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HOW’lllll Willi/Ill END
Mello and Da Gama May Both Sur-
render to Pcixoto’s Successor.
A RATHER PROMISING PLAN.
Prudence dc Moraes Would Be Accepta-
lo to All the Belligerents—Peixoto
a; Commander In_ Chief—Ben-
ham and English Shippers.
WASliIE-Jli‘l‘ON, Feb. 9.—There is reason
to believe that the state department has
for some time been in official possession of
the intelligence now cabled from Rio of
the intention of President Peixoto to de-
clare martial law at an end before the elec-
tion for his successor March 1.
Information not included in the Rio dis-
patches is sail to have also been conveyed
to. the state departmfilt in a. manner
which left no doubt as to its authenticity
that in event. of the unopposed election of
Dr. Prudentc de Moraes, now president of
' the senate, Peixoto will resign in his favor
before the expiration of his own term
and will be appoint-ed by De Moraes to the
command of the Brazilian army.
I’eixoto is asoldier by taste and educa-
tion, and the position of general in chief
would be much more congenial.
De Moraes is unobjectionable to Da
Gama and Mello, who would undoubtedly
be willing to negotiate ‘erms of surrender.
Admiral Benham’s course may perhaps be
partlyattributable to a desire to hold mat-
ters in check until March 1, while in the
meantime protecting America-n commerce.
lritish Scheme Foiled.
Not long since a determined effort was
instituted by the British for the recogni-
tion of the belligerency of Da. Gama, and
it ivas'vin contemplation to accompany this
action by the presence of a powerful Brit-
ish fleet. .
This movement being brought by the
Peixoto government to the attention of
the representatives of France and Germany,
those nations formally intimated that any
strengthening: of the British fleet in Rio
harbor would be promptly followed by
such accession to their own naval forces as
would still leave Great Britain in a minor-
ity. Upon these representations the project
of recognizing Da Gama was dropped by
Great Britain.
English Wish Bcnham Imitated.
LONDON, Feb. 9.—A deputation of ship
owners, merchants, etc, visited the foreign
office today to protest against the govern-
ment’s neglect of British interests at Rio
J anerio. British ships have been detained
for months, and their cargoes are not yet
discharged.
The spirited action of Rear Admiral Ben-
ham has been the means of freeing Ameri-
can ships from obnoxious restrictions. The
ships of other nations are liable to be in-
terfered with at any moment.
Hon. Francis Leveson Bertie, one of the
senior clerks of the foreign office, promised
to communicate with Lord Rosebery. Ad-
miral Bsnham, he added, had doubtless
effected the end desired and had succeeded
in accomplishing want his more cautious
colleagues might have shrunk from.
Establishments Rosuming “fork.
'WHEELING, Feb. 9.——The nail factory of
the Belmont mill resumed operations after
being idle for six months. One hundred
and fifty men were given employment,
making in all 250 men now employed in
the mill. The blast furnace will resume
in a. few days, giving work to about 75
more men.
STUBENVILEE, 0., Feb. 9,—Among the
local industries that resumed were the
Humphrey Glass works, employing 100
men; the Riverside furnace, employing 200
men; and the Sanitary Ware pottery at
‘Tiltofiville, with 50 employees. A larger
force will be put to work on Monday.
Wheeling “’ants the Big Fight.
VVHEELING, Feb. 9.—-Pittsburg and
Wheeling parties are determined to secure
the Corbett-Jackson fight if possible for
this city, and the move mentis taking busi-
nesslike shape. The best criminal lawyers
hive been requested to give an opinion as
to the legality of a glove contest in West
Virginia. If the matter is gone into, it
will be by well known business men.
The Pope \Vas Present.
ROME, Feb. 9.—The anniversary of the
death of the late Pope Pius IX was the
occasion for a requiem é’lSS in the Sistine
chapel today. The pop:, the members of
the sacred college and numbers of foreign-
ers were present. At the conclusion of the
mass the pope, seated on the throne, pro-
nounced the absolution. _
\‘Vilhelm’s Speech Pleases.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 9.——The Novoji
Vremya and other newspapers comment
upon Emperor William’s speech at the re-
cent parliamentary banquet at Berlin and
appear to be greatly pleased with it. The
speech appears also to have given great
satisfaction in St. Petersburg generally.
