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VOL. XXIII.—NO. 17.
SETTLED IN BLOOD
LONG-STANDING FEUD BETWEEN
KENTUCKIAYS GROWING OUT
OF MILITARY SERVICE
IMEE DEAD; FOUR INJURED
MANY SHOT'S WERE FIRED IN A
CROWDED HOTEL LOBBY DUR
ING THE DUEL
TRAGEDY IS SENSATIONAL
Men Involved Among the Most Prom
inent In the State of Kentucky —
Principals Were Col. David G.
Colson. Ex-CouHrres«nian, and
Lieut. Ethelhert Scott, Nephew of
Ei-Got. Bradley.
Dead—
, ETHELBEiRT SCOTT.
LUTHER W. DEM A REE.
CHARLES JULIAN.
Injured—
COL. DAVID G. COLSON.
(APT. B. B. GOLDEN.
HARRY MEWING. E ;
W T. O. RIDPATCH. : .
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. IG.-A shock-
Ing tragedy, In which the lives of three
prominent men were sacrificed, and that
of a fourth hangs by a slender thread,
while two others miraculously escaped
with painful injuries, occurred here at
10 o'clock today. The principals in the
tragedy were ex-Congressman David G.
Colson, of Middlesboro, and Lieut. Ethel
hwt Soott, of Somerset.
•cott was shot six times by Colson and
almost instantly killed.
Luther W. Demaree, assistant post
master at Shelbyviile, an Innocent by
etander, was shot three times and died in
etantly.
Charles Julian, another bystander, was
Bhot, and died a half hour later.
Capt. B. B. Golden, of Barboursville,
commonwealth's attorney of the Twenty
seventh judicial district, was shot in the
back, and is not expected to survive the
night.
Col. Colson himself was shot twice In
the arm.
Harry McEwing, of Louisville, was shot
in the foot.
W. O. Ridpatch, of Chicago, sustained
r broken leg by the lifeless form of Scott
falling against him as It rolled down the
pt airway.
The tragedy is one of the most sensa
tional in the history of "The Dark and
Bloody Ground."
1 The killing occurred In the lobby of the
Capitol hotel, the principal hostelry of the
Btate capital, the room being well filled
at the time with politicians and others
who are attending the contests for state
officers before the legislature.
Col. Coteon is In jail tonight charged
•with murder, but he claims self-defense.
The witnesses of the affair were taken
bo much by surprise when the shooting
began that most of them were almost
panic stricken, and there are many and
conflicting stories as to how the fight be
gun.
SHOOTING BEGINS.
Col. Colson and a party' of friends,
among whom was Demaiee, were sitting
in the lobby engaged in conversation, as
Scott and ('apt. Gulden came up the
fetalrs from the barroom. When they had
advanced about half way across the
room, walking in the direction of Colson,
the laiter, it is said, half rising from his
chair, fired at Scott, who instantly re
-„ turned the fire. The shooting then be
came general, and bystanders are at
variance as to the number engaged In it.
Demaree was standing slightly In front
of CoLson, and young Scott is said to have
crouched behind him to ward off bullets
irom Colson's revolver. In an instant
Demaiee fell dead, pierced with three
bullets. Capt. Golden, who accompanied
Scott, reeled to ovie side, falling into the
arms of ex-Gov. James li. McCreary, ex
claiming': "I am shot."
The smoko in the locality of the an
tagonists became dense, but Colson con
tinued to press Scott, who retreated
backward, shooting as he moved. Col
eon emptied the chambers of a thirty
eight caliber revolver, and quickly
brought a forty-four into action. Scott,
by this time, had been shot several times,
and as he staggered back and fell down
the stairway Colson, who was within a
few feet of him. continued to fire until
the form of Scott roiled over and showed
life extinct.
The battle was terrific, and bullets fair
ly rained through the lobby of the hotel,
several of which went wild, pierced win.
dow glass, or imbedded themselves in the
walls and furniture of the hotel.
It was not discovered for several min
utes afterwards that Julian, who died
later, had been shot, and at first his
wound was thought to be only trifling.
AFTER THE KILLING.
After the killing Col. Colson ran out of
the hotel and hurried to the residence of
j Chief of Police Williams, where he sur
rendered. He was almost exhausted, and
as he entered the house, gasped.
'I am sorry he would not let me alone.
There were three of them shooting at
me."
Meantime the wildest excitement pre
vailed In the hotel lobby where the killing
occurred, and in the dining room, nearby,
•where about 300 guests had been seated
nt dinner when the fusillade began. Men
fell over each other In frantic efforts to
get to places of safety, women fainted.
and it was several minutes before the
awful scope of the tragedy was fully
known. The dead were left lying In
pools of blood, and messengers were
' despatched in every direction for physi
cians and nurses to care for the wounded.
