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o U MM A Part Three Pases 17 to 20 QJJ J PRICE FIVE CENTS. INDIANAPOLIS, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JLIAjcLj ' rr. n An liT.ort.r.cntlre line of Trim m.tl Hat. purrU.i..il lir u. at 20c on the dollar. n Kale t'o-tuorrow. Hats worth 1.5U to 93.50, choice S-o East Window. Your last opportunity. d water. Thousands of an closed out this week at Domestics Full yard-wide Cheese Cloths, Zc quality 7 C Full Cf.-lnch Sea Island Percales, regu lar 12c quality, all colors, fZn fancy stripes and figures 50 pieces S neca Lawns, per yard...4,c Imported Dimities; three cases just" ar rived, all tre latest designs and coloring-?, 20c quality.... 162C $1.25 Reversible lied Spreads; hemmed, ready for use, Marseilles CQr patterns Cotton Iluck Towels. SSxlS inches, regular price 6c; sale Oi price O2C Extra heavy unbleached single-thread Turkish Towels, size 20x6, reg- t ular K.C Towels IUL inp "White Dimities Gc l.'.c White India Linons Uc H-lnch Fancy Dice Toweling rc IZc Turkey RH Table Dama?k lilVfec 7--inch fine Silver-bleach Damask, all pure linen, full range of pa:- 7""ir terns, regular $1.23 quality A SHOES At Less Than Half Price Ladles 52 and $3 Kid Oxfords rl)c Ladies' J2.W and $3 Button Shoes. ..ß7c Ladies 12 and $150 Kid Lace Shoes. 74c Ladles 12.50 and $3 Kid Lace Shoes. 08c Ladles $3 and $4 Kid Lace Shoes.. SI. 2S Ladles J3 Bicycle Boots 81-15 Boys J2.25 Calf Shoes 81 10 Little Gents J1.73 Shoes J)Sc Misses' Kid Button or Lace Shoes, worth U OSc Child's Kid Button or Lace Shoes, worth 51.50 72c Ladies' first-quality Rubbers 2SJc Wrappers 50 dozen Scotch Lawn Wrappers, regular rrice $1.25; to-morrow (liic 25 dozen Sheer Lawn Wrappers, beauti ful Dresden and Persian patterns, all colors and sizes, regular 51.35 Wrappers; to-morrow STc yw) dozen fine Percale Lawn and Print Wrappers, light and dark colors, made very full. 1-inch flounce, regu lar price $l.f; to-morrow TiSc Great Sibiiirt Waist JSaxOLlxi fi 50 dozen Shirt Waists, worth 53c; to-morrow 20c Misses' Shirt Waists, lawn or Per cale, sizes 10 to 15 years 40c $1 Percale Waists, plaited back, all sizes and color?, p'aln and fancy yokes; to-morrow 7oC IB ISO Ü TT" FOOD -USED BY ROBERTS BATH OLIVERS" IX FAVOR WITH T1IC IIIIITISII COMMANDER. How Ilnller Ordered Champagne, lnt Got Cnator Oll Cnrncßle and His Ill-rittlns Clothes. (Copyright, 13-X), by the Associated Tress.) LONDON. May 13. According to the lat est story going the rounds "Bobs" fights on "Bath Olivers." These arc not a new fangled form of compresed ration, but a simple looking biscuit made at Bath, the first receipt for which is credited to the celebrated Dr. Oliver, a friend of Tope and other eighteenth century notabilities. "Bobs," apparently, took out a large sup ply of these and since has sent for more, which were taken by Lady Roberts. Regarding General Duller and his sup plied there la also an interesting anecdote current. Duller, it appears, telegraphed from Natal to some wine merchants to send out fifty cases of champagne marked "castor ol!." About the time the wine was due Duller wired to the otTlcer in charge of the ba?c notifying him that he expected fifty cases of castor oil, which ho wished dispatched without delay. The OiRcer of the base replied, regretting the cases had rot arrived, but saying he had forwarded til the available oil, twenty cases, which he had forwarded in the hope it would suf fice for the present. General Duller's re uarks are not recorded. The Highland people are wondering hugfly at the amount of steel Mr. Andrew Carnegie is using in the erection of his ad dition to S'dbo castle. The sleepy-hollowers have never before seen a building so done. All comes frcm nttsburg. Skibo is now lo cally dubbed "Iron Castle." It is said a reason mistook the millionaire for some visitor and patronized hira. On learning his Identity he excused himself, saying he "cught to wear better clothes so that peo ple may be üble to tell who you are." The V-tllor, a newspaper, evidently agrees with the mar on. fcr, in a satirical criticism of the clothes represented at this year's acad emy it declares that the lapels of Mr. Car negie's ccat vre clumry. the edges very wobbly and had ben forced through a machine of the werbt character. x v x Scotland is fast losing its reputation for ktolid piety. Last year's statistics. Just is fcu?d, show the prisons were full to over f owing and thai th- officials were at their wlt fnds to know where to confine the culprits. The number of prisoners shows tn 'increase of over GU, chiefly duo to hu3 tamls attaching their wives and indecent assaults, which, the commissioners de clare, tprang from intemperance. XXX One of the curious features of the last few days is the persistency with which the Express kept up a campaign against Mr. Richard Croker, of New York. Un like the Duko of Orleans, Mr. Croker re mains serenely impassive, neither showing cny slsnj of giving up his residence In En gland nor writing self-cxcuring letters. A correspondent wired him asking him if he had rnything to ray in refdy to the I'xpre.vs, whereupon Mr. Croker wired back. "I uon't know whit you refer to. Am well." apparently thinking that nothing more serious could come up than re iterated reports of his death. XX)' While parts of the United States have ben sweltering. England and most of Europe returned to winter furs and the heaviest overcoats this week. Northit mda, amounting" to a gale in many places SNAN BROS Last Week MM We intend to close out every article damaged in any articles, too numerous to mention, and of which the from So to 3 o oxx Underwear and Hosiery Dept. Ladles' Gauze Vests sell very, very rap Idly at this department, all because of the very fine values offered; sup pose you call and see the Vests we sell at 7c Those we sell at lOc Those wc sell at '. 