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THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1902.
SPEAKERS RULE
SUBJECT OF A SEHSATIOHAL
SPEECH 111 HOUSE
A LECTURE TO REPUBLICANS
ny Oar of their Own Partr on the
Uajinrr of Conducting Doitlnfii
iu that Rodr-IIe Pari III Re
speetn to Some Individual Mm-
brn of Ills Party Excitlns De
bate Upon the Cnban Reciprocity
Bill Senator Morgan Speech ou
the Isthmian Canal.
Washington. April 17. For more than
fear hours today Senator Morgan, of
Alabama, chairman of the Isthnlan ca
a) committee, addressed the f enate on
tlie subject of the Nicaragua canal. He
devoted the greater part of his speech
t a. consideration of the desirabllitv
a-nd practicability of the two principal
routes Nicaragua and Panama. He
.xenuouslv favored the former, main
taining that in every possible respect
U had many advantages over the Pana
ma route.
A parliamentary change in the situa
tion cf the Chinese exclusion bill was
made Just before adjournment, the
measure passed by the senate yesterday
being substituted for the house bill.
This was done to expedite the bill in
the house.
Senator Morgan said in part:
"The subject presents itself to my
mind with conclusive force in the six
propositions I will now state:
1. We have reached the point wher
Investigation is complete by observa
lion, experience, scientific research and
forecast.
"2. The question now to be decided it
the choice of either of two routes for v
mnl: whether It shall be located at
Panama, or through the valley of th
an Juan river In Nicaragua and C03ta
Rica.
2. The controlling factor in making
this selection Is the assurance
f success in constructing a canal that
will be permanently useful for com
xaeree.
"4. A sum of money necessary for
axoendlture in the work of constructing
such a canal, to accomplish the ends,
eannot be reasonably compared with
the real value of the results to the peo
ple of the United States and the choice
f either route should not be controlled
v affected by a difference in the pres
ent cost of construction. I will say.
within a limit of even $50,000,000.
The assured certainty of success
sr the construction of a permanent ca
aal is. of necessity, the basic or foun
Nation fact upon which congress must
act in the selection of the canal rout.
onsidered as a simple proposition of
lvil engineering, there is no doubt
sot even a shadow of doubt as to any
tact touching the practicability of
snip canal from Grey town to Brito. in
and alone the San Juan river ana
across Lake Nicaragua. It is certain
bevond a reasonable doubt, that Us
oet is as nearly within the limits ot
xact estimates as any great public
work that was ever undertaken.
-6. If the dam at Bohio. on the Pan
ama route should fall for any cause,
the only hope of a canal across tha'
Isthmus would perish, never to be re
stored. All engineers admit this fact
The failure of a dam at Conchuda oi
Boca San Carlos or at Ochoa. or at
Tamborgrunde, or at any other site on
Ike San Juan river would only mein
4he loss of that structure, to be replac
d on a better location If a lake level
anal Is preferred."
Senator Morgan maintained that th
isthmian canal commission had no au
thority to accept an offer of the Pana
ma Canal Company and that the sole
duty of the president was to determine
the route he would recommend to con
grees. It rested entirely with congress
whether or not it should accept the
-glittering temptation" in the way of
bargain Offered by the Panama Cdm
saay.
House ot Representative.
The general debate upon the Cuba
reciprocity bill closes tomorrow at
'clock, and it is the intention of the
bouse leaders, if possible, to force a
final vote upon the passage of the bill
before adjournment tomorrow night. All
day long the leaders wer counting
noses and preparing generally for the
final struggle tomorrow. The demo
crats are so badly splk up on this prep
osition that a caucus was held tonight.
The opponents of the bill occupied
most of the time in debate today, the
feature being a vigorous speech by Mr.
Cushman. of Washington, republican.
against the measure. He arraigned the
committee on rules and the house lead
crs In a breezy and at times sensational
fashion. A portion of his criticism as
tn a semi-humorous vein, but some of
it was decidedly caustic.
