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OFFICIAL PAPER I OF THE CITY OF ST. PAUL, VOL. XXIV.- NO. 66. II 10111 MANUFACTURERS ENTER AN Ell. PHATIC PROTEST AT RUSSIAN SUGAR DUTY ORDER DELEGATION FROM ILLINOIS SOME FIGURES SHOWING INTER EST OF ONE DISTRICT ALONE IN THE SUBJECT SECRETARY GAGE'S DEFENSE Under the Plain Terms of the Repub lican Tariff Laws, He Pleads, He Has No Option in the «r Premises. WASHINGTON. March 6.-The delega tion of the Illinois Manufacturers' asso ciation which yesterday called on Secre tary Gage to protest egainst his notion in declaring v countervailing duty against Russian beet sugar, has received the re ply of th*; secretary to their criticism. The protest was presented by Martin B. Madden, who said hi- association repre sented a constituency of _XK),00O employers and workets in Illinois whose combined production amounted to $2,000,000,000 an nually. He said that not only these peo pie, but all the manufacturers and wage earners of the United Slates would be in jur.nl it' retaliatory nifiV-ures a-v to be enforced against our manufactured pro. ducts because of the recent decision of the treasury on countervailing Russian duties. Alter going at considerable length into the industrial revival of the country during the past four years, the Petition concludes: EMPHATIC PROTEST. Tt is our belief that the decision re cently rendered by this department against the Russian government will seri ously affect all the great agricultural and manufacturing Interests of this Intted States. In view of this belief vie feel that we are not only justified in re questing a reversal of the decision ren dere-d, but that we would be false to the Interests of the country if we did not de mand its immediate repeal." It is signed by Martin B. Madden chairman; Wm. C. Mundt, Charles H Deere, J. M. Glenn and Wm. D. Haynie. Mr. Mundt. who was a special repre sentative of the McCormick Harvesting Machine company, made a supplementary statement, in which he said: ,1 or your information, I desire to point out that on one single item in our ship ments to Russia this season, the proposed extra duty will amount to $8 090 This item represents but a quarter of our to tal shipments to Russia this year. Rut a very small portion of our machines ha« as yet reached that country; the mass is still afloat, and cannot be landed un*H ■ifter the proposed advance on the part of Russia has gone into effect We feel that in the event of its imposition, we shall suffer from what appears to us a discrim ination." "WHAT GAGE HAD TO SAY In reply to this statement the secretary explained at some length that it was perfectly useless for any association of manufacturers or any ore else to demand of the treasury department the repeal of the countervailing duty cjder. The duty in question, he said, was imposed in obedience to the law of congress and was v matter over which th^ treasury depart ment had no control, except to carry out the law. WASHINGTON NOTES. The big battleship Wisconsin has been selected to replace the Oregon in Aslalic waters when that vessel is relieved in the near future. Vice President Roosevelt received Gov. Gates, of Illinois, and his staff In the room of the vice president at the capitol. Mrs. Yates and several ladies were pres ent. Representative McCleary has recom mended Gustav W. F. Rathke for post mazier at South Branch, Watonwan county, and the establishment of an of fice at Gracelock, Chippewa county, with Emil M. Krieuke as postmaster. Representative McCleary saw ma:an Commissioner Jones and urged him to let the contract for the construction of the bridge on the Pipestone reservation, for which a appropriation of $1,500 has been made. Representative Heatwole has designat ed William P. Abbott, of Faribault, as principal and T. Carl Simmons,- of Red Wing, as alternate to fill the vacancy in the cadetship at West Point for the Third district. Postmasters were appointed as follows: lowa—Plato, Cedar county, E. K. Blatt ler. Wisconsin—South Range. Douglas county, Charles Cole; Woodford, Lafay ette county, H. P. Larson. A bulletin issued by the census bureau of cotton ginning shows that the crop of IS9S was 9,645,674 commercial bales (bales as marketed), which is equivalent to 15,391 bales of an average weight of 800 pounds. The postmaster general accepted the resignation of F. W. Vaille as director general of posts in the Philippines, and appointed C. M. Cotterman, at