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LL DEBATE ijim;i!m).' isthmian watkil wav ii:;i ix tiif:. hoisk. 3Ir. Hepburn, AdvocntP of the NlcnraKaa )lrurr, Kept I!ny Heulylnj; to a Vollry of lnestlons. PANAMA COMPANY'S OFFER DENOtNCKI) 111' Tili: IOWAN AS TAUT OF A PLAN F DELAY. Suspicious Hfcnnne It Held Oat for 5100,HM.(MM I'ntll the Holiday and then Dropped to 910,000,000. MR. HEPBURN'S SET SPEECH alleged slpkiuoiuty of the PROPOSED MCAHAGl'A ROUTE. Notice r.hfn by 31 r. Morris of an Amendment Authorizing the Presifdent to liny the French Omni. WASHINGTON'. Jan. 7. The debate on the Nicaragua n canal bill In the House was opened In lively fashion to-day by Mr. Hepburn, chairman of the Interstate and foreign commerce committee, which reported the bill. For two hours he held the floor, replying to ä volley of questions concernVr.s the recent offer of the Panama Canal Company to sell its property and franchises to the United States for JIO.miO.uoO. The interest in the debate centered almost entirely in this new phase of the subject. Mr. Hepburn maintained that the alleged new offer of the Panama Canal Company was part of the plan of delay. All his utterances along that line were liberally applauded. He pointed out what he claimed was the suspicious circumstance that the Panama Company held out for SlOO.OOO.Oot) until it was decided before the holiday recess to consider the Nicaraguan bill, and then suddenly dropped the price to $10,000,000. Mr. Morris, of Minnesota, gave notice that at the proper time he would offer an amendment to authorize the President, if he could procure the property and rights of the Panama Company for $10,000.000, if concessions could be procured from Colombia and If the Walker commission so recommended, to purchase and proceed to complete the Panama, canal. The ether speakers to-day were Messrs. Davis of Florida, Kichardson of Alabama, Mann of Illinois and Adams of Pennsylvania. In opening hfj speech Air. Hepburn said the s.ibjt cf a wait r way across the Isthmus, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific cean, had been in the minds of the people of the world for more than four hundred years. In the United States thirty-seven States had instructed their congressional delegates to support a bill for an lnteroceanic waterway; all political parties had aligned themselves in favor of It; the subject had been discussed in Congress, scientific societies, newspapers and on the hustings until there was now a volume of literature on the subject never before devoted to a single project. Mr. Hepburn said the report of the "Walker commission gave careful consideration to every feature of the work. The bill submitted by his committee proposed to concentrate all authority in the hands of the President. It opened no opportunity for defunct statesmen, or the pensioning of persons who had been passed in the race of life. It gave the United States the authority to protect, defend and operate the canal. In view oT all the reports submitted, Mr. Hepburn said, there could now be no question in the mind of any well-informed man of the feasablllty and practicability of an interoceanic canal. THE PANAMA CANAL. Referring to the efforts of the Tanama Canal Company to build a canal by private enterprise, he summed up their efforts as follows: "The company raised $258,000,000 by the sale of $l35.ono,0oo of bonds and after eight year3 the managers of the company found themselves with the work less than one-fourth completed, penniless and bankrupt In money and character." The disaster to this company, he said, proved conclusively that the work should be undertaken by government agency. There was not an atom cf woik In general engineering, said he. yet to be done. In favor of the feasibility and practicability no enterprise that had ever received the attention of man had been so conclusively proved. If the pending bill became a law the work could begin at once and should be completed in eight years. Mr. Hepburn sail that as a commercial venture the commission's figures of 7,ooo.noo tons could be safely taken. At the latter figure the total revenue at the Suez rate would be J14.00.0oi". enough to meet the cost of maintenance C.5oo.o.jO), and leave over $10.000.0 to meet interest charges If there were such. Mr. Hepburn pointed out the advantages of the Nicaraguan route for palling vessels on account of the better winds prevailing there, contending in this connection that it was a mistake to suppose that the sailing ship was destined lo disappear from the ocean. Where the Panama route was located sailing ships Fometimes lay for five months in the doldrums. When Mr. Hepburn said he had hoped that the proposed waterway would be free of charge to American ships therewas an outburst of applause on the Republican side. If that might be done, he paid. It would give a great impetus to American shipbuilding. In conclusion. Mr. Hepburn said there might be. some interests in the United States which believed they would be harmed by the rivalry of this canal and there were gentlemen of honest purpose who thought the time was not ripe for the building of the canal or that an enterprise of auch magnitude should be undertaken. They were, perhaps, terrified by the specter of scandal. "Hut." he concluded. "I Insist that the American people have made their decree that the canal shall be built and that now is the time to build It." Applause. J VIAE I W ITI I iiV EST IONS. After Mr. Hepburn had concluded his set speech he was besieged with questions. Mr. Sha froth, of Colorado, said: "I should like to know what is the gentleman's construction upon this bill and upon the late treaty that has len ratified as to the power of the United States to fortify the canal?" Mr. Hepburn replied: "I have no doubt about th right of the United States to defend that canal und to do it in the way that sterns wis to the United States. If that Involves the erection of fortifications Rt the termint of the canal, or of stockade at the sites of the Important works. I have no doubt about the authority of the L'nited States to do it, and that it would xerclse Its power." Hr. Fowler, of New Jersey, aiked if It