Charles H. Julian, who was shot in
the lee:.. <lled shortly after reaching a
room, death -being due to loss of blood
»- and the shock to his nervous system.
(\ipt. Golden w;»s removed to a room
and made a statement that Colson was
the aggressor.
Col. Col?on has long beett a prominent
figure in Kentucky politics. He served
two terms In congress, and declined a
renomination at the hands of the Re
publican party of the Eleventh district, in
}S!iß, In order to jiccept the colonelcy of
the Fourth Kentucky regiment in tl;<>
Spanish war. Scott was a lieutenant, and
Golden was captain of a company in
Ctilson's regiment, and the trouble which
led to the tragedy today began then.
Col. Colson wa« removed to the resi
dence of Chief Williams while the sur
jje<->ns dressed his shattered arm, and he
was not taken to Jail until 5 o'clock. He
begpecl to be allowed bail. The grand
Jury Is in session, and an Indictment will
probably bo returned against him tomor
row. Coroner Meagher will also hold an
Inquest tomorrow morning.
Colson tonight still declined to talk.
He is 1" a highly nervous state, and jip-
The St. Paul Globe
peared to have been weeping when a re
porter called. He puttered a partial stroke
of paralysis after he was shot by Scott,
at Annlston, and had never fully recover
ed from it.
SHINING MARKS.
That death seeks a shining mark wae Il
lustrated in the tragedy. Colson was the
most widely known of those who figured
In it, but none of the others were obscure.
Scott was a young lawyer of Somerset,
and a nephew of ex-Gov. W. O. Bradley,
his mother being a sister of the ex-gov
ernor. He was about thirty years of age.
Julian was one of the wealthiest farmers
of the county, and was active in local
politics, being a Democrat. His family
are among the best known people in Ken
tucky. One brother, Henry, is a lawyer
at Kansas City, another, Alexander, Is a
wealthy shoemaker of Cincinnati, and a
cousin, Judge Ira Julian, of this city, Is
now a candidate for the Democratic nom
ination for congress in this district. De
iriaree was about thirty-two years of age,
and, in addition to being assistant post
master at ShelbyviHe,' was a large real
estate owner. Capt. Golden la one of the
best known lawyers in the southeastern
part of the state, and has long been a
leading Republican politician in his sec
tion.
Both Colson and Scott were regarded as
dead game, and both had figured In shcot
lng affrays before. Fifteen shots went
home in the tragedy today. When it is
remembered that, so far aB known, only
three revolvers played a part In the duel,
It can be seen that the aim for the most
part was true. Colson's shots were true,
but this detracts nothing from the noted
skill of Scott, because he emptied his re
volver after several bullets had lodged in
him. Following is the record of the
marksmen: Scott, a bullet In temple, one
in throat, two in lungs, two In back;
Demaree, two In heart; Julian, bullet In
calf right leg; Capt. Golden, two bullets in
spine; Colson, bullet splintered left arm
from wrist to elbow, bullets tore his cuffs
and sleeves to shreds. Nobody not In
line of fire was touched.
DEATH OF JULIAN.
The death of Julian is the most re
markable. He walked to his room un
aided. His cousin. Judge Ira Julian, ex
amined the wound and congratulated him
on his escape. Doctors were busy with
the dying and Julian waited. He was
bleeding to death, and when the doctors
turned attention to him he wag past re-
C°Capt.' Golden was alive at a late hour.
Col David D. Colson was born April 1,
IS6I at Yellow Creek (now Mlddlesboro),
Ky' He resided on a farm until twenty
years old. During a portion of this time
he attended the common schools and for
two years attended college. He took the
junior law course in the law department
of Kentucky university, at Louisville. x In
1882 he went to Washington, D. C, to ac
cept a position in the Interior department,
where he remained two years, and in IM4
was appointed special examiner for the
pension bureau, in which capacity he
served two years, during which time he
traveled, with headquarters at Knox
ville, Term. In 1887 he returned to Bell
county and was elected to the Kentucky
legislature. In 1889 he was the Repub
lican nominee for state treasurer In
1893 he was elected mayor of Middlesboro,
Xv which position he resigned on Dec.
25*to accept a Beat in the United States
congress, to which he was elected in
November, 1894. In 1896 he was re-elected
to congress. During his service he va
cated his seat to accept a commission as
colonel of the Fourth Kentucky regimen.,
for service in the war with Spam.
CAUSE OF~THE TROUBLE.
Col. Fife Tells of the Feud That
Started In Camp.