12V Each garment a prize and the price a surprise. Our Hosiery line Is equally well supplied with bargains; additional salesladies have been added to accommodate the merry throng of buyers; to-morrow we will have another lot of thoso 35c Plaid Hose for lf)c Stainless Fast Black Hose for 8 l-3c Men's Furnishings The new furnishings for men that are now on sale are surprises to most peo ple. Those 23-cent Bows for loc 35-cent Teck Scarfs for 10c Men's 13c Sox for JSHc The fine Black Bows for 10c The fancy Mottled Underwear, reg ular 70c value, for TiOc Men's fine Dress Shirts, Percale fronts, with white body, regular 50 cent . value, for 20c Men's Outing Flannel White Shirts for 29c Linings Cambric Linings, all colors, wa- -4 ter damage only, per yard C 15c Linen-finish Canvas Linings 7Uc Mercerized Foulard Skirtings, patterns and colorings the direct reproduction of the prettiest Silk Foulards, 50c quality Ready-Made Skirts Styles and prices that command at tention. 235 Sample Skirts, direct from the manufacturer, positively the latest style skirts on the market, at fire-sale prices. One lot of regular $5 Skirts, black and colors, plain and applique trimmed, percaline lined; to- morrow 83r0 One lot of $1.50. $7.50 and $-3.50 Skirts, in cluding about 50 Bicycle and Rainy day, black, gray, brown and blue, double-faced cloth, 7 to 10 rows of stitching, box and Inverted plait backs; choice to-morrow. 84 08 10 styles In Waists, lawn or percale, in sertion and lace-trimmed, and all-over fancy yokes, regular $1.23 qual ity; to-morrow OSc BLACK SILK WAISTS AT $3.25. Strictly all pure silk, all sizes, made up In the latest styles, regular $3 Waists. have devastated the fruit blossoms In the country and the prospects of the orchards are decidedly unfavorable. The Barrymore peerage will be revived in favor of the Rt. Hon. Arthur Hugh Smith Barry, chairman of the National Union of Conservative Asoclatlons. It be came extinct in 1S24 with the death of the sixteenth Earl Barrymore, who was one of the largest land-owners in Ireland. Mr. Smith Barry maintains that he Is the right ful Baron Barrymore. It is one of the an cient Irish peerages and was in existence long before it was formally recognized by Henry VII. The Rt. Hon. Arthur Hugh Smith Barry, who was born in 1S43, was first married to a daughter of Lord Dun raven, who died in 1SS4, and in 1S89 he married Mrs. Elizabeth Post, of New York, widow of Mr. Arthur Post, and daughter of General Wadsworth, ü. S. A., of Genesco, N. Y. XXX The University of Oxford intends to con fer the honorary degree of doctor of di vinity on the Rev. Morgan Dlx, of Trinity Church, New York. XXX Fresh advices received from the expedi tion to Abyssinia headed by Mr. William White-house, of Newport, R. I., show the party will probably divide near Lake Ru dolf if it is found that in the country north between the lake and the Nile there is difficulty in obtaining supplies. This is regarded as probable, as the country has not been explored and Is reported to bo continually raided. The expedition had, according to the last news received, sixty four camel, but there was an Insufficiency 01 food, which may necessitate only a por tion of the party of travelers proceeding to the Nile while the remainder may re trace their steps to the coast. DEPEW ON GIRABD. Senator Addressed Fonndrr'i Day Catherine at the College. PHILADELPHIA. May lD.-Founders' day was celebrated at Glrard College to day, it beinaf tha one-hundred-and-flftleth anniversary of the birth of Stephen Glrard. Senator Depew was one of the speakers. Senator Depew gave an interesting review of the life of the founder of the college, Stephen Glrard, saying that in the 150 years since his bhth until to-day are crowded nearly all of modern history worth preserv ing and of human ach'ovement which has uplifted the human race. Glrard had become an American citizen during the meet trying times of the revolu tion, end keenly appreciated his member ship in the fortunes of the young republic. He was an ardent patriot, a child of the church and devoted to his family. For fifty-five years after the Declaration of In dependence had created a new power and inaugurated the experiment of government by the people under equal laws and equal rights, this merchant and mariner, this far-sighted man of business, keen observer, anei piofound philosopher, grew with the growth and strengthened with the strength of the young republic. He was one of the flrsrt to recognize that, while monarchical governments rest upon class and privilege, republics will live and profper only ac the people are intelligent. The senator spoke of Mr. Girard's will which had been exe cuted six mouths before his death, and said it exhibted hi? gratitude to his adopted country and recognized that under its free Institutions had been possible his remark able career. Tidal "Ware on Mexican Coast. CHICAGO. May 19. A special to the Record frcm City of Mexico says: Reports from Pacific coast towns show that, the earthquake of Wednesday, which was com paratively slight in this city, was more severe along the coast. A tidal wave suc ceeded the second shock, doing consider able damage. In. the coast towns in the States of Collma und Jalisco houses wer submerged, boats swamped and several na tives drowned. The duration of the shocks generally was one minute. Where they were most severe, however, tiwy lasted but two seconds. 