THE ROBERTS CASE.
’Motion to Refer Carried by
. Large Majority.
Horror SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF.
He Denies the Charge That Utah Hus
Broken Her Compact With the
“Government—Speclul 'Com-
, mlttee, Appointed.
,IW’ASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—-—The galler-
ies of the house were-almost as crowded
as pa. the Opening day, the deb'ateou the
Roberts case being the attraction. The
reading of the president’s message was
completely overShadowed by the univer-
'sa_l interest in the disposition of the case
of the Mormon representative from Utah.
The fact that three-fourths of the spec-
tators in the galleries were women was
particularly noticeable and was a tangi—
ble manifestation of the interest of the
fair sex in the result.
Speaker Henderson called the members
to order. ‘ All arose in their places, Mr.
Roberts included, and stood with bowed
“heads while the chaplain delivered his
invocation. After the reading of the
journal had been concluded Mr. Cannon,
from‘the committee appointed to wait on
the president, reported that the president
would communicate in writing. Imme-
diately thereafter Major Pruden, the
president’s executive clerk, announced
the message, and it was at once laid be-
fore the house. The members listened
attentively to the reading.
At the conclusion of the message the
Republicans gave it a hearty round of
applause. Mr. Payne (Rep, N. Y.), the
floor leader of the majority, immediately
moved that the message be referred to
. the committee of the whole on the state
of the Union and ordered printed.
Mr. Grow (Rep., Pa.) expressed a de-
lsire to debate the message, but this was
declared out of order. The speaker then
laid before the house Mr. Taylor’s reso-
lution to refer the Roberts case.
Mr. Taylor contended, first, that Mr.
loberts’ conviction of violations of the
Edmunds law in 1880 rendered him in-
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BRIGHAM H. ROBERTS.
eligible by'the eighth section of that act;
second, that if since guilty of polygamy
he is still ineligible under that act; third,
that if a polygamist within the meaning
of the decision of the supreme court he is
ineligible independent of that statute;
fourth, that the compact between Utah
and the United States justifies the house
in refusing him admission.
Mr. Taylor urged that it would be bet-
ter for the house to exclude Mr. Roberts
thanto expel him. All the authorities,
he said, were against the right of the.
house to expel a member for acts done
prior to his election, no matter how vile
they might be.“ . ' '- '
When Mr. Taylor began to speak, .Mr.
Roberts left. the seat he had been occu-
pying and took ‘a‘seat near the main aisle
where he could bear with greater ease.
Throughout Mr. Taylor’s remarks he
Silt. facing his‘accuser, except when he
turned to his desk to take notes of the
points to which he desired to reply.
.It was arranged that'there should be
three hours’ debate, one-half on each
side, one-half hour to be allowed to Mr.
Roberts and to come out of the time of
the minority.
A resolution was read by Mr. Richard-
' sou providing that Mr. Roberts should
be sworn in pending an investigation of
his case, which shbuld be made by the
committee on judiciary. ‘
Mr. Roberts himself took the floor in
his own defense after Mr. Richardson
had concluded. He occupied .a conspicu-
ous place immediately in front of the
clerk’s desk. Several legal volumes were
piled up in front of him, and a bouquet
of carnations Iay' upon his desk. The
most intense interest was manifested as
he arose. Members crowded about, but
were compelled to retire to their seats.
The galleries were hushed. The occ1r
pants leaned over to listen, eager to let
no word escape. ‘ Mr. Roberts first sent
to the clerk’s desk and had read his nat-
uralization papers. 110 then began to
speak. His voice was soft and low, but
his enunciatiou was distinct and in the
stillness could be heard to the farthest
corner of the hall. '
As he got into his argument, however,
his voice grew louder until on several oc-
casions it rang out until the fretted ceil-
ing overhead gave back the echo. ,
Proceeding, he took up the charge that
Utah had broken her compact with the
United States by the election of an al-
leged polygamous.‘rcpresentative. If that
was true, then Utah had simply followed
the illustrious example of the present na~
tional administration. “I affirm,” said he,
"that there is abundant evidence that oh-
jections similar to those in the present
case were made to the president and the
senate against the appointment of certain
federal oflicials-‘in Utah. but the objec-
tions were waived aside.”
Mr. Roberts urged that the case ought
to go to the judiciary committee, Wherc
it could be investigated. ' He warned the
Republican side that this was a serious
question. If the. people of Utah were
guilty'of violating the compact with the
Union, what of the president who had
appointed to'life positions in Utah met
chargeable with the same offense?