Mr. DeArmond, one of the. leading
democrats or the house, delivered a
forcible speech in favor of tariff re
Auction on trust articles. The other
sneakers were Messrs. Pierce, of Ten
nessee: W. W. Kitchin. of North Caro
Iina: Douglass, of New iork. ana
Lacey. of Iowa, for the bill, and Messrs.
Jenkins, of Wisconsin: Gaines, of Wvst
Virginia: Warner, of Illinois; Gardner,
cf Michigan: Jones, of Washington,
and Loud, of California, aeainst it.
Mr. Loud declared that directly and In
directly Cuba had already cost the
United States one thousand million dol
lars. Mr. DeAmiond, of Missouri, employ
d his vitriolic talent in comment upon
the attitude of members with his accus
tomed freedom. Calling attention to
the fact that members on both sides,
whether they opposed or advocated the
measure. Justified their course by an
appeal to their party principles, he re
marked that viewed from these diverse
standpoints the measure was indeel :i
remarkable departure In legislation
He commented upon the statement of
ffeneral Grosvenor a few days ago that.
later, the high rates of th
Dincrley law would be reduced
and revised by the friends of that act
If the rates were too high he saw no
reason by the reduction should not oc-
cur now. and In this connection he re
ferred sarcastically to the Babcock bill
to place steel on the free list. Its :u
thor had voted against the bill in com
mittee and hp intimated broadly tht
the purpose of its introduction was to
hold up the steel trust and other kin
tired trusts for the benefit of his party
in the coming campaign." ' j
Mr. Cushman, of Washington, de
!ared that a majority of the republi
cans of the house were, today opposed
to the MIL although a majority were
undoubtedly' today convinced that it
would be better for them to be In f avoi
f It. He intimated that the speaker's
, Position was responsible for the change
rf attitude , of many of the members
and followed this statement with a
very outspoken and almost sensational
criticism of the power exercised by the
speaker. He declared that he was pre
pard to make the statement that no
bill, public or private, could be consid
ered without tne speaker's approval.
"If there is any one here who desires
to deny that statement," said he, paus
ing, "I am here to bear valuable testi
mony for his benefit. Who is the speak
er of this house, who seta up his Im
maculate Judgment against thai of the
members" he asked, ahtdnemSap nl
ceeded to describe, amid the applause
of the democrats any many of the re
publicans, how a bill after its Intro
duction was finally worked through
committee to the calendar. "Calendar!
that Is a misnomer. It ought to be
called a cemetery." (Laughter). For
therein lie the whitening bones of leg
islative hopes. (Laughter). When the
bill Is reported, what does the member
who introduced it and who U charged
by his constituency to secure it pan-
sage, do? Does he consult himself
about his desire to take It up? No. Does
he consult the will of the majority of
thi3 house? No I will tell you what
he does. He either consents that that
bill may die on the calendar or he puts
his manhood and his Individuality in j
his pocket and goes trotting down
that little pathway that leads to the
speaker's room aye, the speaker's
room. All the glory that clustered
around the holy of holies In King Solo
mon's temple looked like thirty cents
(prolonged laughter and applause)
yes, looked like twenty-nine cents,
compared with that jobbing depart
ment of this government." (Applause
and laughter.)
Mr. Cushman then quoted Cassius'
.illusion to Caesar as the colossus of the
world and continued:
"I make no onslaught on the indi
vidual. I have a high regard for the
speaker of thi3 house personally and
for him politically, but the fact Is that
we have adopted a set of rules In this
body that are an absolute disgrace to
the legislative body of any republic.
(Applause on the democratic side).
They are unrepublican, they are un
democratic, they are un-American.
(Applause on the democratic side). We
need the patriotic duty in this body to
day of rising up and formulating a new
declaration of independence. We need
to restore this house to the great
patriotic plan on which the fathers of
the republic placed it, where every in
dividual membei on this floor stands
on an equal and an exact plane w'.r
every other. (Applause). We operate
here under a set of rules confessedly
designed to beilttle the hopes and
dwarf the ambitions of the individual
members of this body and at the same
time to vest more power In the hands
of one or two men than was ever en
joyed by oriental despot or a ten but
ton mandarin. I say to you, my
friends, that the system is rotten at
both ends. It Is rotten at one end be
cause It robs the individual member
In this house of the power that the
constitution of the Urjted States and
his credentials as a member on this
floor entitle hini to; it Is rotten at the
other end because It vests power in
men that have no right to It and oft
times places on them duties that they
have no capacity to fulfil." (Applause
and laughter).
