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CiTY OF ST. PAUL.
VCL. XXIV.-ISO. 59.
SENATE SAT UNTIL 1 A.M.
\rmy Appropriation Bill Is Passed
With the Spooner Philippine
and Cuban Amendments.
BITTER DEBATE PRECEDED ACTION
Republican Imperialism Denounced
in Scathing Terms by Speak'
ers of the Opposition,
"WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S.—The senate
IMftssed tlie army appropriation bill at
12. :.':> o'clock containing the proposition
of the majority for a temporary govern
ment of the Philippines and ' for the
future relations between the United
States and Cuba. Many amendments
were offered to both propositions, but
were voted down. The original Spooner
amendment was amended regarding
franchises as proposed by Mr. Hoar, the
latter proposition having been accepted
by the majority >esterday.
Not since the enactment of the resolu
tions declaring a state of war to exist
between the United States and Spain has
there been such an avalanche of pas
sionate oratory as the senate listened to
today. Throughout the session the army
appropriation bill was under discussion,
the controverted questions being the
Spooner Philippine amendment and the
I'latt Cuban amendment. Curiously
enough tho debate was confined entirely
to the Democratic side of the chamber
with one exception. Both amendments'
v. ore denounced as vicious and pernicious
legislation, subversive of the constitu
tion of the United States and unparal
leld in the history of legislative enact
ments. The most notable speech of the
day was delivered by Mr. Bacon, of
Georgia. He had been thoroughly
aroused by re ports '.hat Democratic,
ruembers had be-in md.iced by question
able means to withdraw their objection
to the proposed legislation and lie pas
sionately denounced as a libel upon hor..
or of men or senators any such state
ment. II? would defeat the amendments
If he could, although he realized the
•majority would have to accept the re
sponsibility for them. The arraignment
of the administration for "coercing"
congress into enacting such provisions
in the closing hours cl the session wag
smsationally fierce and he de-clared tiio
only possible' object of such legislation
was that "the plunderers and vultures'"
might have an opportunity to prey upon
the prostrate land of the Filipinos.
-Senators Turner, of Washington; Till
man. of South Carolina; Pettigrew, of.
South Dakota; Hoard, of Massachusetts;
Teller, ojf Colorado; Malldry, of Florida;
Lindsay, of Kentucky; Culberson, of
Texas; Jones, of Arkansas; Simon of
Mississippi; Allen, of Nebraska, and
ethers addressed the senate, all of whom
denounced the proposed legislation;
Early In the session Mr. Perkins pre
sented the> conference report upon the
I'oriincations appropriation bill and it
was agreed to. The most important ac
tion ot the conferees was the recession
of the senate conferees upon the amend.
raent providing for the purchase of land
on Cushins's island; in Portland harbor
Maine,
TELLER AND HOAR.
During the debate Mr. Teller gave
notice of an amendment to the Philip
pine section as follows:
"That constitution of the Cnitstl
States is hereby extended over and de
clared to be in force in the Philippine
islands so far as the same o r any p.ovi
eion thereof may be applicable '"'
His purpose in offering the' amend
ment, he said, was to ascertain whether
those who say the constitution Oo^-s not
extend over the Philippines are willing
thai it should extend over the island He
had no idea that the United States ever
would Burn nder the Philippine islands
•'ln my opinion," interposed Mr. Hoar
(Mass, i, "we have no more right to gov
ern the people of the Philippines than the
people of the Philippines have to govern
us. If the senator should declare in his
amendment .that the constitution oi the
United States is to be in effect and force
fo long as the authority of the United
States is maintained there, I should be
inclined to acquiesce to it."
• But I don't yield that point," replied
Mr. Teller.
Mr. Teller then proceeded with a legal
nmi constitutional argument upon thi^
ponding questions. He said the congress
was asked in this bill to place its ap
proval upon a measure that would carry
us back to the dark ages-a bill that eti
boened "a wicked and vicious system of
administration." He feared that the
!ih asure would have the approval of the
country, too, as he thought the people
may have forgotten the principles of lib
erty.
PETTIGREW IN IT.
Mr. Pettigrew maode a vigorous attack
upon the Philippine amendment, particu
larly declaring that it would encourage
"jobs" and "schemes" for the advance
ment of the interests of those on the
"iireide."
He referred to the organization of the
I luhppine Lumber and Development
company, of which he said Representa
tne J. A. T. Hull, chairman of the mili
tary affairs committee of the house, was
president, and Representative Dovener
of Virginia, was the attorney. \
cor. of Mr. Hull, he asserted, even now
was in the Philippines looking after the
Interests of the company.
Mr. Pettigrew then read from what he
Baid were certified copies of correspond
ence which had passed between Maj H
O. S. Heistand, of the adjutant generals
depaitment of the army, and Maj E W
Hakes, until recently an officer in the
volunteer service, relating to a company
which had been organizeeffor the devel
opment of the hemp industry in the Phil
lppines. The letters indicated that this
company was endeavoring to secure con
trol of the hemp industry in the Philip
pines and that Maj. Heistand was using
his orhcial position to advance the inter
ests of the enterprise.
Mr. Pettigrew contended that no legi
mate efforts were being made to pre
pare the Philippines for civil govern
ment, and he declared that the barbari
ties practiced in the Philippines by our
forces had been equaled only by those of
the "civilized" armies at Pekin.
"IMPERIALISM."
Mr. Turner (Wash.), continuing his
speech of last night, criticised the Spoon
er amendment as a departure from the
American system—the first departure in
the history of the country. It vested he
contended, in the president of the United
fetates all the powers that belong to and
are exercised by the czar of Russia.