3C of the Great tlao Dollar, Jewelry Department Is right at the front, in store, in seeing rapacity. More of those fancy Enameled Beauty Pins; only a large shipment can be sold; these 5c pins for less than lc, to-wit, 6 for oc The "Snake" Girdle, the novelty of to-day, see them 30c Ladles Garters, fancy webs, a dozen of colorings. 3 cents would be the right price; to-morrow lOc "THE LADY" (TRADE MARK.) iii."H!ii,..j!'i;i,!,;'!,M,: 2T- 1 ' - " . tili i PATENTED. To be honest with yourself you should see these Belts. The new things do away with skirt hooks and pins. A look will convince you. Ladles' Shirt Waist Sets. 14k gold filled, good 75c values; to-morrow, while they last hqc Ladles Fancy Back Combs, choice of 35c, 50c and 60c Combs 2oC Nötion Department Offers some bis values to-morrw. Will you be among those whom we Will serve? 2 spools 50-yard black Silk at 2Hc 12 yards of Val Laces for ....115c New Sassafras Soap for 4c Glycerine Castile Soap for 2c It. pays to trade at our Notion Depart ment. ale TOc All-silk Barradim Stripes. A a latest novelty for Silk Waists... C $1.25 All-silk Pllsses, all colors (J5c $1.50 All-silk Persian and Dresden 721 Novelties A OC 27-Inch Black Taffeta, all pure HQ. silk, worth $1.50; Monday VOC Strictly All-wool Reversible Chevi ots, thoroughly sponged, $1.25 CQ. quality 02C tT-.'i'.i " I ii MM ..II '"' i! ill. t i' "' "!", i 'K 6 and 8 West Washington Street 2 I NOT TO BE CONSIDERED AMBASSADOR WHITE NOT A CANDI DATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT. ' Emperor William at Wiesbaden The Czar's Birthday Observed Ob struction in the Reichstag. (Copyright, IDOO, by the Associated Press.) BERLIN, May 19.-The United States am bassador, Andrew D. White, referring to the news cabled here connecting his name with the American vice presidency, in formed the representative of the Associated Press that It is one of those things that cannot be, adding that he attached no im portance to the matter, which was "mere campaign talk." xxx Obstructionism is something new in Ger man parliamentary life, hence the great excitement, coupled with amazement of both the press and the Reichstag major ity itself on the subject of obstruction, as practiced now in the Reichstag to defeat, if po?slble, or in any case retard the pas sage of the Lex Hcinze. Both the ma jority and minority are determined to see the matter out if It takes all summer. The temper in the House yesterday was rather hot. For the purpose of exerting moral pressure on the Reichstag the so-called Geoetherbund, that is to say, the federa tion of opponents of the bill, throughout Germany will hold an immediate indigna tion meeting early next week. The argu ment is made now that if the Reichstag passes the bill the measure will, in any case, be unconstitutional because pari of the deliberations within the Reichstag were conducted secretly, with the exclusion of any kind of publicity. xxx " The Prussian Diet is about ready to pass the so-called department store bill, the Conservative and Centrist majority having rendered the provisions of the original gov ernment measure more severe, increasing the percentage of profits which the govern ment will claim in the department stores to 20 per cent. Dr. Barth, leader of the Freisinnige party, made a strong speech against the bill, unavailing. xxx The Welsbaden festal week, which has become an intitution of late years, with the Emperor present, this time took the shape cf a British and American ovation to his Majesty. This was especially notice able at yesterday's flower corso, when a large number of r.tyllsh English ladles and some American ladles filed past the Em peror on horseback or In carriages. While the weather In Berlin has been bad, in Wiesbaden, since the Emperor's arrival, it has been splendid. The Czar's birthday. May 15, was called to-day, both here and at Wiesbaden. At the latter place there was a fine parade, a gala dinner and, aft erwards, a performance of "Czar und Zim merman" at the theater as a delicate com pliment. The minister of foreign affairs, Count Von Buelow, and the Russian Am bassador, Count Von Osten-Sacken, with the members of the embassy, spent the day with the Emperor, on his Majesty's special invitation. This was meant to dem onstrate that the relations between the Czar and Emperor William were of the best and most Intimate description. In Berlin, this forenoon, divine services were conducted in the Russian chapel in honor of the Czar, and the Emperor Alexander Guards Regiment gave a banquet to-day for the same purpose, the Czar being; hon orary colonel of this regiment. xxx Emperor William In the meantime has changed his plans. He will not return to Berlin before May 27. He will stay at Wies baden for the present, and will go. May 25, to visit felt mother. Thus the German American veterans will not have a chance ct ttinj received m eudlsncs by hU Baffled Swiss Curtains, three Yds. long, 42 inches wide, 5-.lnch ruffle, worth 81.23; while they last, Per Pair. way by the fire, smoke lots are small, will be Ladies' Muslin Underwear Slightly. Soiled. Skirts, Night Gowns, Corset Covers, Drawers and Chemises, embroidered, lace