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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAOS? PRICE TWO CENTS. FAIR BILL IS IN A TANGLE It Must Go to the Senate for Correction. SUNDAY CLOSING RIDER Porto Ricans Protest Against the New Tariff Law. INSULAR CASES NOT DECIDED Court, It Is Thought, Will Hold That the Philippines Are Not American Territory. ■ Front -Tit. Journal Bureau, Room 43, Pott Mulliling, Washington. Washington, Feb. 25.—The St. Louis 1 fair appropriation is in a tangle. The house, bill as it passed the senate carried an amendment providing for Sunday clos ing and also a rider making an appropria tion for a government exhibit at Charle ton, S. C. Speaker Henderson was es pecially displeased with the latter change, regarding It as in the nature of a hold-up. Had the bill on Its return to the house been referred to the special committee on the Louisiana purchase centennial, its parliamentary status would have been bad, and so the speaker recognized Chairman Tawney of that committe to ask unanimous consent for its reference to conference. To this the South Carolina members objected, with the result that Mr. Tawney has had to ask the senatorial friends of the St. Louis project to get the senate to ask for a withdrawal of the bill from the house and its correction.' Representative Littlefield, (rep.), of Maine, believes the complication over the Sunday closing question might have been avoided by the adoption of a compromise which he suggested fruitlessly to the house committee. His proposal was to close the departments operating the machinery and the amusements, leaving open its park features. The senate has voted for com plete closing, which Mr. Littlefield greatly prefers to complete opening. He believes the St. Louis people will have dfflculty in either house in getting that action over ruled. Three commissioners from Porto Rico have arrived to protest to the president and before congress against the recently enacted tax bill, which will supplant the 15 per cent duty between that island and the United States. They want the* duty permanently retained and . they maintain that they represent the solid citizenship of the Island. ; j Chairman Cooper, (rep.), of Wisconsin, i of the insular affaire committee, takes ex- j ception to their claims, saying that they! represent a class of land owners, who un- ! der the old regime have paid no taxes. . The new bill, which has received the ap-' proval of Governor Allen and is about to go Into operation, will throw a part of the burden of taxation upon property owners, who ought to pay something, and their piotest is the invariable one of tax dodg ers. Mr. Cooper naturally declines to speak for his committee, but he says for himself that he is strongly in favor of the new law and against the continuance of the 15 per cent system, which might, if continued, be made 50 per cent at any time. A prominent senator, who has followed the Porto Rican and the.Philippine cases, as not disappointed at the failure of the supreme court to give its decision to day. In .the opinion of the senator the court will be in no hurry to decide the question raised in both cases. The impression prevails generally that while the court will be divided, the ma jority will uphold the constitutionality of the Porto Rican tariff act and hold that the question is a legislative and not a judicial one. '■■.-■■l'i■■^' In the Philippine case the court will hold, so it is claimed by many who have kept up with the record, that the Philip pines are foreign territory, not being on this continent, and that it would require a constitutional amendment to make them a territory of the United States. Representative McCleary is now" a "major general." General Green, grand marshal of the Inaugural parade, has requested Professor McCleary to take command of the first di vision of the civic section of the.parade, and the invitation has been accepted. Mr. McCleary's guard of honor will be the celebrated Amerlcus club of Pittsburg. His division will embrace two brigades and its management will entail a lot of hard work. He is now engaged. in the se lection of an adjutant general and a chief of staff, and he will announce them this week. The other two divisions of the civic sections are to be commanded by Gen eral Cochrane of Philadelphia and General O. 0. Howard, retired. —W. W. Jermane. COUNCIL WILL investigate Action at Grand Rapid** on the Al leged Waterworks Deal. Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 25.—The Grand Rapids common council will to-night take steps toward" Investigating the alleged wa terworks deal, which has resulted in" the in dictment of' City Attorney Lant K. Sals bury by the grand jury in Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 25.0n testimony present ed Saturday the grand jury to-day voted a fresh indictment against Lant K. Salsbury, city attorney of Grand Rapids, charging him with larceny as bailee. Salisbury, who is still in the custody of detectives, prob ably will .: be turned over to the sheriff of Cook county. HEAFFORD IN ZINC -v He Is Manager of the Morning Star Railway Company. Chicago. Feb. 25.—George H. Heafford, formerly general passenger agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, has been elected first vice president ' and .: general manager of the Morning Star Railway company. This company, having a cap ital of |2,500,000, intends to build a line' to develop the zinc deposits in northern Arkansas. . j DID NOT STEAL THE MONEY. Chicago. Feb. 25.— Lant K. Salisbury, city attorney .of Grand Rapids, Mich., charged by Guy C. Barton, an Omaha millionaire, with' confiscating $50,000 from a safety deposit vault 3 in Chicago, was in conference here with Barton, trying to compromise the differences. According to the lawyer, the $50,000 in ques tion was taken out of ■; the original vault, where it . had been deposited by Barton * and himself, and i deposited it in . another; vault of his own selection "merely as:a'matter of •elf-protection." '-■-"''"£ i ANOTHER RAID PROVES FATAL J. W. Adams, a Crusader, Is . Shot at Topeka BY POLICE OR RAIDERS Police Disperse a Mob Attacking a Wholesale Place. REV. E. W. EMERSON IS ARRESTED Each Side Insists That Adams Was Shot by the Others— _« Armed. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 25.— J. W. Adams was fatally wounded in a battle between three policemen and a band of citizens, who made a midnight raid on a North Topeka.wholesale liquor house. A large quantity of cased beer was destroyed. A crowd of from thirty to sixty, armed with revolvers, sledge hammers, crowbars and a battering ram, broke into the whole sale liquor house of "Cash" Curtis, on W Curtis street, between Kansas avenue and Jackson street at midnight, and smashed the beer found there. Three policemen drove the crowd back. Both the policemen and the crowd fired their revolvers, and J. W. Adams, a car penter, was shot twice in the breast.. He was taken in a hack to Riverside hospital, ; where he lies in a precarious condition. • Dr. M. R. Mitchell and Rev. F. W. Em- j erson were arrested. Mr. Emerson was i taken to the police station, where he was booked on a charge of resisting arrest. He was allowed to go on his own recogni zance. Dr. Mitchell took Adams to the hospital, and he was allowed to stay and administer to him, without giving bond. - hi) Shot Adams. The three officers, Patrolmen Downey and Boyles and Private Watchman Con nors, say Adams was shot by his own crowd while he was retreating from the point of attack. Adams declares, however, that he was shot by a policeman. Officer Connors says that his revolver, a 38-calber affair, was knocked from his hand. Offi cer Downey says he did not arrive until the trouble was about over, and Officer Boyles. who carries a 44-caliber revolver, says the two shots he fired were aimed upward. Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Charles W. Ham mond, who cared for Adams at the hospi tal, say he was shot with a 32 or 38-cali ber revolver. One shot was In the center of his chest and the other in the right shoulder. The. bullets did not come out. Smash the Dour. The crowd that did the smashing met in W Curtis street. about two blocks from the joint. A few moments past 12 o'clock the crowd moved east in Curtis street to Jack son street. The wholesale liquor house is in a small frame building at the rear of Curtis' home, which faces on Curtis street. The crowd turned south on Jackson street and crossed the rear of the lots between the street and the liquor house. In one of the yards .was a log a foot thick. A half dozen men seized the log and used ,it as a battering ram. At the first blow the door gave way. A lantern lighted up the interior, but it was acciden tally extinguished, and the work was done in the dark. Three men stood inside and passed the cases and kegs of beer to the men in the doorway, who threw them into the yard to be smashed. The crowd used heavy sledges, masons' hammers and crowbars. The owners of the beer made no resistance. Patrolman Boyles and Watchman Con nors were called from the Union Pacific depot two blocks away. They were the first officers there. They entered the yard and drove the crowd back.