Newspaper Page Text
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1900. Mach colder anon. Who Wants- A good pair of trousers for very little money ? We've odd lots of single pants and odd trousers broken from suits, and they're Greatly Reduced. Some splendid Reading Cassimere Trousers, honest, reliable! real value $3.50, Choice at When Clothing WE OFTI3K $13,500 Jackson County, Ir.d ..4s $105,000 Spencer County, Ind.....3s $3,000 Union Traction Co 5s $17,000 City of Noblesville, Ind 4s Prices and particulars upon application. CAMPBELL, WILD & CO. 205 Stevenson Building. INVALIDS RUBBER GOOD. Air Bfl, Pillow and Chair Cushions. Hospital Rings. Urinal -j, IJd i'ann. Fountain and Bulb Fyrin:s. Hot Water Uottle. fctomach Tube End fcoower Laths. WM. IL ARMSTRONG & CO.. -SCKUICAL 1STKUMKNT MAKEKSH 222 and 2CI South Meridian Bt. CARKEGIE IS 'COLHXG 8CE3IIXGLY XOT WORRIED BY FIUCK'S SENSATIONAL SUIT. tVonldn't Discuss the Matter, bat Told lleporters lie Had- Broken Ills' Record on the Link. ATTORNEYS ALSO SILENT FORMIDABLE ARRAY OP LEGAL TALENT FOR BOTH SIDES. : , Surprise in Financial and Manufac turing Circles Wlien Nevr of the Salt Became Knonu, FERNANDINA. Fla.. Feb. 11. It. was ascertained to-day that Andrew Carnegie 13 with his sister-in-law, Mrs. Lucy Car negie, at Dungeness, on Cumberland Island. An effort made to fee Mr. Car negie, however, failed. Colonel Page, manager for Mrs. Carnegie's estate, In formed the reporter that Mr. Carnegie positively declined to be Interviewed rela tive to the suit filed against him in Pitts burg by II. C Frick. Mr. Carnegie Is vis iting here for rest and recuperation, and It Is understood that one of his attorneys Is with him at Dungeness. Mr. Carnegie left the house shortly be fore noon for a trip up the island. lie was accompanied by a few friends. Late in the afternoon he telephoned Colonel Page, the manager of the estate. Mr. Carnegie was Informed by Colonel Page that several newspaper men were ueslroua of having an expression from him on the Frick suit, but his reply was: "Say to the correspondents that I am here playing golf and that I broke by golf record yesterday." SURPRISE AT PITTSBURG. FMlnff of the Salt Caused a Sensa tionAttorneys in the Case. PITTSBURG, Feb. 14. The announce ment in the papers to-day that the long threatened clash of the steel kings had been finally preciptated by II. C. Frick filing the widely-heralded suit against An drew Carnegie and tho Carnegie Steel Company, praying for an equitable ac counting of the ex-chairman's stockhold ings in the giant steel concern, created a sensation in financial and manufacturing circles here and was the principal topic throughout the city. The suit is regarded as the most important ever filed in connection with the steel business, and it Is said more money is at stäke than in any legal pro ceedings ever brought In this country In which all the parties were simply citizens. Ötetl manufacturers view the trouble as a bitter personal struggle for supremacy and are watching each move with Intense interest. The legal talent called Into action by the suit is an array of the giants of the pro fession in this State with probable lumin aries of national repute yet to be in cluded. On Mr. Frlck's side are John Q. Johnson, of Philadelphia, who stands at the head of the equity lawyers of the city, and perhaps of the State, and who has been en gaged in 50 me of the greatest legal battles of the country: David T. Watson, of Pitts burg, an attorney scarcely less widely known and whose prowess in the civil courts of the State has been proved time and again, in cases where vast fortunes were at stake, and, finally, Willis F. Mc Cook. for years the personal counselor and Intimate friend of Mr. Frick. whose abili ty In handling the affairs of big corpora tions has put him in the front rank at the Allegheny county bar. Strangely enough Attorney Watson is the man who originally drew up the now famous Ironclad" agreement for Andrew Carnegie, In which he has now been re tained to find a flaw in, and have declared Invalid. It Is said that Mr. Watson spent the best part of three months In drafting this instrument and when finished de clared that it was the strongest paper of tho kind he had ever formulated. As yet little has come to light of the plans made by Andrew Carmvie to de fend his company's Interests, although it is almost certain that Dalzell, Scott & Gor don have been at work for days In the Car negie defense. Representative John Dal-Z'-ll. the senior member of this law firm. Is not In Pittsburg, and so far has at tended none of the conferences which are reported to have recently taken place with Mr. Cargenle's adherents and representa tives in the steel company, but he will likely, take a hand before long. Other prominent lawyers of both this city and New York are mentioned as having been re tained by Mr. Carnegie, but Just who will really be opposed to the legal array on Mr. Frlck's side cannot certainly be ascer tained until a day or two has passed and answer la made to thu bill. Attorney Mc Cook said tfc-day . that he confidently ex pected the Bi:t to com to trial before mid summer and probably much earlier. Secretary Moreland, of the Carnegl Stee. Company, refused to talk about the suit to-day. When the company had any thing to give out, he said, it wduld come through the regular channel. Dalzell, Scott Co. North 30 to 40 . . Penn. St. & Gordon, the defendants' counsel, were equally reticient. President C. M. Schwab, who is looked on as Mr. Carnegie's personal representative during his absence from the city, left for Washington last night. It is supposed that he is on his way to see Mr. Carnegie, who Is at Dungeness, Fer nandina, Fla., visiting his sister-in-law, Mrs. Thomas M. Carnegie. George Lauder, director and consulting partner In the Car negie company, and who stands very close to Mr. Carnegie, is also out of the city, he having left for the South a few days ago. He Is supposed