1
Rain today brisk southerly
winds Tomorrow will be fair
and colder
Number 2846
British Government Likely to
Grant Autonomy on Sov
ereignty Basis
STRANGE SILENCE OBSERVED
Correspondents Say Nothing Regarding
Slethusas Defeat Kitchener Hay
Meet Delarey and Perhaps Dc Wet and
Bctha The London View
Cablegram Cop righted
LONDON March 15 Such consolation
as the most Ingenious apologists could
devise has now been drawn from the Im
perfectly known facts of Lord Methucns
great disaster It Is to the credit of the
country that it refuses to acept the fool
ish attempts to minimize the significance
of the heavy Mow to British prestige
It Is quite true that from a btrictly mili
tary point of view Lord Methuens defeat
was of less consequence to the English
campaign than what the Doers sufier
cverv time that Lord Kitchener captures
a hundred prisoners This fact fails in
any degree to salve British pride
Prepared for More Sacrifice
It was confidently believed a week ago
that the war would be practically finish
ed by the coronation This hope has now
been abandoned and the people of Eng
land are trlsg to summon up sufficient
patience for another sacrifice of men aid
treasure
There are today however certain more
cheerful whispers A report is current in
Downing Street that Lord Kitchener has
gone to Klerksdorp to have a talk v 1th
Lord Methuen and this Is probably true
as Lord Kitchener is naturally anxious
to obtain the fullest information of the
disaster
Chance for Proposals
He would also want to hear what Com
mandant Delarey had to ear to his distin
guished prisoner during the week that
Lord Methuen remained In the hands of
the Boers The Impression caused In this
country by the chivalrous magnanimity of
Commandant Delarey In releasing a Brit
ish general whom he might have ex
changed with advantage Is remarkably
deep and widespread and is
to all appearance destined to have prac
tical results of the highest importance
The belief prevails In responsible quar
ters that Commandant Delarey communi
cated fully to Lord Methuen the views
aspirations and demands of the Boer
leaders In the field and that they are
moderate More than that It Is believed
that Lord Kitchener will advise the
British Government should accept them
Other Generals May Visit
It would not be surprising according
to the statements current here today If
Delarey Botha and De Wet should come
to Klerksdorp and talk over the situation
with Lord Kitchener
It Is an open secret that these three
leaders are now together The question
that arises first Is whether from the
point of view of Its effect on British pres
tige Lord Methucns defeat makes it
more possible to discuss terms with the
Boers Almost any other country In the
world would settle me matter In Its
present stage as a mere matter of busi
ness
Chance of Settlement
There Is little doubt that this could be
done on the basis of British sovereignty
and local autonomy It is hardly possi
ble that British pride which Is so sensi
tive to fears that the world might say
the forces of the British Empire were un
able to conquer the countries now occu
pied If given sufficient time would stand
In the way of such an agreement
There nre signs that the Government Is
beginning to consider the question as a
business proposition provided the epsen
tlal point of the assertion of British sov
ereignty is conceded Peace if It does
grow out of the present situation will
have its Inception solely In Delarcys
-magnanimity In releasing Lord Methuen
Any proposition that this grand old Jloer
might make with the present moment
would receive the most friendly consid
eration from the British Government and
people
Was Opposed to War
He was politically opposed to Krugcr
and was against the policy which led up
to the present war He is a sound states
can as well as a great commander
He must realize that now Is the
tuulty to obtain the Lest possible terms
for his countrymen and It Is a reasonable
deduction aside from direct reports on
the subject thit he will not allow this
opportunity of bis own creation to p ss
without making use of It His proposals
If they are nor In the hands cf the Brit
ish Government should be made known
In a fen- davs
Correspondents Silent
Mantime the Hilcnce of every press
correspondent In South fra is more
complete than It has ever been before
Never In modern Hires have tho unoffi
cial accounts of a serious battle hern
more completely suppressed than In the
rase of Ixrd Methucns disaster
One reason doubtlers is because tber
Is no other nay of keeping calamitous
news from the disloyal public in Cape
Colony yet the British public is becom
ing restive under these Russlnn methods
The correspondents nearest to the
scene of Delareys victory who are at
Mafcklog and Klmberley have been si