Mr. Cushman said it was sinful waste
of the money of Washington to pay to
Fe- the Liliputlans who are giving an
exhlbtlon at a Icc-al theatre, when they
could come up to the house galleries
and witness the exhibition on the floor
without price. He announced that he
proposed to devote his attention to
putting some spokes in the wheel of
the machine which its designers had
not ordered and promised later to de
liver a speech on the rules "so hot that
it would have to be printed on asbestos !
paper."
Then turning to the sponsors for the
pending bill he paid his respects to
Mr. Payne, Mr. Dalzell and Mr. Gros
venor, ridiculing each in turn by con
trasting the reciprocity of Harrison
with that of Dalzell. that of McKinley
with that of Grosvenor, and that of
Blaine with that of Sereno E. Payne. (
lie was particularly severe on uenerai
Grosvenor. He told how he had made
a successful campaign with the aid of
a copy of the Ohio statesman's speech
es from which when he was con ered
he was always able to prove or dis
prove anything.
Mr. Cushman concluded his speech
with an eloqnent peroration which
drew a storm of applause from his re
publican colleagues and after he had
concluded members from both sides cf
the house flocked around to congratu
late him. The confusion was so grca
that it was several minutes before Ol
der could be restored.
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very best cough medicine on the mar
ket. It has sared many a severe sick
ness." R. R. Bllamy.
HIS ACCUSER NOT PRESENT.
An Appeal, to Federal Court on Con
stitutional Grounds.
Montgomery, Ala., April 17. The Ala
bama supreme court today affirmed the
decision of the lower court by which
Sanford Jacobi, of Montgomery, was
sentenced to twenty years in the peni
tentiary upon conviction of attempted
assault upon Miss Lizzie Farker, of
Clanton, Ala. Jacob!' s first trial result
ed in a mistrial. Miss Parker was not
present at the second trial, when Jacobi
was convicted, and the appeal to the
supreme court was based on the conten
tion that the defendant was not con
fronted by his accuser as guaranteed in
the constitution- The court holds that
Miss Parker has removed to Buena
Vista. Ga., and was beyond the Jurls-
diction of the
TTnftpd Stnco
court. It is said the
sunreme court will De
asked for a writ of error pending an
upptui io tnai court ana uiai me tie-
fendant will contend that the opinion
of the Alabama court is renuimant to
the federal constitution.
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For Coushs and Colds in Children.
"I have not the slightest hesitancy
In recommending Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to all who are suffering from
coughs or colds." says Chas. M. Cra
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of Colombo, Ceylon, "it has been some
two years since the City Dispensary
first called my attention to this val
uable medicine and I have repeatedly
used it and it has always been bene
ficial. It has cured me auicl-iy of nil
chest colds. It Is especiaay "effective
for children ana seldom takes more
than one bottle to cure them of hoarse
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this valuable medicine, and they are all
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THE WATER CURE
MORE EVIDENCE OF CRUELTY TO
FILIPINOS
MORE EVIDENCE PRODUCED.
The Rarbaric Warfare Carried on
by Some of the American Officers
In the Philippines Corroboration
of Former Trtlmony Defore the
Senate Committee aa to the Tor
ture of the Presldente at Igbaraa.
Others Subjected to Some Torture.
The Hurnlng of Towns Shooting
of Prisoner's .by Waller's Order.
Washington, April 17. Eward J.
Davis, of Greenfield, Mass., who was a
sergeant In company M. Twenty-Sixth
volunteer infantry, wau before the sen
ate committee on the Philippines today.
He was present in the convent at
Igbaras, November 27. 1900. when the
"water cure' was administered to the
president of the town Igbaras. He said
that under orders from Captain Glenn,
he, with a squad, had taken the presi
dent into custody on November 27th
and had escorted him to the convent
where the "cure" was administered. He
repeated the story of the torture of the
president, adding some details. "He
was then." the witness said, "taken to
the water tank and thrown upon his
back and while an interpreter stood
over him, a stream of water was di
rected Into his mouth, which was held
open.