CHATTANOOGA, Term., Jan. 16.—With
reference to the killing of Scott and
others by Col. David G. Colson, at Frank
fort, Ky., today, Col. J. J. Fife, late of
the Third Tennessee volunteer infantry,
who was the president of a military board
appointed by Maj. Gen, Joseph Wheeler...
which tried Lieut. Scott on the question
of his competency, capacity and good con
duct, on charges preferred by Col. Col
son, said tonight: , ■
"More than once during the trial it
looked as though a personal difficulty
would hardly be averted in the presence
of the board. Col. Colson was present,
as was Lieut. Scott, during the entire
proceedings, and Col. Colson's arraign
ment of the subaltern was one of the
most severe, caustic and zealous I have
ever seen or heard, notwithstanding there
were rumors that Scott had said he would
kill Colson if his (Scot^s) character was
"The testimony taken by ' the ■ board
showed that Scott had acted the part of a
spoiled boy; that he was totally without
military experience, training or discipline,
and that he resented his colonel's efforts
to 'break him in.' Colson charged that
Scott was in the habit of drinking and
loitering around saloons, remaining out
of camp, and that he had never drilled
with his company but a time or two in
the six months of service.
"Col. Colson testified that Scott had
frequently visited saloons.
" 'How do you know that I visited sa
loons?' asked Scott, glaring at his antag
onist with his right hand hid under a big
army cloak.
" 'Because I saw. you there, repeated
the colonel, toying with his side arms.
" 'What were you doing there, sir?
" '1 went there to get a drink, sir.
"The board recommended that Scott be
discharged on the charge of incompe
tency. Gen. Royal T. Frank, who suc
ceeded Gen. Wheeler In command of the
Fourth corps, approved the findings of
the board, and sent them to Washington.
Scott procured a leave of absence, and
after the ten days returned and an
nounced that he had been to Washing
ton and had 'got It fixed,' and that he
would stay with the regiment.
"Things were no better between them,
and Col. Colson preferred charges against
him for disobedience of orders, disrespect
to his commanding officer and conduct to
the prejudice of good order and military
discipline, and asked that he be tried by
a general court-martial.
"One of the specifications to the charges
set out an open defiance on the part of
Scott of Col. Colson's authority, in the
presence of other officers, and he harbored
a desperado and bad character In his
quarters after the colonel had issued
orders for his expulsion from the camp.
"Gen Frank scented serious trouble,
and being always a peacemaker when" pos
sible sought to patch up the difficulty, as
the regiment was soon to be mustered
out and Induced the colonel to withdraw
the' charges. After this things were quiet
until the regiment was mustered out. The
day after that ceremony was concluded,
hostilities began in earnest. Lieut. Scott
was dining at a" restaurant with a party
of friends. Col. Colson entered, and, giv
ing his order for dinner, proceeded to the
only vacant seat, at the table where Scott
and his friends were seated, apparently
not noticing the presence of the latter un
til some remark made by Scott attracted
his attention. Col. Colson thought it was
intended as an insult.
"Just what followed next it is impos
sible to say, but Scott arose, deliberately
and quietly laid down his napkin, pushed
his chair to the table and, stepping behind
It, raised his pistol. As he did this Col.
Colson fired, the ball passing through the
space Scott had just vacated.
--"I d o not know who fired the first shot,
but several shots were exchanged, one
lodging In Oolson's groin, from the ef
fect of which it is saJd he will never
recover. No notice was taken of the mat
ter by the military authorities, as the
men had been mustered out. The civil au
thorities also ignored iL"
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1900.
ALL TALK IS OLE
SO SAYS SENATOR VEST, REFER
RING to discussion of Phil
ippine QUESTION
FACTS COJFIO.IT THE SENATE
THEY MIST BE MET AND DISPOSED
OF, BUT NOT IN IDLE, USE
LESS DISCUSSION
MR. VEST GROWS ELOQUENT
Assert* the Ri«ht of Senators to
Express Their Views on the Ad
ministration of the Affairs of the
Country Without Being Branded
as Traitors—Mr. IVt«i»r<'w"M Res
olution Tabled—Currency Bill Up.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The senate is
still in the throes of discussion of th«
Philippine question, and apparently ther o
is no near approach to a deliverance upon
the subject. Mr. Vest (Mo.) today voiced
the opinion of many senators when he
said that euch discussion as was now in
progress was of no consequence, as the
country was confronted by a state of
facts that could not be changed by talk.
Mr. Pettigrew's resolution of Inquiry
and Mr. Lodge's substitute for It were
laid on the table today, and Mr; Hoar's
general resolution of inquiry as to the
facts in the Philippines was taken up.
A motion of Mr. Pettigrew to amend It
so as to call for the president's first in.
structions to the Paris peace commission
ers led to a prolonged debate. After the
senate had considered the matter be
hind closed doors, the amendment was re
jected, 41 to 20.
The debate was commenced today by
Mr. Vest, who made a strong speech in
opposition to the assumption in some
quarters that every man who does not
agree with the policy of the administra
tion is a traitor to his country. Mr. Vest
threw into his utterances all the nervous
force and energy and the accomplished
oratorical ability for which he is famed,
and commanded the attention of the sen
ate throughout.