"It is an extraordinary proposition," he
de-clared. "To my mind, it is a mon
fitrous proposition, which no party ought j
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to countenance for a moment. We may
well tremble for this country, if the prop
osition of the senator from Wisconsin be
adopted; for we will not only have a
czar in the Philippine islands, but a czar
in the United States before it snail pass
out of existence. If I were a •"•Filipino,"
Mr. Turner continued, vehemently, "I
should never cease to resist the attempt
to impose the rule of the I'nited States
government upon myself and upon my
people in the face of so tyrannical a
propostion as that Involved in this
amendment."
Mr. Bacon (Ga.) said:
"This amendment Is the most per
nicious and objectionable form of legis
lation which has been proposed since I
have had any connection with the Amer
ican congress."
CASE OF GRAFT.
Mr. Bacon denied that members opposed
to the Philippine amendment had baen in
fluenced to withdraw their opposition be
cause of appropriations in the river and
harbor bill, which might be lost. He
pointed out that in the Philippines there
were 68,000,000 acres of rich lands, on
which were rich mines and valuable tim
ber. It was from "the plunderers and
speculators, who, like vultures, are hov
ering over that prostrate land," that the
demand had come for Philippine leglsla
tin to which the majority was about to
respond. He referred to a press tele
gram from Manila which stated that Dr.
Kruger, the German consul there, had
urged his government to request
the German ambassador In Washington,
diplomatically to advise the passage of
the Spooner bill, because it would Im
prove the interests of certain German
mining companies in the Philippines.
It looked as If the vote was about to
be taken, when the venerable Massa
chusetts senator, Mr. Hoar, rose.
"There is one provision of constitutional
liberty not yet slain," said he, "and I
will give it a chance tonight."
He then offered an amendment provid
ing that no official of the Philippines
vested with legislative power should ex
ercise judicial or executive power, or
vice versa, "to the end that the govern
ment might be one of laws, not viola
tions.
The amendment was rejected—26 to 46.
THE VOTE.
At last the time for voting had arrived.
It was now 11:20 o'clock. The house had
been in session continuously since 11
o'clock this morning. The vote was taVen
upon the amended Spooner resolution,
which was adopted—4s to 27—as follows:
Yeas—Aldrich. Allison. Ba:d. Beveridge;
Burrows. Carter, Chandler, da-k, Cullom,
Dc-boe, Depew, Dillingham, Dolliver, El
kins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster, Gal
lihger. Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough, Haw
ley, Kean, Kears. Kyle, Lodge, McComas,
MeCumber, McLanrln, McMillan, Nelson,
Peikins, Platt (Conn.i, Pritchard, Proctor,
Quarles, Scott, Sewell, Shoup, Simon,
Spooner, Stewart, Thurston, Warren,
Wetmore—4s.
Na\s-Allen, Baton. Bate, Eery. P.utl r,
Caffery. Chilton, Clay, Cockrell, Culbc-r
--son, Harris, Hoar, Jones (Ai-k,), Jones
(New). Kenney, Lindsay, McEnery, Mal
lory, Martin, Pettigrew, Pettus, Itawlins,
Taliafero, Teller, Tillman, Turley, Turner
—27.
THE AMENDMENT.
The Philippine amendment as agreed
to in the senate tonight is as follows:
"All military, civil and judicial powers
necessary to gove: n the Philippine is
lands acquired from Spain by the treaties
concluded at Paris on the 10th of Deer in -
bcr. 3SOS. and at Washington on the 7th
day of November, ItXM), shall until other
wise provided by congress be vested in
such manner as the presidsnt of the
United States shall direct for the estab
lishment of civil government and for
maintaining and protecting the inhabi
tants of said islands in the free enjoy
ment of their liberty, property and re
ligion.
"Provided that all franchises granted
under the authority hereof shall contain
a reservation of the right to alter, amend
or repeal the same. Until a permanent
government shall have been established
in .said nrehipelago full reports shall be
made to congress on the first day of
every regular session of all the proceed
ings of the temporary govern
ment established hereunder and a
full list of officials of said
government and of the condition of said
archipelago and of its people, and a full
report shall be made to the president,
including all information that may be
useful to congress in providing a perma
nent government.
"Providing that no sale or lease or oth
er disposition of public lands or timber
or watc-r rights therein shall be made;
ami. provided further, that no franchise
shall bt granted which is not approved
by the president of the United States
and is not in his judgment rlcarly nec
essary for the immediate government of
the- islands and indispensable for the in
terest of the people therefore, and can
not without great public mischief be
postponed until the establishment of per
manent civil government and all such
franchises shall terminate one year after
the establishment of said permanent civil
government."
Mr. Platt (Conn.) then offered the
amendment prepared by the committee
on relations with Cuba.
After a bitter debate the vote was then
taken upon the Cuban amendment, and it
was agreed to 43 to 20, as follows?
THE CUBAN VOTE.
Yeas—Aldrich, Allison, Bard, Bever
idge, Burrows, Carter. Chandler, Cullom,
De Boe. Depew, Dillingham, Dolliver,
1 airbanks, Foraker, Foster, Galling^r
Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough, Hawley
Hoar, Kean, Kearns, Kyle. Lodge M"-
Comas McCumber, McMillan, Nelson
Penrose, Perkins, Platt (Conn.) Proc
tor, Pritehp.rd, Quarles, Sewell, Shoup
Simon. Spooner, Stewart, Thurston.War
ren, Wetmore—43.
Nays—Bacon, Bate, Berry, Butler,
Caffery, Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Jone-s
(Ark), Kenney. Lindsay, Mai lory. Martin
Pettigrew, Pettus. Rawlins Teller Till
man, Turley, Turner—2o.