Mr. Roberts ridiculed the manrer it
which the petition favoring hiscxpnlsion
had been procured. In concluding he do-
nied that the members who voted to seal
him would be voting“ for polygamy. , Tin
question of polygamy was settled.
“I held it as an henor,” said he, “tho:
I will be quoted long in Utah as one wln:
helped to settle that'question on theflom
of the constitutional convention.”
Mr. Taylor concluded the debate. Mr
Roberts, he ‘sai‘drhad‘exhibited a largc
2ir‘icaprnzity to understand his (Taylor‘s:
position. his (Roberts') position or' thl
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i den, ' Small,
'Turner, Democrats; Newlands of iNeva-
'route to Washington.
'1 - was E K 1‘,“ Y." - Non. WALK? -, G A 7. ii; 1 r r”
spirit of the American people—a right-
eons expression of their sentiment, justly.
founded, however much misdirected. He
did not say Mr. Roberts was guilty. But
he indicted him upon his own responsibil-
ity. The'vote was then taken, first on
the substitute, which was defeated—59 to
247. . . . ,
The vote then recurred upon the adop-
tion of Mr. Taylor’s resolution, the roll
being called upon the demand of the Re-
publicans. ~ '
The resolution was adopted—302 to 30.
Those who voted in the negative were
as follows:_Admas, Allen of Mississippi,
Bailey, Ball, Brewer, Burleson, Car-
mack, Cooper,-Davey, De Graafenreid,
Dinsmore, Fitzpatrick, Fleming, Kitch-
en, Lester, Lewis, rMcClennan, McCol-
lough, Maddox, Norton of South Caro-
lina, Rhea, Richardson, Robbins, Slay-
Snodgrass. Stephens and
da, Silver-ite, and Loud of California,
' Republican.
The speaker then appointed the follow-
‘ing members as the special committee
under the resolution: Republicans—Tay-
lor of Ohio, chairman; Landis-of Indiana,
Morris of Minnesota, Freer of West Vir— ,
ginia, Littiefieid of Maine and McPher- t
son of Iowa. Democrats—De Armond
of Missouri, Lanham of. Texas and
Meyers of'Iudiana. -
The death of the late Representative
Settle of Kentucky. was then announced,
and at 6:25, as a further mark of re- .
spect, the house adjourned until Thurs-
day. ' ~ ' .
Senate Proceedings.
\VASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Yesterday’s
session of the senate lasted 2‘hours and
40 minutes, practically the entire time
being consumed in the reading ,of theI
yYoung at Santa Cruz.
president’s message.
The reading of the document was
largely perfunctory, few of the senators
according it any attention. Some of
them retired to their committee rooms to
peruse the message at leisure, while a
few followed the readingby the clerks.
The announcement of the death of
Senator Elect Monroe L. Hayward of
Nebraska was received by the senate
with sincere regret. Although he was
not oflicially a member of the body, he
was well known to many of the senators
and by them was held in high esteem.
At the conclusion of the reading of the
message the senate adopted resolutions
of regret presented by Senator Thurston
of Nebraska and as a mark of respect
adjourned immediately.
A Gavel For Henderson.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—A caucus of
Republican members of the house of rep- .
resentatives was held last night to con-
sider plans for advancing the house finan-
cial bill. About 160 members, including
Speaker Henderson and all of the promi-
nent leaders on the Republican side, were
present.
red when Mr. Dolliver, in behalf of the
Iowa delegation, presented General Hen-
derson with a beautiful gavel made of
wood from one of the ships sunk by
Dewey at. Manila and mounted with
solid gold highly wrought with represen- '
tatious of Iowa’s industry and products.
GERMAN AFFAIRS.
Emperor Investigates Wireless Te-
' legraphy.
BERLIN, Dec. 6.——Emperor William’s
well known interest in technical investi-
gations, especially those relating to the
navy, kept him for nearly five hours yes-
terday at the High School of Technology,
where the most interesting feature of the
proceedings was a long lecture, illus-
trated with experiments, by Professor
Slaby on Signor Marconi’s system of
wireless telegraphy as applied in naval
movements. .
President McKinley’s message to con-
gress appears in this morning’s papers,
the cabled digest having arrived here too
late for evening papers yesterday. Lit-
tle concern has thus far been expressed
about it.