- Before the : officers arrived thirty cases and two kegs of beer had been smashed. The crowd fell back slowly to.a.ditch near Jackson street, where the leaders rallied their forces. While the crowd was being driven back twenty or thirty shots were fired. Between the Lines. When the crowd. retreated to Jackson street the officers were near the building, and Adams was between the officers and the crowd. When he was shot he fell be side a pile of wood. Officer Boyles says Adams was facing west- and running to ward the crowd when he was shot. When the crowd learned that one of* the number had been wounded, it quickly dispersed. Officers Boyles and Downey arrested Dr Mitchell and Rev. Mr. Emerson. A patrol wagon was called and Mr. Emerson was taken to the police station. There it was found that his left hand was cut and bleeding. - \ ■"-_.-'• •v Chief of Police Stahl was summoned from his home, but he did not arrive until the crowd had left. Broken cases and smashed beer bottles were carried back into the building and a man stood guard the remainder of the night with a shotgun. f Policeman's Story. "When we arrived," said Boyles, "the crowd yelled, 'Mob 'em!' 'Hang ' 'em!' •Burn 'em!' I arrestejd Dr.' Mitchell and Rev.E. W. Emerson. They seemed to be the leaders. "When I got there they stopped carrying out the beer. Dr. Mitchell.was givtng or- SH;;'«ii the °rOWd haa^ite handker chiefs tied over their faces, but Dr. Mitch ell s and Mr. Emerson's \ handkerchiefs came off. - "I went to Were they were throwing out the stuff and told them to stop The crowd fell back toward Jackson street and the shooting commenced. I shot twice in the air. Shot While Running. Adams was .running; toward the crowd when he was shot. He had a sledge and a steel bar in his hands. He did not say a word when he fell." ; Sergeant Goff was on duty at the Dolice station when be received a telephone call for a riot on W. Curtis street. . He said • It was about midnight when some one telephoned that there- was a riot or some! thing going on j near Cprtis-and Jackson streets. I sent word to Officers Boyles and Downey to see what it • was, and -notified the chief by, telephone. Officers Parcels went over with the wagon and brought Rev. Mr. Emerson to the station." "It Was Successful." Mr. Emerson , was booked at the police' station on a charge of resisting an office- He stayed at the Jail until 3 o'clock - His clothes showed the marks of a strut-ei* His injured hand was bound un in a handkerchief. *•;■".,'_ -?---- y m a ' "It was successful," was all he would say of the raid. Raid a Surprise. Chief of Police Stahl said: ; " "The '. other raids - have been expects MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25. 1901. ■--..y; A QUICK FINISH- NEEDED. ; John Bull— 'ope I'll get there soon or my. blasted machine will give out. and I have had the officers posted, but this one was a complete surprise. My informa tion is that nearly all the joints on the south side have been supplied for the last three or four days from this Curtis stor age-house and little if any has come from Moesers." "^-/r-' Watchman Connors corroborated Officer Boyles. He said: "When we got into the yard, Emerson drew a revolver on me. When I tried to take it away from him he got me down on some boxes and I could not get'up. >He arose and called upon the crowd to rally, and fired his revolver. My revolver was knocked from my hand and I did not fire it." . : ■■ - / * -."•;..; Dr. Mitchell had little to say about the shooting, but he declared that- both the crowd and the officers fired. He did not know who shot first. BIRTH OF A GEYSER Fountain Basin in the National Park the Scene. * SOLID COLUMN OF HOT WATER Caretaker Aroused by a Terrific Ex plosion and the Rocking of . the Ground. Special to The Journal. Helena, Mont., Feb.. 25.