Mr. Pettigrew offered a resolution,
which went over, calling upon the sec
retary of war for an itemized statement
of the expenses of our occupation of
Cuba since the close of the war and tho
salaries of all officials.
Mr. Culbcrson (Tex.) withdrew as a
member of the census committee, and Mr.
Cockrell presented an order making the
following additions to the standing com
mittees of the senate: Census, Mr. Tal
iaferro; civil service, Mr. Turley, Mr.
Heitfeld and Mr. Culberson; irrigation,
Mr. Chilton and Mr. Allen; education and
labor, Mr. Daniel; llsheries, Mr. Kenny;
mines and mining, Mr. Butler; patents,
Mr. Heitfeld; transportation routes to the
seaboard, Mr. McLaurin; Potomac river
front, Mr. Bacon; national quarantine,
Mr. Culberson.
The resolution of Mr. Pettigrew calling
for information regarding the conduct of
the war in the -Philippines was laid be
fore the senate and the resolution in
troduced by Mr. Hoar substituted for it
with an amendment offered by Mr.
Lodge. It was about to be passed when
Mr. Pettigrew offered an amendment call
ing for information as to all the iiu
structions which the president had given
the commissioners who had negotiated
the treaty of Bails together with the cor
respondence that had passed between the
president and the commissioners.
MR. DAVIS OBJECTS.
Mr. Davis, chairman of the foreign re
lations committee, and one or the com
missioners, made the point of order
ag&inst the amendment that it was ex
ecutive business.
President pro Tern. Frye, who was him
self one of the commissioners, overruled
the point because he said it was witiiin
the discretion of the president whether
he should send the information to the
senate or not.
"Then," said Mr. Davis, with much
feeling, "I desire to protest, in the strong,
est possible manner, to a public discus
sion of this amendment. I may say that
nothing passed between the president
and the commissioners to which I should
raise objection to publication, but there
are matters which ought not to be made
public at this time."
On his motion the senate went into
executive session. Ten minutes later the
ooors were opened, and Mr. Davis moved
that the amendment offered by Mr.
Pettigrew be laid on the table. The mo
tion was carried, 41 to 20. Following is
the vote in detail:
Teas—Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Burrows,
Carter, Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Depew,
Fairbanks, Foster, Frye. GalHnger, Hale,
Hansbrough, Hawley, Kean, Kyle, Lind
say, Lodge, Mcßride, McLauYih, McMil
lan, Nelson, Perkins, Pettus, Platt
(Conn.), Platt (N. V.), Pritchard, Proc
tor, Quarles, Ross, Scott, Sewell. Shoup,
Simon, Spooner, Stewart, Thurston, Wet
more, Wolcott—4l.
Nays—Bacon, Berry, Butler, Caffery,
Chilton, Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Heit
feld, Hoar, Jones (Ark.), Martin, Money,
Pettigrew, Taliaferro, Teller, Tillman,
Turley, Vest, Wellington—2o. —
After the announcement of the vote,
Mr. Teller (Col.) explained that he had
voted against the motion because the
president had power to send any commu
nication to the senate in secret and be
cause he believed that all attempts to
keep from the public information of the
kind asked for by the resolution was like
ly to create suspicion.
Mr. Hoar regarded the action of the
majority as a most remarkable proceed
ing.
Mr. Spooner (Wls.) said: "The presi
j dent has been perfectly frank with us
on this matter, and all of us know just
what was done in respect to the Paris
treaty."
Mr. Hale (Me.) followed with a brief
statement, in which he said: "The result
of the negotiations of the Paris treaty
was, to my mind, calamitous." >
MR. VEST'S ELOQUENCE. '
The debate on the resolution was con
cluded by an earnest but brief speech
by Mr. Vest (Dem., Mo.). He regarded
it as very unfortunate that nothing-could
. be said by the opponents of the adminis
tration's policy in the Philippines without
calling forth an imputation of improper
motives.
"The friends of the president," said Mr.
Vest, "and I am not his enemy, assume
that any remarks made about the Paris
treaty or its negotiation Is an attack upon
the administration. This is an unwar
ranted assumption. On his Western tour
the president said the whole archipelago
had fallen like a ripe apple into our lap,
and we were bound to meet our new du
ties as they were presented to us. Were
we to leave them, or were we, as the
junior senator from Indiana (Mr. Bev
eridge) po eloquently told us the other
day, trustees under God to hold them as
a part of our mission to regenerate the
earth? I hardly know how to charac
terize the Imputation that friends of
Aguinaldo on this floor are giving aid
and comfort to the enemies of this coun
try. I have already said tharl consider
the discussion of these resolutions as of
no consequence. It is' like calling In a
skilled physician after the patient Is
dead. *
"What Is the position of the president?"
inquired Mr. Vest. "He directed the
peace commission to .take one island-
Luzon —and afterward abandoned that
policy. He has since- «ald the acquisition
of the islands was an act of Providence—
that we could not leave them as derelicts.
