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Ithmi^h that step wan taken there reSnained
the broader fact that In the
Jii\>wnsville affair the government sent
tsreivts of several departments to Brownsllle
not to defend these wards of the nation.
but to hunt down testimony looking
* to their conviction.
Stories of Former Trouble.
Senator Foraker then proceeded to analyze
the accounts which had been submitted
t>y t.lie War Department of shooting up of
owns by companies of the ViSth Infantry.
Sle showed that only In two instances had
t loss o. life occurred, and that It had not
J been traced to soldiers of this regiment.
'Referring to the affray at Wlnnemucca, he
called attention to supplementary evidence
?ent in by the War Department to the Sentete
which showed that the 25th Infantry
Iiail nothing to do with the affray at all.
Senator Tillman asked him how about the
flflltlnir of tti#? n*>irro u-nmnn At Port
Wlobrara.
"They didn't kill a negro woman at
Kiobiura," said Senator Foraker.
"Then, what In the name of commotfc
feense dues the War Department mean
by sending all this stuff here?" demanded
Senator Tillman.
"That's ivhat I want to know," replied
Senator Foraker.
Senator Foraker went on to say that Com'g>anles
B. C and L>, subjects of the Brownstllle
affair, had not been concerned In
ny of the affrays charged to the regiment
to which they belonged. He said no
companies that went to Cuba had a better
record than Companies B, C and D of the
Sr.th Infantry. He was amazed, he said,
nt the spirit of ugliness shown toward
these men on all sides.
Attack on Capt. Macklin.
Mr. Foraker cited the report that Capt.
?!?.kiln had been attacked by discharged
Coldlers.
"And It was said," he continued, "that
that was one of 4he first instances of the
Jesuit of the efforts that were being made
in behalf of these colored soldiers who had
J?eeii discharged without honor. Now everybody
knows that no discharged soldier
of the 25th Regiment had anything to do
With that attack."
Only a few days ago, he said, newspapers
>iad been filled with reports that a discharfped
soldier of the iMh had crowded
IMrs Clifford off the street in Brownsville
mid had treated her with rudeness. Now
that lias bi*>n exploded, he said. The man
who crowded or pushed ..his lady while
crossing the .street was a porter of a Pullman
i ar who was rushing into a lunch
room at a high speed In order to get back
tr. nis train before it pulled out. No Incivility
at all was Intended.
Senator Lodge stated tha* the man who
!,ad shot Oapt. Mackltn was a corporal in
Companj A.
"But." retorted Mr. Foraker, "he was not
n dlmharged soldier. Everything that Is
Hone is attributed to discharged soldiers.
9?ow that has been exploded. Major Penrose
himself says there Is no truth in that
JMHtement."
Mr. Foraker said that he had no intention
of discussing the race question. He preferred
to wait until the facts in relation to
the Brownsville affair were secured before
coming to a conclusion as to what haprened
there. He said that the Senate and
he President can wait until the facta are
Itnown. Every one, he said, would be found
t>rave enough to have the truth given. He
feuld that the soldiers could not be tried
Because there was no evidence against
,th?*m.
He read from the decision in the Milliken
ease In the United States Supreme Court
|o the effect that tto inflict punishment because
evidence cannot be obtained is never
excusable because It leads to anarchy.
No Evidence Against the Men.
He said there was no evidence that fifteen
or sixteen men of the 25th Regiment
[jind committed the crime charged against
fftliem. If they had done so, the commissioned
officers in charge of the gun rack*
tod the sentinel on duty must have known
|lt and must have been a party to it. If
aliese sixteen or twenty men rushed out of
%Hiartors, through the (rates, or Jumped
"t)V.>r the fence, it must have been known
jfco the commissioned officers and the sentinel
If these men were guilty, the officers and
the sentinel were accessories before the
fa.:t; If they did not in fact participate in
Imniipnpif
If tt was desirable to establish guilt it
tehould have been done by ordering a trial,
fflmt. lie said. Is what the authorities at
Brownsville started out to do.
* "The civil authorities at Brownsville arrested
thirteen of these men. The men arrested
were a sergeant of the guard, a sentinel,
men In charge of the quarters, who
fir Id the keys of the gunracks, and others."
These men would have been brought to
punishment if there had been evidence to
. warrant a trial, but they were not tried, except
by executive order, and in that way
ti > > were judged, tried and convicted and
tltscharged, and not one of them was given
chance to be heard, which to his mind
tinder all the circumstances was a proceedtliig
without authority of law, and if that
proceeding should be proved to be with authority
nf law. It would be a disgrace to the
iAinerican people.
Without taking action on the resolution
(t!i? Senate, on motion of Mr. Carmack, proWeeded
to hear eulogies on the late Senator
Bate of Tennessee.
HEARING TOMORROW.
Extension of Smoke Law to Railway
Locomotives.
The Senate District committee will at
9":;su o'clock tomorrow morning give a
Pie*ring on House bill 1*32J?. This bill authorizes
the Washington Terminal Com
limit) to locate switches, sheds and other
fa-llltles for handling the mail, baggage,
*>*l>r?-ss jml other business on a square lyiiiK
l?"tween the eastern line of the terjjniinl
area and western building line of
lid street east.
! By this bill the Terminal Company is allowed
to purchase or condemn the land deB'Tibed.
The bill provides that Chicago and
fj streets and all public alleys in the squares
Jnvolved shall be abandoned and closed.
[ The bill also extends th? smuke laws to
[fell steam locomotive engines used on any
tt>am railroad in the District. The comtt?ltt'-e
will tomorrow morning hear comment
on this bill, either favorable or other?W'*e
Money Causes Tragedy.
ItUpatcU to The
' COIA'MBl'S, Ohio, January 17.?A terViMe
tragedy was enacted today at Barton,
An Belmont county. Ohio. Alec Ballanec. a
nlner. trashed the throat f his wife with a
Jnitcher knife, and then killed his slxteen rear-old
daughter witlt the same weapon,
fie then took a shotgun from the corner of
home and blew off a portion of his
jiie?<l The family had been quarreling over
Mbf receipt of several thousand dollars from
jyn estate In Hungary, and the wife dejbianded
that Ballanec give her a portion
Mf the money.