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was possible we could allow American ships to pass through the canal without charge. Mr. Hepburn said: "I have no doubt that the United Suites can ue that canal In a manner advantageous to its own people above the advantage that It would be to other people; at all events, government ships will go through fr-e, and at all events there is that trend in the air on the part of other nations toward yielding to the desires of ' the I'nited States that makes me hopeful th-U if there was a barrier of that kind now we would brush it out of the way pretty soon." Applause. Mr. Cummings. of New York, asked: "I should like to ask whether, in your opinion, if your bill should be passed, under the treaty that has been ratified by the Senate. England would have any special privileges in the canal over other nations?" Mr. Hepburn, in reply, said: "I think not." Mr. McDermott. of New Jersey, called attention to the statement in the report of the Walker commission, giving the cost of the Panama canal property as JloO.OOO.ifW, and the newspaper reports that the company now offered to sell the property for $40.m".ocO. If the later report were true the Panama canal would cost less than the Nicaragua, and he asked if Mr. Hepburn did not believe, with equal cost, the commission would have reported in favor of Panama. Mr. Hepburn replied that the commission had stated, the respective advantages ot both routes, under conditions then existing. He could not tell what the commission would have reported under other circumstances. "Any gentleman who absorbs the commission's report," said he, "and weich it, must believe that, other things being equal, the canal that is 400 miles neater our territory, that makes New Orleans 4 miles nearer San Francisco and NewYork 375 miles nearer than the other, Is the better canal for us." Applause, Mi. Mr. Hepburn declared that the whole Panama scheme had utterly failed. The French stockholders had been robbed. The company was discredited in France; in fact, it seemed to -have no credit except In the United States. "If we build the Nicaragua canal," asked Mr. Sims, of Tennessee, "is it not likely that the French government will complete the Panama canal?" TWO CANALS NOT PROBABLE. "There Is the same probability of two canals," answered Mr. Hepburn, "that there Ir, of the Suez canal being paralleled by another." Asked as to the advisability of giving the President authority to build on either route, Mr. Hepburn again raised applause by declaring that he looked upon any attempt to entangle the United States in the Panama enterprise as an effort to defeat any canal. Mr. Reeves, of Illinois, asked whether It would not be better to wait a few days or

(CONTINUED ON PAGE &, COL. 4.) MANILA'S MONEY TANGLE RATIO FIXED IY THE COMMISSION IS NOT SATISFACTORY'. Financial Affairs in a. Muddled Condition and Ilnsiness Is Thereby Suffering:. MANILA, Jan. 7. Numerous meetings cf merchants and others have been held recently, at which resolutions wtre passed urgently requesting congressional action to meet the financial situation here. Since the ratio was officially changed, Jan. 1, for the first quarter of 1S02 to be $2.10 Mexican silver to one American gold dollar business transactions of any sort have become difficult. The majority of the business houses have raised their prices 5 to 10 per cent., and jome houses refuse to accept any but American coin, which Is difficult to obtain owing to the vast speculative shipments of coin during the past few months. Some banks refuse to recognize the government ratio and are fixing their own ratio at one American gold dollar to two Mexican silver dollars. Even the government's American employes, whose salaries are payable in Mexican dollars, object to the change, owing to the large increase in prices. The leading banks refuse to handle government checks, not because they have any doubt of obtaining the money, but because of the frequent long delays over trifling irregularities. The postal authorities refuse to accept Mexican dollars for American dollars at any ratio. Commissioner Ide, who has been In the hospital suffering from dysentery, is going to Japan on a two months vacation. PERRY BELMONT BEATEN MONTAGUE LESSLER TO REPRESENT A TAMMANY DISTRICT. Republican Elected to Congress from Nevr York City by a Plurality of 3JJ-4 Votes Score of Arrests. NEW YORK, Jan. 7. Montague Lessler, Rep., was elected to Congress in the Seventh district to-day to succeed Nicholas Muller, Dem., resigned. He beat Perry Belmont, the regular Democratic candidate, by 304 votes, the count showing these figures: Lessler, 7,677; Belmont, 