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VOL. XXII.— NO. 59. AN«LO - SAXON CLASH ENta.AXD SEES IT OOBBHG, ASD IS PREPARIXG FOR THE FRAY NATIONS NATURAL RIVALS America Is I nderselling- John Bull in the Markets of the World, and Hence the ('limine in Tone — Can ada to He Put Into Some Sort of Shape for Defense Lnbor Troubles. Special Correspondence The St. Paul Globe. LONDON, Feb. 15.— Since my last Utter to The Globe, about three months ago, the peace conference at Paris has been whipped into line by the administration at Washington, and the sentimental senators have given Vent t ■ their fights of rhetoric and pledged the nation to enlighten the be nighted heathen at the other end of the earth. The Cubans have been set free lt> the Ir.terest of civilization, Porto Rico is ours, as an incident, and our plucky volunteers who enlisted from such generous motives are now being shot down by our worth; friends, the Filipinos, in turn shooting thou sands of those poor devils in self-de frr.se. Was there ever a worse blunder in our history than ihat unnecessary holding of Dewey at Manila after the Spanish fleet was destroyed? Have we ever been forced Into a worse mess than that whole Philippine business? And then we have our bad beef for the army, our noble Secretary Alger, our commission to give a coat of white wash to the whole crowd and a beauti ful tangle generally. Of course, we, as a people, will work" ii all out seme way. but this will be no fault of the sentimentalists who got ns into it. Thank heaven for a period of prosperity and for those many ;<nd splendid warships that are coming out soon, for we will need them both, CH.'.N'GK IN TONE. I did not really expect last autumn to chienicle quite as soon as this the chaneo ta British opinion of us that I predicted was bound to come, but it is here. After all the slush and splatter oi "our kinsmen aere>ss the sea" and the "Anglo-American understanding" and "our friends, the Americans." and all that sort of stuff, the wail is going up now that we are not paying for all these sweet nothings as the Eng lish people expected. We are not fight ing Russia, we are not opening our ports to English goods,, we are not making silly concessions to Canada, and we exported more stuff last year than any country of the world. We threaten England in all her markets, while keeping eiui own market to our selves, and we threaten her in prestige an£. power. We are today groaning under the handicap of sentiment in foreign politics, but tomorrow the hard-headed sense of the people will throw off this handicap and we will start fresh. We won't have Johnnie Hay always in his present position. We can soon change things, and what is more, we probably will. CLEVER GAME. England has been playing a clever game with us, that is, cleverly con ceived, but the thing don't work. It is all very well for Johnnie Hay to talk about the two nations going to gether, but the e>x and the ass don't make a good pair. It is not in the na ture of things for England and Amer ica to work together. They may try it, but woe be to the American states men who make the experiment, even in tho interest of the heathen. One of these two powers is destined to triumph over the other, and the more America does to morally pledge the integrity of Canada as a British colony the more she will have to regret. I am an expansionist of what is con sidered in England the worst type, be cause I believe in watching for a chance to take in the civilization of Canada, and I do not believe in any sentimentalism which makes us re sponsible for the government of 10, --030.000 heathen thousands of miles away. Such statesmanship as is con trolled by sentiment is as remote from the best American statesmanship as east is from west. We have a negro problem In our own South that grows worse instead of better, and, if we are looking for (juestions of this sort to settle, we won't have to look far. I referred in a former letter to a re mark of Lord Salisbury expressing satisfaction at the Germans getting outp:>sts in China, as this would give them Just so much more to take care of and be more for England to take, in TODAYS BULLETIN. Pa if. I— Anglo-Saxon Clash. Senate Passes Army Bill. Molineaux Arrested, Bank Irregularity. 2— Blow to Bureaucrats. New Canal Bill. Quay Case Postpone.. B—House8 — House in Session. Supt. Smith Returns. Colonelcy for Wh'?e> Beaver.. "Letter From Col. Ames. 4— Editorial. Woman's Realm. Twin Cities' Trade. 