present temporary director general, his suc cessor. Mr. Vaille has been appointed as sistant superintendent of the railway mail service ond temporarily will be sta tioned in the city. The total population of Alaska in 1900. as shown by the returns of the twelfth census, is 63,593. as against 32,052 for 1890. This is an increase in ten years of 31. --540, or 98.4 per cent. There are two cites in the territory which have a population of over 2,000, namely. Nome City, 12,448, and Skagway City, 3,117. Senator Allen's name is still carried on the rolls as a senator from Nebraska, and It is understood it will be until the Nebraska legislature elects or adjourns. There was some expectation that his commission would expire on March 4. the close of the last congress, but the au thorities held otherwise. While no formal action to that effect has been taken by the Republican sena tors, it is quite definitely decided there will be no reorganization of the senate committees during the present session of the senate. This action will have the ef fect of leaving appointees of retiring senators in their positions until the con vening of congress next December. HUMor tHat potHa Is REApY TO sUl^ErtpEii LONDON, March Private Informa tion received in London this morning confirms the rumors of negotiations be tween Lord Kitchener, Sir Alfred Milner and Commandant General Louis Botha. Nothing is known as to the actual' pres ence of the Boer commander in chief at ! Pretoria and no paper publishes "a state- j ment that he is there, but it is reasonably ' certain that Gen. Bo^jfca is either there or j reasonably close witn Lord Kitchener. ; The Associated Press is informed that Sir Alfred Milner has gone to Pretoria for j ihe purpose of assisting Lord Kitchener j in Transvaal affairs, a leading reason for \ which seems to be due to Gen. Botha's j desire for a meeting with Lord Kitchen- j THE ST. PAUL GLOBE BULLETIN OF IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY leather Forecast for St. Paul: Cloudy Warmer. I— Loss to United States Trade. Tale'of a Fake Duel. Where the Money Goes. 2—To Recall Bygone Days. Eminent Guests Coming. Royal Arcanum Banquet. 3—Legislative Doings. v Roosevelt Attracts Attention. 4—Editorial Page. • The Golden Idol. fj—Sporting News. Hiekey ut Kansas City. News of Northwest. News of Railroads. Popular Wants. 7—Markets of the World. -Chicago May Wheat, 75 5-Sc. Bar Silver. 01 1-Sc. Stocks Higher. —News of the Courts. Hot Time Scheduled. WEATHER FOR TODAY. Minnesota—Partly cloudy and to cloudy and warmer Thursday; winds becoming southeasterly, fresh on the lake; Friday rain or snow. Wisconsin—lncreasing cloudiness, with rising temperature Thursday; winds be coming southeasterly, fresh on the lakes; Friday rain or snow.- probable. lowa— lncreasing cloudiness ana warmer Thursday; winds becoming southeaster ly: Friday rain or snow. North and South Dakota and Montana — Increasing cloudiness, probably without rain, Thursday; winds generally south easterly; Friday rain or snow probable. St. Paul — Yesterday's observations, taken by the United States weather bu reau, St. Paul, P. F. Lyons, observer, for the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.—Barometer corrected for tem perature and elevation: Highest tem perature, 2S; lowest temperature, 6; aver age temperature, 17; daily range, 22; barometer, 30.05; humidity, 76; precipita tion, 0; 7 p. m., temperature, 27; 7 p. m., weather, cloudy; wind, west. Yesterday Temperatures— ♦SpmHigh. ~ *SpmHigh Buffalo .. ..it is I Salt Lake ...56 62 Cheyenne .."..46 52JSte. Marie ..4 10 Chicago 26 28 Battleford ...36 35 Cincinnati ...20 2b Bismarck 32 30 Cleveland ..M4 16 Calgary .. ..32 3s Galveston ...48 50'Duluth .. .. is 22 Jacksonville .38 42, Edmonton ..'4O At .Marquette ... 