lent for a week Those at Pretoria and
Johannesburg bo have doubtless full
knowledge of what has happened have
tabled on other mattertr but not one
icrd fboul IxrJ Methuen
He
ENGLAND SEES NEW
OPENING FOR PEACE
Magnanimity of Delarey
May Lead to Important
Conference
THE BOER LEADER i STATESMAN
Delareys Magnanimity
May hnd the War
A new liojie for peace lifiH
hji ting ii in England It is
now thought that reasonable
proposals looking toward end
ing the war have been entrust
ed to General Jlelhuen by Gen
eral Delarey and that the hit
ters magnanimous act in re
leasing his wounded foeinan
may bring the conflict fo a
cloFi
ieneial Kitchener it is be
lieved intends to hold a con
feience tnh Delarey at Klerks
doip and it is possible thai De
Wet and ltotha may also be
piesent
SENATOR SPOONED CANDIDACY
Wisconsin Statesmans Political Hench
men Have Him Slated for Appoint
ment on the Supreme Bench Prefers
to Remain in Senate
Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller
of the United States Supreme Court was
undoubtedly surprised to learn that Wis
consin politicians in Washington had ar
ranged for his retirement next February
In order to make a place for Senator
John C Spooner of Wisconsin who It is
Bald President Roosevelt la anxious to
appoint to a place on the bench
The basis for this report Is the fact
that Justice Fuller will he seventy vears
old in February 103 and at that time
therefore he becomes eligible for vol
untary retirement t
Sir Fuller was appointed Chief Justice
by President Cleveland In October 18SS
according and ni thus have seTvsi cfteen years
I when he reaches the age of seventy A
j Supreme Court Justice can also retire
arter ten years of continuous service so
that Justice Fuller Is as free to leave the
bench now as he would be nezt winter
Would Hardly Choose February
He would hardly chocss February as a
time to retire as that vculi be In the
middle of a term which rfU extend to
May or June But the fact Is that he
has not thought of retfrlr R now or In
February or at any time In the imme
diate future
It Is very well knon in Washington
that President Roosevelt has tno highest
regard for Senator Spooner and that he
shares In the gensral admiration of his
ability as a lawyer and his high charac
ter as a public man Bui Serator Spoon
jer Is net particularly anxious to te a
Jurist Talalns vith his friends a ten
days ago he said that a place on ta
Supreme bench had no attractions for
him and that he preferred to remrir In
the Senate
Rarely Retire Until Compelled TV i
Supreme Court Justices ra elr -e
until compelled to do to bt - 1 ajr
other Infirmities As the - i
no power to remove them i i v
remain as long as they a- r
ly perform the duties e t -
sometimes a little I e r i j Ml
known fact that th Ntr Asm us-
tice Stephen A Field ii i did
not retire until long after Ux -elates
on the bench thought that his
as a judge had ceased
Associate Justice Gray of Mawtclu
setts is long past the retirement age He
will be seventv four this inoith and Is
now sufterlng from a stroke of paralysis
He vvill probably recover and bis friends
expect to see him return to tho bench
He Is very much disinclined to retire so
long as he regards his mental equipment
as sound
Associate Justice Shiras of Pennsyl
vania however has decided to retire at
the end of ten years service which will
be October 10 1902 Justice Shiras was
seventy years old last January so that he
is eligible for retirement either on ac
count of age or having served continuous
ly for ten years
Roscoc Conkling Declined
If It is true that Federal jurists do
not retire until circumstances forte them
to It Is equallj true that it is very rare
for a person to decline tho oficr of an
appointment at Chief Justice of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court The only au
thentic case on record Is that of Hoscoe
Conkling who was tendered the appoint
ment lv President Grant
Conkllns was at that time at the height
of his career as a statesman and poli
tician aud felt that he was too rusty In
the law to properly fill BUch an
judicial position He therefore declined
It aid eventually Morrison R Waite of
Ohio was appointed
Might Change His Mind
Senator Spooner might change his mind
about the attractiven ss of the office of
Chief Justice if It were formally offered
to him by President Roosevelt
The Indications are that Chief Justice
Fullers flowing white locks will add plc
turesqucness to the bench of the highest
court in the land for several yesxs to
corne Justice Fuller Is as alert and vig
orous in body as in mind and gives little
Indication of his adianced age Besides
Congress Is now considering the question
of increasing the salaries of si Federal
Judges a bill for that purpose having al
ready psEsd the Senate
