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PRICE TWO CENTS. THURSDAY EVBflBEftQ, JANTJAKY m 1903. 16 PAGES-FIVE O'CLOCK. THE1EASE0F GRAZIN G LAPS Xive Stock Convention Thinks the Public Land Laws Have Now ' - V Been Outgrown. Protection Should Be Offered to Set- * tiers Using Arid Lands for Grazing Purposes. -tbL_ A Larger Area Should Be Allowed for a HomesteadThe dues- * S* ,: tion of Fencing. _v jfensas City, Jan.- 15.-At the third day's session of the" National Live Stock convention many papers were read and discussed and a flood of resolutions were introduced and considered. The conven tion will finish its work to-morrow and will be followed on Saturday by the an nual meeting of the National Wool Grow ers' association, at which important action regarding the range problem is expected. Lease of Grazing Lands. * One of the most important resolutions Introduced in the live stock convention to day sought to heal the long standing bit terness existing between cattlemen and sheepmen over the question of ranges. A. It. Robertson of Texas yesterday intro duced a resolution calling for the amend ment of the laws regulating the grazing on public lands and approving the leasing of such lands-in states where such a pol icy is desired by the people. This was referred to the executive committee and finally laid upon the table. In its place a substitute prepared by a cattle man and said to be approved by sheepmen and by many of the cattlemen, was indorsed. The resolution says: - _ 3 | The laws governing the use of the | | public lands of the United States | | have become outgrown owing to the | | rapid advance of civilization and the | | time has come for action by congress | | in laws recognizing the changed con- | | ditions, encouraging settlement and | | offering protection to settlers using I f the land for grazing purposes. "|\. S S The resolution indorses the suggestion of President-Roosevelt that a larger area of semi-arid lands be allowed for a home stead and that a committee of experts be appointed to investigate thepresent exist ing condition and suggest to congress just and. fair remedies that will assist the growth of the west. The resolution urges at once a memorial from the convention to oongress asking that body to act quickly on the suggestion of President Roosevelt and suggest new laws which will apply to all sections. It says the principal obstacle that has prevented the sockmen from agreeing among themselves tipon a plan for a change in the laws, as the law that would - benefit one section jwould cause .loss.an ruin "'to another where different conditions prevailed. Among - the addresses at the morning .,-.. (session waapone by WlMamM. Sprinegr " - Ifttihtimt^&A&t cm "Ttie Proposed Merging of'the Ptf^rJ^Plant* & TMs .:-. Country -and.,the JJfCeista- and^RetriegyT? '""and one by Dr. W. H. Dalrympfo of Louisiana on '.'Infectious Diseases and Their Prevention." G. E. Abbfctt of Sprin ger, N. M., and Senator Francis Emory Warren of "Wyoming, president of the National Wool Growers" association, also addressed the delegates at the morning session. Among the speakers at the afternoon session were E. C. Jacbbson of Illinois, whose topic, .was. ."The Destruction of Hides by "Warbles," and Colonel John P. Irish of* California, who led the discus sion on the subject "The Changes Con gress Should Make in the Laws Govern ing th Public Domain and Forest Re- serves'." Work of the Ox Bot. Mr. Jacobsen said one of the worst in sect enemies of cattle, especially in the great grazing regions of the west and southwest, is the ox bot, or warble, and he appealed to cattle raisers in the name of common humanity to work together so that the torture and suffering of helpless beasts in the field will be mitigated, if not entirely avoided. The cattlemen, he said, are entitled to great credit for their skill and success in steadily improving the ap pearance and quality of cattle, but it was in their power to go a step further, so that the time might come when sound hides on cattle would be the rule and not the exception. John P. Irish of San Francisco said: The Grazing Lands. "It is estimated there are 400,000.000 acres for which grazing will be the sole use. It is the largest and was the best stock range in the world. Its forage has been destroyed and its .potential wealth has disappeared through its free use in common by all comers. About that vast range the east has held ^totally incorrect ideas. To the eastern mind