The fact is this whole question Is in a
nebulous and foggy condition. I disclaim
now any intention that my remarks
should reflect upon my country- But I
deny the right of any man to muzzle me
and restrain my right to express my
opinion. We have the bubonic plague, t
added to leprosy, in Hawaii; we have
starvation in Puerto Rico; we have un
rest and disquiet in Cuba, and we have a
war of indefinite length in the Philip
pines. Is It treason to say this?"
PLEA FOR PUBLICITY.
In conclusion, referring to the Paris
treaty, Mr. Vest said; "When that
treaty was ratified by the senate of the
United States every man who voted for
it knew that he voted for a war. Every
senator knew then, as he knows now.
that we weFe paying $20,000,000 for a war
in the archipelago, the end of which
might not come in ten years.
"I simply put before the senate and the
country this proposition: Are we to re
main silent, refraining even from ordi
nary criticism, as to the conduct of the
war for fear that we are to be denounced
as allies of Aguinaldo and opposed to the
authority of our own country?"
At the conclusion of Mr. Vest's speech
the currency bill was laid before the sen
ate, and Mr. McLaurln (Dem.. S. C.) ad
dressed himself to an amendment which
he had offered to the pending measure.
He advocated the repeal of the law plac
ing a tax on state bank circulation and
permission to state banks to issue circu
lating notes. He maintained that the in
crease of the banking facilities would not
help the South and West If provided ac
cording to the provisions of the bill. He
would have each state regulate its own
domestic currency, both in volume and
kind.
TECHNICAL EMBEZZLEMENT.
Charge Preferred Against Secretary
Gage In the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The urgent
deficiency appropriation bffl was taken
up in the house today, under an agree
ment which limited the general debate.
It was the general expectation that It
would open up a stormy debate upon the
question of expansion, in view of the
large army and navy items it contains,
but the members early became very much
engrossed in a discussion of an item of
$150,000 for rural free delivery, in which
all are personally interested, and the
subject of expansion was barely touched
upon.
The last hour of the debate was enliven
ed with an attack by Mr. Richardson, the
minority leader, upon the secretary of
the treasury for his course in connection
with the sale of the New York custom
house. He rehearsed the report that
Secretary Gage had been guilty technical
ly of embezzlement in eornection with th«
sale of the custom hou>", In depositing |
the proceeds in a national bank, which
was a government depository, instead of
the treasury of the United States, but
said this charge would not hold. Hia
purpose, he said, was to show that the
City National bank had been favored on
account of the contributions of its di
rectors to the Republican campaign fund
of 1896, and to show that the course of
the secretary in allowing the purchase
price to remain in the bank while at the
same time paying "rent for the property
and keeping it exempt from taxation,-was
not dealing fairly with the trust funda
of the government.
Mr. Hopkins, of Illinois, championed the
course of the secretary, declaring that
his reply to the house resolution an
swered every charge brought against him,
and displayed business ability that must
meet the approval of all fair-minded peo*
pie. He insisted, furthermore, that the
title to the custom house passed to the
bank when it purchased and took pos
session of the property and that it had
not been exempt from taxation since il
had been purchased.
The debate caused very little excite
ment, and there was no attempt to re
new the assault upon the secretary aftet
Mr. Hopkins closed.
The urgent deficiency bill will be taken
up for consideration under the flve-min
ute rule tomorrow.
EXPERT CENSUS AGENTS.
Three Are Selected l» Director Mer
rlani.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16-The following
expert special agents have been apoplnt
ed by Director of the Census Mernam:
William G. Gray, of Philadelphia, In
charge of-statistics in regard to the iron
and steel industries. Mr. Gray is chief
clerk of the American Iron and Steel
association, officials of which association
had charge of similar work In 1880 and
18' JO. Mr. Shirley P. Austin, of Pittsburg.
in charge of statistics of the glass in
dustry. Mr. Austin is editor of the Glass
Worker. Mr. Alexander Smith, of New
York, special agent in charge of ship
building industry. Mr. Smith has been
interested in all movements for increa&e
and advancement of the merchant marine
for'many-years. These gentlemen will
have charge of the subjects mentioned
under the supervision o« Mr. S. B. North,
chief of the division of manufactures.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Effort to Push Their Completion to
Be Msidc
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Mr. Taylor,
assistant secretary of the treasury In
charge of the erection of public buildings.