7.2S3. The rest of the vote was: Ward, Social Dem., 107; Lindinger, Ind. Dem., 135; Bennett, Greater New Y'ork Dem., 1S2. The Seventh congressional district Is made up of Richmond borough (Staten Island) and thirty election districts in the extreme lower end of this city. There were five candidates In the field Ferry Belmont, Dem.; Montague Lessler, Rep.; Christopher Ward, Social Dem.; Fritz Lindinger, Ind. Dem., and John E. Bennett, Greater New Y'ork Dem. Belmont and Le$sler were the chief candidates, however. There was a contest over the Democratic nomination between Mr. Belmon and Joseph F. O'Grady, each of whom declared himself to be the regularly chosen nominee. Justice Scott, of the Supreme Court, decided in favor of Belmont, and O'Grady and Lindinger, who had announced himself as an Independent Democratic candidate, thereupon withdrew. Lindinger withdrew too late to have his name stricken from the official ballot. The canvass was a bitter one, as regards the Democratic factions. Charges of the free use of money were frequent, and last night Superintendent of Elections McCullagh announced that he had discovered a plan of wholesale colonization. During the day the McCullagh deputies made a score of arrests and ex-Alderman Joseph Welling and John Pye. a Democratic district captain, were taken to court on a charge of having abetted illegal registration. Each was released in $2.0 bail until Thursday. George B. Jolllffe, chairman of the board of election inspectors, was also arrested on the charge that he had permitted four men to vote on the names of two registered voters. His bail was fixed at Jl.o. $1,500 FOR INJURIES. Samuel Reach. Victim of n Michigan Mob, Seeking Damages. LANSING. Mich., Jan. 7. Samuel Beach has commenced suit against Ingham county for J1.&00 damages for Injuries received at the hands of a mob in Leroy township several months ago. when he was accused of taking improper liberties with a young girl. This is the first case under the Dickinson act of lw which makes n county liable In damages to victims of mob violence or to their heirs in case of death.

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AX A PIMM L TO THE PRESIDENT FllOM Tili: COLKT'S FIXU1.G. Ronr Admirnl Given Permission by Mr. Hoowevelt to Ask for a Reversal of the Judgment. RESULT OF THE CONFERENCE WHICH WAS HELD AT THE WHITE HOUSE LAST MONDAY. j Papers to He Prepared by the Ad miral' Counsel and Presented Late In the Mouth. GENERAL MILES SATISFIED I mi attended the diplomatic reCEPTION LAST MG1IT. Was Well Received by President Roosevelt, Who Showed the General Marked Attention. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-Evidently considerable progress Is being made in reaching a better understanding in the Schley controversy. While there is a divergence of opinion as to whether Schley forced his attention on the President when he made his call concerning his appeal from the secretary of the navy, or whether the PresI ldent sent for him in the hope of securing peace, there is good reason for taking the latter view. General Miles was informed beforehand of the President's intention to make peace with Schley. He was very solicitous as to the outcome of the interview, and it is known that he was satisfied with the general nature, of the interview. Tonight General Miles appeared at the White House at the diplomatic reception and was most agreeably received by the President. He remained throughout the evening and the President was especially open in his attentions to him. Either Admiral Schley is appealing to the President with the expectation of getting further censure and the hope of becoming stronger with the people, or he Is appealing with the understanding that the President will give lenient indorsement of the finding of the court and thus "save his face." The growing good feeling which Is to be noted leads to the belief that Admiral Schley knows that the President will deal lightly with him in acting on his appeal. President Roosevelt has been a constant supporter of Sampson from the time that he was appointed commander-in-chief of the gulf fleet, In fact, he takes pride in saying that he had something to do with his appointment. It is not to be expected that he would be disposed to recede the slightest from the stand he has taken in behalf of Admiral Sampson, or write a word which would detract any from the official recognition of the services of that officer. On the other hand, it is suggested that while the court of inquiry has found that his conduct leading up to the day of battle was subject .to severe, criticism, he did glorious service in the greatest naval battle of recent years. The President could, in his indorsement of the inquiry, say that his services on that day were more worthy of remembrance and honor than the technical faults leading up to that day. Some such solution might be satisfactory to the Schley supporters. The President is heartily sick of the whole matter, and it is intimated by those familiar with White House matters that he will do anything in. reason to stop the whole thing. : - SCHLEY WILL APPEAL. President Hn Permitted Him to Ask for a Reversal of the Findings Associated Press Pisratch. WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. The object of Admiral Schley's visit to the White House yesterday was to request the President to entertain and consider an appeal for the reversal of the action