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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. SATURDAY, MARCH 9. 1911. 5 Price Gone Of recent date on leading staples are un questionably due to persistent selling, on a low-price basis, by the Local Jobber, to the disadvantage of alleged 4 'first hands." Much additional evidence of the desire of the seller to encourage the buyer is being offered by us in all lines. Personal in spection confidently solicited. Lowest prices always a certainty. HIBBEN, HOLLWEG & CO., Importers, Jobbers Dry Goods and Notions INVALID'S RUBBER GOODS. Air Beds, Pillow and Chair Cushions. Hospital flings. Urinals. Btd Pans. Fountain and Bulb Byrlna-fa, Hot Water Itottles. Ktomacti Tubes I and bhower iiaths. Bath Cabinets. WM. II. ARMSTRONG & CO.. fLItdCAI. 1HJ 15IIM MAKKltS 22 and 226 S. Meridian street. Indianapolls. Ind. Establishing a State board of embalmers. Passed 2$ to 12. House Dill No. ZSO (Morgan) Giving boards of park commissioners care of the planting of trees. Passed 41 to 0. House lilll No. ZG2 (Cox) Corncernlng taxation. Passed 3$ to 2. House Bill No. 32U (Schreeder) An appro- J nation for monuments for Shlloh Military 'ark. Passed 41 to 0. House BUI No. 540 (Allen)-LicpaHzinff the incorporation of the town of Otterbein, Uenton county. Passed 24 to 0. House Ulli No. 51 (Bishop)-Deflnin? kid naping and prescribing punishment there for. Passed 2S to U. House Bill No. 231 (Morton) Relating to the construction of free gravel roads. Passed 26 to 0. House Bill No. 614 (Larr) Concerning the rights of certain boards of school trustees. Passed .IS to 0. House Bill No. 480 (Horsfield) To prevent accidents in blasting in coal mines. Passed 25 to 2. House Bill No. 1S9 (Burrler) Concerning labor. Passed C2 to 0. House Bill No. 110 (Whltcomb) Concern ing the conveyance of land by husband3 and wives where either is Insane. Passed C to 3. House Bill No. 22) (Marshall, of Fountain) Regulating the firing of shots in mines. Indefinitely postponed 31 to 16. House Bill No. 4uo (Horsfleld)-Provldlng for the appointment of a commission to codify the mining laws. Passed 33 to 5. House Bill No. 303 (Cox)-For the release of liens on property for which there is a deed executed on an illegal tax sale. Failed by a vote of 11 to 23. House Bill No. 50." (John) Appropriat ing $2.000 for the Nancy Hanks Lincoln Memorial Association. Failed to pass. House Bill No. 379 (Parker) Concerning county historical societies. Passed 31 to 14. House Rill No. 33Ö (Bonham) Concerning the collection of street assessments. Passed 32 to 0. House Bill No. 415 (Stookey) Requiring that life Insurance beneficiaries shall have an insurable Interest. Passed 30 to 8. Senate Dills on Flrnt Hendln In Ilonne. No. 466 (Corr) Providing for the transfer Of cases from the Appellate to the Supreme Court. Rules suspended and bill passed. No. 467 (Goodwlne) Providing for separa tion of Industrial School for Girls and Woman's Prison. Motion to suspend rules lost. Senate RHU on Third Reading In House. No. 422 (Thompson) Legalizing the Juliet ta asylum in Marion county. Passed 61 to 7. No. 233 (Thompson) Adopting the United States flag as the banner of Indiana. Passed 72 to 0. No. 242 (Ball) For the payment to minors by the clerk of the Circuit Court, without guardian, on order of the Circuit Court hav ing Jurisdiction thereof, moneys in his hands belonging to said minors to an amount not exceeding $10. Passed 67 to 11. No. 132 (Agnew) Legalizing certain war rants issued by certain township trustees for the purpose of raising money to pay off certain outstanding warrants. Passed -S7 to IS. No. 85 (CJoodwlne) Regulating transfer of school children. Passed 5 to . No. 201 (Goodwlne) For the compulsory duration of children. Passed 72 to 1. No. 273 (Wolcott)-Concerning landlords ind tenants; requiring landlords to flle no tice of liens. Defeated 36 to 30. No. 3 (Wlnfleld) For the relief of Jacob Btark, of Pulaski county. Passed 71 to 0. No. 43J (Johnson) Concerning the Issue of preferred stock by mining and other com panies. Passed 53 to 31. No. 4o5 (Burns)-Prevcntlng the use of formaldehyde In food products. Passed G3 to 10. No. 2!U (Keyes) Defining veterinary medi cine and surgery. Passed 52 to V). No. 414 (Conlogue) Authorizing the trus tees of Albion township. Noble county, to transfer all tuition funds to the special echool funds, etc. Passed 6 to 4. No. 434 (Guthrie) Concerning war rec ords. Passed 74 to 0. No. 322 (Wood) Concerning the construc tion of sewers. Passed CS to 0. No. 415 (Guthrie) Regulating foreign cor porations, etc. Passed CS to 4. No. 4W (Ogborn) Providing for the ad mission of orphans of veterans of Spanish American war to Soldiers' anil Sailors Or phans' Home. Passed 75 to 0. No, 05 (Johnston) To regulate the hold ing of beer parties on lands of any kind without consent of owner. Failed for lack of constitutional majority. llnnae Committee Report. Judiciary. Senate bill No. 443 (Klttlner). fixing tho time of holding court in the Fiftieth Judicial circuit.' For passage. Rules suspended and passed S3 to 0. Claims House resolution No. 67 (Reagan), appro priating Sl.xX fr the payment of the clerk and assistant clerk for extra work. For adoption. Report of committee con curred In. i.i:c;isi,ati vi: ;ossu Stories Picked lp In the Corridora the Cnpltol. of "Speaking abouv big lawyer's fees," sa! sail Senator Gwln, "some of the biggest, th: .--.-. b .-wkl.1 ' I n.ll'i n .i .