— , A telegram from the national park announces that James King, a carteaker, who is wintering in Wonderland, reports the birth of a new geyser in Fountain geyser basin, .about forty miles south of the mammotk hot springs. King says that early on the morning of Feb. 18 he was awakened by a terrific explosion similar to the detonation of a large amount of powder lying on the ground. The noise resembled the booming of distant cannon and ' the ground rocked and quivered for some time very violently. Dishes rattled on the shelves, pictures hanging on the walls were thrown down and the clock stopped. The shock startled King, his idea at first being that it was a severe earthquake accompanied by a tre mendous volcanic eruption near the vicin ity. . • It was early in the morning and on going from the hotel where he was stopping, he discovered that the fountain geyser basin had given birth to a geyser and one which will no doubt prove a permanent and won derful attraction. The new wonder Is lo cated about 200 feet immediately south of the famous fountain geyser,, and at the moment of King's discovery and for a long time thereafter it 3ent forth a solid column of hot water fully 500 feet into the air, the water gushing from a subterranean hole about five feet in diameter,'.with a loud, angry roar. - King says the thermometer registered ten degrees below zero and for an hour and thirty minutes the monster-Column of hot water heavenward. , It then sub sided and has since been playing at reg ular intervals of about two hours: v Excelsior geyser, the largest in the park, which has been idle several years, ;Is said to have commenced to spout on Washing ton* birthday, playing several hours. :; PENSION INVESTIGATION Senate Resolution— Reso lution in Order. Washington,. Feb. 25.—1n the senate to day Mr. Pettus of "Alabama. made a point of order against the Philippine amendment to the army bill. The senate decided that the Philippine amendment was in order, 39 ayes, 23 noes. "■■. : Mr. Vest of Missouri offered an amend ment to the Philippine provision "that no judgment, order or act by any of said officials so appointed, shall conflict with the laws and constitution of the United States." • Mr. Spooner contended -the amendment was unnecessary. '■', ;~ ".;'.'■. - A resolution was adopted, offered by Mr. Galllnger of the '■ committeeV on pensions] authorizing that; committee to '• make -: an examination of pension legislation. ' Strike Out Warships. Washington, Feb. 25.— Dayton of West Virginia in the house to-day called up the conference ", report i upon \ the naval appropriation bill. X •', It was . only -a % par tial report, agreeing -to about two-thirds of the items in dispute.. The report was adopted. . ;. ~..;■.-",';. 7 ; Mr. •: Rixey of Virginia; moved that the house recede v and f concur in the .senate amendment,! striking out. the provision ; for two, battleships and : two cruisers. frit" was arranged •: that :- there should 7be; an ■ hour of debate on J each, side upon the Rixey motion,. --:.. . , -jj^, ;,/, HE'LL SERVE TIME Hamilton's Attorneys Give Up Hope of a New Trial. A JUROR'S STRANGE ADMISSION Tells Hamilton He Still Believes Him .""■ Innocent Thooch He Voted •"" ~ for Conviction.' ->• — _ A member of the Hamilton Jury who stood for acquittal. up to the midnight be fore the verdict was returned,- called ,on Frank H. Hamilton in his • cell, in : the county jail yesterday. • <H He gave Hamilton a. hearty handshake, and after informing him that he was glad to. know him and to press the hand of an innocent man, remarked that he had be lieved him guiltless from the start. "Then why did you | vote for my con viction?" asked Hamilton; "how could you conscientiously vote for "the conviction of a man whom you believed to be innocent?" "Well, I'll tell you," said the visitor"; it looked to me like a disagreement, and as another member of the jury. was almost hysterical with anxiety about his - sick family and wanted to get away, I figured that it would be doing you, a good turn to vote for conviction with a recommenda tion for mercy. I , felt from \ the tone of some members of the jury that If you should get another trial,- the second, jury might have a lot of cold water fellows, ,who would believe in convicting you and might favor a life sentence just because you were drunk. I thought.it might have gone harder with you. For/my part, I be lieved you innocent- from the start and still do. There Was one man on the jury who believed in convicting you on general principles. He said he- thought | a (fellow like you, who, from the evidence.only had to work when he wanted to,. ought to be sent over the road for a year." .