to be with Mr. Carnegie. A call on Mr. Frick and his counsel, Willis F. McCook. elicited nothing, both gentle men declining to say anything at this time. CAPITAL STOCK 52,000,000. Combination of Twenty-Five Steel Sheet Mills Formed. PITTSBURG. Pa.. Feb. 14. The long-talked-of combination of steel-sheet mills of tho country was formed at a meeting here to-day. Twenty-five concerns out of twenty-nine were represented. The capital stock was fixed at $02.000.000, of which $2$,C0O,000 will be preferred, carrying a 7 per cent, dividend, and J26.000.000 common. Ten millions of the preferred will be treas ury stock, and the entire ?25,0OO.00O of the common .stock will be placed in a New York bank for a year. None of the stock will be put on the market, the mill owners taking it all. The concerns outside the combine are the Apollo Iron and Steel Com pany, of Vandergrift, Pa.; W. D. Woods & Co., McKeesport, Pa.; Zug & Co., Pitts burg, and the White Lake Iron Company, of Wheeling. These four firms control fifty-five mills and the combine sixteen mills. The name of the new combination will probably be the American Steel Sheet Company. The company expects to have all details arranged to start business within thirty days. Late this afternoon the papers in the suit were served on the attorneys for the Carnegie Company, Dalzell, ' Scott & Gor don. The defendants have fifteen days In which to file a demurrer or an answer to the bill and It Is expected a demurrer will be filed within a few days, and if an answer is necessary it will be filed later. The at torneys for the company are unanimous in their refusal to discuss the bill and say that nothing will be given out for publica tion until after their papers are filed. Dur ing the afternoon the attorneys had a con ference with President C. M. Schwab over the telephone, but what action was taken could not be learned. From one of the attorneys interested, the statement was had that the action of Mr. Frick precludes the possibility of the case reaching a higher body than the Supreme Court , of Pennsylvania. There jurisdiction ends, so far as known at present, and that body will probably decide the controversy finally. It was intimated by one on the inside that the basis of defense will be that the "Iron-clad", agreement Is a legal and bind ing document; that the book valuations of the holdings of the different stockholders Is correct; that while the gross earnings of the company are greater, the book valu ations are exactly what the properties would bring with the mortgages cleared off and other obligations settled. Mr. Gordon, counsel for the Carnegie Company, said to-night. "Inasmuch a3 tho name of each partner in the Carnegie Com pany is cited In Mr. Frick's bill, individual service upon each will have to be made in person. AH partners, even Mr. Ilunslcker, In London, England, Mr. Carnegie, in Flor ida, and any osiers, no matter in what part of the world they may be, will have to be personally served with a copy of the bill." A member of the Carnegie Steel Com pany announced to-night that Mr. Carne gie will return to this city on or before Feb. 27. Coal to Be Dearer. PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 14. The price of coal in Pittsburg and vicinity will be ad vanced from 23 to 50 per cent., dating from April 1. The many rumors to this effect were confirmed to-night by Col. W. P. Rend, the millionaire operator, of Chicago, and prominent stockholders In the local combine. He says the advance is brought about, first, by the advance in wages to miners; second, by what he considers the ridiculously low prices which have always prevailed here. The colonel says, also, that the coal famine In the East and in Europe make it hard for operators East and West to jfill orders. Largest Blast Furnace In World. YOUNGSTOWN, O.. Feb. 14. The largest blast furnace in the world was lighted last night when stack No. 1 at the Ohio plant of the National Steel Company was put in operation. The furnace is 106.24 feet high, fifteen-foot crucible and twenty-two-foot bosh. The capacity of the furnace is 600 tons every twenty-four hours. Two' other' furnaces of similar dimensions are under construction and will be completed in two or three months. The output of these larnaces will be used by the National Steel Company. GILBERT'S GOOD SCOEE. Some Fine Shotting; in the Tourna ment at Hot Springs. HOT SPRINGS, Ark.. Feb. 14. There were ten events decided in to-day's tourna ment of the National shooting tournament at Whittlngton Park. The weather was ideal and some national scores were made. Eight events were at fifteen targets and two were at twenty targets. Those who faced ICO targets and broke 150 or more were : Gilbert. 157; Young. 153; Elliott, 130, and Heikes, 151. Gilbert's score was much com mented on. Monday he missed two targets and yesterday three. To-day he broke eighty straight and then missed two in the sixth event when he failed on a difficult shot. In addition to the shooters mentioned the following faced the traps: J. E. Delong. 14S; Mackle. 134; Apperson, 144; Smith. 120; Egbert. 12S; Howard. 134; Thlel. 136; Miss King. 126; Dr. Vincent. 13S; Loftin. 120; Terryberi. 42 out of 60; Shaw. 134; Bailey. 1G5: Frank Erwin. 125; Ilollyston, 137, and Defender, 110. To-morrow J. K. Delong will defend the State championship trophy from Joe Matthews. Scores of the Walkers. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 14. Gilbert Barnes at 10:30 to-night was in the van in the six day go-as-you-please walking match at the Natatorium and was setting a killing pace. Following was the score nt 10:30 to-night: Barnes. 377.6: Cox, 276.5; Day, 373.16; Cam pana, 347.7; Hegelman. 307.13: Dean. 303.14; Graham, 3U0.1; Hart. 2TW.S; Gllck. 