•. •. MOI*. PablUhM.
..
During the past few days the Agar
a,
•who recently leased the Des Moines
•and Liverpool plant from the owners,
P. M. Ilubbell, Sons & Company, have
Ascertained that tliey will be unable
to secure a further ground lease of
the property upon which their Chi
-cago house is located, and therefore
have determined to concentrate their
entire business in Des Moines. The
company had planned to operate the
Chicago plant as in the jiast and to
operate the plant located 3n this city
tis a branch. In that event the Chi
cago house would have supplied the
•Chicago trade and the eastern mar
ket, the Des Moines concern handling
t}ie local business here amcl the west
•ern country. Now that the Agars
have determined to operate but one
plant .the indications are that the lo
cal house will be almost doubled in
size and be of twice the benefit to
the city that the house would haw
been if the original plans of the ctym
pany had been carried out.
•ft has been discovered that Attor
ney General Milton Remley failed to
begin suit against Supreme Clerk
Chris Jones, as reported in December,
for $6,000 or $7,000 in fees claimed by
lr. Remley as owing to the state
itrom Mr. Jones. Mr. Remley negleet
•ed- to have aiol'ice of suit served on
Mr. -Jones. TKis is a fatal flefect. It
left the matter in the shape of nc
suit at all having been broughl
Against Mr. 4ones. Attorney
"GeneraS
Mullan, upon learning the fact, haC
the requisite notice served on Mr..
•Jones, and tfe« new suit will come up
in the March term of the district
•court. •l...
Attorney General IWlan aiid Audi
tor of State Merriam have agreed up
on an interpretation of the revenue
law of the state with reference to as
sessment and taxatiom of national
bank stock, which wilS reliene the
•owners of the .stock from taxation
upon so much «sf it as ean be .oft'sei
by evidences of debt owed by the
^)wn«r. Assessors and county audi
^tors have been listing national banl
gtock as corporation stock. Dteduc
piis for debt cannot be made as
lifcist personal property aseess
its. Auditor Merriam and Attor
ney General Mullan hav.e decided that
national hank stoek should be listed
ias moneys and credits and not as cor
poration stock. When thiia is done
•debts may be .offset against it. Audi
tor Merriam is making a circular let
ter eovering this point to he sent to
&11 assessors.
William G. Agar, the member of the
Agar Brothers company, Chicago
packers, who will have charge of the
lies Moines packing- house, visited Des
Moines a few days ago. lie will come
to Des'Moines again between the 5th
and 10th of March and remain perma
nently. He will bring with him then
William P. Perrin, a Chicago machin
ery contractor, and $20,000 worth of
the newest packing house machinery.
The plant will open April 1, or as
soon thereafter as possible. It will
have a capacity of 1,000 to 2,000 horn
per day, and 1,500 to 2,000 cattle
week. It will employ at least 150
at ths start, and practically al
~)es Moines men.
JoPIhe"republic!?
ior governor. The r.„/owi^_
pram from him addressed to
Cummins, has been received here:
"Peking, Feb. 22, 1001.—Cummins,
Des Moines, Iowa: Am not a candi
date. Conger."
Minister Conger's cablegram was
sent in response to a cablegram sent
him by Mr. Cummins. In his mes
sage, Mr. Cummins set forth clearly
hut briefly the situation. He said
there were four candidates for the
governorship in the Held, and that he
was one of them. He further stated
it was claimed here Conger was a
candidate, and added a request to
cable his position.
DUKE OF WESTMINSTER"NAMED.
Corespondent Divorce Salt of Atherton
vs. Atherton.
London, Feb. 22.—Major T. L. Ath
erton, second in command of the
Twelfth (Prince of Wales) Lancers,
.now in South Africa, has filed a suit
for divorce against his wife, Mabel
Iiouisa Atherton, naming the Duke of
Westminster as co-respondent.
With the announcement of the fil
ing oi the suit of "Atherton vs. Ath
erton Viand Westminster," the long an
ticipated divorce proceedings of Ma
jor Atherton against his wife, with
the'Duke of Westminster figuring in
the role of co-respondent,- have at
length materialized. Within the past
-thirty-six hours a lawyer who is look
ed upon as the leader of the divorce
court bar, has been retained in behalf
of the petitioner. The case cannot
.••.'be- aired in court, at any rate for
some months, and possibly not before
autumn, and the friends of the just
married duke may yet sticceed in
compromising the matter and pre
venting a trial. But as Major Ather
ton is reported to have already re
-fused a check of £40,000 as compen
sation for the injury he is said to
have sustained, the task'ahead of
those who are trying to arrange a
settlement, among whom is said to be
King Edward himself, would seem to
bp insnperative.
7.1
MRS. NATION NOT GUILTY. ''1
^.WrMblAf of Senate Saloon at Topeka Not
"Held Against Her.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 22.—Judge Mc
tCabfe of the city court handed down
a decision in the case against Mrs.
Carrie Nation for smashing the Sen
ate saloon, discharging her. The case
was submitted on an agreed state
ment of facts. judge McCabe held
that since Mrs. Nation had no malice
toward the proprietors of the place,
Kelly & Lytle, and destroyed the
place in abating a public nuisance,
she was not guilty of malicious de
,, strUction of property. This does not
affect the cases pending against Mrs.
