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RICHMOND, VA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1003,
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S.NEWS
1 The Weather.
Washington, dco. iG.-Forecasi for
Thursday and Friday;
virginia?Fair Thursday ! and .Friday;
? light west winds, becoming varlablo.
North Carolina-Fair? Thursday, and Frl.
flny; variable winds.
Jrestorday woe extremely raw and cold,
jMth skies overcast, but the snow or
rain predicted failed to appear. To-diiy
iwd to-morrow aro' oxnectod to be fair.
< STATE OF THE THERMOMETER.
? A. M.2S
i;-m.??
? 8 P. M. t<>?
li P. M. ....j34
? v. m..;...??
? ?it Midnight.? &
/ Avcrago .31 1-fl
Highest temperature yesterday.4P
? i,owcst-temperature yesterday..&?
Alean I temperature yesterday.?2
???tp?? temperature for December....*)
??reclpitatlon during past 24 hours. O
MINIATURE ALMANAC. .,
December 17. l!?3,
1 Hun rise*......7:20 | IHOH TIDE. ,?
Bun set?.1:63 | Morning.3:10
*loon ???08....5:d7 I Evening.??49
Richmond. J
' ' George ?. Fisher declines to be inter?
viewed; he makes statement to Captain
J'izzlnl; municipal investigation practical.
I y closed-Vote on oyeter bill likely to be
taken to-day, and It Is possible the meas
, uio. will be doioated?Legislature provides
? money for Stuart monument and Vir?
ginia building at St. Louis-Harkudale
pure election? bill and social club olii
T.HBseu-State Central Committee meets
to-day to consider Norfolk contest?Hot.
, ileo people In danger of losing their
1 homes-Lad ? stiuck by a street car and
J badly Injured?Dr, F. T. McFaden to
,? be Installed Sunday?McGuIro monument
lolls to. arrive-Hardware store? and, a
residence robbed-Tug to be sold at auc?
tion to-day-^?Bishop Randolph to speak
lctoro Virglnlu Historical Society In Y.
M.. C. A, Hall to-morrow night?J. C.
vvyeor a. candidate for Congress from the
ivlnth District-Norfolk politicians nre
nor? In force-!?Pretty marriage In Flu
?vanna? county. MANCHESTER?Functal
of??Auditor John W. Hall-Council to
meet In Joint Session to elect a ?uccessor
Jr'rldny night-Mr. Luther Nunnallv a
strong candidate??Special committee
caned for to-nigiit?Council may recon?
sider Its actloir?n reapportlonment??Ar.
rested for- drunkenness-A lady's arm
nroken-Assistant Postmaster Beattic go.
In g to Cuba-Mr.' Georgo Friend coming
ftume from Klondike.
Virginia.
? HtonewaJI Jackson Camp,- of Staunton,
decline? tb accept fuvors from any but
truwa for whom, they foughtr?Henry W,
Stockton struck by train at full speed, at
crange, and not seriously hurt?.Devel?
opments In the Burche? tndrder 'case
show that the man's head was hacked to
? jiiescs by nts wife and th? man-with
wbomlho caught her?Anraret, the popu
' lar prize ring Jumper, sold, to" a Now
?orker?-Attack with an axe met'with
the discharge of a shotgun In Caroline-^'
''ercy K. Heynolds. of . Roanoke...acel?
? dentally killed In Pittsburg, Po--Miss
i Olile ?. ? Sauiidors awarded (3,000 for. ber
rand, .which was crushed between street
; ? car seatB, in Noriplt-^-WIUiam D. Zim?
merman* -- ?outhern Railway Inspector,
killed by train In Aloxandila??George
\ jiuiiDv, colored, given ton years at WU
) ?iam?bur? for barn bumlrtg-^?^Assallliflts
ft the young Caroline county; physlOWh
rnnturcd hv the county authorities on ,?:
iotomac River stcamor-Special'' grand
jury in Bath county Investigating ?-violar
I uone of J'ocal. option?A number, Q?yeoni
nidales mentioned at Williamsburg, and
Newport News to succeed the late Judijo
Uuhbard-Eight hundred .and -Blxty-llve
whites and only elgbty-four negroes qual.
Ifv to vote In Staurtton?-G*fi|Ain Webb's
noatlng "bar-room, on tho Rappahanhuck,
cinlms right to sell In local option- coun??
ties-The Buchanan Banner changes
owners-The Seaboard Medical Associa?
tion hears a paper lavoilng the revoca?
tion of d.uggist's licenses who prescribe
tor a patient-Fight' opened In Norfolk
aganst social clubs.
* North Carolina. '/'
Deputy marshal and deputy sheriff shot
at Dunn, N. C, by W. ?. Gotler, whom
they rounded up In a hiuse; ho opened
rugiade nnd kept It up until ammunition,
exhausted-Lady fatally hurt by trolley
car in Wilmington-Uoatd of oxamlners
tor trained nurses organized at Orepus?
fcoro-^?.Mills at Reldevllle preparing to
inauguralo tho now child laoor bill that
ullows none less than 12 to work and then
only 11 hours a day?Gilbert. Waiden,
well'known elocutionist, wedded at Pino?
lillo to young .UisS.ssippI tiri, who eloped
to come to him-Judge Archer Pnlegar,
of Virginia, plaintiff in suit at (Jrcensboro
over block of brick buildings-Horticul?
tural Bocicty elects officers?One hundred
and fifty barrels of apples for St. 'Louis.,
General.
Holiday dullness nnd apathy has settled
over th? market, for stocks and bond?
?how a downward tendency on'light de
rnand??furry Si Heath is Implicated In
report of Messrs. Conrad and fconaparie,
ppocml counsel -of tho government In the
postoWce cases-Sonalo passe? tho Cuban
reciprocity bill by latge majority?House
in sess.on for four hours; most of which
lime is spent in consideration of tho pen?
non legislation-?Mr. Chamberlain makes
closing speeches of the year In-his fiscal
campaign for proteciion-Interesting
point raised In connection with tho will
or Htm y ?. Plain?.Mart? Corell) Is
given damages of half a cent,' an3 must
pay ? or own court costs?United .Sta tes
Consul Davis tlirashed live Tu.kish police,
mon unaided; a warship will be placed ut
nts disposal hy the Navy Department?
'two ravorltes win on the Crescent City
track?rMarmes aro landed from tho Dixie
?nu nave machine guns-to resist any
movement or ine Colombian troops??El?
der statesman o? Japan aro met tor the
purpose, It Is said, ot adopting a firm
stand of opposition to Russia-Modal of
honor will be given boatswain. Decry fur
his heroism, In swimming to sunmorinu.
boat and uitaching a line to It during
high seas-'United Slates may dispatch. u
vessel to Catean waters, in view of the
unsealed condition ot aftnlrs m the coun.
try. , ,i
HALF A CENT DAMAGES
FOR MARIE C0RELLI
(By Associated Press.)
BIRMINGHAM. ENGLAND, Dee. 18?
??a??? Lorelii, the novo).si, was to-day
guarded hair a cent dnmiigos, each side
to pay their own costs, in a. linei stilt
??ought by her against tho proprietor of
mo ?uat.or?-iin-Avim Herai?, In coiinec.
non with a recent controversy, in which
Miss Corelli opposed the erection of a
i.umeglo library on tho ground, that it
involved a diwecrutlun of Shakespeare's
birinpiuce, ? he libel consisted in a sute
ment ti'.ai M.ss Lorolli desired to erect
(i library at the same place.
SUPERINTENDENT IS
GIVEN AUTHORITY
The chief matter under consideration at
tho meeting of the Committee on Health
last night was the abolishing of all rules
made by the committee for the govern?
ment of tho men in the Street-Cleaning
Department and the placing of the'su
Iborlty In' tho hands of tho superintend?
cut.
Tho committee audited pay-rolls and
disposed of much routine business,
RICHMOND MAN ROBBED
IN BALTIMORE SALOON
iS"i>rt/ to Tlio ?linci-niiiiateb,)
BALTIMORE. MD.. December' 16.T-W.
B. ? Hancock, of Richmond, Ya,, com?
idalned to the police to-day that he h d
been robbed of $17 In a saloon on Bulaw
Street. Two women wore arrested, but
for lgali 01! evidence were released.
Jt ono, but IOBtllttlo time
tied much.
on the Jordan-Cardwoll
Andrews and -bullerwider, o? Admiral uiass" suur.
m t f\ m ?-? . ?* r ?-?? /"? ?-?
? 0
I New.Reoublic's Birth Caused by
??G???1'??
im
viti? umct?, was ?liiuu jiuuuu ?
der instruotlona from tho Pr?s
The report views the Tulloi
oysiei oui consumed practicuiiy me: en
tiro time of the Senate, and the discus?
sion of the. measure ' was almost'com?
pleted. ' Five 'speeches were made for
und against tho bill during the day, oc?
cupying about four houre and a half.
Senator Watklhs, a member of the legis?
lative joint committee recornmondlng tho
action proposed in tho bill, made' the
opening argument for It, and against tho
report of the Committee on Fish" and?
Game, which* was adverse to tho bill.
He spoke for an hour arid a half, mak?
ing a-strong -argument for the measure.
He irai followed by Senator Gunter," of
Accomac, and he Iri turn By 'Senator
Bhands, of Southampton, both opposing
th? bill in spceche? of forty-five and
thirty minutes, respectively. Senator
Gold,' of Clarke, followed In half an
hour's argument for, the passage of the
bill. Tho discussion' was concluded for
tlio day In a powerful speech of some?
thing more than an hour's duration by
Senator Kcezell, of R'ocklnghairi, chair?
man of. the Senate Committee for Fish
and Game*and member of the State
Board of Fisheries.
It 1b? possible that several other brief
arguments* may bo made to-'day; and that
Senator Sears, of Mathews, will close the
debato In an elaborate argument against
ino bill. ' Tho ecnator from Mathews,
though young In point of service, com?
mands considerable influence' in "the Sen
ote, and Is oh orator of fine powers.
MAY VOTE TO-DAY.
It Is likely that a voto will bo reached
on the bill this afternoon or evening.
Senator Kcezell, of Rocklngham, last night
drew several amendments 'designed to
meet objections to tho bill, and will offer
them ?? the Senate to-day.
While neither side Is boasting or con?
fident, there Is a quiet feeling of confi?
dence among the opponents of tho bill
that they will defeat It, unless It'is
materially amended. In fact. It Is esti?
mated by several persons not members
of the Senate that tho opposition to the
hill, will win by a .margin of two or
three voles. Many- of the senators have
said nothing from which their position
could bo Inferrod; and thero'is no Idea
how they will vote-, but with a strong
nucleus of Tidewater men, sufficient other
senators ara believed to be against tho
bill, to make Its passage exceedingly
doubtful. If not Improbable.
The Senate disposed of. considerable
other business during the day, passing
the $10,000 bill for the Stuart monument
in t'ha Square; tho $10,000 appropriation
(Continued on Seventh Page.)
VIRGINIA BUILDING
MORALLY CERTAIN
The Senate Passes the Kelley
Bill and It Goes to the
Governor.
By a vote of 55 to 2 tho Senate yes.
terdny afternoon passed the Kelley blU.
?ipproprlatlng $10,000 for a Virginia build?
ing at the St. Louis Exposition, and the
succose of tho enterprise Is now assured,
as, every one expects that the mensuro
will bo approved by Ills Excellency, tho
Governor. . ?
Tho Senate passed the bill under sus?
pension of Us rules, having disellarseli
ils Finance Committee from Its consid?
eration. The vote In the Senate was.in
excess of t)io best expectations of tho
patron of the measure and Its other
friends, and they would have been amply
satisfied with tho twenty-one required
by the constitution.
The plans have already been drawn for
tho building, and It will tie un exact re?
production of "Moutlcello," tho horns of
Thomas Jefferson.
The proposed building will cost about
!20,000, and those having tho matter In
charge are certain that a creditable
showing can be made with $20,000.
Tho, other 110,000 will be gotten from
private parties, about $7,000" of It having
already been raised. The commission do
not think they will have any trouble In
raising the balance and It Is proposed
to begin work as speedily as posBlble.
Heretofore Virginia has .been dealing
largely In antiquitrsB at oth.er national
e\posttlons. This Urne, ?he propose? to
thow something of the materia) and in?
Austria! advantage? of the But?,
MU? G??G???
THE STAMPS
Miss Edmondson Finally Re?
leased From Making.Good.
,'ihose French Had.
RECALLS THE HOUSTON FIRE
Congressman Glass and Senator
Martin Secure Decision From
the Department.
(Special from a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Doc 16.?The
Poslofflce Department has finally agreed
to it-lease Miss Edmondson, the postmas?
ter at? Houston, Halifax county, from
payment -for tho stamps found in posses^
elon, of French, who was charged with
having burned the postofflco at Houston
about two years ago, and of having first
robbed the office of stamps and monoy
orders to tho value of nearly a thousand
dollars.
The caso Is an Interesting one, and the
attitude of the government heretofore
most remarkable. ?The postofflco at
Houston was burned about two years
ago. A man named French was arrested
in Maryland afterwards, charged with
having caused tho fire for purposes of
robbery. He had In his possession a largo
number of stamps and money orders. Ho
was tried In the United States Court
In Baltimore and tho testimony of Miss
Edmondson that the stamps, which ho
bad in his possession, when arrested,
wero not tho stamps which sho had In
the office at Houston on the night of tho
fire, caused his acquittai! But tho de?
partment lias Insisted that her sureties
should make good all tho stamps, Includ?
ing those "found in the possession of
French.
Representative. Glase and Senator Mar?
tin have heretofore been unable to get
tho department to chango Its ruling, but
they succeeded to-'dny in obtaining from
the Attorney-General of the Postofflco
Department an opinion to the effect that
the sureties on hor bond should not bo
held liable for tho stnmps found In
French's possession. Tho department
will Insist, however, upon the payment
nf about two hundred dollars, which rep?
resents tho vnlue of tho stamps actually
turned; and which tho officials say
should have been in tho safo provided
for tho purposo of keeping tho stamps
stilely.
Representative Flood has succeeded in
scouring the promotion of Miss Grace
Shanks, a clerk In tho Census Bureau,
from a position at $1,000 a yenr, to ono
at $1,200 a year. Miss Shanks Is from
Lexington, Rocknrldgo county, nnd Is a
daughter of the lato Rov. T>. C. Shanks,
I>. D.. a well known Presbyterian minis?
ter of that county.
MEDAL OF HONOR FOR
BOATSWAIN DEERY
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec, 10.?tt was ascer.
talned at tho Navy Department to-day
that Secretary Moody, In addition to
a letter of commendation to Boatswain
Patrick Decry, of the Peor?a, who at
great peril swam to the submarine boat
Adder and attached a lino to her, will
oidor tliut a modal of honor bo presented
to him o? an evidence of tho Depart?
ment's appreciation of his horolsm.
Boatswain Deary's act of bravery was
Strongly commended by Dloutonant Eng
lund, commanding tho Peor?a, and by
\dmlral Harrington, commandant of tho
Portsmouth, Va., navy yard.
MAY SEND VESSEL
TO COREAN WATERS
(Bs* Associated Press )
WASHINflTON. Dec. 10,-At the re
aucst of Minister Allen, at Seoul, who
ruports aonslderoble uneasiness and riot.
Ing In Coren, tho State Department has
suggested to the Navy Department that
p. warship bo sent to Corean waters. It
Is probable that the Wilmington will
i^e detailed for this purpose.
Selfishness ahd 'Not Patriot
' ism, and it -Is the Lack
of This Latter ' Quality
' Among People Which
Makes Country Ob
ject'of Pity-Rather
Than Envv.
[BY .MERRILL A. TEAGUEi
? (Spoclal from a ?Staff. Corespondent of The
Timps-Diijpatcl,.']) .
' PANAMA, R. P., Dec. T.?The Republic
of Panama stands to-day with ono foot
?upon the wreck of Colombian maladminis?
tration, oppressslon and perfidy, and the
other- upon the ruins of French efforts to
.cut a commercial waterway through tne
narrow Isthmian strip, while both of Its
arms aro extended in hope and supplica?
tion toward the Unltod States. . ; ?
In this strango and strained attitude
? the republic is not more to bo envied than
It Is to be pitied. Born of a revolution
effected without bloodshed, it faces pros?
pects more roseate than were ever before
held out of any other nation wlihln twen
ly-threo days of Us birth. In fact, few
governments, oven among those whose
maturity ..is of the ages are more Cor-?
tuiiately situated than Is this, the baby
among nations. Straight ahead of ILia
ama, with realization of thorn all, guaran?
teed by tho protectorate which the Uniteti
States has assumed, lies the certainly or
a plethoric treasury, freedom from debt,
nominal taxes, absoluto security In In?
dependence, a prevailing peaco and tho
? unlimited enrichment of her citizens
through the early and inevitable devel?
opment of tho country's natural resources.
These aro advantages very few nations
havo over enjoyed; but over against them
must bo placed the catalogue of dis?
advantages and deterrents?a culaloguo I
which excites the k?nnest pity. [
Panama Is to-day a huid of indecision, I
hesitation" and chaos. In all tho republic'?
domain?comprising an area about equal |
to that of the State of Indiana-there? ]
is not one man (native Panamulan) who
has ever demonstrated tho possession of
abilities of that order required of ono
who would successfully lead a people lo
the accomplishment of a great purpose.
Of able business men, astuto, politicians,
adventurers and schemers In general,
thero nru more than any country ??
(Continued on Third Page.)
DECLINE TO ACCEPT
FEDERAL CHARITY
Confederate Veterans Will Only
Receive Favors From Those
for Whom They Fought.
(Special lo '??? 'niiic?-Dl?l>utoli,)
STAUNTON, VA., Doc. lO.-Tho Stone?
wall Jackson Camp, Confederato Vet?
erans, last night adopted resolutions op?
posing tho bill offered by Congrossmun
Hlxey providing for tho admission Into
tho homes provided by tho Federal gov?
ernment l'or Union soldiers, tho maimed,
dle-nbled ond decrepit soldiers of tho Con?
federacy.
"Tho members of Stonewall Jackson
Camp, without Impugning tho motivos of
tao representativa lu Congress from the
IClghth Virginia District, who has luiro
duced this bill, deslio to put on record
their bollot' that tho old soldiers of tho
Confederacy, now Hearing the inst
bivouac, ere they shall cross tho laet
livori ask no charity, and will accept
pono, at tho hands of any others than
thoy,3 for whoso rights thoy fought; und
their confldonpo that wore such a bill
mulcted Into law there Is nowlmrc any old
Confederate, who romains |o/aj to tho
glorios und'the memories of tho groat
cause, who would demean himself to ac?
cept Its provisions."
"In tho oplliiQi) of this camp, tho bill
in 'question Is demanded by no sentiment
oi those whom it is Intended to buiuiflt,
and that It would bo inoro than useless
II' It became a law,"
Preparations will be made by the camp
to celebrato tlio birthday anniversary of
Oenorals Leo and Jackson on Jajiuury
MAIEl'ltAll
OF FISHER
Money Sent Captain Pizzini for
the business'.of the Com?
pany . Here.
NOT TO; COME TO RICHMOND
New Yorker Has no. Idea of
Doing so?Contract Between
. AVilson & Williams Firm.
"AH the amounts charged to expense,
&V?,", and shown on, my books,. to have
passed through your hands, were sent
by me to you. for the company's pur?,
poses, and I gave you instructions to dts
bureo," them for , proper, . legitimate ex?
penditures, and designated tho manner
in which they should be disbursed. You
followed my Instructions and returned mo
satisfactory evidence, In tho shape of
vouchers, of having done so, nnd I do
not. admit the right of any other party
to examino or handle them. I denied this
right to the representatives of Mr. Gould,
who tried for nearly eight months to get
nt my vouchers, and 1 am suro thoy had
more Intorqst in them thnn any one else.
All; the Commltteo on Investigation do
sires to know Is: Was any of tho funds
sent you, used for any corrupt purposes
and I have said, and I repeat most em?
phatically No! and that must satisfy
them and you.
The amounts paid you for actual ser?
vices wero not over commensurate for tho
work you did, and I only wish It had boen
double the amount shown. I paid It to
you, and as I ownodnnd controlled tho
properties, and had tho right and authori?
ty to pay you whatever I shosc, I am
suro It Is none of any one else's business."
The above Is a statement made In Now
5 oik a few "days ago to Captain A.
Pizzini, Jr., by Mr. George E. Fisher,
which was read by tho former before the
Committee of Municipal Investigation lost
night.
INTERESTING CONTRACT.
? letter from Mr. Fisher was read by
Chairman Minor, In which tho writer de?
clined to bo Interviewed, In Now York, by
a subcommittee.
Captain Plzzlnl was the only witness,
and, after rending Fisher's statement
made to him, he produced a copy of a
contract hot ween E. W. Wilson and Com?
pany, of Now York, and Mossrs. John L.
Williams and Sons, of this city, alleged
to have been drawn up whon Wilson was
negotiating for the franchises afterwards
secured by Fisher, in which It was stipu?
lated that the Boyd-Newton syndlo:ito
were to bo'glven .$200,000 of bonds In order
tu get thorn out of tho way; John L.
Williams and Sons, and '15. W. Wilson
and Company,.$200,17)0, together?for flnanc.
in? nnd galling tho road In shape; $50,000,
together for the sale and exchange of
first mortgage bonds; $200,000 for trans?
ferring rights and franchises, and for
securing the franchise of tho now com?
pany, making a totul of $050,000.
After referring to those provisions of
the contract, Captain Plzzlnl snld that
even If ho had gotten nil the money al?
leged In tho statement furnished the com?
milieu by Mr. Northrop, It wuuld not
hi.vo been half so much us the contract
iirovldcil these gentlemen should got, had
their scheme been successful.
TUB FISHER LETTER
Following Is the letter from Mr. Flshor
to chairman Minor, in reply to tho ono
written by tho latter, asking for an In?
terview with the Now York man In his
office?.
Now York, Doc. 7. 1903.
Mr. John B. Minor, Chairman, Richmond,
' Vs.:
Dear Sir,?Your favor 5th Instant, Is
this day received. I llave no clue In regard
to the author of the forgery, nor any
fncts beurlng upon tho mutter. Having
nmdo a settjonieut by compromise of all
accounts between the railway company
and mysolf 1 see no necessity to continue
the discussion or to go over the history of
tho complicated transactions which have
Continued on Second PagwU
o evade answering those charges .evinced t
jy those replying to tho Postmaster- I
jenoral's request for such answers, the t;
-?port says,? Is Illustrated very forcibly. >.
jy tho charges against Perry S. Heath, o
'ornier first assistant postmaster-genoral, o
vbich havo been made public heretofore ?
tnd his answers to. tliom. d
"Wo consider this answer," it continues, t
'altogether insufficient, and no less un- 1
mtlsfactory in substance than in form," c
Continuing, the report says tho rovlslon ?
of Postmastoi? - \VU)<?t'8? accounts, ? of ?
Itself,Js sufficient to .show, that Mr.. :t
Heath's official record Is not so ?loar as t
to defy suspicion. It adds; ? -.--,- ?
"Moreover, the .'confidential report' of I
Inspector-In charge,?'Smith, und tho 'sp?- cl
?ial report' of Inspcctqr. Little tend ' so (
itrongly'lo sustain somo of tho most ''.
jerlous charges mailo by Mr.. Tulloch I'
ifalnst? Mr. Heixth that It Is quito im- ?
visible to disposo ? of these charges by ?
jailing .them -Mies, out of. tho wholo I
?lotlil' Tho.? reasonable Inference to be f
irawn from ...Mr, Heath's complete foil- ?
JTO to moot ..fully and,explicitly ncousa- -
Jons, '. whloh. ?as .' .-Postmaster-Genera!
3ayne very Justly admonished h Ini, oharg- ri
:U him'with-many acts^of'doubtful pro- (
??rlety,' added, to'the facts appearing from Y
Iho record'evlderico laid before us, oblig? ?
us to say: that at least a etrong prima
faci? case Is presented of willful and l
reckless disregard by the late first as- u
-Islant postmuster-genornl of obligation 1
Imposed on him by the regulations of his t
?jwn .department, us well as by tho stat- ?
utes of tho United States; and wo feel t
it.our duty to odd that suspicion of his 2
personal ' Integrity must be inevitably C
iroused In our Judgment by an Impartial C
consideration of the facts submitted to
u? and of his plnjnly Inadequato expia- t
nations." t
Tho report, takes up In dotali, the ?