Pope Will Appeal.
ut raM^gritin to Ttie Star.
i ROME, January 17.?The pope is preparing
an address of appeal to Catholics
throughout the world, asking their support
fend assistance against the persecution of
*he church by the French government
Died by Her Own Hand.
AI'>- ;it OUpairb to Tttt Stir
H \TTIK8HCRO. Miss., January 17.-Mrs.
McCrary, eighteen-year-old bride of
Jrour months, handsome and popular, shot
herself to death as she lay by the side of
ijier sleeping husband last night. The coroner's
Jury found a verdict of suicide this
Unornlng.
The girl was driven to the deed, It is said,
fey fear of scandsl. The pair came here recently
from Gulfport. Mrs. McCrary used
jf. revolver she had found in ber husband's
trunk.
The Houm Conferee*.
K--presentatlves Bingham of Pennsylvania,
fAl tAuer of New York and Livingston of
Oo.>r?fia. who will be the House conferees
bn the legislative, executive and judicial
Appropriation bill, will iriaist on the House
?m -n<lment iiuTeastng the salaries of the
??ii?f the Annate. the Speaker of tile
H^ise and member* of the cabinet.
IN ICE m GRASP
Snow in Philadelphia Blocks
Trolley Car Lines.
MANY PERSONS INJURED
Pittsburg and Vicinity Covered With
Frozen Sheet.
TWO FATALITIES REPOETED
Temperature in Northern New York
Far Below Zero?Storm Strikes
Chicago?Trains Delayed.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
PHIL.AOEL.PHI A, Pa.. January 17.?
Driven about by a nineteen-mlle-an-hour
wind, the first real snowfall of ihe winter
struck Philadelphia early this morning,
causing blocks on trolley cars, the death of
one man. Injuries to scores of persons and
general Inconvenience. The light snowfall
of yesterday was but the forerunner of today's
baby blizzard.
On this, the very worst day of the winter,
something became wrong with the machinery
in one of the Rapid Transit Company's
power houses and the cars became stalled.
It happened right at the rush hour, too,
when the thousands of employes in the
offices and stores in the various business
sections of the city were on their way to
work. In consequence, nearly everybody
was from fifteen minutes to half an hour
late reporting for duty.
Pittsburg Ice-sheeted.
PITTSBURG, Pa.. January 17.?This section
Is experiencing one of the most disagreeable
days of the year. The sleet storm
prevalent in the southwest for several days
reached here during the night, and as a
result telegraph and telephone service
throughout western Pennsylvania, eastern
Ohio and West Virginia has been seriously
interrupted. Communication with many
points west of this city has been almost
cut off and the telegraph companies are ac
ng incosagco suMjeui to utiiay.
Railroad and trolley schedules have also
been disarranged and trains arriving from
the west were all late. In this city the
pavements and streets are covered with a
coating of Ice, and many accidents to pedestrians
and horses have been reported.
The rivers are falling at this point, but
the rains, coupled with ihe heavy snow at
headwaters, may cause another flood.
Two fatalities occurred during the morning
as a result of the icy streets. John E.
Makln, sixteen years old. a messenger, fell
on the ice in front of a shifting engine and
was Instantly killed. Andrew Matztoo. a
freight handler, aged thirty-two years,
slipped while carrying a box which fell on
him. He died a short time later.
Mercury Seeks Bottom.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
3ARANAC LAKE, N. Y.. January 17.?
The temperature was 30 degrees below zero
during the night, and today averaged 20
degrees below throughout the Adlrondacks.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
MALONE. N. Y.. January 17,-The temperature
reached 23 below zero at Mountain
View early this morning, at Paul
Smith's. It wa? 31. Malone 23, Tupper Lake,
28 and Horseshoe. 22.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
PLATTSBL'RG. N. Y? January 17.?Last
night was the frostiest night In several
years in northern New York. The thermometer
registered twenty degrees below
zero In this city, and at 10:30 o'clock this
morning is still eighteen degrees below at
Bloomingilale and Ausable Forks. It was
twenty-two degrees below at McCulloms,
fnrontv.olo'ht Hpcrooa holnn* of T7nnar Pho
teaugay twenty-nine decrees below
at Chazy lake and thirty-eight degrees below
at Ijoon lake station.
Storm Strikes Chicago.
CHICAGO, January 17.?The storm that
has been central in the southwest for a
number of days struck Chicago last night,
beginning with sleet and turning later to
snow and rain. Telegraph service west and
south of Chicago was Interrupted part of ;
the night.
Twenty-five Below in Montreal.
Special Dfnpntrh to The Star.
MONTREAL. Que.. January 17.?The mercury
this morning registered twenty-five
degrees below zero, the coldest since 1&04.
The highest temperature within the past
twenty-four hours, according to official rec- <
ords. was three below. At 11 o'clock the
city hall instruments registered twenty below.
OHIO STILL RISING.
Cincinnati Station Flooded?Daman in
Kentucky.
CINCINNATI, O.. January 17.?The Ohio
river continued to rise all night, and today
there was no sign of relief. The Grand Cen- i
tral Station, into which the Big Four, the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, the
Queen and Crescent, ar.d some of the Chesapeake
and Ohio and Louisville and Nashville
passenger trains run, was put out of
business last night. Trains were started to
day from the 8th street viaduct. At noon
today the river was over 96.3 and rising.
The river is also rising at all point"? up as
far as Point Pleasant. Business in many 1
factories has stopped. I
Floods In Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. January 17.?With the '
tributaries of the Ohio pouring floods Into It 1
at all points south of Pittsburg, and the '
danger lime reached and passed in many
places. It Is predicted that the river will j
reach the flood stage of 188. Rivers and
creeks In Kentucky are raging and much
damage haa been done. Many stn&il towns on
smaller rivers are threatened with luunda- '
tlon. Rain has fallen In Louisville almost
dally for three weeks, and the Ohio, which
inxa naiiig rapiuiy. Degan lOday to
creep up toward Main street. The water
probably will reach by Sunday a stage of
thirty-live fret. The danger line la twentyeight
feet. Trains from the south and east were
frotn two to seven hours behind
schedule last night and today, because of
excessive rains and washouts.