Several amendments were voted down
and the bill was passed, ayes *?<; nays,
Mr. Allison do.) reported the sundry
civil appropriation bill. The senate then
at 1 o'clock adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
The house had a busy day of routine,
agreeing to the conference -reports on the
fortification, District of Columbia, and
the military academy bills, the* last nim-
(.'ontiiiiiru on second Paige.
THURSDAY HORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1901.
BREAK AT LINCOLN, NEB.
SUPPORTERS OF ROSEWATER AB
SENT FROM REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 27.—Eight "more
members of the legislature, making fif
teen In all, deserted the Republican sena
torial caucus when it met tonight. The
eight new absentees ■comprise the entire
Republican delegation from Douglass
county. They are supporters of Edward
Rosewater for long term senator. As
justification of their action the following
statement was given out by Mr. Itose
water:
"The Douglass county" delegation did
not attend the caucus tonight. They
remained away as a protest against the
action of two of the D. E. Thompson men
in the caucus last night in declaring
openly that they would not be bound by
its action should it result in the nomina
tion of Mr. Rosewater."
Three ballots were taken, the caucus
adjourning shortly before midnight. The
third ballot resulted:
Thompson,- 38; Melklejohn, 22; Rosewa
ter, 4; Currie, 6; Hinshaw, 4; Crounse, 5;
Haftan. 4; Young, 6; Smith Bergtr, 2.
11l : _
DEPUTIES IN A FlfiHL
AUSTRIAN REICHSRATH IS MAIN
TAINUNG ITS REPUTATON.
VIENNA, Feb. 27.—There was a free
fight today between Pan-Germans and
Czechs on the floor of the Reichsrath.
The session opened with . a promise of
storms. Herr Schoenerer was especially
prominent in creating disturbance. Latr
the Czechs resorted to obstruction, mak
ing speeches in their own tongue. The
Pan-Germans protested against the abuse
of freedom of speech and a pWrty of them
invaded the Czech benches. The result
was a fierce fisticuffs fight. A Pan-Ger
man named Stim attempted to chastise
a Czech named Fresl whereupon the
radical Czechs surrounded him. Stim's
friends rushed to his rescue and th<s
various groups became mixed up in a free
fight, during which the president's bell
and voice were drowned in the uproar.
Eventually the president succeeded in
making it known that the session was
suspended. Before the house could be
cleared, however, the rival members
again clinched and fierce blows were ex
changed.
—: . :; ,
EN6INEERS_WILL GO OUT
GBXBRAIi STRIKE ORDERED OX
THE GREAT LAKES . „
CLEVELAND, 0., Feb. 27.—As a result
of the refusal of the Lake Carriers' as
sociation to grant- the demands of the
marine engineers for additional help in
the engine rooms of steamers, National
President George -Uhler, this afternoon,
declared a " strike . In .. force, affecting
about 1,800 engineers on the great lakes.
Prominent vessel owners today freely
expressed the hope that the engineers
might succeed in tying up lake commerce
until July 1, as it would result in high
carrying rates later, and thereby insure a
most proseprous year for the owners.
On the other hand, President Uhler, of
the Marine Engineers' association, ■ de
clared that his organization was > never
in better financial condition for a < long •
fight than at the present time.' The strike
order affects all members of the ■ engi- :
neers' organization, on passenger, as well
as on freight boats. It is said fully 85
per cent of the engineers of the
lakes are members of the organization, . ■ j
WILL SUCCEED WILDMAN
HOXCK»XG CONSULATE GOES TO
W. A. RI'BLEE, OF MII.WAIKEE.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb. 27.—The
Washington correspondent of the Sen
tinel wires tonight that W. A. Rublee, of
this city, will be appointed to succeed
the late Rounsevelle Wildman as consul
to Hongkong. Mr. Rublee served for
several years as United States consul at
Prague. Bohemia, during tho Harrison
administration. Mr. Rublee is a son r>f
the late Horace Rublee, former editor o*
the Sentinel, and is a graduate of Har
vard college. He was one of the owners
of the Sentinel who sold out his interest
two weeks ago. He has for years been
an editorial writer on the Sentinel.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Plttsburg, Pa.—The announcement Is
made that the American Sheet Steel com
pany had advanced all gauges of sheets
$4 per ton.
New York—A ten-foot stone wall, erect
ed in an excavation at 3,?3 West Nineteen
th street for a new building, caved in.
Four Italian laborers we:e buried under
the wall when it Tell. Two were killed
and two were badly hu:t.
Charleston, S. C—The reported dis
covery of oil near King's mountain battle
field has caused considerable excitement
in York county, S. C, and Cleveland and
Gaston counties, N. C., where many op
tions have been given on land.
Chicago—The National Biscuit company
announced that all employes would be
given an opportunity to purchase the pre
ferred stock of the company on the
most, favorable terms, with the view of
becoming associate proprietors.
Kemmcrer, Wyo.—Eight bodies were re
covered from # the Diamondville mine,
whe:e thirty-two men perished in Mon
day's fire. Fife damp finally drove out
the searchers and it is probable no more
bodies will be recovered for several days.
Youngtown, O.—Four masked men tried
to rob the Farmers' National bank at
Canfield, ten miles from here, early yes
terday. Explosions in attempting to
open the safe aroused the citizens and
the would-be bank robbers sought safety
in flight. They had a team and light
wagon and were pursued several miles,
but have not been overtaken.
Lincoln, Neb.—The thirty-first ballot on
United States senator resulted as follows:
L. R. Metcalf, Fusion, 39; Alien 42-
Thompson, Fusion, 11; Hitchcock, Fusion
4; Btrge, Fusion, 7; Harrington, Fusion'
5; D. E. Thompson, 39; Meiklejohn 33;
Crouse, 8; Currie, 14; Martin, G; Hin
shaw. 13; Wetherald, 4; Rosewater, 13
--scattering, 9.