and insertion trimmed, garments worth up to $1.75 and $2; choice, nr while they last OUC $2.50 Night Gowns, made of elegant quality long cloth, best muslin and Lonsdole Cambric, elaborately trim med with lace insertion; SZ.f while they last pl.OU Positively the greatest values ever of fered, all colors and sizes, smoke dam age only. Corset Bargains W. B. Corsets, $1 quality j H. & S. Lorsets, $1.25 quality.. r . Thomson's High Bust. $1.25 ) WOICC quality Madame Warren's high bust, c $1.25 quality b LT flh American Lady, $1 quality.... SfcUlp Ferris's Good Sense Corset 5J7L Waist, ladies' and misses' $1 )J quality S New Arrival of Curtains All the newest effects and latest pat terns in Tambours, Brussels Nets, Irish Points, Cable Nets and Nottinghams, all at Fire Sale Prices 75c Nottingham Curtains, per AC pair .2C Nottingham Curtains, per )Qq $1.50 Nottingham Curtains, per ad pair VOC Plain centers and fancy borders in Iron frame nets. 3H yards long, overlocked edge, worth $2.50 per pair, 5 Cl A q styles to select from piHbi Beautiful floral effects In Nottinghams, 60 inches wide, Zz yards long; while they last, Perjj Qg of Hilles 24-inch Black Satin Duchess, all pure silk, extra high finish, $1.35 ßr quality OJ5C t. Full yard-wide China Silk, in lavender and gTeen only, regular 75c OE. quality $1 and $1.23 colored Novelties, all ia color combinations ""C 40-Inch Black Satin Berbers, 0(r worth 65c; Monday only zßL. .Majesty. Friendly dispatches have been exchanged between the Emperor and the Prince Regent of Bavaria on the occasion of the torpedo flotilla's brief stay at Lud- wigshaven. xxx The Hamburg-American line received the first wireless telegram yesterday from Borkum lightship, announcing arrival of the Kaiser Friedrich. xxx A curious occurrence is recorded from Schwabisch Hall. Two gymnasium pupils, respectively named Eugene Tufel and Wer ner Kuntz. aged sixteen and seventeen, fought a duel with pistols. Kuntz was shot in the chest. The court sentenced both of them to three months' Imprisonment in a fortress. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. ' George B. McClellan Boomed to Flay Tall to Bryan's Kite. NEW YORK. May 19.-A special to the Herald from Washington says that a meet ing of the friends of Congressman George B. McClellan, son of "Little Mac," the former Federal general, who was the Democratic candidate for President in 1SG4. was held at Washington last night for the purpose of urging the nomination of Con gressman George B. McClellan for second place on the ticket with Bryan. It was urged that Mr. McClellan is the best man to strengthen the Democratic ticket In those sections of the country where Mr. Bryan is weak, for the reason that he com mands the confidence of tne conservative New York Democracy, inasmuch as during hU campaigns Zur Congress in 1806 and 1S9S, when r candidate fcr Congress, he did not go on record either fcr or against the Chi cago platform. Representative Stallh-g. of Alabama, was selected to make a statement of Mr. McClellan's candidacy. He said in an inter view at ihe conclusion of the conference: "It is probable that while the platform will contain a rear!lrn;ation of that adopted at Chicago in 1SD6 the lending issues of the moment will be given a prominent place namely. Imperialism, trusts and militar ism. The paltform will unquestionably be of such a nature as all Democrats will be able to heartily indorse and enthusiastic ally support. The national leaders of the Democratic party have been giving a great deal of thought as to the selection for the second place upon the national ticket. The candidate for Vice President should be a conservative man. coming from a doubtful State t that. can bo carried by the Democ racy. An analysis of conditions in all the possibly doubtful States shows that the candidate must be nominated who is strongest in New York if we are to hope for success. It is useless to think of elect ing a Demccratic President without the thirty-six electoral votes of the State of New York. Conservative Democratic lead ers have been carefully canvassing the present situation and have agreed that the most available man for second place upon the ticket is Representative George Mc Cjllan, cf New York." E ' Hearst Succeeds SIcMUIin. WASHINGTON, May 19. At a meeting of the National Association of Democratic Clubs, held in Washington to-day, the res ignation of Governor Benton McMillln. of Tennessee, was accepted and William' R. Hearst, of New York, was elected to suc ceed him. The motion for the election of Mr. Hearst was made by Senator Jones, chairman of the Democratic national com mittee. Dradley Not a Candidate. FRANKFORT, Ky., May 19. Ex-Governor W. O. Bradley gave out a statement to-day that he will not be a candidate for Governor in the event the Supreme Court decides in favor of the Democrats in the contest cases, necessitating an election this fall. "I would not be eligible," said he "but if I were, I would not accept the nom ination." Political Club Assigns. -CINCINNATI, O.. May 19.-The Lincoln Club, one of the oldest political clubs In the city, made an assignment to-day on ac count of inability to pay the ground rent of $S73 due on its quarters May L its as ;ta are given &3 JlOtCCO; liabilities, $12,CC3. POLITICAL SHYSTERS HOW TWO Till Civ Y DEMOCRATS TRIED TO 3IAKE PARTY CAPITAL, Bat Overreached Themselves In an In- glorious War and Were Hoist ed by Their Ovrn Petard. A . IENTZ-SUIZER CONSPIRACY TO BESMIRCH THE PRESIDENT AXD HIS ADMINISTRATION. Revier? of the Coeur D'AIene Riot In quiry, at Which "Yellow" States men Adopted "Yellovr" Tactics. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. May 19.-One of the most remarkable investigations In the history of the United States Congress has orawn to a close. It began on the 19th of Febru ary in the House committee on military affairs. It has ever since occupied the at tentlon of that committee practically to the exclusion of everything else with the exception of the appropriation bill. An inordinate desire to make "political capital." to manufacture "new political issues," was the mainspring of those who demanded this investigation ostensibly an investigation of the conduct of the United States military in the Coeur d'Alenes. Shoshone county, Idaho, after the dramatic occurrences of April 23, 1S99, and the dls sensions, conflicts and crimes that preceded that date. The prime mover in the con spiracy to drag the present administration into a scandal for a conspiracy it was. beyond a doubt was John J. Lentz, a Democratic member of Congress from the Columbus, O., district. Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio, once very properly characterized him as the most bitter and vindictive enemy of the President. It is rarely necessary to search for hid den motives in Lentz's conduct. At all times, in his speeches, In his private utter ances, in his political doings, in all his undertakings, he is actuated by an un reasoning, blind hatred of Mr. McKinley, whom he abuses In and out of season, in terms quite beyond the ordinary ken of the average eelf-respectlng member of Congress. All the ingenuousness of his na ture is applied to the problem of doing or saying something that might bring oppro brium.to the chief executive; his pictur esque vocabulary is daily augmented by some expression, fierce and vituperative, calculated to show in what small regard he holds the highest office in the gift of his countrymen. Such Is the manner of man who brought the charges. He had a number of worthy allies. Chief, among them is Representa tive Sulzer, of New York, known to his colleagues as "the Bowery statesman." In the disregard of all that marks courtesy among men, kindliness -and gentleness among associates, Lentz has but one rival. That rival is Sulzer. These men dominated the Democrats of the committee. They made it plain to them at the outset that this was not an investigation that should investigate. It was an investigation that should besmirch. Messrs. Hay, Jett and Slayden and other Democrats of the com mittee had no desire to handle pitch. They willingly left the conduct of affairs to those whom nature fitted them for trie work which had been cut out. They allowed Lentz and Sulzer to have it their own way. It was their investigation. They had given the assurance that this was to be a blot on the escutcheon of the administration. They could not trust any one else to daub the mud and the filth effectively. No one above the characteristic fiber of these worthies could be expected to do It proper ly. They must, of necessity, undertake to do lt themselves. GLORIED IN THEIR SHAME. Their disreputable purpose was evident from the outset. They were so delighted that they made but little effort to conceal it. They seemed to xglory In It. Soon they began to proclaim it from the house-tops. The witnesses of the "prosecution" began to arrive. Lentz made no concealment of the fact that they needed drilling. Ostensi bly he was one of those to sit in Judgment. He quickly threw off that mask. He hob nobbed with the witnesses. He coached them. He drilled them. He remained up late to get their stories out of them and to teach them the manner In which they could be most effectively told. He was with them heart and soul. Why? Because it was his purpose to show that a great wrong had been done. Surely a philanthropic mo tive. But the administration, at all haz ards, must be connected with this great wrong. Of what use, otherwise, would be the exposure of this great wronfc. The plan of the conspirators was soon made evident. There are a number of law yers on the committee on military affairs. They know that the only way to conduct a legal inquiry was to conduct it on legal lines. The laws of evidence may sometimes not be understood by the layman. But they are based on the best experience of genera tions. They go directly at that which is rel evant, Important, acceptable. They reject what is immaterial, Irrelevant and not to the point To govern the examination in accordance with these rules would have brought the Investigation to too speedy a termination to suit the purposes of the con spirators. It would have taken the com mltte'e too directly to the gist of the in quiry, namely, did the military commit any wrongs in the Coeur 'd Alenes, and if so, what wrongs? It would have destroyed the possibility of Indulging in buncombe, of encumbering the record with such mat ter as Lentz and Sulzer deemed material, not to the inquiry, but to their own sinis ter purposes. Hearsay testimony, from the beginning, was their choicest morsel. "Had you ever heard that the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine (the mine whose mill was destroyed by dynamite on the occasion when two men were murdered) is controlled by the Standard Oil Trust V That was one of the gems propounded by Representative Lentz, who is said to be a lawj'er. It was purely hearsay. The purpose of the question