of Secretary lying and the disapproval of the majority judgment of the court of Inquiry. The interview was satisfactory, the President granting the admiral's request. It is understood the admiral brought to the President's attention many of the alleged injustices and discrepancies of the majority report of the court of inquiry. The following statement was given out by Admiral Schley's counsel at the conclusion of a conference to-day: "Admiral Schley has concluded, after mature and careful deliberation, to appeal from the majority decision of the court of inquiry to the " President of the United States as commander-in-chief of the army and navy. The nctlon having been determined upon, nothing more can be divulged at this time, the regulations of the navy being such that the nature of the proposed appeal cannot be revealed except by the President, after the formal documents have been filed with him." Mr. Rayner stated that it will take some time to prepare the appeal, and that it will not be filed with the President until after the return of Admiral Schley from his visit to Savannah about the 20th inst. A Schley Joint Resolntlon. WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. Representative Hooker, of Mississippi, to-day introduced a joint resolution reciting that Commodore Schley was the senior bilker in command at the battle of Santiago; that he was in absolute command at that battle, and is "entitled to the credit due to such commnding officer for the glorious victory which resulted in the total destruction of the Spanish ships." The bill provides for the thanks of Congress to Admirnl Schley and the officers and men under his command. LIBERTY BELL. Its Travels In the South Are n Con. tlnnoa Tour of Triumph. ASHEVILLE, N. C, Jan. 7. The liberty bell, which left Roanoke. Va.. at 3:43 o'clock this morning, arrived in Asheville this afternoon, after a continuous triumphal tour through Virginia and Tennessee. There was a warm welcome here, the crowd at the station being large and enthusiastic. The ovation to the bell continued during the day and evening. After a trolly ride to Sunset mountain, the bell escort this evening was tendered a banquet at the Battery Park Hotel, whero a number of speeches were made. To-morrow the bell will rush across North Carolina and into Georgia, spending the night at Savannah Stops were made to-day at Bristol. Tenn Johnson City, Greenville, Morristown!

Newport and Marshall, the last named being the home of United States Senator Pritchard.

TWO MEN TAKEN. Jail Dreaders Held in Wyoming for the Klllluflr of Sheriff Dicker. CASPER, Wyo., Jan. 7.-Levl Bell, a member of the posse in pursuit of the murderers of Sheriff Ricker, who was killed last week, brought In Clarence Woodward and Frank Foote late last night. Ben and Enoch Jones were left at the Woodward ranch by the posse to watch things, and Monday morning the two alleged murderers came Into the ranch. They had had nothing to eat and were badly frozen. The town Is all excitement. Men are gathering in Email crowds and stirring up the inhabitants. W. E. Tubbs has been appointed sheriff, and has sworn in a large number of citizens to protect the jail. The crowd attempted to secure the prisoners on the way to the jail, but were prevented. Bell had them tied and concealed in a wagon, and the crowd was partially deceived as to the presence of the prisoners until they were lodged In jail. Woodward and Franklin protest their innocence. They say on the night that they broke jail they stayed at a cabin twelve miles east of Casper. The next morning they separated, Charles Woodward going south, they going west. Then they walked to Woodward's ranch, and have not seen Charles Woodward since. No news has been received from Kennedy, who is in pursuit of the two remaining outlaws. "NEW" WOMAN AND "NEW" MAN Two of the Topics to Re Discussed by Female Suffragist. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. The National Woman Suffrage Association, to be held in this city Veb. 12 to 18, inclusive, will assume an international character. Fourteen nations have now well-defined woman suffrage movements. The organizations in each of these countries have been invited to send delegates to this year's convention, and seven already have accepted. Those countries from which the delegations have been promised are England, Canada, Australia, India, Russia, Germany and Sweden. It is expected that Norway, France and Holand also will send delegates. The opening night will be devoted entirely to the "pioneers," when the speakers wlil be Ellzabth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Mary A. Livermore, Julia Ward Howe, Isabella Beecher Hooker and Carolina Hallowell Miller. Other evenings have been dedicated to the ''new woman" and the "new man," respectively. E RETWEEN THIRTEEN AND SEVENTEEN MINERS POSSIRLY KILLED. Were nt Work In a Michigan Mine When Thousands of Tons of Iron Ore Crashed Down. LITTLE HOPE ANY ARE LIVE RESCUING PARTIES WERE AT WORK LAST MG11T, HOWEVER, And Will Attempt to Rench the Men Refore the Level Is Flooded A Survivor's Story. NEGAUNEE, Mich., Jan. 7. The most distressing accident In this county for years took place at the Negaunee mine at noon to-day, when thirteen to seventeen miners are supposed to have lost their lives. The accident was the result of a cave-In at the bottom of the shaft, and had it occurred half an hour sooner about 150 