r
ttotgfimaton C imt
COMBINED AGAINST MIERS
He Loses Daviess County Vote in Second
Indiana District
INDIANAPOLIS Ind March 15 Rep
resentative Robert MIers of the Second
district was defeated today In a contest
for the seventeen votes of Daviess County
by Cyrus E Davis and Charles W Well
man in a convention that came near end
ing in a general row
The man put up for chairman by Miers
supporters was declared elected but after-
two or three fights in the hall It was pro
posed that all the voters go out and bo
counted for their respective choice an
they re entered There were 1000 voter
present and the Davis chairman was
elected by 100 votes
His delegate slate was then elected
giving him eleven and Wellman sir dele
gates in the Congressional convention
The two opposition candidates ugreed
upon this division when they formed the
combination against Miers
TRIED SUICIDE AT SEA
Two Passengers on the New England
Weary of Life
QUEKNSTOWN March 15 Two pas
sengers by the steamship New England
from Boston which arrived here today
attempted to commit suicide on the trip
acoss
One man named Regan tried to strangle
blrnself while another named Lvons at
tempted to jump overboard
JUSTICE FULLER NOT
TO RETIRE JUST YET
Venerable Justice Does
Not Want to Leave
the Bench
WILL REMAIN GERMAN
Foreigners Have Not Acquired Lloyd or
Hamburg American Lines
BERLIN March 15 Herr WIegand
managing director of the North German
Llovd Steamship Company states in an
Interview in a Bremen newspaper that
both his company and the Hamburg
American will remain German Nobody
in America he says ever thought of ac
quiring a controlling Influence In either
of them
The directors Know exactly how many
shares foreigners hold Herr Ballin of
the Hamburg American Company and
himBelf went to America to arrange rates
They had no Idea ot entering any trust
Their arrangements were still Incomplete
but both would work for future harmony
with a view to international co operation
The minister of the interior Is
rering the establishment of regulations
with a view to preventing the shares of
both companies from passing into
hands of people abroad
the
ACCEPT OPERATORS TERMS
Present Wage Scale AgTeed Upon in Sec
ond District
ALTOONA Pa March 15 The miners
of District No Z in conference with the
operators tonight agreed with the opera i
tors to accept the present wage scale
Lucien W Robinson of the Pittsburg and
Rochester Coal and Coke Company was
the only operator who would net accept
the proposition as he demanded a num
ber of local changes and refused to sign
unless they were granted
An adjournment of the joint scale com
mittee was made until Monday at 130
when National President Mitchell will ar
rive to assist In making a settlement
AH the operators left for home tonight
VON H0LLEBEN RETURNS
Guest of the President at Dinner Last i
Wight
iwicy
WASHTNGTOj SUNDAY MABOH 16 PAGES
MOTHER OF BROOKS
FAINTED I COURT
j
Swooned When Her Sons
Watch Was Produced
FLORENCE BURNS UNAFFECTED
Girl Menaced Young Mans Life Other
Witnesses Say That Prisoner Said She
Would Kill Walter Brooks
NEW YORK March 15 The courage
of Florence Burns the young Brooklyn
girl who is accused ot the murder of her
lover Walter E Brooks was put to a
severe test today when the aged mother
of the man she Is accused of killing went
on the witness stand against her and at
the sight of her late sons watch burst
Into a perfect frenzy of weeping hug
ging and kissing the timepiece and finally
fell over In a swoon and had to be car
ried from the courtroom
Florence Burns Unmoved
It was a trying moment for everyone
who witnessed Mrs Brooks grief and
there was scarcely a dry eye In the room
as the unconscious old woman her mourn
ing veil trailing along the floor behind
her was borne to Justice Mayers private
chambers But Florence Burns accused
of being the author of all this misery
was the one -unconcerned person In the
courtroom
Evidence showing that Florence Burns
had not once hut many times threatened
to kill Brooks wis given by witnesses o
day and while it will probably result In
the girl being held for trial at the con
clusion of the present examination none
of it bad Sufficient bearing on the crime
to strengthen the case against her
Mystery Unexplained
The mjstery of the moving of Brooks
body as It lay In the Glen Island Hocl
from Its position on Its back to the left
side was further- complicated by Cor
oners Phvsician Weston who testified
that In hlopjniou Brooks although alive
then could not nOsalbly have turned him
self over
Dr Weston win not examined at any
length on this point and then Assistant
District Attornicy Schurman called on
Mrs Brooks Sne went to the stand ac
companied by a friend who- fanned her
constantlyaad kept up her strength by