was a malicious one. It was intended to arouse the prejudices of those who oppose the trusts. The question, like many other simi lar questions, was put at the dictation of the correspondent of a certain yel!ow" Journal, who Intended to build up a "story" cn it the next day. It was the kind of a story that his paper wanted and Lentz was willing to feed the public Just that kind cf stuff. One of the Republican members meekly objected to the question. Lents and Sul zer turned fiercely upon him. "Aha, we thought so. Trying to protect the trusts? Afraid to let the truth go before the peo ple? Gag us, would you? Playing politics are you?" - The Republican shrugged his shoulders. He did not wish to further open the flood-, gates of the billingsgate of the wrothy twain. He made no more objections, not even when one man recited alleged con versations with men who had crossed the great divide. Hearsay, rumor. Insinuation, abuse, false hood and irresponsible testimony conltnued as long as the two Democrats of the com mittee had their Inning. They had boldly come out in their true colors. They had assumed the roles of prosecutors. They had admitted that they had prejudged the case. And yet they were tuppcrtd to r-it la Juis tnent. Their manner cf czlizil-j tzz- Lrvcrtl- gatlon was unique In the annalj of all In vestlgations. Such questions as "What do you think was In his mind when he heara these rumors?" were no exceptions. They became so common that they no longer attracted attention. Republicans who un dertook to cross-examine witnesses' did it at great personal periL The tactics of the blatherskite were in great favor. Personal abuse was heaped on members bj Lentz and Sulzer. They hesitated not to draw the most offensive inference. They hesi tated not to charge men with the most sordid motives. They hesitated not to indulge In personal threats. Fortu nately for them they were not taken with great seriousness. Only once were they really brought to with a short turn. Chair man Hull had been goaded almost beyond human endurance. Livid with anger he shook his fist under the nose of Lentz, whose roving eye avoided him. "You have gone as. far with me as you dare, he cried Lentz went no further. REBUKED BY AN ATTORNEY. . The personal character of men thousands of miles from the scene, men who could not defend themselves, was nothing sacred to Lentz. Governor Steunen- berg8 attorney forgot himself so far as to allow his virtuous Indignation to carry him away. He crammed the untruth down Lentz's throat. The committee could not forget that Lentz was one of their members. Delighted as they were with the rebuke, they could brook no such retorts. The attorney's connection with the case almost came to an untimely ter mination. But he made amends and was allowed to remain. At length the "other side" began to pro duce its witnesses. The very first witness punctured all the bubbles which Lentz and Sulzer imagined were things of ma terial texture. Governor Steunenbcrg, of Idaho, took away from them everything upon which they stood. All the protests of the Republicans to the contrary not withstanding, Lentz and Sulzer had not only failed, but refused to connect the military with the Investigation. The fMd was not fruitful enough for them. The acts "of the Idaho state administration were much more to their liking. Ignoring all the State's rights doctrines which are so sacred to the average Democratic dem agogue, they proceeded to allow a con gressional committee to review the action of state and county officials. The Gov ernor was denominated a czar in Lentz's question. The state auditor was referred to as a tyrant. State deputies were mur derers. The coroner's court was an "in quisition." One of the Judges held a "kan garoo court." It was all done for the gal leries. Governor Steunenbcrg assumed full re sponsibility for all that was subject to complaint. He and Auditor Sinclair, his deputy in Shoshone county after the riots, after martial law had been declared, an nounced that what was done they did, er ordered done, because they deemed it nec essary for the protection of life and prop erty. Lentz and Sulzer were in the very paroxysm of transcendent Joy. They had nailed them to the cross at last. "Are you the state, like Louis XIV?" Lentz asked, in great glee, arguing solemnly that the question was a proper one. Then came the explosion which deadened their ebullitions, which took all the hap piness out of the present for them. "What are your politics?" was the indis creet question put to Governor Steunen berg. "I am a Democrat," he said. "I voted for Bryan In 1S06. I hope to vote for him again in 1CO0." It was a sad blow. It was absolutely disheartening. And another disagreeable feature of it Is that Governor Steunenberg had so much confidence in the righteous ness of the course which he pursued that he Is willing to let the people Judge him by becoming a candidate for the United States Senate. But another blow awaited the conspira tors. Auditor Sinclair took the stand. At torney Robertson, who appeared for the "miners," he said, had successfully brow beaten the witness. He put an insulting question to him. "Do you make that as a statement?" Sinclair asked. "I do," Robertson replied pompously. "It is a lie I" was the response. - That was Robertson's chance. He weighs over two hundred. Sinclair is heavy at 150. So Robertson displayed his personal brav ery by making a fierce physical attack on the witness, who had not