Danger Line Reached.
PARKEH3B1RO, W. Va? January 17.?
The river here reached the danger line of
thirty-six feet at 4 o'clock th's morning,
and is still rising.
STORM CAUSES WRECK.
Several Persons Hurt in Crash on the
Reading Road.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., January 17.?Tho
snow storm was responsible for a wreck
on the Philadelphia and Reading railway,
near Neahaminy Falls, In which three em
ployes of the company received more or
less serious Injuries and several other people
sustained minor hurts. The wreck was
eaujK'd by a Trenton accommodation train,
bound for this city, "side-swiping" a
freight train which a few moments before
had become derailed. The three moat severely
injured are: John Lynch, engineer
of the freight train; Brakeman Wolflngton
of the freight train. ar>d J. J. McC'all, flagman
of the freight train.
The freight train, which was In charge of
Lynch, the engine driver, and a conductor,
was composed of sixty empty coal cars.
They were bringing It Into this city. The
snow and the darkness. It Is thought, obscured
Lynch* vision somewhat. At any
rate, his engine Jumped the D rail guard j
near lit* switch at Nash&mlnjr Falls. The j
next moment the locomotive left the nil
dragging with it several of the cars.
Meanwhile the local passenger whi
left Trenton at 5:30 was bowling aloi
cityward. The signals were set for
clear track. The darkness and the dnc
also interfered somewhat with the e
glne driver seeing very far ahead, ai
In consequence he was not aware of tl
mishap which happened ^o the fretg
until he was almost on top of the l?c
motive. lie quickly Reversed his enffii
and applied the brakes, but it was ti
late. His engine side-swiped the othi
and both were overturned.
BKAL WINTER TV TTEW TOBK.
Horses Go Down on Slippery Stree
and Block Traffic.
SpwUI Dispatch to The St?r.
NEW YORK. January 17.-The flrSt i
stallment of real winter made its appca
ance this morning. It was the real thlr
too. and not a bit like the Imitation artli
that has been handed out so far this s?
son.
Following a rising wind during the nig
snow began to fall about 7 o'clock tl
morning. It was the kind of storm tt
sent pedestrians to work walking with th
backs turned toward It, no matter t
uil CtHVIl H1CJ W CI C BUWI5.
The snow was the fine, hard kind, whl
stayed on the pavements In just sulfide
quantities during the early hours to ma
them slippery, but not enough to pack a
give a footing. Many horses went down
a result, and police and drivers were eat
|x>thered with blockades and congest!
traffic as a result.
The snow plows were ordered out on t
surface street car lines as soon as p<
sible. likewise the contractors with t
city for the removal of snow bestirr
themselves and began efforts to secu
carts and men.
The present storm is extensive in an
.extending over all the states from the M!
sissippi river eastward. In the south the
is rain and in the north snow.
In the states of Maine, New Hampshl
and Vermont the temperature ranged fro
10 to 22 degrees below zero, according
the morning reports of the weather b
reau. In the northern part of this Hta
it ran from 10 to 15 degrees below, whl
zero temperature extended as far south
Hartford, Conn. In the Mississippi vail
and the neighborhood of the great lak
the temperature was moderating, whl
condition is expected to extend eastwa
to the Atlantic coast by tonight
The temperature here at noon was 16 c
grees. The wind was blowing at the rs
01 twenty-four miles an hour from t
northeast and there was no abatement
the storm.
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THE LA EOLLETTE BILL.
Railroad Atorneys Fighting It Bi
terly in the House.
Railroad attorneys are besieging the Ca
Itol in efforts to defeat the enactment
the La Follette bill limiting the hours
railroad employes, which passed the Sena
last week and is now pending before t
House committee on Interstate and forel
commerce. The bill prohibits railroads frc
"permitting or requiring" their employes
work more than sixteen consecutive houi
The House committee will take up t
bill tomorrow and decide upon its line
procedure in connection with the measui
Efforts will be made to have a long seri
of hearings, but will be strenuously resist
on the ground that the subject has alrea
been fully covered by the o?mmittee.
fact, the committee favorably reported
the last session a bill practically going ov
the ground of the La Follette bill.
There is tremendous pressure from i
sections of the country in behalf of tl
bill and long exhibits of dreadful railrot
wrecks, alleged to have been due to t!
overworking of employes, are on file
both houses. The bill will have mat
friends in the committee, and an interestli
struggle is looked for tomorrow.
Mr. John B. Cockran of Indianapolis, 01
of the leading railroad attorneys on tl
scene, representing the Big Four and tl
New Xork Central systems. Is trying
secure a compromise by striking out tl
word "required," so that raflroad employ'
may work more than sixteen consecuti'
hours if they choose to do so In order
earn more money.
This suggestion la resisted In ootnralU
on the ground that the public has an t
terest in this proposed law, and that tl
safety of the traveler should not be su
jected to the desire of the railroad emplo;
to Increase his earnings, when he therel
decreases . .s efficiency and Imperils llv
in his charge.
The -besi judgment Is that the bill w
Ho nut rtf onmmlttep hv nrpsun
from the public, and will pass the Hous
The friends of the measure are fearfi
however, that It rr. .y be emasculated
conference committee, as the railroads a:
lighting It bitterly.
THE CANAL BIDS.
Lowest Proposal to Be Given Contra<
if Conditions are All Bight.
Chairman Shonts today announced tht
at a conference between the Preslden
Secretary Root, Secretary Taft and himsel
with respect to the pending contract ft
constructing the canal. It was decide
first, that the lowest bid received?that 1
6.75 per cent was a percentage at whlc
the government would be Justified in pla
lng the contract.