Is preparing for transmission to congress
a list of public buildings in the United
Statesofr which work has been stopped
or never begun on account of the price in
crease of building materials or the short
age of iron. There are a number of
cities which, have been voted money by
congress for public buildings. In many
cases the buildings have never been be
gun, because contractors would not under
take their construction within the appro
priation. Sites in many cases have been
secured, but there the matter has been
held up. Congress will be asked to in
crease these appropriations so that the
projected buildings may be erected as
originally intended.
DANISH "WEST INDIES.
Government Reluctant to Discuss
Ihe Proposed Purchase.
WASHINGTON, Jan. -16.—The arrival
at New York of an accredited agent of
the Danish government charged with the
negotiations for' the sale to the United
States of the Danish West Indies islands
has not been riotifteaj to the state de
partment as yet/ except through news
papers. There fs viable reluctance to
discussion of the question, leading to the
contention that a. fraf discussion might
seriously prejudice any attempt the ad
ministration might have In contempla
tion to secure the assent of congress to
the purchase of the Island*.
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
HEARINGS BEFORE THE SENATE
COMMERCE COMMITTEE WERE
RESUMED TUESDAY
Silt. HffiEY IS CALLED 11*01
ORGANIZER OF FARMERS' ALLI
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL UNION
OPPOSES MEASURE
FAVORS THE BOUNTY PLAN
Tells Why the Plan of Subsidies
Baaed on Speed and Capacity Are
Objected To—Producers Interested
Only In Having Their Products
Go Abroad—Ex-Senator Edmund*
HhimN In Hlh Report.
WASHINGTON, Jan. HI — Hearings
were continued today before the senate
commerce committee and the house com
mittee in the merchant marine on the
proposed shipping or subsidy bill.
J. C. Hanley, national organizer of the
Farmers' Alliance and Industrial' union,
spoke against the bill before the house
committee on the ground that It gave
bounties for speed and capacity, whereas
the farming organizations favored boun
ties based on the products actually ex
ported. He said the organization he rep
resented would favor bounties of $12,000,
--000 annually on freight outward carried.
The plan of subsidies based on speed and
capacity was opposed, he said, because
it would go largely to passenger vessels
and large ships, whereas the producers
were interested only in having their
products go abroad.
Henry W. Peabody, of Boston, having
business connections In London, Manila,
Sydney and In the Orient, opposed the bill
on the ground that any measure to ex
tend our commerce should have more
general application and not be confined^
to ships.
MR. EDMUNDS' REPORT.
Senator Frye submitted to the senate
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committee a letter from ex-Senator Ed
munds, which in part was as follows:
"Agreeable to your request I have ex
amined all the treaties between the Unit
ed States and other countries on the
subject of the ships of other countries
being entitled to bounties on exportatlons
If the United States should grant boun
ties to its own ships, etc. The list here
with contains the names of countries
which_ by express provision of our trea
ties would be entitled to have their ships
receive the same bounties for the ex
portation of goods from the United States
that the United States may grant to its
own ships: Argentine Republic, Austria,
Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Denmark, Great Britain, Greece,
Hayti, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Mecklen
berg-Schwerin, Mexico, Netherlands,
Nicaragua, Faraguay, Peru, Prussia, Ser
vla, Sweden and Norway."
Mr. Edmunds says that under these
treaties 'it is impossible for the United
States to grant export bounties to their
own ships without bringing into the ben
efits of the bounty the ships of nearly
all the commercial and martime com
petitors of the United States or else by
the abrogation of quite or nearly all the
treaties above referred to.".
Mr. Edmunds further says that "if a
bounty on exports Is to be granted it must
apply to all exports, it must l>« impartial
and universal." He adds: "A general
bounty on exports, if valid, must neces
sarily be equal, value for value, and if
large enough to reach and benefit the
original' producers and manufacturers
would be startling in amount."
FAST SHIPS A LOSS.
Mr. Element A. Grlserom, president of
the Imperial Navigation company, which
owns the American line of steamers, told
the senate committee that the New York,
St. Paul, St. Louis and Pftris never made
the company a dollar. He figured the
net loss to the company at J41"»,000 an
nually. The eleven ships under foreign
flags supported the other ships. The fast
ships, like fast trains, did not pay.
Mr. Depew here stated that the late
Frank Thompson, of the Pennsylvania
railroad, had made a careful investiga
tion of .the subject and had inforirfed the
senator that he had found that the fast
trains were run at a loss.
Mr. Griscrom continued by saying that
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IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. Paul:
Threatening.
I—Rloody Kentucky Fend.
Ship Subwldy Plan.
Debate on Philippines.
South African War.
2—Welch Before Court.
New Tax law Questioned.
Longer Fair Wanted.
Mayor and Grand Jury.
B—Minneapolis8—Minneapolis Matter*.
Northwest News.
I.he Stock Convention.
4—Editorial.
