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tT IN SLASHING UTAH RAT RATSchedule RATES RATESSchedule RATESj RATESSchedule
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V EVERY rI rIIn in Utah to 1 engaged in a rate war warThe warThe 1
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westbound stund traffic and there to a wild wfldscramble wildV I I8cramble
V scramble for business with scant re regard reard ¬
J Bard ard for rates Community of inter interests Urterpsts Intererts ¬
ests baa been lost sight of The Rio HtoGrande Riorande RioV
V Grande rande roads and nd the Missouri Miuourtcomprtzlng ourl Pacflte Pacfltecomprising
comprising c the western part of the theGeu4 tIutGult Ut UtGeud I
Geu4 system are accused of being beingacUe bel belaC beingactje
acUe aC e in starting rtrUn the fight 4 lIt The Ore Oregca OregCl Orei
i gca Short Line and Union Pacinc held heldwell ksldvel1
well aloof on Chicago and Missouri Missouriilver LIOUrIlver 011 011Iyer I
ilver westbound business b until yester yesterday J YPttiVday ¬
da day At last last however they have en entered en entered entered ¬
tered the fight Shippers who whove have in infhe Inth
fhe th past been patronizing that thatere system systemwere systentV
V were ere informed yesterday that V they theyw the thewould
would w Could be taken care of no matter matterwhat zntterVV tter tterwhat
what might come up upWith upWith upL
VV
L With the Union Pacific system in tn tnfray the tJMfray theV
V fray all the roads are now mixed xed up upin tp tpIn p pIn
in It and there is ao tellIng wh whe < e the tnetrouble thetrcube thetreube
trouble will end Westbound Lajtatesa Lajtatesafrom Lu Lndneuefrom I
from the Atlantic seaboard is being beingmoved beingmoved nl nlmoved
moved in many instances at 50 per perrent perrent
rent of tariff rates Business west westbound wtbound wetbound II
bound from Chicago and the Missouri Missouririver K1rtri Mleeourtriver
river ri ver was taken yesterday at 30 to 36 36per 35per I Iper
per cent reduction from tariff There Therewere Therewere
1 were rumors that some agents had of offered offered offered ¬
fered reductions of 40 and even 10 per perrent perctnt perV
V rent in the stampede to get the busi business buliness buslnesa ¬
ness no matter what the cost coseLine costLtn coerLIn
Line Involved InvolvedThe InyoheclThe involvedThe
The roads represented rep nted in Salt Lake Lakeare Lakeare LakeV
V are the Harriman lines Gould lines linesChicago nueChiraco UnfeChicago
Chicago A Northwestern Chicago Mil Milwaukee 11waukee 101waukee ¬
waukee I St Paul Burlington Rock RockIsland RockIsland 1 1V
V Island Colorado Jb Southern Colorado ColoradoMidland ColoradoMidland ColoradoMidland
Midland Chicago Great Western WesternFrisco WesternFrisco WesternFrisco
Frisco Santa Fe and Illinois Central CentralCentral CentralCentral Centralentral
Central Despite some pleas of inno innocence Innocence huiocenee ¬
cence it Is safe to say that every everyone everyoneII one II
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CARNEGIE WILL GIVE 10 IOOOOOOO IOOOOOOOFOR 00000 OOOOOOFOR 00000FOR
FOR GREAT NATIONAL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
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WasntNBtoB Dee DectTbe 3The S The Poet to tomorrow tomorrow toV tomorrow ¬
V morrow will say President Roosevelt B808evelthas l lhas
has received < a letter from A Aa4rew Aa4rewCarnqle Aa4 Aa4Carnegie rew rewCarnegie
Carnegie In Which teh tHe latter offers fferste fferstemake to tomake tomake
make a donation of S1 1SOS000 IMOM IIO to totbe totbelnited the thefnited thetnited
fnited tate The letter lett r will be re referred roe roerred referred ¬
ferred rred to congress oengr by the president in ina Iaa lita
a special 8 tal message messageMr eMr messageV messageMr V
V Mr Carnegies gift la for the purpose purposecf urpo urposeef e ecr
cf establishing in Washington a uni university 1J1erstty uniersIty ¬
versity toe r higher education As far faras faras faraa
as his idea baa been developed it pro proposes proOses proposes ¬
poses a gift after the manner of toe toebequest Utebequest theV
V bequest of James SmithMon the Eng Englishman E EIishman EngI ¬
I lishman who gave 1000000 for the es establishment es estabUshment astablishinent ¬
tablishment and maintenance of f wn what wbatIs t tis
is now OW known as the SmithSsiian iD to tostration IABttatlon Inr ¬
r stration Smithson desired the mitt institution ttt mitttntlon ¬
V tution t 11 tIon founded by him to be a factor factorin factorIn
in the diffusion of scientific knowl knowledge knowled ksewledge ¬
edge edgeMr ed edgeV e
V Mr lr Carnegie proposes that the nfl university 1Inlers1ty nflV ¬
V versity which he is to endow snail be bethe beV beitie
I
V the be greatest institution in the world worldfor worldor orld orldror
for or tile development of higher big her educa education educatton ¬
tion He has consulted President Gil Gilman Gilman Gilman I
man of Johns Hopkins university ulvenltPresident uttversItyPresident J
President Hadley of Yale President PresidentV I IEliot IEliot
V Eliot of Harvard exPresident dont Wfctte wtteof I Iof
of Cornell and all the leading edu educators eelucatoJ educatorzi ¬
cators of the couiAry They heartily heartilyendorse JaearOlyndorse earUiyendorse
endorse his plans plansThe planafhe plansThe
The proposed ed university will not in interfere Interrere Interfere ¬
terfere in the lea I t with the education educational ¬
al institutions Instltut ons already established but butwill butwill butwill
will supplement them for according accordingto
V to the present plan its doors will be beopen beo
open o n only Ofli to those who desire to take takeup takEup takeup
up a post graduate course
of these roads ha au become Involved in inthe intbe Inthe
the WLT WLTToe WaCTJae w wrho
Toe trouble started a month and andmore andmore andmore
more ago aperrbe The Mallory and Morgan Morgansteamship XorpnatNJMbtp Morgansteomihip
steamship linen doing business along alongftie aloB aloBAtlantic alongqie
ftie qie Atlantic coast became engaged in instfch Inactive Insbth
stfch active competition that rates be began beIar bega ¬
gan ga to be carved The Morgan line lineis linecolltbolled flueis
is controlled by the Southern Pacific Pacificand Pacificanc
and for this th l reason the opponents of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Harriman system 87PtemJ say these inter interests tnteresu Intereats ¬
eats are really at the bottom of the theiroulrte thetroube thetrouie
iroulrte At any rate merchandise mercltandiHeand
and other classes e of freight from New NewYork NewYork NewYork
York and other Atlantic coast points pointsbegan JOln JOlnbecan poIntsbegan
began to be moved at less than regu repJar regular regular ¬
lar prices going by boat to New Or Orleans OrleaD OrIean ¬
leans and then by rail to Utah The Theallruil TheallnlU Theallrail
allruil lines started Vted in to meet t this thisand thisand thisand
and rates suffered until now they are areabout areabo1U areabotfl
about half what they are published in intne Intbetaritl Inthe
the tbetaritl tariff sheets sheetsGenuine sheet8Genuine sheetsGenuIne
Genuine Sate War WarThe WarTbe WarThe
The demoralization spread Lower Lowerrates Lowerrat Lowerrates
rates rat were quoted from Chicago Cht and andthe aDdth andthe
the th Missouri river by first one ne line and andthen andtben andthen
then anotber About a week ago prac practically practi practtcally ¬
ally ti all the lines were dragged in inand In InaJi Inaflt
and aJi the situation became me worse and andworse andw andwcrae
worse w one < until Yesterday it assumed as the theseriousness tMs theseriousness
seriousness s of a genuine rate war warwithout warwUhout warwithout
without quarter A number of heavy heavyshippers heavYBhlppers heavyshippers
shippers received the word yesterday yesterdaytlit yesterdaytlt yesterdayaat
tlit the Short Line and Union Pacific Pacificwould Pacificwould PacificWould
would take care of them The result resultwa r resultwa ultwat
wa wat that the other roads plunged In Instill Instili Instill
still harder and now the fight is isfierce 18Ikrce Isfierce
fierce fierceShippers IkrceShippen fierceShippers
Shippers who have laid in their theirstocks theirstocks theirstocks
stocks and done practically all their theirhipping theirbippln theirshipping
shipping are naturally far from pleased pleasedwitb p1asndwit
witb wit the turn affairs atfai have e taken It Itis Iti ItIs