- ...1.1 . t ntr.c rc Liiiiij ill iniiiiiiia nric I'il.U IU ill- at- ii'iiir; in win pint v wu iv.i u i;ü me win u. me late Banker Culbertson, of New Albany. Coi Charles L. Jewett and Judge Alexander In A W ...lit I V. ill . s . Itnliif cooler; nortlnventerly wind. You can got tho regulation MF styles at any good ctoro, but wo go a o(cp farther; wo not only show you all tho regular stylos, but wo havo ail tho varatona and tho cx clusivo styles. That Is tho diflor onco between our storo ana tho ordinary store m It will Intoreat you TO placo In ono of our lints. Wo show Alpines Golf and Crush Hats for men arid hoys in black, poarl, steel, maple, tan and brown, at 97 cents AT THE essiois Dowling each received $15,000, while a Chi cago lawyer got SjXJ.WO." xxx "I know I voice the sentiment cf the peo ple in the counties of Ripley, Switzerland and Jefferson when I say that they are emphatically In favor of the return of William A. Guthrie as their representative in the Indiana Senate," said William O. Protsman, Republican county chairman of Ripley county, residing at Osgood. "I havo beard a great deal of talk about having Senator Guthr'e run for state treasurer, but 1 know our people would regard it as a distinct calamity If he should decide to make the race. They feel that they have never been represented In so thoroughly Latlsfactory a manner as they have been by Senator Guthrie, and they want him to continue in the Senate. On account of his veil-known uprightness and his habit of keeping his word to the letter, Senator Guthrie has acquired an influence that make Itself felt on all occasions. He is not given to .oratory or display of any kind, but whenever he has a bill in the interest of hid constituents he goes right ahead and pushes it through. In other words, he is a man that says little, but accomplishes much. So you can say that Senator Guth rie will be back here two years from now." Mr. Protsman is a member of the force of clerks in the Senate enrolling room, and, along with his duties In that position, keeps his political eye pretty wide open. xxx A dinner will be given to Indianapolis newspaper men at tho Grand Hotel this evening at 6 o'clock by Senators Eph In- man, of Washington, Daviess county, Jas. W. Fortune, of Jeffersonvllle, and William K. Stillwell, of Princeton. The senators named belong to the minority in the Sen ate, but, in spite of the handicap under whicli they have been placed, have man nsed to make their influence felt on mora than one occasion. They have been uni formly kind and courteous to the news paper men in the Senate, and "the boys' have naturally reciprocated. The dinner Is to be given for the purpose of cementing the friendships thus formed. xxx Senator Lawler got a trifle "gay" after the Senate adjourned yesterday evening. Noticing a small flag lying on his desk, he picked it up, commenced dancing a jig and tang out lustily, "We'll rally 'round tho t'ag, djoys, we'll rally once again." Tht senator was a gallant soldier in the civil war and the sight of the flag always arouses him to a high pitch of patriotic lcrvor, although ho is rather stout ot figure. XXX Gen. Lew Wallace was an interested spectator of proceedings In the House yes terday afternoon. When seen by a re porter he was seated with Representatlve3 Neal ami Sehroeder. "Have you a new book started?" the general was asked. "Ob, yes," he replied, "1 am always at work on a book." "Are you ready to announce IU name?" was the next query. "Why, 1 haven't named it yet," he answered, with a genial smile. xxx Representative Stutesman handed Repre sentative King a bill yesterday with the re mark: "King, I want to have the constitu tional rules suspended so that I can get this bill passed. You will help me out on it, won't you?" Mr.-Klng, as is well known, was very active in the House in trying to hav certain state lands sold and became a trifle vexed because he could not make his associates see the matter In the same light he did. After looking at Mr. Stutesman's bill and discovering that it provided for an appropriation of $50,000 he ejaculated: "No, I won't help you out on this. It appro priates Go,0"u! We have had many a propo sition here to sell ground and raise money and you follows have defeated them all. Now you want me to vote for an appro priation of JDO.wO. I am agin it." XXX Senator Barlow's services in getting House bill No. 153, providing against the desecration of the flag by using it for ad vertising purposes, passed by the Senate were rewarded in rather a neat and pic turesque manner yesterday by Wallace Foster, the man who supplies the "needy" with Hags. The senator was taken very much by surprise when Mrs. Cox, of this city, approached him yesterday afternoon and pinned on his coat lapel a beautiful silk flag. He blushed a rosy red and stut tered forth a request for an explanation. When Mrs. Cox told him that it was a present from Mr. Foster, a token of esteem tor the senator's valuable services In be half of the bill. Senator Barlow made a graceful speech of acknowledgment. XXX Representative Samuel C. Tucker, of Os good, Ripley county, asked Representative James A. Cotner, of Logansport, yesterday afternoon where he should go to draw his pay. Saeaking of the strange request Mr. Cot re r faldr "Tucker has not drawn a cent of his salary ani mileage yet. Gee whiz! how I would like to have all that good coin coming to me just now!" xxx S. E. Hoffman, secretary of the Anti-mob and Lynch Law Association, with head quarter.? at Springfield, O.. has written Sen ator B:rlov congratulating the senator upon his success in having an antl-lynch law passed by the Indiana Legislature. xxx Senator Oscar C. Minor, of Cannellon, was the observed of all observers in the Senate chamber yesterday afternoon. The reason he assumed such sudden prominence was that he was seated all afternoon be tween two of the handsomest young women that have visited the Senate since the opening of the session. One of tho young women Is hH cousin. Miss Nellie Minor, of this city, and the other is Miss Kate Stew art, of Grcensburg. who is Miss Minor's gueat. A majority of the senators, belorg- Ing both to the majority and minority, dis covered that they "had business with Sen ator Minor" during the afternoon, and. of course, the "business" was not completed until they had been presented to the inter esting young women. XXX A well-known member of the House re sides in a boarding house out on Capitol avenue, in which he Is about the only mas culine boarder. The statesman In question In rather timid because early in the pres ent session he was held up by a footpad. The women In the