What About the Turkey Crop?
‘ BARNSTABLE, Mass, Feb. 9. — While
financially the cranberry harvest of 1895
was a failure, the crop was the largest ever
knowu. New England stands at the head
with 425,000 bushels, New Jersey harvest
‘ ed 375,000 bushels and the west 100,00C
bushels.
Zlmri Dwiggins Arrested. .
CHICAGO, Feb. 9.—Zimri Dwiggins, the
banker, who is wanted at Flower, Ind, for
alleged fraudulent banking and for whom
Governor Matthews of Indiana issuedre-
quisition on Governor Altgeld, was taken
into custodv- He will be taken to Indiana.
is greatly to the national credit that
core [in my 'life.” The present way:
. Read the Guerra.
CHINESE PENAL PAINS.
Hospitals and Prisons Alike a. Die-
grace to the Celestial Land.
National Ignorance Governs All the Chi-
nese Institutions, and Neither Decency
Nor Humanity Have a Place in the
Treatment of Sick or Sinful.
The Chinese people are lawabidiug.
With those of their own number who
are lawbreakers they have but little
sympathy, and the government has
none at all. I like China. I like the
Chinese. Moreover, I respect them.
But in two details of their national .
life they merit unqualified condemna-
tion. Their hospitals and their prisons
are unmitigated national disgraccs. On
second thoughts, I withdraw the word
unmitigated. "The Chinese hospitals
through which I went were almost
everything that hospitals should not
be. But the patients themselves would
most strenuously have resented any im-
provements along the line of their own
comfort. The savants of China. are held
back by the taut ropes of public opin-
ion; they are cnchained by the general
ignorance, as are their prototypes every-
where else.
The deplorable condition of the
Chinese prisons is justified in the na-
tional philosophy. To the Chinese
mind a. law is a thing to be obeyed.
A law concerns the millions and con-
serves the welfare of millions. It
must be held inviolate by the indi-
vidual, be his whim—his personal bent
—whatever it may. The Chinaman who
disregards any item of the Chinese law
becomes a social leper. Individual ten-
dency, moral ill health, inherited traits
——they-are.ta.ken-into account not at all.
This is cruel? Yes! But it renders
existence possible in the overdensity
of Chinese population, a writer in the
Pall Mall Budget says.
A Chinaman is forgiven nothing be-
cause of his ancestry, nor does he suf-
fer for that ancestry. From the mo-
‘ment of his birth each Chinaman has
an equal chance with every other
Chinamnn. Rank is nowhere more
venerated than in China. Nowhere
does it secure to its possessor more
benefits, more privileges, but it is not
inherited. It is conferred by the em-
peror—conferred for personal merit or
for personal achievement. No China.-
man is “noble” except through per-
sonal fitness. There are two excep-
tions to this rule—two only. The di-
rect'desccndants of Confucius have a
rank of their own. It is a. high rank.
It is respected. But it gives them no,
power of interference with national
affairs. The descendants of an em-
peror are never less than royal. But
they have no necessary power. In
brief, then, in China “every man is
served according to hisdeserts,” and it
they who do not “ ’scape whipping”
are so very few.
A Chinese prison is called a “cangue.”
Its outer door is barred with bamboo,
and is. nardcd by petty soldiers or
policemen. The “cangue” contains
two rooms and two yards. One room
and one yard are for men. The other
room and yard are for women. The
space set apart for women is very much
smaller than that for men. But the
women's quarters and the men’s quar-
ters are alike in being entirely devoid
of any provision for personal comfort.
or for personal decency.
Chinese prisoners are by the govern-
ment provided with absolutely noth-
ing but the space beyond. which they
may not pass. If their friends thrust
food to them through the bars of the
prison fence the law does not interposo.
Otherwise the prisoners may starve.