is i understood that the big guns of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the roads are displeased dl p ed with the sit situation Mtuatlon ¬
uatlon and the presidents will take a ahand
hand at their meeting < in Chicago on onDec onDec
Dec 20 in trying to stop th the war and andbring andbn andbring
bring bn rates rat up to tariff V VV VV V V
3 r r Carnegie also wants tfce e1 e1uniTenity ae aeuniversity ew ewuniversity
university to take the toad in original originalresearch OI nal nalSO V Vresearch
research 90 that t the United Unt State Stateaw tter tterevntuetfly ti tiaa
aw eventually ev ntUiilly stand We de by T stile Md with withGermany WithGennany withGerkiany
Germany if not excel that nation in inscientific IneeieQUftc Inscientific
scientific development developmentMr
Mr Carnegies Carne es plan does not pro propose propo propose ¬
pose po a national university in the sense sensethat enaethat sensethat
that an appropriation will w 1 be beV beasked asked or orneeded ored orseeded
V
needed ed The government is simply to tobe tobe tobe
be the trustee of the magnificent en endowment endowment endowment ¬
dowment just as it administers the thefund thefund thefund
fund bequeathed by Sicithaon Smith on It is isprobable isprobable isprobable
probable that a board of regents will willbe willbe willbe
be appointed as in the case c e of the theSmithsonian theSmlth80nlan theSmithsonian
Smithsonian institution or it may be bethat bethat bethat
that the government will be repre represented represented represented ¬
sented upon the board of directors directorswhlci directorswhlcc directorswhlcl
whlci whlcc it Is contemplated shall con consist consist eonstat ¬
sist of men of national reputation reputationMr
Mr Carnegie has kept the proposed proposedendowment proposedendowment ed edendowment
endowment a secret until he could def definitely defInitely delInliMy ¬
initely arrange the plan and scope of ofthe oftile ofthe
the new university and even yet all allthem allhMo allthose
them details have hav not been arranged arrangedso rran e1l
so that little more than the outline of ofhis ofhis ofhis
his gift can be published publishedIt
It is known however how ver that he does doesnot doesnot doesnot
not propose to ask from congress a asingle asile asingle
single sile foot of land upon which the theuniversity theunlverrty theunIversity
university buildings will b b construct constructed ¬
ed The entire expense is to be borne borneout borneout borneout
out of his endowment e wment No site has hasyet hasyet hasyet
yet been selected se ed It will however howevernecessarily howevern howevernecessarily
necessarily n ly be very large as It is pro proposed proposed proposed ¬
posed to erect a series of magnificent magnificentstructures magnificentstructures nlftoent nlftoenttructures
structures structuresThe structuresThe tructuresThe
The amount of money to be given
by Mr Carnegie equals the sum of the thepresent thent thepresent
present nt endowment fund of Harvard Harvardandis Harvudand Harvardand
andis and Is considerably conJ derably more Own the In Invested Invested Invested ¬
vested fund of Yale
CORONERS JURY SAYS MOTHER DID DIDNOT DIDNOT DIDV
V NOT MURDER HER LITTLE CHILD
New Terk Dee LTheesooseVs The eecoaers to toque IBQUe inquest ¬
quest que late the death of SouaaOiM I Zius Date Dalethe 13ethe Datethe
the child of Elisabeth Howe Dale was washeld WUheld washeld
held in Hotoka tonight and resulted resultedin
in a verdict of accidental death deatpoli1Oninc from frompoisoning freepoIsoning
poisoning poisoningThe poli1OnincThe poIsoningThe
The witness witne who cleared Mrs Dale DaleF was wasF wasF
F S Billing a comipercial co rela traveler tra He Heoccupied Heoccupied Reoccupied
occupied a room adjoining adJ iDln Mrs Dale at atthe atthe atthe
the hotel the night the child died d and andrelated andrtlated andV
V related how he had heard the nKaa and andaoreamc andairea5m ad adI
aoreamc I realNl of a child in the nest room roomShortly roomShortl rocesShortly
Shortly after he heard a womans womanInquiring vole V6tcinquiring
inquiring sleepily sl pll Emmaline whats whatsthe wbarllthe whatsthe
4 the matter have you 011 had a bad dfta dftaTWO dreamTwo dream dreamTWO
TWO MEN KILLED IN WRECK WRECKON WRECKON
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ON NORTHERN PACIFIC PACIFICNorth PACIFI4North PACIFICV I
V North Yakima w tVsh tdh Dee S IA IAheaderd 3AheadeLd A Aheadend
headend collision between a aa extra extraeastbound atrLeastbound extraV
V eastbound freight train and Ko No54 No54freight 54 54freight Gotfreight
freight two miles mileSDorth north of here on the theNorthern theNorthem theNorthern
Northern Pacific Pliciftq at mkmigiu resulted V resultedin re resultedV V
in the iath > < > ath of f two wo trainmen and the theIjury the1Jury the1Vjury
Ijury of several others The V WHeJ WHeJare kJl1eJare killeitie
are Engineer Cooper ooper and fireman firemanh Jlremanwh Iremannane
V wh h nanre If unknown The Th injured injuredare
are a Brckeaan J J Peters unn rDI mun munglt2d iniangl j jgjod
gjod gl d and in Inrnaily > > rnaily injured Fireman FiremanB
B B Stott g broken aTVn an hn crushed crushedBrakeman ClU8hedBrakeman erushedBrakeman
Brakeman W V T 1 Darcey head and face facepoaldtd racep facealde
poaldtd p a1dfd alde 4 Conductor Joseph Chare h hfad hfadcut hoadcut ad adout
cut and scalded Fireman AlfredChan AlfredChanno All Chan Channo han hanV
V no bruised and scalded s < akled Ttiree en engines englues enI ¬
I > glues and thirtythree cars w were re de destroyca deIf del3
If l3 stroyca stroycaUnder stroyedUndpr stroyciUnder
Under orders the tb trains were sup supposed suproMd supoed ¬
posed oed to pass at Wenas enas station When Whenthe Whtntbe V Va
a the extra arrived there a train stood stoodon stoodon stoodon
on the siding an atd supixsing supt 5Up lIng lng It was wasNo WagNo wasNo
No il 1 the extrp r vot ee tedf < led > d to North NorthYakima NorthYakima NorthYakhna
Yakima The c < cj i l n occurred ata ataSharp at tOa tOasharp a aV
V Sharp curvi cun and 7 itttr nineer n ngin infer er saw sawthe snwtbe sawthe
the other until U niirF t rtjfl Ijr struck struckWill ltruckWill struckV struckwill
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Will Appeal to Cons ConsWaMrgton CoA CoAWa1ir Coaxeeg CoaxeegI
WaMrgton Wa1ir gton Dec DE 9 9The The Wllltem 111211I 111211IKiD Mo Moin MeKIn
KiD in Na nil Arh association < D has haset ba badetvl1in hasdet
detvl1in det et > inintii t tl < > ihiin t > > it plan Pl of opera operar operatt
tt tI r iiiil n ii1 to iM jpa t to rongresr I ngrea inxttrud of ofu oftiu oftn
I tiu u tir t trth the h treotion o the pro proM prop prop42V
p p42V V M jk mrinorial at Waphins Wethlngto Iphlng IphlngOc
to Oc
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TheleaJU TIle eIdN grew w quiet SoMa oet alter R be Detile ¬
gan n to scream again sad the th woman
then seemed to top get exd exulted xdtd aa m nnHW nnHWj Billings
heard her uk tile eIdId j DM you eat eatThe
any DY of those tablets
The Tb child finally said HI I ate some IRe of
that candy
The jury at once found that Eaimaltn
died after having accidentally V eaten
strychnine tablets Mrs Dale was net
prMWTrt at the inquest not being able to
l leave ve the hospital
Mr Dales attorneys said that they
ZtS1 would at once S uk for the release Ieaae of
Mrs Dal Dale on bail pending the action of
i the grand nd jury in the matter matterDREW mattert matterDREW matterDREW
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DREW OUT THEIR MONEY MONEYAND MONEYAND
AND THEN PUT IT BACK
t Omaha Neb Dec fThere Tere
was wascoD8lderabie a aconsiderable aconsiderable
considerable number of the depositors depositorsof
of the Society Savings tank present to towithdraw towithdraw
withdraw their money when the doors
of that institution opened V this morn morning mornInC morning
ing Vice President Flack says YII this thiswag thJ thisw
wag w due to a mistaken impression that thatthj thatth thatth
thj th savings bank was WSo connected with withthe wiUtthe withthe
the Omaha Loan Trust t company companywhich companywhich
which was reported Saturday to be in infinancial Inftnan Inflnan1al
financial ftnan ial difficulty dillicultyFour
Four tellers paid the depositors as
fast as they presented pre ent their books but butmany butmany butmany
many of hem on learning that the
bank had become segregated sel ted from the thetrust thetrust thetrust