2S9.14. To Tampa and Havana. Queen &, Crescent Route and Southern Railway. Through drawing-room sleepers dally. Cincinnati to Port Tampa, without change; connect with palatial steamer service to Havana, Round-trip tickets rn sale through to Cuba (including meals and berths on steamers) at reduced rates. IT WILL PASS TO-DAY TEST VOTE IN THE SENATE ON THE FINANCIAL MEASURE. Amendment Providing: for Bimetallic Conference Commissioners Defeat ed by a 3Iajorlty of Twenty. VOTE WAS 45 NAYS TO 25 YEAS AN INTERESTING DEBATE UNDER THE TEN-MINUTE RULE. Missouri Political Methods Aired In the House Democrats Accused of GoebeliziiiK St. Louis. WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. Throughout Its session to-day the Senate had the financial Mil under discussion. After 2 o'clock the debate proceeded under the ten-minute rule and at times became spirited and interest ing. Late In the afternoon a test vote in dicating approximately the majority on the passage of the bill was taken. Mr. Chand ler, of New Hampshire, offered an amend ment to authorize the President to appoint commissioners to any International bi metallic conference that might be called, and it was defeated by a vote of 43 to 23. as follows: Yeas Allen. Bate, Berry, Butler, Chand ler, Chilton, Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Harri, Heltfeldt, Jones of Arkansas. Jones of Nevada. Kenney, McEnery, Martin. Money, Morgan, Pettus, Rawlins, Sullivan, Teller, Tillman, Turley, Turner 25. Nays Aldrich, Allison, Burrows, Caffery, Carter, Clark of Wyoming. Cullom. Davis. Deboe, Depew, Eiklns, Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster, Frye, Gallinger, Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough, Hawlcy, Kean, Lindsay, Lodge, McBride, McComas, McCumber, McMillan. Mason, Nelson, Penrose, Per kins, Piatt of Connecticut, Piatt of New York, Proctor, Quarles, Ross, Sewell. Shoup, Simon, Spooner, Thurston, Vest, Warren. Wetmore. Wolcott 45. The Chandler proposition out of the way, the discussion proceeded on the amendment brought in by the finance committee pro viding that the provisions of the bill are not intended to place any obstacle in the way of international bimetallism. The Democratic senators arraigned the Repub licans for reporting the amendment, de claring they were Insincere and that the proposition was Intended to hoodwink the people and to catch votes. No vote on the amendment was reached. ' The final vote on the bill will be taken some time to-morrow. At tho opening of the session to-day Mr. Teller was recognized to reply to the speech of Mr. Allison delivered yesterday. He had waited In vain, he said, for an explana tion of the House bill, which technically was the measure wider consideration. He tpproactcd all questions relating to the finances of the country with suspicion. He thought the House bill ought to be con sidered carefully, as It might possibly be come the law. It had been drafted by a commission composed of acute lawyers and there was force and strength behind it. Mr. Teller took strong issue with Mr. Alli son that the United States was now on the gold standard. Mr. Chandler then proposed his amend ment. CHANDLER'S PLAN OPPOSED. Mr. Vest announced his purpose to vote against both the Aldrich amendment and the Chandler amendment to it, because he regarded the proposition for an Interna tional conference a fraud and pretext Just as was the adopted McEnery resolution after the ratification of the Paris treaty, which was merely for the purpose oO sup plying some senators with a shallow ford over which to cross the stream and had cince been entirely ignored. The intention of the pending bill was to kill silver and it would prove as effective in that office as a dagger or a dose of prusslc acid would be In disposing of animal life. It would be absurd to send a commission abroad ask ing for a bimetallic conference in view of the declaration for gold. Mr. Aldrich declared that Mr. Chandler was deceiving no one with his amendment end was sure that the proposition was not cne that would meet with general approba tion. Mr. Stewart referred to the amendment as a subterfuge and said h would not sup port it. Mr. Lindsay said If there was any virtue lr. the present bill it was that it settled the question of finance. He did not believe in encumbering the bill with either the com mittee or the Chandler amendment. Now was the time, he believed, for the definite determination of the , financial question and it could not be determined if only a half-way law was enacted. The amend ments were either wholly unnecessary, in view of existing law, or were not offered in good faith. Mr. Caffery said the country, in his opinion, had been on a gold standard since 1S73, and that this bill was Intended merely tc perpetuate it. The amendment, in the opinion of Mr. Money, was entirely pertinent, but he was satisfied there was no desire on the part of the adminlstrtion or of Republican enators to advance the Interest of bi metallism. Mr. Teller said the Republican press through the country was opposed to the b:metallic amendment. He said it would be ridiculous to put such an amendment on this bill as it would have no force or effect. It was trifling with a grave question simply to catch votes. It was a great let ting down on the.part of the finance com mittee and childish treatment of the sub ject. The vote was taken on Mr. Chandler's amendment and it was defeated, 45 to 25. ANOTHER PROPOSITION. Mr. Chandler then asked Mr. Aldrich if he would consent to the insertion before the finance committee's amendment of these words from the national platform of the Republican party of 1S02: "Th-2 United States, from tradition and interest, favors bimetallism.