it has ap peared as equal to the prairie lands of the upper Mississippi, moist, fertile and ready for the homesteader. Thanks to the light shed abroad by the advocates of irri gation, it is now established that this grazing domain, the property of all the people, has and will have no other use than as a range for flocks and herds. It is nearly fed out. The range Industry is in a. death struggle. "The attempt of some graziers to sur vive by unlawfully fencing in the public . domain, and the more reprehensible at tempt of others to command the range with the rifle, must in charity be accepted as the dedsperate methods for survival of an industry that has conferred vast bene fits upon the nation. The government should retain public ownership of the range and protect its forage by leasing it in suitable tracts to the hardy men who occupy it. understand it and will take measures to renew its grasses and restore its primitive capacity for carrying stock. "The measure now before congress was introduced as a means of promoting dis cussion of this policy. It was mistaken as a finality. It was intended to present the subject in its broadest scope and to emphasize some principles that are in dispensable in any such legislation. The homesteader, the mineral entryinan and the irrigator are by that measure given rights superior to those of the leaseholder. The present agricultural settler and the future homesteader are given franchises liecessary to their welfare and intended to promote the settlement of every acre upon which a home can be maintained by agri culture. These features are insisted on In good faith by every western stockman. . "We may count ourselves happy that the country has a western man for presi dent. He is typically western as we who are born here. He has a keen and inti mate knowledge of the physical and social land industrial conditions of this vast re ligion where our homes and treasure are. H e appreciates the difficulties in the way tt that comprehensive reform of the land Jaws that will add the range as a distinct ,class and put its potential wealth under the protection of the law. He recom mends that the task of doing this be given ,:to an expert commission, which will nat- ' -airally report Its conclusions in the form of an act of congress. We should here '* support the president in seeking such, a A. A commission. -Let congress authorise him to appoint it, and out of his suggestion will issue the greatest and happiest result that -has ever followed land legislation sjnce the republic became the greatest land-owner on the planet." SCOP E IS WIDENE D The Special Grand Jury Iitvcstiga- ting Coal Combines Calls - State Witnesses. Evidence Showing Agreements Be tween Operators in Illinois and Indiana. Chicago, Jan. 15.On new develophfents in the coal shortage investigation, the special grand jury has widened the scope of its inquiry. On information received late yesterday, subpoenas have been sent to the sheriff of Sangamon county for the appearance before it of Charles A. Starne of the iftrden Coal company, and ^fii West End Coal company of Springfield* Terrence Casey of the WilllamsvilleCoa|t' company, and- L. W. Senseney of the '"&!- - ton and Auburn Coal: company at'Auburn The evidence of the men from the Spring field district, it-is said, will form the connecting link in the chain of evidence showing agreements between the opera,*-, tors of Illinois and Indiana. Several wit nesses summoned for -yesterday were heard to-day, after which the, grand ju rors turned their attention to the vol ume of documentary evidence prepared for them. After carefully going over the evidence, a committee was appointed to draft a re port explaining the situation to the public and recommending that" the regular grand jury continue the investigation. It was also decided to recommend to the mayor the appointment by him of a special com mission to devise means of getting coal into the city at once at a reasonable cost. None of the out-of-town operators sum moned appeared to-day, but are expected to-morrow in time to give their testi mony before the close of the investigation. No Price Change In London. 