trust company returned and again againI againdaosied
dtjosUed d Qiied their money The bank of Ofclitia
flcials were prepared for the run and
hat great reat piles of gold on the counters countersi countersVlth
Hh which to pay the uneasy depos
itors Itor8ThE ItorsThe
The lint Ijn of people waiting for their theirne theirtney
pcney ne rviran hgan to dlmmis b after 1 1oclock 1oolock 1OolOk
oclock liiit JUf i number of anxinus poo poopte pl poovie > O Opie
pie continued to call and inquire into intothe Intotbf
the > trouble > Charles E Bates treas treasurer treasurer ¬
urer of the bank said there was wasenough wasenough
enough money in the vaults at this thist1mt
tme to pay 97 9 pr cent of the depos deposits deposits
its and that the r ma4nder remlVndel could be besecUItd beseueci
secUItd un n ten minute notice noticei >
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THE OLD SANTAWell t thit tbeats bets me
fRAMNO ki WIIilG IRR6A TION Bill BillWestern filL N NWestern
Western Senators S nators and Representatives Hold Meeting and Discuss DiscussVarious DiscussVarious DiscussVarious
Various Measures Submitted SubmittedWould Would Use se Moneys MoneysFrom MoneyFrom V VV VFrom V
From Sales of Public Lands
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V VV Special t to The Herald HeraMf HeraldtIT HeraldTTT
TTT ASim AS GTON TON D C Dec a tAn tAny An Any AnV
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tIT V y V animated meeting meett of the sub subcommittee subcommittee subV
V committee of western members embers of ofcongress orco ofcongress
co congress endeavoring to frame an ir irrigation Irritation Itrigation ¬
rigation bill wa w was held tonight Senators SenatorsWarren SenatorsWarren SenatorsVarren
Warren Hansbrough Gibson Diet Dietrich Dietrich Dietrich ¬
rich Kearns and Dubols Representa Representatives Representatives Representatives ¬
tives Mondell Newiands Shafroth ShafrothReeder ShafrothReeder ShafrothRender
Reeder and Jones Delegates Smith and andRodey andRodey andRodey
Rodey were present p nt The bill 1 11I drawn drawnby dravonby drawnby
by Senator Warren was submitted by byhim byhim byhim
him for consideration It is a modifi modification modiftcation modiflcation ¬
cation of the state qocineers nfineers bill and andIs andIs andis
Is intended as a oswpromise promlse measure measurebetween measurebetween measurebetween
between the plans offered by the advo advocates advocater I Icates
cates of national control and those fa favoring favorlng Iavoring ¬
voring state control of Irrigation IrrigationIt
It provides that states having engi engineering engineering englnearing ¬
neering departments shall control the thedistribution thedistribution thedistribution
distribution of water from works con constructed con8tructed constructed ¬
structed at government expense but butin butIn butin
in states which do not exercise public publiccontrol publiccontrol publiccontrol
control over the appropriation and did didtributkm didtributlon dititrthution
tributkm of water wa r distribution shall shallbe shallbe shallbe
be made under regulations made by the thesecretary theretary thesecretary
secretary retary of the interior interiorSenator In intrlorSenator r rSenator
Senator Hansbrough also submitted submittedthe j
the bill introducedby Introduced by him in the sen senate senate senate
ate on Dec 4 The Th committee consid considered comddered consldered ¬
ered the two measures conjointly and andagreed andeed andagreed
agreed eed upon section 1 of a proposed proposednew
new bill constructing it from the two twomeasures twomeasuree twomeasures
measures submitted It is isThat Isrhat IsThat
That all moneys received r lved from the thedisposal thedisposal thedisposal
disposal of public lands in Arizona Cal California CalIfornia CalIfornia ¬
ifornia Colorado Idaho Kansas Mon Montana 1lontana Monlana ¬
tana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico MexicoNorth MexicoNorth MexicoNorth
North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon OregonSouth OregonSOuth OregonSouth
South Dakota Dako Utah Washington and andWyoming andWyomlbegloo1nc andWyoming
Wyoming Wyomlbegloo1nc beginning with the year end ending end1fti ending ¬
ing June 30 1182 1 excepting moneys set setaside setaside setasIde
aside by law for educational purposes purposesshall purposesahall purposesshall
shall be aooronriatftd into a fund fundknown fundknown fundknown
known as the reclamation fund for ex examination examination cxanilnatlon ¬
amination construction and mainten maintenance maintenance maintenace ¬
ance of irrigation In1 works for storage storagediversion storagediversion storagediversion
diversion and development of waters ats for forthe torthe forthe
the reclamation of arid lands landsReservoir andsReHrvoir landsReservoir
Reservoir Sites SitesThe SitesThe S4tasThe
The committee discussed section 2 at atgreat atreat atgreat
great reat length This section of Hans Hansbroughs Hansbro Hansbroughs
broughs bro hs bill provides for the selection selectionof
of reservoir sites by geological survey surveythe surveythe surveythe
the Warren bill provides for Die he selec selection selection selection ¬
tion by the secretary of the interior interioracting interIoracting interioracting
acting In conjunction with the engi engineering engineertq engineering ¬
neering departments dep rtmen of states having havingsuch havingInICb havingsuch
such departments and for examination examinationof e aminatlonof
of sites by officers of the interior de deWALL deVIALL deWALL
WALL STREET MAKES MAKESRICHMAN MAKESRICH MAKESRICHMAN
RICHMAN RICH MAN A PAUPER PAUPERNew
New York Dee Dee11ohn 9 9John John Braden at atone atone atone
one time a wealthy and prosperous real realestate realestate I Iatate
estate lawyer in this city has just been beenfound beenfound i ifound
found dead in I the Progress hotel a alodging a1odcIn alodging
lodging < house near the Bowery B B wery werysnmptl4n Con Consumption Conaompn ¬
sumption is given as the cause of ofdeath of1 of1deatJi ofdeath
death deathBraden V VBraden I IBraden
Braden was WaittheOn the son of a wealthy wealthyconfectioner we wealthyconfectioner 1thy I
confectioner mown as Honest John JohaBraden TohnBraden JohnBraden
Braden who died about twenty years yearsago yearsago I Iago
ago He left 108600 in real estate e t8te and andbonds andbonds I Ibonds
bonds John the son inheriting the themajor themajor
major portion of the fortune At that thattime thattime thattime II
time he was prominent la the practice practiceof
of real estate law lawSoon lawSoon lawSoon
Soon after the death of his father he hewent hewent hewent
went to Europe spending < several sev ral years yearsin
in Paris and studying at the leading leadinguniversities leadinguniverslties1Wtumtn leadinguniversities
universities universlties1Wtumtn Returning turnIng < to this coun country conntry counV
V try he began to speculate in Wall Wallstreet WallI Wallstreet
street with the result that he soon sooni soonfound
I
i found himself him ef without funds He re reI re reI rePulTied
I funied the practice cf law and formed formeda
a partnership with R A Moorison a alawyer alawyer 1 1lawyer
I lawyer He succeeded SUt dEd for a time but butfinaly butfinaly I Iftnaly
finaly became ill and despondent and andfailed andfailed I Ifailed
failed in his efforts effortsWill
effortsas < te as asWfll > It ItWUI I
Will Be I Appointed AppointedWashington lppolntedWIIhinton d dWahington
Washington Dec 9It It is under understood understood ¬
stood the contest over the appointment appointmentof
of a pension agent agen nt t Topeka Kan Is Isalmost Isalmost isalmost
almost certain to be closed by the f ep eplointment p ppointment
pointment intment of j the incumbent Cyrus Le LeI
I land
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partraent in states net had g engi engineering egineer Gagifleeting ¬
fleeting neer g departments departmentsThe dep ctmentThe
The committee adjourned to meet meettomorrow meettomorrow meettomorrow
tomorrow evening without taking deft definite deftnite deftnite ¬
nite action upon section 2 2Although 2Although 2Although
Although the t e points at issue were werediscussed welldiscussed WOndIscussed
discussed with much earnestness the themeeting themeeting themeeting
meeting was harmonious and prospects prospectsfor pr08pec pr08pecfor
for securing a bill upon which all west western western westem ¬
ern em members will unite are good goodSenator goodSenator goodSenator