Bellefontalne, O.—A boiler which fur
nished power for a sawmill on the- f;irm
of Geo:ge Hoover exploded from some
unknown cause and fatally injured five
men. The only one who was able to go
after a doctor had oeen blown over a
woodpile 100 feet distant. The injured men
were all employes of the mill.
Norwalk, O.—Hon. Peter Brady, of
Bellevue, former treasurer of Ohio and a
prominent Democratic politician, is re
ported as mysteriously missing from his
home. He started for Toledo about two
weeks ago, and since that time nothing
has beon heard from him. His wife died
two years ago and he has brooded a
great deal over her demise.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The monthly statement of the collec
tions of internal revenue shows that dur.
ing January, 1801, the total collections
from all sources were $23,947,778, an In
crease as compared with January. 1900
of $928,893.
The senate committee en foreign rela
tions has decided to make no further
effort to secure action upon the various
reciprocity treaties before the senate dur
ing the present session.
Senator Oullom gave notice of an
amendment he will propose to the sundry'
civil appropriation bill providing for a
revenue cutter for Hawaiian waters at
a cost not to exceed $250,000.
Ferdinand W. Peck, commissioner gen
eral to the Paris exposition, delivered his
final report to President McKinley, who
transmitted it to the state department
It consists of 5,000 type written pages.
HI 111' 1
MME. SEMBRK II REACHES ST.
PAIL IN A STATE OF NEU
ROTIC PROSTRATION
CONCERT WAS DECLARED OFF
SLIGHT RAILROAD ACCIDENT, COM
PLETELY tPSETS FAMOUS
PRIMA DONNA
PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
Dr. Smith's "Large and- Ka»hlonal)l
Audience" Misses Hearing Great
Diva— Advance Sale
Cat No Figure.
"Nerves," satd Manager Graff, suavely,
regretfully, mysteriously.
' Nerves," echoed Dr. Samuel G. Smith,
decisively, impatiently, just a trifle re
sentfully.
"Nerves?" queries the public dubiously,
inquisitively, but always respectfully.
"Ah, yes, a woman and a prima donna!
Nerves, certainly, but why nerves here In
St. Paul? Just a short time ago a lesser
prima donna—but that's another story.
About Mme. Sembrich, now?" The query
is still respectful, but it grows more in
quisitive.
For Mme. Sembrich, of great voice and
greater art, was ill yesterday at * the
Ryan hotel suffering from a nervous
shock. The indisposition prevented the
prima donna from greeting "a large and
fashionable" audience, which, on the
word of- Dr. Samuel G. Smith, would
.
MME. SEMBRICH,
Who was unable to appear in concert last
night because of a shock on the train.
i
have listened last night to the silver
throated, divinely artistic Sembiich at
the People's church. «<*.
The public is wondering. Not that it
doubts the story of the "nerves." The
public is always: gallant and it has the
word of a lady. ff "the lady says
"nerves," it Is "nerves.f And doesn't
the feminine public kj^bw that that pe
culiarly feminine ailment may be occa
sion by the veriest trifle"? But —well, the
stoppage of a train pfth a'tiny jolt and
a consequent two hob's* delay in a com
fortable private car seem notjjuUe suffi
cient to put even the nerves of genius out
of joint, especially genius that is used to
| taking trips across :t'o*ntinent9.
The large and fefiiio'hable audience?
! The public ■ shakes."? if head and smiles
I sadly. Fashionable?' Without doubt!
Yes! But even wit^r the greatest of
prima donnas quantity is sordidly rated
above quality, and ..r 1 imoi' says that the
sale of seats for last night's concert was
very small, indeed.*/ *
Was it the light J8&14 of s&ats that caus
ed the attack 'of The Globe
put the question yefefjerday to Mr. Graff,
Mme. Sembrich's manager, who waives
it airily,.dwelling with almost painful in
sistence on the railroad accident, "which
might have been serious if it had hap
pened two miles further down."
The question was put to Dr.' Smith, who
irascibly condemned the shocking in
quisitiveness of the press and answered
not. The question- was put to a member
of the firm of Dyer; & Bro., who refused
any definite statement. "Light, but nst
discouragingly so,"; the only infor-
Tnation elicited. : '
Other people, more; or less interested,
were not so reserved 1, and the Globe
has it on very goofi authority that only
about $800 worth of was sold for
the concert. For a Sembrich, of course,
that would have been' a mere bagatelle.
Mme. Sembrich would not see anybody
at the .hotel. The divine light which
shines so relentlessly on royalty obscures
Itself for the geniuses of, stageland. A
very French y little maid peered out of
madame's room, a warning finger on a
pair of rosy lips.
"Nerves," murmured the little maid,
with a mournful sht.ke of her head and a
reproachful "look at the Globe repre
sentative, and the door that guarded the
sacred precinct was closed.
MANAGER GRAFF'S VERSION.
The following is Manager Graff's ver
sion of the affair:
"I can readily appreciate that the dl>
appointment has been great to a large !
number of the music-loving public of St. I
Paul, but it was really unavoidable,
and, to me has been a source of con
siderable expense, for In addition to the
loss of the receipts of the concert, I have !
reimbursed Rev. I>r. Smith for any ex
pense for which he has been put.
"It is a curious thing that when a great
artist finds it necessary to cancel an en
gagement, the public almost Invariably
Jumps to the conclusion that the advanoe
sale has been light. In this particular
case the box office sales were completely
satisfactory and even if they had been
slim, I regard It as a poor business pol
icy to throw up an engagement for this
reason. It always costs more to cancel
an engagement than to fill it, however
small the receipts may be, and Sembrich
is too great an artist to throw down the
public for any such reason as this.
"Now as to the accident," continued
Mr. Graff, "it Is true that it was of a
trifling character, ana no harm resulted.