The law does not interpose.
i used to take food to the Shanghai
prison yards. 1 was not jecrcd at. A
Chinese crowd is, l believe, incapable
of jccring at a woman. But I was con-
demned for it. And a high Chinese
Official rcmonstratcd with my husband.
l used to buy Chinese food at a cheap
chow-chow shop and when I reached
a prison fence hire a coolic to feed the
poor starving wretches. I did not
quite care to feed them myself. And it
was quite impossible for them to feed
themselves. .No Chinese prisoner can
reach his own mouth, for his neck is
invaribiy locked into a board which is
about three feet square. I t is very
heavy, and galls the neck. It blisters
or ossiiies he shoulders. The “pig
taii‘fdrags heavily over itand pulls the
poor cnlocked head uncomfortably to
one side. it prevents the hands from
lifting rice or water to the craving
mouth and from brushing from the
tingling nose one of the myriad insects
that infest the prisons and the prison
yards of China.
EVERYDAY EXPRESSlONS.
How They Are Being Improved as Our
Civilization Advances.
Capt. John J. Dalton is writing a
little book that is calculated to show
the, improvement in ordinary everyday
expressions that is continually going
on, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Capt. xDalton has given the subjecta
good deal of thought and attention,
having talked with several centenari—
ans to get a correct ideaof the style of
conversation in vogue fifty, sixty or
seventy-five years ago, and also min-
gled with the people that you are
likely to meet at a. political caucus at
the present time. Here are a few ex-
cerpts from Mr. Dalton‘s admirable
little book:
Style of 1835:
Improved in 1893 to:
we’ll blow one off.”
Style of 1850: ,“My luck ‘,.has been
distressingly bad of late.” The mod—
ern expression: “I’ve been traveling.
on me uppers for two or three weeks.”
Style of 1845: “I never was more sin-
“Will you join me?”
“Come on, and
“Dat goes, see?"
Style of 1860: “I fear I lingered too
long at the wine table last evening.“
Altered in 1893 to: “I shot in too'many
geesers last eve.”
' Style of colonial days; “My adver-
sary was easily va squished.” The mod-
;ern thing: “I guess I didn't do a thing
with the: m."
‘ ‘ Read the zen'r‘rc.
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"——
May Lynch the Negro.
LITTLE Rock, Feb. 9.——Martin L. Kumpe,
postmaster and merchant at Ironton, was
shot and mortally wounded by an un-
known negro. The motive was robbery.
It was reported that the negro was sur-
rounded by one of the posses in pursuit
and that he would be lynched.
“Keep Your Eye on Godey's."
NEW YORK, Feb. 9,—The Godey Publish
ing Company made an assignment today,
without preferences, to Benjamin S. Har-
mon. The company publishes a. periodi-
cal known as Godey’s Magazine besides
other works and books.
A Plum For Almarin '1‘. Halo.
WASHINcrox, Feb. 9.—Among the nomi-
nations sent to the senate today by the
president was that of Almarin T. Hale to
be collector of customs for the district 01
New London, Conn.
An English Bank Suspends.
LONDOH, Feb. 9,—Tbe London and North-
western Districtbank has suspended. -- It is
a private concern with a capital of £25.000
An Ohio Railway Reduces Wages.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 9.—The Bellaire, Zanes-
ville and Cincinnati railway sent out a no-
tification of a 10 per cent reduction, af-
fecting allf from the general manager
down.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
‘ Exchange.
NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—Money on call easy at 1
per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3%@5%3 per
cent. Sterling exchange dull, with actual busi-
ness in bankers’ bills at $4.86}fi@4.86% for de-
mand and at $4.84}§@vl.84§4 for 60 days. Posted
rates, [email protected]. Commercial bills, 34.83%@
4.84. Silver certificates 65% offered; no sales.
Bar silver, 64%. Mexican dollars, 51K). nominal.
Government bonds firm. State bonds quiet.
Railroad bonds firm. ‘
After 11 o‘clock the market was heavy on a
moderate volume of business, and prices stead-
ily declined on a. rather free selling movement,
which was most pronounced in W'estern Union.
Sugar, the grangers and the industrials gener-
ally. St. Paul was Sold by London houses. but
did not give way materially. losing only 5%, the
other grangers each receding lé. Western
Union was depressed by a report that a promi-
nent operator had liquidated his holdings pre-
paratory to prolonged absence from the street.
thereby taking away an important prop to the
stock. The result was a decline of 1V. Sugar
receded %, Chicago Gas and General Electric
lé, Distilling % and the rest of the list }é@§4,
except Cotton Oil preferred. which broke Us
per cent. The market at the close was weak.
The directors of the New York, Chicago and
St. Louis Railroad company met today and de-
clared a. dividend of 4 per cent on the first pre-
ferred stock, payable March 1. Last year’s div-
idend was only 3 per cent.
The Washington advices stating that the
senate finance committee will recommend a
duty on sugar strengthened the shares of the
American Refining company.
Stocks were in good demand in the loan
crowd.
Closing prices:
Atchison .......... lllé N. J. Central ...... 115
Bur. & Quincy. . .. 75% North American" 4%;
C., 0., C. & St. L.. 36% Northern Pacific. 4%
Chesap’ke & Ohio. 17% Do. pref ........... 11%
Chicago Gas ....... 63% N. Y. Central ..... 9
Cordage ........... 16%, Omaha ............ 37
Cotton Oil ......... 28% Ontario & \Vest. . 1534
Del. & Hudson. ...1361/§ Pacific Mail ....... 7M
Distillers’ Trust .. é;- Readlng .......... 21
Erie ............... 15% Richmond Term.. 3%
General Electric.. 35 Rock Island ...... 67%,
Hocking Valley... 19%, Silver Bullion.... 65
Lackawanna. ...... 169 St. Paul ........... 58%
Lake Shore ........ 126% Sugar Refinery... 79%
Lead ............... 29% Texas Pacific ..... 8%
Louisville & Nash. 45% Union Pacific ..... 7%
Missouri Pacific .. 22% Wabash pref ...... 13%
Northwestern.....109% \Vestern Union... 82%
New England ..... 11%
General Markets.
NNW YORK, Feb. '8.——FLOUR—State and
western quiet, but barely steady; city mills
patents, [email protected]; winter patents, [email protected];
city mill clears, [email protected]; winter straights.
[email protected].
I’VHEAT—No. 2 red opened quite steady in
absence of long sellers and foreign orders; trad-
ing fair; March. 64 13-16@6415-16c.; May. 66 15-
16@67 3-16c.
RYE—Dull.
CORN—No. 2 opened easier, but
on shorts covering; March, 42léc.;
@43 9-160.
soon rallied
May, 43 5-16
OATS—No. 2 dull. but steady; Mhy, 34}4@
34%c.: track, white state, 37@41c.
PORK—Dull; new mess, [email protected]; family.
[email protected].
LARD—Dull; prime western. steam, $7.80.
nominal.
BUTTER—Quietcr trade: steady; state dairy.
16@24c.; state creamery. 17@2]c.
CHEESE—Quiet and unchanged; state, large,
9@ll%c.; small, lolé@l27/éc.
EGGS—Dull and heavy; western and south!
ern. 13§1@14-34c.
SUGAR—Raw firm: fair refining, 2 13-l6c.:
centrifugal. 96 test. 334% refined quiet, but
firm: crushed, 4%@5 1-16c.; powdered. liléa
49-16c.
TURPENTINEO—Firm at. 32}-’_v@él3c. ‘
MOLASSES—Steady; New Orleans, 27@3(lc.
”RICE—Quiet: domestic. ii’xédlEC-z J “pan. 4WD
~4c.
TALLO‘V—Dull: city, he; country. 5lfic.
HAY—Steady: shipping. 65c.: good to choice.
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~-KEABSAR_C._E_WREUKED.
Uncle Sam’s Famous Old War Vessel
Lost. on Roncador Reef.
ALI. HANDS REPORTED SAVED
[he Kearsarg‘e’s Principal Claim to Fame
“'25 Her Sinking of the Alabama.
Rear Admiral Stanton Was on
Board—‘Vhere It Occurred.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The ,old United
States ship Kearsarge is a wreck on Ron-
cador‘reef. She struck there Feb. 2. Lieu—
tenant Brainard managed in some way to
reach Colon today, and a cable message .
from him announced to the navy depart-
ment the fact that "the Kearsarge was
wrecked and that officers and crew were
all saved.
The Kearsarge sailed from Port an Prince
on Jan. 30 for Bluefields, Nicaragua, to
protect American interests there in view
of the invasion of the military forces of
Honduras. She was wrecked three days
out.
Roncador reef is a little over 200 miles
from the Mosquito coast of Central Amer-
ica. Between the coast and the reef lies
Old Providence island, only 75 or 80 miles
to leeward of the reef. It is believed at the
navy department thafihe officers and crew
would be able to reach Old Providence
without difficulty in case they were in dau-
ger of their lives on the reef. It is believed
that they would be safe on the reef except
in event, of rough weather. It is the im-
pression, also, at the ‘epnrtment that the
Kearsarge has not gone 1;.) pieces and may
not do so for some time, unless rough
weather comes up. The tides and currents
about the reef are, however, swift and
dangerous.
Immediately upon receipt of the news of
the wrecks the navy department sent a.
cable dispatch to Lieutenant Brainard at
Colon, ordering him to charter a. steamer
and proceed at once to the relief of the
shipwrecked crew.
The Roncador reef is well known to man,
iners in those waters as a dangerous im-
pediment to navigation. Efforts have been
recently made to secure the erection of a.
lighthouse on this point. Some time ago,
when Warner Miller and :oificers of the
Nicaragua Canal company were on their
way to Nicaragua, they were wrecked on
this same point.
Admiral Stanton was on the Kearsarge.
When the New York and Detroit were dis-
patched to Rio, it was made the flagship of
the North Atlantic squadron, and Admiral
Stanton, after the secretary of the navy
had acted on his report of the salute of
Mello in Rio bay, was ordered to proceed
to Port au Prince and transfer his flag to
the Kearsarge and assume command of the
station. -
Crew of the Kearsarge.
The ofi‘icers of the Kearsarge are as fol-
lows:
Commander, Oscar F. Heyerman; lieu—
tenants, Charles T. Forse, Charles x2H. Ly-
man and Burns T. Walling; lieutenants
(junior grade), John Hood and Frederick
R. Brainard; ensigns, Herbert G. Gates
and Thomas P. Magruder.
Naval cadets (line division), Leon S.
Thompson, Thomas L. Stitt, Thomas S.
Borden, Benjamin B. McCormick, Walter
Ball and David V. Allen.
Passed assistant surgeon, George P.
Lumsden; assistant surgeon, Merritt W’.
Barnum.
Paymaster, James A. Ring.
Chief engineer, Burdette C. Gowing;
first lieutenant of marines, Clarence L. A.
Ingate.
Admiral Stanton took no flag officers
with him when he went to the Kearsarge,
theyhaving been left at Rio on the New-
ark when he was recalled from there.
According to the description given at
this time of her in the naval register, the
Kearsarge was a bark rigged wood and
iron ship 198.6 feet long, 33 feet beam, 15.9
feet draft; displacemet, 1,550 tons; indi-
cated horsepower, 843; speedg11.1 knots
per hour. The batteries are as follows:
Main four 9 inch smooth bores, two 8
inch muzzle loading rifles, one 60 pound-
er breechloading rifle. Secondary bat-
tery, one 3 inch breechloading howitzer,
one gatling. Her coal capacity was 165
tons (anthracite). Her complement was
20 officers and 160 men. This descrip-
tion differs somewhat from that given of
her originally, the change being due to
alterations made since she was launched.
Her Memorable Victory.
The. greatest day in the history of the
Kearsarge was June 19, 1864:, when she
fought and conquered the rebel ship Ala-
bama.
The Kearsarge was built at the Ports-
mouth navy yard, New Hampshire, in 1861,
and her machinery was constructed in
Hartford. Lieutenant Robert H. \Voods
of the naval war records ofi‘ice, in an arti-
cle descriptive of the wrecked vessel, says:
“She belonged to the same class of ves-
sels as the Oneida, Tuscarora and Wachu—
sett. On June 4, 1881, she was ordered to
be called the Kearsage, which was changed
to Kearsarge June 15. The former spelling
may account for the wrong pronunciation
so often heard from old sailors, who speak
of ‘when I was on the Kearsage.’ The
vessel’s name is from the Indian name at a
mountain in New Hampshire whose sum-
mit is solid granite.