The second point in the determination i
this matter Is whether or not the persoi
making that bid?that Is, Messrs. Oliver ar
Bangs?can qualify financially under t]
requirements?that is to say, whether th?
can show that they have, or can contro
(5,000,000 available for this work; that I
$5,000,000 above liabilities, including tl
$2,000,000 which will be required to mat
the bond.
It was further decided that If their pei
Bona! records and business standing ai
found, after Investigation, to he all righ
they ought to have the contract.
LOSS MAY REACH $1,000,000.
People Moving Out to Avoid Flood a
Springdale Dam.
PITTSBL'RQ, Pa.. January 17.?There w?
no Improvement In the situation at tl
Springdale dam today. The Allegheny rivi
Is still cutting into the bank and unless tl
current Is soon diverted the property lo:
may reach a million dollars. Already tl
damage exceeds $50,000, and another ro
of seven houses is expected to he wash*
away at any time. The occupants hai
been notified to prepare for the worst an
are moving out.
Another attempt will be made today li
the government engineers to dynamite a
center wall of the dam in the hope of sai
ing the rest of the construction and pr<
venting further loss of property along tl
banks of the river.
OSTEBMAN ON TBIAL.
Policeman Charged With Disorderl
Conduct and Insubordination.
Two charges of violating the police d(
partment discipline against Policeman <
F. Osterman of the sixth precinct wei
called up before the police trial board t(
day at a session at the first precinct st!
tlon house. The officer failed to respor
to his name, but the testimony was hear
and the case closed by the trial board.
One charge was the outgrowth, it i
stated, of the Incident at l'^th and
streets a few days ago, when Osterma
created much excitement on a street ca
by threatening language and by flourlst
ing his revolver. The testimony of M(
torman Money and Oapt. Doyle, who ai
rested Osterman at that time, was hear
this morning, but as Osterman wa? nc
present there was no testimony offered fc
the defense. The second charge was rnad
K.. n. DIpaVi nrl.A aIh I n<a?1 ?1..W
uy 1/1. ttii\I v uumcu tuai v/niCL Ilia
refused to let the doctor see him ftftf
he was reported sick at the station housi
Osterman was suspended a few day
ago without pay on account of the stret
car Incident.
Brakeman Seriously Injured.
While engaged in coupling cars in tl
Baltimore and Ohio railroad station yar
about 1 o'clock today James B. Lowr;
twenty-seven years old, of 110 Qulncy stre<
northeast, a railroad brakeman. was caugl
between the bunwpers and was severely li
jured. He was hurried to the Casual!
Hospital In their ambulance. It was four
that his right arm was fractured and foi
ribs were broken, and it is feared there a
Internal Injuries.
" LICENSE OSTEOPATHS
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ng ????
,w HEABIWG ON SENATE BILL BY
"d HOUSE COMMITTEE.
tie
ht "
ne Des. Sowars, Xobar, Bavee, Custls,
CK>
>r. White and Gen. Sternberg
All Oppose It.
ti The regular weekty meeting: of the
House EHetrict committee today vai deVoted
to n hMrlnff on th#? Hftnata hill to
regulate the practice of osteopathy and
ir~ to license osteopathy physicians. Those
who appeared In opposition to the passage
of the measure were Dr. Sowers. Dr
Geo. M. Kober. Gen. Sternberg, Dr. Bovee,
Dr. Custls and Dr. Wm. A. White, superIn
tend en t of the Government Hospital for
^ the Insane. Dr. Sowers, who Is chairman
iat of the executive committee of the Medlglr
cal Society of the District, read extracts
he from a memorial of the Medical Society
protesting against the passage of the
ich bU1OTt
He said It was conceded that Congress has
ke a right to recognize other schools of mednd
lclne than the so-called regular, homeo*s
pathlc or electric systems of practice, but
the recognition, he thought, should be by
general legislation that would provide for
he determining the competency of any would)s"
be practitioner whatsoever, no matter what
method of treatment he intended to follow.
re It was reasonable to suppose that any person
who had devoted four years or morf to
,a> the study of anatomy, physiology, chemisls_'
try, pathology and bacteriology and to diag,re
nosis, obstetrics, gynecology, surgery and
all other subjects Included in the standard
jig vuincuiuw ui ineuicai cuueK^8?umuuiig mo
im Study of therapeutics as ordinarily taught
to in the schools?could be trusted to follow
lU_ his peculiar tenets with safety to the pate
tient and the general public.
lie Machinery for Examination.
ey The machinery for the examination In
:es these branches. Dr. Sowers pointed out. alch
ready exists In the board of medical superrd
visors and in the several boards of medical
le_ examiners. It was only necessary to amend
ite the original act by Inserting a paragraph
he providing that any person intending to
of practice medicine otherwise than in accordance
with the regular schools should be entitled
to examination upon showing to the
satisfaction of the board of medical supervisors
that he possesses the same quallflca'
tlons as are required of physicians generally
t- desiring to practice medicine. There need be
no fear of any unfairness on the part of
the board of medical supervisors. Dr. SowP
ers said, as certain of Its members wp?-a hv
of law required to be appointed from outside
0f the' medical profession. Dr. Sowers said
that In order to give the adherent to the
,e osteopathic system a square deal the
he amendment was suggested and promptly
gn rejected, and he thought that this action
)m clearly indicated lack of good faith on the
part of the osteopaths, which Implied danger
to the community In permitting men to
rs. practice one of the most difficult and lmposhe
sible of all professions without regard to
af existing standards.
Dr. Kober said the time was coming
when a five-year course of study would lie
ej| required of jnedlcal students. The osteoe"
paths had a twenty-seven-months course,
dy and the bill, if for no other reason than
In this, should not be considered by the commlttee.
er Gen. Sternberg didn't see how the osteopathic
treatment could be of avail In inL"
factious diseases, and he did not believe
that manual manipulation could be benel<*
flclal In cases of bacterial diseases.
Dr. Custls, president of the board of medlln
cal supervisors and president of the homeoiy
pathic medical examiners, Insisted that the
bill had not gone through the regular
course In the Commissioners' office, and_
ne suggested that in their report upon it the'
Commissioners must have been under some
J? hypnotic influence as the opponents of the
to measure were not given a hearing. He
10 took up the bill in detail and argued at
length on each point Involved.