house put up a mean practical Joke on him the other night. While the representative was away from the house the feminine mischief makers rigged up an exceedingly lifelike dummy and placed it in his bed, turning the light down so as to give the proper ghastly ef fect when the figure should be viewed from the doorway. When the statesman opened the door of his room about midnight the first object that caught his startled vision was the supposed human being occupying his bed. Giving a scream and throwing up Ids hands in horror, he slammed the door and dashed through the hallway to the top of the stairway, all the while ex claiming: "My God! There's some one In my room!" He had not progressed very far down the stairs, however, until he was halted by the sound of shrieks of feminine laughter coming from a room not far from his own. He quietly sneaked back to his room and got into bed. But ever since that night the representative has been kept busy buying gloves and boxes of bonbons to extort promises of secrecy from the perpetrators of the cruel hoax. Just how the affair leaked out is a mystery. xxx "The way the Senate sat down on the woman's suffrage amendment to the Con stitution this afternoon," said Senator Thomas J. Lindley, of Noblesville, last night, "reminded me of a speech that Chester R. Faulkner made in the Indiana House of Representatives twenty years ago. At that time the state librarian was elected by the Legislature, and they cau cused about the ollice Just as they do now about a United States senator. Well, at that time the Democrats were in the as cendency, and they agreed to elect Miss Maggie Fitzgibbon, now Mrs. William 1'eele, state librarian. Faulkner got mighty sore about it. He was opposed to women holding office, and so he rose up and made a speech about like this: 'Hell! What are we coming to? Is the State's business all to be done by a passel of wlmmen? Hell!' And then he sat down. Faulkner was a curious and interesting character. They nicknamed him 'Collarless Faulkner, because he never wore a collar." STRIDENT CHICAGO VOICE RAISED IX DENUNCIATION OF GAGE'S TARIFF ItLLINUS. 31anufacturer Practically Contradict the Secretary' Statement of the Case Will Appeal to the Court. CHICAGO. March 8. Martin D. Madden, president of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, returned to-day from Wash ington, where a committee from the asso ciation was gtven a hearing by Secretary Gage, protesting againsl the countervailing duty on Russian beet sugar recently im posed by the department. "We feel," said Mr. Madden, "that the statements given to the press by the secretary of the treasury tend to mislead the public on the question. The contention of tho association is that the Russian government pays no bounty to its sugar manufacturers. The conclusion reached Is that the law governing the manufacture of sugar In Russia provides for the payment of an internal revenue tax. The minister of finance Is empowered to say what the approximate quantity of sugar shall be for home consumption each car. He is also empowered to provide for the manufacture of a given surplus, to be held by each sugar manufacturer, as well as to compel the storage of what Is known as an obligatory surplus. The approximate Quantity of sugar allowed to bo shipped by the Russian manufacturers for home con sumption is to be based or fixed by the minister of finance. Upon this an internal revenue tax of about 87Vi cents for each 3G pounds of sugar Is charged. If a greater quantity than that provided by the law officers of the government Is shipped for internal consumption, - double this tax is charged. If any part of the sugar manu factured is shipped abroad the shipper re ceives from the customs office at the border line of Russia a certificate setting forth the fact that this sugar was sent out of the country. Upon such shipments no internal revenue tax is paid to the government. "The secretary of the treasury holds that this release from the payment of Internal revenue tax by the Russian government to the shipper Is equivalent to a bounty. We have in this country an internal reve nue tax on whisky. For every gallon of whisky manufactured a certain price is paid by the manufacturer through the in ternal revenue department to the govern ment If the whisky so manufactured Is consumed In this country. If the whisky is shipped abroad for foreign consumption no internal revenue tax whatever is collected. The secretary of the treasury agrees with us that this release from the internal reve nue tax to the whisky shipper is not a bounty, but on the other hand he holds that the release of thr internal revenue tax to the sugar shipper by the Russian gov ernment is a bounty. "The committee has information that the decision or opinion of Attorney' General Griggs was that Russia paid no bounty, but that the Treasury Department had acted before he was able to communicate with it. In view of the failure of the sec retary of the treasury to' change his de cision In the matter arrangements have been made to pay the bounty on a caro of sugar Just received at New York by Jahn Sc Co., from which an appeal will be taken to the board of appeals." WOMEN STUDENTS BLAMED. An Ofllclal Account of the Recent Riot at St. Petersburg. - ST. PETERSBURG, March 6. It i3 learned from an excellent source that the police were warned beforehand by for eign agents that three Nihilists were com ing to St. Petersburg with a commission to kill M. Bogoliepoff, minister of public Instruction; Minister of the Interior Sipiaguine and a very great personage. The police suspected Karpovltch from the moment he crossed the frontier, and fol lowed him to M. Bogoliepoff' s. They re mained below, however, instead of entering the ministry after Karpovltch. An account of the Monday's riot from an official source places the affair in a more favorable lisht for the police. It is stated that tho students after the celebration of mass for Alexander, required a mass for "Nicholas." As M. Bogoliepoff la named Nicholas, the priests declined