8 10 Havre 33 4.. Montgonlerv 36 3S Helena .. .'"3s M Montreal 8 12 Huron .. . '3c j<i Nashville ....30 34 Med. Hat ...."35 42 New Orleans.42 44 Minnedosa .16 is New Y0rk....14 16 Pr. Albert ..26 30 Philadelphia 16 IS 1 Qu'Appelle.. % 2S Pittsburg ....16 16 S. Current ..28 34 'Frisco 56 66 Willlston ....36 3s St. Louis —36 36 Winnipeg 12 14 ♦Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). OCEAN LINERS. New York—Arrived: Hohenzollern, Na ples; Mesaba, London. Sailed: Vader land, Southampton; Teutonic Liverpool; Southwark, Antwerp. ■ Hongkong—Arrived: China, San Fran cisco, via Honolulu and Yokohama. Liverpool — Arrived: Oceanic, New- York; Lake Superior, St. John. N. B. and Halifax. Sailed: Grecian, Halifax- Lake Champlain, Halifax and St. John, N. B.; Waesland, Philadelphia. Southampton — Arrived: Lahn. New York, for Bremen; New York New- York. • Plymouth — Arrived: Pretoria. New York, for Cherbourg and Hamburg (and proceeded). Glasgow — Arrived: FurnesSia, New York. Rotterdam—Arrived: Maasdam, New York. . . . , - • • AROUND THE HOTELS. At the Merchants'—E. D. Childs, Crookston: E. J. Miller. Ortonville; A W. Fenthill, Sioux Falls, S. D- W. W Black. Dcs Moines, lo.; C. U. Batson, New Richmond: N. J. Scott, Lafcefield £ H, ,:< anfield, Luverne; H. C. Robinson. Marshall, Io. : C. E. Simm, Sioux City: J. A. Sargent. Duluth; A. L. Riley. St Cloud; L. C. Reif, Euclid: C. J. Camo bell, Fargo: J. F. Brooks, Olivia- D C Coolidge, Downing; W. R. Rcnkin, La Crosse; E. B. Davis, Fargo. At the Ryan—A. T. Thomson, Duluth; George B. Welles.. Minneapolis- P M Shaw. Duluth; T. H. White, Miss Mayme White, Cogswell, N. D. At the Clarendon—R. H. Bahillv. Lake Center: T. B. Diamond, Litchfield*: P. R Fennell, Winona; W. A. Shoemaker Rf. Cloud; John Berch, Litchfield- P p Murphy. Ashland, Wis.; F. Goodr'eh Little Falls; M C. Burke. West Superior; F. H. Burdick, Lake City; J. O'Donnell West Superior; L. W. Lunding. J H Stenson, Glenwcod. At the Windsor—W. J. Bohmeed, Mel rose; C. C. Stein, Glenwood. Wis.; J E. Erickscn, J. C. Bush, Superior; R T Costello, Greenville: H. A. Mayo, Wath allo. N. D. M. R. Pailss. Lester Prairie; C. H. March. Litchfield; H. L. Grim Ch^tfield; F. H. Snyder, Mankato; J. J. Gits, Marshall. At the Great Northern—J. A. McCann, Nelva, N. D. J. B. Gervals. White Bear Lake; M. T. Osbourne. Superior; W. F. Casey, Spokane; John Lynch, Graceviile; M. J. Fahey, Graceville. 5" At the Metropolitan— Casev, Aitkin: J. F. Ellis and wife. Mankato: W. W. Comstock, Dubuque; O. J. Bingham Su perior. F. C. Shephard, Dayton: L C McMartin, Grafton. "A ROYAL LIAR." MM. Deronlede'iinil Buffet Slated for a Unci. PARIS. March C—The seconds of M Paul Deroulede and M. Andre Buffet met today to discuss the question of the pro posed duel. M. Buffet's representatives declared that he had n»t insulted M. De roulede, and that there were no grounds for a duel. This decision was telegraphed to M. Deroulede in Madrid, and he im mediately wired M. Buffet as follc^r. "You threw down the glove to mo and now" I have picked it up. It is impossible for the king's champion to steal away. I prefer to believe that what exercised you principally was the choice of weapons. I let you have it. M. Andre Buffet, you are a royal liar.'' This insulting message renders a duel Inevitable. er and agree on terms for surrender, hut militating against this is Lord Kitchen er's doubt as to Gen. Botha's ability to control Gen. Dewet and other leaders, as well as the internal opposition Gen. Bo tha is encountering. Gen. Dewet and Gen. Delarrey, as well as the other leaders, will. probably have to be dealt with individually on similar terms. '-"*.._ The great financial firms whose inter ests in South Africa are almost equal to those of the government believe from their private advices that the situation is likely to result in the surrender of Gen. Eotha and the forces under his imme diate command, while the other Boer units will remain in the field... THURSDAY MORrgfe,; MARCH 7, 1901. TROUBLE FOR THE DUKE MANCHESTER ASKED TO SETTLE FOR BREACH OF PROMISE. -i LIVERPOOL, March 6.—On his arrival here today on the White Star steamer Oceanic, the Duke of Manchester, who, with his. bride, was a passenger on board, was' served with a writ of an al leged breach of promise at the Instance of Portia Knight, of London. ";"•>'; LONDON, March 6.—The Duke of Man chester says he was not served with a writ and does not know anything about the reported suit for breach of prom ise. .. .' Sy 'A- '~-^:'''"-*":;» Miss Portia Knight is an American. twentY-three or twenty-four years of age. She was on the stage in New York for a short time, and has been living privately in London for a year. She re ferred a representative of the Associated Tress to her lawyers. The writ has been out for some time, she said, and she did not know whether it would be served in America or England. Miss Knight said she was glad to hear that it had been served in Liverpool. The Manchester sensation promises to rival the Westminster scandal. Although the- Duke of Manchester asserts that the writ has not been served upon him in the suit for alleged breach of promise this is quite, immaterial as the writ has been published and proceedings have . com menced. ; ;".. 