- He would vote for the meas ure if his proposition were accepted. "I object," replied Mr. Aldrich, "to the re-enactment of Revised Statutes and to the recital In this bill of the various plat forms of political parties." He maintalneJ there was no provision in the bill which was an obstacle to bimetallism. Mr. Allen declared the bill was a gold measure from core to cuticle, that it would be necessary to repeal the bill in order to obtain bimetallism. Mr. Rawlins said the bill was praetlciliv a declaration against bimetallism. Mr. Allison suggested that the trouble with senators on the Democratic tide was that they were not bimetallists. They stood for the free and unlimited coinage of sliver and were silver monomentallists. He said: "There is not a single li:e or syllable in this bill which puts in the path way of international bimetallism a single obstacle." He did not think It would be wise for the United States to make another proposition to Europe for an International bimetallic agreement, but he believed that the United States ought to waU for other nations to take the initiative and be pre Iared to receive their advances. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, expressed hi3 surprise that the bimetallic amendment had not been made a part of the bill when the latter was reported. He IwlieveJ it was an afterthought and had been brought about by demands of Republican bimetal lists. "It Is the same old fraudulent trad dle," he declared, "that was' put into the Republican platform of ISjC m ..-.lor to deceive the voters." The reimn for the presentation of the Senate substitute was that the House measure was too specific and placed the country too squ irely on the gold standard to suit the present strnd dlers. who, by the pending amendment, sought to hoodwink the people as they had been hoodwinked in the past. "I want to put a question to iho senator from Rhode Island," said Mr. Cockrell. "I want him to answer it as an honest man as a 'good Indian. " He then inquired what he would take for 15,000 ounces of sil ver In London if this Congress should pass a free silver coinage law. Mr. Aldrich replied that he wold doubt less ask 11.29 an ounce for it If he couU get It, but it was doubtless true that the amount of sliver poured into th3 United States would cause the price to drop to its bullion value. Mr. Cockrell declared that all the silver that would come to this country under a free coinage law would be easily absorbed by the United States and said pit I he slightest difficulty would be experienced in maintaining the value of the silver dollar. At 5:45 the Senate adjourned. DEBATE IN THE HOUSE. Tilt Betirecn 3Ilssourfans Over the Goebellzingr of St. Louis. WASHINGTON. Feb. It-It was the in tention of the Republican leaders of the House to call up the Porto Rlcan tariff bill to-morrow, but there was such a de mand for time to discuss various questions during the general debate on the legisla tive, executive and Judicial appropriation bill, which was called up to-day, that Mr. Payne gave notice that he would allow the Porto Rlcan bill to go over until Mon day. The debate on the legislative bill to day strayed far from the bill, touching the question of government deposits in national banks, reckless expenditures for pensions, and finally drifting into . the question of election methods in Missouri. Mr. Bar tholdt, of Missouri, raised the latter ques tion by attacking the Nesbit law and pro voked a long reply from Mr. Benton, of Missouri, who in turn aroused Mr. Pearce, of Missouri. Some very caustic things were said on both sides. Mr. Hemenway, in charge of the appropriation bill, made a general explanation of the measure. Speaking about the clerical force in the departments, Mr. Hemenway provoked somewhat of a storm by asserting that the departments were filled with incompetents who were kept in by political Influence. He said whenever the head of a department proposed to discharge Incompetents, con gressmen and senators bullyragged him into retaining them. Mr. Moody, of Massachusetts, a member of the appropriation committee, called at tention to the fact that by the terms of the present law heads of departments were compelled to discharge incompetents and insisted that superannuated clerks must be removed. "Unless we can get rid of this dead wood," said he . "the public service will break down." Mr. Bartholdt (Missouri) devoted half an hour to a definition of the election laws In Missouri. The Democratic Legislature at Its last session had, he said, Imposed "Goe bellsm" upon St. Louis. It left the Repub lican party In St. Louis powerless. Worse than this, the Legislature had sad dled on the city an infamous police bill. The Democrats of Missouri who in the House cried for the consent of the gov erned In the Philippines, ignored the gov erned in St. Louis. The German-Americans of St. Louis, ho said, supported the administration's Philippine policy. Loyalty to the government was a German charac teristic. The Irish were .naturally "Agin the government." Mr. Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts, resent ed Mr. Bartholdt's reflections on the Irish Americans. He agreed with Mr. Bartholdt in his eulogy of the Germans. "But," said he, "I think he has offered a gratuitous in sult to the Irish people and I hurl it back In his teeth." Mr. Bartholdt, disclaimed any intention of reflection on the Irish. . Mr. Benton defended Missouri's election laws. Those of no other State of the Amer ican Union, he said, were fairer or more honest. He contrasted the present laws with those enacted by the Republicans dur ing the days of reconstruction. He said that some of the features of the present law were to prevent Imported vo ters, who, it was charged, were brought Into St. Louis for voting. No honest Re publican Could object to the law. Mr. Bartholdt reiterated his charge that the Missouri election law was outrageously partisan and designed to turn over the city of St. Louis to the Democrats. Mr. Pearce also replied to Mr. Benton, characterizing as weak, if not cowardly, some of his statements. When Mr. Pearce concluded, the army ap propriation bill was reported and the House, at 4:50 p. m., adjourned. SEMI-MONTHLY SERVICE. Transportation Facilities to Manila to Be Radically Increased. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. Acting upon the recommendation of Quartermaster Gen eral Ludington, the secretary of war has ordered the establishment of a semi-monthly transport service between San Francisco and Manila. Philippine Islands. This action, is due to the heavy traffic between the two points caused by the active military opera tions in the Philippines, and is prompted by a desire to leave nothing undone that will contribute to the health and comfort of the troops in the islands The service will be started by the troop ship Sherman, which will leave San Francisco for Manila on the 15th or 16th, to be followed at regu lar intervals of about fifteen days by the ether largo ships of the Pacific transport fleet, including the Sheridan, Grant, Logan, Thomas and Meade. The authorities are also considering the advisability of establishing a monthly serv ice on similar lines between New York and Manila over the Mediterranean ana Suez route. Spaniards Tell Different Stories. BARCELONA, Spam, Feb. 14. The Span ish steamer Alicante, which arrived here last Sunday from Manila, to-day landed 1,100 Spaniards, most of whom were form erly in the hands of the Philippine Insur gents. The Spaniards say the Americans are in control of the city of Manila and in the immediate neighborhood, being unable to take the offensive In the Interior of Lu zon. They assert that Aguinaido forced the "Filipino government" to release the Spaniards. On the other hand, another steamer Just arrived from Manila reports that when she left there was no doubt that the Americans were gaining ground in the interior districts. Naval Officers Praised by Kobbe. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. The following cablegram has been received at the Navy Department from Admiral Watson at Ca vite: "General Kobbe gives great and well earned credit to Rodgers and naval part of the combined expedition to southern Lu zon, Catanduants, Samar and Leyte for its unqualified success. Rodgers commends Moore, commanding the Helena; Gilpin, commanding the Mariveles; Reynolds, Oliver, Moore, Castleman and Cadet Evans. Gilpin was wounded by fragments of a Colt gun Feb. 1 during the capture of Tacloban. Nearly ready for duty." sssbsmbssssbbbssbbbb A Valentine to Four Little Girls. I. Four little girls with eyes that shine. Four little girls I want for mine. To be. You see My Valentine. II- And four it takes, you may opine. Of such a pretty and wee design. You sees To be. My Valentine. III. Now I hope, indeed, that I won't need To ask if you are all agreed 'Les you agree, -Vhy. then, you see . You cannot be A Valentine. My dears, for me. r W. N. Ron July. MAY NOT BE RATIFIED 1IAY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY IS SAID TO BE IN DANGER. Some Senators of Opinion that Britain Should Have No Voice In Con struction of Canal. SENATE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS STEERING . COMMITTEE TO DECIDE ON FUTURE LEGISLATION. "Billy" Mason Anxious to Hare Ills Boer Resolution Considered Wom en Protest Against Canteens. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-The best opin ion about the fate of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty is that unless it be amended it will not be ratified. There is a majority in the Senate ready to vote for it just as they will vote for anything else proposed by the administration, but there are enough inde pendent of such influences who, unless It is amended to suit them, will vote to encom pass Its defeat. There Is a minority who will not vote for it at all, no matter how it may be amended. They are those who do not believe England should have any voice in the construction or control of an isthmian canal built by the United States. The Senate Republicans caucused to-day. Senator Allison, chairman of the caucus, was authorized to appoint a steering com mittee of seven who will decide what meas ures shall be considered and in what or der. The financial bill will be voted on to-morrow and passed. Senator Cullom announced to the caucus that he would immediately move to take up the bill to provide a permanent government for Hawaii, a matter unfortunately left over from last winter. Legislation Is absolutely needed for Porto Rico and for Alaska. Conditions in Porto Rico are worse now than under Spanish rule owing to the fail ure of Congress to act last winter. Alaska needs legislation to meet the new condi tions created by the discovery of gold in large quantities. Governor Brady, former ly of Tipton, has been here some time urg ing Congress to early action. His labors bid fair to be rewarded. These matters, the appropriation bills and some other legislative affairs promise to delay action cn the Quay case to a late date in the session If they do not prevent action al together. . Most of the senators at the caucus ex pressed themselves as favorable to early final adjournment. Senator Chandler urged the necessity for action on the bill amenda tory of the interstate-commerce law, say ing that it was Important that means should be speedily found for the control of the railroads. Senator Sewall retorted that the railroads needed no especial sur veillance. Senator Mason demanded that time should be given at an early day for discussion and action upon the Boer reso lution. Senator Depew considered the Philippine question of pressing importance, and in making his position known took occasion to Impress upon his colleagues the interest felt In this subject by the people at large. The plan for the distribution of the patronage of the Senate recommends the allotment of thirteen Senate messen gers to the Democratic senators. Under the present arrangement each senator has a messenger. Representative Miers to-day introduced a bill to purchase a site and erect a public building at vincennes e Representative Crumpacker to-day intro duced a bill increasing the pension of Hen ry Stansel, Thirty-first Ohio Infantry, to $30 monthly. Representative Watson to-day introduced bills increasing the pension of Sarah J. Appleton, widow of James R. Appleton, seaman United