placing a smelling salts bottle to her nose
Gir Returned Gaze
Mrs- Brooks itiriJlong mourning veil
but as she pasted tie chair where F6t
enco Berts brushed It away from
her face and foot squarely Into the
girls eyes h neyr took her eyes off
of once until shereached the wit
ness chair and the gfrlx turned the stare
without a sign of nervousness-
Tho first question asked of Mrs Brooks
was whether she knew Florence Burns
I do to mv sorrow she replleo fane
then went on to say that she met
the
TARKINGTONS BIG VOTE
Indiana Novelist Ran Far Ahead of His
Ticket
INDIANAPOLIS March 15 Tho board
of canvassers that is tabulating the vote
of yesterdays Republican primaries wilt
not have the totals compiled before morn
ing as there were more than forty can
didates for the several offices and 15
precincts In the city and county to be
recorded but all the returns show hat
Mr Newton Booth Tarklngton author of
The Gentleman From Indiana and an
aspirant for legislative honors has re
ceived the highest vote of any candidate
Aged Woman Declares on Stand That the or the Legislature Every precinct shos
tut i iic au it Lut vuv v iui i iwirg wuttiu
Threaiccd Srike Avezfed When Trouble Seemed Inevitable
Conference Unavailing
Tr - iiv i FALL RtVElt Mass March 13 For
11VI I 1IVUCM Tt UJ ICVUIUtU HJ
Wa h i iou i r 4T from Lakewood N the second time within six monthsFall
i f i tno Prinro unrv Ftiver has escaped a strike tLarfseemcd
ljir c roi N o York was one of tho ago the op-
P c ide t i i at dinner last nlKh eratlves thrculeaml to enforce a demand
late a member cf Attf for au lncreaiof wages with a strike
v It - ox yarty at the performance of i They finally dcefded to remain at work
j ocop i by the New Orleans French There was a coufcrence between mill
r ra rom any at tne Laiayctie ineatre d abor secretaries this forenoon
ibers of the party were sp
confercnrV idd and the city was
Inc iiu u au i
Miss Tuckerman and Llcutcnanl
I ready Icr a bitter struggle i uuuia
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT S
A STONISHING A CTION
Forced to Pay Out of National Treasury Jnciease of Wages
Demanded by Railway Employes
LONDON March 15 The situation in
Italy has become more serious as the
crisis is only postpomd The surrender
of the Liberal Government to the Social
ist demand constitutes a precedent more
dangerous than almost any In modern
government
The threatened railway strike v as based
on uemanus ior an in Kiisi a
which the companies protested they were
unable to pay The Zanardllia Govern
ment has now introduced a bill providing
ACCUSES WASHINGTON MAN
Chorus Girl Says Nelson Broke Promise
to Marry Her
NEW YORK March II Maude Cur
tis a member of The Sleeping Beauty
and the Beast chorus of 30D West Pifty
1rst Street as before Magistrate Braun
In the Centre Street police court today
as complainant against Norman Nelson
who lives at the Hotel Navaric Nelson
she said had failed to keep his promlbe
to marry her Ho vvia held in 1100 bail
on a short affidavit until Monday when
Miss Curtis promised to be In the Centre
Street court to uear to a complaint
Nelton Is said to Belong to a prominent
Washington family He is employed by
the Almy Manufacturing Company jew
elers at 51 Maiden Lane as a traveling
salesman
Miss Curtis was accompanied In the
police court by her older sister She Is a
brunette and was stylishly drcjscd She
talked freely and pleasantlv with Nelson
both beforo and after he was arraigned
It was said In the pnlleo court that
willing to settle the entire affair by
marriage
ATTordlng to the fitory told jr Detectlvo
Sergeant from the district attorneys of
fice who arrested Nelson on Friday tho
young man met Mlso Curtis two years
ago when the was Id the Florodora
chotus
for the payment of three quarters of the
disputed amount t50OG00 from the rtiLi
lic treasury
The Constrv itivcs rather than take the
responsibility of forcing on the strike
will not oppoee the bill which Is like
to pa3s This astounding action by which
the national treasury grants uudcr men
ace out of the receipts contributed by
the taxpayers a large sum for the bene
fit of a particular group of workmen Is
regarded as the worst sign of the times
In Europe today
DENIAL BY MR PROCTOR
Senator Declares He Did Not Write Let
ter on Cuba
BURLINGTON Vt Murch 15 Senator
Proctor in a letter to the Burlington
Free Press denleu writing the letter in
which he is credited ns favoring the an
nexation of Cuba and he defines his atti
tude on the Cuban question He says In
part j
The purported Intter was not written
by me We have premised Cuba inde
pendence So loiu as she compiles with
the requirements Jjf the Piatt amendment
wu no right to Interfere In her af
fairs
LIST OF KILLED GROWS
Ten More Added to Those Slain in
Delareys Attack
LONDON Mareh 15 The Wrc Office