6 — Sporting News. Mr. Knauft Speaks Out. Thief Takes Flight. 6— Markets of the. World. Bar Silver. 59%0. Chiongo May Wheat, 73% C. 7 — Minneapolis Matters. Northwest News. Nevs of the Railroads. B—ln8 — In tho Field of Labor. House of Hope Pastor. Plea for Temple Fund. ATLANTIC LIM.HS. NSW YORK— Arrived: La Normiv.idie, New York. LIVERPOOL— Arrived: Europe, New York. ANTWERP— Arrived: Kensington. New York COPENHAGEN- Saik-d- Island, New York. TODAY'S EVENTS. (METROPOLITAN— Jefferson De Angelis in "The Jolly Musketeer," 8 PM. GRAND— "My Friend From India," S P.M. Palm Garden— Vaudeville, 2 and 8 PM. Lecture, "Buttoned-Up People," Rev. Robert Mclntyre, People's church, 8 PM. Library board, city hall, 6 PM. Bishop Seymour'a lecture, Christ church 8 PM. THE ST. PAUL GLOBE case of war with Germany. England looks upon our show in the Philip pines in the same light, but Is going to be bitterly disappointed at our evident desire to remain at peace with Russia. England gave us bad counsel over the Philippines, and will give bad counsel — bad for America — every time. CANADA'S DEFENSE. Yesterday I cabled about the move ment here to fortify Canada. A few scattering telegrams have been pub lished heretofore, but nothing to indi cate the serious thought being given to t|ie subject. It is proposed to quiet ly and systematically get Canada into some kind of shape to offer defense in case of trouble. I suppose that. If Johnnie Hay cabled about this to some of his London pals, he would receive smooth and suave assurances to the contrary, and our polished little state secretary would believe every word. Hay and Woodford ought to go to gether. If we had Woodford for Hay's assistant, we should be what the cow-puncher would call the "top of the bunch." You can put it down as a fact! how ever, that England Intends to fortify Canada, and it is not on account of her differences with France over the Newfoundland fisheries. Whether a lobster is a fish has nothing to do with it. Until after the Paris exposition next year, France will give England everything she wants, except possibly the exposition, and Canada will not cut any Ice in an Anglo-French war, any way. The truth simply is that, after Queen Victoria dies, there will be a more ac tive movement all round to see which is the better fellow, John Bull or Un cle Sam. The two nations are natural rivals and hereditary enemies, and all the gush of sentimentalists will not alter the facts. England feels that, with the aid of America, she can hold Canada and her other possessions, dominate China and bottle up Russia. And with all her bluster about not needing hVlp, .this British nation knows better than any nation on earth, ex cept Russia, her own isolated position without American support. Russia knows the game, however, and this is why always before Russia the lion's tail seems to be pretty close to the ground. What rather staggers England today is tho fact that the American people are sitting tight and do not propose to give England one little inch. This fact is as true as gospel and as clear as daylight. LABOR TROUBLES. Already the manufacturers are get ting together here to make one great effort to get the upper hand of labor. The labor organizations have discour aged individual effort and made it im possible for many manufacturers to compete with foreign goods even in the home market. A few weeks ago, therefore, the manufacturers began to get together, and we shall one day see the outcome. Certain it is that social ism among the laboring classes has developed to such an extent that it doesn't work. This is as Herbert Spen cer predicted, but there may be forth coming a solution of the problem that will be for the good of both capitalist and laborer. An American friend of mine recently contracted to have his offices painted. It seems that the contractor employed two or three grades of laborers. Seeing two men idle who had been cleaning eff the old paint, the boss ordered them to take brushes and paint the inside of a dark closet. Immediately all the others struck, claiming that a cleaner had no right to use a brush. The matter was carried up to the labor union, which upheld the strikers, and the contractor was boycotted until he repented and agreed to be good In fu ture. Another friend in chambers wanted a new bath tub. In the middle of the job the men struck because one man did seme work others claimed. The contractor was blamed in