'e Dr. J. Wes'.ey Bovee, who followed Dr.
Custls, mentioned a number of diseases in
which, according to his opinion. It was abse
surd to consider osteoD&thv as h
"" He hoped the members cf the committee
le had sufficient consideration for the welfare
of the public, and for medical standard, to
kill the bill.
J* Superitnendent White of the Government
Hospital for the Insane, made a logic n ar...
gument against the licensing of osteopathic
physicians, and he, too, referred to the
? short course of study In order to become a
member of that school. He said that the
. j osteopath practically began with the prac'
tice of a specialty or. In other words, that
this school had the cart before the horse.
In Favor of Measure.
J. F. Tufts of the Interior Department,
whose daughter Is a graduate osteopath.
;t aad Dr. Charles Hazard of New York were
the principal speakers in .the advocacy of
^ the measure. It was brought out just about
t this time that every member of the comf'
mittee had received letters and petitions
' ^ favoring and condemning the bill, and that
d there appeared to be a great deal of in'
terest in the measure thrcnighout the country.
Dr. Hazard said that the passage or
c. this bill by Congress would result in a
great deal of good to the profession In
af every one of the states. Thirty-four states
?s now had laws recognizing osteopathy In
id one way or another, and several of them
lie had laws quite as comprehensive as that
sy proposed in the bill under consideration.
>1, The measuure was needed, he said, to pros.
tect the public from Incompetent praetlonie
ers of osteopathy.
te Dr. Hazzard resented the suggestion of
Dr. White that the osteopaths were trying
r- to get in the back door of the medical pro"?
fession, and he said he knew of no more
t. honorable thing to do than to come to Congress
and ask for recognition. Osteopath*
studied every science except bacterial medlca.
Dr. Hazzard said, and used all the
standard text books in all Its departments.
The course of study was quite as long
t that of any other school, and. while osteopaths
did not believe in the theory of modern
therapeutics, their knowledge on all
is the allied branohes of meuicine was Just as
le great as that of practitioners of the moder
em school.
le
*s Secretary Shaw's New Secretary
J le
Secretary Shaw has selected F. Jerome
w Starek of Cleveland, Ohio, as his private
secretary to succeed Arthur F. Statter, who
,re was recently appointed assistant secretary
id of the treasury.
Nominations Confirmed.
r- The Senate has confirmed the nominations
e- of Horace G. Knowles to be minister to
le Roumania and Servia; Arthur F. Statter to
be assistant secretary of the treasury and
E. U. Curtis to be assistant United States
treasurer at Boston.
j First Money for Masonic Fair.
uiran aura. i\iuernne ti. King of Charlottesville,
Va.. has been conferred the distlnctlon
of having sent the first money on
"" account of the prospective Masonic fair.
' It was a crisp $1 bill. Mrs. King explains
. that -her first husband was a Mason. She
[(j has also asked that ten reason tickets to
. the fair be sent her. p omising that she will
try to dispose of t:iein among her friends,
and a larger number if possible.
' "I regret that I can send you only $1
now." she adds, "and would have liked to
" send you at least $100."
l>
Sues to Recover Damages.
^ Aline M. Wood, by her next friend. J.
>t W. H. Wood, has filed suit In the District
T Supreme Court to recover $5,000 from the
le | District of Columbia and James Poulos for
1 alleged personal injuries.
1 mi? J? 01 - J *- * * '
e. jl uc uecmi aiiuu, meu uy Attorneys W.
s Gwynn Gardiner and E. N. Hopewell, set
;t forth that October 13 last, while passing
premises N'o. 908 7th street, the plaintiff
fell Into a coal hole, the trap of which
had been removed. Poulos is sued as the
lessee of the premises, and la charged with
le having unlawfully allowed the hole to r?^
main uncovered. Negligence is charged
against the District.
f- It is alleged that the plaintiff sustained
-t permanent injuries to both her lower
it limbs.
1
ty Downtown Temperature.
The temperature recorded today by Peast
re & Co.'s standard thermometer was as follows:
U a.m., 28; 12 noon, 30; 2 p.m., 32.
SHEBLEY THE VICTIM
CONTBOVEMY OF SPEAKER AND
MINORITY LEADER.
Representative Sherley of Kentucky, who
was yesterday appointed to the House committee
on Judiciary, has declined the appointment?and
thereby hangs a tale. II
to-a tale of friction between Speaker Cannon
and Democratic Leader John Sharp
Williams over the filling of the vacancy
on the committee, and 'the friction a till
exists.
Leader WHHmh recommended Mr. Webt
of North Carolina to the vacancy, and the
Speaker declined to appoint him, naming
instead Mr. Sherley. Thereupon Mr. Sherley,
who would highly appreciate a place
on this important committee, felt constrained
to decline. They say about the
House today that Mr. Williams urged Mr,
Sherley not to take the appointment.
The Speaker's side of the cootroversy,
as explained by republicans. Is that he
charges Leader Williams with trying tc
'play politics" on a great committee oi
the House where politics has not availed
in the past.
These republicans say that Mr. Williams
is trying to force out of the committee
a favorable report on the Hepburn-Dolllvei
liquor law bill, not because it is democratic
policy but because its enactment might lose
the republican party some German votes.
The Speaker, they say, insists that a conservative
and not a radical democrat shall
be appointed on the committee.
HOPE OF SOME BELIEF
PHILIPPINES SUFFERING FROM
OUR TARIFF LAW.
mr. L>ean <J. Worcester, Philippine commissioner,
has arrived in Washington or
leave of absence from Manila, and called
today upon the President and Secretary
Taft to discuss the state of affairs In the
archipelago when he left there, October 12
last. Prof. Worcester has been continuously
in the Philippines for several years,
and his health has run down, though the
long ocean voyage and the change of climate
experienced by him since he left the
islands have resulted In great physical Improvement.