the slightest in tention of making Robertson responsible for the He. He was dragged off before he had the opportunity to do him much dam age, beyond a disarrangement of his toilet. Sinclair went on ai though nothing had happened, while Robertson continued to nervously ply him with questions. "Your politics?" a Republican member finally Inauired, mindful of the surprise that was sprung in response to that ques tion by Governor Steunenberg. "I am a Democrat." was the clear an swer. He had voted for Bryan. Would vote for him again. And his preference for the vice presidency was Sulzer Sulzer, the Bowery statesman who, before that, could scarcely refrain from throwing inkstands at the witness, but whose manner now un derwent a sudden change. He began to im bibe a lingering affection for Sinclair. Much more in a similar strain could be written by one who had the fortune or mis fortune to be a daily attendant on the meetings of the "bull-pen" committee. Much could be said about the fierce at tempts of Lentz and Sulzer to shut out hearsay testimony when the other side was on the stand. But the -fact that the Democrats were hoist by their own petard has already been made clear. They con nected the military with nothing of which it. as a body, need be ashamed. The sol diers were compelled to meet the most dis tressing conditions and had to resort to unusual means to do it. But General Mer rlam only carried out the plans of the Governor of the State, and if anything was not as Lentz and Sulzer might have de sired it, they may attribute It to the or ders and actions of a Democratic Gov ernor and a Democratic auditor. The audi tor, like the Governor, also has an Idea that the people of the State will sustain him. He proposes to make the Issue by trying for a renomlnatlon and re-election. Sulzer and Lentz want the Democrats, at Kansas City, to adopt a plank In the platform condemning the calling out of United States soldiers to suppress the riots. It is no Republican's business. Let them do it If they desire. But Governor Steunenberg has declared that he will head the Bryan delegation from Idaho to the Kansas City convention. He will naturally oppose any action that will personally discredit him. If the subject is forced on the conven tion it will cause a row of no mean dimen sions. It may result in a bolt. It may cost Bryan votes. All of which is no Republic an's funeral. It is only the outcome of the attempt of Sulzer and Lentz to play poli tics. BREWERS DEFY CITY. Beer Makers Refuse to Pay $500 Li cense Imposed ly Chicago. CHICAGO, May 19. Owners of Chicago breweries have defied the city ordinance requiring them to pay a $300 license fee the first day of May each year. Five of them have. combined and not only refuse to pay the license, but have decided to test the validity of the ordinance Jn the courts. The city collector has accepted the chal lenge and passed up the case to the prose cuting attorney's office, with Instructions to sue delinquents. Core for Pnenmonla. The World's Progress. Take six to ten onions, according to size, and chop fine: put in a large spider over a hot fire, then add about the same quantity of rye meal and vinegar enough to make It a thick paste. In the meantime stir It thoroughly, letting it simmer five or ten minutes. Then put in a cotton bag large enough to cover the lungs and apply it to the chest as hot as the patient can bear. When it gets cool apply another and thus continue by reheating the poultices. In a few hours the patient will be out of danger. This simple remedy has never failed in this too often fatal malady. Usually three or four applications will be eufficient, but continue always until perspiration starts freely from the chest. This simple remedy was formulated many years ago by one of the best physicians New England has ever known, who never lost a patient by this disease and won his renown by saving per sons by simple remedies after the best med ical talent had pronounced their cases hopeless. Personally we know of three persons who were saved by the remedy last winter In Boston after their physi cians had given them up to die, and if a record vr&s znada of a!) similar cases dur ing the last six yetxs It would Uli & rood OUR ASIATIC FLEET MOVEMEXTS OF WAIISIIIPS I TIIC WATERS OF THE ORIENT. Officers and Men Glad to Get Array front the Philippines to the Cool er Ports of the North. CASIGURAN SOUND SURVEYED 0:E OF THE FIXEST HARnORS AXD AXCIIORAGE3 IX THE FAR EAST. Xarrorr Escape of a Launch from the Cruiser Baltimore from Falling Into Hands of Savages. Correspondence of the Associated Press. MANILA. P. I., April 6.-With the ap proach of this year's hot weather, which comes to Manila every April, May and June, the vessels of the United States navy have been slipping away to the cooler ports of China and Japan. It is a mighty picas ant thing to thus get away from the Phil ippines during the heat of summer and such a change for three months will great ly benefit the whole ship's company. This consideration of the health cf his men was a strong feature in deciding Admiral Wat son to order several of the ships from this station to spend the summer between Yokohama and Hong-Kong. It is a pity the army cannot get this change. Persistent work tells on a man out here and we Americans have not yet learned the Oriental habits cf slowness In business and naps during the heat of the day. It is estimated that on an average the American out here does one-half of the work he