:hargcs of improper appointments of sub.
31'dlnates and Impropor disbursements t
if public funds, as contained in tho Tul- t
loch charges and after analysis, con- ?
.?lues: t
"So far a? Is Indicated by tho papers. "
submitted to us, the persons, directly s
?esponslblo for these fraudulent employ, f
-aents were Messrs, Perry S,? Heath and
.leorgo W. Beavers, neither of whom, Is
low In the public service. It seems clear,
lowever, that this responsibility extends
? some mensuro to tho late Postmaster
jcnoral, who appears to havo at least
:olerated tho practice after notice of Its
existence, arid to the lato and' presont
postmasters at Washington, each of ?
A'liom appears to bave accepted the trans- d
(Continued on Second Page.)
DEFAULTER LOST
MONEY ON RACES
secretary of Board of Regents of J?
California University Con?
fesses to Shortage.
(Hy A?ioclotcd Preee.)
BKRKULIOY, CAL.'; Dec. 16.? W. A.
McKowen, secretary of tho Hoard of Ro?
gante of the State University, confessed
to-day ' to' Prosldont Benjamin ldn
Whooler that ho was a dofaultor to the
amount of $20,000 and possibly moro. Most
?>f the mouoy was lost at the meo track. -\
Mr. McKowon Iioh been suspended by y
President Wheolur and placed undur or- jj
risi by the authorities,
Secretary MoICnwon's arrest followed
Iho discovery that he had attempted to
pay a racing hot with a check mad? out
o him personally by Mi's. Phoobe Hoarst,
This check was for ?1.1G0, und was bunded
over by McKowon to liookmoker John
Davis in payment of markers on tho races
for $1,120, Davis gave McKowon $10 in
chango and deposited tho chock in the
Western National Rank, from which, It
turned up to oxposo tho affair, MoKuwni
had been in tho university uboul twenty
yoars, is unmarried and about forty
years of ugo. His salary was $:,400 it
year,
\ RICHMOND BOY
IS ELECTED ORATOR
(P.v \??nelati"il Pre??.?
CAMBRIDGE. MASS., December ??
I'ho senior class of Harvard University
?lectod Ite class iluy' officers to-day.
A, 13, Flcko, of Davenport, Iowa, was
'boson noot, and W. R. Bowie, of Ukik?
?end, Itato tan WAtor,
CUBAN BILL
PASSED BY
THE SENATE
vieasure Adopted by the
Decisive Vote of 57 to-16
OEBATE ANIMATED;
NOT ACRIMONIOUS
Principal Speeches Made .by Mr,
Spooner for the Bill and -by
Mr. Bailey Against It.
.ATTER GIVES THE
REPUBLICANS WARNING
lefers to Action of Democratio:
Caucus and'Tells Them They
Need Expect no More Help
From Democratic Side of
Chamber?Pension Bill
in the House.
<By Associated Prose.)
WASHINGTON, ' Deci . NL-rBy the ie
Islvo vote of 57 to 18 the. Senate to-day
lassed the bill carrying .Into effect th?
eclproclty treaty with Cuba.
The final vote woe.taken at the clop?
?f the day, which woe marked by a^de
Ote which, while at all times animated,
??as nevor acrimonious. The principal
peoohes were made by Mr. Spoonor for
ho- bill and by Mr. Bailey against It..;
loth senators were subjected to ? fre?
inent Interruptions, in his-remarks. Mr..
Jalloy referred to the recent agreement
'f tho Democratio caucus to standsol?dly
'P..party questions, and warned the/. Be
'ubllcans that in future they could not,
lepend on straggling votes .?tf support of
ho Republican party nvoasures, regard
ess of whether they'were or pot in.'.nc-i
;ord with'Democratic doctrine.-' ' " ',,
The vote in detail was"as follow?;.^ ' '.'.