men would have been killed. The names of the dead, so far as known, are: William Williams, John Sullivan, John Pascoe, John Pearce and Jacob Hunlala. Thus far but two bodies have been taken out (Hullala, an Ralian, and Dominic Basso) alive. Basso's story is as follows: "We were sitting around the pump at the bottom of the shaft when without warning thousands of tons of ore came down. I remembered no more until I heard the sound of picks and shovels in the hands of rescuers and their shouts. I wa3 In total darkness and my feelings cannot be described. What seemed ages to me were but minutes. Wheri rescuers found me I was seventy-five feet from the place where I was sitting and found myself in a drift. How 1 got there Is a mystery, but it can only be accounted for by the concussion of the wind." Hundreds of men are at the mine eager to help in the work of rescue, but it is thought the other bodies cannot be found within twentv-four hours. The Negaunee mine is one of the most unlucky properties in the Lake Superior district. Much trouble has resulted in sinking and drifting from surplus water and quicksands. It was at this mine that $1,000.000 was recently expended to sink a shaft to the ledge. From the condition of the shaft it would seem that the men are surrounded bv a large mass of dirt and broken timber. The lower portion of the shaft is so badly twisted that the cage will not operate within eighty feet of where the men are entombed. A rescuing party of about flftee n of the most skillful miners at the mine was organized immediately. Thirty men were working on the level during the morning, but the majority of them went to the surface to eat their linners, those later caught under the debris having taken their lunch with them. A dull roar and a sound of crashing timbers nearly &X) feet under ground gave to the men on the surface the first indication of the disaster. A rush was made for the shaft and when all had quieted down volunteers under the lead of Capt. James Piper descended in the cage in an attempt at the rescue. It was found, however, that the shaft was badly damaged, it being Impossible to get within eighty feet of the level in which the men were buried. Cries for help were heard at the lowest point reached and the removal of the timbers, which blocked the way, showed a man. who. shortly before the cave-in had occurred, had started for the surface. He was uninjured but was drenched to the skin and suffering greatly with the cold. The man could throw no light on the fate of his associates, the majority of whom are thought to be Italians and Findlanders. The steam pipes leading to the underground pumps were so damaged that it would be impossible to operate the pumps even If possible to reach them, and as the mine is the wettest In the iron country the shaft is making water very fa.st. To-night the force of mechanics employed at the various other mines of the steel trust are setting other pumps in condition for operation, but it is problematical whether these can bo put Into commission soon enough to prevent the water from flooding the mine. The Hooding of the n.ine would result in great loss to the company and would necessitate a suspension of mining work for some time to come. A big force of rescuers working in relays Is making desperate attempts to get to the damaged level before the water reaches it. If the workmen are not rescued within the next ten or twelve hours all hone of getting them, out alive will be abandoned. The officials would not make a statement for publication a? to the condition of the mine nor the number of men underground. In fact, they will not bo able to tell until all the other workmen in that level report at the offl.ee. It Is assumed that this will be done to-morrow. The workmen who had such a narrow escape were too excited to remain at the mine this afternoon.

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II CHINA REMAnKAnLE TRANSFORMATION SCENE AT 1'EIvINti YESTERDAY. Retnrn of the Court to the Capital Marked by the Overthrow of Old Customs and Traditions. ROYALTY NO LONGER SACRED FOREIGNERS AND NATIVES ALIKE PERMITTED TO SEE THE SHOW. Dowager Empress Even Rowed to Her Former Enemies When They Gazed at Her. SON OF HEAVEN "KODAKED" DOZENS OF CA 31 ERAS WERE FOCUSED OX THE E.MPEROR. Scenes as the Party Entered the Forbidden City Fight Detween Americans and Russians. PEKING, Jan. 7. The special train bearing the Emperor and Empress dowager arrived here at noon. Thousands of officials were assembled there to receive their Majesties. The entire route to the entrance of the palace was lined with troops. The imperial cortege entered the Forbidden City at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. It was the most brilliant scene Peking ever witnessed. The procession consisted of a thousand gorgeously attired noblemen, mounted upon glittering caparisoned horses. The Emperor, the Empress dowager, Prince Chun, the Empress and several princes were borne in yellow chairs, their escort carrying hundreds of gay banners and silk umbrellas. The troops of General Yuan Shi Kai, Governor of Pe-Chi-Li, preceded the Emperor. The foreign community assembled on top of Chien gate. The Emperor and Empress dowager entered the temple In the gate and burned incense. The dowager Empress, upon emerging from the temple, saw the foreigners peering down and bowed. A double row of soldiers, kneeling, lined the fourmile