It was the understanding last fall that
the first general elections to be held In
the Philippines, in redemption of the President's
promise of selfgovernment. would
take place next July, and the people were
in a ferment over the prospect. The principal
parties, the federal and the nationalist
parties, were seeking new Issues to go
before the people on that great oc<aslon, to1
it was realized that the old Issues upon
which these parties were founded, in the
first case upon support of the existing governmental
system and in the second upon
the demand for autonomous native government,
would not meet the present needs.
There were signs tha.t tooth the old parties
were splitting up. and a general reformation
of party lines might be expected.
According to Prof. Worcester, the interests
of the islands are suffering greatly,
owing to the tariff situation, and particularly
does the present rate of duty imposed
In the United States upon Philippine agricultural
products hear hard upon the poor
farmers and laborers.
The recent development by the Secretary
of Agriculture of a practicable device foi
stripping hemp might bring relief In some
quarters, as it has had the effect to reduce
by 75 per cent the cost of separating the
fiber from the pulp of the hemp leaf
While in Washington it is probable that
Commissioner Worcester will be called upon
to appear before the committees of Congress
charged with Philippine legislation
to state his views.
HITCHCOCK'S ACT CRITICISED.
Withdrawal of Lndlan Lands Claimed
to Be Unlawful.
The select Senate committee appointed
during the last session of Congress to investigate
conditions In Indian Territory
made its report to the Senate yesterday
through its chairman. Senator Clark of
Wyoming. Brief reference is made to Secretary
Hitchcock's withdrawal of land for
forest reserve purposes and on that subject
comment is made as follows:
A lie lUUIIIiJUCT IIC*? IHU'lllin L'unsiui'reu
tliis matter and is of the opinion that the
order of withdrawal was without authority
of law. The agreement with the tribes
and the act of Congress approved July 21.
lUO'.i, authorized and directed the allotments
to be made as soon as practicable, and
that law the committee believes cannot be
set aside. Impeded or modified except by
act of Congress repealing or i hanging the
original statute. The committee recommends
that the surface of the oOO.OOO acres
of coal lands segregated in W02 i>e sold,
but that the mineral rights be indefinitely
retained as the property of the Indians."
The surface land In the noO.OOO-acre
coal land segregation Is estimated to be
worth from $10 to $15 per acre and the
mineral rights from $5 to >40 an acre. On
the question of the disposal of this tract,
which has been the subject of much comment,
the committee recommends:
"That no Immediate action be taken by
Congress as to the leasing or sale of the
mineral in said lands, but that immediate
steps be taken to provide for the sale of
the surface of said segregation for the
best price obtainable, in tracts not exceeding
160 acres each, to actual bona fide settlers,
reserving from sale a sufficient
amount of surface for the necessary outside
works, buildings and operation of
mines."
FORAKER OFFERS SUBSTITUTE.
His New Brownsville Resolution
Generally Satisfactory.
During the discussion of the Brownsville
incident in trie senate yesterday arternoon
Mr. Foraker offered a substitute for all of
his previous resolutions on the affair, as
follows:
"Resolved. That the committee on military
affairs Is hereby authorized and directed,
by subcommittee or otherwise, to make
and have printed the testimony for the purpose
of ascertaining all the facts with reference
to or connected with the affray at
Brownsville. Tex., on the night of August
13, 1906. Said committee is authorised to
send for persons and papers, to administer
oaths, -to sit during the sessions of the Senate,
and. if deemed advisable, at Brownsville
or elsewhere; the expense of the Investigation
to be paid out of the contingent
fund of the Senate."
The language of this provision is satisfactory
to Senator Lodge and other supporters
of the administration in the inatter of the
discharge of the negro troops and It Is believed
by senators that !t will be quite
unanimously accepted.
The feature ef the debate was the arraignment
by Senator Carmadt of republican
senators who hare criticised the President
for his action in the Brownsville matter.
He regarded it as an attempt to "dethrone"
the President as the leader of the party.
and declared that either the President must
be renominated or the platform on which
he stood returned to the democrat*.
Senators Stone. Money and Knox followed.
each upholding the authority of the
President to take the action he did. and
each favoring an investigation of th* facts
connected with the Brownsville affray. Senator
Foraker started to make his dosing
speech, but before be oould the Senate adjourned
for the day. leaving him in posses
sion of the floor.
Proposed Mountain Forest Kestrvea.
Forty members of the House from southern
states attended a meeting held at the
Capitol yesterday to devise means of bringing
about the passage of the bill creating
the Appalachian and White mountain forest
reserves. The meeting adopted resolutions
urging the Speaker to allow the bill
to be considered and the following committee
of representatives was named to take
charge of the matter: North Carolina,
Thomas; Virginia, Saunders; South Carolina,
Lever; Tennessee, Brownlow; Georgia,
Lee; West Virginia, Hughes; Alabama,
Heflin; Maryland, I'ear re; Kentucky, Edwards.
: BATED AS INDEFINITE
PRESIDENT OOKPERS' VIEW OF
RECENT CUBAN DISPATCH.
Says He Had Nothing to Do With
Strike of Stevedores on the
Island.
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President Samuel Gompers of the Amerl1
can Federation of Labor has returned
from Cuba, and was at his office In Typo'
graphical Temple today. He was shown a
1 cablegram from Havana, which stated that
"a general strike of the stevedores employed
along the Havana water front 1s
' threatened. Two hundred men left their
work this morning, alleging that the under'
standing which they entered Into with ths
military government under Gen. ?v'ood had
not been enforced. A high government otf|
flclal lays the blame for the discontent on
> Samuel Gompers. president of the Ameri
can Federation of I*abor. who recently
' spent several weeks here. The government
i 1s anxious to avert a strike, owing to the
i present large sugar movement."
' "Thf* fltatpmpnt ohnnf 4a Klo-1.
? - ? u>Bn iiiiirui |
: official.' " said Mr. Gompers. "Is rather an
i Indefinite quantity. There la no truth In I
the statement that I am responsible for
any strike or threatened strike as del
scribed. The truth of the matter is that
I went along the docks at Havana in company
with Mr. Canova, editor of the Ha:
vana newspaper, I.a I-ueha, and Mr. Hamilton.
one of the editors of t+ie New York
Herald. One evening In ordinary converetation.