States navy, to $12 month ly; increasing the pension of Janetta Dun lap, widow of James Dunlap, Company C, Sixth Indiana Infantry, to $12 monthly, and increasing the pension of Mary Good rich, widow of John Goodrich, Company F, Fifty-first Indiana Infantry, to $12 month ly. ' Senator Thurston to-day Introduced a bill to pay the Western Paving and Supply Company $4,006.73 for paving the streets adjacent to the Indianapolis public build ing. E. B. Nebeker, former treasurer of the United States, Tobias Ilert, warden of the Indiana southern penitentiary, and J. P. Henley, of Crawfordsvllle, are in Wash ington. e At the hearing on the subject of the army "canteen," before the House committee on military affairs to-day. Captain Frank M. Wells, late chaplain of the First Tennessee Regiment, testified in detail as to the prev alence of drunkenness on army transports and in the Philippines. Mr. Wells repeated his statements which he has made in lectures, relative to the sale of liquor on the transports Zealandla and Indiana, and related instances of alleged drunkenness at Manila, Hollo and Cebu, as well as on the ships. When he referred, by name, to a Tennessee officer alleged to have been drunk, Representative Cox, of Tennessee, interposed an emphatic protest," saying that he would not hear this officer ma ligned. Something of a sensation was caused by the statement and the protest, but the committee determined to avoid per sonal disclosures by not allowing specific names to be used. Mr. Wells proceeded with his statement, omitting names, and related many Instances of alleged Immoral ity. He also stated that at the request of the secretary of war he had filed a for&al statement with the War Department con cerning these alleged acts. Representatives of the W. C. T. U. and other organizations also were heard as to a congressional enact ment making more clear the present law abolishing the at my canteen. The com mittee did not take final action on the sub ject. ' Among the names of other persons, tem porarily considered by the President for appointment as one of the Philippine com missioners, is Bartlett Tripp, of North Dakota, and there is reason to believe that unless geographical considerations inter fere, Mr. Tripp will be one of the new com missioners. He was formerly United States minister to Vienna and later represented the United States on the Samoan commis sion. The river and harbor' committee to-day gave a hearing on the proposition to construct a dam for the purpose of raising the level of the great lakes. George Y. WIsner, a member of the deep waterway commission, who reported in favor of the project, explained it in detail and urged its feasibility. J. Symonds. of the Engineer corps. In charge of operations where the proposed dam would be located, said the project was so vast that a commission of eminent experts shoud be appointed to make special investigation of the plan. Representative Corliss, of Michigan, also spoke in favor of the project. The ways and means committee of the House to-day agreed to report a bill of much Interest to the brewing interests, abolishing what are known to the trade as sixth and eighth barrels, making quarter barrels the smallest packages of this char acter authorized by law. The small sizes have been easily lost and as the commis sioner of internal revenue reported that no diminution of revenue would result from the change, the committee decided to yield to the request of the trade in this particular. Mr. Dolliver was authorized to report a substitute which differs from the original only in phraseology. e The monthly statement of the Imports and exports of the United States Issued by the Bureau of Statistics shows that during January. 1300. the figures were -as follows: Merchandise: Imports, $75.826,975, of which $32.946,2S0 was free of duty, a gain over January. lSW, of about $17.500,000; exports. $117.620.930. a gain over January. 1&0. of $2.000.000. Gold: Imports, $1.9S8.272. a de crease of $4.000.000; exports. $3,6ül.230. an in crease of $06.000. Sliver: Imports. $2,130.335. a decrease of $1.COQ,000: exports, J4.533.199. a dt crease of $7Sl,0u). During the last seven months there was an Increase in the Im portation of merchandise as compared with the corresponding period of l&O of $113.- 459,521; an increase in the exportation of merchandise of $50.534.973; a decrease of $42,023,711 In the importation of gold; an In crease in the exportation of gold of $11, 7f3.164; a decrease In the Importation of silver of $$23,644, and a decrease of $3,i$,925 in tho exportation of silver. The President to-day informed Repre sentatives Richardson and Gibson, of Ten nessee, that he had selected Mrs. Daniel Manning to represent this country at the Paris exposition, under a resolution intro duced by L nator Depew, and recently passed by Congress. The Tennesseans had called to present the name of Miss Mary Temple, of Knoxvllle, for this office. The Senate committee on pensions to-day reported the pension appropriation bill. The committee increased the total pension appropriation, as made by the House bill, to the extent of only $16,000, and struck out the juouse proviso making it discretionary w..n the commissioner of pensions to re fuse to pay the fees of attorneys in pension cases. e e e A suit at law to recover damages amount ing to $70,000 was instituted to-day by Welker Given against Frank W. Palmer, public printer. Mr. Given states that, in 1892, the Republicans in Congress used his copyrighted book. "The Tariff Riddle," as a campaign document, printing It In the form of speeches In the Congressional Rec ord. Eighty thousand copies of the Record containing u.a book were printed when, after an Investigation, Its publication was stopped. Arrangements, he says, had been made for the sale of ten thousand copies of "The Tariff Riddle" to the Republican national committee, which refused to buy them, as they could be obtained without charge in trie Congressional-Record. For