Nation for the Sunday raid, for which
Ifhp is now in the county jail.
Conger Coming.
""Washington, Feb. 25.—Minister Con
•ger^will leave Peking immediately
•—fof, ibis country on sixty days leave
-of Absence. Commissioner will have
ujlpower to conduct the negotia
tioBii flow in progress.
Mr.
Conger returi]:3^M^^Mwn jni
he has
Iowa,
Reporter Th£N£WS IN IOWA
IOWA.
THURSDAY, FEB, 28, 1981,
[NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
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Moines, February 36, 1901.
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stion
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CALLOWS ABB CHEATED.
Geo. Anderson Commits Suicide In Jail at
Burlington.
Burlington, Feb. 24,—George An
derson, the supposed murderer of
Harry Linter of Cedar Rapids, and
who has been on trial here for the
past three days on a charge of at
tempting to murder Mrs. Linter, who
was with her husband at the time
he was kille.d, committed suicide in
the county jail here Saturday after
noon at 2 o'clock, and just in time
to Avoid being taken to the court
room to hear the jury's verdict of
guilty as charged read. Anderson
cut his throat from ear to ear with
a razor.
The jury went out at 12:30 o'clock
and at 2 announced that a verdict
.tad been reached. Sheriff Mueuzen
inier was ordered to bring the pris
oner into court. The sheriff went
after the prisoner. The jailor step
ped to the cell ahead of him and un
locking it, told Anderson, who was
in the corridor- Anderson stepped
tc the rear part of his -cell, seized a
razor, and slashing his neck, severed
the jugular vein. He died five min
utes later. The jury had brought in
a verdict of guilty.
Although Anderson made no con
fession his suicide is taken as an
admission of guilt. The evidence
against him was overwhelming and
his conviction was anticipated mot
only on the charge of attempting
n. .irder, but on the greater charge of
murdering Mr. Linter. Anderson had
been despondent for some time.
After his death a nail sharpened to
a rasor edge and a piece of rope
were found concealed in his cell.
Anderson is an enigma. Since his
arrest he has never referred to home,
relatives or friends. lie strongly as
serted that he was a victim of cir
cumstances and not guilty of the
crime charged, lie had often stated
that he was not. afraid of the gal
lows and that if furnished a shotgun
he would end his life.
INDICTMENTS ABE WORTHLESS.
•Startling Flaw Discovered In Drawing of
Wapello County ir uui .7urors.
Ottumwa, Feb. 2o.—A sensation
was sprung in the district court here
when it was discovered that the last
grand jury, which returned over
twenty-five indictments, and upon
which two men have pleaded guilty
anfl have been sentenced to terms in
the penitentiary, was illegally drawn,
and that the indictments are worth
less. The flaw w.as discovered by ex
Senator J. J. Smith, attorney for an
alleged saloonkeeper who had been
indicted for violations of the mulct
law. As soon as this was discovered,
attorneys for about twenty other al
leged gamblers who had been indict
ed at the same time filed motions to
quash the indictments, and when the
matter was brought before Judge
Roberts he sustained the motions and
ordered all defendants dismissed.
The error was caused by a petit juror
being drawn and his name placed by
mistake in the box for erand jurors,
ind he served as such. The statement
of the county attorney is that he
claims that the two men already in
prison will not necessarily be affect
ed by the discovery of the error, as
they both pleaded guilty and, there
fore, have 110 legal right vto ask for
anothe rtrial.
CAN'T flET BOX CASS.
Me^of lowa Making Kick* to the
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B.
ifailroiwl CompunieH.
jes, Feb. 25.—Grain dealers
a are in a plight that they
experienced in a dozen
,are getting to such an
almost have to beg
,to load their grain.
under obligations
men have issued
on onefin^^M^^B^rders to the ef
fect that all avainiDie ea-rs must go to
the elevators, no one being allowed to
load cars on the track from wagons
with scoops. Only in rare instances
is this order excepted and in these
cases the grain men must show that
with sufficient help they can make
speedy progress in loading the cars
and getting them off to the markets.
SMASHERS MUST SETTLE.
Slonx City Justice Renders Judgment
Against Emulators of Mrs. Nation.
Sioux City, Feb. 26.—Three weeks
ago sixteen South Sioux City women
saught the Carrie Nation fever and
smashed several saloons in that sub
urb. Yesterday they were made to
pay for their "hatcheting" adven
tures, a verdict of $173 being render
ed against them in one case.
John Peyson, owner of the fixtures
in one of the saloons raided, sued
the sixteen women for the value of
the property they damaged. After
numerous postponements, the case
was tried before a justice of the
peace. He decided against the, sa
loon smashers, and rendered judg
ment for Peyson in the sum of $173.
The women will appeal.
Child Burned to Death.
New Sharon, Neb.. Feb. 25.—The
eleven months old babe of James
White and wife was burned to death.