Senator William A Clark of Montana Montanatoday Montanatoday Montanatoday
today introduced a bill increasing the thelimit thellmlt thelimit
limit of cost of the federal building at atButte atButte atButte
Butte Mont to 300000 5300000Senator 300000Senator 300000Senator
Senator Hawlintt introduced introd ced a memor memorial memorIal manorlal ¬
ial adopted by the legislature of Utah Utahasking Utahaskln Utahasking
asking askln congress to adopt the metric metricsystem metricsystem metricsystem
system of weights and measures also alsorequesting allOriquestrng alsorsquestng
requesting congress s to purchase purch e Temple TempleHouse TempleHouse TempleHouse
House and Moornotute at Yorktown YorktownVa
Va and adjacent grounds for use as aspublic a apublic apublic
public Dark DarkTo DftrkTo V VTo
To Attend Sugar Heating HeatingThomas MeetingThomU IeetingThomas
Thomas Dee and Davia Eccles of Og Opden Ogden Ogden
den are here as representatives of the thebeet thebeet thebeet
beet sugar industry in Utah to attend attendthe attendthe attendthe
the national meeting of beet sugar sugarmanufacturers sugarmanufacturers sugarmanufacturers
manufacturers manufacturersNational manufacturersNational manufacturersNational
National Committeeman Salisbury of ofSalt ofSalt ofSalt
Salt Lake is in the city Mrs Glenn Glennwife Glennwife Glennwife
wife of Representative Repre entatlve Glerufr Glen of Boise Boisehas BoI8has Boisehas
has been seriously ill since her arrival arrivalin
in Washington but is now convalesc convalescing onvaeftC onvaeftCJng ¬
ing ingSenator
Senator Heitfeld today presented pre ented a apetition aiJetttion apetition
petition of citizens of Idaho asking askingfor ukingfor askingfor
for the ratification of thetreaty made madewith madewith madewith
with the Indians on the Coeur dAlene dAlenereservation d dAlenereservation Alene Alenereservn
reservation reservn Uor for the opening tip upto to set settlement Htt1ement settiement ¬
tlement of the lands embraced within withinthat wlthtnthat withinthat
that reservation also a petition for an anappropriation anarpropriation n narproprJatlon
appropriation providing means of recla reclamation reel8mation reclamation ¬
mation and opening to settlement lands landscovered landscoered landscovered
covered by b Coeur dAlene d lake lakeSenator IkeSenator lakeSenator
Senator Dubois today introduced a abill Ilbill V Vbill
bill granting Idaho 50000 acres of pubac pubaclands pubaclands puboclands
lands to aid In the continuation and andenlargement andenlargement andenlargement
enlargement of the Utah State Soldiers Soldiersand Soldiersand Soldiersand
and Sailors home homeSenator homeSenator homeSenator
Senator Warren today introduced a abill abill abill
bill to provide methods by which Indus Industrial Industrial IndustrIal ¬
trial plants may obtain lands for the theoperation theoperation theoperation
operation of milling coal mining coke cokemaking cokemaking cokemaking
making or other industrial plants plan in including Including ineluding ¬
cluding houses for employees It pro provides provides provides
vides that when owners of seen Indus Industrial Industrial liulustrial ¬
trial plants shall have expended the thesum thesum thesum
sum of 10090 for Improvements upon
160 acres any time within two years yearsafter yearsatter yearsafter
after filing he shall be entitled to have havei haftpatent havepatent
i patent on lands landeupoft upon payment of S5 6 per perMAN peracre peracre
acre acreMAN
MAN WILL LIVE THOUGHSTABBED THOUGHSTABBED THOUGH THOijGHSTABBED
STABBED IN THE HEART HEARTS1
4 + St Louis Iiuis uis Dec I IA A case that Is Isinteresting isinteresting +
+ 4 interesting local physicians is that thatof 4 +
4 + of Eli Daniels a patient at the thecity thecity +
4 + city hospital who is convalescing convaJe convalescingfrom clns clnsfrom 4 +
4 + from an operation of the heart heartHe heartHe 4 +
4 + He was stabbed In the heart at atChnter atV 4 4f +
V + f Chester Ills m and Dr H L lA Nie Nletert Nietert 4 +
+ f tert superintendent of ofth the city +
4 hospital where Daniels was taken takentwentyfour 4 +
4 + twentyfour hours houl8after after being belbgCUt belbgCUtsewed cut cutsewed + r
+ sewed up the wound ound taking rev seven revcml 4 +
+ eral en stitches and the patient tls tlsnow is isnow 4 +
4 + now well on the road to recovery rec rooverySAN very verySAN 4 4SAN +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
SAN RAFAEL COMPANY COMPANYWILLCONTINUEBO COMPANWILL COMPANYWILL
WILLCONTINUEBO WILL CONTINUE BORlN BOJINGSpecial liJ liJSpecial j jSpeclal
Special to The Herald HeraldPrice HeraleLPrice HeraldPrice
Price Utah Dec 9Th 9There re has been beanand beenand
and will not be any cessation of work workIn workin
in boring for oil at the well of tbe San SenRafael
Rafael Oil Mining company in the theSfnbad theSinbad
Slnbad country reports r < ports to the contrary contraryQtwlthatanding contraryotw1tbstauding
notwithstanding This is upon upe ft the au authority authority authonity ¬
thority of A J Lee president of th thcompany the t1Htcompany thecompany
company The report circulated el ulat here to today today today ¬
day to such an effect i 111I most mphatlcal emphatically
ly denied The well EI is I now down to u udepth 11depth adepth
depth of o about 1400 feet f < lt and the boring boringwill boringwill boringwill
will be continued until th depth of the thecapacity
capacity of the stan stdllilarj < 1trrt rig as good Via Viathere is 15therE
there i is any anyhcn here in j tin th United nited States Is Isexhausted Isexhautc iseahaustetl
exhausted
i > O c
RICl1fST T SCflOOl SC11O OL IN WORLD
Mrs Stanford Executes Deeds of Grant and Gift to the California CaliforniaUniversity Californiaf
f University Named for Her Son SonTotal Total Donation DonationI DonationV
V I t Amounts to Over 25000000
C V
1V AN l FRANCISCO Dec 9 9Mrs 9MrsT 9MrsJane Mrs MrsJane
S Jane T ne L LStanfo Stanford d today executed executedand executedand executedV executedand
and delivered to the boaId of oftrustees oftrustees oftrustees
V
trustees trustees of the Leland Stanford jr jruniversity Jrt1ntversity
two deeds of grant and one onedeed onede onedeed
deed de d of gift One of the deeds of grant grantcovers grantcovers grantcorers
covers all of the real estate heretofore heretoforegiven heretoforeglen heretoforegiven
given to the university including the theuniversity theunlvec theuniversity
university unlvec lt campus of O r about 9WO acres acresThe acresThe
The other deed of grant covers the theStanford theStanford thefitanford I
Stanford residence upon California Californiastreet Californiastreet Californiastreet
street which is eventually to be used usedfor usedfur
for educational purposes purpo eflJ The deed of ofgift ofgltt ofgift I
gift covers bonds and stocks heretofore heretoforegiven heretoforegiven heretoforegiven
given and certain securities not in included included Ineluded ¬
cluded in former grants grantsThe grantsTJie grantsThe
The grants are largely confirmatory in incharacter incharacter incharacter
character and are made under the theprovisions theprolsions theprovisions
provisions of the Stanford university universityconstitutional universityconstitutional universityconstitutional
constitutional amendment which hlch leg legalized legalized legalized ¬
alized grants and gifts made to the theuniversity theuntverlty theuniversity
university This amendment Was Wasadopted wagadopted wasadopted
adopted in order to set at rest any anyquestion anyquestion anyquestion
question as to the validity of the orig original original origmat ¬
inal endowment and to prevent legal legaltechnicalities legaltechnicaJities legaltechnicalities
technicalities from interfering with fu future future future ¬
ture donations to this great educational educationalinstitution educationalinstitution educationalinstitution
institution which was founded by Mr Mrand Mrand r rand
and Sirs Stanford as a memorial to totheir totheir totheir
their Only son sonThe sonThe sonThe
The deeds delivered today practically practicallycover PltlcticaUycover practicallycover
cover the grants made in the original originalendowment oricinallowment originalendowment
endowment which however Is more morethan moreth morethin
than th n doubled in value owing to the theremarkable theremarkable theremarkable
remarkable business ability displayed displayedFAVORS dlapiaYedFAVORS displayedFAVORS
FAVORS A AST ST HELENA HELENAFOR I