-.- Hamilton is resigned to , his fate, and when the sentence comes will meet: it bravely. . r.. '". ..* ;: ..~?v>. ' "There is no getting out of it now," he said this morning, as he -sat smoking his pipe in the cell which he is soon to leave for quarters in the state's/prison. "My attorneys inform me that there is no new evidence in my behalf strong enough to secure a new trial. The knowledge that a majority-of the Jury favored me so : long and the statement of one of them that al though he believed me innocent from the start, he finally concurred in -the verdict, makes the burden still! heavier to bear. It is a comfort and a solace to me to feel that public sympathy is with me jj even now when the proson's gates are yawning for me. Of course, what the members of the jury say now cuts: absolutely no^ figure. A juror ? cannot impeach | his action - after the verdict has been rendered. The die is cast and I , must abide by it. bitter though the cup may be. .It; is almost in credible that a man .who admits to my face that he believes me innocent would never theless wear my life away.". ' . .- Too See Hamilton Sentenced. ".. Hamilton had not been sentenced up to a late hour this afternoon, though Judge Brooks idecided this morning to sentence him late to-day.. An , ■ expectant , crowd hung around the -, courthouse corri dors all day, in hopes of hearing Judge Brooks pronounce sentence, ? but \up ' to 6 o'clock no move had, been made to -bring Hamilton before the court. , The indications were that he would be sentenced. some time to-day. - . The general feeling this afternoon was that Judge Brooks would, sentence j Hamil ton to the minimum .term- for man slaughter, which is five years,: the maxi mum being twenty years. : Others thought It would be a reformatory sentence. : ; ..s Should Hamilton be sentenced to a five year term, good behavior would cut the term down to, 3% years. - r ; His friends are already talking of cir culating a petition.for a pardon, to which, they say, signatures i can i readily be 3 ob tained, now that sentiment has turned so strongly for the defendant;; - rt— : . ■'.:■ r - 1 The idea is to secure the signatures and then hold the petition until Hamilton has been ' incarcerated a > reasonable time . be fore making -an organized ' attempt to ef fect his release. ": ; ':•'* '•'.■-''_•'■■'•>■' \ ANOTHER KENNEDY TRIAL ; ■' * - ■. ——— - . -.' *■- - District Attorney's Decision In the Murder Cane. New York, Feb. 25. —After going over the t evidence In the case of • Dr. Samuel J. , Kennedy, whose. second trial for the- al leged murder of Emellne Reynolds resulted last week in a disagreement. District At -1 torneyrPhllbin-to-day.-announced.that de fendant would be tried again. ; '" BIG TRUST'S SCOPE Articles of Incorporation Give It Extensive Powers. THROW NO LIGHT ON THE DEAL Capital la Placed at S.'t.OOO. Which Mar U. Increased by the ,; - -.-''-'Directors.- —-' -->.:-C:"---y New York, Feb. i 25.—Articles of incor- j poration of the United States Steel. Cor poration were filed to-day at the 'office of the county - clerk- of Hudson county, New Jersey.. This concern Is the gigantic Mor gan-Carnegie combine. The agent of the \ new corporation, in New Jersey is the Hudson Trust company of 51 York street Hoboken. -The incorporators are Charles C.Cluff, William J. Curtis and Charles McVeagh. ""."„'' The Object. , The object of the company, as set forth in the incorporation papers, are to manu facture iron, steel, manganese, coke, cop per,-lumber and other materials, and all or any products thereof; to acquire any land containing. coal, iron, manganese, stone or other,ores, or oils, or any wood land or other lands within the purposes of the company; to mine coal, ores, stone or other minerals of temper; to buy or sell such ores >or the products thereof; to construct ' buildings, bridges, machinery, ships,;boats, engines, cars or other equip ments, railroads, docks, ship elevators, waterworks, gas works,; electric works, viaducts, , aqueducts,, canals. or other waterways and means of transportation. But the j corporation j shall; not own a : rail road or canal in the state of New Jer sey. ..:-:.-'--'-: ».-;< : - ■■..'