The mother placed the little one in a
chair cushioned with comforts and
p'llows, and leaving it in care of an
older child—between 2 and 3 years
old—went to a neighbor's, or to the
store, and on her return found the
baby almost dead, the back of the
head and one side of the face burned
to a scab, while both hands and arms
were burned so that the flesh fell off.
Found Anderson'* Double.
Burlington, Feb. 23.—The defense
sprung a decided sensation in the Lin
ter murder trial by producing an ex
act duplicate of the defendant. He
Will be used to show the jury how
easily Mrs. Linter might have been
mistaken in the identification of the
man who shot her husband. The
double of the defendant Anderson is
Ed Sabin of this city, and the re
semblance between the two men is
startling. Sabin was at home on the
night of the murder.
Iowa Auditors Ask More Fav
Des Moines, Feb. 25.—The County
Auditors' association of Iowa adopt
ed a resolution asking the legislature
to increase the salaries of auditors.
At present they receive $1,200 a year,
which is less than other count3' offi
cers. 1 Officers were elected as fol
lows.: President, F. A. Cope, Des
Moines vice president, J. F. Wall.
Mount Aj'r secretary, J. F. Ford,
Fort Dodge treasurer, J. W. H. Wei
mer, Dubuque.
Led Drugged to the Altar.
Dubuque, Feb. 23.—A decidedly sen
sational suit, that is, a suit with very
startling charges, has just been filed
here. Emily Kries charges that she
was drugged and while under the in
fluence of drugs and unconscious of
what was transpiring, the marriage
of herself to Edward Kries was per
formed. i''.
Found Guilty At Manslaughter.
Rockwell City, Feb. 25.—The jury
in the case of Henry Wilcox, accused
of the murder of his. father, Albert
J. Wilcox, returned a verdict finding
the defendant guilty of manslaughter.
SWORD FOR CAPT. EVANS
Gift of Iowa People to the Captain
of the Iowa.
Washington, Feb. 21?—Captain Rob
ley D. Evans. U. S. N., was last night
presented with a handsome sword,
the gift of the citizens of Iowa in rec
ognition of the services rendered his
country while in command of the bat
tleship Iowa at Santiago on July 3,
1898. The members of the Iowa dele
gation with their families attended
the presentation at the Evans home
at 324 Indiana avenue. The sword,
.which is valued at $1,500, was pur
chased through the agency of the
Commercial Exchange of Des Moines,
with money contributed .by the citi
zens of Iowa. Speaker Henderson
made the presentation speech.
When the guests arived they were
greeted by Representative Hull, who
introduced each to Captain and Mrs.
Evans. During the presentation Cap
tain Evans stood' beneath the ensign
which flew from the mast head of
the Iowa at the battle of Santiago.
Representative Hull gave a briefl
sketch of the gift and handed it to
Speaker Henderson, who turned to
Captain Evans- and said, in part:
"To me has been assigned the
pleasant duty of presenting to you
this sword. "It comes from warm, ap
preciative, noble hearts in Iowa, to he
presented to you as a token of their
appreciation of your valor and also to
testify their love for and devotion to
American heroes of the sea, of which
class you are a beloved and conspicu
ous example. I find upon examina
tion that your record is as fol
lows
Speaker Henderson then read Cap
tain Evans' record, which showed
that he was the commander of the
Iowa from March, 1&98, until Septem
ber of the same year. Continuing,
Speaker Henderson said1:
"Your high courage and charactcr
can be well inferred from this glori
ous record. The name of 'Bob' Evans
is 'a household word in the United
States. The opinion of your fellow
officers places voU foremost among
our heroes of the deep. Iowa is
proud of you and symbolizes her af
fection by presenting you this sword,
knowing that you will never use it for
any other purpose than to maintain
the honor of the United States."
Captain Evans accepted the sword
and^ then replied in characteristic,
straightforward manner:
"Gentlemen of the Iowa delegation:
Making speeches, as you all possibly
know, is not my trade. I wish it
were, for this occasion at least, that
I might tell you in fitting words how
grateful 1
-am for the honor you have
done me and how entirely I appre
ciate the sentiment, of those who
have sent this sword.
"The beautiful battleship named
after your great commonwealth, and
which, through the courtesy of the
secretary of the navy, I had the hon
or to command during the Spanish
war, was manned by six hundred offi
cers and men. They were as brave
a band as ever fought for the dear
old flag, and it was what they did
that brings me this token of the good
will of your people.
"As the commander of the gallant
crew of the Iowa, I accept this beau
tiful sword. You could not give a
token to each of them, therefore this
one to me. They are 'scattered over
the waters of the east, but the heart
of each will warm with pride and grat
itude when he learns that one of
their number hp.'s been honored. I
hope that some day the national con
gress will suitably recognize the gal
lant conduct .of each one of my com
rades. and that the day may not be
far distantf.
"I beg/yon to convey to your people
the expression of my heartfelt thanks
and jrvatitude."
ALGOKA STIRRED CP.
Mrs. Foster Confesses She Assisted in Try
ing to Kill Her Husband.
Algona, Feb. 23.—The motive for
the shooting of Fred Foster by Cla
rence Robinson, two weeks ago, has
at last come to the surface. Mrs.'