1 London, - Jan. 16.Prices- in the London coal market have thus far not been af fected by the action of congress in pro viding a rebate of duties on all coal for a year and 'placing anthracite coal on the free list, though a better feeling exists. No further large orders have yet been re ceived from America. - It is believed that Canadian coal will chiefly benefit by the rebate duties. -- PIDOWKBYATILIIAN Lieutenant Governor Tries to Mur der the Editor of the State at Columbia, S. C, -Columbia, S. C , Jan.'15.N. G. Gon iales, editor of the.State, was sho,t down on the street here"'to-day by James H. Tillpmn, lieutenant governor," of South* Carolina. The wound -is Jn the stomach I KS IGOR 'S FRIENBS Br. Hendricks and Justice Stanton Are Sentenced to Two Years and a Half. Freehold. N. J., Jan._15.Dr. Hendricks and former Justice of the Peace Stanton, convicted of conspiracy to secure the en tire estate of Henry . M. Bennett, a wealthy resident of Pittsburg, Pa., were to-day sentenced to two years and six months' imprisonment each. Dr. Hendricks and Stanton were tried with Laura Biggar on the. charge of conspiracy. It was alleged that Dr. Hendricks falsely cer tified to the birth of a child, to Laura Biggar and that Stanton issued, a certificate alleging that Miss Blggar and Bennett had been mar ried by him, whereas the prosecution claimed no such marriage took place. Laura Blggar claimed she had been married to Bennett tha a child had been born to her of the marriage, and had died, and that she was entitled to all of Bennett's estate as the child's heir. At the trial Miss Blggar" was acquitted, but the two men were convicted. ONE ON THE GOVERNMENT The Socialist Paper Vorwaerts at Berlin Springs a Good Story. Berlin, Jan. 15.The local sensation of the day is a page exposure of Vorwaerts, the Socialist organ, which in the.past has been able to obtain possession of import ant government circulars and information, of what purports to be an attempt on the part of the political police to bribe one of its employes to reveal the secrets of the office. The employe referred to, was to receive $15 monthly for his ser vices. H e accepted the first bribe and turned the money over to his paper, which has warned.the police agents that all the information possible on this and other sub jects will be published. """'. THREW IT IN THE SEWER Fatal Coal Mistake Made by a Washington Colored Workman. New York Sun Special Service. Washington, Jan. 15.Some of the peo ple of Washington have their coal cellars under the sidewalks. . On some of the streets the sewers run under the side walks also, and both the coal cellars and the sewers are reached by man holes in the pavement, which are covered with iron plates. This arrangement has caused an- incident which has amused all Wash ington. A certain banker living on Con necticut avenue after persistent entrea ties, secured three tons of coal the other day, for which he paid $15 a ton. The coal was delivered according to his or der and dumped on the sidewalk in front of his-house, but a colored man. who was employed to stow it away, lifted the plate from the wrong manhole and shoveled all of the coal into the sewer The city officials are now after the banker for ob structing the sewer, and the banker is after the coal dealer for, more coal. He has employed several men to get the coal out of the sewer, but it is a diffi cult business. They have to send a boy down, who passes it up in tin cups. -'^''- : ' MAT -GETS |6,000. ""* -'J"5." London. Jan. 15.The olaim of May Yohe (Mrs. Putnam Bradlee Strong of New Tork) against her former husband. Lord Francis Hope, for "945,000 has been settled for $5,000. PSYCH E WA S m m A GOW N An Eccentric Amerioan Who Bought French Paintings and Had '' Them Dressed. M.Gerome's Wonderful 'Court Prom enade' Has 'Besplendent Sun shine' Painted In. On the Eeturn of the Picture to Paris M. Gerome Sues the Deal er Who Holds It. , - "- Now York Sun Special Service. Paris, Jan. ^16.M. Gerome, the cele brated patifter, is suing M. Brandus, a picture dealer, respecting alterations al leged to have been made in Gerome's fa mous salon picture entitled " A Court Promenade in the Gardens of Versailles." T he painting was sold in 1896 to George M. Tynes, a resident of N ew York and was taken, to the United .States, where M. Brandus bought it about two years ago on the disposal of Mr. Tynes* collection. M, Brandus brought the picture to Paris and offered it for sale. M. Gerome on see ing it discovered that the remarkable ef fect of light produced by the setting sun and rising moon, for which the picture was famous, had been painted out and re placed by respendent sunshine, which ad mittedly had been done skilfully. M. Gerome applied to the courts to im pound the picture pending further action