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'Trains Badly Delayed—Much
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IfeM Rookies 'humanity today shivers in the
coldest weather of the winter and in
l$SS$$gl many portions the most sfeyere In a
j§* decade. The frigid wave, according
§1 C: weather bureau, will spread over
gfjg%5i] the eastern country tonight with zero
temperature as far south as Virginia
and freezing weather in the central
portion of Florida.
Southwest Is ChWed.
Zero.temperatures are^yfea&ed from
Oklahoma and New Mexico today
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In the middle west and northwest the
mercury registers from 4 to 34 degrees
below with but little prospects of mod
eration before tomorrow. ,,,
Much Suffering Reported.
Much suffering is reported by the,
police, overseers of the poor and char
•ky itable institutions. Frost bitten nosefe
ears and faces are common occur
rences. High winds add to the dis
comfort and suffering eaused by the
low temperatures.
|p§* Railroad trains are from an hour to
.twelve hours late, in some instances
being annuled because they are so far
behind time as to lose their rights
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Trains Badly Delayed,
Freight traffic oft many roads Is e&
|ireJy suspended.
Frozen to Death.
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negroes and Indians have been
frozen to death in Oklahoma and the
jSf-'E loss of stock in western Kansas, Okla
'Ai? homa and Indian Territory has been
very heavy.
Many Injured in New York,
In Greater New York ice and snow
caused injury to many persons by
',1'. falls, more than twenty having been
removed to hospitals severely hurt.
Traffic is paralyzed by the icy condi
'r. tion of the streets. Hundreds of horses
ha,ye fallen and a number of. them have
3 ^9 shot because of injuries. Six
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persons were severely hurt this mom
ing in a street car collision, caused by
the slippery rails.
\J Heavy Snow in Texas.
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.,.r tailing severe IOSB of livestock.
In Kansas City a coored woman was
found frozen to death in a hovel near
the river.
Moderating In Denver. ViH
At Denver the weather is moderat
ing and the cold wave in that region
seems to be broken.
Ohio River Greatly Feared.
The sudden drop in the temperature'
has brought the Ohio river ice to a
standstill again, postponing what river
men believe will be the worst final
t, breakup of the river in many years.
The damage already done is estimated
'jj, at $200,000.
.'"ff Assessors Give Up Work.
COLDEST WEATHER .01 FRIGID YEAR
IS BEINGSEXPERIENCED TODAY
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Council Bluffs, Feb. 13.—Two Potta
wattamie county assessors, finding it
•y*v difficult to perform their duties on ac
count of snow and cold weather, have
\)f sent in their resignations to the aud
itor's office notwithstanding that the
board of supervisors made the pay of
all assessors twice as large this year
as last. Those who have quit are W.
*. W. King and J. H. Davis. Other as
fgM sessqrs say they are having a hard
time getting around to see the prop
erty owners, the ground being covered
with snow one to two feet deep every
where. Even in the city df Council
Bluffs, two of the assessors working
in the outskirts of the town had to
suspend operations and await the
7a coming of warmer weather.
Trains Stalled in Kansas.
Topeka, Feb. 13—A dozen passenger
trains are tied up in snowdrifts in
this state, two of them being transcon
tinental trains bearing' many passen
gers to California. These trains do
*. not carry dining cars, and the impris
oned passengers are fed by near by
—. farmers, whose wives cook whole hams
&> and great quantities of bacon and
bread and send them to the trains. The
women passengers make coffee in big
wash boilers over a fire built on the
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JEALOUSY CAUSES CRIME.
Dubuque Man Fatally Wounds Hla
Wife and Kills Himself.
Dubuque, Feb. 13.—Anton Westmark
today shot and fatally wounded his
wife and then blew out his brains.
Jealousy was-the cause. ...
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RECORD COLD MONTH
From' Mon*day*i*v Dftlly.
With an average of 11.3 degrees be
low rero for its first twelve days Feb
ruary has broken the record for Iowa
winter weather. At 7 o'clock this
morhing the government thermome
ters at the central fire station regis
tered 24- degrees below zero. At 2
o'clock this afternoon the same ther
mometers registered 2 below.
Average Temperature For the First
Twelve Days of February is 11.3
Degrees Below Zero.