Prince Herbert vou Bismarck's gout
has-become greatly aggravated of late,
and be has gone back to Cannes because
the climate there is drier. ' .
Professor Falb, Germany’s famous
weather prophet, has just brought out a
book saying that the winter will be mild
and-Abe coming spring cold, with March
1 as the most critical date.
A severe cold snap has set in. and
snowstorms are reported from eastern
Prussia and Saxony. ’
A Visit to Snlu.
CHICAGO. Dec. (if—Mrs. . Laura
Sclnvichtcnberg, who has been in the
Philippines as inspector of the National
“'hite Cross hospitals, is in Chicago, on
Mrs. Schwichtexr
berg left \Vashiugton‘ last April. Slu-
traveled through the islands where a
white woman had never been seen by
many of the inhabitants and accompa-
nied General Bates and his staff on their
visit to the sultanof Sulu. She returned
on the United States ship Solace via
Guam and Japan. “The visit to the sul-
tan of Sulu was interesting,” said Mrs.
Schwichtenbcrg. “The sultana was dress-
ed in a black waist and a white shirt.
and her head was wrapped in a veil. She
wore a white glove, too large, on the
wrong hand. and with this hand she
greeted us. The children, who were nude,
evidently thought we had painted our
faces, so they took rice flour and covered
their faces. Their black bodies anu'flom
pasted faces made an amusing picture."
Fell Seventy-[Ive Feet.
BELLEFONTE, Pa., Dec. 6.—Harry
Stovcr, a boiler maker, had an almost
miraculousescape yesterday while put-
.ting up a.large stack-at the Bellefonte
furnace. W'hile standing on an extension
ladder 75 feet from the ground the rope
holding the ladder broke, and Stovcr fell
-to the ground. _, He landed/on his feet
and wasflthrown some distance, but soon
arose without any assistance and return
ed to his work in a few minutes. He re-
ceived no serious injury; '
_ Miller :vot Caught.‘
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.——\Villiam F.
Miller, who was the manager of the
Franklin syndicate of Brooklyn, is still
at large. The published report from Chi.
cago that he had been captured in Mont-
real by men of the Mooney & Boland de-
tective agency proved to be unfounded.
Robert J. Ferns, manager of the agen-
,:y's New York branch, said that it prob-
ably arose- from a misunderstanding
“Our men in Canada,” said Mr. Ferns,
“expect to arrest him soon.”'
Pool Player Dead. ‘
BINGHAMTON. N. Y., Dee. ‘6.—Hcr-
man E. Stewart, the noted pool expert,
is dead, at his home in this city. Mr.
Stewart ranked among the best players
”in the country, having been a prominent
figure in all the recent big tournaments.
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,i’OUNGINSANTACRUZ
Americans welcomed by Cit-
izens .With a Brass Band.
AGUINALDO Ill THE MOUNTAINS.
It Is Thought He May Be Captured In
Benguet Pass—Spanish Transport
Reports German Occupancy
of the Carolines.
MANILA, Dec. 5.-—A dispatch from
[Santa Cruz, province of South Ilocos,
forwarded by. courier to. San, Fabian,
says that General ’Young, with three
troops of the Third cavalry and Major
Peyton C. March’s battalion of the. Thir-
ty-third infantry, arrived at Santa Cruz
yesterday. The Americans left Nam‘ac-
pacan, province of Union, in the morning,
expecting to have a hard fight at Tagu-
din, in South Ilocos province, but they
found onarriving there that 600 rebels,
under General Tino, had evacuated 36
hours before, deserting an almost im
. pregnable position. ~ ‘
.The insurgents had. been intrenched at
Tag'udin on the north side of the river,
where 100 well disciplined troops could
. have slaughtered a whole brigade cross-
"ing the river, with the men up to the
armpits in water. .
The residents of Tagudin' received the
Americans outside the town with a brass
l band. They had been robbed of almost 1-,
-everything by the insurgents and were“
, glad to welcome friendly and protecting
: troops. '
A similar reception awaited General
Prominent citi-
zens, headed by a band, escorted the
;American officers to houses where rest
and refreshment were offered.
General Young’s command was almost
without food. 'The men had been living.
ou'the country, which affords but little,
and the horses are completely worn out,
most of .them without shoes.