against M. Brandus, and the judges en joined the latter from parting with the painting. M. Brandus disclaims any connection with or knowledge of the alteration, which is ascribed in art circles to the American purchaser's initiative. It is said that he was eccentric and caused several famous pictures m his col lection to be modified. He bought nudes at the Paris salon and had clothes painted over them. The least artistically offensive of these alleged vandalisms was the em bellishing of a beautiful nude by Dela croix, with flowing drapery, while a worse instance was the dressing of a figure. of Psyche in a fashionable tailor made gown and a picture hat. AN IDEA IN DELAWARE Proposition Made by the Democrats to Anti-G-as Repub- licans. Dover, Del., Jan. 15.The regular re publican members of the general assem bly have not yet taken action on an ulti matum sent to them by the democratic legislators, wherein the latter agree to vote for a republican for the long term senatorship if the regulars will support a democrat for the short term. Congressman Ball, the leader of the reg ular republicans, who would get the re publican votes in the event of a coalition being effected, stated to-day that he did not think the plan would be consum mated. "Unless enough of our men to se cure the double election shall agree to the proposition," said he, "none of them will vote for a democrat. The project is one which requires serious consideration on our part, and due reflection will be given it before any line of action is de cided upon." ,--', HEW POSTMASTERS. Washington, Jan. "15.Postmasters appointed to-day: IowaMillnorrille, Plymouth county, Samuel J. King. MontanaJackson, Beaver head county,- -Benoit O. Foumicr Raymond, Teton county, Martha E. Bean. Wisconsin Bellvuie, Dan county. Fred P. Harmon Five Points, Richland county, C. A. Moason. North DakotaYork, Benson county, George A. Blnck ley. -...-."- --f- ' ^ JOHX D. GIVES $100,000. New Tork, Jan. 15.John 1). Rockefeller has contributed $100,000 toward a fund of $800,000 to be raised by the Young Men's Christian Asoscia tion of Brooklyn. The trustees and directors of the association.hare engaged in an attempt, to ratae this amount before the end of the'enrrest year. At the time Rockefeller's contribution was announced it was 3aid that the fund bad reached $855,000. But Colombia Doesn't Seem to Realize That There Is a Joker in the Pack. 1GB. PAR0CGHI IS DEAD The Cardinal Who Wanted to Be Pope fter Leo- Passes ' VAway First. Rome, Jan^HS^The death of Cardinal iParocchl remaVeatiwne of the prelates con sidered to -be -p*8* most likely,to succeed Pope Leo. There* was considerable fric tion between thfrpope and Cardinal Par occhi on thisvtt&punt and it led to the unprecedentedP of-the pontiff remov ing the cardjtm/from the post,of vicar of, Rome becauaet^^was thought that he too openly pose& fcylhe future pope. Never theless 4he p0p|was deeply affected by Cardinal Pafcoeoftt' death. He knelt ~4n prayer and exclaimed: "These freqjient deaths have made me feel quite an old man." ANTI-EMOPEAN THREATS American and-English Missionaries " Compelled to Leave Fez * : i^fo&jlangier. .*Jr*x. London, Jan, l.Letters received here recently from Feat, Morocco, says that the rapidly grow^ngf anti-JJuropean sentiment SPADES ARE TRUMPS necessitated the hurried departure from that city of the American missionary, Mr. Simpson, and his wife and three English women. For a few days priof to their departure the women.were open ly cursed in the streets, the Moors shout ing as they passed* "What's this filth in our streets?" When the American missionaries from Mequinez arrived at Fez the Moors ex claimed: "Oh, God. W e thought they were send ing the cursed dogs from us, but they are coming back." Subsequently a body of armed moun taineers met the women and wheeled around and cursed them in chorus. The missionaries -were specially urged from authoritative quarters to leave as soon as possible. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson in tend to remain at Tangier for the pres ent. RED LAKE TREATY BILL Some Prospect of a DeadlockClapp and Eratka Call on the Secretary. From The Journal Bureau, Boom 45, Post Build ing, Washington. Washington, Jan. 15.Senator Clapp and Mayor Kratka of Thief Itlver Falls had a talk with Secretary Hitchcock to day about the Red Lake treaty bill. Rep resenative Cannon was to have been there, but he did hot show up. The secretary said he was willing to waive the require ments that the lands if sold at auctiort should be for spot cash. In place of that he wants a provision in the bill tha* the government shall guarantee deferred pay ments. Mr. 2anhp won't agree to bind5 the government to anything and there is a prospect of a deadlock in consequence. Senator Clapp told the Indian bureau of ficial that he would introduce a bill in accordance with his ideas and let that be the basis for discussion in committees and on the floor of the house and senate. W. W. Jermane. GREAT FALLS TO CH0TEAU Shepard of Anstin, Minn., Promotes a Hew Trolley Line. 0:^ Special to The Journal. Butte, Mont. Jan. 15.According to re ports from the best of authority, plans are being formulated for an electric rail road from Great Falls to Choteau by the v/ay of Farmington on the Burton branch, a distance of sixty being handled in a quiet way, but it is known eastern-.capitalists are behind the project. E. E. Shepard of Austin, Minn.,ywho re cently /purchased the r Montana iind and^ Water company's holdings on the Burtoif branch, is the leading spirit in the move ment. -,-* vmiles. The matter is IT I4S DON E B Y MR . u Yesterday's Sensational Committee Eesolution Is Not Taken Seri- ~, ously hy the House. It Is in Line With a Number of Rad ical and Sweeping Bills by-.tue . Same Author. The Effect of Lifting the Coal Tariff Will Be SmallTrust , Bills' Status. From The Journal Bureau, Boom 46, Post Build ing, Washington, i f - Washington, Jan. 15irRepresentative Jenkins of Wisconsin,- the new chairman of the house committee on judiciary, is in danger of acquiring a reputation m congress that will not add any special luster to his legislative name. He has already introduced a number of radical and sweeping bills in-this congress cover ing nearly every known field of human endeavor, and he now comes to the front with his radical and sensational coal res olution of yes.terday, providing for direct government control of all the coal mines and coal-hauling roads. If Mr. Jenkins were a greater man than he is, the resolution would have caused a. panic almost but nobody pays serious attention to it, except to smile when it is mentioned. Among republicans it is said, bluntly that Mr. Jenkins has a good deal better, opinion of David Bennett Hill's plank, in the N ew York state democratic platform in the late campaign than the people of N ew York state have. Even Mr. Coler, the democratic nominee for governor, it is pointed out, thought it Incumbent upon him to repudiate that plank. Many other prominent democrats repudiated it, and the republicans laughed at it, and they are now laughing at Mr. Jenkins for adopting it. Mr. Jenkins admits that he does not know the views of the other members of the committee on the subject. If he did know, he would not have introduced the resolution.' Taking possession of all the coal beds and mines and all. transportation facili ties necessary for the transportation of coal would give the government consid erable additional work. It would need, the services of about every railroad and steamship line in the United States, to say notfcingof the enormous army of men necessary to mine the coal, look after the mines and transport the coal. For the chairman of the judiciary committee it suggests some little work also, but out of sympathy for him the committee on rules will not consider the resolution very seriously. The Effect of Lifting the Coal Tariff. The question whether coal imports will be much increased by the removal of the coal tariff is. a matter of some doubt in the judgment of treasury officials. A differ ence in the price of 67 cents on a. ton, it is believed,, will make small impression on the market in which coal is selling all the way from $10 to- $25 a ton. The im ports this year are larger than a year ago as a result of the higher prevailing prices. During November, 1902, some 498,633 tons came in as compared with 185,940 tons in 1901. ' During the eleven months ending November, 1902, some 2,181,098 tons came, in as compared with 1,757,788 during the.eleven corresponding months in 1891. Most of this came from British North America. O. P. Austin, chief of the treasury bureau of statistics, does not think the removal of the duty will make much difference. "I don't^see hiw^it can," said he. "The main Incentive for coal to come in exists now in the vastly'higher price prevailing. The Canadian- lines have limited equip ment. They have probably been running nearly to the limit of their capacity. Knowing the temporary nature of the proposed law they will .hardly be inclined to increase their facilities. No, I do not anticipate any, great, or Sudden influx of coal, but it is largely a matter of opinion and others may have good reasons for differing with me." ._.