■■•-■•>,'^fW|| The corporation shall have the right to acquire the stock, bonds or other obliga tions of ; any corporation engaged 1 in, the same.line of business. The company may conduct business in the United States and other countries. '■"•';■■.y*3''rji- Capital Stock. , The authorized capital stock is divided into fifteen shares of , preferred- amount ing -to $1,500 and - fifteen shares of com mon stock amounting to a like sum. The preferred '.and i common stock may be :; in creased by the directors -of the company. The preferred stock shall be entitled to a yearly dividend of 7 per cent; the divi dends to be accumulative. After the divi dends on the preferred stock shall. have been paid the, directors may declare divi dends on the common stock. The number of directors, if more than three, . shall be • some multiple of three. The duration*, of ; the corporation is per petual. -■■',-. ;-.,...... ■.'.■< WALL STREET EXCITED Rumors Result in a Very Sensational ; *"v v . Opening. New York, Feb. ; 25.A crop of rumors regarding the supposed details of the great steel ' merger j had- its fruit' in some wild and sensational - happenings on the stock market '„this" morning. The sobering • in fluence'of market quotations .demanding cash" payments"had .the effect of quieting | the excitement -before the first hour had expired:; : lt became i known then that so far 'as authoritative . knowledge went, the public ' was almost, exactly where it was Thursday when the stock exchange closed." ."■! The' rumors ' professed to give details: of the terms of .;- exchange for the existing steel stocks:lnto those of the new cor poration. These rumors place the valua tion . very high, In - some cases ■ more ; than double the 'existing prices for the * stocks. The excited - bidding -. of the speculators at the opening on the basis of these ru mors ;• carried' Tin ;, Plate ' up 15 points" on small transactions, American Hoop, Federal Steel; preferred, 4*4; Steel and Wire preferred, 5%, and other members of the group from 1 to over 3 points. The way In which stocks came out at the high ; er prices caused the speculators to pause, j and prices' promptly fell back '■ and the market became quiet.; ' J The .nominal;, capitalization : and the names of the incorporators failed to throw any light ;on the organisation of the new company. At 6 the; office of i the : lawyers connected with the negotiations ; arrange ments t were being ■ made for; further con sultations. i> The .belief - gained * currency that ; details: of valuation, and, agreement remain yet to be 'fixed. * 1 .; Postmasters U appointed . to-day: ; Montana — East Helent,' Lewis.' and Clarke : county, r S." S. Working. Wisconsin— Creek. Rich land county, C.% H. Thompson; { Glen'.Haven, , Grant county. J. L. Orr. - j 12 PAGES- DEFINES RELATIONS WITH THE CUBANS Senate Agrees on a Declaration, Which Is Ex pected to Pass, Obviating the Need of an Extra Session. Limits Treaty-Making Power and Debts, Permits Interference to Preserve Order and Health, and Naval Stations. Washington, Feb. 25.—The senate committee on relations with Cuba has agreed to an amendment to the army appropriation bill regarding Cuba. The entire committee • is in agreement, and there will be no minority report and no opposition is expected from the democrats in the senate. _' ' \ *.'■' It is the general impression that the agreement makes an extra session of congress unnecessary. : . ■•.-".» •■:-.-.:•;'_..- . •,. ... ;■...,.. T~..-.... v ;. 'Senator Piatt of Connecticut, chairman of the committee, reported the amendment to the senate. The text of the amendment is as follows: i£V>'^-*S "/ That in fulfillment of the declaration contained in the joint resolution • '■■' approved April 20, 1898,* entitled '"lor. the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the government of Spain relinquish -■" I its authority and .government, in, the island of Cuba and to withdraw its I land. and naval ; forces from/Cuba and Cuban waters, and- directing the President of the.United.States to use the land and naval forces of ; the j United States to carry..