7SAAAA. " r Ass This entirely unexpected sequel to one of the most interesting marriages be tween American heiresses and representa tives of the British peerage had its incep- An shortly after the Duke of Manches ter .so suddenly made Miss Zimmerman a duchess. Miss KnighTs allegations are not yet obtainable, but it is evident that she is in earnest and that the suit was brought without any idea of gain ing publicity. She is about the same age as the Duke of Manchester, possibly a trifle 'older. Their acquaintance began when Miss Knight was living in Stirm's mansion, in London, where the duke fre quently visited. The employes of the mansion say the acquaintance ripened to a stage where they quarreled frequent ly and the visits continued until only about six months ago. when the duke no longer called there, and Miss Knight took a flat elsewhere. She Is now living in London among friends of position and means. Unlike Miss Zimmerman, Miss Knight is a pronounced brunette with an olive complexion. PORTLAND. Ore., March 6.—Miss For tia Knight was formerly a resident of Salem. Ore., and is a daughter of Rev. P. S. Knight, a well known Congregational minister of this city. • BETTER FIGHT THAN TALK MAID GOXXE'S OPIXIOX OF HOUSE OF COMMONS' SCALP. CHICAGO, March 6.—At a meeting of the United Irish societies today it was decided to send the following cablegram to the Irish members of the English-house of parliament: "John E. Redmond, M. P.: United Irish societies of Chicago send you and Irish party greeting. Keep green Hag flying. Are with you to the finish. - "John F. Finerty, "President United Irish Societies." "The Irish members of parliament are improving. They seem to have done fair ly well last night," said Maud Gonne to day in speaking of the riots, continuing: "It is so much more sensible for the Irish members to fight than merely -to waste their time in talk. If those eight Irishmen, would only keep up their tac tics good might come of it. But they wont— it is only a*flash. Ireland will never regain her position until she can impose protective duties and develop her manufactures.- That is the kind.of.nome rule we want. This very year the best of opportunities was allowed to r slip by. At one time there were but 8,000 English troops in Ireland. If, instead of spending millions on agitation Ireland had been buying arms and ammunition, we might now De in a position to revitalize our nation." ENGINEER WAS DRUNK. THIRTY MEN KILLED OX RUSSIAN RAILROAD. LONDON, March 6.—The Moscow • cor respondent of the Daily Mail says during the recent heavy snow storms fifty men were sent to clear the snow out of a railway cut near Wolovo, on the Riazan- Ural line. They were just leaving the cutting when the train came down at full speed and crushed about thirty men into shapeless masses,' their clothing clogging the axles and stopping the train. Inquiry shows that the engine driver and all the guards were drunk. SPAIN'S NEW CABINET. Sagasta. Ik Premier, Vnleriano Wey- 1«»r Minister of War. MADRID, March 6.—The new Spanish cabinet is constituted as follows: Premier, Senor Sagasta. Minister of foreign affairs, Duke Al modovar de Rio. Minister of finance, Senor Urzaiz. Minister of war, Gen. Weyler. Minister of the interior, Senor Morot. Minister of marine, Duke of Veragua. Minister of public works, Senor Ro manones. - Minister of justice, Marquis Terverga. MR. _H'KI\LEV-\oit go to sleep like a good boy, Teddy. I'm going to take away the light. '.-*■; 'S^y -T^T 1-- ''AA -"-'.'■' - —-Chicago >!>•—" 11 111 JOHN WILSON Dlttf ANT'S NOVEL WAY OF GETTING- RID OF ;] , 'VHIS TOUSLES HE REPORTED KILLED TELEGRAPHED WEIRD YARN OF FATAL ENCOUNTER WITH - I RUSSIAN - COUNT ', j£ / r jj '_. -. -v_y; TURNED UP ALIVE' AND WELL Had Had a Qaarrel With His Sweet heart in Pari* and Wanted to Slake ! a Quiet Getaway.' :- PARIS, March 7, 1:20 a. m.