"Who gave the command for this
treatment?" asked Senator Kawlins.
"Captain Glenn."
"How was the man's mouth kept
open?"
"By means of a stick."
Continuing, the witness said that
when the victim of the "cure" was fill
ed with water the members of the de
tail force it out of him by rolling their
fists over his stomach, and that process
was kept up for about ten minutes.
He described the aocond application
of the cure as previously testified to
and Sergenat Riley in the statement
that the details of .his performance
were under the charge of Contract
Surgeon Lyons and that Captain Glenn
and Lieutenant Conger were both pres
ent when it occurred.
Mr. Davis raid In reply to questions
as to the physical effect of the process
that the man "squealed" terribly and
that his eyes were bloodshot, but that
the next day he was able to mount his
horse and lead the scouts to the moun
tain. Afterward he was, the witness
said, taken to Hollo and placed in
prison.
The witness also repeated that two
police officers of the town of Igbaras
had been subjected to the "water cure."
"There was" he added, ''also a native
school teacher there who was maltreat
ed at the same time, but the 'water
cure was not administered to him. He
was taken into oneof the back rooms
of the convent by Dr. Lyons who se
cured the Information he wanted from
him by placing two colt's revolvers to
his head, thus rendering it unnecessary
to administer the cure
"Did you see this?"
Mr. Davis also gave the details of the
A. Uu
j burning of the town of Igbaras, which.
he said, contained about 10,000 people.
but no business places. Allexcept about
fifteen houses were ucstroyed and men.
women and children were forced ou tin
discriminate'.
Senator Burrows "who gave the or
der to burn the town?"
The Witness "Captain Glenn."
"To whom did he give It?"
"To Lieutenant Conger. He told the
lieutenant to burn the town."
"Did you hear him?"
"I did."
The witness also said that a neigh
. boring town, containing about 12,000
reonle. had been burned, but that he
j did not know who had given the order
for Its destruction.
' He stated in reply to questions that
the torture in all the instances men
; tioned had been conducted by the regu
lar soldiers and that they had not fceen
participated in by members oi his regi
ment.
After Mr. Davis was excused the com
mittee went into executive session to
consider the advisability of summon
ing witnesses from the Philippines and
other portions of the Orient to testify.
Senator Rawlins submitted the fol
lowing names as those of men whon he
thought necessary to call:
Amiinaldo Mabini. who -was one of
i Aguinaldo's principal advisers: Sixto
T.rmp who lias been ror several yeara
I in the United States In the interest of
! Philippine Independence; Judge Pio del
, Pilar, General Torres, Howard W.
i Bray, an Englishman who spent many
i years in the Philippines; and Robert M.
. Collins and Harold Martin, press cor
' respondents. '
' The committee postponed action until
a full attendance of members of the
committee could be secured.
The Waller Trial.
Manila, April 17 The mixed court
martial, which tried Major Littleton W.
T. Waller, of the marine corps, on the
charge of executing natives of Samar
without trial, today began the trial of
Lieutenant Johh H. A. Day, of the ma
rine corps, on the same charge. Lieu
tenant Day testified in his own defense.
He said the man shot January 19th was
a spy. who was shot by Major Waller s
orders, and added:
"I ordered Private Kresge to fire at
his head and ordered Megee to fire at
the center of his back. After the shoot
ing T saw a convulsive shudder of the
man's shoulders, placed my own revol
I ver to his forehead and shot him dead.
i oraereu inc
! I
j on the ground as an example iothe na
AaA
Major Waller testified that he orderea
! the shooting of eleven
men januarj
ntvi Knt donip. orderlne the execution
of a man January 19th. He admitted
he was ill at the time.
Surtreon Love testified that Major
Waller's temperature January 19th was
105. His Illness then was such that he
was not fitted to command. It was
likely he might have given the order
&ta forgot all about it He thought an
officer would have been Justified In dis
obeying the order.