FOR ANARCHISTS ANARCHISTSWashington NARCHISTS
4 + Washington Dee 9 tSenator tSenatorHoar Senator SenatorHoar +
+ Hoar today introduced fhe follow following followtog +
+ ing resolution resolutionThat resolutfonThat V VThat >
+ That the president be request requestI +
4 + ed if he shall deem it practicable practicableto +
4 + to enter into negotiations with withother 4 +
4 + other civilized countries to the end endthat endthat 4 +
4 + + that a aconv convention ntlon may be made in int int 4 +
4 t t accordance with the terms of ofwhich 4 4f +
f 4 which some island or If that can eannot 4 44v +
4v 4 not be done some other suitable suitableterritory +
4 4 territory may be set apart to towplch + t 4which
4 + which under due precautions and andafter andafter +
4 + after fair and proper trial per persons persong 4 +
4 + sons found guilty of attempting or orI orinstigating 4 +
+ I instigating or counseling the over overthrow 4 +
4 throw of all governments or of 4 +
4 + criminal attempts upon the life of 4 +
4 + 4 chief magistrates or high hl < h officials offtelaJof + f
+ of such governments may be betransported +
4 + transported and to which they theymay theymay +
4 + may be confined eonftpedLOVER confipedLOVER + f fLOVER
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
LOVER DID NOT RETURN RETURNSO
V SO 5 SHE TOOK POISON POISONBfd
Bfd Lodge Lod e Mont Dec S IBeeause Because her heriQvar herIQvlr herIQYir
iQvar did not return Fannie Hundley Hundleywallowed HuadleyswlIoWed Hundleyswntoived
wallowed a whole bottle of strychnine strychninedying stryelmlnecITIng strychninedying
dying in terrible agony twenty minutes minuteslater minutester minuteslater
later laterRumsey ter terRUm8ey V VRummy
Rummy Chance and she had a differ difference dlffn8Qie differlace ¬
lace 8Qie and Miss Hundley remarked to her herjister
later that if her lover failed to re return rp rpturn return ¬
turn the next Sunday evening she would wouldkiP wouldkill
kiP herself On that night he did not notcome noteome notcome
come and the discarded girl went ent into intoth intotit Intoth
th kitchen and swallowed the poison aft afterward afterward afterwerd ¬
erward eating a piece of cake cakeHer cakHer cakeHer
Her sister came into the room ro m and the thegirl tb tbglrloolly thegi
girl glrloolly gi Jjoolly asked her er to dance > and to tothij tothAt toV
V thAt th they waltzed a few minute when whent1 whendkgoppedt
t1 ISA Hfndley dkgoppedt dropped to the floor and andaxMred andher andriti1
andlq axMred her last agonies being beln belnWft1i
Wft1i by her whole family familyi familyOverdue familyOverdue
i Overdue Vessel Safe SafeSan SafeSan SafeSan
San Francisco Dec 9 9Another Another yea vessel yeaml > s ssel ¬
sel of the overdue fleet has been re reported 11porLd ieported ¬
ported safe Cable advices from Lou LoudOJl LonclOp Lendofl
clOp to the merchants exchange roday rodayannounce ro1LYannounce roclayannounce
announce that the British ship hip Prince PrinoeAlbert PrmeAlbert PrinceAlbert
Albert was reported this morning off offtbe Iffthe offthe
the English coast The vessel was out
211 11 days from Vancouver for Queens Queensborough Queensborough Queensborough
borough and 50 O per er cent reinsurane reinsuanewas e ewas
1 was offered on her An hour or so 0 t tlt tltfOft tefore > e
1 fore the news came that she was IF IFported J icpovted f fpott
ported pott d the rate Jumped to 75 5 per l l ceat t tc
c
c
by Mrs Stanford In the management of ofthe oCthe ofthe
the vast interests In left in hercharge herchargeby her ch charge rge rgeby V Vby
by the death of her husband husbandBy husbandBy husbandBy
By these grants she sh has conveyed to tothe tothe tothe
the Leland Stanford jr university for forthe forthe forthe
the benefit of the people ple of California Californiaabout Californiaabout
about 18OMOOQ in stocks and bonds bondsand bondsand bondsand
and 10000000 to 12000000 in real es estate eatate estate ¬
tate including tljp LP university buildings buildingsand buildingsand buildingsand
and equipment All of the bonds are arefirst areftnt arefirst
first mortgages and the stocks with withscarcely wIthscarcely withscarcely
scarcely an exception are what are areknown areknon areknown
known as giltedge securities securitiesF
F F Lieb of San Jose president of ofthe ofthe
the board of f trustees received the thedeeds thedeeda thedeeds
deeds on behalf alf of the board and also alsotook aisotook
took formal possession POSSe POSSeeB eB Sion of the bonds and andother andother andother
other personal property Messrs MessrsCharles MessrsCharles lessrsCharles
Charles G Lathrop Joseph D Grant Grantand Grantand Grantand
and Timothy Hopkins resident trus trustees trustees trustees ¬
tees were also present pr nt The legal fea features features features ¬
tures of the donation were conducted conductedby
by Mrs Stanfords Stanfordsattorne attorneys s Crothers CrothersCrothers CrothersCrothers CrothersCrothers
Crothers CrothersNotwItneUfadJng CrothersN CrothersNotwtthalslndlng
NotwItneUfadJng N that she ih has h now nowgiven no nogiven nowgiven
given the equivalent of over 25000000 25000000to 008000 008000to
to the Leland Stanford Jr university universitymaking universitymaking universitymaking
making it one of o the richest institutions institutionsof
of the kind In the world Mrs lrs Stan Stanford Stanford Stanford ¬
ford has not impoverished herself but butis butis butis
is understood to still retain several severalmillions eveltllmllilona severalmillions
millions for her personal use and to toprovide toprovide toprovide
provide for the various members of ofher orh ofha
her h r family It is believed that the theamount theamount theamount
amount of her h r endowment to tbe uni university university unlveralty ¬
versity which she aided in founding oundln ex exceeds cxceeds ¬
ceeds In amount any similar gift in his history history history ¬
tory toryPIERCED toryPIERCED
PIERCED HIS HI THUMB WITH WITHFISH WITHFISH
FISH HOOK AND WILL DIE DIEf DIENew
+ f New York Dec 9 9Father Father Wil Wit11am +
+ f liam J OKelly rector of the theCatholic theCatholic theCatholic +
+ Catholic Church of Our Lady Lad of off ofGood ofGood +
+ f Good Counsel is reported at the +
+ f rectory attached to the church as asdying + f
I t + t dying from blood poisoning + f fWhile
I + While at Rockaway Beach soy Be Beeral soycml + f
I + eral weeks ago Father OKelly OKellycarelealy OKellycarelessly + f
+ f carelessly handled a fish hook hookwhich + f
I + which entered his thumb A little littlelater littlelater + f fI
+ later it was discovered that blood bloodpoisoning +
I + f poisoning had developed and that thatit +
V + f It would be necessary to amputate amputatethe amputatethethumb 4 +
+ thethumb the thethumbFather thumb thumbFather +
+ t Father OKelly protested against againstthe + f
I + the amputation stating that if his 4 4thumb f
I + thumb were removed he would b be beunable +
j 4 f unable to celebrate celebrte mass ma8 his hisj +
j II 4 + church cburh cb reh requiring ruiring that priests priest shall shalli shal shallnot +
+ nt not V be maime maimed At his eaest eaestI earnest earnestI +
i I + request reu the th th amputation tputaUon was post posti pt ptI ptpojied +
i + poned pon It Is feared Tered the operation operatn operatntok +
4 f took tok place p6 pla e too t late to save sve his hislife hisJe hislife +
life lifeWANTS Je Jei life1WANTS +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
G
i 1WANTS WANTS ROOSEVELT TOHELP TOHELP TO TOHELP
HELP HER GET FORTUNE FORTUNEWashington FORTUNEWahingt FORTUNEWashington
Washington Wahingt Dec 9 9Mrs Mrs Caroline CarolineBlickJe Carol CarolineBiickje
BlickJe BUcke of Allegheny Pa has written to
bs wrten
lega
I President kent Roosevelt Joevelt asking askng his assist assistance alst assistan ¬
I ance an e IB la5rnl securing what wht she alleges alee Is Isdue Isdue isdue
due her hr from rom a fortune of SlttOOO 0 or ormore ormore ormore
more left by an uncle Charles Charle Brenlg Brenlgwho Brenl Brenlwho Erenigwho
who went wet to Hawaii HawaI in IStt ls under the thenajn thene thename
name ne of Simeou Sl Weibert WeibertShe Webrt WebrtShe WeibertShe
She alleges alele that Ut the be will wi under which
uner
Samu Samu1 Samuel 1 M t Damon Dmn formerly a a member membr of ofPresident ofPrdent ofPresident
President Prdent Doles Dle cabinet clinEt is made chief
II I befd beneficiary was forged forgedWHILE fore forePfE V VPRVCHER1VSSHOT