this instance also, and It was weeks before my friend got his tub. These are trivial incidents and may possibly be familiar to many of The Glob c's readers, but they illustrate one of the chief reasons Americans can undersell this market. The same idea prevails everywhere. The housemaid is engaged and protected by contract and will not do any part of the work of the cook. Everybody employed Is supposed to be protected by contract, based on custom or the rulings of some organization, and it makes little dif ference whether the contract be writ ten or not. The shipping clerk will see -goods rot before he will help to load them on a wagon, the coachman will not do the work of a groom, and the whole outfit from top to bottom is muscle-bound with red tape. In America if what I call my coach man seems to have time on his hands I let him try his hand at beating a car pet or raking leaves or painting gut ters on the roof. He is an Englishman, and it has taken him several years to get used to this sort of clubbing, but I am free to admit that from his point of view the whole thing is simply laughable. Still, he has in some way (I don't know how) accumulated a home of his own, and he couldn't have done it in England in a lifetime. These lit tle things teach their lessons, and from them labor unions can learn much. A laborer's best union is in his home and his willingness to work for that home. The London "cabbies" have just given a little exhibition of horse sense. The police, acting under an old for gotten law, ruled the loitering cabs off several main arteries unless they went through on a trot. Up went a howl from the organization to which the cab drivers belong; the city was threat ened with a cab strike, and a great rumpus generally was on foot. The ma jority of the cabbies, however, good ! chaps that they are, said they had ! wives and babies to support and they j believed they could earn a living for I them by holding to the residential dis i tricts and }'ks crowded streets. The ; order was a sensible one ln the first | place, and the drivers showed sense. So here is one strike anyway that was averted. I cannot close this letter without a reference to the wonderful suggestion of exchanging the Philippines for the British West Indies. One is inclined to exclaim: "Great Scott! Take the Philippines for nothing, or anything, if you'll only take them," but as for Eng land giving up her West Indian isl ands at this or any stage of the game, I lt sounds too much like that simple proposition to lick Russia and own China. The suggestion to make the ex change of islands is supposed by many Continued on Second Pace. TUE3DAY MORNING MOLINEAUX IN JAIL COHOSBR'S JURY IN THE ADAMS CASE ACCISES HIM WITH THE Ml It III: it DRAMATIC SCENES IN COURT Prisoner i H Identified an the Man Who Rented a Private Letter Box, Giving the Name of Hum el Three Hand writing Experts Testify That Mollneaux Wrote the Addreas on the Fatal Bottle. "We And that the said Katheriue J. Adams came to her death on Dec- SB, IK»J>. tu ttl West ElKhty-Hlxth street, hy poison hy mercuric cyan ide administered by Harry S. t'or iilnh, to whom said poison had been sent in a bottle ott bromo seltzer by Roland B. Mollneaux." NEW YORK, Feb. 27.— The jury in the Adams poisoning case came in with the above verdict at S:3O p. m. The coroner immediately Issued a warrant for the arrest of Molineaux, and the latter was at once arraigned before him. Through his attorney, Barlow S. Weeks, he demanded an immediate hearing, but Assistant District Attorney Osborne ob jected, saying it was impos sible to proceed with the hearing. The hearing was then set down for Wednesday morning at 11:30 o'clock. Molintaux was committed to the Tombs without bail. When the inquest was resumed to "day Jtsepb Koch, who keeps a letter box establishment at 1620 Broadway, where a box was rented in the name of "Harry Cornish," was called to the witness chair. He testified that he only once saw ihe man who rented it. He gave thr- name of Harry Cornish. Koch said he was near-sighted, and did not think he could identify the man who had rented the box. The man had never called for in.nl. Koch said three pieces of mail had arrived for "Harry Cornish." A box of Kut now powder, a letter from a drug firm of Cincinnati, and a box of capsules. DRAMATIC CLIMAX. Nicholas A. Heekman, who rents pri vate letter boxes at his place of busi ness, 257 West ' Forty-second street, was then called. The