route. The re-entrance of the court into Peking was the most remarkable episode in the annals of the dynasty, save the fright of the Chinese court when Peking was bombarded by the allied forces. The spectacular phases of the return of the court exceeded expectations. The cortege was a sort of glorified lord mayor's show, and was a bewildering barbaric exhibition of Oriental tinseled splendor. Its chief significance was the complete effacement of the traditional deification of Chinese royalty. FOREIGNERS GIVEN PRIVILEGES. Foreigners were given greater facilities of witnessing the ceremonial than would have been afforded them at most European courts. The scene at the Chien gate, when the Emperor and the Dowager Empress entered the temple to offer thanks for their safe journey, was nothing less than revolutionary when viewed In the light of all Chinese customs. The horseshoe wall, forming the ancient gate, was crowded with Europeans, diplomats, army officers, missionaries, ladies, photographers and correspondents. When the Emperor and the Dowager Empress arrived at the temple the procession halted and their Majesties alighted from their chairs, which were covered with Imperial yellow silk and lined with sables. The Emperor proceeded to the temple of the God of War , on the west side of the plaza, with hundreds of foreigners peering down only forty fect above him, and dozens of cameras were focused upon the son of heaven. When he returned, his chair was borne through the gate. Then the chair of the Dowager Empress was brought to the doorway of the temple of the Goddess of Mercy on the east side of the plaza, and the Dowager Empress appeared. Amid a great, scuffling of attendants she proceeded into the temple on the arms of two officials, followed by a company of Buddhist priests, bearing offerings. The spectators then heard the booming of the temple bell. After an interval of live minutes the Dowager Empress reappeared. Standing in the doorway of the temple she locked upward. Directly overhead were the German minister. Dr. Mumm Von Schwartzenstein, the secretaries of the German legation, the officers and ladies from the American garrison and the correspondent of the Associated Press. The Dowager Empress saw the foreigners and bowed low. She advanced a few steps and bowed again in acknowledgment of the salutations of the foreigners. She returned to her chair, looking upward to the semi-circle of foreign faces and bowing repeatedly. In the meantime the Chinese soldiers, Manchu banner men and minor officials who had croweled the plaza were reverently kneeling. The two arches at the sides of the ancient gateway framed hundreds of faces of Chinese coolies, who, emboldened by the presence of foreigners, ventured to gaze on their rulers. This incident constituted a most sharp contrast to the old regime, when neither diplomats nor natives were permitted to view the passage of royal personages along the streets. DOWAGER EMPRESS. The' expression of the dowager Empress seemed almost appealing as she faced those who hati humble-d her ami brought her down from her former arrogance,, and thli confirmed the impression that she is returning to Peking with anxiety for her safety. The streets from the Machiapo station to the gateway of the Forbidden City, a distance of four miles, were swept and garnished early this morning. The great plaza between the temples of heaven and agriculture were sprinkled with yellow sand. Residents were compelled to" remain indoors. The soldiers and the police formed a close cordon along both sides of this entire distance. A sharp wind, bringing sand from the Mongolian desert, blinded the spectators. The special train bearing the Emperor and the Empress dowager, composed of twenty-two cars, was preceded by a pilot engine, and arrived here shortly after noon. The engine and the Emperor's cars had been decorated with yellow silk dragons by the British railroad officials. Two companies of Chinese cavalry, mounted on white horses, and two companies aMrlde horses from Australia were drawn up at the sides of the station. Two thousand officials, princes, viceroys and Tao Tais, in a kaleidoscopic field of silks and furs, in which gleamed an occasional yellow Jacket,

were massed upon the platform. When the Emperor appeared the entire assemblage prostrated itself and remained kneeling until his Majesty had taken his place in his chair. At the station the dowager Empress summoned Traffic Manager Foley and Superintendent Moffat, of the railroad, the latter having driven the engine which drew the special train, and presented them to the Emperor, who thanked them for their service s. The imperial cavalcade then moved off at a swift trot, the Chinese cavalry in the lead. Then followed the great body of officials riding shaggy Mongolian, ponies, the Manchu bannermen. the umbrella bearers, the spearmen. Jeneral Yuan Shi Kai, in his newly bestowed yellow Jacket, and the Emperor, with eight bearers carrying his chair, and a guard of Infantrymen marching on either side. Then came the dowager Empress with an equally conspicuous entourage; the latter was followed by the Boxer chief and the Prime Minister Jung Lu, in yellow chair. The Empress dowager. Prince Chun and the lesser officials were carried in yellow and green chairs. While their Majesties passed, the soldiers lining the route of the procession, knelt down, holding their guns at present