“The Kearsarge is a third rate screw
sloop of 1,031 tons, built of white oak;
length, 201 feet 4 inches; beam, 33 feet
10 inches; depth, 16 feet; draft of water,
with three months’ provisions and fully
stowed, 13 feet 5 inches forward and 14 feet
3inches aft. Her maximum speed under
the most favorable circumstances was 14
knots an hour; ordinary speed, 8 to 11
knots. She was launched Sept. 11, 1861,
and completed Jan. 13, 1862, at a total cost
of $272,514. 99.
“The first few weeks out the Kearsarge
showed that she possessed no distinguish—
ing or superior qualities over her sister
ships. At the end of the first three weeks’
sea voyage, having encountered some very
severe weather, her commander reported
that ‘with her present wéight of arma-
ment. she is only adapted to river and bar-
bor defense. Her bulwarks and combings
of hatches are so extremely low and she
rolls so deeply as to force the necessity of
batte: l. . win the hatches even in mod-
erate ._ in moderate weather I have
been a._ ”ml to walk about the cabin on
gratin-..-. . .d in rough weather in india
rubber .J., ,1...’
“Of course since its early days, when the
Kearsargc commander made this unfavor-
able report ou her as a new ship, she has
been much altered. She ,is, however, one
of the .old style wooden ships of the navy
and not at all the class of vessel that would
be built for the navy nowadays. In fact,
it has been rather out of consideration for
her past glory than anything else that she
has been kept in commission.”
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MORE l‘lLlBlliTllRlNG.
The House Just (Now Is Transacting
Very Little Business.
AND THE SENATE EVEN LESS
Some Bright Shafts of Sarcasm In Both
Branches of the National Legisla-
ture-"Interesting Gossip From
the Seat of Government.
VVASHIXGTON, Feb. 9,—The parliamen-
tary battle over the Bland silver seignior-
age bill was resumed in the house immedi-
ately after the reading of the journal today.
Mr. Reed sought to challenge the right of
the house to pass the resolution to arrest
absentees, which was carried just before
adjournment last night, on the ground
that the last call of the house showed a
quorum. The question as to whether a
quorum was present 0n the call was dis-
puted, as it did not appear in the journal,
and Representative Reed moved to amend
the journal so as to make this fact appear.
This motion was lost. Mr. Bland then re-
newed his motion of yesterday to go into
committee of the whole.
Mr. Reed forthwith took charge of the
filibuster. He made the point of order
that the only thing in order was the report
of the sei'geant-at-arms, who, when the
house adjourned last night, was given war-
rants for t} .irrest of 164 members.
The spea ;- held that the order of arrest
was acontimcus one, and until executed
it was not. the duty of the sergeant-charms
to make a report. He stated a hypothet-
ical case of where a single member who
was contumacious living in a distant state
was ordered to be arrested. Such an order
l‘nr-inzr been made, the whole house could
n... m: held up until the arrest was made.
He overruled the point of order.
Mr. Reed then moved as a question oi
privilege that the sergeant-at-arms be in-
structed to make his report. This being
declared out of order, be shifted his ground
and moved to reconsider the vote by which
the motion to arrest absentees was passed.
He expressed his opinion that he did not
believe it competent for less than a quorum
to pass such a resolution. The speaker
held that the motion to reconsider was in
order, whereupon Mr. Bland moved' to lay
it on the table. This motion was carried
on a. rising vote—121 to 68. Mr. Reed do
mended the ayes and nays, and the roll
was called.
Mr. Reed “'as Sarcastic.
During the progress of the roll call the
secretary of the senate appeared and an-
nounced the passage by the senate of the
bill to repeal the federal election laws. The
announcement was greeted with a burst of
applause fn an the Democratic side.
“Now,” i jaculated Mr. Reed as he lis-
tened to the applause, “ballot box stuffing
is at last a recognized art.”
The vote resulted—yeas, 182; nays, 80.
So the motion to reconsider was laid on
the table.