the request, 'this account of the trouble blames the women students, who composed U) per cent, of the crowd, for the principal disturbance, asserting that they screamed and tore their clothing in order to create the belief that they were being maltreated. Nobody was detained auer ineir names had been taken. TURKS ON THE BORDER. Bulgaria Uneasy Over 3IassliiK of Troops on Macedonian Frontier. SOFIA, Bulgaria. March 8. Increasing apprehension is felt in Bulgaria at the con centration of Turkish troops on the Mace donian frontier. It Is known that large quantities of arms and ammunition have been secretly Imported into the villayets of Kossovo, Uskuv and Monastir. Two Rus sian officers, who have toured recently in northern Macedonia incognito, left last evening for St. Petersburg. The Russian government has received sharp reminders from three of the great powers that it will be held responsible for tho preserva tion of order in the border districts. Great anxiety exists in Albania, which is in a state of unusual ferment. ALLES IS A SENATOR HIS .A3in CALLED, AMI Hi: CAX XOW LEGALLY DRAW PAY. Senate Derides to Adjourn To-Day Without Attempting to Reor ganize Committees. PLACES TOR EX-SENATORS CA It T nil AXD OTHERS OX THE ST. LOUIS FAIR COMMISSION. Appointment by the President Cuban. Export Dnty on Tobacco Abol ishedExtradition Treaty. WASHINGTON, March 8. Final adjourn ment of the extraordinary session of the Senate would have been taken to-day had the new Senator from Oregon. Mr. Mitchell, been present to take the oath of office. He could not reach Washington until to-morrow, however, nnd adjournment was post poned until that time. Mr. Hoar offered a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of senators to call upon the President and inform him that the Sen ate was ready to adjourn without delay. Mr. Morgan objected to consideration to day, saying that Senator Mitchell, of Ore gon, would be in Washington to-morrow, and it was due him that the Senate re main in session until his arrival. No business of importance was transacted in open session. Mr. Hoar requested the yeas and nays on a motion to go into executive session, saying that, for a partic ular reason, it was desirable the roll should be called at least once during the session. The motion prevailed unanimously, fifty six senators voting !u the affirmative. At 12:23 o'clock the Senate went into executive session. The particular reason for a roll call, re ferred to by Mr. Hoar, was that the name of Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, should be in cluded thus officially in the roll of senators. Some question was raised as to the right of Mr. Allen to draw his pay In the new Congress under hi3 appointment by the Governor of Nebraska. Allen did not vote upon the motion, being absent from the chamber, but the calling of his name set tled his status as a senator. The decision not to reorganize the com mittees was made at a caucus of Repub lican senators. The conference was without exciting Incident, although many speeches were made. Two resolutions were consid ered and both were voted down. The first was offered by Senator Mason and provided for the immediate re organization of the committees. Senator Foraker presented another resolution pro viding for the appointment of a committee to consider the basis of reorganization, to report at the beginning of the next regular session. The majority against both proposi tions was large. The effect of these two votes is to deter all action on reorganiza tion until the December session. The speeches against immediate reorganization were based on the plea that it meant pro longation of the present session. The reply was made that it was better to take the time for this work now when only one house is in session and no legislation is pending. The new senators said very little, generally taking the position that they were willing to be guided by the experi enced Senate leaders. EXPORT DUTY ABOLISHED. Cuban Tohneco Should Soon He Much Cheaper Thun Xovr. WASHINGTON, March 8. The President to-day issued an executive order abolish ing the Cuban export duty on tobacco from April 1 next. This action was taken on the earnest recommendation of the Cuban Economic Commission, which recently vis ited Washington, indorsed by General Wood. A previous order had been issued fixing an export duty of 50 per cent, on Cuban tobacco from .April 1. To-day's ac tion removes the export duty entirely. General Wood's approval of the abolition of this export duty is practically an ex pression of his belief that the Cuban rev enues from other sources are sufficient for the needs of the insular government. The original ilea was that the tobacco tax was necessary to meet the requirements of the government. The abolition of the duty affects cigars and cigarettes, as well as tobacco in leaf, filler or cut, all of the various classes of tobacco, raw and manu factured, having heretofore been subject to various rates of duty. That on cigars has been $1.35 per thousand, on cigarettes in boxes 00 cents per thousand, cut tobacco $3.75 per hundred kilos, leaf or tiller to bacco $.35 per hundred kilos, except that harvested in the province of Santiago da Cuba and exported through the custom houses at Santiago, Gibara or Manzanillo. which paid $2.20 per hundred kilos. All of these duties are abolished under the order of to-day. It is estimated by the War Department officials that the abrogation of the duties will cause a loss of revenue of about $soo,000 or $1.000,000 per year. But it Is said this loss will be more than offset by the encouragement given to the planters to in crease their production. The extent of the trade affected by the order is very large, the tobacco exports amounting to about $20,000,000 a year. Of this by far the larger part came to the United States. The total value of unmanufactured tobacco exported within the seven months ended July 21 last was $5.210,000, and of this the export to the United States amounted to $ 1,5s 73.000. In the same period the export of