identification of Molineaux by Heekman was dramatic. After testifying to his business, and that he had rented a letter box for one month to a man who had given the name of H. C. Barnet, and that this man had called for letters about six teen or twenty times, Mr. Osborne asked the witness: "Could you recognize him, If you saw him again?" "Yes." said Heekman. "Who is he?" demanded Mr. Os borne. Heekman answered: "Mr. Molineaux. There he is." Molineaux heard the accusation without changing color or a trace of agitation. He leaned forward, with his hands on the table, and staring at Heekman, said emphatically: "I never saw that man ln Forty second street (where Heckman's letter ' box agency is). I saw him at the ho tel, where I was on exhibition, and at Newark, where a man brought him to me. and asked if 'I was the man.' He's a liar." "That's all," said Mr. Osborne quiet ly. TELL-TALE HANDWRITING. William J. Kinsley was next called. He said he was editor of the Penman's Art Journal, and that during the past four years he had testified in 300 cases as a handwriting expert. He had ex amined some specimens of Molineaux's handwriting. They were written in the assistant district attorney's office on Feb. 20. The afternoon of the same day witness requested Mr. Molineaux to call at his office, where the speci mens were rewritten, because those written ln the morning were not satis factory. Mr. Kinsley was shown the specimens he examined and other specimens. What is your opinion as to tl>e iden tity of the handwriting?" asked Mr. Osborne. "The writing is all in the same hand," replied the expert. Mr. Kinsley was then shown the ad dress on the poison package and asked: "Have you compared this writing with the letter?" "I have." "Is it your opinion that they were all written by the same hand?" "I am of the opinion that all the writ ing was done by the same hand." "How strong is that opinion?" "I am positive of it." "Have you compared them with the address on the poison package?" "I have." "What is your-opinion about them?" "The man who wrote the letters wrote the address on the package." MOLINEAUX SMILES. Gen. Molineaux appeared to be great ly affected. His son was smiling. The jury asked to see the specimens and exhibits. They were handed around. Edward B. Hay, a handwriting ex pert of Washington, D. C, testified that he had examined carefully the admitted handwritting of Mr. Molin eaux. the inscription upon the wrap per, tn which the poison bottle was mailed and the letters signed "H. C. Barnet" and "H. Cornish." "And your opinion is?" "That all were written by the same hand." "Have you a-ny doubt in your mind that the person who wrote the address on thi wrapper around the poison bot tle was Roland B. Molineaux?" "I have none whatever." "Do you realize the gravity of your claim?" "I do. I would not give my opinion if I was not absolutely certain in my own mind as to its correctness." Albert Osborne, Prof. Frazer. Dr. William Hagen and Prof. Ames, all handwriting experts, were on the stand in quick succession and all tes tified, without qualification, that the various exhibits were all written by the same man. Molineaux sat and listened to the testimony of the handwriting experts without betraying any nervousness at all. Not so with his father, however. Gen. Molineaux seemed almost on the verge of collapse during the greater part of the hearing. FEBRUARY 28, 1899. HOW DON QUIXOTE, THE SPANISH COMIC WEEKLY, VIEWS IT. Spain to McKlnley — Go on, don't be discouraged. A child that makes bad nights for McKinley. I've tsot rid of my troubles, and yours won't last more than a hundred years o*r so. _ From Don QuixQte (MadrM)# LOYAL TO SOLDIERS DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OP THE HOUSE OF REPBBSENTATIVES DECLARE A POLICY" OPPOSED TO IMPERIALISM Insist That No People Shall Be Gov erned hy the United StateN "With out Their Consent Having Been First Obtained — IK-plure the War ln the Philippine*, but Will Ever Defend American Soldiers. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.