-'.,. ||||||- Trust Bill Must Pass. ^miBB '''7"It you call ah extra session we.1 will be fatal to your nomination for presi- dent/' is what several senators told the president while discussing with him the question of whether congress this session could be induced to pass an anti-trust bill.' "If there is no trust legislation with or* without an extra session, I fear it will bo? fatal to the. sarty, no matter who is' nominated for president," is the'reply the' president made,to them. This statement' reflects very well the president's feeling.! It is that, no matter what bills fall to pass this session,-the anti-trust bill should not' fail. SL LOUISJOT I N Quite a Crowd To-day at the New York Offices of the Missing Liner. - But Little Apprehension Is Felt Yet The Liner Is Nearly TJn sinkable. N ew Tork, Jan. 15.Up to noon the overdue' American line&St. Louis from Southampton and Cherbourg had not been reported.. -.j^". ' - -There was quite a crowd at the offices of the American line to-day asking for neWs . of- t he St. Louis, most of the people being friends and relatives of passengers. - The Spanish steamship Montevideo docked to-day. Her captain said that the steamer had come over the southern route but had not sighted the St. Louis. The American line people did not attach much importance to this failure to sight the boat, as they said the St. Louis would not take the southerr. route. The St. Louis carries 275 passengers in all. Of this number 75 are first cabin, 70 second cabin and ISO steerage. The pas senger lists'of the St. Louis, as they^were made up at Southampton Jan. 3, when she was scheduled to sail, were received yes terday on the Red Star line steamship Vaderland, which left Antwerp Jan. 3. The reply made to all who inquired as to the reason for the liner's tardiness was that in all probability her boilers had caused some trouble, and some of them had been cut out, thus reducing the speed of the boat. The assertion was made, without the least contradiction, that the St. Louis was an excellent sea boat and that she would be able to keep her head up*in almost-any trouble and to reach port, safely if she hadn't a boiler working. She has seventeen water-tight compart ments, separated by transverse bulk heads, extending from the keel to the sa loon deck, and is as nearly unsinkable as any liner. She was turned out of the Cramp yard at Philadelphia seven years ago. NO APPREHENSION FELT The Reinsurance on the St. Louis Lloyds To-day Was 10/Per Cent. London, Jan. 16.The American line steamer St. Paul, which arrived at South hampton at an early hour' to-day, from N ew York, reported having encountered, heavy weather, and Inquiries at the offices' of the American line here to-day were given this and leaky boilers as the proba ble cause of the delay in the arrival at New York of her sister ahip, the St. Louis. The insurance world.of London is specially interested hr the St. Louis, as she happens, to vbe one- of the few risks not canceled on the first :of the year fyy ihe International Merc&itile -^ferine' 'orifc-' pany. The owhers ^ the St.- Louis, it is understood, desired. to ' keep her covered against all risk until her arrival at the Cramps shipyard at Philadelphia. - The reinsurance on- . the St. Louis'at Lloyds to-day was 10 per cent, but there were only,a few transactions. No ap prehension is felt here regarding the safety of the St. Louis.~ .'* Spanish Steamer Comes In with Some Bad '*"' t Stories. N ew York, Jan. 15.The Spanish steam er Montevideo arrived to-day from Ca diz after what'- her commander said was the "worst voyage he ever made. Merll Francesco, a -native of Italy, one of 190 steerage passengers, died in his berth of. 4ieart disease, - superinduced by terror, on the twelfth day out. Heavy seas boarded the vessel,'smashing a deck house, a section of the starboard rail, and lifting the starboard lifeboats out of their checks. The water rushed through every possible opening to below decks and soon everything above and below was a mas3 of ice. The steerage passengers were ter ror-stricken. They spent most of their time on their knees before rudely con structed . shrines, which they placed, in every corner