— report that John Wilson Durant, of Albany, N. V., who had been living during the last two years iii Paris with his mother, had been killed at Ostend in a duel with a Russian count. was an invention of his own. Mr. Durant is still alive. No duel was fought. -^ The whole story was a pur§ fabrication. This was definite ly established i last evening when it be came known - that v two letters had been teceived In Paris from Mr. Durant, one dated Ostend, March 3, * and the other London, March 4. . In the former he asks the recipient to mske certain per sonal arrangements . and forward his mail to London, and in the latter he ex poses the whole affair and requests that a change be made in the address in Lon don. "You will understand that I of ficially died yesterday. | Keep up the Il lusion." • -1 :-K. 't' I -.-- These letters are. in Mr. Durant's own handwriting The evidence originally ap pears to establish conclusively the fact of a duel. The,first clue was the fol lowing death notice appearing in the European edition" of the New York Her ald: A REPORTED HIMSELF DEAD. rant—At Ostend; • Belgium, March 3, John Mac Wilson Durant." The attention of the American consul was called to this. and an investigation was immediately opened, which revealed the following telegram written in French, which had been received by Mr. Durant*s betrothed, Mile. Laure Mangin, yester day. . Al* ■- s'^AAA ... . "Ostend. March 3.—My friend Durant is dead. Count is very! seriously wound ed. —"Louis Therette de Griffin." HIS HONOR IS INVOLVED. The signature is the name of one of Mr.- Durant's friends and the supposition Is that Mr. Durant sent the telegram him self, "v.- y ■ ■. Mile. Mangin, who was interviewed last evening, said that Mr. Durant told her of his trouble with a Russian count at his hotel and said he was going to fight him at Ostend.. He had also talked freely at the hotel to friends regarding the alleged coming 'duel. - - -_'■ Mr. Stevens, of Boston, Mass.. urged him. to- abandon the idea and.. endeavored to persuade him to return to the United States with his mother. Mr. Durant re plied: . A .s.-A^—^s. : "No. it is a .question of honor, .and I intend to see it through. The count" is coming. from Nice and the encounter will occur at Ostehu." Throughout. Saturday he was engaged in making the final arrangements. He shaved his mustactue, and declined to recognize friends " whom he met acci dentally. He left Paris Sunday lor . Os- , tend, whence he sent the first letter and took the night boat for London, sending the second letter on his arrival there. The hotel people 'assert that some one telephoned Monday and asked when Mr. Durant's body arrived." '". Up to last evening" all the information tended to show he had carried out his alleged intention and had been kilied. Doubts arose when the.correspondent of the Asosciated Press, who started an in vestigation, received a telegram from Ostend that there, had been no duel at Ostend. that nothing' had been heard oi it by the police or hospital authorities,: and that nothing was known of Durant, cr of any other American. J , - Investigation in Paifis'then brought to light the receipt of the two letters which revealed the fact that Mr. Durant was responsible for the whole dramatic story. He had been ."without occupation and has lived extravagantly. He had an apartment -at '^5 Boulevard St. Michael, to which he sent "the, death telegram ad dressed to his"b£;U-othed. - LOVERS' QUARREL. Mr. Durant arid his mother were found last evening at the Euston.hotel. When interrogated oh the subject of his report ed duel at Ostend he was greatly taken aback and exhibited ; extreme agitation at the revelation of his scheme; Finally resolving upon' a- frank statement he ex plained that he had had a serious quar rel with Mile. Mangin, his betrothed, and AFTER THE FUN IS OVER. had t determined to break off relations with her. lie Said he considered the best exit from the difficulty would be to die„ at least officially, and that his trouble With the Russian; which was real, offered the best solution for his entanglement. Therefore he took this method of an nouncing his death. He admittflr that he enlisted the servictsof a trusted friend in Pails to secure the insertion of the death notice, and he expressed the greatest surprise and chagrin that the story had leaked out. " . IN DARKEST AFRICA. EXPLORER CHERRY DISCUSSES POSSIBILITIES OF THE FUTURE. CHICAGO, March 6.