The inhabitants of Santa Cruz and of
other towns through which the Ameri-
- cans passed say that Aguinaldo and his
entire refugee army have gone' into the
mountains eastward since the Oregon,
Samar and Callao attacked Vigan and
‘landed a force there. '
In several towns General Young was
shown letters written by Lieutenant Gill-
more,‘ showing that he had been kindly
treated by the citizens and had been on-
tertained by them when he passed
through last May.
A pleasing preliminary occur- . ' . ..
lcommunication between his small com-
Reports indicate that all the American
prisoners, some 25 or 30. were at one
{time in B nguet province, but it is sup-
; posed now that they have been removed
into Lepanto province.
} General Young’s desire is to pursue the
rebels ”into the mountains. There is no
i mand and any of the other American col-
umns except indirectly perhaps by sight-
ing and signaling United States gun-
boats bound to or from Manila.
Captain Rumbold, with 35 men of
. Company G, ’l‘hirty-sccond infantry,
iwhile escorting the signal corps laying
the wire from I‘orac to Florida Blanca,
charged and routed 70 inSurgents, killing
1 a captain and several privates. The
Americans found on the captain the
' revolver that "were taken from
the body of Naval Cadet VVelborn C.
l Wood, who was killed by the insurgents
’ while in command of the gunboat Urdu-
:neta Phcn that vessel was captured in
. the. Orani river.
, A dispatch from Dagupan containing
F advices later than those from Santa Cruz
;sa_vs thathneral Young hopes to find
to capture. him there. Both entrances to
Bcnguet are fortified. Two troops of the
Third .cavalry will re-enforce General
Young in the pass. _
., Colonel Hood, while reconnoitering
near San Miguel, drove a force of insur-
gents'from Ildcfonsogkilling several. Five
.Americans were slightly wounded.
."The‘ Spanish transport Alava and the
garments VillalobOS and Quiros, with the
Spanish garrison and civilians of the
Caroline islands, have arrived here. They-
report" that the German governors of the
islands; 'who'arrived on the warship
Jaguar, Occupied Yap Nov. 3 and Reipan
Nov. wand Ponape Oct. 3.. They gar-
risoned” the islands with 15 men each.
The'Spanish governors-of Yap and Po-A'
nape said they considered the small Ger-
man garrisons in danger from the na-
tives. '
The Spanish gunboats will probably be
offered for sale to the United States gov-
ernment. '
'The Spanish secretary. Senor Bouquet,
has arrived here with a note from Lieu-
tenant Gillmore to his sisti‘r, Mrs. Major
Price. He says he has been ill, but is
now in fairly good health. The Span-
iards befriended him and gave him mon-
ey and clothes. ,
BléiCrops In l'finnsus.
TOPEKA. 'Dec. 6.-—-Thc crop bulletin
of the Kansas board of agriculture for
the present year just issued shows final
returns of the state’s agricultural prod-
ucts as follows: The winter wheat yield
amounts to 42.815.471 bushels. The
yield of corn is 225,183,432 bushels. Ex.
cepting that of 1889 (278,888,321 bush-
els), this is the largest corn crop the
state has yet produced and exceeds in
value any preceding crop by $1,134,627.
The combined home value of the three
grains—wheat, corn and oats—is $80,-
888,622, Or a total increase over the 1895
value of the same crops of $13,384,621.
Molineux 'l‘riul Begun.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.——’l‘he actual trial
‘with'causing the death of Mrs. Kather-
ine J. Adams by sending poison to Harry
S. Cornish with intent to kill, commenced.
yesterday, though legal
have already occupied 12 days, that much
time having been consumed in getting'a
jury. The proceedings yesterday were
largely occupied by the opening address
‘to the jury of Assistant District Attor-
ney Osborne. ‘
Anti-English Lit‘erature Seized.
,l'ARIS, Dec. 5.-——The police, in addi-
tion to another seizure of copies of La
('qu-icnture. containing matter and illus-
trntions grossly insulting to Queen Vic-
toria. have seized copies ofa ribald song
entitled “The Discmbarkation of the
English." containing a drawing ridiculing
her majesty. The. song had been exposed
in many shops and kiosks.
A
W’atehlng For Miller."”- '
NORFOLK, Va.. Dec. 5.—The policl
officials are watching. the Norwegial
bark Fortuna, new in this port and soon
to sail for Tampico, Mexico, as they sus~
pect Miller of the defunct Franklin syn-
dicate of Brooklyn will take passage on
her. '
- hinted at.
-.‘ ming.
Aguinaldoiu Benguet mountain pass and *
of Roland Burnbam Molineux. charged -
preliminaries
ENGLAND AND THE MESSAGE.
Comments of London Press on Presi-
dent McKinley": -Views.
LONDON, Dec. 6.—All the morning
papers have editorials upon President
McKinley’s message to congress. The
Daily Telegraph says:
“\Vhat differentiates the present from
preceding messages is its all but formal
admission that the United States have
been drawn into the outer eddies of east-
ern politics. It is the far east which is
the real reason for this partial abandon-
ment of Monroeism. So far as Great
Britain is concerned there is no appre-
hension, but rather unqualified satisfac-
tion, at the new departure. Great Brit-
ain, the United States and Germany are
. the powers most concerned in maintain-
ing the flopen door,’ and that is all which
is implied in the use of the word ‘alli—
ance,’ about which so much unnecessary
fuss has been made.”
The Daily Mail says: -
“Commercial expansion is the domi-
nant note of the message. The utmost
cordiality is expressed toward Germany, ‘
and the president’s tone toward England.
is distinctly friendly; but, although the
political aspect of the message contains‘
for Euglandno disturbing features, its
commercial .pronouncements cannot ‘be
read with the same degree of satisfac‘
tion. Shipping facilities are plainly-
If congress carries these into
effect, British ship owners and shipping
firms will have to break through all rings-
, andenter upon a new epoch of enter-
prise.”
The Daily News says: ,
“It is quite evident that the United“
States are to become one of the great
naval powers of the world. Mr. Cham-
berlain will find but cold comfort if he
reads between the lines of the message.
While it urges a good understanding with
all countries, it is not effusive toward our
own. " If it sins anywhere in that way, it
is for the benefit of Germany, and Amer-
icans will do all in their power to make
the two countries the best of friends.
Had Mr. Chamberlain postponed his in-
discretion a few days he might have
given England a better chance.”
The Standard says:
“The message is comprehensive, but
not exciting, especially so far as external
relations are concerned. President Mc-
Kinley's language is carefully guarded
on Anglo-American relations. He is
friendly, but does not mean to be fervid.
Toward, Germany, on the other hand, he
is very cordial.
“The reference to ‘entangling alliances"
would probably have been omitted if a-
certain speech at- Leicester had not been
delivered. Probably Mr. MeKinley’s
party and most Americans who are con-
nected with industrial interests are anx-
ious to promote close relations with
Great Britain.” - .
Fraudulent Use of Mulls.
ST. ,LOUIS, Dec. 6.——The Post-Dis-
patch says: “Rev. W. C. Henderson and
\Villiam Edmonds, two executive officers
of the Wyoming Smelting, Refining, Min-
ing and Investment company. which cor-
poration is capitalized at $2,000,000, were-
arrested at their place of business by gov-
ernment officers yesterday afternoon oil a
warrant charging them with using the
mails for fraudulent purposes. Deputy
United States marshals are now search-
ing-for Joshua C. \Vatson, who- is presi-
dent of the company. Their operations
are said to have been extensive.
prisoners admit having representatives in
nearly every state throughout the west,
while they declare they have gold, sil-
ver and lead mines in Kansas» and lVyo-
99
Tablets In Mennory of Soldiers.
\VEST POINT, Dec.: 6'.——T'wo marble
tablets presented by the Daughters of the
Revolution of the state of, New York and
erected in “anemory of the soldiers and
sailors of the War For Independence and
of the officers ’and enlisted men who lost
their lives in the Spanish-American war
were unveiled yesterday afternoon in the
Cadet chapel of United: States Z'Military
academy. The programme included a
presentation address by the state regent,
Mrs. Charles Francis Roe, wife of Mad
jor General Roe: the acceptance of the
tablets by Colonel Albert L. Mills, su-
perintendent of the Military academy,
and an address by Prof. Peter S. Michie.
Trunsport's Rough Voyage.
\VASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Advices
from San Francisco to the quartermaster
general report the arrival of the animal
transport Port Stephens at Honolulu
Nov. 25. Sixteen days out strong wester-
ly gales were encountered and an unsuc-
cessful attempt was made to reach Kobe
on the northern route. For three days a
hurricane prevailed, accompanied by tre-
mendous seas. The mules aboard were
lashed in their stalls. Two of the animals
were killed and others were slightly in-
jured. The stall work all stood well, but
the. upper deck was carried away in two
places.
Snowstorm In Buffalo.
BUFFALO, Dec. 6.—A heavy snow-
storm prevailed here yesterday, accom-
panied by high winds which reached a
velocity of 54 miles per hour. Street car
traffic was badly delayed, but not entire-
ly interrupted. '
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A Costly. Fire.
MERIDIAN. Miss" Dec. 6.——Fire broke.
out at 6:30 last night. in the {osenbaum
block and spread rapidly. The loss is es-
timated to be $230,000. ' -
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.J’orto Ricun ’l‘rn‘de.
\VASHINGTON. Dec. .5:-‘-Tll{‘. war dc-
partment has made public a statement
of exports and imports at the five. princi-
pal ports of Porto Rico for the months of
-May. June and July, 18.99. The report
shows a slight balance of trade in favor
of these ports of $317,582. The total of
imports into the ports named for the
three months is $2,572.618. The export:
during the same period were $2,920,500
Naval Movements.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—The Solace
arrived at Honolulu Nov. 10 and Sailed
from that point for Manila Nov. 22. The
Prairie sailed from Brooklyn for Norfolk
Dec. 3 and the Dupont from, the same
point for Newport. The Marblehead left
Acapulco Dec. 3 for San Diego. The
Alexander sailed from Manila for Singu-
pore the same date. The Amphitrite left
New York Dec. 3 for Lambert’s Point.
Mine Strike Unsettled.
‘WILKESBARRE, Pa., ‘Dec. 5-—-Thc
negotiations for a settlement of the Nan-
ticokc mine strike were broken off last
evening, when the officials of the SuSquo.
hannn company came out. flat footed and
told the strikers’ Committee that they
would not discharge any of the fire bosses
and pump runners now in their employ tc
._mako room for the strikers.
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GERMAN FINANCES.
f'he Bill For Increase of Silver (kill
Before the Relohlt“.
BERLIN, Dec. 5.~The reichstag yes
terday discussed the government’s _cur
rency bill providing for an increase 01
silver coins until the amount reaches tht
proportion of 14 marks per head of tho
population. Dr. von Thielman, secretary
of the treasury, said-the increase was im
perative, adding that thaler pieces wouh
at the same time be withdrawn from’cir
culation.
Germany in 1897, he continued, im
ported 40,000,000 and in 1899, up to Sept . .
30, 47,000,000 marks more in gold the:
she exported.
Regarding the maintenance of the golc
standard and the stoppage of the. gait!
output of South Africa, he aslred wha “
would be the result if the war lastei
longer than a year. . '_
Herr Weltzien (Conservative) remark
ed that the Boers were not only gallan;
defenders of their liberty, but also hell
the keys of their gold deposits and mighv
cut 0E much of Germany'ssmall gold
supply.
Herr Moch, director of the reichsbank
pointed out that all the great states had
now adopted the gold standard, whicl
he regarded settled the question of bi
metallism. .
The bill was referred to a special com
mittee.
A Hat Trust.
DANBURY, Conn., Dec. .—The pro
posed combinatiOn of the hat manufac-
turers throughout the country, which ha!
been under consideration for some time,
is likely to become a reality. It is claim-
ed that $15,000,000 of capital is ready to
buy every available hatmakiug plant not
only here, but in Newark and Orange, N.
J .,. South N'orwalk, Conn., and every
other important batting center in the
country. The capital is to be furnished
largely by parties not at present identi‘
fied with the industry. Nearly every hat
manufacturer in Danbury has been ap-
proached in regard to the combination.
boft and. stiff hat factories alike will be
included.
SENAT’OR HAYWARIS DEAD.
Elected to Succeed Allen In Nebras-
ka—Strieken' With Paralysis.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Dec. 6.—
Uuited States Senator Monroe L. Hay-
ward is dead‘. -
Senator Hayward was 59 years old and
had lived in Nebraska City.for 32 years.
Although a lawyer by profession. he
made his wealth largely through invest-
ments in- lands in Nebraska and Kansas.
As the Republican nominee he was de-
feated for governor by Poynter two years
ago, reducing the fusion majority from
18,000 to 3,000, and was elected to the
United States senate by the last legisla-
t-u-re-
Soon afterward he was stricken with
paralysis while addressing a political
meeting, and since then his death has
been daily expected.
Senator Hayward was a veteran of the
civil war, serving in the Twenty-second
regiment of New York volunteers and
later in the Fifth cavalry. He married
Miss Jennie Pelton of Putnam county,
N. Y., in 1870, and his widow and two
sons survive him.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
A heavy snowstorm was reported from
Rome, N. Y. , ,
Captain Kaemptf celebrated in Hobo-
ken 100 round trips across the ocean.
Admiral Dewey has rented. a pew in
St. John’s Episcopal church, Washing-
ton.
The New York extraordinary grand
jury returned 32 indictments for election
frauds. -
The funeral of John I. Blair was
attended by the entire population of
Blairstown, N. J. '
H. B. Fellows, postmaster and express
agent at Scarsdale, N. Y., was murdered
by robbers, who escaped. 1' ’ . ,
George T. Sullivan and [Frank Hart,
who were convicted of registration frauds
in New York city, were‘sentenced to five
and two and a half years respectively in
prison. ' . " ‘ ‘i -
Jones Was N‘ot'neafl.‘
MACON, Dec. 6.-Two negro women,
Dolphus and Ida Hooks, have been in
jail here several days fur the murder oi
Jim Jones, colored. Yesterday Jones
made his appearance, and his coming has '
caused a profound sensation among the
negroes. A dead negro was found in
South Macon several months ago who
had plainly been murdered. He was iden-
tified by Jones’ mother as Jones and was
buried by her. Suspicion pointed to the
Hooks women, and their conviction was
regarded as certain. Jones says he was
working on a turpentine farm and did
not know he was thought to have been
murdered.
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‘Mr. Frlck Retires.'
PITTSBURG, Dec. 6.'—At a meetim
of the Carnegie Steel company (limited;
Mr. H. C. Frick informed his partners
of his desire to give up the duties 01
chairman of the board of managers and
asked to be relieved in order to join Mr
Carnegie. Mr. Phipps and .Mr. Singer a:
consulting partner of the company. Mr
Frick's partners assented to his request
A successor to Mr. Frick was not chosen
as it is intended to abolish the office 0'
chairman since Mr. Frick leaves it.
The Washington Celebration.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—The‘ com-
mittee having in charge the Masonic cell.
cbratio‘n of the centennial anniversary oi
the death of George Washington has
practically completed the arrangements
for the event. After conference with the
representatives of the various trunk lines
the committee has secured a very satis-
factory rate from all over the United
States to this city. A fare of one am:
one-third for the round'trip has beer
promised. -
To Bring Remains Home.
XVASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Represeuta
tive Bingham of Pennsylvania has intro
duccd in the house a joint resolution
making an appropriation to meet theex-
pcnses incident to the removal from
France to the United States of the bones
of John Paul Jones, the great naval hero .
and for their interment in the Arlington
National cemetery.
Ex—Muyor Schroeder-’0 Funeral.
NEXV YORK, Dec. 5.—The funeral ol
former Mayor Frederick A. Schroeder of
Brooklyn took place yesterday from the
Clinton Avenue Congregational church,
the burial in Greenwood cemetery being
private.
Spanish Prisoners Released. 7
MADRID, Dec. 4.—.—.Thc Spanish conv.
sul at Mainila announces that 1353 Spanish
prisoners have'been released by the if”?
pines. _. .
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Abuse of Second Class Privi-—
leges Causes Great Loss.
THE ANNUAL'DEFICIT DECREASES.
bemrtment Could Be Run at u-
Proflt it Only Second Class
Matter Were Mailed
. as Such.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—The annual
report of Postmaster General Charles
_ Emory Smith is made public. Its chief fea--
ture is a plan for congressional action to
“stop the abuse of second class mail privi~
leges, which, he says, results in an annual
waste of upward of $20,000,000. The
financial exhibit for the fiscal year shows-
a total expenditure of $101,632,161 and
total receipts of $95,021,384, the deli-
c1ency being $2,422,747 less than last
year.
The postmaster general says: “The-
most urgent need of the postal service is
the. rectification of the enormous wrongs
which have grown up in the perversion
and abuse of the privilege accorded by
law to second class matter. There are
many improvements and advances wait-
ing development and application; oppor—
tunities for speedier transmission and de-
livery; fields for broadening the scope of
the mail service and bringing it closer,
home to the people; possibilities of re-
duced postage; but above and beneath
and beyond all of these measures of prog-
ress, which experience and intelligence
are working out, is the redemption of the
special concession which congress gran}
ject from the fungus growths and th‘e
flagrant evils that have fastened uponit-
For this costly abuse, which drags on the-
department and weighs down the service,
trammels its power and meansof efiective-
advancement in every direction, involves
a sheer wanton waste of $20,000,000 or
upward a year. The postal deficit for-
the current year is $6,610,776. But for
this wrongful application of the second-
class rate instead of a deficit there would-
be a clear surplus of many millions. It'
rs not now proposed to restrict the privi-
leges of legitimate publications or to
modify the design of the law, but only to
bring back its application to its original
and just scope.