of the steerage. SOME CHEERFUL TALES Terrible Atrocities Committed by the ColombiansLieut. But tons Story. San Francisco, Jan. 15.Among the passengers of the steamer Newport from Panama and way ports were Lieutenant Arthur H. Dutton and J. J. Many and four enlisted men of the American manned Colombian cruiser Bogata which sailed from this port Oct. 7. They speak in any thing but enthusiastic terms of their ex periences in Colombian waters. Lieuten ant* Dutton, executive officer of the Bo gata, in a signed statement, says: "I never heard of a court-martial while I was in Colombia. Punishments were carried out and sentences Inflicted at the sweet will of those in power. The so called discipline of the armies was main tained by the bullet or the lash. "A trifling offense was at times pun ished by 100 lashes on the bare back with, a flexible cane. Men were shot for mere nothings. "A few days after peace was declared two liberal officers who had recused to acquiesce in the conditions, but were cap tured, were taken to the Chiuqui fortress, Panama, and there lashed brutally until dead. "Some prisoners Who had .been taken after a particularly stubborn resistance had their legs or arms cut off or their eyes or ears removed and were then re leased, to go maimed through life. Some died from loss of blood. ' . "One of several schooners, loaded with refugees which the Bogata was towing, sprung a leak in deep water at sea. The refugees were rescued and the captain and crew of five men were* about to follow them when the Colombian officials in charge ordered them badk on board the doomed schooner. 'Let them perish v^th her,' he exclaimed. The six unfortunates, innocent of any wrong doing, were left to their fate on a sinking schooner with no sails and no boats." fear' it A TERRIBLE VOYAGE GKEAT CHANGE FOB A OKAWLEH.'"" New. York. Jan. 15.One hundred dollars is offered to any one. who will make an inspection of a two-foot sewer 1,800 feet long', gays a World dispatch from Friendship, N Y. The sewer is built through a quicXsand bog on a farm which is being drained in order to. obtain a foundation. for the crossing to be built for the Pitsburg, Shawmut & Northern railroad. The sewer is laid thirty feet under ground. The railroad will pot accept it until a man has passed through and inspected it. The journey is peri lous because there Is a stream of Ice cold water running through the pipe. !M%] W. W. Jermane. ! GESEBtt , -'Vl CRIMINAL in 1 Senator Tillman Explodes After His Usual Fashion in the - ?* ,, , He Says Mr.Knox Is Guilty of Freez ing the Poor People * to Death. The House Is at Work on the Senate Department of Commerce Bill To-day. I Washington Jan. 15:The senate to day passed the Hoar resolution calling upon the president to inform the senate what government is now existing in the Guam and asking why Mabini is detained in_ that island. "' . Railroads Are Guilty. The Vest resolution regarding the re moval of the duty on coal was taken up and. Mr. Tillman resumed his remarks. He declared that the railroads were, ab solutely in the saddle on the coal ques tion. They mine and market coal and fix , the price, he charged, without regard to *\ a solitary independent operator. He said it was an .infamy the way the press of the -country was prostituted and lending itself to befuddle the minds of the people, and deceive them into the idea that the railroads are willing and anxious to re lieve the distress occasioned by the coal famine but that somebody somewhere, called an independent operator, is re sponsible for the present condition. . Morgan Settled the Strike. The president deserved no credit, ha said, except for his attempt to effect a settlement of the question, "but the actual fact is," he added, "that J..Pierpont Mor gan gave orders to his co-conspirators or servants to attempt the arrangement be tween the monopoly and strikers." Attorney General a Criminal. The attorney general had been, he said, derelict and criminal, and he is the man to whom the people can point and say: - "You have murdered all those who have frozen to death. You are the main who deserves the opprobrium and hate of the poor and oppressed of this land." In.the course of his remarks Mr. Till man stated, after being closely questioned by Mr. Spooner, that W. R. Hearst had charged that the United States district attorney of~New York had received orders from the attorney general not to submit his report of his Investigation regarding trusts. --"- .