-these resolutions into effect," the president ■is hereby outhorized ,to leave the' government , and . control of the island of Cuba to Its people so soon as a government shall have been established in said Island under a constitution,-which/either as a part thereof, or in an - ordinance appended thereto, shall define the future relation* of the United States with Cuba, substantially"as follows: • First— the government of Cuba shall never enter Into any, treaty - ■'■''■■ of other compact with any foreign power or powers which Impair or tend ' to impair the Independence of Cuba, nor in any manner authorise or permit any foreign power, or powers to obtain by colonization or for military or ■-• ". naval purposes or otherwise, lodgment in or control over any portion of • said island. ....... ■--^ x ,*. . • . . _-■• Second—That said ; government shall not assume or contract any * . public debt, to pay the interest upon which and to make reasonable stoking fund provision for the ultimate discharge of which, the ordinary revenues of the island, after defraying, theicurrent. expenses of government, shall be inadequate. .'..,, . . • ; Third—That the government of Cuba consents that the United States - : may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban inde pendence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations j with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on > the United' States, : now to be assumed and, undertaken by the government of Cuba. Fourth—That all acts of .the United States In Cuba during Its military . occupancy, thereof j are ratified and validated, and * all lawful rights . ac quired thereunder shall be maintained and protected. Fifth—That the government of Cuba will execute and as far as neces sary extend the plans . already devised or other plans to be mutually agreed upon, for the ' sanitation of the cities of the Island, to the end that a recurrence of epidemics and Infectious diseases may be prevented thereby assuring protection to the people and commerce of Cuba, as well as to the commerce of the southern ports of the. United States and the people residing therein. . *■. : . . r •*-; "':-" > Sixth— the Isle of Pines shall be omitted from the proposed con ; - stitutional boundaries of Cuba, the title thereto being left to future adjust ■ -- : ment by treaty.'■-*. ; -. ■-;. ";- _„ • •-----•■• * •-■.- Seventh—That to enable the United States to maintain the independ- \ . ence of Cuba and to protect the people thereof, as well as for Its-own " ; _ ; defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States * lands necessary for coaling naval stations at certain specified points -■" to be agreed upon with the President" of the United States. Eighth—That, by way -of : further assurance the government of Cuba will embody; the foregoing provisions in a permanent ; treaty with the . .-.,- United States. , ' ■-- ■ ;\ .t/ :„ . ' " The amendment was referred to the committee on military, affairs. , SATISFIES TH E PRESIDENT "\ . v It can.be stated on high authority that the Cuban amendment to the army appro priation bill is satisfactory to the president, and that its adoption by congress will avoid the necessity for an extra session. HEARS THE REPORTS Swedish Conference Encouraged by Status of the Institutions. NEW TEACHER FOR GUSTAVUS -'' " - k rj ■;.: .-.■.■■:'..--. ;..... Bethesda Hospital Reduces Its Debt —Good' Work of .the Orph- . ■ ans Home. Special to The Journal.- •;-;■_ ' Stillwater, Minn., Feb. 25.—Delegates to the Minnesota Swedish Lutheran confer ence: gave most of their time this fore noon to representatives of conference in stitutions- who made"' their reports. Miss Inez Rundstrom was selected as an or dinary professor at Gustavus .•-. Adolphus college at St. Peter, and : the salary oi Professor J. A. Yungqulst was Increased $100 . per annum. Recommendations that the salaries of other teachers should also be increased were not" acted upon, but will probably be taken up later. A per. capita tax of 20 cents, which will give, a revenue of $6,000, '- was j voted for . main tenance the coming- year. Rev. Messrs. A. Bergin, C. J. Svendsen. F. M. Eckmann and C. G. Schultz, the last-named county superintendent of Nicollet county, were chosen directors of the college. The report from the orphans*, home at Vasa. showed an encouraging .condition of affairs. Forty-three : children are being five months and* a Swedish' school two five f months • and a . Swedish school tmo months the. past: year. * The report of the visiting committee ; confirmed the good showing. The I report of the - treasurer showed a balance of $362.67 hand after all j expenses,' had' been paid. A collection for the home will be taken up on. Thanks giving Day. The annual expenses of the home are $6,000. | Children from 1 2 to 16 years ', of age " are received, ,and «some of them are , placed; in , good -■; homes. ■-«* The