“It is believed that fully one-half of all
the matter mailed as second class and
paid for at the pound rate is not properly
second class within the intent of the law
and ought justly to be paid for at the
third glass rate. This gives the enormous
quantity of 176,351,613 pounds from
which the department derives only a
fraction of the revenueto which it is
fairly entitled. The department actually
derives a revenue of 14.75 cents a pound
for the third class matter mailed last
year, and on this basis the department
would have received for this wrongly
classed second rate matter $26,011,863
instead of $1,763,516 which it actually
received, and the postal revenues would-
have been increased by, theh‘andsome
sum of $24,248,347. Mr. Smith concludes.
that over One-fourth of the entire volume
and weight of the mails pays as second
class matter when it should pay third
class and that this furnishes only one
fifty-fifth part of the postal revenue,
and its carrying, reckoning at 8 cents a.
from it was $1,763,516, thus causing a
30308 to the government of over $12,000,-
“If there is to be a favored class,”
Mr. Smith says, “let it embrace all the
people. With this class paying properly
even penny postage, with reasonable lim—
itations, could be applied to letters with-
out entailiug a deficit larger than that of
the last few-years and possibly with;none
at all.”
Regarding our new possessions, the
postmaster general says:; “The presence
of United States troops in the new island
possessionshnd Cuba in constant com-
munication: with home constrained the
establishment of mail facilities for their
needs. and the practical obliteration of
the old local postal system with the'ex-
tinguishment of Spanish authority com-
pelled a reconstruction of the whole
service for the requirements. of the native
population.”
New Tuberculosis Serum.
CHICAGO, Dec. 4-.—-Thc Tribune says:
“A new serum which, it is claimed, will
show .the presence of’ tuberculosis long
before it would be possible by the micro-
scope, the X ray or other methods now
in use has been. invented by Dr. A. R.
Jenkins of this city. He does not claim
to have discovered a new cure, but that
the use of the serum enables competent
physicians to detect the presence of the
disease in its earliest. stages. and in time
to eficct a cure- by good sanitation and
plenty of outdoor exercise. It shows
. whether or not a case is true consump-
tion. no matter how early or light the at-
tack.”
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After Iron Ore Beds.
DES MOINES. Dec. 4.—It is reported
here that agents of the Illinois Steel
company are negotiating with the owners
of the great iron ore deposits in Allama-
kcc county, the extreme northeast county
.of Iowa. looking to the purchase of the
mines.- These have been opened this fall.
and experts say a body of 50,000,000 tons
of high grade non-Bessemer ore is in
sight. with every indication that it ex-
tends much farther than the examina-
tions have gone. The Illinois Steel com-
pany wants to ship the ore to its smelter-s.
to mix with the Mcsaba ore, with which
it makes a valuable combination for Bes-
semer purposes.
Harper’s Young People Sold.
er of Oak Park, a Chicago suburb, has'
bought Harper’s Young-People from
Harper & Bros. and will combine it with
the juvenile periodical he has been pub-
lishing for several years, known as The
Star. ’ The consideration was $5,000,
and some of the property of the Harper’s
Young People paper will be moved to
the Oak Park office. The paper will be
known as The Star.
’ Pork Train Wrecked. ‘
CHICAGO, Dec. ,4.—A train of 14 re—
frigerator cars containing salt pork in-
tended for the British army in South
Africa was wrecked near Kenilworth,
llls., on the Milwaukee division of the-
can be saved.
‘ “feather Probabilities.
Rain today, possibly turning
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Sort hwestcrly. ' , ,
our POSTALSER’ucE
ed for a “distinct and justifiable public ob- ,,
pound, costs $14,108,129, while revenue »
CHICAGO, Dec. 4.——‘v\’illiam C. Hunt- .
Chicago and Northwestern railroad. The g
cars were completely demolished, but it. _.
is believed the greater part of the pork
in‘tof‘.“
mow; much colder; fair and cold tumor-11",,
winds becoming fresh to brisk“
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