— At a cau cus of the Democratic members of the house of -.epresentativeß, held in the hall of the house tonight, the following declaration of policy and resolutions as to the Philippines were adopted: "We hold that the constitution is ordained and established for an intelligent, llverty lovlng and self-governing people, and can not be successfully applied to people of dif ferent virtues and rendition. "We therefore hold that a colonial policy is contrary to the theory of our government and subversive of those principles of civil liberty which we have been taught to cher ish. We believe with the Declaration' of In dependence all governments derive their just powers from the consent >f the governed, and we are unalterably opposed to the establish ment-of any government by the United States, without the consent of the people to be gov erned, and in conformity with these prin ciples we instruct the minority members ot the foreign affairs committee to introduce and urge the following resolution: "Resolved, That the United States hereby disclaim any disposition or intention to ex ercise permanet sovereignty. Jurisdiction or control over the Philippine islands, and as sert their determination when an independ ent government shall have been erected therein to transfer to said jtovernment, upon terms which shall be reasonable and Just, all rights secured under the cession of Spain, and thereupon to leave the government and control of the islands to their people." Another resolution by Mr. Griggs, of Georgia, was adopted as follows: "We, the Democratic, members of the house of representatives, in caucus assembled, com mend the signal loyalty and valor of our sol diers and sailors in the performance, of ev ery military duty to which they have been assigned, by proper authority, however much we may deplore the policy of the adminis tration now directing their movements, and we pledge to them our hearty support and sympathy under circumstances wherever en gaged." VOTED IT DOWN. The fol*#ving resolution by Mr. Liv ingston, of Georgia, was lost: Resolved, That the United States con gress, as soon as the treaty of peace between this government and Spain is ratified, give notice to the inhabitants of the Philippines that it is not our desire or purpose to hold them under permanent military control, or as colonial subjects, but as soon as practica ble to aid them to establish a republican form of government, and to become independ ent and self-sustaining, with such commer cial and military privileges from the United States as may be agreed upon between us. In the meantime we wilt protect both per sons and property with the largest liberty to citizens possible under the circumstances. The caucus began at 8 p. m. and lasted until nearly midnight. The at tendance was large, and little division of sentiment was manifested on the general features of the resolutions. The first resolution was offered by Mr. Clark, of Missouri, from the Dem ocratic members of the foreign affairs committee, and was the text for most of the speeches. " 7 Among those who spoke were: Rep resentatives Bailey, Texas; Allen, Mis sissippi; Games, Georgia; Wheeler, Al abama; Lentz, Ohio, and Cowherd, Missouri. The speech of Gen. Wheeler was no table in differing with the prevailing view. He urged that nothing should be dene which could be construed as a lack of support to pur soldiers. FILIPINOS WEAKENING. Eight Thousand ReJ>el» Are Anxious to Surrender. MANILA, Feb. 27. — Two Spanish commissioners, Sendrs Rosalio and Abogado, who were 'permitted to pass through our lines and confer with Aguinaldo with reference to the Span ish prisoners at Sliilolos, returned through our lines tfcig morning, near Caloocan. with sealed dispatches for the Spaniards. The Commissioners said that Aguinaldo aricli Sandulko were both at Malolos and bictined to pacific overtures. While the i?*flipinos are not >et prepared to surrender the Spanish prisoners, they will giadly release two Americans who have been held for six weeks, on the payment of $30, the value of the food and clothing furnish ed to them. Shortly afterdwards the rebels sent out a flag of truce borne by Com mandante Sinforoso de la Cruz, and several hundred of the enemy left the Filipino lines crying "No Quire," "Mas Continued oa Second Page. IS HOLDIH HIS OWN LITTLE CHANGE NOTED IN CONDI TION OF THE FAMOUS AUTHOR, RUDYARD KIPLING FAMILY IS MORE CONFIDENT Mrs. Kipling; Left Her HnHband'i Bedside for an Hour's Drive, "Which Is Regarded as a Favora ble Sign Physicians Decline to Make Specific Statements as to the Progress of the Disease. NEW YORK, Feb. 27.