PRVCHER1VSSHOT PRVCHER1VSSHOTsj HOT
PfE sj I IWHILEIN
I q fWH WHILE WHILEIN lI1N IN HIS PULPIT PULPITOakaloosa PULPITOskaloosa
I Oakaloosa Oklo la Dec D 0 9Re Rev A A A John Johnson Tohns Johnson ¬
son s colored Im pastor Ror of the African Africn M B Bchurch Ecbun BchurcI
church cbun of this city was shat and andlouly se seI B
t
I riotisfcr ro wounded wone in his pulpit pulpi last night nightI
by a colored ored girl lrJ Anna Nelson NelsonThe Nee NelsonThe
I The cr lri rl cUtfma eilml to have hae been b wronged wrongedby
by the tie minister ministerVisiting Ilnlto IlnltoVistng ipinlsterVist1ng e
Visiting Vistng in i New York YorkSpecial York YorkSpecial
Special Spal to The The Herald HwaldNew Htal HeraldNew
New ew York Dec D 9 9The6 These westerners westernersare
are < re registered re ter4d here btre Broadway Broadw Central Centrali Centrl CentrlJ
J i A J Urms ns Salt Sal Lake Continental Contnental J JM JM Jl1
M l1 Johnson J JOhflV5 h 9 Boise C Ida IdaV da dav
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CARRY CARRYTHEIR THEIR FIGHT FIGHTTO FIGHTTOFLOOR TO TOFLOOR TOFLOOR
FLOOR OF THE SENATE SENATEfillman SENATETilman SENATEtilIrnan
fillman Tilman and McLaurin Create Sensation by En Engaging Engaging Engaging ¬
gaging in Heated Wrangle WrangleSuggestion WrangleSugges WrangleSuggestion
Suggestion Sugges on MadeThat Made That Neither Neiher South So th Caroftnan Is Entitled Entited to Seal Staiin Set Setin Sealin
in That Body
UT ASHINGTON Dec I 9 LTbe IV IVchamber leisate leisateV
WASHINGTON V V chamber chmb was w the te scene en se ne of a ahighly ahghly ahighly
highly hghly drti dramatic episode epe toY toYwhen todaywhen today todaywhen
when Senator Sent Tillnaan Tlmn of South Suth Caro Carolina Ca Carolina ¬
lna lina challenged challnged his hi colleague cl Senator SenatorMolraurin Sntor SntorIcLaurin SenatorMoLaurin
Molraurin to region re with wit him on the thespot thespot thespot
spot in order to use W his hi own language languagethat Jnge Jngetbat languagethat
that they the might be 1 able a to t wash wah their theirdirty tir tirdirty theirdirty
dirty linen ln n at home bm Mr McLaurin McLaurindid cu
did not take up the t gauge gaasThe gugc gugcThe gaugeThe
The Incident today tay was the te direct directsequel ct ctsequel directsequel
sequel of the very bitter bttr controversy controversywhich cproy cproywhich oontroiensYwhich
which arose arse between btwen the Ut senators JRt in inSouth inSouth InSouth
South Carolina Croln last spring pnc Mr Mc McLaurin McLaurn McLaurin ¬
Laurin Laurn arose aroe to a question qto ef r personal personalprivilege pnnl pnnlpr1vlese personalprivilege
privilege pr1vlese today toda and proceeded pre to t ex explain e eplain cxplain ¬
plain what he charged chrge was w a conspir conspiracy coDplr coDplracy conpiracy ¬
acy to discredit disreit him in his bs own ow state statefor statefor > tatefor
for acts act and views which whic did not n meet meetthe mt mtthe meetthe
the approval appral of certain certin Democratic Democraticleaders Iortc Iortcleders Democraticleaders
leaders leders He declared delare that tha he was w be being b being ¬
ing humiliated humiated and according aerlf to t pub pobHc publc public
Hc prints was to be excluded exlude from f the theDemocratic theDemocratc theDemocratic
Democratic Democratc lc caucus becausehe beU he had act acted acted acted ¬
ed upon certain public puhll Issues I in a way waywhich wy wywhleh waywhich
which he considered cnsidere was to the te best bt In Interests Interest Interests ¬
terests terest of the country and the people peopleof pplc peopiof
of his state stateHe stateHe V VHe
He announced announcd himself hlmsl a believer blever In Inthe Inthe hithe
the old Democracy Democy and after ctter denounc denouncing denouc denoucing denouncIng ¬
leaders lead who whohe whohe
ing the new Democracy Demoracy wl
he said had brought destruction dutrcUon upon uponthe un unthe uponthe
the party declared declae that tht he could not notbe nt ntb notbe
prty
be driven from his hiI old allegiance aletac Into Intoa Intopary
a b party pary with wih which he did not nO care to toaffiliate toaflote toaffilIate
affiliate
aflote affiliateNeither
Neither Entitled Entted to Seats SeatsSenator Se SeatsSenator
Senator Jones Ton chairman cafrn of o the t Bern Dsmoeratlc Dm Dmorate Bernocratic
dented that thathe thathe
oeratlc national committee
orate natonal commltH fni1at fni1athe
he had any ulterior ultri motives mtvP in not notinviting notinvtng notinviting
inviting invtng Mr McLaurin to enter entr the thecaucus th thecaucus
caucus caucusMr cucu caucusMr
Mr lr Tillman Timan reviewed reviewe the whole whle con controversy contrvery controversy ¬
troversy troversyMr trvery trverylIr
Mr Hoar Hor took tok occasion to express expressthe expra exprathe expressthe
lIr on
the opinion opinin that th t it was very ve doubtful doubtfulwhether dbtul dbtulwhether doubtfulwhether
whether both the South Sol Carolina Cal seats seatsIn seatsin t
In the senate snate were not nt in reality Ity va vacant vacnt vacant ¬
cant cnt He contended contnded that tat when the t tee resignations r teeIgnations ¬
ignations ignotons were offered ofer last spring to tothe tothe tothe
the governor they could not nt spn be b with withdrawn wth wthdrwn withdrawn ¬
drawn drwn thereafter thereter having 1vin become bcme im immediately i bnnedtately ¬
mediately lelDtely operative operativeFhe opertive opertive1he
V ihe Fhe climax came ele when Senator Sntor Till Tillman Ti TillHia ¬
1he cli
to join joinWith Joinwith
man J challenged Mr r McLaurin McLrn jin jinfh
chaleng
With fh him in preparing prepriA their thir Joint jnt rca resIgajUlfMr r rcarutIsetand
IgajUlfMr rutIsetand and n handler them t to t the thepresidiog th theprodding
rJt prodding Pedlng officer ofc of OfVIbe ftJt Ihe swyUe ngte This Thischallenge TI Thischallenge
challenge chalenge Mr r McLaurin McLU did dcat not accept acceptand acpt acptand acceptand
and the episode eplae was w brought bubt to an anabrupt inabrupt 1
abrupt abrpt close clo by Senator Sntor Lodge Ll mvin movingin moving movingan
an in n executive exeutive session sessionMr smon smonMr sessionMr
Mr Stewart of Nevada NevadaV Nevadaapropos V apropos aprop of ofthe orthe ofthe
the presidents readents rceommendation rcmmnaton on the thesubject thesubt thesubJect
called the atten attention attentlon ¬
subject of irrigation iriatn cal ate
subt
tion ton of the judiciary judiciry committee commit to towhat tohat t twhat
what hat he said sid was wa a defect in the June jurisdiction jurs jursdiction Junediction ¬
diction ot the United Unite States State and an pre presented p psnt proseated ¬
resolution for a consti constitutional constitutlonal ¬
seated snt a joint reluton C
tutional tutonal amendment amendmet jtnt V to cure the th de defects d dcfacts ¬
facts fet fectsThe
The presentation prenten of the th resolution resolutionproveked rlutn rlutnproveke resolutionpruveked
discussion and Mr Tel Teller Telicr ¬
proveked proveke some sme dlsUon Tl Tller
ler of Colorado Colordo expressed eXPesM the opinion opinionthat oplin oplintat opinionthat
that tat no n constitutional rlUtutinl amendment was wasnecessary wunes wasnecessary
necessary necessaryTillman nes necessaryTiliman
Tillman Timn ana a and MaLaurin Maurin Clash ClashA Cah CahA
A stir str in the chamber chambr followed follwed when whenMr wien wien1r whenMr
Mr 1r McLaurin Mcurin of South Sth Carolina Caoln arose aroeeto aroseto
to a question quetin of personal pr nal privilege pviep He Hehad Heha Hehad
had ha before rore him a huge hUle pile pie of manu manuserif mu mugrp menueerit
serif eeritI
serifI grp I arise aris to t a question queUof of personal personalprivilege pn personalprivilege j
privilege piviege in connection conneton with the publi publication pubUcton pnb1ication ¬ i
cation cton of the statement statment that tht I have havebeen hve hvebeen havebeen
been excluded exclude from participation pticpti in the theDemocratic te teDemrtl theDemocratic
he an announced annouced ¬
Democratic party caucus
Demrtl pry CUC a anunc
nounced nunc With Wih evidence of considerable considerableemotion condee condeeenion considerableemotion
emotion enion he proceeded prced to t explain exln that thatIf thatIf thatif
If such sch was a the case ca and a if be were wereto wer wereto
to be l without wihut asnmt assignment upon up com committees cornmittees m mmtte ¬
mittees mtte the right r hu of his bl state > te which whichhe wbl whichhe