publishes a list of additional casualtieb
to General Lord Methucns force In the
fight with General Delarey
This list gives the names of ten other
men of the Imperial Yeomanry killed and
thirty three wounded
I ho Drat list contained the names of
four office and thirty eight men killed
and 3event two men wounded In addi
tion to a number of officers
of the other candidates
Several of the defeated candidates for
the Legislature met in the room of tho
canvassing board and decided that- the
best way of appealing to the people
to begin writing novels at once Mr
Tarklngton was the recipient of many
congratulations today
ROCKED BOAT FOR FUN
Two Men Drowned as Result of Danger
ous Amusement
RALEIGH N C March 15 Four young
men rocked a boat for fun on a mill pond
near Fayettevllle this morning
The boat upset and two brothers named
Underwood were drowned
Ballard and Hales their companions
swam ashore
Xirl in October last for the first time
Asked when she last talked with her she
said that It was on Friday December 13
at the witness home
Mrs Brooks said that Florence made a
long stayat her house last fall coming
there on Thursday November 21 and re
maining until December 13 While Flor
ence was at her house she wore three
combs In her hair
The Comb Identified
One ot the combs taken from Florence
Bums In the Church Street station Just
after her arrest was Identified by Mrs
Brooks Then the comb which the prose
cution alleges was found In the room In
the Oten Island Hotel In which Brooks
was shot was produced
When Bhown to Mrs Brooks she said
Without hesitation- thatit belonged to
Florence Burns It was this comb which
Dr Sweeney said he was quite sure was
not the comb he saw in the room In the
Glen Island Hotel when he attended
Brooks
Mrs Brooks Identification was the first
piece ot evidence brought out in the case
directly connecting Florence Burns with
the kllllngrof Walter Brooks
It was this point that Mr Schurman
handed up Walters silver watch to the
witness and asked her If she had teert It
before Mrs Brooks had kept up very
nell up to this time but the sight of
Vie watth was too much for her and
ishe fell over backward th her chair in a
dead faint
Mr Backus made a severe attack on
Mfs Brooks memory He showed that
she could not give an adequate descrip
tion of any ot the combs which she bad
identified in court as having been worn
at her house by Florence Burns
FALL RIVER MILL OWNERS
SURRENDER TO EMPLOYES
later It vas apparent that the mill men
had weakened Four mills posted notices
for an advuTAviClAn Monday
morning
At 3 oclock the number ot mills that
had broken away was six and a meeting
of the manufacturers was called at once
Wien the meeting ended at 5 oclock the
president notified all of the unions that
it had been voted to allow an Increase of
10 per cent to go Jnto effect on March 17
A FETE FOR MR MOODY
Coming Secretarys Home City Pays
Tiibnte to Him
HAVERILL Mass March 15 The first
salute of seventeen guns to the next
Secretary of the Navy William H Moody
was fired tonight as his train drew into
his home city It was followed by the
Presidential salute
Twenty five thousand people and all the
civic- organizations cf the city the mili
tary and even trades unions welcomed
the home coming Congressman The
streets were a mass of bunting fire
works and as If this v ere not enough a
house which had been left deserted by
its tenants who were out celebrating be
san to b irn and so fiercely that it lighted
up the streets for blocks arojnd
Representative Moody held a reeepticn
at the city hall and spoke briefly saving
that the honors of piblic life were little
to him upon whom the were bestov ed ex
cept to bring home and lay at the feet
of his friends The talk was shorter than
it would hue been had not Mr Moody
received orders fromhis physician not to
speak at all
MR OVERSTREET NOMINATED
Receives Every Vote Cast in Primaries
at Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS Ind March 15 Rep
resentative Overstrect who introduced
and championed the bill of the Indian
apolis monetary commission in Congress
and who Is now serving his fourth term
was a candidate tor a fifth nomination be
fore the voters of tins county at the pri
maries held yesterday and received every
vote cast for that office
As this county now constitutes the Sev
enth district Mr Overstrect becomes the
nominee for Congrecs by a unanimous
vote
ASHORE OFF CAPE LOOKOUT
Tramp Steamer Reported Wrecked on
the Shoals
NORFOLK Va March 15 A despatch
received here this afternoon says that a
tramp steamship is ashore on Cape Look
out Shoals near Beaufort N C No other
particulars have yet been received
The Merrltt Wrecking Companys tug
J J Merritt sailed for the scene at night
fall
THIRTY SIXJAGES
THREE SECTIONS