—William Stamps Cherry, the African explorer, who re- returned to this country, tonight, with the aid of a steropticon, entertained the members of the Chicago Press club. He made public for the first time many of-his discoveries, and spoke interesting ly of his many adventures in Central Africa. Mr. Cherry told of his exploration of the immense Kotto region and the find- Ing of three new native tribes, the N'Goz zias, Breeas and Lindas, in this hitherto inaccessible country; his discoveries in natural history, including two species of antelope and one of small elephants, producing no ivory, or, in other words, having no tusks. He gave a graphic de scription of his life among the different cannibal tribes, and said his observation? and studies of their arts and customs to the minutest detail will answer many questions regarding their past history and present life. He also spoke of the importance of im pressing upon the American people the great future of this Immense unknown country, which in spots ls entirely un inhabited, but yet abounds in wonderful resources. AAA Continuing, Mr. Cherry spoke about the slave raiding, saying that the general impression was that it had been partially done away with; but when he reached the interior he found the curse fully as bad as in the days when Livingstone journey ed through Africa. Mr. Cherry found whole regions depopulated by the slave raiders, and when he arrived at the Kot to river, the country had just been raid ed by an Arab chief, who did his work in such a thorough manner that a whole tribe was annihilated, and the entire country was in a greatly damaged condi tion. DENIED BY QUESADA. XO CUB AX CONSPIRACY AFOOT AGAINST UNITED STATES. HAVANA, March 6.—An investigation into the report circulated in the United States by a news agency, that the United States secret service officials here had been informed that plans are on foot for a Cuban uprising, and that disorder is only avoided now by the efforts of lead ers to hold the revolutionary element in check, elicited the following statement from Senor Gonsales Quesada, who was the special commissioner of Cuba at Washington, and who was said in the dispatch referred to, to have confirmed the statements made. *j "I have not made any statements regarding an uprising If any pctsoiis are interested in fomenting an uprising, they are not the Cubans, who are in favor of independence, but parties desirous of seeing Cuba crushed forever. What we _ have to contend against.now is American public opinion. There is no prospect of fighting here." MINERS AND OPERATORS. Ottamwa Conference Ended May Be i a Strike Yet. OTTUMWA, 10.. March 6.—The joint scale committee of miners and operators of District No. 13, U. M. W. A., have ; finished the work of fixing the mining* scale for the district, the scale thus far being settled with a slight rise In most prices to be paid miners. £ Most of the \ trouble is now in the first' subdistrict I comprising the southern tier of counties j in lowa and the northern tier of counties ! in Missouri. Prices have - been fixed j there on mining, but the two sides can-' : not agree on dead work, deficient coal and entry work. Trouble is fearel there. Other subdistricts have - settled nearly everything amicably. FIFTEEN DOLLARS A MONTH. Figures That Prevail for Immun .-; ity for Kansas Jolntlsts. TOPEKA, Kan., March 6.—Several months ago Mrs. Carrie Nation, in a street speech at Medicine Lodge, stated that Samuel Griffin, county attorney-of Barber county, was granting the saloon keepers of Kiowa immunity from prose cution for a money consideration. "They are giving $15 a month," she is quoted as saying, 'and I have witnesses to prove it." ,•--•. Griffin sued Mrs. Nation for damages j and the jury gave him a verdict of $1 and costs of suit. Mrs. Nation, by her at- ; torney, David Nation, who is also her | husband, has taken the case to the su- i preme court on writ of error. price TWO CEXT3-{ ;rvl r K \t WHERE THE MONEY GOES *^ B_B Republicans, if They Wish, May Point With Pride to Record of I Fifth-sixth Congress. FACTS AS TO COST OF M'KINLEYISM Congress Just Closed Spent $400/ --000,000 More Than the Fifty fourth—End Not Yet. WASHINGTON, March 6-Representa tive Cannon, chairman of the house com mittee on appropriations,* and Represen tative Livingston, the senior Democratic member of the committee, have prepared statements of the appropriations of the fifty-sixth congress which will be printed in the record tomorrow. They place the *otal appropriations for the congress at $1,440,062,545, placing those for the first session at $710,150,862 and for the second at $729,911,683. Mr. Cannon publishes a table showing the expenditures of the previous congress at $1,568,212,637, and Mr. Livingston makes a comparison with the fifty-fourth congress, which