would do at home under the same circumstances, and everyone knows It Is Just twice as hard to accomplish this half. Army officers can only get this change to the cooler and even cold climate of China and Japan by obtaining sick leave, but it comes to many of our naval of ficers as a part of tholr duties. During the latter part of April the Ore gon, the Brooklyn the Baltimore, the Newark, the New Orleans and the Concord, from the Manila station, and the Yosemite. from Guam, are to rendezvous at Yoko hama. Admiral Watson will transfer the command of the Asiatic fleet to Admiral Remey April 20 and probably at Hong Kong. Admiral Remey will then go aboard the Brooklyn and Admiral Watson "will re turn to his former flagship, the Baltimore. Then the Baltimore will break out that long, homeward-bound pennant and start for American waters. She will go via the Suez carral, and the Navy Department has given the admiral permission to stop at such Mediterranean ports as he desires. and will also probably go to Havre, to that the chips officers may attend the Paris ex position. This trip to Paris may be made from Marseilles, but If there Is no time the vessel will go around to the northern French port EXAMINATION OF CADETS. The final examination of tho cadets of the Naval Academy class of ISM will be held on the Brooklyn this month, at Yoko hama. This is a great disappointment to the cadets, It prevents their return home, and, in many cases, will result in the add ing of three years more sea service In the Philippines to the one or two years they have already Berved out here. The return to Annapolis, after the first two years at sea following their departure from th academy is always a most pleasant inci dent in ths lives of our young naval of ficers. It Is a class reunion In the alma mater, after two years of travel and duty In new ports of the world. The life at An napolis, while they are preparing for the final examinations, has In it an element of freedom and Independence in more or less contrast to their former days thereat and as the examinations themselves' are not difficult to a man who has cot wasted his two years apprenticeship, the return to the academy Is unattended by any un pleasant features, but Is replete with many most pleasant and enjoyable ones. It also means a visit to family and friends. All this is denied the class of IStf), It being In expedient to return those who are on this station to Annapolis for their finals, and they will begin their three j-ears cruise following the final examination without the chance of getting home. The Batimore starts home from Yoko hama and the Yosemite returns to Guam, stopping one week at Manila. The rest of the fleet, the Oregon, Brooklyn, Newark. New Orleans and Concord will then begin a cruise down from Japan to China, stop ping about ten days at Kobe, Nagasaki. Shanghai and Hong-Kong. Other ports may be visited on this cruise, but they hav not yet been announced. The Baltimore has Just completed the circumnavigation of Luzon island and la now on her way to Hong-Kong. While on the eastern coast of Luzon the Baltimore made a careful survey of Casiguran sound and bay, which to the navy Is a locality of considerable present Interest and possi ble future value. Here our nary has dis covered, practically, a splendid and shel tered harbor, where the Spanish charts gave no Indication of such a refuge. Last summer the Wheeung steamed Into Casiguran sound and found at Its head a well-protected and largo bay, with deep water. The Wheeling's examination of this new field was cursory only, as she had other duties to attend to at the time; but her reports of its existence so Interested Admiral Watson that he later detailed the Charleston to proceed thither and make a careful survey of the place. This ths Charleston did, and it was while the til fated vessel was returning from this trip that she ran on the rocks near Camaguln island and was lost. The survey of Casi guran bay, prepared by her officers, was not saved. So we were still without de tails as to Casiguran. Before sailing for home Admiral Watson wanted this infor mation, so about three weeks ago the Baltimore was sent around Luzon with instructions to examine and report upon the newly-discovered harbor. She found the sound to be about nine miles long, from Cape Tolofonso, on tho sea side. Into the narrow passage leading to the inner bay. This sound is from six to two miles broad, and has very deep water Its entire lenth. Its general direction I northwest erly from the coast line. NATURAL LANDING PLACE. The passage Into the Inner bay Is L200 yards wide, with deep water up to the shores. A ship like tho Baltimore could tie up at the shore and reach land with a gang plank. The Inner bay la three and two-tenths miles long and two and a half miles wide, Its general depth la fifteen fathoms and the anchorage Is all that could bo desired. The surrounding hillj protect the vessels anchored In this bay from any winds that blow, and when one is afloat upon Its waters the bay has the appearance of a land-locked lake, And the best of the Spanish charts gave not th slightest intimation that such a bay ex isted! The Spaniards, it is asserted, wers very poor chart makers. Then la an Island In Lingayen gulf which Is down In the charts of the Spaniard in a position a mile and a quarter from Its rightful place. casiguran cay and gulf trtr carefrür examined by oncers of the BalttrrT?. i cr six days they rrcra tt rrcrir 1. . t: