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URGE MEASURES
OF IMPORTANCE
Manufacturers Close Their
National Convention
at Chicago.
EXTENSIONS OF TRADE.
Many Ways in Which the Lead
ing Industries of the Country
Should Be Encouraged.
THE REVENUE BILL INDORSED.
Strong Advocacy of a Plan for a New
Cabinet Officer to Look After
Manufactures.
CHICAGO, 111., Jan. After a busy
session of four hours the National conven
tion of American manufacturers adjourned
sine die this afternoon. The next conven
tion will be held at Philadelphia at a dale
to be fixed by the executive committee.
The majority of the delegates seemed to
favor Nashville, but the nomination of
that city was withdrawn upon the repre
sentation that the prime necessity of inter
esting New England manufacturers could
best be met by holding the convention in
the Quaker City. President Dolan, who
was confined to his hotel by illness, sent
word to the committee on nominations
that he absolutely could not serve the asso
ciation another year, and thereupon Theo
dore C. Search, president of the John B.
Stetson Company of Philadelphia and
founder of tbe Philadelphia Textile
School, was chosen president for 1896.
Robert Laidlaw and E.P.Wilson of Cin
cinnati were re-elected treasurer and sec
retary respectively.
The fellowing, who were nominated for
vice-presidents by the delegations of their
respective States, will with the officers con
stitute the executive committee for the
coming year: Colorado, H. Li; Story; Con
necticut, Phiny Jewell ; Delaware, Wash
Hastings; Georgia, J. F. Hanson ; Illinois,
John B. Kirk; Indiana, P. E. Studebaker;
Michigan, J. B. Howarth; Massachusetts,
E. W. Love joy; Mississippi, Q. Kings
laud; New Jersey, Benjamin Atha;
Nebraska, N. C. Peters; New « York,
Warner Miller; Ohio, Thomas B. Eagan;
Pennsylvania, John H. Converse; Oreeon,
L. D." Cole: Tennessee, C. D. Mitchell;
Wisconsin, E. W. Sivver.
A number of resolutions were reported
from the committee and adopted, some
without comment and others after brief
discussions. They were as follows:
Whereas, The merchants and manufactur
ers or the country are practically unanimous in
the opinion that a classification of freight
which would be uniform throughout the
United Slates would tend to simplify freight
rates and make them more uniform, just and
staple; and whereas, while this is acknowl
edged to be true by most of the carriers them
selves, the experience of the pest five years
shows that no relief in this direction can be
looked for from them since the adoption of such
a classification arranged by a large committee
of their ablest freightmen, representing all the
different interests, was defeated on account of
the jealousies of some of the leading carriers;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the National Association of
Manufacturers of America respectfully and
earnestly petition the Congress of the United
States to authorize and direct the Interstate
Commerce Commission to prepare, or cause to
be prepared, at the earliest possible time, a
classification of trade which shall be uniform
throughout the United States, and to be put
In effect January 1, 1897, on all the railroads
in the United States engaged in interstate com
merce. ''V-/~.
Wheeeas, One of the primary stated objects
of this association is the promotion of trade
relations with Spanish and Latin-American
Republics; and whereas, a strongly indorsed
movement has been looking to the establish
ment in the City of Mexico, with the co-opera
tion of the Mexican Government, of an Indus
trial Exposition, permanent or otherwise;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the president of this associa
tion be empowered to appoint a committee of
three to investigate the practicability of such
an exposition and to report its decision to the
executive committee at. d with this informa
tion in hand the executive committee shall
take final action regarding the matter.
Resolved, That if it is the sense of this con
vention that a department of manufactures be
established under a secretary of equal rank
with the Secretary of Agriculture, and that the
executive committee be instructed to take
such steps as may speedily accomplish the
object. zxA;
Whereas, Certain Slate laws impose upon
so-called foreign corporations, created by the
authority of other States, conditions some
times severe and often inequitable upon which
the said corporation may do business in the
States having such laws in operation.
Resolved, That the executive committee be
required to consider what action, if any,
should be taken to prevent such obstruction of
traffic business between the States of this
Union.
Whereas, The revenue of the Federal Gov
ernment is not sufficient to meet its necessary
and proper expenditures, therefore,
Resolved, By the National Association of
Manufacturers of the United States, In con
vention assembled, at Chicago, January 22,
1896, that the Senate of the United States
is earnestly requested to pass promptly and
send to the President the emergency revenue
bill which was adopted by the House of Repie
sentatives. ',".'_* 77/ • ,
Upon the Mexican Exposition resolution
Senor Gonzales, special commissioner from
the Mexican Government, made- an ad
dress urging a stronger effort on the part
of the United States to build up trade with
Mexico.
By general consent H. L. Story of Cali
fornia submitted this resolution, which
was unanimously adopted: ,
That we but voice the agricultural sentiment
of the great West, and of the South as well,
when we insist that Congress treat domestic
sugar as it docs wool and all other agricultural
products, and we demand for the beet and cane
sugar industries fair legislation and liberal en
couragement.
- The ■ committee on resolutions declined
to report upon the resolutions of sympa
thy with Cuba submitted by Delegate Bar
bour of Detroit, on the ground that the
manuscript declared that the ; war i had
ended, extolled the insurgent generals and
denounced the Spaniards in harsh terms.
Members of the Michigan delegation de
nied this and asked consent to reopen the
matter and have the resolutions ' read.
This request, upon being pot to a vote,
was rejected by a large majority.
Richard H. Edwards, editor of the Manu
facturers' Record of Baltimore, submitted
a strong argument in favor of a new Cabi
net position, to be designated as the De
partment of Manufacture and Commerce,
and after an address upon International
banks by Ulysses D. Eddy ' of ; New York
the convention adjourned. .
OF. INTEKEST TO THE COAST.
Senator White's Bill ■; Relating to Laws
Governing Vessels.:, yzp7y7p
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 23.—Sena
tor White to-day introduced a bill to
amend section 5294 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States by providing that
the Secretary of the Treasury may, upon
application therefor, remit or " mitigate
any One, penalty or forfeiture provided
for in the laws relating to vessels, or dis
continue the prosecution to recover pen
alties, or relating to forfeitures denounced
in such laws, excepting penalty of im
prisonment or removal from office, on
Such terms as he may in his discretion
think proper; and all rights granted to
informers by such laws shall be held sub
ject to the Secretary's power of remission,
except in cases where claims of any in
former to the share of any penalty shall
have been determined by a court of com
petent jurisdiction prior to the applica
tion for the remission of the penalty of
forfeiture; and the Secretary shall have
authority to ascertain the facts upon all
such applications in such manner and un
der such regulations as he may deem
proper.
Senator Teller introduced a bill granting
a tract of land in the district of Alaska to
the Women's Home Missionary Society of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Ai/
Pensions have been granted as follows:
California: Original — John Scully, San
Francisco; William Collins, Merced. . Re
newal and increase — Eli Combs, Fresno.
Increase — Daniel Norton, San Diego.
Original widows, etc. Anna Powers,' Lodi ;
Elizabeth O'Neil. San Francisco. . ■ s_.
Washington: Additional— Thomas Sta
ley, Chatterov. Increase— Andrew Ander
son, Walla Waila.
Representative JSarham says the report
of Superintendent Kimball* of the life
saving service is very strongly in favor of
the establishment of a life-saving station
lat Point Bonita, Cal. Barham will urge
I this measure before the House Commerce
I Committee on Monday.
Ex-Chief Justice Upton of Oregon, who
died here to-day at the age of 78, was at
one time public prosecutor of Sacramento
County. '-•-■■:•• : ,-,
FOR RIVER IMPROVEMENT
Representative Barham Deeply
Interested in Streams ot
the State.
Provisions of a Bill Which Will Not
Conflict With Johnson's
Measure.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 23.-Repre
sentative Barham said to The Call corre
spondent to-night: "Representative John
son's river bill is an excellent measure. It
does not go quite as far as I should like,
however, to improve navigation in my dis
trict and in some other parts of California.
Therefore I had a talk with Johnson, and
as a result have prepared- a bill which will
in no wise conflict with his measure, but
will be more satisfactory to my own con
stituents.
"It provides for the creation of a board,
to be known as the California Commission
(instead of the Sacramento River Commis
sion, as in Johnson's bill). It 13 to consist
of three members, to be appointed from
the corps of army engineers by the Presi
dent, to hold office four years. They shall
organize within thirty days after appoint
ment.. No additional compensation is to
be allowed the engineers. Their office
shall be in Sacramento. It shall be the
duty of the commission to prepare and
adopt such plan or plans i from examina
tions and surveys already made, and from
such additional examinations and surreys
as it may consider proper or necessary, as
will improve the navigability of all water
ways in the State of California and
deepen, straighten and dredge their chan
nels. The commission shall cause the
channels of said waterways to be cleared
and improved by removing sandbars, mud,
debris, and other obstructions to naviga
tion by the use of clamshell or other suit
able dredger. They shall remove all snags
and other obstructions from said water
ways and all trees- standing on banks
thereof, from the head of navigation of
such waterways to the mouths thereof,
that may be liable to fall into the same.
• "They shall close up breaks or crevasses
which allow water to escape to the injury
of the navigability of such waterways.
They shall also build and erect other
structures or use any other means that
will improve the navigability of such
waterways and prevent injury thereto
from debris, washings from mines jor
otherwise, and they are hereby, authorized
to enter into such contracts for such ma
terials and work as may be necessary to
complete any plan or project that may be
adopted or approved of by said commis
sion for the improvement of said water
ways, to be paid for as appropriations
may from time to time be made by law,
not to exceed in the aggregate $500,000, ex
clusive of the amount herein and hereto
fore appropriated.
"Said commission shall.take such means
and shall build, construct or preserve such
works as may be necessary to make nav
igable all of said waterways. They may
consult with the Governor and Commis
sioner of Public Works of. California and
may use in and about the works construct
ed by said commission any sum of money
appropriated by the State of California
and placed at their disposal by said Gov
ernor and Commissioner of Public Works."
WILLIAM UPTON DEAD.
He Was Once Chief Justice of the State of
Oregon. '/ -'■ -.*""'.'*•.';
WASHINGTON, D, C, Jan. -Wil
liam Upton; ex-Justice of 'the .Supreme
Court of Oregon and Second Comptroller
of the treasury during the Hayes adminis
tration, died here to-day. He was born in
1817, in New York State,' and removed to
Michigan twenty -years later, where he
served in the . Legislature until 1852, when
he wont to California. He went on the
Oregon Supreme ; bench in 1867; becoming
Chief Justice in 1872.; In 1877 he became
Second Comptroller of. the . treasury, re
signing the position eight years later, and
has since that time practiced law in Wash
ington. :"; '-
Diplomatic Appropriations.
WASHINGTON, D.C.; Jan. 23.-The
diplomatic and consular appropriation bill
was considered 7 by *-; the Foreign - Affairs
Committee to-day: and ordered to be re
ported. The amount of the appropriation
is not much in excess of that for the pres
ent year, and in some cases the increase is
more . apparent I than real, j inasmuch las
they consist in : substituting salaries for
fees at offices where 1 the remuneration has
been in fees. '-' ■ -'- '*' * '-•-.'' '•
Confirmed by the Senate.
WASHINGTON, D. C..7 Jan. 23.-The
Senate in executive session to-day. con
firmed the following nominations: E. E.
Halsey, Receiver of Public Moneys at
Marquette, Mich. Postmasters:: South
Dakota, 3. A. Pike. Tvndall; Wyoming,
M. L. Bishop, Casper; Washington. G. W.
Ford. Pullman.' A~ ' . "J. a
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1896.
HARRISON CALLS
ON CLEVELAND
Return of a Little Courtesy
- Extended Some Years
Ago.
PLENTY OF INVITATIONS.
The Ex-President's Secretary
Kept Busy Writing Letters
of Regret.
WILL NOT TALK ON POLITICS.
Deeply Grieved Over Untrue Stories
Relating to His Coming Marriage
With Mrs. Dimmick.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 23.-General
Harrison reached the Arlington Hotel at
the uncomfortable hour of .7. o'clock in the
morning and had an early breakfast. He
Ex-President Harrison and His Bride-Elect on Promenade in New York City.
» [Reproduced from a sketch, made from life by a World artist.] "
did not have the dining-room alone, how
ever, as several of his most eminent party
associates were also similarly engaged at
about the same time. .-Senators PJatt, Ed
munds and Thurston all made calls at the
Harrison breakfast-table, as did also Murat
Halstead, who is paying a short visit to his
son here. 4 /y'y- .. 7_ 77 7 x
Immediately after breakfast he began
to arrange the : work on which he
came— an argument in the Supreme Court
upon the constitutionality of the Califor
nia irrigation laws. This done b_e paid a
visit of courtesy to the - White House.
He received his friends ail day.
He was very - cordial and seemingly
of great content. His private secre
tary, Mr. Tibbatt, received the callers
without ceremony,, and General Harrison
came out to meet them without passing
judgment upon their cards. There was in
short an evident determination to be pleas
ant with all comers. He has very modest
apartments on the third floor of the hotel
and there was already a littered writing
table in the reception-room with stacks- of
legal-looking papers.
Ex-Secretary of. State Foster came in
while the interview was in progress and
was greeted with a cheery, "How do you
do, Foster," . with an immediate following
inquiry, as . to the health of Mrs. Foster.
This is General Harrison's first appearance
in the irrigation case. It has progressed
through the Federal District Appelate
courts of California and comes here now
for a last hearing. . . T//77.'A?7'!-
Speaking of the case, the only subject
on which the ex-President would speak
freely, he said to The Call correspondent
that his association in it was only a mat
ter of two or three months. r . •".
"No," he said, "I did not give the mat
ter any attention while in California last
winter, and did not know of it in fact. I
learned much more about - irrigating
during the ; last four .years *T ! was -7 in
Washington I than' I could j ■ possibly have
learned - during my stay in ; California. I
expect to touch upon only several of the
well-defined points involved in the argu
ment, leaving the others to my associates.
I will leave Washington ' just as soon* as I
finish the work. Of course you do not
expect me to come here and engage in
political discussion. I come only as a
lawyer and in "accordance with a well
established rule of mine I cannot let any
thing else interfere. '-.'■ t '-• -'.'-'
"I have also another rule which all of
my newspaper friends* know, and that is
never to discuss public matters off-hand.
I have frequently of late been invited 1 to
talk of finance, of bonds, of foreign affairs
and ■• of the : Monroe doctrine, but I , have
held firmly to my determination to attend
only to my private affairs. 'I l h -ye made
no social engagements for my visits here
for the same reason. I will call on Mr.
Cleveland j because . he was kind enough' to
call upon :me when he was in Washington
on a similar mission during my occupancy
of the White House. ■" Aside from that I
do . not expect to ?go anywhere, and I do
hope to get back i to Indianapolis as soon
as I can, for a pressing engagement awaits
me there." ''*•"'' -7 ■ -'■■' *•■ :
Any number of invitations, particularly
to "dinner ' parties, reached the general
almost as soon a3 he * himself arrived, but
the secretary busily declined these as fast
as they canje.^ On \ the subject of most in
terest to the public, his approaching. mar
riage, he has the least to say— nothing, in
fact, beyond ' the announcement made in
New : York"' last week that the J marriage
.would- take _ place immediately after Lenu
General Harrison feels some indignation
over the stories being prtnted of , & family,
quarrel over the approaching wedding,
but he cannot discuss these f publicly. In
fact, he is disposed to treat them as if they
were political sensations printed"in news
papers. He docs, however, feel very
grateful for \ some refutations, of these
stories. was pleased at; hearing of the
presence in the hotel of Mrs. Stanford, an
old friend, at whose instance he assumed
last year the role of professor, of law in the
Leland Stanford Jr. University of Califor
nia. It is something of a coincidence that
these two should meet here, both with im
portant business in the - Supreme Court,
where, in the case which calls Mrs. Stan
ford, the " life of ; the university is at stake.
CHARLES EDWARD TRACEY.
Death of the ell-Known Attorney Who
Was a Law Partner of Grover
Cleveland.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.. Jan. 23.—
Charles Edward Tracey died in this city
last evening very suddenly of hemorrhage.
He came here last September' from New
York City, where he was a member of the
law firm of Stetson, Tracey, Jennings &
Russell." ■ 7 : -7:'\'7;y .- 7 ; '
Previous to Mr. Cleveland's election to
the Presidency; of the United States Mr!
Tracey was a lav/ partner with Mr. Cleve
land, .under the firm name of ' Stetson,
Bangs, Tracey & McVeagh, and was a
warm friend and admirer of the President.
Mr. Tracey' s second wile was a Miss Bige
low, daughter of the Hon. John Bieelow,
ex-Minister to France. His sister is Mrs.
J. Pieroont Morgan. No arrangements
for the funeral and interment "have yet
been made. *, __'' ' -a'T-y'T/.
Additional Revenue Cutters.
Washington; D. c, Jan. 23.— in the
Senate this morning McMillan made a
favorable report on the bill providing for
additional revenue cutters. There 1 are to
be two for the Great Lakes, two for the
Pacific Coast and one each for the Gulf of
Mexico and New York. Arpp'-
CHICAGO WAS CUT OFF.
Residents of the Lake City Suf
fered Severely During 7
the Storm.
For a Time Ice and Snow Blocked
Telegraphic Wires in Many
Directions.
CHICAGO, III.; Jan. 23.— a while
this morning Chicago was completely cut
off from telegraphic communication with
other parts of the country. r A storm of
sleet and rain, which froze as it fell, began
early last night and. continued all night.
By morning wires were down in all direc
tions. East, south and southwest the
wreck of wires was particularly bad. To
the north the wires were open only as far
as Milwaukee., »
A number of small accidents, due to the
condition of the streets, have been re
ported, but few of them have been serious.
The worst so far was a railroad collision.
The eastbound mail train 'on the Lake
Shore was unable to stop at a crossing
near Sixteenth street and crashed into an
Erie freight, train.. No one was hurt, but
considerable damage was done to'" prop
erty. As telegraphic communication with
various places is resumed its was ; found
that the storm j was j very violent through
out this part of the country.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
reported the wires blockaded in nearly all
directions on account of the rain freezing
on the wires, in many cases breaking them
by the .burden of ice. The Postal Tele
graph Company reported trouble in a Jess
degree from the same ; cause. At 10:30
a. m. their wires were reopened', to New
York and communication with the East in
general was comparatively free. Warmer
rain and winds raised the blockade, which
was heaviest at 4 a. m.** ;« : ?>^'7f : hf/pA:I- iA>.
Lines between' Chicago, St. Louis, Pitts
burg and New York were down and South
western communication was almost com
pletely cutoff until nearly noon. The same
trouble extended west to Omaha,* arid was
not much improved by riieht on account
of a colder temperature. 1 In this city pe
destrians experienced much trouble ' arid
danger to life and limb on account of ice
covered sidewalks and streets. The Metro
politan Elevated Railroad, which is ope
rated by the third-rail system of electricity,
was seriously crippled -all day;"'-' Clearing
weather is predicted with a fall to 15 de
grees by to-morrow. -
Madame Modjeska's Condition.
CINCINNATI; Ohio, Jan. f 23.-M3dame
Modjeska's _, condition is i somewhat im
proved this morning. \ Her fever was slight
while the purple and congested = appear
ance ;. 0f.,; her, 7 arm and . neck is less
marked. Her /, medical advisers ,-' how
ever - say that it will be dangerous
for ? her «to attempt to ,: act for \ some
time. .-. Her £ two -■ weeks' . engagement in
Chicago has been canceled. _ As ■:?. soon as
she can be removed she will = be ..taken; to
Chicago.
To Be Brigadier-General.
WASHINGTON, D. '., C., Jan.' 23.— The
Senate Committee "'Military^ "Affair's this
morning ordered a favorable . report on . the
nomination of . Colonel 7. Coppinger . to ,be
Brigadier-General. The action , was taken
by unanimous vote of the committee. :.' . ;■'".:■
LABORS OF ROUSE
AND SENATE
. g . <X •*'**^*BE-F g *v^^ig-_«.>lß---*>'*** l --
Pugh Unable to Secure a
Hearing of His Sil
ver Bill.
"TRAPPED " BY MR. HILL.
Bonds and the White Metal
Substitute Are Soon l.
Laid Aside.
DANIEL ON MONROE- DOCTRINE.
Adoption of a Report Changing the
Rules Relating to the Count
ing of a Quorum.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. After a
lot of routine 7 morning business in the
Senate to-day, Mills (D.) of Texas intro
duced a bill to repeal the act of July 14,
1870, to authorize the refunding of the Na
tional debt, and the act of January 14,
1875, of the resumption of specie pay
ment. He asked that: it be read a first
time to-day, and that it have its second
reading to-morrow, when he hoped to have
a vote upon it.
, Vilas (D.) of Wisconsin reported from
the judiciary committee to prevent -the
carrying of obscene literature and such
things; from one State or Territory into
another State or Territory. Placed on the
calendar. _.
Call (D.) of Florida offered a resolution,
which went over until to-morrow, for the
appointment of , a select committee to in
quire into the imprisonment of E. V. Debs
in connection with the railroad strike. |
Pugh endeavored to call up his resolu
tion declaring ail Government obligations
payable in . silver, but was surprised to
learn that it had gone to the calendar and
declared that he had been "trapped" by
the skillful Senator from New York (Hill).
The resolution heretofore offered by
Warren (R.) of Wyoming, directing the
attention - of the Committee on Agricul
ture to the late unprecedented shrinkage
in * numbers and values of farm animals
throughout the United States, was taken
up and Warren addressed the Senate.
His speech was an argument in favor of
high protective duties, denouncing; the
Wilson tariff bill as "an emblem of benefi
cence to foreign interests and of disaster
to our own." He denied the claim made
in the recent speech of Vest (D.) of Mis
souri that the wool growing and the woolen
manufacturing interests had alike profited
under the Wilson bill.
The House bond bill with the free coin
age substitute was taken up at.2 .p . m.,
and 'Dubois (R.) of Idaho, addressed the
Senate in favor of the unlimited coinage
of gold and silver and such protection to
"raw materials" and the manufactured
products of the United States as would
prevent the ruinous * competition of the
poorly paid labor of foreign countries. He
believed emphatically in silver and protec
tion, and both were absolutely essential to
the prosperity and happiness of the people
of the United States.
At the close of Dubois' speech the bond
bill ; was laid aside and the [ resolution
offered by Sewell (R.) of New Jersey, in
relation to the Monroe doctrine, was laid
before the Senate, Daniel (D.) of Virginia
taking the floor to speak upon it. Daniel,
in the course of his speech, said:
Great Britain could least fitly of all
nations of, the earth object to the assertion
of the Monroe doctrine by the United
States, as it had been announced not
merely with the approval of the British
Minister of Foreign Affairs, „ but at his
earnest and oft-repeated solicitation. And
with no better grace could Great Britain
persist in repelling the manifold overtures
made to her ) for arbitration. ' The refusal
of Great Britain to arbitrate a question
nominally one of boundary between British
Guiana and the republic of Venezuela, in
volving many thousand square miles of
territory, ..had led to the controversy
between the British Government and the
United States.
In that correspondence the United States
Government had stood \ for and recom
mended arbitration, but Great Britain has
stood out against it and repelled it. To
all such appeals Great Britain has turned
a deaf ear. The responsibility of the first
Wrong was fixed on Great Britain, and
Congress and the administration stood out
in their appropriate altitude as friends of
justice and friends of peace. ~ '7- >t '.
"This nation," Daniel declared, "cannot
recede from the Monroe doctrine or from
the position ; taken by the President. j All
critics, all friends .of peace, should recog
nize this fact and take their reckoning. It
is not to be expected- of us to speak in
whispers or to start at shadows while the
corridors of the Capitol are ringing with
invectives leveled 4 against those who do
not applaud the aggrandizing spirit of
Great Britain." :■ -y-y . --••.
The close of Daniel's speech was liber
ally applauded. ■> ; - . ..-:■:■ -■-.-.-
M Jones ' (D.) of Arkansas ; moved -that
Thursday next be set as the day for taking
a vote on the bond bill, but withdrew it
upon the • suggestion lof Chandler (R.) of
New Hampshire, that he wait until a
larger attendance of Senators before mak
ing the motion. :■ '■ '■ '■■'' "■/'■■ '
The Senate then, after a brief executive
session, adjourned until to-morrow.
SESSION OF THE HOUSE.
Changes^ in the Rules for Counting a Quo
' ' - ' " rum Approved. "•'" '•' '-' 4'ypi
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 23.— mo
tion of Henderson' (R.) of lowa it was
agreed that when the House adjourned to
day it is to meet on Monday next, the Fri
day night session for the consideration of
private pension bills to be hold. - "-;• -
7 Henderson (R.) of lowa reported from
the Committee ;on Rules several minor
changes and the 'modified form of the
quorum ' , counting provision. . 'The I latter
reads as follows: .7' '- ' 7. .7\" 7 '
y "Whenever . a ' quorum fails 7to vote
on any question, 'and a 7 quorum is
not 7 present, arid 7an objection jis made
for that cause, unless the House shall ad
journ, there shall .be a call of 7 the House,
and the sergeant-at-arms shall forthwith
proceed to' bring in absent members, and
the ayes and noes on the pending question
shall at the same time be considered as or
dered. .;...;' - ; 7 77777 . . "'T' 777/
"The clerk shall call the roll, and each
member as he answers to his name may
vote on 7 the pending question, and ''after
the roilcall is completed, each member ar
rested ■ shall be brought by the sergeant
'at-arms* before " the House, whereupon he
shall be noted as present, discharged from
arrest" and < given .-; an opportunity to vote
and his vote shall be recorded.
"If those voting on the question and
those who are present decline to vote
shall together make a majority of the
House, the Speaker, shall declare that a
quorum is constituted and the pending
question shall be decided' as the majority
of -those . voting . shall - appear, and • there
upon further proceedings under the call
shall be considered as dispensed with. 'At
any time as the rollcall ? has been com
pleted, the Speaker may entertain a
motion to adjourn, if seconded by a
majority of ' those present," to be ascer
tained by actual count by the Speaker,
and if the House adjourn all proceedings
under this section shall be vacated. But
this section of the rule shall not apply to
the sessions of Friday night until further
orders by the House.
Along discussion followed Henderson's
explanation of the rules. -pp%
Miles (D.) of r Maryland offered an
amendment providing that the result of a
pending proposition shall be decided by
the votes of a majority 'of those members
present. The debate was continued by
Grow (R.) of Pennsylvania and Gibson
(R.) of Tennessee and concluded by Dal
zell (R.) of Pennsylvania, all supporting
the amendment, which was agreed to
after Miles' amendment had been rejected.
Walker (R.) of Massachusetts proposed
an amendment giving to members oldest
in the service the first right to draw for
seats at the beginning of the session. It
wap lost.
Crisp (D.) of Georgia moved to substi
tute for the code of rules the rules of the
Fifty-third Congress. Pending action on
this motion Dolliver (R.) of lowa made a
humorous, semi-sarcastic speech, con
gratulating the House and the country
upon the fact that even the Democratic
was consenting to a return of a reign of
reason in the conduct of affairs.
The events of to-day, he said, demon
strated that the Democratic party knew a
good thing when they had seen it long
enough. ' /
A These remarks drew from Crisp (D.) of
Georgia an earnest defense of the action of
the Democratic members in the Fifty-first
Congress in protesting against what they
deemed then, and which he still deemed, a
revolutionary proceeding on the part of
the Speaker at that * time. * He closed by
reminding Dolliver: that the rule of the
Fifty-third Congress giving the Committee
on Rules the right to report at any time,
which had formed the subject of a part of
Dolliver's remarks, bad been adopted word
for word by the Committee on Rules and
agreed to by the House. "I merely men
tion this," he said, "so that when the
gentleman again assumes to make a speech
he shall base it upon facts and not expose
his ignorance." <7*' A?
Dolliver explained that he had not in
tended when he took the floor to say any
thing that should disturb the serenity of
the Democrats and if any word of his had
tended to do so he regretted his utterance.
He could only account for it. he said, by
the nervous irritation caused by the indul
gence of an afternoon of constitutional
debate. [Laughter.]
Crisp's substitute was rejected and the
rules reported adopted. '
A resolution was agreed to authorizing
the printing of 2000 copies of the digest
and rules of the House.
Speaker Reed announced that Payne (R.)
of New York would act as Speaker pro
tern. at the Friday night session and unani
mous consent was given that at that ses
sion appropriation bills might be reported
for printing only. *"*'"'*""' "
I The House then at 4:30 o'clock took a
recess until Friday night and at the con
clusion of that session to stand adjourned
until Monday. ;,' " .— zzAyyZp'
CALLED INFAMOUS LIAR
Dr. Barth, Leader of the Radical
Party, Causes Trouble in
. the Reichstag.
Declared That American Gold Had
Been Used in the Bimetallic
Agitation.
BERLIN, Germany, Jan. 23.— 1n the
Reichstag to-day Dr. Barth, a leader of the
Radical Unionist party, asked Chancellor
yon Hohenlohe what bad been done with
the resolution in favor of bimetallism that
had been introduced during the last ses
sion of the Reichstag. The Chancellor
replied that he was not able yet to make
any. statement to the Chamber concerning
the resolution. .
Dr. Barth then declared that the bi
metallic agitation has been fomented out
side of Germany, adding that perhaps
American gold had assisted . the agitation.
| Herr yon Kardoff, the German cham- j
pion - of bimetallism and leader ;of the I
agrarian party.' challenged the production
of proof that any one of the German bi
metallists had been paid to represent
American interests and declared that .Dr.
Barth was an infamous liar.
Dr. Barth sprang from his seat and hotly
declared that such a remark, was an infamy
and an outrage on debate.
The president of the Chamber called Dr.
Barth to order, stating that he had not
heard the remark imputed to Herrvon
Kardoff. '? ■'■/'■
MORE TROOPS FOR ABYSSINIA.
Re-enforcements to Be Sent to the Italian
Forces. - Ty/i-pp
ROME, Italy, Jan. 23. — Additional
troops to the number of 600 men have been
ordered to proceed to Massowah, the capi
tal of the Italian colony of Erythrea
whence they will be dispatched to the in- I
terior of Abyssinia to re-enforce }he troops I
now campaigning against the forces of
King •Menelik.'^V'X-'-'';?^-*-^'^yy/^yii-x. -.
The banks here expect that the Govern
ment will shortly call for a loan of "00
--000,000 lire -to meet the expenses of 5 the
campaign against the Abyssinians -'■"• - '■"-'■'
I LONDON, Eng., Jan. 23. -1 The Times
will to-morrow ■ publish a dispatch sent
Thursday from Adagatnus, Abyssinia,
which states that an escaped prisoner who
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be taken by 90 per cent of all the. people at
this time to prevent that run-down con- :
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has arrived at that place says that owing
to the losses sustained in the several
attacks on the Italian garrison at Makaiie
the Abyssinians will not attack that place
again. It is their intention to wait until
the failure of the water supply of the place
compels the surrender of the Italian forces.
The dispatch adds that the garrison has
been reduced to a glass of wine and water
once a day. , . . . ..//'TT.
' Communication with the beleaguered
town is almost impossible.; ..
BUBNED BY INSURGENTS. *
Destruction of a Depot on a Cuban Rail'
tKßStLigmKSmS'oad.' "
t HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 23.— The railway
train which left Havana for Guana jay yes
terday/morning, failed .to return last
night. ''l The wires being' all down no
tidings of the train can be got, but it is
expected that it will be brought through
with an escort of troops to-day.
' The railroad line to Matanzas is closed
and the line between Havana and f Bata
band,' thirty-five miles southwest of the
capital, is operated only twice a week. The
stations along the line are still fortified.
It is reported that the railway station at
Catalina, beyond Guianes, forty-five miles
southwest of Havana, has been burned by
rebels. General Pando has been 7 assigned
to the command of the western field oper
ations. z-y.---r-r/yA
CHARLESTON, S. C, Jan. 23.— The
trial of Captain Samuel Hughes, master of
the steamship Laurada, who wa3 charged
with violating the neutrality laws of the
United States, was concluded in the United
States District Court to-day, and Captain
Hughes was acquitted by the jury after
not more than twenty minutes' consulta
tion. „,„ „. .. . _.„£:■£'.
Will Go Into Mourning.
LONDON, Eng., Jan. 23.— The Queen
drove out from Osborne House this aftesy
noon. The court will go into mourning
for a period ef six weeks for Prince Henry
of Battenberg. Prince Henry will be
buried with military honors. 3 His funeral
will take place at Windsor.
A Denial From Brazil.
LONDON, Eng., Jan. 23.— The Brazilian
legation here has received a cable dispatch
from the Government at Rio de Janeiro
denying officially the story of trouble be
tween Brazil aod Great Britain and Brazil
and Italy. ; •-..._ ; . ' '
Inventor Olson Insane.
CHICAGO,' 111., Jan. 23.— M. Olson, who
was master mechanic and inventor in the
employ of the Chicago City Railway Com
pany for a dozen years, was adjudged in
sane in court to-day. He invented the
grip-car which is now in use on the cable
systems as well as many other valuable
street-railway equipments which be neg
lected to have patented. In 1893 he in
vented a car truck which is now in exten
sive use. He superintended the construc
tion of the Metropolitan Street Railway
of Kansas City, Mo.
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among our imitators about .;.
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that it really makes us
laugh ; there isn't a dull
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The big store knows how
to bring the • people to it : to
buy goods ; we make the
prices ; the people do the
rest.
Some 500 Suits same as
shown in picture above,
' awfully pretty ones, for the
little fellows between the
ages of 3, and 7, in all-wool
Scotches, suits that ; you
can't duplicate in town un-
der four, dollars. At the
big store to-day;
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