— The following bulletin was issued at 6:45 o'clock: "Mr. Kipling has held his own through the da y- — "E. G. Janeway, — "Theodore Dunham," The Kipling children took their out ing jn a hansom cab this morning. The health of little Josephine, the youngest child, is reported much im proved. •Mrs. Dunham, the wife of Dr. Dun ham, and Dr. Theodore Janeway, son of Dr. E. J. Janeway, spend much of their time with the Kipling family. Mr. Doubleday is looking after the family's personal interests and welfare. Joaquin Miller has been a daily call er at the hotel, and he appeared, as usual, this morning. He gave the clerk his card and directed him not to send it up till Mr. Kiplrng was bettei . "He's having a hard fight of it now," said the poet of the Sierras, "and God grant he gets well. He is a possible Shakespeare, if he lives. He's the greatest man that writes now, but he is a mere boy." Mrs. Kipling went out driving at 5 o'clock with Mr. Doubleday. and re mained out an hour. It was the first time in two days that she had left the bedside of her husband. That she considered Mr. Kipling's condition warranted her leaving him even for a short time was regarded aB a hopeful sign. Dr. Janeway called at the Grenoble between 7 and 8 o'clock tonight, and was in consultation with Mr. Dunham some time. Mr. Dunham, at 10 o'clock, said that Mr. Kipling's condition remained the same. He was asked to make a state ment concerning the crisis in the pa tient's condition, which it was said would occur today. Dr. Dunham said: "Mr. Kipling has been almost too sick a man to take a sudden turn for the better. His improvement will be necessarily slow." The following bulletin was publish ed at 12:30 this morning: "Mr. Kipling Is, as at the last report, hold ing his own. The advent of a crisis may be delayed, as lnffammation has developed in tbe upper portion of the lungs, while the part originally effected had nearly resolved. The severity of the disease during the past few days has been due to an advance of the inflammation upward, while the parts originally affected were not yet available for respiration. — "B. G. Janeway, — "Theodore Dunham." At 2 a. m. It was asserted that the condi tion of the patient had not changed since the 12:30 bulletin was issued. IS TO 8E MADE CARDINAL REPORT SAYS HIGI" HONOR IS TO DE CONPERED UPON ARCH BISHOP IRELAND London Neivs Corespondent Says He Has It From a Reliable— Authority Title to Be Conferred at the Next Consistory. LONDON, Feb. 28.— The Rome cor respondent of the Daily News says he learns on reliable authority, that Arch bishop Ireland will be created a car dinal at the next consistory. SPANISH MINISTERS. Due d'ArcoK May Be Sent to the United States. MADRID, Feb. 27.— 1t has been re ported here today, though there Is no official confirmation of the rumor, that Senor Don Bruenettl, due d'Arcos, for mer Spanish minister to Mexico, will be designated minister to the United States on the -Weumption of diplomatic relations. The report that Senor Polo Bernabe, late Spanish minister at Washington, will go to Lisbon is officially confirmed. HERE Is~TROUBLE. Germans Insulted and Assaulted at Tien-Tsln, China. BERLIN, Feb. 27.— According to an official dispatch from Pekin, several Germans were grossly insulted and aft erwards assaulted last Saturday at Tien Tsin, the port of Pekin. They had great difficulty ln escaping from their assailant* PRICE TWO CENTS— Jg?wyaM,_ COSTLY BITS 0. PAPER OSCAR LOSEGRErS CHECKS THAT WERE EN THE MINNEAPOLIS SAVINGS BANK HE TOOK THEM OUT FINALLY But Other Depositors Are In About $7,000. und They Have a Chance tol Speculate as to the Honesty of the Kcnyou-Lonegren Admin istration, Which Was Routed Out Last Month. "While not a fe-,- people in the state have, perhaps, been led to believe by the Republican politicians and still be lieve that the Kenyon bank examina tion corps was inefficient, merely, there are cropping out from time to time little incidents which show an especially friendly and fidu ciary relation between representatives of the state and some of the least worthy banks ln the state. The Globe has already exposed how, among the treasured possessions of the Minnesota Savings bank, was a note for $1,200 indorsed by the late public examiner and superintendent of banks himself. Now, in connection with the Savings Bank of Minneapolis, a fly-by-night concern, comes information showing that the deal between Blckel and Ken yon was practically duplicated, al though on a slightly Bmaller scale, be tween Oscar Lonegren, assistant bank examiner, and the Kelseys, who were in command of the latter bank. This Minneapolis savings bank was never a Very pretentious institution, although quite