Cuban cigars was largest to Great Britain, the United States coming second. The total value of the cigar exports for the seven months was $-5,030,000. It was announced at the War Depart ment to-day that the secretary of war has decided that all provisions of the present Cuban tariff, unless amended by proper au thority, shall remain in effect until the pro posed revision by the Havana commission becomes operative. This also applies to Paragraph 31S, which admits railroad ma terial to roads actually building and for planters use at a duty of 10 per cent. This specially low rate was. to have ceased at the end of the present month. It is now continued indefinitely. The tariff as a whole was to continue in force only until June 15 next. It likewise is to continue Indefinitely. PLACE FOR CARTER. Former Senator Given a $.,(HM-n-Year Position Other XominntlonH. WASHINGTON, March 8. Former United States Senator Carter, of Montana, has been appointed by the President a United States commissioner of the St. Louis exposition. He has accepted the of fer. The position pays $5,000 a year. John M. Thurston of Nebraska, William Lind say of Kentucky and George W. McBrlde of Oregon will be the other members of the commission. The President to-day sent the following nominations to the Senate: Consuls Frank C. Dennis, of Maine, at St. John. N. F.; Ernest A. Mann, of Flori da, at Rreslau. Germany; Martin J. Carter, of Pennsylvania, at Yarmouth, N. S. To be secretary of the legation to Guate mala nnd Honduras, Robert H. Greene, of Kentucky; to be second secretary of the legation at Constantinople. Philip M. Drown, of Massachusetts. Navy To be members of a board of vis itors to tho Naval Observatory: St. Clair McKelway, of Rrooklyn. N. Y.; Asaph Hall, Jr.. of Ann Arbor. Mich.; William R. Harper, of Chicago; Edward C. Pickering, of Cambridge, Mass.; Charles A. Young, of Princeton, N. J.: Ormond Stone, of Char lottesville, Va. First lieutenants to be cap tains in the United States marine corps: Philip S. Brown. John F. McGlll. Louis M. Gullck. David D. Porter and A. J. Mat thews. Second lieutenants to be first lieu tenants. United States marine corps: H. J. Hirshlnger. Henry De Long, Harry R. Lay, Charles C. Carpenter. Charles R. Taylor, A. S. Williams, Fred M. Esllck, Louis McC. Little, John Muler and Frederick M. Wise. United States Army Lieutenant colonels to be colonels of infantry: Stephen P. Jocelyn. Twenty-fifth; Charles Keller, Twenty-fourth; William F. Snurgin. Six teenth; Charles A. Coolidge. TNinth; Charles A. Dempsey, First; William E. Dougherty, Seventh. Majors to be lieutenant colonels of infantry: William V. Richards, Seventh; Theodore F. Forbes, Fifth; David B. Wil son. Twenty-fifth; Waiver T. Duggan, Tenth; Leon A. Matlle, Fourteenth; Butler D. Price, Fourth. Cavalry: Lieut. Col. Wil liam W. Wallace, Second, to be colonel; Major E. D. Dimmick, Tenth, to be lieu tenant colonel; Capt. George L. Scott, Sixth, to be major. Quartermaster's de partment: Capt. John T. French, Jr., to be quartermaster, with rank of major. The Senate confirmed all of the nomina tions sent to it by the President to-day, ex cept the members of the board of visitors to the Naval Observatory and the promo tions in the marine corps. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. Xnral Officers Promoted from Ranks Do Xot Enjoy All PrlvileKe. WASHINGTON, March 3 -The secretary of the navy to-day made response to the resolution of the Senate making Irquiry as to whether commissioned ofllcers promoted from the ranks are debarred the use of the uniform and other privileges: He say3: "Commissioned officers in the naval service promoted from the ranks are not debarred from privileges enjoyed by other commis sioned officers of the navy, but they are not given the use of some uniforms used by certain other commissioned olficers. Just as the latter in one grade or corps are not given the same uniform as others of them in another grade or corps. There is a dis tinction between the insignia of officers promoted from the ranks and officers who have graduated from the Naval Academy, just as there are distinctions In the insignia of the latter officers, as for instance, be tween a lieutenant and a civil engineer, because such distinction is necessary to Indicate the grade of the service to which these officers belong by reasoi of their duties and their rank. The distinction does not arise from the question of whether tho odlcer was promoted from the ranks or is a graduate of the Naval Academy." The secretary adds the following informa tion: "The department has in preparation and will issue about May 1 a uniform regulation book, showing all uniforms and permitting officers promoted from the ranks to wear certain Insignia and uniforms not r.ow worn by them, but which are per mitted for other commissioned officers." EXTRADITABLE OFFEXSES. Supplemental Treaty with Britain Ratified by the Sennte. WASHINGTON, March 8. The Senate, in executive session, to-day, ratified the sup plemental extradition treaty with Great Britain, which has been pending some time. The treaty adds to the list of crimes for which a man can be extradited from one country to the other the following: Ob taining money under false pretenses, the destruction or obstruction of railroads, the endangering of human life and the procur ing of abortions. The treaty was not dis cussed at length, but Senator Mason asked several questions about It. He pointed out that the inclusion of the crime of obtain ing money upon false representation might prove a dangerous experiment. He sug gested that cases might arise under which a person might be extradited for ordinary debts. Senator Lodge replied that most of our treaties with other countries contain a provision similar to this and said it was to be presumed that the usual precautions to guard against Injustice would be taken. The vote upon ratification was 40 to 1G. An effort was made to secure action upon the supplemental treaty extending the time for the ratification of the French reciproci ty agreement, but