Fire Insurance Squabble In Vlclta
hnrg. Vlck?hurk. M&s.. April 17. Assistant
Chief KsTks. of the fire department
has resigned. The result will be a re
organization of the fire department and
a resumption of business by the fire
Insurance companies, all of whom sev
eral day ago hd refused to write any
more risks ca Vlfksbun;.
FOUR OUTLAWS CAFTtllED.
Part of the Wright -Templet on Cans
fn Custody.
3ristol. Tenn.. April 17. Four mem
bers of the Wrlght-empleton gang
were captured" today near Skcllun,
Tenn., just over the Vlrglnla-Tennrs-sce
line.
The men captnred are known us
Winiger, the Byington brotheis end
Hargrove. They were taken to Git 5
City and Jailed.
A large posse left there this afur
noon in the hope of capturing Wright
and Templeton and other members cf
the gang.
The four men caught today acknowl
edge that the gang robbed stores at
Skelton and other places, as has been
reported of late, but they refuse to give
further information.
KILLS HIS RIVAL.
Fatal Shooting Over a Lots Affair
at Trinity, ST. C.
Trinity, N. C, April 17. After being
shot last night by Ed. Sawyer, his rival
in love, Lawson Parker, aged 17 years,
is dead and Sawyer has fled. Both
Parker and Sawyer are white men of
good morals. Parker had escorted the
young lady home from a party when
Sawyer waylaid him in th woods and
shot him In the neck.
THE BASES OF PEACE
Practically Agreed Upon by
the
Negotiators at Pretoria.
London. April 17. The Daily Mail
claims to have authority to announce
that bases of peace have been rac-
Lically agreed upon at Pretoria, but
says that some little time will elapse
before the details of the plan can be
perfected.
The paper aads that upon finding
that the British government refused on
Wednesday, to modify its terms with
regard to annesty, banishment and a
representative government, the Boer'
delegates met again on Thursday.
The British decision, practically leav
ing them the alternative of accepting
the British terms or breaking up the
conference, was then communicated to
them .and the delegates proved much
mor reasonable.
When Lord Milner, the British high
commissioner in South Africa, prom
ised the delegates one or two seats on
the executive council, subject to the
approval of the government and pend
ing the restoration of a representative
government, they practically agreed
to accept the British terms.
. Some details, continues the Daily
Mail, which are not likely to create
difficulty, still remain to be settled.
Lord Milner has summonde from
Johannesburg an Australian expert
who is to assist in estimateing the cost
of re-building and re-stocking the
Boer farms.
The delegates, concludes the paper,
have so far acted quite Independently
of their representatives in Holland.
WORSE FOR Bt'LLEn.,
Dispatches
Spion
as to Ills Defeat
Kop Made Public.
at
London, April 17. All the official dis
patches referring to the defeat sustain
ed by the British troops under General
Buller at Spion Kop, Natal, January 24,
1900, were made public today. Those
hitherto unpublished merely emphasize
how hopelessly muddled were the prep
arations for that engagement. The con
troversy between General Buller and
General Sir Charles Warren Is proved
to have been even more bitter than pre
viously hinted at, while a new extract
from one of Lord Roberta dispatches
brings additional censure on General
Buller. Lord Roberts declares that
General Buller's endeavor to put the
responsibility for the defeat on General
Warren was not justifiable. General
Roberts held that it was Buller's duty
to intervene when he saw things were
going wrong.
The question of the responsibility for
the actual retreat from Spion Kop is
shrouded In a maze of dispatcnes. prov
ing that a mistake was made In send
ing a heliogram and there -was a gen
eral desire to shirk the onus.
INVESTIGATION AT CHALMETTE
Or Drltlsh Securing Munitions ot
War for Ue In South Africa.
New Orleans, April 17. Colonel
Crowder, the United States army officer
who has been investigating tne report
of an alleged British army post at
Port Chalmette, today acknowledged
that his investigations were nearlng a
conclusion, and It Is belie ed that his
report wll be forwarded to Washington
by the end of the week.
A complete account of the loading of
the transport Michigan was the feature
of today's evidence, along with a state
ment by General Pearson.
Colonel Crowder has handled the cas
under three general heads as follows:
1. Port Chalmette as a possible base
of supplies for the British annr and
location of American mules and food
supplies.