Foster, wife of the man who was
shot, has made a full confession'" in
writing, implicating herself in the
crime. She has been placed under ar
rest and is now in the custody of the
sheriff.
Mrs. Foster's confesison goes on to
say that she has been intimate with
Robinson since last April that they
had frequently talked over the mat
ter of getting Foster out of the way
in order that they might then live
together that she knew of Robin
son's purchase of the revolver, and
that on the very night of the tragedy
Robinson was with her until 11
o'clock, and that she knew he was to
shoot Foster that night. She now
says that on that night she had gone
tc bed but was not asleep when the
shot was fired that she heard her
husband scream and then knew that
Robinson had shot him. On the whole
it is such a confesison as will send
her to the penitentiary for a period
of years.
SMALL POX IX COUNTY JAIL.
Polk County Has Five Cases Quarantined
In a Cape.
Des Moines, Feb. 23.—Smallpox has
broken loose in the Polk county jail.
Wm. Tatrow, indicted on the charge
of breaking and entering a railroad
car, was discovered in the "St. Lofiis"
cage with a well developed case of the
disease, and the cage occupied by
Tatrow, Dick Brindley, Albert Lath
am, "Doc" Smith and one other was
placed under quarantine by the coun
ty physician, Dr. Conklin.' Tatrow
has been ill for three or four days,
but it was supposed he was suffering
with a disease of trivial nature and
little consequence was taken of it un
til it was discovered that he had bro
ken out with smallpox. The "St.
Louis" cell, in which the five men are
quarantined, is the cell in which the
convicts are confined before they are
takeij. to Fort Madison. "Doc" Smith
was to have been taken to the peni
tentiary tomorrow, but. will have to
remain here now until the quarantine
is raised. Brindley, Tatrow and Lath
am were confined in the "St. Louis'"
cage for want of room in the other
apartments.
1
Alfred Ahn Acquitted.
Knoxville, Feb. 2G.—The trial of
Alfred Ahn for the alleged murder
of Dr. W. O. Hamilton, of Marysvillej
November 26, 3900, resulted in a ver
dict of not guilty. The pleading oc
cupied two full days. The jury was
out twenty-eiglit hours and during
the day stood ten to two for acquit-'
tal. There was a strong train of"cjri
cumstantial evidence against Ahn
but the defense proved an alibi
Unseed Oil Fire. jg
Sioux City, Feb. 23.—The linseed oil
mills, owned by the American Linseed
Oil company, were damaged by fire
tc the extent of $12,500. The flames
broke out in the cake room, and after
a general alarm was turned in the
firemen fought for several hours be
fore the flames were brought under
control.
''Met a Fearful Death.
Dubuque, Feb. 23.—Brakeman Fred
S. Guilbsrt of the Illinois Central met
an awful death at Dyersville. He was
run over by hist train
HEWS IN GENERAL
DEATH IN A LIQUOR RAID.
Topeka Citizens Clean Out a Wholesale
ll.lquor Joint.
Topeka, Feb. 26.—At midnight Mon
day night a crowd of from thirty to
sixty citizens heavily armed with re
volvers, sledge hammers, crow bars and
a battering ram broke into the whole
sale liquor house of "Cash" Curtis on
West Curtis street, between Kansas
avenue and Jackson street, and
smashed the beer found there. Three
polieemen drove the crowd back. Both
the policemen and the citizens fired
their revolvers and J. W. Adams, a
carpenter, living at 524 West Grant
street, was shot twice in the breast.
He was taken in a hack to Riverside
hospital, where he lies in a precarious
condition.
Dr. M. R. Mitchell and Rev. F. W.
Emerson were both arrested by the
police. Rev. Mr. Emerson was taken
to the police station, where he was
booked under the charge'of resisting
an officer. He was allowed to go up
on his own recognizance. Dr. Mitchell
'took the injured man to the hospital
in a hack _iind was allowed to stay
and administer to him without giving
bond.
The three officers, Patrolmen
Downey, Boyles and Private Watch
man Connors claim that Adams was
Shot by his own crowd while he was
retreating from the place where the
liquors were smashed, and Adams
says that he was shot by a policeman,
but doos not know who. Connors
says that hip revolver, a Smith & Wes
son 38-calibre, was knocked from his
hand.
CALLS EDICT SATISFACTORY.
Minister Conger Cables Washington of
Chinese Concessions.
Washington Feb. 26.—Mr. Conger
has cabled the state department
from Peking under date of the 23d,
as follows:
"Satisfactory edict in answer to
punishment demands has been re
ceived."
From this statement the depart
ment assumes that- the punishments
are to be administered substantially
as stated in Mr. Conger's cablegram
received on the 21st inst.
The minister has not informed the
state department of the date he has
selected for his departure from Pe
king for home.
BOERS ISSUE AN ADDRESS
President Steyn and Commander
ftewet Speak.
Port Elizabeth, Wednesday, Feb. 20.