it was frustrated by a motion to return to legislative session, made by Senator Aldrich. Progress of EnllMtmenta. WASHINGTON, March 8. The adjutant general's office reports that satisfactory progress is making in the recruitment of the five new infantry regiments authorized by Congress. In addition to the rerrults re cently assigned to the Twenty-eighth In fantrj't there are now nearly six hundred unassigned infantry recruits at the Pre sidio, at San Francisco. Both battalions of the Tenth Infantry, now under orders for service in the Philippines, have been filled to the maximum of 150 men to each com-N pany. An order was issued by the War De partment to-day, assigning the six hundred unattached recruits at the Presidio to the first battalion of theThirtieth Infantry. This assignment practically completes the or ganization of the first battalion of each of the five new regiments of infantry. All these troops are destined to early service in the Philippines, supplying, in part, the vacancies in .General MacArthur's army, resulting from the home-coming of the vol unteers for discharge. 31 r. Overntreet Coining Home. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. v WASHINGTON. March 8. Representa tive Overstreet called at the White House this morning to pay his adieu to President McKinley. Mr. Overstreet and his wife leave to-morrow morning for Indianapolis. John Ade. a banker of Kentland, Ind., is in Washington, a guest of John Ran dell. Nathan Powell, of Madison, who has been in Washington, attending the inaugural ceremonies, left the city to-day. MISCELLANEOUS SEWS. Life of the French Treaty to De Extended Porter to Stay in Parin. Secretary Hay and Ambassador Cambon, acting for their respective governments, have signed an arrangement extending un til Sept. 21, 1'j02, the period allowed for the ratification of the French reciprocity treaty. So far as the State Department Is In formed, Ambassador Torter is perfectly satisfied with his post at Paris, P.nd intends to remain there. Mr. Tower, our ambas sador at St. Petersburg, has never shown the least disposition to change his post, either to Paris or any other European capital. It has been arranged that the- equestrian statue of General Logan, in Washington, shall be unveiled with appropriate military ceremony, Tuesday. April 9. next. All the regular troops in Washington and prob ably the District National Guard will par ticipate. The President will attend with his Cabinet and probably will make a short address. The Senate committee on military affairs yesterday decided on the appointment of a subcommittee to investigate the charges made against Lieut. Col. H. O. S. Heistand, in the Pettigrew resolution. That resolu tion recites that Heistand has been ac cused of being at the head of a commission of government officeholders to control the hemp output of the Philippines. It is un derstood that Senator Hawiey will be chair man of the subcommittee to be named. Arrangements have bten made for the signing of a protocol at the State Depart ment, probably to-day or to-morrow, by which the life of the French reciprocity treaty will be further extended for one year from the 24th Inst. A former protocol extended the instrument up to that date, and since the French government has now expressed a desire to have a further exten sion, a new protocol Is necessary. The French government Is the only one which has signified a desire to have its reciprocity treaty prolonged by a new protocol. At the Cabinet meeting yesterday some time was devoted to discussion of the in hibitions contained in the amendments to the army reorganization act as to the granting of franchises, the protection of the public lands, in the Philippine Islands. Affairs in Cuba were also talked over, general opinion, based upon official in formation, being that the situation had Im proved of late and that the conditions im posed by Congress would be acceded to. The personnel of the Spanish claims and the St. Louis exposition commissions were discussed. Charges have been preferred to the Navy Department by Captain Charles H. Davis, superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory, against Prof. Stimson J. Rrown. head of the mathematical branch of the observatory, who is an officer of the navy with the rank of captain. The affair grows out of personal differences arising in connection with certain legislation before Congress as to the position of astronomical director of the observatory. The place now held by Professor Brown was formerly filled by the noted astronomer. Prof. Simon Newcomb. It recently has been proposed to Congress that certain additional au thority be attached to the place, and out of this grew the differences. Prof. Charles W. Dabney, president of the University of Tennessee, testified be fore the industrial commission, yesterday, on the agricultural and Industrial condi tions in the South. He traced the develop ment of the South from the civil war r.nd said the South had now entered upon a period of natural evolution, which will car ry its Industries steadily forward for many years. The witness said that cotton, cattle and mules are bringing better prices than ever before and the people of the South are already enjoying a period of prosperity. The witness said that by giving the negro an industrial education he can be made more useful and productive as a citizen than he was as a slave. An emphatic denial is given at the State Department to the statement published in a London newspaper to the effect that the United States government has addressed a note "almost threatening in tone." to the Danish government, declaring that it will not permit a transfer of the Danish West Indies to any foreign power. It is said ai the department that the United States government has not at any stage In the present negotiations, relative to the transfer of the islands, nor at any time in the past when similar negotiations were afoot, threatened Denmark, or attempted in any way to bring pressure to bear upon her, and the negotiations always have been conducted in the most amicable spirit on both sides. ACTIVE JOBBING TRADE FEATURE OF THE YVEEK IX. 3IOST LINES OF IltSINESS. Collections Arc Good nnd Failures Few-iron nml Steel ami the Cor- enlft Root nnd Shoe Activities. NEW YORK, Mahch 8. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade to-morrow will say: Little change was developed this week In the condition of general business. Ground recently gained seemed to be held without difficulty, with a good distribution of merchandise by jobbers in most direc tions, and with entire absence of specula tive activity. There has "been a further decline in cotton, which docs not help the goods market, still the most backward and disappointing of all the great indus tries, but in mechanical lines the progress being made is noteworthy. Building ma terials, including lumber, are in especially urgent demand, and dealers who can de liver stock have no difficulty in securing advanced prices. In this, unlike most other lines of business, the East leads the country, and just at this season it is of particular significance. Collections are re ported good all through the West, and are better than usual at the South. Condi tions in iron and steel begin to assume an appearance similar to that of IStfJ. Prices have moved upward rapidly since the turn was made, and bids at current rates for distant delivery are often refused. Manu facturers are unanimous in reporting a great demand for domestic consumption, while export contracts for finished forms are still taken In competition with declin ing foreign markets. Production of coke expands, and shipments are only limited by car shortage. Footwear Is bteady at former prices, and while sales have decreased somewhat, fac tories are assured activity for a month or more. There Is a good demand for low priced heavy goods irom Southern jobbers, out many Western buyers have not placed their usual contracts as yet. The local jobbing trade nas improved and city whole salers have liberal orders from country retailers. Large contracts have been placed with Western manufacturers, who report conaitions satisfactory. Tne slight decrease In shipments irom Boston for the week is not surprising, but the loss of over liXt.uuo cases tor the year thus far indicates the extent to which development of this indus try In the West and South has reduced New England business. The growth of domestic trade and exportation has been so great, however, that, with the exception of last year and lJS, the current year's phipments to date exceed any other on record by over 50,oo0 cases. Textile fabrics exhibit a little animation, although the markets are still far from a satisfactoiy position. Knit goods receive more attention for fall lines, hosiery and articles for summer outing are taken free ly, mercerized goods of expensive quail ties enjoy a busk demand, and cheaper cottons are exported In considerable quan tities. Some lines of silks find buyers without further cut, and labor troubles at the mills are less disturbing. Two large failures in wool occurred abroad and three Vermont firms were forced to suspend. Sales of wool at the chief Eastern mar kets decreased nearly 3,Ouo,uX) pounds com pared with the previous year's business, but this is a favorable symptom, as ex cessive operations of late were due to forced sales at lower prices. Cotton de clined still further, with option business active. Idle mills, estimates of liberal re ceipts and indications that planters will cultivate an immense acreage this season result in the lowest price of the season. Wheat is in abunaant supply, with quo tations well above last year's, owing to reports that the Hessian lly promises to be unusually troublesome, whde weather con ditions are also threatening. Atlantic ex ports of wheat, flour included, were 2.477,üin) bu for the week, against 1.7S1.&D5 a year ago. Corn exports were 3,337,435 bu, against 2.1S3.21S in liwo. Failures for the week were 208 in the United States, against 2o5 last year, and 2d in Canada, against 33 last year. FEW WEAK SPOTS. Dradstrcct Outlines the Strength of the Business Situation. NEW YORK, March K.-Bradstreefs to morrow will say: Reports as a whole con tinue quite cheerful. Most lines of dis tributive trade are active. Soft spots are still in evidence in the textile industries, particularly in cotton goods, and raw cot ton has again sagged heavily. The cereals, too, lack snap, and dairy products are weaker. When this Is said, however, about all that Is unfavorable has been enum erated. The season of winter wheat crop scares Is now approaching, but the market 13 dull, narrow and irregular. Speculation is almost nil. Corn has weakened but slightly on better weather and bearish statistics of farm reserves. Pork and lard are higher in sympathy with hogs, receipts of which are light. Milder weather has lowered butter and eggs, but coffee is quite steady, large purchases recently having led to hopes of bettering demand. Cotton goods are working lower at nearly all mar kets, and now cotton is 5-lGc off on the week on poor trade, reports and pressure of Southern interior holdings to realize, lead ing to the belief that the crop is larger than was expected. Numerous predictions of a "famine" in cotton supplies made some months ago by the leading authorities con trast sharply with the reports of reduced consumption now coming to hand. Wool is moving more freely and the tone is more cheerful apparently on the Idea that prices cannot well go much lower. Heavy sole leather Is in demand at all markets, and taik of 40 cents for oak tanned comes from Boston. Shoe shipments are still below a year ago and for the "year are puj.MJ cases less. Iron and steel may properly be described as buoyant. Prices of pig iron are firmer as a whole despite smaller sales, and besse mer pig is 60 cents a ton higher at Pitts burg. As an example of the demand for crude steel it might be noted that J3 ad vance on the pool prices Is paid for besse mer billets and $4.25 advance for basic open hearth billets for prompt