"2. The shipping of Americans as
muleteers and their exact relation to
the war being waged; in other words,
the logical position occupied by a man
shipping as a muleteer on a British
transport
"3. The alleged shipments or guns and
ammunition from Port Chalmette that
have not appeared on the outward man
ifest of the ships."
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To .Tour the South In Interest of
Education.
New York. April 17. Another delega
tion of men Interested In southern edu
cation, similar to that whicn went last
year, is to start next Monday, under the
guidance of Robert C Ogdec. for a tour
through the south. The visitors . will
on Tuesday attend the celebration of
the thirty-fourth anniversary of the
founding of Hampton Institute of
Hampton. Va.
A UNITED FRONT
TO BE MADE BY DEMOCRATS OF
THE HOUSE
THEIR CAUCUS LAST NICHT
Resolution Adopted to Vote for
all Motions on the Reciprocity
IU11 Looking" to TaklaftT the Dif
ferential off all Imported Sugar.
TheResolutlia Adopted A Repub
lican Offer to Abandon the Crnm
paeker Resolution la Exchange
for Democratic Sapport of the
Bill.
Washington, April IV The demo
cratic members of the house held a
iiicus tonight for the purpose, if pos-
ible cf reaching an agreement to act
as a unit upon the Cuban reciprocity
111 which is to be votel upon totior-
row. rnose wno were instrumental in
calling the caucus wanted the mem
bers of their party to present a united
front upon the proposition to take the
differential off of refined sugar. Rep
resentative Hay, of Virginia, presided
and Representative Ccwherd, of Mis
souri, acted as secretary. Ninety-four
emocrats were present.
From the very outset the caucus was
of an exciting character. Mr. Under
wood, of Alabama, who got the flocr
immediately after the meeting wi
called to order threw a bombshell into
the caucus by announcing that over
tures had come to him from the re
publican side by which it was to be
agreed that the republican leaders
would abandon the Crumpacker reo-
utlon to investigate the southern elec
tion laws if th delegations from the
states concernea (North Carolina.
South Carolina. Alabama. Mississippi,
Louisiana and V irginia) would aid the
majority to close debate ard would
vote against the appeals whic: will b
taken from the decision of the chair
when the motions to open up th? bill
to general amendment, are ocred.
Mr. Underwooo declined to give the
name or the republican from whom
these assurances regarding the aban
donment of the Crumpacker resolution
came, and, although arguing that it
was to the Interests of the states in
volved to accept the offer made, he
stated that the agreeii-at had not
been positively accepted ai.d for him
self he agreed to abide by th? decision
of the caucus. The democratic vote on
Wednesday to close debate came prin
cipally from the states mentioned
above.
Mr. Swanson, of Virginia, offered the
first definite proposition for the cau
cus to consider a resolution declaring
it to be the sense of the caucus that
the democrats should vote solidly
against the demand for the previous
question, in order to permit the admis
sion of the amendments to reduce the
tariff and upon the questions of the
germaneness of such amendments, if
necessary, to vote to overrule the
chair. He argued strongly that the
democrats should stand solidly for the
motion to take off the differential on
refined sugar, especially as there was
at least a chance of winning a vic
tory.
To this resolution Mr. Williams, of
Mississippi, offered a substitute, to
bind the democrats to vote for all prop
ositions involving a reduction of the
tariff, but to leave every democrat free
to vote his convictions upon Questions
of parliamentary procedure. Mr. Wil
liams maintained that under the cir
cumstances it would be to the interest
of the democrats from thp tntAi
where representations were threatened
by the Crumpacker resolution to abide
by the understanding reached.
During the heated debate that fol
lowed Mr. Burleson, of Txas, asked
Mr. Underwood if the republican lead
ers had not silenced Mr. Crumpacker
and his friends on the republican side.
wno were opposed to the reciprocity
bill, by agreeing to report the Crum
packer resolution and if they were not
now trying to create a defection on the
democratic side by offering to kill the
resolution.
Mr. Bankhead, of Alabama, sided
with Mr. Underwood and Mr. Williams.
and Mr. Cooper, of Texas, and Mr.