arms, and the buglers sounded their instruments continually. Although the streets were kept empty, thousands of Chinese crowded the elevations along the line of march, a thing never permitted before. The soldiers of t heAmerican garrison stationed here witnessed the spectacle from the parade ground opposite the entrance to the palace. The British garrison, including its officers, wtre kept in their quarters. This occasioned much lamentation. The majority of the foreign ministers here, including the British. American, French and Russian representatives absented themselves from the spectacle, but the ladies of the legation were entertained by Chinese officials en balconies along the line of march. It appears that the Empress dowager ordered that every courtesy be extended to the foreigners at Peking, and that the efforts to exclude them from witnessing the passage of the imperial corte-ge emanated from local officials. i

Yellow Jackets Conferred. LONDON, Jan. 7. It is announced in a special dispatch from Peking that an Imperial edict had been issued conferring the I CON TINl'E D 0 Nl A G I r2,C O LT l7) NEELY'S COUNSEL SICK I1UT THE COURT DECLINED TO PERMIT DELAY OF THE TRIAL. Another Lawyer Appointed to Take Chnrge of the 31nncle Man's Case, Notwithstanding; n Protest. HAVANA, Jan. 7. The trials of the cases arising from the Cuban postal frauds were continued here to-day. Senor Zayas, counsel for C. W. F. Neely, former financial agent of the Postoffice Department at Havana, sent word to the court that he was sick and unable to appear. The court appointed Lawyer Pascue to represent Neely. Thereupon Senor Desvernine, counsel for E. G. Rathbone, also a defendant, objected to the .continuance of the trial and said that the law clearly provided for a postponement under such circumstances and that sufficient time should be given the new lawyer to prepare the case. He also said that the court had refused a postponement on Saturday on the request of counsel for Rathbone when ample reason therefor had been presented. Election Returns. HAVANA, Jan. 7.-r-Full returns from the elections held in Cuba Dec. 31 will not be in before the end of January. ARMY SPECIAL WRECKED THREE RECRUITS EN ROUTE TO THE PHILIPPINES INJURED. One in n Serious Condition Switch Refused to Work Two Men Killed in Another Wreck. CHICAGO, Jan. 7. A Rock Island special, bearing three hundred recruits, bound for the Philippines, from Columbus Barracks, O., was partly wrecked in the Twenty-second-street yards early to-day. Three men were injured, as follows: HENRY LEWIS, crushed between cars and internally injured; taken to hospital; condition serious. C. C. MURPHY, thrown from train and foot crushed; continued journey. LAWRENCE SCHAEFER. thrown out of window and clothing torn from body; escaped with slight bruises. The other passengers were merely Jolted, although a tourist car containing fifty soldiers lost its rear truck and was dragged half a block before the engine stopped, and the car was badly damaged. A sleeper occupied by eight officers and the wife of one of them was thrown to an adjacent track, but maintained its upright position. After several hours' delay the train was remade and the Journey continued. The accident Is said to have been due to the failure of a switch to work propcily. TWO MEN KILLED. RaKgngeninster Durned to Death and Flagman Rnn Over Others Injured. ROANOKE. Va., Jan. 7. A head-end collision on the Kenova division of the Norfolk & Western Railroad occurred at 7 o'clock this morning, in which Hugh Smith, an express messenger and baggagemaster, of this city, and Flagman John Turner, of Bluefields. W. Va., were killed. The accident happened near Alnwick, W. Va. Train No. 4. a passenger train, eastbound, collided with an extra west-bound freight train. The passenger train was on time and the freight was delayed. The freight train sent Flagman Turner ahead to hold the passenger train at Alnwi(k. but owing to heavy fog the engineer of the passenger train did not see him, and the flagman in his efforts to be seen got on the track in front of the train and was run over and killed. The two trains came into collision jut east of Alnwick. Both engines were badly damaged. The express car was crushed and Messenger Smith killed. Engineer Bailey, of the passencer train, was so seriously hurt that he died this evening of his injuries. He resided at Blu fields. Conductor Moran. of the same train, was injured slinhtly by being cut with broken glass. Engineer Kipps. of the frei-ht train, was slightly hurt, but his firman was uninjured. The express car and the combination express and batpm car caught fire and were destroyed, nothing being saved except two trunks. The body of Me?sent:er Smith wa. burned badly before It was rescued from the flames. None of the passengers was injured. Two Victims of n Trolley Car. ANN ARBOR. Mich., Jan. 7. By losing control of his car as it was going down a steep incline to the Michigan Central depot, Motorman Alfred Meyers anil Mrs. Daisy Cromwell were terribly injured this afternoon. The brake would not hold, and the car crashed into the depot building. The car was demolished and Meyers suffered fractures of Ix-th ankles and a long gah on his Jaw. The young woman was the, only passenger in the car. Her honie Is in Lansing. Mich., and Fhe Its th.i wife of a motorman in that city. She will recover, as will alFO the motorman of the wrecked car.