practice of finding homes for the orphans has not * been generally followed, by the church, however. Rev. C. A. Barr, Rev. J. Fremllngand.Dr. Swan Johnson -were elected directors, and Rev. J./E. Linmar, Rev. G. Magny, Rev. G. Wahllund, A. G. Peterson'and A. M. Anderson were named as visiting committee. . . '. The report of the officers : and directors of Bethesda hospital iln . St." Paul . covered nine months,, during . which 457 ,- patients were. received. The '.". receipts were $29, --213.83, and : the • disbursements • $29,025.43. For nine , years - past the - receipts .were $132,941.10, and the expenditures $79,844.32. Of the receipts the patients paid $84,240.88, and ; donations, many Y in £ small amounts and ■ from all parts of \ the country,; made up the remainder. -. The debt has been re duced to $7,400. : ; The Rvalue of ; the build ings and real estate is $56,990. " The committee appointed "to 'prepare resolutions' covering the president's an nual address Is still at work and will not report * until r all other business • Is: dis posed of. • It had been planned to adjourn to-morrow ; evening, but this; is now," re garded 'as t impossible. 'The "closing t sea-' sion . will,'* therefore, • not be held - - until Wednesday. The treasurer's report is the feature of the business session' this after noon. -.V ,;7 ."■■'■-.''.■' ';■'.' -■.''•'• -'' *" j Much t time was given to '< the j question of how best to raise the money annually paid by .the conference into the' synod mission treasury. " After debate * it was ' decided •to FIVE O'clock; take an offering in all churches every fall for this purpose. <■■':;; Rev. J. Fremling. Rev. Theodor KJell gren, Rev. E. J. Warner, Rev. G. A. Stan berg and Messrs. P. H. Stollberg, \ Andrew Olson and. N. Arnqulst were appointed a committee to look into the application of Gust Bergqulst of Duluth for reinstate ment in the church. . Rev. L. ; P. . Bergstrom was the speaker this afternoon, discussing missions and school work. This evening Rev., A. S. Cornell, who i built' the Swedish Lutheran church on N Third street, will speak on "Sowing in Tears and Reaping' in Joy." Sunday services were of an. interesting *' character and were held in nearly all the . Lutheran churches of the '. city. Rev. C. Solomonson of Langford, S. D., preached . in the prison chapel in the forenoon. At 10 a. m. Rev. T. A. Krantz of Duluth preached the sermon preparatory .to holy E communion in- the Swedish Lutheran church. High mass was conducted by Rev. L. G. Almen of Balaton. Sunday school exercises were held at 3 p. "m.lf with an address in" English by Rev. A. Bergin. The evening services were also ■': in English and sermons were given byp Rev. C. Solomonson and Rev. J. .Sander! of St. Peter. Services were also held in the evening in the Norwegian and German Lutheran churches, th© choir of the Nor wegian Synod Lutheran church of St. Paul rendering the music at the former. , , KINGATKRONENBERG Edward Visits His Sister, Dowager -/ Empress Frederick. HE IS MET BY KAISER WILHELM It Is Said That the Empress May Not Live More ' Than a Few Months at .-Most. Frankfort-on-the-Maln,'> Feb. 25.King Edward arrived. here early this morning and was received by the staff .of the j British consulate. He was greeted by Emperor William, and at 9 o'clock the king and the emperor boarded a train for Cronberg. * : Kronenberg, Feb. 25.—King. Edward and Emperor William arrived here this morn ing and drove in a sleigh to Frederlchoff/ where . the - emperor .. bade farewell to the king and returned to Homburg. King t Edward proceeded to the '.bedside ■ of his sister, the Dowager Empress Fred erick. " '' ';. ■ ~ ';. ■■; ,i'\ : Kronepberg, Prussia, i Feb. ' Alarmist v rumors concerning the state of the Em press Frederick that she is in immediate' |" danger.are exaggerated,but unless the very . serious course her malady Is taking can be stemmed, *' the end is a mere matter of. weeks, or at most, three months. * - .'Berlin, Feb. 25.Professor Renvers, phy-: ; sician to Empress Frederick, has issued a bulletin at Krone stating that; since the acute change ■ for the worse in ' October / i last, her,; majesty's i strength and general condition 1 have slowly Improved. ;; She I has. \ had no, fever at any t time. .She Is fed suf- ' ficiently,* but her * sleep Is disturbed by - pain. Her chronic suffering has made bui - slight progress during the last month.