Brazeale, of Louisiana, with Mr. Swan
son. The two latter strongly ureed
their colleagues to vote to abolish the
differential on refined sugar.
The caucus by a very large majority.
estimated at three to one, adopted the
following resolution introduced by Mr.
Swanson, of Virginia:
"Resolved, That we favor the removal
of the differential on refined sugar
both from Cuba and elsewhere and be
lieve that such amendments are prop
erly in order, and we Insist that It is
the duty of all democrats to vote when
ever opportunity is given to have these
amendments added to the pending bill
providing ror cuhan reciprocity. We
are opposed to the adoption cf the pre
vious question when the bill Is reported
to the house unless It shall have been
properly amended In committee of the
whole, as this will prevent an oppor
tunity for Just and proper amendment
with record votes on the same.
"Resolved, further, that the action of
this caucus Is binding."
The caucus was rather turbulent dur
ing the early part of the evening, but
toward the close the differences disap
peared and It broke up amid evidences
of harmony an good feeling. The ac
tion taken tonight binds the democrats
to vote to abolish the differential on re
fined sugar and against the previous
question.
A FA HILT TRGEDT.
Two Men Killed One Fatally
Wounds Ills Sister, the Wife of
the Other.
DeWItt. Ark., April 17. A tragedy oc
curred six miles east of here yesterlay
in which two men. Henry Hill and B.
F. Dillon lost their Uvea and Mrs. D. F.
Dillon was, perhaps, fatally wound
ed. Henry Hill and his brother-in-law,
B. F. Dillon were owners of adjoin
ing farms, and a dispute had arisen re
garding a cross fence between their
places. Yesterday afternoon HllL it Is
claimed, took his rifle and, going over
to DiWon's, called the latter out on the
front porch and shot him down, killing
him. ?
Mrs. Dilllon. who is Hill's sister, ran
out of the house to her husband when.
ft Is claimed. Hill shot her through the
body. Walter Dim on, a son of the slain
man and nephew of HllL arrived on the
scene and shot HTI1 twice with a rifle,
killing Hill Instantly. Mrs. Dilllon l
stm alive, but in a precarious condition.
CIIIXCSB KXCIXSIO
Advocates of the House ItrMttt Ae
eept the Seaate Dill, v
Washington. April 17. The mnnbers
of the house who have been chiefly la -terested
in advuncinir the Chlccre ex
clusion bill, after Informal confereaeea
today, decided to acctpt the tenaU
substitute adopted yesterday, contla
ulng la force the present laws appljlaf
them to our Insular posscssionj
Representative Kaan. of Calif oral.
who Introduced the drastic exclusion
bill In the hou.f, and lltprrsentatlv
Cooms. of California, who alied In per
fecting It, both expressed the view taat
the senate measure should be accepted
as the best obtainable with the few
days remaining before the Geary Itw
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expires by limitation. This view waa
made known tc Representative Per
kins, of New York, who reported tbv
house exclusion bill from the forcixa
affairs committee. 'and an Informal un
derstanding w 43 reached that of ths)
California memoers were willing to ac
cept the senate substitute this course
undoubtedly would be taken by ta
committee and the house.
MOHGAN Jti CO. IN CONTROL.
IonlsTlIlr and NashTllle Sow
tlrely In their Haads
New York.. April 17. The follewTaaj
authoritative statement respecting ta
Louisville and Nashville situation Wa
made today by a member of the firm S
J. P. Morgan & Co.:
"The public, as well as the peers la
tive community should bear In misst
these three things:
"1. There will be no 'corner.'
"Z. There will be no contest far
control.
"3. J. P.Morgan absolutely controls
Louisville and Nashville.
"4. The first Is assured by Mr. Gate
and the manner in which he haa dispon
ed of his stock. Mr. Belmont's state
ments are assurances as to the recona
and J. P. Morgan & Co., are sponsors
for the third.
"Further. Louisville and Nashville
will be operated in the future as it aaa
been in the past and there will be a
change.
"J. P. Morgan & Co., say posltltvely
that the present status. of the road re
mains as it has been heretofore, except
that J. P. Morgan controls and directs
absolutely and without qualification.