ambitious, and in Its modest way it managed to secure from the people of that city, or from about 500 of them, deposits aggregating about $7,000. The bank was organized by a man named Kelsey, who has a record as a bank organizer that is relatively unique. Kelsey organized a bank with as little trouble as a street soap fakir sets up his little tripod on a street corner. He ordered a sign and started into business. Assistant Bank Examiner Lonegren had, as a part of his official duties, the examination of such institutions as this. The bank was only organized within a year or two, but In June Mr. Lonegren's check for $50 turned up in the assets (?) of the bank, being credited to the cash and cash items account. A little later another check for $50 turned up. That made $100 which was being carried on the books of the bank as cash on hand. In order to get a line of patronage that they had been unable to get. into, the directors elected Magnus Turn blad, of Svenska Amerikanska Posten, and August Walkow, trustees. ___ When Kelsey was arrested for some troubles in connection with his bank at Preston, the trustees, who had been very busy attending to their own busi ness, decided to look into Kelsey's. They soon found these checks. This was in November. Public Examiner Kenyon was waited upon, and he and Lonegren afterward had rather a breezy session, the result Anally being that Lonegren drew his December pay early in the month and took up these checks, which he had left In the bank all the time. That Is all right, therefore, between Lonegren and the bank, but some of the depositors want to know how that protects them and other people in the state who have to depend on the ex amination of the public officials to know whether or not a financial Insti tution is sound or unsound, and who may reasonably view with suspicion the so frequent finding in the alleged assets of failed banks evidence of "accommodations" given to the former examiner and his assistants. Mr. Kenyon seemed to think, when Lonegren drew his December pay in advance and cleared the matter up, that it was all over, but the trustees, Turnblad and Walkow were a little nervouß over their affiliation with the bank, and besought E. M. Pope, the new bank examiner, to close up. Gen. Pope was averse to summary pro ceedings, insisting that, if the bank people wanted the place closed, they should first procure some additional securities for the depositors which could not be so well obtained after the closing of the bank, or even following an application for a receiver. As soon as these formalities were complied with to the present examiner's satis faction, he took the steps necessary to have the bank put in the hands of a receiver, where it is now TROOPS ARE PROVIDED COMPROMISE ARMY IXC UKASE MEASURE PASSES THE SENATE BY A VOTE OF BS TO I.'l TIME LIMIT IS NAMED Senator Gorman lVi-wists That Ills Amendment Shall Be Incorpor ated ln the Bill Date for Con tinuation of Increased Force In Fixed at July 1, JOOI Mr. Vent Makes the Speech of the Day. THE VOTE. Yeas— Allen, Allison, Bacon, Burrows, Car ter, Chandler, Clark, Cockrell, Cullom, Deboe^ Elkins, Fairbanks, Faulkner, Foraker, Fryo, Callinger, Gear, Gorman, Manna, Hans, brough, Harris, Hawley, Heitfeld, Jonei ' (Nev.), Lindsay, Lodge, Mcßrlde, McEnery, McLaurln, Mantle, Mallory, Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Murphy, Nelson, Pasco, Perkins, Pettus, Plafct (Conn.), Piatt (N. V.), Price-hard, Proctor, Rawlins, Roach, Rosa, Sewell, Shoup, Simon, Smith, Spooner, Stewart, Teller, War ren, Wellington— ss. Nays— Bate, Berry, Caffery, Chilton, Clay, Daniel, Hoar. Martin, Pettlgrew, Turley, Vest, White— l 3. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.— The com promise army reorganization bill waa passed by the senate this evening at 7:10. When the senate convened at 11 o'clock this morning it seemed mora than likely that the bill might not ba passed during the day. Mr. Gorman, of Maryland, insisted that his amendment — providing that the army should not be Increased per manently or beyond July 1, 1901— be in corporated in the measure. For sev eral hours it appeared probable that his insistence would throw the bill over until tomorrow and perhaps de feat it. An agreement was reached finally, however, and Mr. Gorman's amendment, in a slightly modified form, was accepted. The notable speech of the day against the measure was delivered by Mc Vest, of Missouri, but his brilliant