Yeae?Aldrleb, ? .Algor. A)lee,. Allison,'
Vnkeny, -.Bacon, Ball,, Beveridge,. Black?
iurri, Burnham, Burrows1, ??rto?, Clapp,
Jlark- oyyomlngX,^CI>y,;'Agp'?ikr?'U?,' Cul- .
nm, Depoiv; ?Dlllingharn. D.ojlivo'r, "Dry*-,
Ion, Elkln?; ' Fairbanks,' Forakor, ' Foster,'.
Washington), Frye, Fulton,' Galllnger,
?orinan, l?ale, ????a, Hansbrough, Hey'
mrn. Hoar, Hopkins, Kean, Lodge. Long,
dcComas, McCroary, McCumbor, Mitch
II, Nelson, Overman, Fenrose, Perkins,
'latt. (Connecticut), Platt-.(New York),.
srootor. Quarles, Scott; Simmons, Smoot, '
Ipoonor, Stewart,? Stone and Wetmore
-37.? ; ?'??' ;?.???? ..;."*
Nays?Bailey, Bard, Bate. Berry, Car
nack,' Culberson,,'Daniel, Dubois, Foster
Louisiana). JlcEnery, '. McLaurln,.'Mal-:
or'y, Martin, Newlands, > Pettus, Talla- '
<>rro, Teller and Tlllman?IS. , ? *>
Tho bill passed carries Into execution
ho treaty between the United Sfitte*
.nd Cuba, which was.ratified last March-,
l'ho treaty provides for a. reduction of
wonty por cent, from rates of duty, of
ho Dlngley law on all Imports Into the
;nlted States, nnd the reduction of from
Oto 40 per cent, from the established
,'uban duty on articles Imported Into
?U.bB from tho United States.
After Uve passage of the Cuban bill '.
he Senato agreed to the House rosolu
lon providing for a holiday recess from
Jecember 19th to January -Uh.
Mr. 'Spooner replied to the charge that
ho' bill Is In the' intorest of the sugar
rust. Referring to the differing motive?
ittrlbuted by tho opponents of the bill
o the senators who favor It, ,he?said:
Some of thorn say we are sincere, but
tupid: others that? we are able, .but dls
lonest. As to which of these accusation?
re correct," ho concluded, ."we shall
jave them to settle with tlwlr Demo
ratlc colleagues who support the bill,"'
Gives a Warning.
Mr. Balloy discussed at some length th*
ttltudo of the Democratic sonatore
gainst tho reciprocity provision ot the
?tclCinley law, and In doing bo, said he
nslrod that Democrats should think and
oto allko. and not'bo,like their RepubH?
an colleagues, who, booouse of the neces.
Ity of supporting an administration wem
empelled to vote first and think aftev
isrdB. He confessed, however, that thn
lepubllcan party had. not been alone'hj
hat respect, for Democrats had done th??
ame thing.
"But," said he, turning towards the Rn?
ubllcnn side of.the chamber, "you w(U.
eroafter get no senators from the White
louse on this sido of the chamber: you'll
ave to take care of yourselves In the
uture."
This statement was accepted aa a di?
ed reference to the decision of the Dem
cratlc caucus to stand us a unit on all
loasurcs agreed upon by a two-third vote
f tho caucus and aroused quick Inter
si.
Addressing, the Bopubllcan side of the
number und loaning far over the alsl?
oward the Republican senators, most of
I'honi were In their seats and giving him
heir closest attention. Mr. Bnlley said;
"1 don't wonder that you look worried,
foil will get no help from us. You
lave been getting It, and always have
iqoii able to find some one over here
??ho was willing to make an honorable ..?
?sceptjon, to use tho lunguaga of the
enator from Wisconsin, and voto for
.nythlng you might ask them to vole
or. Hut you will got no more of our
otes.'?
In the House.
(By Associated Press.j
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. W.-Cen
ral American affairs were dUcueeed In
he House to-dny and also pensione, In
UKtrlal and agricultural conditions and
ibor. The session lasted more than four
ours, the House being In committee of
ho whole almost the entire Urne on tho
oiislou appropriation bill, on which no
uncluslon was reached.
Mr. Llnd {Democrat, Minnesota,), re?
erring to an editorial published In a
omo paper, which, he said, reflected on
is relations with Mr. Williams, the nil
orlty leader, stated that ho dMired to
ay that his relations with Mr. WU
lams were of the most cordial chara??
er.