The committees were called for; reports
and other unimportant routine business
was disposed of. Mr. Bland then again re-
newed his motion to go into the committee
of the whole for the consideration of the
seigniorage bill.
Mr. Bland’s motion to go into committee
of the whole to consider the seigniorage
bill failed for lack of a quorum—166 to 6.
In the Senate.
In the senate this morning Senator Per-
kins (Ca1.) presented memorials of the San
Francisco Chamber of Commerce praying
for the annexation of Hawaii, the laying
of a cable from the United States to H3.-
waii and for the completion of the Nice.
ragua canal under governmental control.
Senator Wolcott’ (0010.) presented a res-
olution providing for the submission of a
constitutional amendment prohibiting the
states from denying sufl“rage to any person
on account of sex. '
A memorial of the woolgrowers against
the Wilson billwvas presented by Senator
Sherman, who stated the finance commit-
tee had refused the woolgrowers a hearing
and requested that the memorial be print-
ed. It was so ordered. ‘
Resolutions of the Order of Railway
Conductors, the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen and the Switchmen’s Mu-
tual Aid association and American Rail-
way union, protesting against the rulings
of the United States courts on the ques
tion of strikes, were presented by Senator
Voorhees and ordered to be printed for the
use of the senate.
A letter from the secretary of the treas-
ury was laid before the senate in reply to
the resolution of Senator Pefler, adopted
some days ago, calling for the names 01
bond bidders, amounts of bonds issued and
rates of interest. ‘
The Senate Never Forgets This.
On motion of Senator Voorhees it was
ordered that when the senate adjourn to-
day it be until Monday next.
The resolution of Senator Stewart deny-
ing the right of the secretary of the trees
ury to issue United States bonds and ques-
tioning their validity came up as the reg-
ular order with various pending amend-
ments.
Senator Butler said the legal question:
involved in the resolution and amend,
ments were of such importance that he be-
lieved the resolution should go to the ju
diciary committee.
Senator Stewart after some colloquy ac;
cepted the amendment heretofore proposed
by Sentor Dubois adding to the resolution
a declaration of the senate that “thpre is
no present necessity for the sale of bonds
for any purpose specified under the re-
sumption act.”
Qusy's Plain Words.
The point was made by Senator Morrill
'that the effect of the adoption of. such a
resolution would be to deny the power oi
the secretary to reissue the United States
notes that are returned to him in the course
of the treasury business. '
_ Senator; Quay opposed the
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reference of .
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cne resomtion to me"; uolciary committee.
“The senatorsfrom Soul h Carolina (But.
ler) and Ohio (Sherman) well know,” said
he, “that to refer it to that committee
means simply to give it a. decent buria ."
A member of the subcommittee of the
Democratic members of the senate com-
mittee said today that the tariff bill would
be reported to the majority members of ’
the full committee next week. There is
reason to believe that. the subcommittee
has agreed upon a cent per pound on sugar.
The probabilities are that it has been de-
termined that there shall be an extension
of the bqnded period of whisky, and that
there Will be an increase perhaps of 10
cents per gallon on whisky over the house
bill.
Coupled with this is the statement that
whisky now in bond will be compelled to
pay the tax.
Democratic Clubs.
The executive committees of the N ation-
sl Association of Democratic Clubs, of
which the Hon. \Villiam L. Wilson of
West Virginia. is chairman, met at the Eb-
bitt House today. The officers of the as-
sociation are members of the executive
committee cx-ofiicio and 'met with the
committee today.
The session of the committee was con— ‘
turned in hearing reports from state or-
ganizations and in a discussion of the work
of the clubs in the future. Reports re-
ceived by Lawrence Gardner, the secretary
of the association, from nearly all the state ‘
organizations express the unanimous opin-
ion that if the senate will act promptly on
the tariffbill the result} will be of great
beneficial effect on the business of the coun-
try.
The resignation of Hon. Roswell P.
Flower, the treasurer of the association,
was accepted. It is said to be probable
that C. J. Canda of New York will be
chosen to succeed him.
Postmasters Appointed. _
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The fourth class
postmasters appornted today are:
Massachusetts—South Harwick. W. F. Scars;
Wellfleet. J. H. Higgins.