Had it occurred a-mile further on, how
ever, there would probably have been
a catastrophe. I was not on the train,
but so far as I iwadeisstand it, what Is
called the driving rod of the locomotive
became disconnected and flying back,
smashed the cab. The wheels of the
engine spread out and the train was
brought to a standstill almost instant'y.
Had the accident occurred further on,
when the train was traveling at full
speed, a serious ac^dent would have been
the result. There was, I understand, a
wait of over two hotfrs until a wrecking
train and another engine arrived, and
in the meantime the talk about the ac
cident made M*ne. Sembrich very nerv
ous. To make matters worse, a small
Continued on Second Page.
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
"Weather Forecast for St. Paul:
Snow. v
I—A Day in Congress.
Mine. Scinbrich's Nerves.
. Boers in a Bad Way.
. Soldiers Under Arms.
■ • ".'.'- ."!-'" ■ '
—Haft!) Discharges His Force. ' ;
. Gov. . I-Ind Resumes Law. .
Doings of Legislatures.
Daugherty Reupnorlioiiment.
Warm Debate in House.
After State Reform Board.
In the Dakota*.
Editorial Page.
Ride Over the Rockies.
The Golden Idol.
'• * •" • / ■
Sporting News. .
Change Baseball Rule*.
News of Northwest.
Uncle of Agulnuldo. . '
€—News of Railroads.
Popular Wants. -
7—Chicago M«y Wheat, 70 7-Bc.
Bar Silver, GO 7-Bc. •.■...-.....
Stocks Steady.
—Ready for Washington.
St Paul Social News. ~K
■ —— —-—.— mm*. : '.
. WEATHER _FOR TODAY.
Minnesota—Snow Thursday; Friday
fair; culler; fresh southeasterly winds,
becoming northwesterly.
Wisconsin- Snow Thursday and prob
ably Friday; warmer Thursday; fresh
east to southeast winds.
lowa— or rain Thursday, with
warmer in eastern portion; Friday fair
and colder; east to northeast winds.
North Dakota-Fair Thursday and
Friday; colder Thursday; northwesterly
winds. •
South Dakota— flurries Thursday,
with lower temperature; Friday fail,
northwesterly winds. •
Montana—Partly cloudy Thursday,
with lower temperature; Friday fair ana
continued cold; northerly winds. r
.' St. Paul-Yesterday's observations
taken by the United States weather bu
reau, St. Paul, P. F. Lyons, observer, tor
the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock
last Barometer corrected for tern
peraturc and elevation: Highest temper
ature, 22; lowest temperature, 1; average
temperature, 11; daily range,- 21; barom
eter, 30.24; humidity, 79; precipitation 0
-7 p. m., temperature, 20; wind at 7 p. m.
south; weather, clear. >■ .
*Bp.m.High.l . *Bp.m.High.
Battleford ...28 30 Chicago is 20
Bismarck 30 30 I'incinnati ...34 38
Calgary 42 461-levcland 20 20
Duluth 18 2j Qalveston ...t» 66
Edmonton ...4S &2lJacksonville .54 58
Havre 40 46'Marquette ...12 14
Helena 4fi if? 'Montgomery .46 50
Huron 32 38 (Montreal 10 14
Med. Hat 4S 48 Nashville 44 48
Minnedosa ...14 2s(New Orleans.6o 68
IT. Albert 20 26lNew York ..26 28
Qu'Appelle ..22 36 1 Philadelphia .30 32
S. Currrent ..31 38 Tittsburg 22 22
Williston 34 36 3. Franctfco.72 12
Winnipeg 12 Is St. Louis 40 40
Buffalo 16 20' Salt Lake ...43 50
Cheyenne 36 SOSte. Marie .. G 12
•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul.)
OCEAN LINERS.
New York—Arrived: Teutonic, Liverpool
and Queenstown; Frankfurt, Bremen;
Victoria, Naples: Bolivia, Naples. Sailed:
New York, Southampton; Manitou, Lon
don: Caledonian, Liverpool; Friesland,
Antwerp; Oceanic, Liverpool.
Hongkong—Arrived: Glenogle, Tacoma,
via Yokohama.
Nasaua. N. P.—Arrived: Cruising yacht
Prinzessin Victoria Luise, from a West
Indian cruise, for New York.
Philadelphia—Sailed: Nederland, Ant-
Hamburg—Arrived: Bulgaria, New
York for Liverpool. Sailed: Ultonla, from
Liverpool, Boston.
Southampton—Arrived: St. Louis, New
York.
Boston—Sailed: New England, Queens
town and Liverpool.
St. Michaels—Passed: Hohenzollrvn,
Genoa, Naples and Gibraltar for New
York.
Liverpool—Sailed: Olive Branch, San
Francisco.
AROUND THE HOTELS.
At the Clarendon—R. W. Rans.?tt. Will
mar; O. M. Halstead, Jamestown, N. D.;
F. L. Klemer.. Faribault; H. Lilian,
Winona; F. W. Rynda, Le Sueur Centre;
T. O'Donnell, West Superior.
At the Windsor—H. D. Cochrane, Wau
sau; R. Relsisson, Lyle; W: T. Churchill,
i Rock Elm; E. E. Corliss, Fergus Falls;
i M. It. Man, Milwaukee; F. J. Bachler,
I Fountain City. YVis.; Wm. Hoerger, F. J.
i Eicfrenlaub, Faribault; A. L. Clarkson, G.
.' R Scott, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mis. H.
: Hawley, Worthington; M. R. Estes, ila
! deli;*; A. H. Reed, Fairmont; Joseph
Lcisht, Winona; L. McClure, Stillwater;
J. H. O'Brien, 8014 th St Paul; W B.
Mitchell. St. Cloud; D. D. Forbes, Mar
shall; W. J. Munro, Morris; John T.