State Political Gossip.
Bryan In Kentucky.
B— Sporting; News.
Stimoun Treaty Ratified.
({—Markets of the Woirld.
Bar Silver, 5» I-40.
Chicago May Wheat, OS I-4-3-Bc.
Stocks Inactive.
7—News of the Railroads.
Boxell Family Jar.
B—ln the Field of Labor.
St. Paul Social Jiewn.
Pey Rolls Hnng I p.
OCEAN LINERS.
NEW YORK—Arrived: Amsterdam, Rot
terdam; Auguste Victoria, from Naples.
MANlLA—Arrived: Victoria, San Fran
cisco.
NAPLES-rArrived: Fuerst Bismarck,
New York, and proceeded for Ge^oa.
BOULOGNE—SaiIed: Palatia, Hamburg,
for New York.
LIVERPOOL — Sailed: Ultonia, New
York.
KOBE—Arrived: Tacoma, Tacoma for
Hong Kong.
TODAY IN ST. PA I 1-.
METROPOLITAN- — "The New York
■ Brewer" (in German), 2:30 p. m.; "Der
Corner Grocer," 8:15 p. m.
GRAND—"Under the Red Robe," 2:30 and
8:15 p. m.
Palm Garden—Vaudeville, 2 and 8 p. m.
Capital City Driving club, racing mati
nee, Lake Oomo, 1 p. m.
Billiard match, Carney vs. Speers, 19 East
Fifth street, 8 p. m.
Reception to Bookfer T. Washington, Com
mercial club, 2 p. m.
Grand lodge of Masons meets, Masonic
Temple, 10 a. m.
St. Paul lodge, A. F. and A. M., meets,
Masonic Temple, Fifth street, near
postoffice," 8 p. m. ■
the tramp ships and slow freighters would
be benefited under this bill, and would
maintain the faster ships. He said his
company did not propose to go out of.
last navigation. They were in and in
tended to stay. In the course of his re
marks Mr. Grlscrom said:
"I do not wish to make any statement
that may appear like threats, but this
fast service of fast ship 3 cannot be con
tinued under the American flag after the
expiration of our present mall contract
upon the terms under which It is now
running, and ali hope of continuing the
construction of such ships, which proved
so useful to the government In the Span
ish war, will Inevitably cease."
He thought the amount of subsidy
named in the bill would accomplish the
object tor which it was intended.
An Extraordinary Record.*
109,303 cases of G. H. Mumm's Extra
Dry imported in 1599, or 72,495 cases more
than any other brand, was never before
approached. Its quality cannot be ex
celled at any price, and their 1895 vintage
now imported was seldom equaled.
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MODERN LOCHINVAR.
Cowboy Carries Away I>a.ngrhtcr of n
Rich Ranchman.
PIERRE, S. D., Jan. 16.—Tom Condon,
a cowboy, was wedded to Mies Llille Wil
son, daughter of a rich ranchman on the
Sioux range, despite parental objections.
The young couple took a Bixty-mlle ride
on horseback, pursued by the Irate
father, who fired several shots before he
was finally distanced. Coming on to this
city, the marriage ceremony was per
formed before the father could reach
here. _
WAGES OF SIN.
Montana Man Kill* Wife of Another
and Himself.
BELGRADE, Mont., Jan. IB.—R. L. Da^
vis, of the Butte Times, arrived here late
last night to take his family to Butte,
only to find that his wife had been mur
dered and the murderer, Frank Rogers,
a merchant here, had committed suicide.
Both bodies were found in the kitchen.
Rogers was In lo.ve with Mrs. Davis and
Bhot her to prevent her returning with
her husband.
BATTLE IS RA«
HEAVY FIRING HEARD IN THE
VICINITY OF CAMP OCCI PIED
BY GEN. 11l 1.1.KM
C2OSSIKG (F TUSEU RIVER
BBUKVBD THAT IT IS I!KIV<; AT
TEMPTED BY BRITONS. AND
BOERS ARE RESISTING
BOERS SUSTAIN A DEFEAT
Attempt to Rush a Hill Held by a
Company of Yorkshire*, and Are
Driven Hack at the Point of the
Bayonet—Rumored That a Portion
of the British Relief Column I*
Now Near !,u<l> sinl ;b.
MODDER RIVER, Tuesday, Jan. 36.—
There wa» a brisk exchange of shells this
morning, the Boers returning our fire for
the first time in several days. The Brit
ish intrenchments are being continually
strengthened and extended. The prelim
inary bridge Is almost completed. Heavy
rains have fallen in the hills recently, and
the fords of Reit river are almost impas
sable. It is reported it will be necessary
to relay the rails over almost the entire
distance from Modder River to Kimber
ley, the Boers having used the rails and
sleepers in building their fortifications.