-"." at Senate. .- -- I 11 THE CUBAN TREATY Two Amendments Tacked On by Senator ., f, - ,:.pommIttee. : " ' .'.-, Washington, Jan. 15.'The senate com mittee on foreign relations to-day agreed to report the Cuban reciprocity treaty with two amendments. The first is the guarantee against-a further reduction of the sugar tariff, adopted yesterday, and the other ma^es a reduction of 40 per cent in th-reduction of the duty on American ^attfe exported, to..Cuba in stead of 20 per eefrtt, as proviaied'MS^e treaty originally. Senators Bacon and Bai- ley-.alone" voted against the'^favotubie re port. - NEW DEPARTMENT BILL The House Goes to Work on ItThe Army Bill Passed. Washington, Jan. 15.The house to day passed . the army appropriation bill without further amendment. Mr. Dalzell (Pa.) from the committee on rules, then presented a special rule to make the senate department of commerce bill a continuing order until disposed of. not to interfere with appropriation bills or other privileged reports. The rule was adopted, and under its terms the house proceeded to the consideration of the measure. Mr. Mann ..GUI..) made the opening argu ment in support of the measure, it hav ing been arranged that Mr. Hepburn (Iowa) should control the time for and Mr. Richardson (Ala.) against the bill. Mr. Mann made an urgent plea for the creation of the new department of insur ance and corporations provided in the bill. Mr. Richardson (Ala.) opposed the bill principally upon the ground that the in terests and welfare of the laboring classes would not be subserved by the transfer of the bureau of labor to the new depart ment. The labor organizations, he said, had protested.against the transfer. The minor position this bureau would occupy under the new department, he said, would create suspicion. Everything indicated, he said, that the interests and care of labor under the new department would be subordinate to the great Interests of cap ital and commerce. * *. FREE COAL A LAW The President Glad of the Chance to Sign a Bill. Washington, Jan. 15.Shortly sifter-1 p. m. Representative Wachter of Mary land, chairman of the house, coofrnittee on enrolled bills, accompanied by Repre sentative Allen of Maine, reached the executive offices with the engrossed arid enrolled copy of the free coal bill passed by congress yesterday. President Roose velt received the committee at once and signed the measurejmmediately, express ing at the same time his pleasure that congress had acted so promptly. It is generally believed by members of both houses that the duty on coal will never be restored. Certainly there never will be any question, so long as the Ding ley law is in effect, as to whether its schedules embrace anthracite. This va riety of coal is expressly excluded by yes terday's action. As to other coal, it is believed that when the year is on the point of expiring, public sentiment will demand a further extension which will carry the matter over until the tariff is revised. . , H'j WASHINGTON NOTES. " pj A favorable report to-day was authorised hr i!' the senate committee on military affairs on -* ii the house bill allowing oXicers of the army to serve as. chief and assistant chiefs of the Philippine constabulary. The bill provides for "ii one such chief and for four assistants. The senate committee on military affairs to- 'I day authorised a favorable report on the gen- ' eral staff bHl which passed the house a .week ago. Secretary Moody ia rapidly recovering from ii the accident sustained at Annapolis. M The navy department Is advised of the d- l parture from Kingston of the Dolphin with 'it Minister Bowen for Charleston. The Dolphin V,' should reach there Sunday, and the minister is expected in Washington on the day follow ing, President Roosevelt to-day received about ^ thirty members of the National Board of Trade* '! and made a nice little speech. The president to-day nominated/ Colonel Ed ward M. Hayes. Thirteenth cavalry, to be brigadier general. The bouse committee on military affairs to day by resolution decided to take no action at this session on the Canteen question. The com mittee, also authorized a favorable report on the bill placing Brigadier General Merrfam, re tired, on the list of retired major generals. V. OOVBET IS DEAD. ' Paris, Jan. 15.M. Goubet, the inventor of the submarine torpedo bearing bis name, who, as announced Jan. 12, was recently confisei in an asylum for the Insane, is dead. till p J} A - - J i s%tl C ! i s . rt