Mr. Canova asked me what I
thought of the present condition of the Cuban
workitigmen as compared with their
condition seven years ago on the occasion
01 my former visit to the island. 1 remarked
that the wages had not been increased.
it seemed, and in some instances
had been decreased, wlille the cost of living
had Increased. Therefore. I informed
i Mr. Canova that in my opinion the condition
of the working people of Havana
was not any better, but evidently consld- I
erably worse, than It waa seven years before.
Probable Reasons for Strike.
"Editor Canova asked questions of the
stevedores, cigar makers and other working
classes as to the wages they received
and the general condition of labor. My
only conversation with the workers was
through Canova. and as a result of our
talks he published an article In iiis newspaper
on the labor situation.
"If a strike occurred, or Is threatened."
continued Mr. Gompers, "it is because of
the unfair treatment meted out to the
otuv^.,1? *
..visumcii ami mners Dy the shippers and
ship owners. In 1901. under the military
government of (Jen. Wood, there was a
strike, and neither the shippers nor the
. workmen could reach an agreement, and
the matter was left to Gen. Wood for his
decision as the umpire. He made an
award which he published as general orders
No. 71. In It was a schedule of
wages, the prescribed hours of labor, etc.
The shippers have violated general orders
No. 71. and all the workingmen want
now Is the restoration of conditions as
they were under that order. If the men
want the conditions of 1901 restored. It is
certainly evidence that the employers have
violated their trust.
"My sympathies are undoubtedly with
the Cuban workingmen. and before I left
Havana I called the matter to the attention
of Gov. Magoon, and he said his sympathies,
too, were with the worklngmen.
and he added that he would do what he
could for them. But It was a question
' in his mind whether he could regard gen>
eral orders No. 71 as a law under which he
> could take action."
OCEAN'S BED CHANGED.
One Effect of the Recent Earthquake,
The Secretary of the Navy has received a
telegram from the Hamburg-American Line
advising him that according to a cablegram
received from the captain of the
company's ship President, dated at Port au
Prince, great caution Is necessary on the
part of vessels approaching Kingston, as
the bottom of the sea has changed and
that the light house has been demolished.
The Information was regarded as of so
much importance that it at once was cabled
to Admiral Evans at Guantanamo.
ORDERED TO FILE WILL.
Instrument Alleged to Have Been
Signed by Mrs. Beauchamp Hughes.
Justice Gould, presiding in the Probate
Court, today ordered Attorney John C. Gittings
to file forthwith the will of Mrs.
Louise Augusta Beauchamp Hughes, which
Attorney Gittings acknowledged having in
Ills possession.
The will, which is mutilated, as was the
codicil filed last Saturday, Mr. Glttlngs
says, was found by him among the papers
of the late Edward G. Nlles. T'pon its discovery
he says he notified Judge I. G.
Kimball, who was named as one of the
executors, and Informed him that lie (Gittings)
would hold the will pending the
death of Mrs. Hughes, when he would tile
the document with the surrogate at New
York, at which place he understood Mrs.
Hughes had her domicile.
Mr. Gittings" was apprised of the death of
Mrs Huirhes. he sava. while In
trying a criminal case last week, and had
been unable to take up the matter before
the rule of the court was served on him.
He expressed a willingness to file the papers
in the District if the court would so
direct. Mr. Gittings was represented by
Attorney J. M. Chamberlln.
Attorney C. W. Stetson, who is local counsel
for the residuary legatees under the will
of Mrs. Hughes' husband, asked the court
to settle the question of domicile today.
The court declined to take up the matter
until the wills were filed by Attorney Gittings.
Attorneys W. H. Sholes and H. (3. Kimball
will prepare an order requiring the wills
to be filed here, and upon its presentation
to Mr. Gittings the papers will be placed in
the custody of Register of Wills Tanner.
TRAFFIC DELAYED.
Train Sidewipes Another on B. and 0.
at Dlckerson's.
Information was received here this afternoon
that Train No. 9, on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, leaving Washington at
9:10 o'clock Last night for Pittsburg, sidewiped
in-toound train No. 14. at Dickinson's
artation. Md. It is stated the accident occurred
because of a misunderstanding of
orders on the part of one or the other of
the train crews, the trains having been directed
to pass there. Traffic was delayed
about four hours, but no one was Injured.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has
completed double tracking its road from the
Monocacy River bridge to Barnesvllle. Md..
but has not been put in use as yet. Before
Ika cvotam Min Ko nnt '*
be necessary to construct a block system
and erect towers for the operators. The
District stone quarries, owned by the District
of Columbia, are situated a short distance
from Dicfcerson. to which point the
double track extends, with a siding running
to the quarries. Between Gertn&ntown and
Barnes Tills the trains are operated on a
single trade and from the former place to
Washington they are run on double track*.
Mint Coaualadoa.
The following have been named by
the President as commissioners to teat
and examine the weight and Intweti of
the coin* reserved at the several mints
during the calendar rear 1ML pursuant
to the provisions of section 1547 at the
Revised Statutes:
John E. Rayburn. House of Representatives:
8ldney A. Foster, Des Koines, la.;
George F. Kunx. New Tork. N. T.: A O.
Ringsrud. Elk Point. S. D.; Owen Merrill,
I Knosburg Falls, Vt.; J. C. Mltchelson.
Tariff villa. conn.; 'anei Lewis How*,
Washington and U? University; Frank
Knox. Bait Lake City. Utah; John W.
Kelley, Portsmouth, fc. H.; Owen Lewis
Slilnn, University of Pennsylvania; E. C.
Franklin. Iceland Stanford University; C.
E. Mendenhall. University of Wisconsin;
K. Merritt, Cornell University; Henry
Cleveland Perkins. Washington, D. C.;
Edward A. Whltaker, St. Louia, Mo.; C.
E. Garner, Jacksonville, Fla.
It
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II) DELEGATES URGED
District Representation in the*
House. .
MR. KLINE'S ARGUMENT
Describes Local Growth, Wealth and
Population.