"Those who Intimate that Mr. Gate
might possibly make trouble In the fu
ture, or that he Is In any position t
do so. are much mistaken. The only
one to be reckoned with In the man la
ment of Louisville and Nashville ta htr.
Morgan. If that fact Is borne In mini
there will be no misunderstanding and
no need of guessing. The situation la
controlled by him and that should be
sufficient guarantee to everybody."
Charles W. Gates, son of John W.
Gates, made trips to the office of J. P.
Morgan & Co.. during the morning and
conferred with Mr. Perkins. Fran cm
Lynde Stetson. Mr. Morgan's attorney,
was closeted with other representatlfea
of the firm and It was reported that al
the essential details of the agree meat
between Messrs. Belmont and Gates had
been comrteted.
Mr. Belmont had nothing to aay far
publication.
As foreshadowed yesterday, the reg
ular monthly meeting of the Louisville
and Nashville directors, scheduled for
today, was indefinitely postponed for
lack of a quorum.
"The statement of J. P. Uorgaa Jb
Co.. seems to be a very thorough .sum
ming ud of the situation." said August
Belmont. "It covers the ground and T
have nothing to add to It."
John W. Gates saw Mr. Perkins at
noon, but he had nothing to say for
publication, except to deny a rumer
that a hitch had occurred In the agree
ment negotiations.
Mr. Gates when shown the Morgan
statement bearing Mr. Belmont's en
dorsement said:
"I fully concur with the sentimesfr
expressed In the statement and am g!o4
that they meet with Mr. Belmont's ap
proval." The legal representatives of the form
er contending Interests In Louisville
and Nashville met In the afternoon and,
according to trustworthy reports, set
tled the terms of the agreement. It Is
not likely that the exact details will be
mad public, as all concerned sar the
matter Is of a private and confidential
character.
Try Chamberlain's St.msch L. Ltver
Tablets, the best physic For sale hf B.
R. Bellamy.
A flad Mnu' Reeord.
San Antonio, Texas, April 17. Un
known man who was recently shot amst
killed by Officer Pink Taylor on Keuva
treet, and whose body has beea Is
the morgue since that time, has bees
identified. A detective agency's record
of the man is as follows:
"O. C. Hanks, alias Camilla Banks,
alias Charley Jones, alias Deaf Char
ley, raised at Yorktown, DeWItt eoan-
with assault: wanted in New UexIO
for murder; arreted in Seton county.
Montana, in 1832. and sentenced to tea
years In the Dter Lodge penitentiary
for holding up northrn Pacific train
near Big Timber. Mont.; released 1WL
Wanted for robbery of the Great
Northern train at Wagner, Mont. July
2 190L"
Fads of Millionaires. -
All our great financiers havs Chctr
fads. J. p. Morgan's hobby Is art. aa4
In a lesser degree yachting. John D.
Rockefeller lies awaks nights thlnklsj
of colleges which need endowments, aad
incidentally enjoys golf. Andrew Caf
negie concluded long ago that what we
ordinary mortals need is books with a
big B. and would rather endow a li
brary than tell funny stories or play
h th of wh,ch he can do welL t
H. Harrlman is devoted to trottoing and
f. V! ,horC8- anl takes more real de
I . ht In his model farm at Arden and
his annual horse show at Goshen than
he does In marking Union Pacific op It
Joints. James R. Keene. as a we well
know, is a pillar of the turf, and nst
been known to postpone Important bus
iness matters to see a favorite borse
carrv his colors to victory In some stake
event. James Stlllman is devoted to
the bicycle, and even the advent of ths
more Imposing automobile has not es
tranged him from his favorite pastinw
George Gould Is essentially a "home
man. but takes much pleasure in cut
door sports. Polo particularly is bis
hobby. Among others w have Jacob
SLVt Zho wo2Id rather walk than
2f;jfe5erwn "sroan and Albert
SSS ft? ? 5 voted t. the auto
mobile, an fw L-w . ' ... . .
a dozen each to chose from. Edwart
King, president of . the Union Trv
company, has rarely missed a dsv fa
Tears from his horses ' bacr- Town
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