—The following proclamation was is
sued by President Steyn and General
De Wet: "Be it known to all men
that the war which has been forced
on the Transvaal republics by the
British government still rages over
South Africa, that all the customs of
civilized warfare and also the con
ventions of Geneva and The ,Hague
are not observed by the enemy, who
have not scrupled, contrary to the
Geneva convention, to capture doc
tors and ambulances and deport them
in order to prevent our wounded
from getting medical assistance that
they havenot hesitated to have re
course to primitive rules oE warfare,
contrary to the solemn ag'reement of
The Hague, to arrest neutrals and
deport them and to send out maraud
ing bands to plunder, burn and dam
age burghers' property that they
have around kaffirs and natives and
used them against us in the .war
that they have been continually cap
turing women and children and .old
and sickly men, and that there have
been many deaths among the women
because the so-called'Christian enemy
had no consideration for women on a
sick bed, or those whose state of
health should have protected them
against rough treatment. Honorable
women and tender children have not
only been ,treated roughly,-but have
been insulted by soldiers, by order of
their officers. Moreover, old mother!,
and women have been raped, even
wives and children, and the property
of prisoners of war. even killed
burghers, have not been respected.
In many instances the mother and
father have been taken, the house
has been left unprotected and all have
been left to their fate, an easy prey
to savages.
"The world nas untruthfully been
informed by the enemy, that they
have been obliged to carry out this
destruction, because the burghers
blow up the railway lines, cut the
tvires and misuse the white flag. Near
ly all the houses in the republics have
been destroyed, whether in the neigh
borhood of the railroad or not. The
alleged piisuse of the white flag is
simply a continuance of the everlast
ing calumny against which Afrikander
has had to strive since the time God
brought him in contact with the Eng
lishman. Robbing his opponents of
goods does not satisfy him he is not
satisfied until he has robbed him of
his good name also.
"They state to the world that the
republics are. conquered and that only
here and there small plundering
bands are continuing the strife in an
irresponsible manner.- This is an un
truth. The republics are not con
quered. The war is not finished. The
burgher forces of the two republics
are still led by responsible leaders,
as from the commencement of the
war, under the supervision of the gov
ernment oi both republics.
"The fact of Lord Roberts and Lord
Kitchener choosing the term 'maur
auders1 in designating burghers does
not make them such. When was the
war over? Perhaps after the battles
in which irregulars captured -the
enemy and totally vanquished them?
The burghers would be less-than riien
if they allowed the enemy to go un
punished after ill-treating their
wives and destroying their houses
from sheer lust of destruction. There
fore, a portion of the burghers resent
it. Cape Colony will not only wage
warbut will be in a position to make
reprisals, as it has already done. In
the case of ambulances, therefore,
we warn the officers of his majesty's
troops that unless they cease the de
struction of the property of the re
publics we shall wreajc vengeance by
destroying the property of his ma
jesty's subjects who are unkindly dis
posed. But in or,der to avoid being
misunderstood, we hereby openly^de
clare that their wives aricl children
will always be unmolested, in spite of
anything done to burs by his ma
jesty's troops. We request nothing
from our brothers in the colony, hut
call on them, as well as on the civ
ilized world, to assist, in behalf of our
joint civilization and Ohristianity, in
putting an end to the barbarous man
ner of the enemy's warfare.
"Our prayer will always be that
God, Our Father, will not desert us
in this unrighteous strife.
(Signed) "Stevn and De Wet."
Every ancient city of note was. lo
cated on .or near the sea or a rivet.
When a load of coal is purchased,
instead of it .going Jip ,jhp buyer. it
usually gooi to the c^itr.
ki-
TAT CROWE LOCATED.
Btronjly Guarded in a House on Beitte*
vue Island,
Omaha, Feb. 25.—It has been be
lieved for some time that Rat Crowed,
was in hiding in a house in Bellevue,]
and after a lengthy search it is
certain tonight that Chief Donahue
has located the house in which Crowe
is guarded, and that he has informa
tion that Crowe has five companions
with him, all armed to the teeth,
I'eady to resist any assault which
may be made upon his stronghold.
Stronghold it is, in every sense of the
word, for the place is that which fur
nished the notorious Vic McCarty im
munity from arrest after every es
cape that desperado made after com
mitting numerous crimes.
The haunt of the Cudahy kidnaper,
as it was the haunt of Vic McCarty,
is on Bellevue island, the most inac
cessible, impenetrable wilderness
known to exist in this portion of the
country.
The exact action to be taken by
the police cannot yet be learned, but
that a raid is being planned is with
out question, and it is expected that
Crowe will be in the toils of the law
before many hours.
CUBA'S FATE SETTLED.
Ultimate Independence Assured, but
United States Will Ouard It.