appropriated $1,044,580,273. In his statement, Mr. Cannon says: REPUBLICAN STATEMENT. "The appropriations of the session just closing aggregate, as nearly as can be ascertained at this time, $729,911,683. " This sum includes $123,782,658 for the postal service and $53,000,000 for the sinking fund. \ "The increase over the appropriations made at the first session of this congress is less than $20,0u0,000 and this sum is more than accounted for by the increase of $10,124,450, made on account of the pos tal service, and by $13,513,057 in the bill that provides for the maintenance of our naval establishment and for the construc tion, armor and armament of the new ships of the navy. One large item is the appropriation of $5,250,000 authorized by legislation at the first session of this congress for the St. Louis exposition. The total appropriations made at the two sessions of this, the fifty-sixth' congress, are $128,150,092 less than the appropriations made during ' the two regular sessions of the preceeding congress. "The . new., revenue law . passed at this session will,- If is 'estimated, reduce taxes for the coming fiscal, year "" $41,000.0:0, bringing our total estimated income for the coming fiscal year, including postal ievenues, to $675,633,042. "The large deficiencies provided for during the fiscal year 1899. by tne first regular session of the fifty-fifth con gress, amounted to |349,772,359, were al most in their entirety to cover the ex penses of the military and { naval estab lishments during the fiscal years 1899 and 1900 incident to the war with Spain. The most marked increase indicated in the appropriations for ordinary expenses of the government made for the two years. 1901 and 1902. at the two sessions of this congress over those of the two pre ceding years 1899 and IfOO. provided for by the fifty-fifth congress is for the pos tal service. The necessity of these in creasing appropriations to meet larger business dffnands is referred to as a cause for congratulations. The appro priations have been reduced $128,150,091 by this congress under those provided for its predecessor, and this has rendered J.J. MILL SAlp TO PE 1 AFTER T*(E piJRLMGTOrd NEW YORK. March .6.—The* Commer | cial Advertiser says: The heavy buying • of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railway shares within the past few days is partly explained today by the report from a trustworthy source that J. J. Hill and his friends have been seeking to obtain I control of this property in th? intviust | of the Great Northern and Norther.l I a j ci>c. Wall street operators say that j 'jctl. the Union Pacific and the Nu-thorn Pacffic interests have secured sutlleient stock to be entitled to representation on the board of control. The efforts of o-jA* sile paitis to secure control of tn.i < hi "cago, Burlington & Quincy have been I stoutly resisted by some of the largest stockholders, who have been con 1 v;-id wi:.i th.- property for many years can! who have a strong faith in its future I^ATES MAlrtTAlrtEP PY JoINt AGREEMENTS NEW YORK, March 6.—The Mail and Express today says: Some large Western shippers of freight complain that It is now useless to make the rounds of the various railroad offices looking for con cessions on shipments from Chicago to Pacific coast points, for example. This ls pointed to as one of the Immediate results of the bankers' arrangement for the division of all the railways of the United States into groups or into com munity of ownership. -It means that the advisory board of half a dozen men now holds the Feins and whenever rates need adjusting they emanate from this body or from the bankers who appointed th.' committee. There are no longer any long wrangles of traffic- officials. These men are instructed to get together and make such tariffs or such changes in the KAISER ATTACKEP BY PeMei^tep ' -woi^icMarl BREMEN, March While Emperor William was driving from the Rathskel ler to the railway station here today a workman named Dietrich Werland threw a piece of iron into his majesty's car riage. Werland was immediately . ar- J OFFICIAL PAPER s; '^W'WWL}-~OF ' THE — CITY OF ST. PAUL. possible a reduction of taxes In the sum of $41,000,000." DEMOCRATIC STATEMENT. Mr. Livingston says: "The fifty-fourth congress was the last one that mad-- appropriations for the support of the government liior to tho beginning of the Spanish-American war. "The fifty-sixth congress is the first congress appropriating for the support of the government sines the close of the so-called Spanish-American war Tho difference between the- appropriations made by the lifty-sixth congress and those made by the fifty-fourth congress amounts to $315,4-2.212. "During the session just closed the de mands of the people thro is:h their rep resentative.