Jones, Marshall; A. Schonlan, Houston;
O. M. Peabody, Echo; Chas. Mitcheil,
Alexander; W. M, Cursley, Watertown,
S. D.; W. R. Wyler, Minneapolis; C. H.
McGinnis, Duluth.
At the Merchants'—Guy A. Eaton, Du
luth; B. J. Mahue, O. K. Mahue, B. A.
Plummer, Forest City, Io.; Jacob Huber,
Minnocqua; R. Smith, Ortonville; C. L.
Higbere, Minneapolis; N. F. Danaher,
P'orest City; Mary A. ■Foster, Mankato;
William Jebb, Duluth; F. H. Case, De
troit: Robert Carr. Mason City, lo.; A
W. Blakely, Rochester; L. Nichols, Fair
fax; J. F. Willenberg, Cedarburg, Wis.;
J. C. Mills, Preston; J. M. Underwood
Lake City; W. G. Sawyer, Partridge; A.
W. Smith, Foston; C. S. Benson. John
Coates, St. Cloud; C. B. Dickaon, La
Crosse, Wis.; F. A. Hodge, Pine City; E.
K. Barr, C. H. Frye, La Crosse; B. C.
Barrett, Park Rapids; Samuel Porter,
Wilmar; J. L. Belden, Winona; Ed Jones,
F. Blakely, Lake Crystal; A. Wilson,
I Portland; W. H. Ingersoll. Braincrd; N.
j Bartholomew, Dcs Moines, Io.; F. B. Sim
mons, Long Prairie; C. J. Campbell,
Fargo; P. Ward, Bryan, S. D.; J. L. Neth
away, Stillwater; W. A. Reed, Renville;
R. H. Harris, Duluth; Robert Cosgrove,
! Le Sueur; E. Huntington, Windom; Philip
j Lesch, New Ulm; William Crawford
Lakefield; J. D. Carroll, St. Paul Park;
A. H. Abraham, Albany; F. W. Connell,
Duluth; L. •Cochran, South Lake; F H
Way. Britt, Io.; A. W. Phillips, Dcs
Moines.
At the Ryan—C. L. Bakter, Fergus
Falls; M. B. Webber, Winona; J. ' \
Wagner, Dcs Mqines, Io.; B. H. Morgan]
Minneapolis; F. J. Gruber, Rochester;
A. Branower, Milwaukee; C. A. Weyer
hauser, Little Falls; C. J. McNair, Clo
quet; J. F. Wilson, Mrs. T. B. Wilson
Menomonle, Wis.; D. Sinclair, Winona-
W. Parsons, Winona; Howeil Morgan'
Leech Lake agency; F. I* Halbrooks,
Winona.
At the Metropolitan—S. H. Ward, St.
Cloud; J. H. Roberts, city; J. G. Mc-
Kerty, Sioux City; R. Masons, Sheldon,
Io.: E. H. Clark, Chamberlain; J. S. Oar
roll, Fargo; J. L. Billon, Detroit; Wm.
C. Fraser, Rochester.
TRIED THE CUDAHY GAME
'iWREATENING LETTER WRITER
CAUGHT BY THE .POLICE.
BONNER SPRINGS, Kan., Feb. 27!-
M. P. Bearden, a respected citizen, is un
der arrest here for connection -with an
attempt to force $1,000 from Frank War.
ner, cashier and principal owner of the
bank at this place, under pain of death
to himself and wife, or the kidnaping of
his child. Bearden was arrested while
making off with a bag of slugs supposed
to contain money, and which was left at
a point designated in a threatening letter
received by the banker.
PRICE TWO CKXTS-J J^STSSh
NERSjmMD I
GRIM-VISAGED LORD KITCHENER
DAILY TICHTE3VS HIS GRIP IX
• SOUTH AFRICA
BOTHA IS SAID TO HAVE QUIT
LONDON OHiROKIICLE PRINTS. A RE
PORT DETAILING THE COM
MANDANT'S SURRENDER
MORE CONFIDENT IN LONDON
War Office Believes That the Pro
tracted Struggle With the
South African patch Is
Nearinj£ Its End
LONDON, Feb. 28.—The Dally Chron
icle, which has received a report which
it believes trustworthy, out which it has
no means of verifying, that Gen. Botha
has surrendered to Lord Kitchener, says:
"According to an earlier report Gen.
Botha was to have been received in Lord
Kitchener's camp about the end of this
week, but If the foregoing dispatch is
true, events have ripened with unex
pected rapidity. '
Bennett BurJeigh wires to the Daily
Telegraph from De Aar, under Tues
day's date as follows: "The Orange
river runs high. Our columns are tight
ening their g.ip uipon Steyn, Dewet and
Hertzeg, near Petrus\ille, and our pa
trols have been engaged. I anticipate
that a general action is about to be
fought and the contest is liable to prove
serious."
The dispatches from Pretoria tonight
locate Gen. Botha -with a small force
north of Middleburg. They point out
that he Is probably making for the head
quarters of Commandant Viljoen and
the: seat of the Boer government beyond
Roosendal. Viljoen has been at Roosen
dal for the past few days, but there is
no other Information than that relied on
by the Dally Chronicle that Gen. Botha
has surrendered.
CAPTURED BY FRENCH.
Gen. Kitchener, .telegraphing from
Mlddleberg (in the Transvaal, on the
railroad, between Pretoria and Port
uguese East Africa), under date of Feb
'27, says: .