he in part prt represented reprented In the senate senatewould senatewould nt
would wuld suffer sufferThe sfer sferTe sufferThe
The Te only notice he had h ever had h he hesaid besid hesaid
said sid that he was wa to be b excluded eclude from fromthe f fromthe
the Democratic Demortc caucus cucus came ce last lastspring lastspring
spring before bCore the adjournment adJoumat of the thesenate thesenate
senate sente when hel the chairman chmn of the theDemocratic th theDemocratic
Democratic Deoratc national natonl committee m ttee in the thecloak thecloak
cloak room rm asked le him why he no nolonger n nolonger
longer lo er attended attend the th Democratic Dmratc can caucuses eu eucUIS cancu3es ¬
cuses He had replied that in view of ofhis ofhi
cUIS ha reple tht vew o
his hi opinion on the questions que s growing growingout
out of opnion the th Spanish Spnish war he h thought tbbt his bispresence blspresc hispresence
o
presence presc might miht be embarrassing emb The TheDemocratic TheDemoratc TheDemocratic
Democratic Demoratc chairman chairma had h4 replied repliedThen rpied rpiedhen repliedThen
Then hen perhaps prhap it I 90uh < would be I less l em e emharnessing i ibarressing
harnessing brr8ng to you not nt to be Invited Invt to tothe tothe tothe
the caucuses caucusesMr caucusesMr
cucuss cucuss1lr
Certainly CertainlyHis Certlnly CertlnlyHIs CertalnlyHis Mr 1lr McLaurin McLurin said sd he h had b replied repliedCertainly repie repliedCertalnly
His Party A A2aln Aalnst aln t Hiau HiauThis Hi msoThiS
This Thi incident In 1ent Mr McLaurin McLnn de declared d dodared ¬
dared cared was wa the culmination eulminatonc of o a long longseries I longseries
series serie of r events in a contest rntet waged wagedby wagedby a aby
by an a element of the Democratic lmortc party partyagainst prty prtyI partyagainst
against apln him htmThe himTh himrite
I The Th entire entre senate by b this time tme had hadbecome hadm hadbecome
become m interested itrest Several S ral Republicans Republicanscrossed Republcans Republcanscss Republicanscrossed
crossed css the political polhal aisle to the th Demo Democratic Dmo Dmortc Demoeratic ¬
cratic rtc sd sIii side the better bter to listen liten to what whatMr whatIr whatMn
Mr Ir McLavrin McLrin had to say sayContinuing sy syContnuin sayContinuing
Continuing Contnuin Mr McLaurin McLurin said sid he hecould heculd hecould
could culd be b silent did he not fear that thatthe tha thatthe t tthe
the movement mveent against agint him was wa one to tokeep tokep tokeep
keep kep aU9e sectionalism stonalsm For many manyyears manyYOa manyyeats
years YOa the people ple of the te south Inth had real realised realmed ¬ I Ilz
med lz that they thy had not obtained obtined their theirfair theiri theirfair
fair i share of the national natonl benefits benefitsMr bnefts bneftsIr benefitsMr
Mr Ir McLaurin McLurin recalled recaled the te fact that thatalthough thatnlheugb thatalthough
although nlheugb Samuel Suel J Randall Rnl had advo advocated adoct advocated ¬
cated ct a protective precthc tariff t rlf he had been beenvoted ben benvott beenvoted
voted vott for in a Democratic Dmocratc national natonl con conventioH conetoR conveittion
ventioH etoR for president prdnt Hancock Hanlok al although altGulh although ¬
though tGulh he h declared detarf the tariff tarif was wa wa a alocal aloc alocal
local loc issue ile had been bn nominat nominati > 1 for forpresident f fpredent ftvpresident
president predent and Daviii Dvid B Hii iii t4iouR t4iouRhe l iougii iougiihe UI I Ihe
he opposed the income ta had not notbeen notbee
been br bee o read out of the party partyT4w partyTh pattyThe
The Th holding hlding of such view Iew V i io ioem 0 0ern i iern
ern em men mn no n matter mater how diverse dS1 dS1not di1not dPnot
not endanger enangr the prestige prfstgE of certain certainleaders eertin eertinlede ertainleaders
leaders lede and consequently ooDEuent they were wereimmune wereImmur wereimmiute
immune Immur from frm attack atacJ attach But when whtn wen a asouthern asute asouthern
southern sute maDsaid man said Mr McLaurin tried trilto trjolto triedto
to gat the th benefit bneft of the te anil riff rffor for his Juspeople h hispeople
people P I those tl whose who p ptiaI poj ival ai V Vmight career careermight a I Imight
might be b ended end by the snccs Iuceess of o his hisefforts hi hifrt hisOfforts
efforts frt were wee ready redy to crush crsb and hu humiliate humlithim Iramiliate ¬
miliate mlithim mlithimEndorsed him himEndorsed himEndorsed
Endorsed by His Hs People PeopleHe Peple PepleHe PeopleHe
He had contended that if the tariff tariffwere tarf tariffwere
were a robbery robbry his section Rton should share shareih
ih the booty bt3 Upon the issue of that thatspeech thatspeech thatspeech
speech he had later gone lne into a cam campaign campign am ampaign ¬
paign pign in South Carolina CaroUn and although althoughhis alhoqh alhoqhhis
his Democracy Demoraey had been bn attacked atked upon uponthe upn upnthe uponthe
the stump the people of o his state had hadendorsed haJendor hadendorsed
endorsed endor him He declared decar that during duringthat duingthat duringthat
that campaign calumny falsehood falehod and andtrickery andtrickery andtrickery
trickery never IH l before equaled in Amer American AmerJcn Amerlean ¬
lean Jcn politics pltcs had been boen employed
Now the t principal pnipal charge chrge again againt t bin binwas hiD himwas
was that he had ha been bn bought by b pat patronage patrona patronage ¬
rona ronage e and ad that tht be h had rene V V i Mi Miformer hi hi hiformer
former fonel contract contrae with President Psident insw inswvelt Oi Oivel os osvelt
velt vel Entertaining Entetinin toe tie high I > > onii oniiregard one
regard rgrd that tht he did for both t th > < late latepresident lat latpresident
president prident and his successor successr Mr M f M MLaurin MLaurin 1 <
Laurin Lurin said sd it ould be b unmrHsa unnidI unnidIfor Unnr ar arfor v vfor
for him to say ay that neither neiher wouM wouJdtolt wouJdtoltt stoou stoouto 3tOoito
to t so s ignoble igble an act actIt actIt actIt
It was wa true that an unfortunat t > con condition condition condition ¬
dition of ofaffairs affairs ar hail existed in h hI state stateand stateand tat
and that tht he had recommended rmmend > good goodmen goodmen 00tl 00tlmen
men for office ofce because beau he b did not It dt desire dtsire dtsire ¬
sire to see a repetition repEtton of the h hrrble hrrbleaffair I crib cribaffair rnible rnibleaffair
affair at Lakeville Lkelp when a neRi ne T post postmaster pt ptmaster postmaster ¬
master had ha been bn turned lJmd to deaf dea t 11 11had 1 Ilhad
had voted for the > war with wih Span Spa 1 I and anideclared anddlre anddeclared
declared dlre that in the same sme spilt api ri It in inwhich inwblb inwhich
which wblb he had ha cast that vote votf h V felt feltthat fft ffttht feitthat
that tht he was w compelled compled to suppnt Supp supji t th thadministration thaminitrtn thadministration
administration aminitrtn that conducted onduetec i He Hestill H Hsti Hestilt
still sti thought that the conduit condul t > f tho thowar th thwar thowar
war should have been bn nonpartisan nonpartisanand
and during its is progress proreS8 he had never neverheard ne neheard neverheard <
heard from frm President McKisJeys hKh ey lips lps a aword a aword
word concerning conelng party advantage advantageCharges ad nta < e eC eCbkrgee
Charges C Against t Him HimWhile R KimWhile
While Whle without wihout official ofcal know knowlde knowidge dge of ofthe orthe 1 1the
the charges chap brought against againt him by byhto byhi byhis
his hi Democratic Dmratc colleagues Nieaes from th thnewspapers thnewspaprs tbnewspapers
newspapers newspaprs he understood undertod thut thi thiprincipal th thprincipal th8principal
principal charges chares were ee that he Lad not notopposed notoppd notopposed
opposed oppd the ratification rtfcton of the treaty treatyof tr ty tyof
of peace pace with Spain Spin that tht he had nid up upheld upheld upheld ¬
held the administration amln1trton in it i Ita efforts effortsto efforut
to t restore reore order in the Philippines Phlppine and to tothat totat tothat
that tat end had ha voted for an increase increae In lathe Inthe inthe
the standing 8tdln army ary and that he was wasIn wasIn wasIn
In favor of the te upbuilding upbuUdln of the Amer American Amerlen Amerlean ¬
lean len merchant marine marineIf