New Jersey—Pemberton, Mary A. Earl.
New York—“Vest Barre. Frank Gray.
Pennsylvania—Fern. \V. A. Master; Kecks-
burg, J. M. Keck.
WHOLESALE KILLING IN TEXAS.
Sher-ii! Dickson, Desperado Braddock and
. Another Man Shot. '
WHARTON, Tex, Feb. 9.—News has just-
come to town that Sheriff Hamilton Dick-
son was instantly killed. In company with
Sheriff Townsend of Columbus 'and with
Deputies Hart and Wells, he had located
Braddock, the murderer of Constable
JI‘ownsend, at Weimar. W'hile they were
entering a thicket on the east side of the _
river, about 30 miles below RancMGrande,
Braddock was suddenly discovered. He
began firing at close quarters upon Sheriff
Dickson, who was killed instantly. ~
Immediately one of . e posse made short
work of Braddock. he murderer was
shot and killed in an instant. Braddock,
the dead desperado, had been arrested for
train robbery and for killing two negroes.
A few weeks ago he was put off an excur-
sion train and fired into it, for which he
was locked up at Weimar. When Con-
stable ' Townsend went to feed him, Brad-
dock cut him to pieces and escaped.
Constable Hart returned. He reported
that when H. H. Moore, who has been
hiding Braddock, was called upon to sur-
render, he fired upon the officers, but with-
out efiect. The officers returned the fire,
killing Moore.
The Singers Thought Better of It.
TORONTO, Feb. 1.-7-Between the first and
second acts of “Said Pasha” members of
the California Opera company, playing at
the Academy of Music here, went on
strike. They refused to finish the per-
formance until their overdue salaries were
paid. The manager threatened to seize all
their baggage if they did not finish the
performance, and after 30 minutes the ac-
tors went on the stage, and the play pro-
ceeded.
Lobenguln Has the Gout.
J OHA-XNESBURG, Africa, Feb. 9. — Ad-
vices have been received here that Loben-
gula,‘ king of the Matabeles, who was
driven northward from Buluwayo, his
capital, by the forces of the British South
Africa. company, is now wandering almost
solitary in the bush, having been deserted
by nearly all his followers. Itis added that
Lobengula is suffering from gor...
Quinn’s Engagement Cancelled.
JERSEY CITY, Feb. 3.——The elopemcnt oi
Maud Goff, the daughter of Evangelist
Golf, with ex-Gambler Quinn was dis-
cussed by a number of ministers in the
Wayne Street Reformed church. The gen.
eral opinion was that the elopement was
not a good thing for the revival of religion.
The ministers decided to cancel the en-
gagement of Reformed Gambler Quinn.
Bad For the ‘Water Company.
BATH, Me., Feb. 9.—As an outcome of
the alleged failure of the Maine Water
company to give the city proper pres-
sure at the fire of Jan. 8, the city council
has passed an order that the city abandon
the use of the hydrants of the Maine Wa-
ter company, for which the city five years
ago made a 30 year contract.
May Punish Governor Leist.
BERLIN, Feb. 9.—In the reichstag today
s.
Dr. Kayser, director of the colonial depart. ,
ment, said that if the accounts received
from the Cameroons charging the govern-
or with flogging women was true Govern-
or Leist would be severely punished. A
commissioner has been dispatched to in
quire into the affair. '
Coal Miners’ Lockout Expectedn
CLEVELAND, Feb. 9.—There will prob
ably be a lockout of the coal miners in the,
Massillon district Feb. 19. The lockout
will be declared if the miners do not sub-
mit to a. reduction of wages amounting to
about 12% per cent. The lockout will in-
volve between 3,500 and 4,000 miners.
Val name Mall Matier‘Stol'en.
SoU'rn Bus-D, Ind., Feb. 9.—A large pouch . .
of eastern mail fer Michigan pointswas '
cut open and the contents rifled alt-the"
Grand Trunk station, it having been left ,
unguarded on the platform. About $6,001.
worth of‘pension drafts and'otlier’ valuable
men were taken. H, ‘- 4“ ~ '-
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