Washington, Feb. 26.—The senate
committeee on relations with Cuba
has agreed to an amendment to the
army appropriation bill regarding
Cuba. The entire committee is in
agreement and there will he n# mi
nority report, and no opposition i3
expected from the democrats in the
senate. It is the general impression
that this agreement makes an extra
session of congress unnecessary. The
text of the amendment is as.follows:
'"That in fulfillment of the declara
tion contained in the joint resolution
approved April 20, 1898, entitled 'for
the recognition of the independence
of the people of Cuba, demanding,
that the government of Spain relin
quish its authority and government in
the island of Cuba and to withdraw
its land and naval forces from Cuba
and Cuban waters, and directing the
president of the United States to use
the land and naval forces of the Uni
ted States to carry these resolutions
into effect,' the president is hereby
authorized to leave the government
and the control of the island of Cuba
•to its people so soon as a government
shall have been established in said
island under a constitution, which,
either as a part, thereof or in an ordi
nance appended thereto, shall define
the future relations of the United
States with Cuba, substantially as
follows:
"1—That the government of Cuba
shall never enter into a treaty or
other compact with any foreign
power or powers which will impair
or tend to impair the independence
of Cuba, nor in any manner author
izes or permits any foreign power or
powers to obtain by colonization or
for military or naval purposes or oth:
erwise lodgment in or control over
any portion of said island.
"3—That said government shall not
assume or contract any public debt
for which the ordinary revenues of
the islands shall be inadeqir te.
"3—That the government of Cuba
consents that the United States may
exercise the right to intervene for the
preservation of Cuban independence,
the maintenance of a government ade
quate for the protection of life, prop
erty and liberty, ana for discharging
the obligations imposed by the treaty
of Paris.
"4—That the government of Cuba
will execute,' as far as possible, and
extend the plans already devised or
other plans to be mutually agreed up
on, for the sanitation of the cities of
the island.
"5—That, the title to the Isle of
Pines shall be left to future adjust
ment by treaty.
"6—That to enable the United
States to piaintain the independence
of Cuba, and to protect the people
thereof, as well as for its own de
fense, the government of Cuba will
sell or lease to the United States
lands necessary for coaling or naval
stations at certain- specified points, to
be agreed upon with the president of
the United States."
FOUND GRAVES IN OCEAN
One Hundred and Twenty-two Per
ish at Golden Gate.
San Francisco, Feb. 23.—The Pacific
mail steamer, Rio de Janeiro, ran on
a hidden rock while entering the
Golden Gate early yesterday morning
in a dense fog. She sank in a few
minutes after striking. The latest
figures place the loss at 122 persons,
most of whom were Chinese and Jap
anese, but it is impossible to ascer
tain the exact number, owing to the
fact that Purser John Rooney, who
had the passenger list and. roster of
the crew, is also among the missing.
At last accounts ten bodies had- been
recovered, two white women, one
white man and seven Chinese.
The most prominent passenger on
the steamer was Rounseville Wild
man, United States consul at Hong
Tf 1*,'V% rt Itms 1... 1-
Kong, who was accompanied by his
ilarcii. It is thought
all were drowned.
wife and two eliild
The ship was in command of Pilot
Frederick Jordan when she struck.
He was rescued. Capt. William Ward
went down with his vessel.
As nearl3' as can be learned, there
were 201 people on board the Rio de.
Janeiro, as follows: Cabin passen
gers, 29 second cabin, 7 steerage
(Chinese and Japanese), 58 white
officers, 30 Asiatic crew, 77 total,
201.
The saved number 79, classified as
follows: Cabin passehgers, 12 whito'
officers, steerage, Asiatic, 15
crew, Chinese, 41.
The lost number 122, classed as
follows: Passengers, 24 officers, 19
crew, Chinese, 36 steerage, Asiatic,
WCIOE* IN DEFEAT. IflS
Allies Aeeept Compromise Proposed by
the Chinese.
Pekin, Feb. 22.—Prince Ching and
Li Hung Chang have received tele
graphic instructions from the court
to notify the ministers of the pow
ers that an edict .has been issued re
garding the punishment of Chinesfe
officials, confirmatory of the demands
made by the ministers, as follows:
Gen. Tung Fu Sian to be degraded
and deprived of his rank.
"Prince Tuan' and Duke Lan, to be
disgraced and exiled.
"Prince Chuang, Ying Nien and
Chao Shu Chiao, to commit suicide.
"Hsu Chen Yu, Yu Hsien and Ki
Hain, to be beheaded."
This is not exactly what the min
isters demanded, but it is considered
advisable to agree to it, as the de
mand for lives has been agreed to,
except in the case of Gen. Tung Fuh
Sian, whom the court is powerless to
molest.
There is a private understanding
that his life ^ill be claimed when it
is possible.
Washington, Feb. 21.—Senati
senate spent- the day on the postofHce
appropriation bill, making some pro
gress, but not completing it.. The
amendment of Butler of North Car
olina, proposing a reduction of about
per cent in the pay of railway postal
service was defeated, 18 to 61, after a
debate, in which Depew answered But
ler's criticisms on the large profits
made by American roads.
Washington, Feb. 21.—Senate.—For
nearly two .hours today the senate
had under discussion a resolution by
Jones, of Arkansas, to discharge the
Judiciary committee from furt.hei
consideration of the anti-trust bill
passed by the house at the last ses
sion, and to bring it before the sen
ate for consideration. The resolu
tion. went to the calendar.