Price Five Cents
SPOONER AND ALLISON
OPPOSE SHIPPING BILL
-
Shipping Bill Will
Carry Amendments
Senators Allison rind Spool
er yesterday declared in the
Senate their dissatisfaction
with certain piovisionH of the
subsidy bill and announced
that they would offer amend
ments in line with their objec
tions Both however will ote
for the measure
The attitude of the Iteimb
lican Senators will haver un
questionably an effect on the
status of the measure While
there is little doubt but that
the bill will pass it will wirry
one or two important amend
ments
BOSTON EMPLOYERS
LOCK OUT STRIKERS
No Places for Men Will
ing to Return to
Work
TES SITUATION STILL DISQUIETING
Longshoremens President Threatens to
Tie Up Steamship Lines in Other Ports
Concessions to the Freight Handlers
to Be Considered Today
BOSTON March II Notwithstanding
the optimistic statements made in some
quarters but slight progress seeias to
have been made toward a settlement ot
the labor difficulty which has conTUlsed
Boston for nearly a week
Many ot tho things which have been said
regarding the willingness ot certain ot
the transportation companies to come
down to a mofe charitable basis and make
qualified concessions to the labor side
have been taken for granted and did not
actually emanate from those having he
proper authority
The Governor Mistaken
As an Instance of this it Has stated
last evening by no less an Individual than
Governor Crane himself who at the time
even designated the number of the lead
ing coastwise steamship lines that he
understood these companies had agreed to
take back the striking longshoremen
In answer to a direct question on the
vital point of retaining or returning the
colored men from the South who had
been brought here to take the strikers
places he said that the negroes would be
sent back presumably today Investigat
ing this at the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company the Norfolk and
Baltimore line today It was found that
not only had that concern decided not to
send the colored men back but had not
re engaged a single man and positively
said that they would on no account dis
charge Jie substitutes
Will Keep neWSMis
Agent Lane of the Metropolitan Steam
ship Company the Whitney Line1 Is also
very pronounced In his attitude of main
taining the position which his company
has asserted since noon Monday that he
would discharge none of the new em
ployes and would only re engage Indi
vidually those of the old hands for whom
he wed conveniently find work
He said that on this basis he had this
morning re engaged about twenty five of
the strikers that he now- had about one
third of the old hands and that the re
mainder of his help was composed of new
men who would be protected and for
whom the positions would be kept just
as long as they cared to remain
Threatens a Tie Up
In response to this positron of the two
steamship companies above mentioned
the Longshoremens Union threatens to
tie up the line at the other ports where
the steamers run as well as at this port
Martin II Ryan president of the Long
shoremens Union made this significant
statement today
If this thing is not settled Toerore mid
night tomorrow we can close them the
steamship lines up tighter than a drum
arid the men will do It
Mr Rvan said that the agent of the
Metropolitan Line Mr Lane had asked
him to have the men at the wharf this
morning and Mr Rvan naturally conjec
tured that the men were to be rein
stated
Had Men on Hand
I had all the men there something
like 110 said Rvan Mr Lane had
asked me for a list of names which I
furnished him When the men had gath
ered his clerk read off fifteen names and
told these that they could go to work
Only four of the men responded to their
names although ail the others were pres
ent
W fully expected that at least one
half of the men would bo put to work
and the others gradually reinstated We
were surprised to iearn that only 10 per
cent were called on I Immediately called
the men away
With the freight hindlers there Is a
seeming small Improvement in the out
look Last night President Tuttle of the
Boston ami Maine Railroad took the same
stand as the heads of the New Haven
and Albany roads which w that he
would rc engace as many of tho men as
be could
Today Mr Tuttlo has made a more spe
clfic promise saying that he would take
back something over TOO out of the 800
men who went on a btrlke and that he
would re ensage the remainder as soon
as he could conveniently find plates tor
them
Friends of Measure Sur
prised by Their Ob
jections
WttL PROPOSE SOME AMEMEHTS
Time and Annual Expendi
ture Limits Are
Proposed
BOTH WILL VOTE FOR BILL
Speculation as to Probable Changes ifl
Measure as It Will Finally Pais Iff
Teller Makes Opening Speech At
tacking Proposed Legislation-