"The following additional captures are
reported by French up to Feb. 25: Three
hundred Biters surrendered, a 19-pounder
;Krupp, ■ one Howitzer, a Maxim, 20,000
rounds of small arms ammunition, 153
rifles, 3SS.: horses,., 834 trek oxen, 5 COO
cattle, 9.800 sheep and 287 wagons and
carts. The Boers' casualties were four
killed and five wounded."
Gen. French's most, recent success,
combined . with the other advantages
: gained by the British forces in South Af
rica, has created, a representative of the
j Associated Press learns, a most hopeful
feeling in the war office here. Lord Rag
lan, under secretary of war, described it
as being the "thin end of the wedge,"
1 and this also Is the opinion of the mili
tary critics, who reiterate that while the
war cannot be expected. to end with a
i sudden stroke, this constant . capturing ,
: of men, guns and supplies and horses
means that the operations will . soon be
■ireduced to a DaeoTf " stage. Gen. French
is quite the hero of the hour at Pall Hall,
though, of course, Gem Kitcheners con
trolling hand, is ; recognised under any
circumstances. It is felt by Mr. Brod
rick and Lord Roberts that so long as
the British forces are doing something
to diminish the Boers' supply of men,
mounts and ammunition they are achiev
ing the only possible -objective at present'
in sight. It Is not believed to be at all
likely Gen. Kitchener will grant any
.armistice' as. a preliminary to peace, or,
•if. he does, he will not le.t the. war office
know of it until he learns the result, In
fact, small reliance is placed' upon such
an offer, for if Gen. Botha gave in, the
war office is inclined to consider that his
action would only affect the force under
his Immediate, individual command, and
that the same-policy which i 3 now be
ing pursued would have to be continued
against the other Boer forces operating
in vicinities far removed from the Boer
commander-in-chief.
PIG IRON UP IN THE AIR
■PRICE AT riTTSBIRG MOUNTS A
. OH, Alt PER TON. :
PITTSBURG, Feb. 27.—Within a week
the price of Bessemer pig iron has ad- !
vanced about $1 a. ton. Since the pur- I
chase by ' the Carnegie company, two
weeks ago, of 150,000 tons, there has been, i
a scarcity of iron, and this week but j
1,000: tons. were .sold, the price being
$14.75 a ton at ?the Valley furnaces, or I
$15.50 delivered in Pittsburgh The iron i
purchased by the Carnegie company was
at ■ the rate of $21.50 a ton at the. fur
naces. . Gray forge . has. advanced this
week from $13.25 a ton to $14 and $14.25 a
ton. • It is scarce, and but little is to be
held at the advanced price. Foundry
No. 2 is also higher, and sales were made
this week. at $14.50 a ton. The steel mar- |
ket is also strong, and it is difficult to get
Bessemer steel billets at $2 a ton above
the pool price of $19.75 a ton.
_—_ : .mcm
FOR RECEIVING BRIBES
MAYOR OP SOUTH OMAHA, NEB.,
PLACED OX TRIAL.
OMAHA, Feb. 27.—Mayor Allen R.
Kelly,' of South Omaha, today had his
preliminary ; hearing Ybefore Judge Vin
sonhater, in the , county court, on a
■charge of receiving a bribe from a
gambling house of that place for the
; privilege of doing business and was held
■to the district court, his bond being fixed
at $10,000, which he furnished.
... The state ; introduced . evidence ■ which
showed that one gambling house had
paid the mayor $260 to protect It
against- molestation. The mayor him
. seif - went on the stand' and denied that
he had ever received any of this money.
John'Maher, to whom it was alleged the
.money was paid,, testified that it was
paid to him.as a contribution to a chari
table fund for which he was soliciting.
.*.
LAWMAKERS AT MOORHEAD.
Senate and House Normal School
Committee* on . a Junket.
MOORHEAD, Minn., Fib. 27.—(Spe
cial.)—The . members of ! the senate and
: house committees en normal schools ar
rived in this city this evening, accom-.
> panled by several ladies. ..'. The visitors
were tendered an , informal reception at
the house of President Weld, of the
Moorhead' normal • school. Tomorrow
, morning the visitors ■ will '-.'■.• visit ..\the'
normal school to observe work of the
students. ,; The opening exercises will be
; prolonged and the .visiting, legislators
: will be. afforded an opportunity to say
what- they think of normal schools and
especially of * the requirements of -the
; Moorhead school. - During the" day the
visaing lawmakers will be the guests of
: the : citizens, \ and .t omorrow evening they
! will be banquetted at Wheeler hall, 1 the
i; dormitory, of -the school. • They.leave" to
morrow night lor St. Cloud, to visit the
normal school located in that city. „-'..
UmEmiAl PAPER
'< p£-QF THE
xnr¥ of st. pawl.
IB Bill
OFFICIALS AT INDIANAPOLIS FEAH,
FIL OF A LYNCHING IN
THE CITY
NEGRO BRUTE IS IDENTIFIED
VIICTIM OF SHAMEFIX ASSAILT AT
IRVINGTON IX A DASGEK
OUS CONDITION
LIFE WAS SAVED BY A LIE
Girl Did Not Slate That She IdentU
fled Her Assailant Intll He
Was Safe In Indianapolis
Jnil.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Feb. 2 -Dorothy
Darter identified the negro, "Doc" Reed
brought here fom Newcastle this after
noon, as her assailant. Last Thursday
afternoon, on the streets of Irvington
she was assaulted and beaten into insensi
bility. She is yet in a dangerous condi
tionT The negro was brought here hand
cuffed to an officer. The party was met
at a suburban station by a dozen police
men and detectives, with Supt. Quigley
at their head, and followed by a patrol
wagon full of policemen, the negro was
driven to the Darter home, two miles
from Irvington, an Indianapolis suburb
The girl identified the negro; then, see
ing the crowd of several hundred that
had gathered around the house, wavered
and said she was uncertain. Later, when
the negro and officer had left she stated
that she positively identified the man,
but feared to say so when he was there,
fearing the crowd would hang him in
their yard.
