bern assured by hirh that thre was no dlspatcbesXJn the censorship of prew Philippines. i "Now." raid Lodie. "I gite my thority. Ix?t "the Senator .from Idaho give hii. "My statement lis made un my, re- sponaibilit y as a S hatr, replied lu- bois. Beveridge iresen ed a letter from General tJreeley. it! e 'chief signal offl eer , of the army, ,d ted today, the es sentlal iortions ;f which are as fol- lows; "The censorship i the Philippine Is- lands had "been re tween these'' island mtved- - entirely be am! Kuroe and A merk-a. save in it h case of code me. sages. of tinauthoirissed flnos having no standing. The pri s.t Is1 entirely free Necessarily - a- Hm ted censorship 1s maintained over -Jito ssages In t he, Phl ippine archlpelag)1. and to , -adjacent points wherein h4 Insurgent roois and agents are active T hofitllliy against the Unfrod ftates. Iress mes sages are not cefiMred to anjr place r Kurojie or America tut only,to ftolnts where the insurgent s are ac 4ivelyieK( Lher afeen-j gaged, throughfjurJ tas i,r other cies. such as irt Hong Kong or ihga- pore." Beveridge though fieneralfreeby's letter ought t sef Ic theyuestlon of the censorshlpj of p ress ctiKtratc :-nes. " ' To Reduce fV"nUl Washington; Ja 2!. The Kepul.ll- can memers.ofilj Ways and Mea'n" nlvate conference Committee hekl a tonight, anrtf de-idf; l t frame alttlll for the reduction W the war tevenne taxes tefore procei: ling further wkh the ObJecV, of ttubaA reelprtwltj' Chairman Payne at f m caMed a. meet- in; or. tbe full coirMttlttee; for 11 o cbck tomorrow morning. when the ,wrk on the war revenue red ut tion bill will e- gin.; No draft of he tIH has ben preared ty the Jl4p ubliean mmb-rs. but ft lis pretty fuIlJy underatwMl that the majority; is pr eparcd to favor a measure effecting li cry large- redue - tions, amounting i-aeticaMy to a re- paJ f the entire war taxes .and' ag gregating-; about $w.ion,oo. , The re strictfon of ,ei.-ent bearings to.heer and ea led to the belief Khat the redurtions might, be mfmed to these't.wo articles, but the sentiment iJf the majority now aptears to te favorable to much larger redw-tion At a conference today It Was the prevailinar view tha . as Cuba has been t be causTftr in-urrilng the war revenue taxes, be tmrdert houjd jte - removed from this country. tefore considering he extent of relief io e granted Cuba. An Aged ffehsiooer.. Washington. Jan 2t. The ilouse 'ommlttee on Penrlons thla afternoon reprtrted favorably a. bill .grantin a X. On Jclliis preserves and pickles, spread a lit lu coUng of Wttl kfr UMa khaptatrty nwln an : fM pmvC CH HrBimt Vnr-Bii9 ta ao ' uxf tt Ik doceo oxser ry aHonl the ., itiil directiou la eca package, . Sold rraywaere, tANOABtroriJco.V pension of $23 per month to the la sunivmg - soldier of the I war of is Hiram Cronk. of Oneida ctuinty, X Tork. a'ged 1 02 years, j ii -- Farr Confirmed. ..... . . . : . :.LJ i wasningion. Jan. isa. 'ine Seriate ioaay connrmea inei nomination 0f W illiam Farr, to be, Begistef .f the. Land Office t Burns. t)r. 1 Permanent Census Board,, , Wijshlngton. Jan. 2sl.-The ijou' tt da'y adjourned, after being lit !.!,. l-twenty-five mlnutesj ! ltoikt:n nil reported th ttenanent census hilt, and gavefiotice that Be wouldi call it u; t.,. morrow. . - ! . j " ' WORK Of EXPLORERS A WINTER TRAIL THROUGH AL- ' ' ' ' ' t ' i . . , - - ' - r Has Been Established by a Compsny f . Trail -builders Much Important Information Brought In by These -'.- Men. ' :hc: ' - ' '"' . : J " 'f.i U ' ' '-. - - HKATTI.I:, WafdiH jOaM. 2?.r-Aftr cnib rgoitig ma ny ha rjdj-ilii pa a ltd o er-t loming numerous obstacles, the; tttetu her of the Trans-Abika Company ex plorers and trail building party have succeeded in cutting their way throiijfh from the Yukon In llinnui.i i.