* fur the construction of the Nicaraguan canal have gone unheeded, for new public buildings the-.- have been persistently denied. The river ami har bor bill has been permitted to fail. The payment of just claim? of honest i<e>pta against the government has not been provided for. ■*?. '. "■■•■ "It is doubtless conceived to be wisdom on the part of the leadership of the dominant party In congress, and the ad ministration to have denied these- just de mands of the people in order to provide lor this encr:nou_: increase in public <x« penditure which is almost wholly re quired to support the increased military establishment that lias been inaugurated under th:- policy of the Republican :.„ l v. Notwithstanding the heavy taxation or the people and th» enntmous sums that are collected each year t-» l« poured in .the federal treasury, the public w.-iks and internal improvements of every char acter throughout tne country have piac tically been denied oy this congress. COST OF :mp£u;al "The .most casual examination of this table makes comment practically un necessary. it shows that th- army for each of the two years prior to the Span ish-American war cost >-. little oves $23,009,000 and but little more than $46.tX>i_> 866 for -the two years COV&cSI by 'the fifty-fourth congress, while for the army for each of the two years since that ws.r, ISO. and 1i.02. it coses nearly ■ fUU.tS/l/jMj or $2?0,000,0ua for the two years, exclusive of deficiencies that have been provided for in large sums out Of appropriations made for expenses of the Spanish war dating the fifty-fifth congress. The navy coat for the two years, 1397-1598, $£3,562,000, while for the years 1901 and 1902, the*e appropriations amount to neatly $144,000 --ooc. "For the payment of pensions the ap propriations show an increase of nearly JS/.00.000 for the two years. "In a word, this table shows that the price- to the- people of the policy erf this administration that has been thrust upon them by the Republican part) is in round numbers $400,000,000 within a period of two years, and the half that i 3 con templated has not yet been put in opera tion. :.-;-?-? -.-.. ■•:._:.■ "The ship subsidy measure, that has been deferred, but not abandoned will cost $180,000,000 more, to say nothing of the lesser schemes that are proposes." _.__ .... growth. These Inside interests line thus far pre". i-te_- the newcomers from se curing a majority of the Bi.-i.igton stock. Whether their resistance to a change ii control wi'.l continue to be effective remains to be seen. It Is ah interesting fact that one of the strongest interests in Burlington, which Is seek ing to preserve the independence of that property is the same interests which was largely instumental ln preventing J. Pierpont Morgan and J. J. Hill from getting control of the Chicago, M lwaukee & St. Paul railroad. The report that Pennsylvania railway interests were buy ing Burlington shares is authoritatively denied by representatives of that com pany. The Pennsylvania people say th. have now got all of the ra'lw.. property they want. rates as the bankers' committee, or per haps the presidents themselves, think ought to be made. As a result the rria- *~ rhinery works as smoothly as if" tnere wore only one great system last . of mary independent ones. Some rails authorities think the increased rcwn.ie by reason of the abolishment of rate cut. ting and because of a few small ad vances in tariffs will amount to $.".•>, --000,000 or more a year. According to one authority the losses to the railways an nually for the payment of commissions ;_scd to run into the mill.or. and as a rule the general _. public did not benefit correspondingly. Again the community of ownership method has reduced rivaiiy to a. minimum and it has been possible to run fewer trains and to make lead extravagant concessions in order to se cure business. ' _ rested. His majesty is said to have been slightly Injured on the cheek, but he con tinued his journey. Werland. who is an epileptic, gave con fusing stories to the police regarding his motives. iiAAs. ■