MANY STATES ARE SURPASSES
Contends That Justice Requires That
Washington Be Given a Voice
in Legislation.
Representative Kline of Pennsylvania,
during consideration of the District of
Columbia appropriation bill by the House
this afternoon, made a speech In support
of his bill providing for tho election of
two delegates to represent the District
on the floor of the House of Representatives.
"Since the present form of government
was established by congressional action."
said Mr. Kline, "the city and District
have made phenomenal progress and advancement.
The boundaries of the city
have been extended beyond the wildest
anticipations. Its puollc buildings and
private edifices are o* a character and
magnitude of which any city must feel
proud, and its beauty. Its cosmopolitan
characteristics and attractiveness ar<|
constantly attracting people from all
parts of the I'nlted States, even of the
whole world.
"Although It Is the smallest political subdivision
in the t'nlon the District of Columbia
outranks twenty-flve states and territories
In point of wealth. The wealth
of the District In 1H04 was J1.040.88S, 173, an
Increase since WOO of $111,100,000, or a little
over 12 per cent. The wealth of the
District exceeds ttiat of Maine, New Hampshire.
Vermont. Rhode Island, Delaware
West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Florida. North Dakota. South
Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana. Arkansas,
Indian Territory, Montana, Idaho. Wyoming,
New Mexico, Arlsona, Utah, Nevada
and Oregon. It is nearly five times us
great as the wealth of Nevada, three times
that of Wyomlnc. each of which has two
senators and one representative; It is threu
times the wealth of Vermont or Idaho,
twice that of New Hampshire and South
Carolina and two and one-half times as
great as Florida and Utah. And the wealth
of Georgia. Vermont. Tennessee, Colorado,
Washington and Louisiana are all In the
wme class.
"Has it ever occurred to you that It was
f the highest importance that the neonln
of the District of Columbia should have
a delegate or delegates on the floor of tho
House to protect the Interests of the District
and to advise and deliberate on District
affairs with the members of the
House representing constituencies In the
country at large?
Object of the Bill.
"With this In mind, that the people of
the District, for a proper protection of
their Interests, ought to have a representative
In Congress, I introduced durinR the
early session of this Congress a bill providing
for the election of two delega to
represent the District In Congress, with
power to debate and rote on all questions
of legislation affecting the District. It
should have at least the same character of
representative In tfle federal Congress that
la UnH haa Kuan trvw manw - *' M
, nvii iui IUMIJ / PH !* > at'LlIIUQU
to the territories. and which the -v>sses8
tons of Porto Rico.. Hawaii and Alaska
are now enjoying.
"It may be generally admitted that for
the District of Columbia, If self and popular
government are to be denied, the present
form of government la as good and as
satisfactory as can be devised t?y human
minds, bui. on the contrary, I also believe
that there are many good citizens who likewise
believe and contend that for apparent
reasons, and for the benefit of the District
of Columbia, It should have representation
In the House.
"Before preparing my bill I did not consult
with any one interested in the administration
of affairs of the District, I did not
obtain the advice of any member of Congress.
nor did I have In mind matay of the
potent reasons why such legislation should
be enacted that have since been brought to
my attention.
District Support of Government.
"Such a proportion is clearly Juei and
reasonable. The people of the District have,
from the foundation of the government,
contributed their fair proportion for Its
support, both In neace and war In th?
a-ar with Spain the Dlsrtiot furnished
twice as many volunteer* In proportion to
its population hh any state in the T'nlon
It contributes by taxation one-half the
cost of ltd local government. It contributes
to the payment of Internal revenue tax. an
enormous item, in aid of the paymen* of f
the expenses of our government, and I
am told that in 1801 the District paid over
four thnes as much per capita as fifteen
states and Ave territories, including Alas
ka. and paid nearly that proportion ever
lnce.
"With all the burdens and contributions
it Is denied representation. It Is the only
place in the United States where the cltlrens
have no voice in the selection of the
men designated to rule them, or in the disposition
of the taxes they are compelled to
pay. it wa? never contemplated by the
founders of the government th-it the citizens
of the District should become political
nonentities. It was never their intention
that the citizens of the District should bo
deprived of all voice in their own government.
"The importance of representation was
not so great years ago when the population
was smnil.
But today, with Its wealth. Interest!) and
population exceeding and suri>assing many
of the states of tiie I'nlon, I see many obvious
reasons why Its people should have
representation In Congress. The population
of the District is within a small fraction
sufficient to entitle It to two representatives
In the House. It is greater than a doaen of
our states, and the amount of taxes paid la
larger than Is raised by some of the states
for state purposes, and yet tihese states
have two senators and a representative,
and several two representatives."
Sight to Recover on Patents.
Senator Knox, from the committee on v
patents, has favorably reported his Mil authorising
the owner of a United States patent
to recover damages for Its use by the
government through an action In the Court
of Clalma, even In caaee In which there
la no contract. The bill U Intended to rem- m
edjr defects ta existing law that have been
developed by the declaioaa of the Supreme
Court of the United State*. That court
has held that patent* are property, but
that the government bu a right to use
them with or without contracts.
Space TJned for atorinf Tile*
Chairman Tanuef of the Ilnuee appropriation*
committee hae received a communication
from Secretary Shaw of the treasiry
isplylns to the inquiry at the Houm
1f Representatives relative to the apaoe oc.upied
to eMoutlre <^>rtnirta la the
torace of old fllee and the btflllan rented
tor that parpens This Intormstliw waa requested
in connection with the movement
lo gwMeeMltlWMJ department buildings
xthm'dMnn'aat thaw! 'are'Wtito square
feet of apace in encathe Sapanwsnto now
iaed in the storage of oM fllee whloh could
la devoted to efliee purpoeea^and that the
I-ulu Burke, who committed sntrirte tm her
ipartmanti in Eut Washington several a
lays ago. as stated in The Star at the time,
prill be burled tomorrow. The funeral ?ervice
will be held In the chapel of Wright's
jndertaklng establishment, 1337 10th street.
U 2 o'clock.