-iL. .,,,1 .establisliing a trrOl which. Ills laimed. t ill ntark a new era; commeiclallv so far as. Nome and the contiguous resJuu Is concerned. 'i ; , . ' : r , In addition to . establishing hoi,, trail with roa.d houses thirty - tnitf ai:irt Ol M W i II O- u iuif I,. s. 7-.---. . . v. r t.., i,.: .,t Ft Of winter for travcljers.f . mail 3 and freight,' the party seeurvU u ron d.-.u of toiograptiieal informatioMi iri n.od to -1 he"-country ttacrs d. j A chain of mountains. nt given on r loaps. n iiilt one peak said to rival M was crossed by the part and btwer range was also mnt lt,iiunr. ; . a shorter' ihi-overeil ti lie between the Yukon 41 if l Kus-loivUi-u rivers. ( The party endur hardships. - ; y. I liuiti- roii! "HOPELESS" HEART! TROUBLES OFTEN CURED By the Eminent Cbicaqo Specialist, Franklin Miles, M. D LL, B, Who Mas Cured Hundreds of "Hope. if. less vsaes. 20 Worth of Treatment Free. . To prove th remiikaltle cni;tliv dualities of his famous Irtdtvidui! Treatmejjls Dr. Fraiiklin -Mils will send a $?.! course free ias a trial to anyone afflicted with heart dijo'as complicated -with hoadaibe. nrons-; neSH. dullness. In liuil anmlhi-rlni; sinking or fainting- disorderd liver ,-r stomach. hrt breath, pain in side, palpitation, willing of ankb-s ' c'f Hrpsy; He-uses "eighteen reined i.f i thev treatment of heart' disesite vt hi. h are selected ese lally to suit ca h a" I neyxare r,f the I i'ckI r xntt of. twenty-five years of careful study, et- ii-ri!.ir muin n, aniiM rema rsa me pu cess in tret log these nilmenls wbbh so often compllcafeeat-hS case. Ho aston ishing are the resoltst of his compl-f ' treatments that Dr. Mlbsr dos not rr--Itate to offer ail ttersons m free trial to show their extmordttiiryjpwers. ' - " jNotntng s could bi.rnrtre gtteroti. IAW ' rihVkil't'in, hal'U ulf..t ii t i I .,t J conndence' in their jfeitindies. ... Kvejyj amtctea person sa'Miir avail th'-m-;. selves 01 . mis excoeainrty iiiienti mi-r. i as thev -maV never have! unolhrr sueh ' Rlsv. Wm. ,BelI,-of Ilaylon, Ohio, ed- !; Itor of The : Hundoyl " H htot Vnlm, most fskillful. . rpc latlxti" The - later Profy4. S. Jew-il, M. I4 editor of tho "Journal of1 Nervot ' Ii(Bfass,' F.iy: "IXy all means pu Id ish your surprising I result.' i : L - , : Send for 1000-references to. -Bishop". V Clergynvn, Bsrtkers, Mayors, t'nrmrm f . and thMr wl-es, mnyf h"m'hav bert ciirel after five. 'to thirty phyi- , cians have failed. Ofrvd , pronoun ed i ;hem hopeless. Copyrirhted Kxamlna- tion Blank, or pamphlets and a om- ptete Treatment free. JrPatlents In e- ; ry State. Territory. tTurada. Mexlro.j West Indies and Rrnifh America. Writ at onee. desirllIHBl -vour .! U Dr. Franklin Mlles 2U ft 203 Kte : Street, Chicago. Mention ihis i :r- j , : j-. ' - - . MARIETTA AT COLON. , WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.ryTb Nr Iepartment-tlay wws dn lt In amval of 1 n RUnixti irt-i.ia i Colon. . trotvx the Cufa bra Inland, in conforwilty with ordr issued by-lh-teparnnettt. owiug toi the threatened renewigl of hostilities on the mhuw. PERRAULT'O DENIAL. WASHINGTON ilari. ;2,S S-v rXry r . ( . t ( 1 . f . . . ' , M . . - y...iti ' I'crraBit. Horveyor General of Idah. s denial of the , t harr-s re ently nta.;1e j agalirwt him, of the dlsmi!al of r-l mployes In hi office, for! pc.in leal (Hr- - scs,- lOMlNATIONS CONFIRMED. WAfitINf ITON, Jnn. 2. The H -n- j le today confirmed tbe foilowl-i nm- nallonsADavid II. Jarvis, H-Uft tor of UKlrxrt". Ointrt nf AIM; K. v.i "osier. United States Attorney, Idaho. ted POWDERMAKER DEAD. WI LM INGTfJ N,Nneii Jan. ' 21, Uu- gene rupont, president of the fwwd-fj. manufa turing firm, 0 imiat. tene- ; mours 4 Co died tdnlght, axel t i ear.. 1 I I TANOABtr4DrLCO.V 1 ' ' "i it. i i i .n,S f. - - - ' ' ' . "' -X) i:. etv si