this and other sales lost on account of its free distribution Mr. Jiven asks for the damages mentioned. The director general of posts of the Phil ippine islands has transmitted to the Post office Department a copy of a letter writ ten by him to General Otis, In which is outlined a plan for the extension of the postal service In the Islands. His plan contemplates that the army shall .take charge of the service at points where it is impracticable to employ clerks. Offices In charge of American clerks are contem plated at all places where there is a large number of people. At places where troops are stationed the commanding officer will be asked to take charge of stamps and other postal supplies and to detail for postal duty a soldier incapacitated for field services. It is desired to have as few Amer ican clerks as possible on account of ex penses in salaries, natives being willing to work much cheaper. The Senate committee on foreign rela tions resumed Its regular weekly meeting to-day, but did not take up the Hay Pauncefote treaty. This failure was due to the fact that the subcommittee having the treaty under especial consideration was not prepared to submit its report. Representative Levy, of New York, has introduced a bill amending the war tariff act by reducing the tax on beer from $2 to L fixing the duty on tobacco at 6 cents per pound, cigars and cigarettes $3 per one thousand, repealing the tax on tea and re ducing many of the stamp taxes. Mr. Levy says, as to his bill: "The secretary of the treasury has stated that the surplus from revenues of the government will amount to between $30.000.000 and $40,000.000 this year. Tne daily expenditures of the gov ernment are decreasing and will continue to decrease, now that the war with Spain Is over. The need of the $100,000,000 pro posed to be raised by the war tax will no longer exist. ,It is the aim of this bill to reduce taxation by Internal revenue by at least $50,000,000." At the request of Mrs. Chickering, wife of the late Representative Chickering, of New York, there is to be no congressional funeral in connection with the interment of the deceased representative, and the senators and representatives heretofore named as an escort have been notified that the congressional party will be abandoned. This is the only case. in recent years in which the formalities of such a funeral have been dlspenseu win, and it is due to the views held by Mr. Chickering and his wife against the ceremonious character of such affairs. LEO IS AIDING WILHELM f THE POPE'S ORGAN HOPES THE NA VAL BILL WILL PASS. Separation of Berlin from the Prov ince of Brandenburg? Urged Flnlanders Warned. BERLIN, Feb. 14. The evening papers print a dispatch giving an extract from the Osservatore Romano, the Pope's organ. which expresses an earnest hope that the Reichstag will adopt the naval augmenta tlon bill, as "The. European situation makes a strong fleet for Germany appear indls pensable." The writer of the extract adds: "The Centrists by no means Ignore this and will early come to an understanding with the government if the latter will give satisfactory assurances concerning the financial side of the question." The Voss ische Zeitung, in printing the extract. says: "The oerman government has la bored unceasingly at Rome, and unsuccess fully." In the Prussian Diet to-day Baron Von Zedlitz proposed the separation of Berlin from the province of Brandenburg and the appointment of a special president for Ber Un. The minister of the interior. Baron Von Rheinbaden, accepted the suggestion and promised soon to introduce a bill mak ing Berlin and the suburbs a province. Emperor William has sent a telegram to the Prince Regent of Lippe-Detmold. thanking him for the organization of a fleet society. He has sent a similar dis patch to the Prince of Reuss-Schlelz-Gera. It is reported that all the light infantry battalions are to be supplied by one ma chine battery of six guns. This means nineteen batteries on the peace footing and thirty-eight on the war. The same equip ment will be provided for the other infan try at a late date. Prince Henry, of Prussia, to-day received Burgomaster Kirschner at the castle and thanked him most warmly for Berlin's demonstration of welcome on his return. The Prussian ministry of commerce is working on a bill providing for the control of trusts and pools. The coal famine In tho Saxon district has become more intense. At Leipsic the price has nearly doubled recently. Many fac tories, lacking coal, have been forced to close. The Rhine cotton spinners have raised the price of yarn 5 pfenning a pound within a fortnight. A company has been formed at Cologne of which the British consul and the Ameri can vice consul are members, for the sale of English and American agricultural ma chinery and Implements. A permanent ex hibition is contemplated. The students of the University of Strass burg have sent a dispatch of sympathy to President Kruger. The Lokal Anzeiger prints a letter from a special war correspondent. Herr Hermann, who was arrested by the British at Durban on suspicion of being a spy. and was again arrested, this time by the Boers, near Ladysmlth, on a similar charge. Six large diamond grinderies at Hanau have shut down work In consequence of the war in South Africa, and many work men lose employment. Two men. Allen and Petro, thieves who had been operating on express trains, have been sentenced at Frankfort to five and six years Imprisonment, respectively, in Coughs Colds Grip Asthma Bronchitis Consumption No Fusel Oil speedily cured by DUTTS PURE MUT WIIISKlt. Its regular and continued use cures Consumption, because It kills the erms, it enriches the blood and tones tip the system. Duffy's is the only whiskey taxed as a medicine by the GovernmcnL Gentlemen; I suffer with hemotrhars of the lungs and have stomach trouble and kidney com plaint. Dußy s Türe Malt Whiskey hat helped me to lie these six years. Without it :x month. I would go to my r.rave, I believe. Very respectfully yours, Joseph Collins, South Sca i'.ie, J. rrtscril fcy orer 7.000 doctors. All drurrHt and rwm, $ too a bottle. ValoaMe book el l&foroiAtioa free. Get tiie genuine twre of tubstitvteft. DU IT If WAIT VnHSZU CO.. Rochester, V. T. the local penitentiary. Allen describes him self as an American. FI.L ANDl-HS IILBIKUD. Rescript frort the Csar Warning Dep titles of the Province. HELSINGFORS. Finland, Feb. H.-An Imperial rescript to the Governor General of Finland, rebukes the deputies for their "unseemly opposition and recent strictures of the Czar's manifesto of Feb. 3, 1S33," whlca, it is pointed out. sought to complete the russofication of Finland. The rescript calls 'on the Governor General to act vig orously In order to Impress the Flnlanders with the true slgnii.cance of the measures proposed for the purpose of drawing closer the ties between the empire and grand duchy. Two of the measures of the manifesto issued early this year are especially of fensive to the Finns. The Czar demands that all pupils in the schools of Finland shall receive Instruction In the principal branches of education in the Rus?Jan lan guage. Teachers ana parents are in open revolt against this innovation, as they fear that their mother tongue will gradu ally be eliminated from the schools en tirely. The other objectionable feature is the law compelling service in the Russian army, in addition to the two years service in the Finnish regiments. This meets with fierce resentment from the younger ele ment throughout the province. Bad ns An Antl-Trunt Conference. BRUSSELS. Feb. 14. There was an ex citing scene In the Chamber of Deputies arising out of a discussion regarding the renewal of the privileges of the national bank. A hot altercation ensued between the Conservatives and Socialists, and this finally degenerated into an exchange of insulting personalities. M. Demblon, a prominent socialistic deputy, threatened to box the ears of M. Wiart. one of the deputies from Brussels, and an Independ ent, and the ushers were compelled to lay hold of him. M. Demblon struggled vio lently and kept on shouting his threat, and the session was finally suspended until he could-be overpowered. AVhen this was ac complished, his temporary exclusion was voted,, but as he refused to leave the hall the session was again suspended. Russia Preparing to Take Herat. ' LONDON, Feb. 13.-The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times, remarking that "it will not do to place overmuch re liance upon Russia's official assurances that nothing will be done .to embarrass England in the present situation of. af fairs," gives additional details showing that the delays in the ordinary traffic on the Central Asian Railway are not caused, as has been officially stated, by snowfalls, but are due to the passage of Russian troops, estimated at 20.000, who are being concentrated in the vicinity of Kushk. The correspondent adds that most Russians are convinced that Russia Intends, soon or late, to take Herat. Amelia Kuesner Coming Home. LIVERPOOL Feb. 11.-The White Star line steamer Teutonic, which sails for New York to-day, takes among her passengers Miss Amelia Kuessner, the American ar tist, who will remain several months in America. CAUSED BY COMIC VALENTINE. Grocer Who Assaulted Ills Wife Shot ' by Their Son. CHARLESTON, W. Va.. Feb. 1L-C. R. Stewart. grocer, died this morning from the effects of a shot fired by his son Louis, aged nineteen. The son, who is in Jail, says he was protecting his mother from an assault made on her last night by his father. Mr. Stewart had received an of fensive comic valentine and had accused his wife of having sent It. She denied the accusation and he attempted to assault her, when the son fired twice and Inflicted the fatal wound. Ontlnjr Changes Ownership. NEW YORK, Feb. H. It is stated that Fletcher Harper, Caspar Whitney and others have purchased and will continue the publication of the magazine Outing. Later on the firm will begin the publica tion of books and a weekly of current comment. QOOOOOOOOOOOO q 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 4 Keep Well with Good Food 0 Proper1 Selection of Food The Sure Way to Get Wei! $ And Keep WcIL Use J GRAPE-NUTS. J "While getting over the grip, and while my stomach was so Irritable I could not eat anything without distress, I found I could take a dish of Grape-Nuts with rich milk, and feel built up like I had eaten a full meal, and yet have none of the un- pleasant effects of indigestion. I wih peo ple knew its worth. 'It seems to me trained nurses and phy sicians could use it to such good advan tage. It Is really the most nourishing and easily digested food I ever tried." Mrs. Myra J. Tuller, 1CE3 Troost Ave.. Kansas City. Mo. Grape-Nuts Food is now recommended by physicians all over the United States. They know it contains the delicate particles of phosphate of potash obtained from the natural grains. This is the element Nature uses with albumen of the food to build the soft gray substance in the nerve centers, brain and solar plexus, in the human body. The effect Is In some ways like a stimu lant, but does not wear off. for it is a natural rt building. CSrape-Nuts can be made Into a great many different and palatable dlhc4. Tha Postum Cereal Co. Ltd.. Battle Crck, Mich., the pure food manufacturers, offer to pay a reasonable sum for new and de sirable recipes which may meet with their approval. Ladies are requested to exin-ri-ment and send in their recipes. As an il lustration: A most delicious mock pumpkin pie can be made from Grape-Nuts after the following recipe: Pour boiling water over 't cup Grape-Nuts, let stand 10 minutes; add 2 ggs. 4 tablespoons ful of sugar. 2 cups 8 wtet milk, one-third teaspoon of gin ger. 1 teaspoon mixed spices. Stir over slow fire until thoroughly boiled. Bake pie dough in deep pan. When done, put In pre pared Grape-Nuts, return to uvea and brown.