The advance guard of this latest at
tack of the cold began arriving in Ot
tumwa yesterday afternoon about 2
o'clock. By 4 o'clock the rcury in
the- thermometers had begun to de
scend at an Alarming rate and at 8
o'clock in the evening bad dropped to
20 below.
So intense has been the cold that
it has. Deen found Impossible to prop
erly heat the sqhool buildings and Sup
erintendent Stuart early, this morning
gave the order for all schools to close
at noon.
Few pedestrians are on the street?
and those that are out are bundled up
to the limit.
Along with the suffering from the
LINER MAY
SHAVE SUNK
STEAMER 8YLVIA IS REPORTED
FIVE DAY8 OVERDUE AT 8T.
JOHN'S. ...
St Johns, N. F., Feb. 13.—No tid
ings have .yet been received from the
Red Cross line steamer Sylvia now
Halifax. Grave fears are entertained
for her safety. The Sylvia sailed from
New York •tflth a cargo of merchan
dise and several passengers and touch
ed at Halifax. The voyage from
thett port should have been made In
forty-eight hours.
Is Sighted Today.
New York. Feb. 13.—A later dis
patch from St. John's, N. F., says the
steamer Sylvia, five days overdue,
was sighted five miles from St.. John's
at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
LADRONES PRE88ED HARD.
Troop of Cavalry Is Close on Heels of
FHIpino Band.
Manila, P. i„ Feb. 13. The band
of ladrones which attacked the towii
of San Francisco de Malaban, in the
province of Cavlte. January 24, and
captured the wife and two children of
former Governor Trias, is being hard
pressed by a troop of cavalry under
Major F. W. Sibley. They have re
leased Mrs. Trias and her two chil
dren, whom they were holding for ran
som.
MINER3 FAIL AS BANDITS
Men Who Were ^Killed In Colorado
Holdup Identified.
Cripple Creek, Col., Feb. 13.—The
robbers who attempted to hold up the
Sliver Bell saloon at Independence
Saturday night and were killed have
been Identified as William DUgan and
Frank Harris, both miners. Henry
Drach and Edward Fay, the owners
of the saloon, who were shot, are In
a critical condition and believed to be
dying. Frank Edmundson will recover
'•Governor Cummins Is III.
Des Moines, Feb. 13.—(Special.)—
Governor Cummins was unable to ad
dress the Minnesota legislature today.
He Is suffering from throat trouble.
Portland, Oregon, Feb. 13.—"Burn
this without fall."
This urgent entreaty, appended as a
postscript to a letter written by United
States Senator John H. Mitchell to his
law partner, Judge A. H. Tanner, did
not keep from the flames a confiden
tial epistle that was handed to the
authorities Sunday as the most dam
aging bit of evidence that the law-
maker has tried to wriggle out of the
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to commit perjury.
Given Up By Secretary.
The letter was surrendered to United
States District. Attorney Heney by
Harry C. Robertson, socretary to Sen
ator'Mitchell, and it will appear In the
case as an exhibit tending to show
that the senator deliberately tried to
coach bis partner on the testimony he
should give before the grand jury.
It is In direct support of Tanner's re
cent confession that he perjured him-
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cold comes the alarming information
from some of the coal yards of the
city that tfrey^have not a pound of
coal on hand Those whose supply is
beginning to run short are making
frantic endeavors today to get in or
ders for early delivery. The mines
about the city are selling eveify ton
of coal as fast as it can be brought to
the surface and every team in the
city is busy trying to meet the demand.
The extreme cold and the drifting
snow hava made the moving of trains
a most serious problem for the rail
road officials. Passenger trains are
running cn all of the main lines .but
two engines are required for et^ch
train and they are from thirty minutes
to eight hours behind the schedule
time. Large forces of men and all of
the available snow plows are being
used by the officials to relieve the con
ditions and it 1B expected that if the
weather moderates slightly trains will
be soon running as usual. On many
of the branch lines, where there are
sharp curves and heavy grades, traf
fic has been practically suspended.
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GREA80N, ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE
OF MR8. EDWARDS, HOPES
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Philadelphia, Pa„ Feb, 13. A
tition asking for the reopening of.
case of Bimuel Qreason (colOWsii):
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victed of the murder of the tetter's
husband, but in a recent confesslbh the
woman exonerated Greason from all
blamed
Hammer Fatal Weapon.
A supplemental confession by Mrs.
Edwards was also presented to the
court today. In it she says she gave
her husband liquor until he became in
toxicated, then bit him on the head
with a hammer until he was dead.
May Arrest Daughter.
Her daughter Mary, who witnessed It
all, Mrs. Edwards says, helped her to
throw the body into a cistern. Mary
Is now in St. Louis and the police of
ficials there have been asked to keep
her under surveillance. Mrs. Ed
wards' prison born child was taken
from her today by the Slsters of Char
ity and brought to Philadelphia
Court Refuses to Act.
The supreme court refused to re
open* the case of Greasen, and unless
the board of pardons, which meets
Wednesday, interferes the woman and
Greasen will both be hanged on
Thursday.
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Plan for Celebration of Anniversary
of Discovery of the Hudson.
New York, Feb. 18.—Plans for a
celebration of the three hundredth an
niversary of the discovery of the Hud
son river, to be held during the sum
mer of 1909, will be discussed at a
meeting of prominent citizens and
committees of the old New York soci
eties at the residence of Robert
Roosevelt Wednesday evening.
COAL STRIKE ENDS.
Full Shifts of Men Enter Mines In
Prussia Today.
Essen, Feb. 13—The coal strike here
is entirely ended. Full shifts went
into a the mines today.
DAMAGING EVIDENCE IS
SPRUNG AGAINST MITCHELL
self to shield Mitchel from indictment,
all by agreement.
The letter, which was written Feb
ruary 5, three weeks after Mitchell had
flooded the Senate chamber at Wash
ington with h$s tears, and had weep
Ingly declaimed to his colleagues that
the charges were "atrociously false,"
throws an important light on the se
cret partnership agreement for the di
vision of fees for land office services.
Its value in showing that there was
a
system for "splitting up" the fees is
setting others Indicated by the urgent postscripts
that Mitchell attached, imploring
Judge Tanner to keep the matter a se
cret and not to trust anything—even
to his closest friends.
Bold Plan is Outlined.
In the communication, which Mitch
ell evidently thought had been made
safe from curious eyes by the "burn
this" request, the senator outlines a
•plan by which he was to get hold of
tbi PW 'rm'? books in order to learn
exactly how his affairs stood.
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OTTTJMWA, WAPELLO jbotJNTY, IOWA, TOESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 1905
-BIG FIRE
ITALIAN WOMEN THROW CHIL
I DREN .FROM WINDOW8 OF
BURNING TENEMENTS'
kpRp MADE HOMELESS
T\ffl^Hotele And Other Buildings In
Including Famous Battle
Burned—First Church Built
In Nerthyvest Territory Destroyed.
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The Italians became panic strloken,
womeg htirling their young children
from t|iB windows to the crowds on
the |protimd. The policemen c&ught
most or the youngsters and carried
the^i t6 Places of safety and warmth.
Th'e loss Is several hundred thousand
dollars.
Waterloo, Feb. 13. —(Special —The
Clay and Olbrich, foundry at Cedar
Stalls burned today with a loss of |20,
'Jlie Insurance was $8,000.
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Mobile, Ala., Feb. 13. Afire wntch
destroyed the Battle House, Mobile's
historic &otel, the Commercial Hotel
and several adjoining buildings was
gotten .under control at daylight today.
The total loss Is |400,000. There was
no loss of life.
Historic Church Destroyed.
Marietta, O., Feb. 13. The First
Congregational church, the first church
In the northwest territory, was de
stitiyed by'fire today. The church was
built In 1788.
Flat Burns In Chicago.
-Chicago, Feb. 13. Twenty-four
.families were made homeless by a fire
which today destroyed a four story
flat btillding in Webster avenue en
tailing a loss of $100,000.
920,000 Blaze In Iowa
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BOTH 8IDES SUM UP TESTIMONY
BEFORE THE PARI8
COMMISSION.
Paris, Feb. 18. The International
commission which is inquiring Into the
North Sea Incident today heard the
conclusions of tbe British and Russian
agents upon the testimony presented.
The British conclusion maintained
that the testimony showed that no tor
pedo boats were present and that
therefore the firing waa unjustified,
whereas the Russian conclusion held
that the testimony showed that tor
pedo boats were present and that the
firing was fully warranted.
Will Pay Indemnity.
The Russian statement was closed
with a declaration of profound regret
at the fact that innocent lives had
been sacrificed and announced the
willingness of the Russian government
to pay indemnity to the survivors and
the families of the victims, leaving the
amount and the partition of the in
demnity to The Hague tribunal
ADDICKS LOSES.
Eight Delaware Legislators Will Leave
Him This Week.
Dover, Dela., Feb. 13. it Is an
nounced on good authority today that
eight union republican assemblymen
will leave J. Edward Addicks during
the week and cast their votes for
Coleman Dupont the millionaire presi
dent of the Dupont Powder company
for United States senator.
OIL FIGHT FOR ILLINOIS.
Kansans to Spread the War to This
8tate and Missouri.
Chanute, Kan.. Feb. 13.—The oil pro
ducers of the Chanute and Humboldt
districts decided to go to the Missouri
and Illinois legislatures with the same
bills now pending before the Kansas
legislature.
The bills before the Kansas legisla
ture call for an appropriation to build
a state oil refinery and to make pipe
lines common carriers.
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and Tuesday
Iowa—Fair tonight
Rising temperature.
Illinois—Fair tonight and Tuesday.
Slowly rising temperature Tuesday
and in the north and central portions
tonight. .-'rsi
Local Weather.
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7 o'clock this morning .. ....24 below
2 o'clock this afternoon .... 2 below
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New York, Feb., 13. Sixteen Ital
ian fatnille8 were driven out into the
cold from a Harlem tenement by fire
early'tbday. One hundred and fifty
persons were rendered homeless and
one woman Is missing.
[BY. HAROLD J, MAHIN St
.Washington Bureau of Courier.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 13.
The committee on public buildings
|ias authorized afavorable report on
an omnibus bill carrying about $10,
000,000 appropriations but the details
have not yet been made public.
Amounts for Iowa.
It is understood the following towns
are provided for In Iowa:
Des Moines, $600,000.
Mason City, |70,000. »,
Webster City, $70,000.
Clarlnda. $46,000.
Burlington (additional) $12,000.
Cedar Rapids, (additional) $35,000.
Atlantio (additional) $10,000.
Esthervllle (postoffice site) $8,000.
Shenandoah (ppstoffice site) $5,000
Muscatine, which wants a postoffice
and -has been working for one for
months, having already secured a site,
is not-in the bill.
Because of the treasury deficit there
Is grave doubt of even this bill pass
ing the senate.
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JAPANE8EFAIL TO DISLODGE
RU8SIAN8 STATIONED ON
POUTILAFF.
ffU. Petersburg* JPeb. J8. A .die
patch frbm Kuropatklp says: "fcarly in
the morning of February 12, 800 Jap
anese cavalry attacked a brldfte near
Feng Tsekong afad damaged thirty
yards of railroad. Train service was
resumed after some delay.
"The Japanese bombarded Poutlloff
Hill and Sekheyan Mth siege guns, on
February 11. One officer was killed,
and several meh were wounded, but
the Japanese gained no ground,
Succeeds Grippenberg.
General Kaulbars, commander of
the Third Manchurlan army has taken
over the command of the second army
recently vacated by General Grippen
berg.
Russians Continue Bombardment.
Tokio, Feb. 13.—The Russians con
tinued to bombard portions of Oya
ma's center and right on Saturday.
The Japanese recently surrounded a
Russian cavalry detachment near
Hslenchang, killing three of the ene
my'and wounding eleven.
Conditions Improved.
The strike situation, according to re
ports from the interior, Is everywhere
Improved even In Poland. Here all dan
ger of a renewal of tjie acute stage
seems to have passed. All works with
the exception of the Putllolf Iron
works and two others have resumed
work,
Calls Labor Cpnference
St Petersburg, Feb. 13.—An Impe
rial decree orders the formation of a
joint commission to ascertain imme
diately the causes of the discontent of
St. Petersburg workmen and to devise
measures to prevent such discontent
in the future. All Is quiet in St. Pet
ersburg today.
REX AMERICUS SOLD.
Sherlff J. H. Cremer's Famous Trotter
Change* Hands for $2,000.
From Monday's Daily.
Rex Americus, 2:09%, the well
known Iowa pacer, owned by Sheriff
J. H. Cremer of this city and H.Woods
of Eldon, was sold Saturday In Chi
cago to eastern parties for a consider
ation of $2,000. The speedy animal
will be raced on the Grand circuit this
season.
Chanute, Kan., Feb.13.—Thomas W.
Lawson of "Frenzied finance" fame,
may lead ,tbe movement to drive the
Standard Oil company from Kansas
The Oil Producers' association Sunday
forwairded an invitation to the Boston
man to Interest himself In the refining
of oil In this state. The association
adopted the invitation unanimously,
and Insists that Mr. Lawson will be
given the hearty support of the people
of Kansas.
The plian of the association is to
have Mr.-Lawson and the Pure Oil
company of Pennsylvania take up the
refining of crude petroleum and the
manufacture of Its by-products In op
position to the Standard Oil corpora
tlpn. The Pure Oil company 1b said
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MAY.FAIL IN THE SENATE
Owing to the Treasury Deficit It Is
Not Thoughjt Measure Will Be Look
ed Upon Favorably By Upper House
of Congress—Amounts
far Joy/a.
HILL
HOCH HOLMES' STUDENT?
Chicago Man Says "Bluebeard" Was
Janitor of Famous "Castle."
Chicago, Feb. 13.—George Sly
ter, a carpenter, declared positive
ly today that Hoch was jan
itor of the so-called "Castle" of
H. H. Holmes, who committed
many murders in this city. Hoch
denies Slyter's statement and Po
lice Inspector Shippy expresses the
opinion that Hoch had nothing to
do with Holmes.
AMENDED TREATIES ARE
HELD WORSE THAN NONE
COLLISION
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Rock Island, 111., Feb. 13. A south
bound double header passenger train
on the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul
collided head-on with a switch engine
at Moline today, killing Engineer Wm,
Doolin of Chicago and fatally Injuring
Engineer Charles Stapleton of Rock
Island. No passengers were hurt.
Five Hurt In Collision.''
Valparlso, Ind., Feb. 13. A freight
train on the Baltimore ft Ohio collided
with a wrecking train on the Michigan
Central railroad today at Willow
Creek, it is reported that seven work
men were injured, one seriously.
Wreck on Missouri Pacific.
Kansas City, Feb. 13. A Missouri
Pacific passenger train which left Kan
sas City last night for bt. Louis was
partially derailed near Knob Noster,
Mo. No one was Injured.
Wreck at Creston.
Creston, Feb. 13.—Passenger
No. 3, drawn by two engines on the
Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy rail
road, was wrecked by a broken rail
Sunday afternoon twelve miles west
of here., EJ. P. Allen, an engineer of
Llficdin, Neb., was killed, and both
firemen and the other engineer were
Injured. Both engines left the track
and rolled down an embankment. The
coaches did not leave the .track apd
none of the passengers was injuredlSSs
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COAL FAMINE
OMAHA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS
CANNOT GET ENOUGH AN
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Omaha, Neb., Feb. 13. —(Special)—
For the first time this winter Omaha
and Council Bluffs coal dealers are
confronted with empty anthracite bins
on one hand and clamorous patrons on
the other. Saturday was the first day
on which householders could not get
what they ordered. The dealers found
themselves all at once running short.
They helped one another out as much
as possible, but now all are without
hard coal. The supply of steam coal
Is also gone. The dealers all say they
have coal ordered and in shipment but
complain that the railroads are setting
it out to make way for other kinds of
traffic. There will be much hardship
nere if the present weather continues,
unless the delayed shipments are re
ceived soon. Reports from outlying
towns are to the same effect.
Marshailtown Factories Close.
Marshalltown, Feb. 13. This city
is facing a coal famine owing to the
snow blackade which today gives no
prospect of abatement. Two large fac
tories closed today for want of coal.
The schools' supply will last one more
day.
Goes to New York.
Washington, ©. C. Feb. 13.—Presi
dent Roosevelt and party left bere at 10
o'clock this morning in a special train
over the Pennsylvania railroad for a
two days' visit in New York.
LAWSON MAY LEAD FIGHT ON
STANDARD OIL IN KANSAS
to be the strongest competitor of the
Standard in the United States.
Work in Oil Field Stops.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 13.—Dispatches
from the oil field say the statement of
Manager O'Brien of the Standard Oil
company, that business in Kansas
would be continued is false, that
there is a complete shutdown through
out the oil belt.
This has intensified the indignation
of the people and members of the leg
islature, and the passage of the anti
Standard bills by the house Wednes
day is assured. Thousands of letters
from over the state have been re
ceived by members urging them to
pass the state refinery bill. Two spe
cial trains will bring 800 oil producers
to Topeka Tuesday.
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PRESIDENT WILL NOT PRESENT
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SENATE'S ACTION FINAL
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Secretary Hay, In a Statement t«aue4
Today, Says the Change Made by
the Senate on Saturday Makes Tres
ties a Retrogression Rather Than
•n Advancement.
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Washington, D. C., Feb. 18. Presi
dent Roosevelt will not present the...ar
bitration treaties as amended by the
senate to the countries with which
they were negotiated. In reply .to nu
merous Inquiries Secretary Hay today
made in substance the following state
ment:
'^'Incident Concluded.
'Tne president regards the matter ot
the general arbitration treaties as con-
cluded
by action of the senate on Sat
urday. He recognises the right of the
senate to reject a treaty either by di
rect vote in that sense or indirectly by
changes which are Incompatible wltb
its spifit and purpose.
Backward Not Forward.5
"He considers that with the senate
amendment the treaties not only cease
to be a step forward in the cause of
general arbitration but are really a
step backward and therefore he, Is un
able to present them In this altered
form to the countries with whloh we
haye .been in negotiation."
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Senator Bacon today Introduced a
resolution reciting an agreement be
tween the diplomatic representatives
of the United States and the Domini
can republic in January and calling
upon the President for information con.
cerning it.
8ulllvan Answers Hearst,
Immediately after tbe house con
vened today Sullivan of Massachusetts
r.ddressed ihe house In reply to cer
talh statements regarding himself al
leged to have been printed in the New
York American. Sullivan's remarks
were the outcome of last week's debate
on the railroad rate question, in the
course of which he inquired why W.
R. Hearst of New York was not pres
ent to explain .his own bill.
Article An Insult.
The article in question, Sullivan said
touched his representative capacity,
"and Is a deliberate insult to one mem
ber by an other." Sullivan referred to
Hearst as an "unknown man or a po
litical novice whose only recommenda
tion is his inherited wealth."
Hearst Springs Sensation.
.As soon as Sullivan concluded,
Hearst rose to reply. He denied that
he had either inspired or suggested the
publication- of the article referred to
but said he assumed all responsibility
for it. He then sprung a sensation
which threw the house into an uproar.
He charged that John A. Sullivan was
one of the two brothers who keeps a
saloon in Boston where a murder was
committed and that the two Sullivans
were indicted for manslaughter.
"I would like to ask the gentleman
from Massachusetts," calmly Inquired
Hearst, "what he knows about that In
cident?"
Sullivan arose and facing Hearst,
said: "If the gentleman is asking that
question of me I will be very glad to
answer It." Hearst ignored the remark
however.
Butler of Pennsylvania appealed to
the speaker.to know if there was any
power to prevent« continuance of the
discussion and the speaker ruled that
Hearst was proceeding by unanimous
consent.
Pround of Hostility
Hearst cut short his remarks with
the statement that he was proud of
the hostility of such as Sullivan and
that he will continue "to incur the hos
titlty of that class of individuals" BO
long as he shall be In journalism or
in congress.
The house then proceeded to the
consideration of bills relating to the
District of Columbia.
New Newspaper at Moravia.'
Moravln, Feb. 13. J. H. All
red who for the past year has pub
lished thp Moravia Reporter, the same
being owned by A. R. Barnes of Abia,
and being unable to make a satisfac
tory lease for ensuing year, the
merchants entered into a advertising
contract with J. H. Allred for a year,
and seven of the business men
furnished the money to buy an entire
new equipment, which Mr. Allred
has purchased, and which arrived
last week. The first issue will be
given out this week. Will be a weekly
known as "The Union," J. H. Allred
publisher, will start with a subscrip
tion of over 900.
:\r Guilty of Other Murders. 'Vv,
Jollet. 111., Feb. 13. William
ers. a yfe convict, sent here for the
murder of the mayor of Mount Carroll
has been identified as the murderer of
a police officer in St. Louis several
months ago. Myers is also believed to
have UiUed a sheriff la Wisconsin.
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