The shipping bill was dealt a stiff and
unexpected blow- yesterday Senators
Allison and Spooner two of the most
important Republican Senators both
made speeches opposing It
Senator Allison talked for an hour or
more finding much fault with the meaa
ure and outlining a number of amend
ments that he proposes to Introduce
He did not say that he will not vote
for the bill tomorrow but he did say that
he is very douotful if Its general subsidy
features are proper or expedient
Senator Spooner attacked a number of
Its features and very plainly showed that
he has no lovo tor any of them
Speeches a Surprise
The champions of the bill were some
what staggered by the sudden declara
tion of opposition from two such Import
ant men of their own party Coming as
it did on the last day before the vote Is
to be taken and when alt the Important
arguments In favor of the subsidy are in
the incident was intensely Interesting
even dramatic
Up to yesterday it had seemed
was over except the voting
and that that would be verr one sided
Last night there were many difference of
opinion regarding the result some Sena
tors even going so far as to predict that
the bill may be defeated Others and
perhaps the majority seem to believe that
at least one ar two important amend-
ment wiU be mnd - -
The attitude of the different Republi
can Senatorsf toward the bill durlnz the
last session was much discussed iasi
night in view 4cf the Incident of yester
day There was no vote last year and
for this reason it is not possible to aay
that any Republican was so strongly op
posed to the measure that he would have
voted against it
Several however did make speeches
against the bill and more were far from
active supporters Senators Allison and
Spooner as has been said were oppon
ents avowedly Senators Fairbanks and
Beverldge were not friendly Nor were
Senators Nelson Dolllver Heitfeld and
Quarles among the representatives of
agricultural Western States
Mr Tellers Speech
Mr Teller made the first speech yes
terday He opposed tha bill As s raera
matter of sentiment he should be glad
he said to see the American merchant
marine restored to Its former position
but so far as the large amount paid -
foreign steamships for American fr gh
was concerned he did not attach ve
much Importances to tat argument -cause
mucn of the shipping docume
In foreign countries was owned by Asu
can citizens and therefore the pre
whatever it mtght be came to citizens
the United States
Although he was not going to vote for
the bill he thought it infinitely prefer
able to the bill of last Congress It
seemed to him that unless favoritism
should be shown in the department the
bill would give to every ship owner at
least a fair show which the bill of last
Congress did not give
Navigation Commissioner Cited
Mr Teller cited statements from the
report of tho Commissioner of Naviga
tion and said that no Senator who re
lied on that report would get up and
state that the shipbuilding Industry In the
United States was languishing and that
subsidies were necessary to Induce the
construction and operation of steamships
Mr Hanna replied to Mr Tellers argu
ment and took up some of the statements
made in the report of the Commissioner
of Navigation to which reference had
been made He admitted the correctness
of the Commissioners statement that for
the last j car or two American shipbuild
ing vards had been busier than they had
ever been before but said that they had
been busy in the construction of vessels
for the coastwise trade almost exclusive
ly
Contracts on Hand
The fact was he said that whatever
may have been tho Inducement for the
construction In American shipyards of
eight or ten ships for the foreign trade in
1901 there were no ships for that trade
contracted for in 1D02
Mr Spooner enquired what the differ
ences were in subside n the pending
measure end in that of a ear ago Mr
Hanra said that he could not answe tbi
until he had Igurcd It out Inasmuch as
the bounties were adjusted on a different
basis In the old bill the speed was con
sidered in this bill tonnago was the
basis
Well said Mr Spconer i3 It not
true that the subsidies in JiIs bill are
confessedly less
Mr Hanna I do not know that they are
Mr Spooner I so understood If so
how does the Senator from Ohio explain
the statement made in favor of the old
bill that It carried merely enough sub
sidy to overcome the difference in wages
and construction
Mr Hanna rather curtly replied that he
didnt care to enter into a discussion
along that line as the difference were so
slight as to be Immaterial
Mr Flkins expressed his purpose to
vote for the pending bill although ha
would have preferred the plan of dis
criminating duties He did not think that
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