delivery. Fin ished products share the strength and plates are bringing t2 a ton above the scale, while the rail, bar and structural mills are well occupied. Iron ore prices probably will be fixed to-day, and opinion favors a quotation of per ton. against $5.50 last year. Wheat Including flour shipments for the week aggregate 4.22f.5-S bushels, against 5 233 313 last week and 4.2"WS in the corre sponding week of 1!). From July 1 to date wneat exports are 135.677.517 bushels, against 13H r.9,&3 laPt season and 173,11 !,& in IjjjvW. Corn exports for the week aggregated 3. i&lZ7 bushels, nxalnst 4.K".44i lat week and 2.l!7.fr24 in this week a year ago. From Julv 1 to date corn exports are ?,0,UZ,y bu"hel. against 14j,Mi,o3S latt season and 117 24J.521 In 1&S-W. EBusiness failures In the United States for the week number 2K. as against 177 last week and l'.S this week a year ago. This Week's Hauls, ClenrlnRs. The following table, compiled by Brad street, shows the bank clearings at th-j principal cities for the week ended March 7, with the percentage of Increase and d Hood's Sarsaoarilla Has won suceo;: far beyond the effect of advertising only. The true secret of its wondrrfnl popu larity ia explained entirely and only, by its unapproachable Merit. "Based upon a prescription which cured people considered incurable, vhich accomplished wonders astonish ing to the medical profession, Hood's Sarsaparilla Includes the concentrated values of tho best-known vegetable remedies, nnited by such an original and jKCuliar com bination, proportion and process as to secure curative power peculiar to itself. Its cures of mild and extreme cases of scrofula, eczema, p?oriasis, and every kind and degree of humor?, as well as catarrh and rheumatism prove Hood's Sarsaparilla the best blood purifier ever produced. Its cures of dyspepsia, biliousness, nervousness, loss of appetite and thai tired feeling make it the greatest stom ach tonic, nerve-builder and strength restorer the world has ever known. Hood's Sarsaparilla la a thoroughly pood medicine. Begin to take it JO DAY. Get HOOD'S. Nvkdv.i KA1R BALSAM "1f .... ti kMiit.t th h'r. mase as compared with the corresponding wtek last year: New York $1.I6T.1T2.!4S Inc.. .51. 3 Uoston 141.C11.KIC Inc. ..13.8 Chicago iei.ufd.322 Inc. ..IS. 5 I hiladelphia 102.114.5"$ Inc.. .11. 4 St. I.ouis Sa.3r.tt.70S Inc.. 4.1 l'itt.burf? v 41.7'vHUOO Inc. ..45.3 llaltlmore 2U4$e Dec. 3.5 San Francisco 2U5a.T'4 Inc..l6.l Cincinnati IXJ.2.)4.m Inc. .24.9 Kansas City lG.125l9 Inc. ..32. 4 New Orleans H.23S.y4 Inc.. h.2 Minneapolis 9,u7v22 Dec. 6.4 Dttroit S,2?3.ur3 Inc.. 7.S Cleveland Inc. .23.3 Louisville 1O.37S.401 Inc. .21. i Providence 7,742.3uo Inc. XS.1t Milwaukee f.,5a.5S Inc.. 8.7 Pt. Paul 5.1tb.3o6 Inc. .21. 6 PufTalo 5,419.205 Inc.. .13. i Omaha 7.0U1.O51 Inc.. .13.0 Indianapolis 7,6:K.ivi) Inc. .37. 4 Columbus. 0 6.152.&X) Inc. .15.1 Evansville, Ind &51.947 Inc.. 2.4 Totals, U. S $2.121, 427.0S7 Inc...S7.C Totals outside N. Y.. 754.253.13y Inc.. .13. a AGUINflLDO IN HIDING SAID TO DC I TUP. NORTHERN POR TION OF LUZON ISLAND. Americans Searching: for the Klaslr Filipino The Timber Question In the Philippine. MANILA, March S.-The Manila Board of Health announces that on an estimated population of C00.0.K) for. the city of Manila the annual death rate is 34 per thousand. Unconfirmed information coming from. na tive sources says that Agulnaldo is ia hiding in the province of Isabela, on th northern coast of Luzon island. Amer'can troops are scouting in that eectlon of tho country. Captain Duncan, of the Fourth Infantry, has captured a po.uad of insurgents and twelve rll!es, near the town bf 'lmus, la Cavite province, twelve miles south of Ma nila. General Lloyd "NVheaton, commander of the department of northern Luzon, report! the troops of his department to be in ex cellent health. Less than S per cent, of them ere sick. n inquiry has been cabled to Washing ton, asking whether the prohibition on timber cutting Is to be construed as in cluded in the amendment. The forestry de partment of the Philippines hitherto hns issued licenses for cutting of timber on public lands for one year. The question of the alcs and apportionments of land and mining rights, although Importantly affecting the growth of the Islands and tho settlement of the Philippines by Ameri cans, can wait until the regular session of Congress, but lumber Is In such great de mand for building purposes that It would be comidered most unfortunate should th control of its production be vested in thost few men who now own timber land. Thers. is some talk here of sending a petition to Washington for an extra session of Con gress, but the fear Is general, however, among a certain element, that this action might not result in any material good. Re gret is expressed here at the fact thai Congress does not Intrust th timber and mining question to the discretion of th American representatives here. Killed and Wounded. WASHINGTON', March 8. General Mao Arthur's casualty list is as follows: Killed Sept. 20. at San Minguel Aft Ma yumo, Luzon, Company A, Thlrty-flfth In fantry, Charles A. Raker; March 3 near Silang. Luzon, Company D, Forty-slxtÄ Infantry, Sergeant Walter A. Gllmore. Wounded Jan. 4, at Mount Sarog, Luzon Company E. Forty-seventh Infantry, Cor poral Thomas L. Casey, arm. serious; Feb. 24, at San Vincente, Luzon, Troop F, Third Cavalry, Charles W. Larzelere, thigh, mod erate Many Soldler from South. Bend - Special to the In-lianapolls Journal. SOUTH REND, Ind.. March 8. William Acker, one of the 250 South Rend soldier In the Philippine campaign, was killed in his twenty-fifth fight recently. Captain Wendall Simpson has within the last two weeks received forty men at the local re cruiting station, all for the Philippines. The World's Famous Medicinal Whhkry Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asth ma, Consumption, Malaria, Fevers, Chills and Dyspepsia of whatever form, quickly cured by taking Duffy's Malt Whiskey. 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