mrant mre mreI
If I these thY are the te only charges chage said saidhe s saidhe d dhe
and I Iglory Iglor Iglory
he dramatically drtcaly they are ae true ad
glory glor in them He said sid he bad bd not notwished notwhed notwished
wished whed to vote against his hi party upon uponthe un unthe V
the question of ratifying ratifyng the th peace peacetreaty p panetreaty
treaty trt and had ha it i not been bn for re reopening r ropning reopening ¬
opening opning of hostilities hotlUea in the Philippines Philippineswould Philppln Philippineswould s swould
would have bve deferred dfer to the opinion of ofhis orcolege V Vhis
his colleagues colleaguesBut colege
But hf b declared declare the te dictates dictes of ofreason orreaaon ofreason
reason and e conscience cnience should not bo bostifled b bsf hestifled
stifled sf by the th party pt lash lashWith luhWih lashWith
With Wih bitter biter words wor Mr MeLanin McLun then thenproceeded th thenproceeded n npe
proceeded pe to excoriate excate the new leader leaderof leaderof 1eaderof
of the Democratic Dmrat party y who had bd h hsaid ho hoad hsaid
said ad gufded g the th party p to It 11 its destruc destruction detru detruton destrulion < ¬
lion ton during du the last l six si years yer and a1 wire wiretrying wer wertrying re retryl
trying tryl to t crucify cciy those to who wh would woud see seeits tI seek seekto k kto
to draw the DemocratIt V Vits
t D
its old allegiance allegianceIs al T TIs
gne
Is I Still Stl a Democrat DemocratHe D t tHe
He still sl proposed prop he h said sd to vote vot in inhis in iiihis
his Judgment judgnt for fo what wht he h believed bf v to tobe t tbe rbe <
be along the lines ln of Democrat Dmoerac c prin principles princples prociples ¬
ciples cples but he did not nt propose prpse to place jjlacihimself lddchimslf placehimself
himself himslf against aainst a proposition prpsiin which h hbelieved IN INbleve hebelieved
believed bleve to be b for the best bat interests interestsof I nterSlor
of the te people pple simply Imply because bcause it was wasadvocated wasadvoted wasadvocated
advocated advoted by Republicans RepublicansIn Republcns RepublcnsIn
In conclusion concusion Mr XI McLaurin McLurin aid oid he hedid h hdid hedid
did not propose prop to be b drawn r j om his hisown hisown hisown
own party pary nor to be forced force into ilto a aflllation aftlaton adilation
flllation ftlaton with the party pary with wih wiiich h hdid he hedid e V Vdid
did not care cre to ally himself and thai thaion tha thaton t ton
on great gt public publc questions h wouM wouMact wouiact ou ouact
act according accrding to the th dictates dicttes of his o oc u uconscience I r rconscience
conscience cnsienc and best b judgment judgmentWhen judgmentWen JudgmentWhen
When Wen Mr Ir McLaurin McLurn took tok his seat seatMr scatMr fat fatMr
Mr Jones Tone of Arkansas Arknss took tok the th floor floorSome dor floorSome
Some Sme of the statements made by M MMcLaurin 1 1McLauni r
McLaurin McLurin Mr Jones Tone considered consdertd a aliection j jflection r rfteton
flection fteton upon himself himlf and said si he ht o osired c > V Vsired
sired to offer ofer a statement statement concerning concerningthe conernii V Vthe
the incident Incdent to which bich Mr M I Lam Lun Lunhd m mhad inhad
had hd referred referredj refer
At the extra exta session a8iol of o th cent sel centlast t tlat
last lat spring he had < been asked kel by n 1 he hecaucus hecaucus hecaucus
caucus officer for the list of enatore enatorewho < natvr natvrwho r a t twho <
who were to be summoned to 1 aucus aucusand aucusand autosand
and Mr McLaurins name beinu men mentioned mentioned menhoned ¬
tioned he Jones had said < l tilat h hhimself hhlmselt hhimself
himself would see the senate endt from fromSouth fromSouth fVUIflSouth
South Carolina CarolinaJones CarolinaJones CarolinaJones
Jones Talk With JCcLaui cLaUlin cLaUlinI in inI inI
I met him in the cloak row I said sailMr saiJMr saidMr
Mr Jones and recalling recall1n the rut Ht th t the lhe Ilie
he had not attended a Democratic emora llc ic c ce ti ticus tICDS V VelVis
CDS for more than two years < J as aske askewhat aeketwhat < e < i iwhat
what his status was as He rerii renlid d that thathls tIdthis tlthis
his relations with the party w n c e ethat s1 oiJ oiJthat a athat
that he thought it would be mbar mbarrassing mlrrassing r rraeslng
rassing for him to enter the Demo Democratic Dell Delluatic Denicratic ¬
cratic caucus I then said to Mm MmYou im imYou
0 You do not wish to be > iviid ivitdthen iviidthen 1itrdthen
then and he replied Certaini Certainlt1 A Ato
to the charge of ulterior motiv on my mypart mypart mypart
part continued Senator Jones 1 iin iincontent m mcontent mcontent
content to treat it with the theit cHempt cHemptIt IH > t tit
It deserves It is a notorious f f t tha thaeveryone rhaeveryone i ieeryoneseems
everyone eeryoneseems seems to understand exLt ex cxthe t tthe lthe
the senator from South Carol i I i 1 that thatthere t thatthere hi t tthere
there has been no Democrat emocrati t i cau cauel cauelat u uat uat
at this session of congress ngress I IIAVC 14 14hesitancy are o ohesitancy ohesitancy
hesitancy however la saying hat in ina 11a ina
a recent conversation with a 1 > a ariinc ariincmemebr adin4memebr < 1in 1inrremebr
memebr of the other side I saii sa lCi < o hi hithat hlthat hathat
that I did not think the Dei crat cratcaucus cratcaucus rat ratcaucus
caucus could undertake to prov pro I com committee COilmittee Coimittee ¬
mittee assignments a for the nator natorfrom natorfrom natorfrom
from South Carolina CarolinaMr Carolinalr CarolinaMr
Mr lr Tiilman o or South Carolina atolin as a ahis rihis
his feet when Mi li Jones con < n i d < I la lahis 111hi lihis
his hi characteristic way h ho in I Ii vcr r t er i Ithat
that while his name had not h > < men mentioned in intioned Cl Cltioned > ¬
tioned he realized that t he t icause tcause I Icause >
cause of it all He would not thi thitime ti1S ti1Stime S Stime
time make an extended reply replyBriefly replyBrlefty 1 1Briefly
Briefly he reviewed reif > wed the COM t l lbehveen ersy ersybetween ereybetween
between himself and Senator M I I lurin lurinwhich LUrlnwhich iurinwhich
which led to the joint tend > their theirresignations Ulf UlftesignatioDS tticiresignations
resignations to th the < < governor gOYf > rno outii outiiCarolina outaCaroUna outitCarolina
Carolina last spring and toil the thegovernors thegovernors thegovernors
governors suggestion 8Ugge tJon that thi th gnu gnations g gnutions 1j 1jtions
tions be withdrawn withdrawnTillman withdra withdraanTiliman 11 11T
Tillman T lman is Bitter BitterMr BitterMr Bitterfr
Mr fr TiUman said sai he contoni ont < I that thatthe thatth thatthe
the th governor was wa simply a i into intowhich intowhich intowhoh
which he had put Setters tttel for th t h gis gislatu giglatu gisiatu
latu and they th < QuId not tin Wid air uiru airia5
u ia5 < Mr McLaurin 11 < Laurin had hi i ned Of nod1mw > d
t Iraw his letter Mr fr T nan
l had examined the rcoc ft i ind indt
t tV of about 2CO 2t cases in the h i ory oryof
of 0 the government govemm nt where senat tad iadresigned tadjgntd adoogned
I resigned > jgntd Mr McLaurin h La urin enjy nj < y YJ i the thedistinction theditinetlon thelistinetion
distinction of being the only or ho hohad hohad
had withdrawn hi Itie resignation ter terOl7 tero teriiftiiig
I Ol7 o iiftiiig iff < jl jlJg it itAs ItAs itAs
As t McLaurins barge of i ir iracy Iray iray
ay to humiliate him by barring barril barrhnfrom > im imfrom 1mfrom
from the Democrat oaucus t uu Mr 1 11 11man IIman
I man called attention to o the fa it ithe tath atthe
he h had not been n in III w i hington r 1 ng ngthe ngthe V Vthe
the extra session fe itll i < te t Ie senate sena t ist istspring Lstspring tetspring
V
spring springThis springThis springThis
This conspiracy h said saiddream saiddream 1 1drt
dream drt > am conjured up b h aim It Itcreation J a acreation acreation
creation of his bi own lr rI1 rI1I r rMr ri riMr
I Mr lr McLaurin nia n3l < li no reply repl ir irI IrTilinian
I Tiliman Til but ia
man replying to toJOnes or orJones 1
Jones said that he did not dr Vi i I Ithere t tthere tthere
I there should be anything ptrs Ir er erhi in inhia 1 1hi3
hia hi charge that there had be bfD betcior n ntrrior
trrior purpose in anything 1
done dcneMr V
Mr Hoar of Massachu u 4d 4d0ulJ d
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