elo quence availed nothing against the measure as finally agreed upon. Ha said: I know of but one parallel of this Philip pine scheme of Christian philanthropy.. It Is to be found ln one of Dickens' novels, "Bleak House." An eminent divine lays his hands upon "Poor Jo" and sayu to him: "Young man, come with me and I will do you good." "Let me alone," cries the vagrant, "let ma alone. Take your hands off me." In solemn and sepulchral tones equal to these of my dilstingTiished friend from Mon tana (Mr. Carter) the reverend Mr. Ch_d band replied: "Young man, I will not tako my hand from your shoulder. I am a tolbr and a moiler and I Intend to do you good ln spite of yourself." So it is with the president. He places hia ha,nd upon the shoulder of the Filipino and says: "I am a toller and a moi'er and I in tend to 6ave you in spite of yourself." And he wants 100,000 missionaries with rifle, to shoot his good resolutions into effect. CHANGE OF MASTERS. Mr. White (Cal.) spoke against the bill and against the present policy in the Philippines. Today, he said, the guns of the Filipinos were pointed against us, and our guns were pointed against them. He could not contemplate the situa tion in the Philippines wtih any other feeling than that of shame. There was no possibilty of assimilating the Fili pinos. Tiie outlook was very gloomy. He advocated the freedom of the peo ple of both Cuba and the Philippines. "We claim," said he, "to be a Chris tian, a civilized and a progressive peo ple. But are we in earnest? Are we not about to discard the emblems of peace and enter upon an era of con quest? War may come, but, if it does come, it must be for freedom, to de fend liberty and not a» war for con quest, if it is to receive my vote." Mr. Caffery took occasion to make an argument against an increase in the standing army. He declared it was an extolling of the military calling, of militarism, which was the forbidden fiuit which had led to the destruction of republics in the past. Mr. Hawley offered as an amendment a proviso of the fifteenth section, au thorizing the president to enlist tem porarily in the service, for absolutely necessary purposes in the Philippine islands, volunteers, officers and men. Individually or by organizations, now in those islands or about to be dis charged, providing that they be count ed as part of the volunteer force au thorized by this act, and they shall not be enlisted for more than six months nor beyond the time necessary to replace them. It was adopted. Mr. Gorman offered the following amendment as a provision of section 15: That each and every provision of this act Hha!l continue in force uncll July 1, 1901. and on and after that date all- the general staff and line officers appointed ta the army un der this act shall be d*!,;iohargcd and the numbers restored in each grade to those exist ing ait the passage of this art. and the en listed force of the line of the army shall be reduced to ths number as provided by law prior to April 1. IS9S. excltt_hre of such ad ditions as have been or may be made .under this act to the artillery and except the cadi ta provided for by this act who may be ap pointed prior to July 1, l!K_: and provides, further, that no officer who has been or inny be promoted under existing law or under the ru'.t*s of seniority sfliall be disturbed in hla rank. The amendment was adopted, sixty eight voting in the affirmative and none in the negative. Mr. Warren waa paired against it. An amendment, offered by Mr. Car ter, provided that three-fourths of the provisional regiments, at the discre tion of the president, should be caval ry, whose members should be "particu larly proficent in horsemanship and markmanship. the regiments to serve mounted or dismounted. It was agreed to. SOLDIERS PROTEST. In the course of a speech against the general features of the bill. Mr. Allen (Neb.) made the statement that he had received many letters from the vrdunteers in Manila protesting against being used to shoot down those whom they had regarded as their friends. Those men, he maintained, ought to be recalled. Mr. Hoar announced his intention not to support the bill. It was not a bill for supplies, nor was lt a bill f>r the complete reorganization of the army. It was then merely a bill to provide an army to make war upon the people of the Philippines. With the exchange of ratifications of the peace treaty, the war would be at an end. It would theiL_.be necessary v