House—This was another field day
in the house. Two distinct sensa
tion occurred. Early in the day, dur
ing the consideration of an amend
ment to the deficiency appropriation
bill to prevent hazing at the naval
academy, Hepburn, of Iowa, used' ex
ceedingly strong language while in
veighing against the practice of haz
ing,.-charging by indirection tfcat the
habits of tyranny an'd oppression'
formed by the officers of the army
and navy at their academies were re
sponsible for the refusal of sailors
to enlist in the navy and for the
large number of desertions from the
army. Moreover, he alleged that the
Officers stood by each other when in
trouble, saying that the commanders
of twenty-five vessels of the navy
lost since the civil war had, with one
exception, escaped with slight pun
ishment. Cannon, of Illinois, and
Dayton, of West Virginia, warmly de
fended the navy. Another sensation
was sprung when Dinsmore, of Ar
kansas, exposed the fact that
'numerous house employes were hold
ing positions while performing no
service. Bailey dcclaretl it a scandal
upon the integrity of the house. A
resolution for an investigating com
mittee was aaopteiJ.
Washington, Feb. 22.—Senate.—Two
of the great supply bills of the gov
ernment, the postoffice and the diplo
matic and consular appropriation
bills, were passed by the senate to
day. During the greater part of the
session a proposition t.o discontinue
the appropriations for fast mail fa
cilities from New York to New Or
leans via Atlanta, and from Kansas
City, Mo., to Newton, Kan., was under
'discussion. -While "the flebate \Vas
protracted, it was not particularly
lively. By a decisive vote the senate
continued the appropriations.
House.—An hour was devoted to
unanimous consent legislation, and
two hours and a half each to the
passing of private claim bills and pri
vate pension bills. Nine bills were
passed by unanimous consent, and
29 claim bills and 139 pension bills
were passed. Among the latter was
the senate bill to nension the widow
of the late General Henry W. Lawton,
•tfho was killed in the Philippines.
As the bill passed the senate it car
ried $100 a month. The house cut
the amount down to $50.
Washington, Feb. 23.—Senate.—The
senate today passed the bill which
releases the appropriation of $5,000,
000 for the Louisiana Purchase ex
position at St. Louis in 1903. It was
amended by providing an appropria
tion of $250,000 for a government ex
hibit at the Charleston exposition, to
be held next December. Before the
bill was passed,, amendments were
ailopted closing both expositions on
Sunday. The day was given to the
fortification and the army appropria
tion bills, the former being passed.
House.—The house today adopted
a resolution to investigate the pay
of its employes as a result of the con
ditions of affairs unearthed last
Thursday during the debate! on the
deficiency bill and the speaker ap
pointed a committee consisting of
Moody of Massachusetts, Overstreet
of Indiana, Long of Kansas. Bailey of
Texas and Newlands of Nevada, to
make the investigation. The bill to
increase the efficiency of the revenue
cutter1 service was debated for tw
hours but no action was taken.
Washington, Feb. 25.—Senate.—The
real struggle for insular legislation
at this session began today in the
senate. The army appropriation bill,
was under consideration and the
Philippine amendment was reached.
In addition the Cuban amendment
was offered and the general debate
on these propositions, began. Sharp
opposition to "the Philippine amend
ment developed on the democratic
side, beginning with a point of order
which the senate. overruled and fol
lowed with speeches by Senators Till
man, Rawlins, Caffery, Bacon and
Morgan. The amendment was de
fended by its author, Mr. Spooner,
who pointed out the necessity for
the legislation. Senators Vest, Hoar,
Bacon and Rawlins offered amend
ments tending to limit the powers
conferred by the Spooner U'raend
ment. Senator Morgan made an ex
tended speech severely criticizing the
proposed legislation. An evening ses-i
sion was held to allow time to con
tinue the debate.
House.—The house today jettisoned
the authorizaiions for two battle
ships and two cruisers which were in
the naval appropriation bill as it
passed that body. The senate had
rejected the proposition and against
the appeals of the house confereees
the house today voted by a big ma
jority to agree to the senate amend
ment striking out the authorizations.
Chairman Cannon of the appropria
tions committee, contributed largel.y
to the result by a vigorous speech
in favor of the senate amendment.
Di& WET DEFEATED.
Boer General Has a Karrow Escape In a
Hard Fight
London, Feb. 26.—A correspondent
of the Daily Mail with Henniker's col
umn, sftys:
"General De Wet was routed yester
day by Colonel Plumer, with whom
were Colonels Henniker, Craddock,
Jeffreys and Grabbo. This success
was preceded by a series of desperate
attempts on the part of the Boers to
escape from the water belt of th«J
Orange and the Brak rivers.
"General De Wet, after unsuccess
fully attempting to cross the Brak at
Klip Drift- and the Orange at Reads
Drift and Marks Drift, moved along
the bank of the Orange with one gun
and one pompom and laagered op
posite Kameel Drift.
"At* daWn Colonel Plumer left Wel
gevordon, twenty-one miles west ol
the Boer camp, and moved northeast.
At Zuurgat he attacked the enemy,
taking forty prisoners. The pursuit
was continued during the afternoon,
the Boers moving toward Hopetown.
Toward evening the leading troop
sighted the enemy, who had laagered
beyond range. Colonel Owen charged
the spot where the Boer artillery was
supposed to be and captured the
whple of it.