BATES ARE PAID

RAILWAY OFFICIALS COVPHSS TO THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION. Tber Plainly State They Are Contin. unity Violating the Law, but Are Sick and Tired of It. CONDITIONS ARE INTOLERABLE THEV ARE POWERLESS TO SECLRE MAINTENANCE OF RATES. Millions of Dollars Are Paid Annually to Chicago Packers, the Officials Declare. LOSS OF REVENUE IS GREAT COMMISSIONER PROl'TV SWS THE PACKERS WILL RE FINISHED. Hill, Harrlinan and Others to Re Ex n mined xts to the Community of Interest" rinn In the Northwest. CHICAGO, Jan. 7. Prosecutions agair.fct all the big packing house concerns in the West for violation of the provision of the interstate-commerce law against receiving preferential rates are contemplated by the Interstate-commerce Commission. Thi fact developed to-day during an Investigation begun by the commission into the handling of packing house prexlucts and dressed meats. It also became apparent that the commission and the railway managements of the entire country practically had entered into an alliance for the purpose of Inducing Congrcps to pass legulatlon permitting the railroads to pool under certain regulations by the Interstate-commerce Commission and that it is believed such a law can and will be passed. The third development of the day was the announcement that the commission had requested the attendance here to-day of all the leading men in the advancement of the community of interests idea, including J. P. Morgan. James J. Hill and E. IL llarriman, and that if these men failed to respond to the request harsher measure would be taken to compel their coming. Evidences upon which to base prosecutions against the packers was obtained in abundance. Traffic managers and vice presidents of roads east and west threw up their hands and admitted freely that there will be no pretense toward maintaining tariff rates on packing house products and dressed meats fcr export or elomestic use except for ä very Thort pTM of time at the beginning of each year." Paul Morton, second vice president cf the Santa Ft; A. C. Bird, third vice president of the St. Paul; J. M. Johnson, third vice president of the Rock Island, and other men of the highest standing in the railroad world, took the stand and stated boldly that they are now and had been continual violatois of the law, that they are sick and tlrel of being such, that present conditions ara Intolerable, that they are powerless to feexne a maintenance of rates and that millions of dollars la paid to the packing house interests yearly by railroads at the expense of legitimate revenue. PACKERS MAY BE FINED. The packing houses and their representatives to whom rebates were paid durinjr 1901, according to Commissioner Prouty, will, if possible, be made amenable to a maximum fine of $3,000 for every violation of the law. Regarding this phase of the question Commissioner Prouty said: "I am heartily In favor of punishing the packers for violations of the law if the evidence prves s-uliicient, and I think it will. Unde the law we can not punish the railroad ma who testified, for their testimony absolves themselves and they do not testify specifically against any one el?e. All the punishment, that we can, if any. obtain against the packers is in the way of a fine not to exceed $T,0) for each violation." Speaking of the scope of the Investigation Into the effects of the combination between railroad interests, Commissioner Prouty ha id: "We have aked the presidents of all the roads comprised in the Southern Pacific combination and the' Northern Pacific, combination to uttend. and also J. P. Morgan. If they don't come we shall take steps to compel them to appear latrr. But I don't wish to be understood as presuming that they will fall to respond to our request." The men indicated by Mr. Prouty's Matcnn J. Pierpont Morgan; E. 11. liarriman, president of the Southern Pacific. Oregon .Short Line and Oregon Railway and Navigation Company; James J. mil, president of the Great Northern: C. S. Mfllon. president of the Northern Pacific; ;(. r. Harris, president of the Chicago. Burlington Quincy Railway Company; Horace G. Burt, president of the Union Pacific; Samuel Morse Felton. president of the Chicago A; Alton: Stuyve?ant Fish, president of th Illinois Central; J. C Stubbs. traffic director for the Harrirr.an lines; Darius Miller, second vice president of the Burlington and reputed traffic director for the Northern Pacific trio. POINTS FROM THE TESTIMONY. The testimony of the day by both Eastern and Western men bore a wearying sameness. The essential points elicited were: First From January to April. l'01. tariff rates w re obtained on packing house products, and dressed meats. From April to July there was a concession of z cents from the Missouri river to Chicago and of i cents from Chicago to the seaboard on both domestic and export trafllc. From July to January. VM2, there n a concession of 5 cents from the river to Chicago and of 6 cents from Chicago to the seaboard. Second During the enrly months of the year shipments were billed at tariff rates and rebates paid either In the form of vouchers or clucks pa able to the packing house firms or tlvlr representatives, Hnd during the latter portion of the year the practice was almost perx ral of billing fiat" or at actual rate, as being pits convenient. Third Various methods were employed In paying rebates, the most general being for the parking ho-ise to send in a claim to the trafl'.e inar.ae r amounting to the difference between tariff and actual rates. Statements woul'l be checked up by the auditing department and the management would send the traffic manager a lump sum to cover all claims which would be deposited in banks. Against this the traffic manager wojid draw drafts in favor of each claimant for the amount due. Fourth No records were made or kept on the company's tooks e-oncernlng the transaction of payment of vouchers. Fifth Witnesses were wholly at a loss to explain why a lower than t a r 1 1 rate couM be maintained when tariff could not. Sixth There was a universal opinion that legalized pooling would do much to correct theü. Seventh It developed that the Smta Ve had a contract with a packing ompany to carry Its product from the river to Chicigj for ä cents off the tariff rite for one jt-ar from June ?, ueit nnd that when the company gave nothe of publishing the rate the i'ther roads Induced it to withdraw th notice. Thofce who testified were: C. D. Whitney,

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