When the news scattered that Reed had
been identified there was intense excite
ment throughout the city. A hasty con
sultation between the governor, adju
tant general, sheriff and superintendent
of police was called, and the companies
of the national guard here were placed
under orders to be ready to quell a mob.
Meanwhile stands of arms were taken :
from the state armory to the county jail,
and seventy-five deputies were at once
sworn in. In addition to this, fifty po
licemen are on guard in every street in
the vicinity of the jail, and every one
is stopped from approaching. This" meth
od . of avoiding trouble will continue
through the night.
Thousands of people began gathering on
the down-town streets . early this even-
Ing,'and black groups of men appeared,
on every corner near the jail, which is
across the street from the city pollco
station. Stern orders to disperse, how
ever, separated them. The negro was
greatly frightened, and kept imploring
the officers in the jail to save him. The
jail is a new structure of stone, costing
$75,000, and will resist an attack.
RELATIONS WITH CUBA.
HAVANA CONVENTION'S IDEA OP
WHAT THEY. Sll'O'lJl<p BE.
HAVANA, Feb. 27.—The"constitutional
'• convention remained in session until 3
o'clock this morning/completing the work <
j:of : drawing up the clauses in the consti
| tution referring to the relations between
j Cuba and the. United States. A public
session will :be held this evening to.
sign the following resolutions, which
have been adopted: \ -; r '
1. The government of Cuba will not
m.ike 1 a . treaty or agreement with any
loreign power which may compromise or
limit the independence of Cuba, or Which
may permit or authorize any . power to
obtain by ;rieans of colonization" or for
military or naval purposes,' or in any
other nanner, any "foothold or authority,
or right over any portion of- Cuba. ■■•": „
2. . The government will not permit it*,
territory to bo used as a base of opera*
tions for war against the United State*
or against any foreign nation. ;."C : ■ •■' -
3. The government of Cuba accepts I*
its entirety the treaty of Paris, in whicl*
are affirmed the rights of Cuba, to thfr ;
extent of the obligations which are cxV
plicitly indicated in these, and especially
those whjch the international i law in* .
poses for the protection of life and prop .
erty, and substitutes Itself for the Unite* ;
Stales in the pledge which they assume}
in that sense, according to articles 12 ant
162 of the treaty of Paris.
4. Cuba recognizes as legally valid n.f
outs of the military government during
the period of occupation, also the rights
raising out of. them, in conformity with
the joint resolution and the For.igor
amendment, and the existing laws of the
country. , i . TT ''■', ■"**
5. The governments of the United
I States and Cuba ought to regulate tneir
I commercial relations by means of a
! treaty based on ieciprocity and with ten- ■
] denotes toward free trade in natural and
manufactured products, mutually assur- •
I ing ample special advantages in their re
■ speetive markets. ',
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.
. Madrid- The queen regent has signed a
decree appointing Rear Admiral Cervera
to be vice, admiral. .;... Tr.
Bucharest, Roumania—A hew cabinet
has: beer formed. M. Sturdza \j}b s the
premiership and foreign war poitiolio ad
interim. •
; London-Vice Admiral Cyprian Bridge
has been selected to succeed Sir Edward
Seymour an commanderin-chief on tho
China station.
Stockholm—The influenza epidemic !s
becoming more severe. Prince Berna
dotte, second son of King Oscar, 13
among the sufferers. ' ' *" :,
Liverpool—Davis Jardine has been '■ree
ted chairman of the Cunard Steam •hip
company, in succession to Lord Inver-
olyde, who died Feb. 12. . '
Mai Fellies— thousand dockers
voted.to declare a general strike as the
result of the refusal of the contractors
to dismiss certain employes.
■ London—Ambassador Choate attended
-the usual foreign office reception. / No
information regarding Great Britain's
ieply on the Hay Paunctfote treaty
-amendments was communicated to him.
Stockholm—A ball was given at. the
pElace last evening. The crown pi nice
and crown princess of Denmark (P>. nee
Frederick and Princess Louisif) v.'ere
among those present.
BERLIN-Yesterday having been ( the
twentieth anniversary of the emperor's
marriage, the chief personages of the im
peiial entourage were invited to a ban
quet at the Schloss. .'.".;.; ,
Berlin--Supplementary estimates were
presented to the bundesrath. They ask
for an additional 120,682,000 marks on
account of China, of which I00.200.0l1) ate
for the army and 17,500,000 are fo:' 4 the
navy. • ■■•■"f'-,;"-'",:'• ' 1 ■'' \..
Tripoli—A rebellion has -broken; out
gainst the sultan of Wady, owif? to
the many executions. Ahmedi, s* £ l of
the late sultan All, has beer. nr<w inied
;king by the u-brls. •;_ A Frew -i, I cc; la
reported to be half . way bet we I Tuat'
and.Wady.": " „" •.*''-' ?£•-!."
Constantinople—lt Is stated- that the
Porte, not having paid the' installment
due on the cruiser for -which a coi.tract
signed recently by the Cramp ' Ship'
= Building 'compitny, of : Philadelphia-
latter considers the contract voit.. and:
•repudiates all responsibility in the;'! mat
ter. ;...:.. „■ . '.- !)-. . -;"
London— Hon. Claude An?- i, -;a.
; other -of the Earl of LlcJr.le-1- ': was
ir.anied to Lady. Clodagh de la; ■£ Ber
• esford. a. sister ol the Marqul' ■ VVa
te-rford, in' L«~>ncion. - The *3: . s of
WatiTford gave the bride a.v V Th«
bridegroom passed some - jTea. a
ranch in Texas. t •!
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