"The enemy fled, leaving their
horses ready saddled and their cook
ing pots full. According to the latest
reports only 400 Boers recrc/jsed to
the north side of the river. The
Orange is greatly swollen."
Some Important Measures Have
Been Passed
MUCH IS LEFT TO BE DONE.
Klmstm Canal BUI, Ship Eabsldy, and
W»r Revenue ntwurns Pending—Ap
propriations of lho Present Congress
Amount to a Very Larffe Sum.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 86.—The
record oi the lofty-sixth Congress
iB
now practically completed, although a
few important measures are still in the
balance. Chief among the questions
growing out of the war has been the
attitude of the government toward the
new insular possessions. While this
question is still open to some extent,
the present Congress has enacted a law
for a complete form of government for
Porto Rico—legislative, executive, and
judicial—-together with a comprehen
sive plan of raising revenues for the
island. The status of the Philippines
has been discussed at much length, but
with little tangible result Cuban leg
islation has been in abeyance pending
the action of the constitutional conven
tion of Cuba in framing the constitu
tion of .the island. Other insular leg
islation was enacting a law givlngj
Hawaii a complete form of territorial
government with an Insular Legists
ture and judiciary, a Governor chosen
from Hawaii, and a delegate in the
House of Representatives. A delegate
from Hawaii and a Porto R'ican com
missioner have been accredited to
Washington.
targe Soma Appropriated*
The appropriations of the present
Congress will reach an unusually large
figure, aggregating for the two sessions
approximately $1,457,209,457. This is
about ¥110,000,000 less than the aggre
gate appropriations of the preceding
Congress, which covered the period of
the Spanish war, when the appropria
tions ran in a single year up to $893,
231,615. The totals for the last two
sessions of the present Congress, as
recently summarized by Chairman
Cannon of the House Committee on
Appropriations, ds as follows:
Appropriations, first session, includ
ing sinking fund, $710,150,862.
Appropriations, second session, in
eluding sinking fund, $747,118,595.
Record of Fifty-slxtH Congress.
The work of the Fifty-sixth Con-«
gress, summarized, is as follows:
Congressional representation in
creased to 386 on basis of twelfth cen
sus, increasing total membership by 29
members.
Army canteen abolished.
Financial system reorganized and
gold reserve fixed at $150,000,000.
Complete code of government given
Porto Rico.
Complete code of government given
Hawaii.
Army of 100,000 provided and reor
ganized oh modern lines.
Total appropriations for session ap
proximate $1,457,269,455, or about $110,
000,000 less than during preceding Cuiw
gress.
Provision made for extradition to In
sular possessions.
Code of criminal laws provided tor
Alaska.
Legislation Not Completed*
Four of the most important meas
ures before the present Congress—
namely: the Nlcaraguan Canal bill,
the shipping subsidy bill, the Paciflo
cable bill, and the oleomargarine bill,
have occupied much time, although
their enactment is not probable at this
late day in the session. The canal bill
was passed in the House of Repre
sentatives and authorized expenditures
of $140,000,000, with a present appro
priation of $10,000,000. The measure
was favorably reported to the Senate,
but owing to the complications arising
over the Hay-Pauncefote treaty the
Senate has not considered the bill and
it is likely to be one of the measures to
die with the Congress.
The ship subsidy bill has been an
active subject of controversy in the
present Congress, and particularly in
the Senate. "Mie House has taken no
action on the bill pending the contest
in the Senate.
The Pacific cable bill passed the Sen
ate at the first session and has been
pending in' the House since.
The oleomargarine bill was passed
by the House early in the present ses
sion. Its chief feature is that placing
a tax of 10 cents per pound on oleo
margarine when colored in imitation
of butter. In the Senate its passage is
still in doubt.
The last week of this Congress in the
House will be mainly occupied with
conference reports on the appropria
tion bills and the other numerous
measures now being fought over by
the managers of the two Houses.
s.
•teal 880,000 Worth of 'Timber.
Menominee, Mich. Feb. 26.—S. F.
Glbbs, secretary of the Kirby-Carpen
ter Company, has returned from New
Orleans, where he .looked over the tim
ber holdings of the company. He made
the startling discovery that trespassers
had cut 14,000,000 feet erf pine off their
land. Trams had been built on the
land and the logs hauled away. The
value of the stolen timber is over
$80,000. The company owns 1,000,000,
000 feet of timber in Lbuisiana.
Wild Man or Itorneo Die**
Maysviiie, Ky., Feb. 2(5.—Henry Rob
inson, colored, know far and wide as
"the wild man from Borneo," is dead
here. Robinson had been a star at
traction in circuses and dime museums
for the last ten years. He had trav
eled all over the United States and
lSrEuroos.
Killed a Doiea Uon*
Chicago, Feb. 23.—"I'll tell you Jon
what I did kill," spid Theodore "^nna
velt In this city yesterday "twelvs
mountain lions. The smallest was a
female, weighing 81 pounds, and the
biggest waft a male weighing 125
pounds. I think that was pretty good.
It was certainly better than I
ed."
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At 5:30 p. m. Mr. Roosevelt left on
the Lake Shore limited for his at
Oyster Bay, N. Y., where he will
"spruce up" for the inauguration.
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