Stories continue to reach camp that the
P'ree State desires to terminate the war.
The latest report is that a council waa
recently held at Bloemfonteln, at which
President Steyn and Gen. Cronje were
present. It was then stated that unless
the British began the attack by aJn. lfi
the Free Staters would return home. The
enormous difficulty the Boers must have
in supplying their Spytfonteln army,
which is very far from the head of the
railway, is very evident.
LONDON, Jan. 17. A special to the
Dally Mail from Pietermaritzburg, dated
Thursday, says:
"There was heavy firing today. It la
believed the Boers are -contesting Gen.
Buller's passage of the Tugela. Both
sides were evidently busy, as the firing is
described as the heaviest yet heard in
Natal."
The Exchange Telegraphic company has
received the following dispatch, dated
Jan. 16, from Pietermaritzburg:
"There is no news from the front, but
heavy firing was heard today in the di
rection of Frere. It Is probable that Gen.
Buller la engaging the enemy. A rumor
is current here that a portion of the
British force Is near Ladysmith."
DEFEAT OF BOERS.
RENSBERG, Cape Colony, Monday,
Jan 15.—The Boers thl3 morning attempt
ed to rush a hill held by a company of tha
Yorkshires and the New Zealanders, but
they were, repulsed at the point of the
bayonet. The Boer 3 had twanty-one men
killed and about fifty wounded. The hill
commands a tract of country east of the
main position of the Boers, and thvy de
termined to make an attempt to seize tha
heights. They advanced cautiously, di
recting their fire at a small wall held by
the Yorkshire", and compelling the latter
to keep close under cover. When Ihe
Boers rushed the wall the Yorkshires
fixed bayonets and charge 1. Just at that
moment Cupt. Muddockp. with a small
party of New Zealanders,came up.and the
combined force leapad over the wall and
charged straight for the enemy, who fled,
followed by a withering fire at close
range. The Boer* literally tumbled over
each other In their hurry to escape, but
the persistent fire of the British indicted
a heavy loss. Desultory firing continued
for some time, but the attack was an ut
ter failure, and the Boers retreated to
the shelter of the small kopjes at the
base of the hill.
NEW PEACE MOVEMENT.
LONDON, Jan. 17.—Even rumors are no
longer telegvaphel from Natal. The Im
pression gathered by the military experts
from this is that no determinate bl-ow
has been delivered by either side, as in
such an event there would be no neces
sity for silence.
ThP South African conciliation commit
tee, qiiJeJVy farmed t > repTe^erit the'pfaca
minority, announces Itself to the country
and asks ior me KUiH>uit at me pubnc
Among the members are Lord und Lady
Coleridge, Herbert Spencer, Sir Robert
Threshle Reid, George John Shaw-Le
fevre, Stephen Gladstone, Countess of
Carlisle, Robert Harrison and other no
table persons. Leonard Courtney, Union
ist member of parliament for the Bodmin
division of Cornwall, is president of tha
committee. This movement should be
distinguished from the »top-the-war
group -of extremist?, of which William
T. Stead Is the most active member. Its
position, as summarized, is to wait until
gome proper opportunity arrives for some
peaceful settlement. Meanwhile It will
gather and distribute correct information
and sound views. The manifesto affirms,
that "as the war was begun amid mis
understandings on both sides a paclfio
settlement is possible."
There Is no indication that such an ar
rangement would be tolerated by any
considerable portion of the public. Na
tional emotion is now in a state of dis
quietude over the reverses to British
arms; dissatisfaction with the conduct
of military business is intense, and there
is an almost universal determination to
see the thing through.
FIVE NEW BATTERIES.
The war office has issued information
of the formation of five new batteries.
Some Wea of the army resources to be
drawn upon may be gained from the fact
according to the statement of a military
expert this morning that an old practice
howitzer at Lydd, In Kelit, with which It
was impossible to do accurate shooting,
but which has been for some time solely
used to test shells, has been laid under
requisition for the front. Orders have
been received at Lydd to pack this ven
erable relic with As. much dispatch as
possible for embarkation.
Seventeen more militia battalions will
be embodied in the course of a fortnight.
All the regulars are now out of the coun
try except fourteen infantry battalions
and eleven cavalry battalions. The war
office has placed an order for 32,000.000
cartridges in cases.
The yeomajiry committee announces
that It has accepted 5,000 out of the 10,000
men which It wishes to raise and still
has 80,000 applicants to be examined. Tha
Daily Chronicle asserts that the commit
tee was goaded into this statement by the
reports that there waa no hope of getting
the full number.
CURIOUS REPORTS.
The war office ha* wired to counter
mand the departure from Egypt of *
number of officers who were previously
ordered to South Africa. The Dally
Chronicle, commenting upon thl» ana
upon other news related to 11, saya:
"There are some curious reports 111
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