Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1902 — Page 9

TIIK INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 22, 1902.

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JUDGE. TAFT HOPEFUL

hi: thinks thi: philippim; will soo in: r.icii'iKi). j Snj the Insurrection I Now Confined to Itntnnen I'rovlnrr n ml tTie Island of Snniar. CIVIL GOVERNMENT DESIRED NATIVES APPHKCIATK TIIK I'ACT IT 31EA.S IlKTTKIt TI3IES. Capt. II rtuhnrne Killed In SamarMnrlnes Snfe Important Surrender of Filipino. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 21. W. II. Taft, j civil Governor of the Philippine Islands, j who arrived here on the transport Grant, is quite ill, the Philippine climate and the arduous duties he has performed has told on his constitution. He feels that after a few days of rest in this city he will be 1 strong enough to undergo the trip East and make his report to the secretary of war. Governor Taft says he hopes to leave for the East on Thursday. Discussing conditions In the Philippines. Governor Taft said yesterday: "To-day I wish the pres3 would correct the impresssion that there Is war on all the Islands. The Insurrection 13 confined to two local!- , ties the province of Iiatangas and the , Island of Samar. This morning I received a moat encouraging cable froi.i Judge Wright, who Is the acting governor in my abscence. It said that owing to General liell's strong repressive measures tne trouble in Iiatangas was being quieted. He further said that 700 rifles had been surrendered, and as there are only 1.100 to l.'JOO rifles In the province there is no doubt that liatangas will be as peaceful as any of the other provinces. 1 doa't think General Bell will have need to apply the reconcentrado principle to Butangas, as his dispatch plainly indicates that the province is in a fair way of pacification. The dispatch says that there are 843 teachers in the islands In 4) places, und 2ou of these places are unoccupied by United States troops. I may say that the Filpino is not hostile to the teachers. One was captured some time ago but he was sent hack in a hammock. The inference is plain that they entertain no hostility toward pedagogues or pedagogy. "I wish to Impress upon everybody that civil government is a success. There is a strong peace party in the islands, and it Is composed of the most influential men among the Filipinos. They are working earnestly and zealously toward fringing about happy relations between their countrymen and the government. They are using all that is in their power to bring in the recalcitrant leaders. I have never been so encouraged as to the prospects of the Philippines as I have within the past three months. .There has certainly been a great change in the sentiment of the Iople. They are beginning to appreciate the fact that civil government means better times for them. "If you had seen the farewell receptions that were given me by the people on my leaving the islands you would have realized that there was 'sincerity in the expression of the wish for cirll government to continue. Before I left I received reports from the governors of the different provinces, and the tone of each report was most encouraging. I am encouraged, and I shall so report to Washington. There are thirty-five provinces capable of government. The onls' place where there is trouble Is in the Island of Samar. That Is the most difficult island for military operations. There are no roads, and the troops have to use water courses when water is pouring down the runnels to follow the natives to their fastnesses. But we are all confident that it is only a question of a short time when the island will be pacified. "Judge Carlock. of the Court of First Instance, has reported to me that the Island of Cebi is quite tranquil. Mindanao is an Island of great' wealth. It in as yet undeveloped, and when it is it will be of great value. "Speaking of the Moros, they are not capable of receiving a civil government. They still have tribal relations, as did our Indians, and obey their chiefs. There are two sets of Moro the river Moros and the lake Moros. The lake Moros have been distinctly hostile to us and were ever active against the Spaniards. I am glad to say that a better feeling has sprung up among them and they are now commencing to bring In the products of their lands and barter them. The river Moros have always been submissive. I do not wish to create the Impression that the lake Moros are in a state of warfare. "The great question and difficulty that fresents itself to the government is the and question. The titles to lands are very unsettled and it is a difficult matter to adJust their.." Governor Taft says that he Is much improved by the sea voyage and will spend newrnl days at his old home In Cincinnati before going to Washington. He is accompanied by his wife. During his absence his place on the Commission will be filled by Luke E. Wright, one of the other members. Governor Taft will remain in the United States about two months. He will make an exhaustive report to the President on present conditions in the Philippines under the civil government and the success of the Jxicl Ilea t ion measures, and will also submit lis views upon the needs of the natives. He declares that there has never been h time Finer the United States became interested In the islands that the attitude of the Filipino people, as a whole, has been so friendly to the civil government established by the United States as now. SHOT FHOM AMnrsii. Capt. J. M. Hnrtshorne, Jr., of the Seventh Infantry, Killed Jan. 2. MANILA, Jan. 21. Capt. J. M. HartsLotne, Jr., of the Seventh Infantry, was ehot from ambush and killed Jan. 2 in the -astern part of the. island of Samar. Captain llartshorne was recently transferred from the Ninth to the Seventh Infantry. Owing to the lack of telegraphic- communication in Samar, the news of Captain Ilartshorne's death came by mail in a reiort from Second Lieut. George W. Walace. of the Ninth. Lieutenant Wallace gives no particulars of the occurrence. Cnpt. Porter nnd Murinen Safe. MANILA. Jan. -1. The anxiety recently felt concerning the whereabouts of Capt. D.ivid D. Porter, of the marine corps, and thirty-five marines who have been absent In the interior of Samar, has been relieved by the arrival on the coat of that island of Captain Porter and twenty-six members of his command. The other nine marines are expected to reach the coast soon. Captain porter and his party have been in the interior fr two weeks past, having started on n expedition, provided with rations for five days. Their progress was delayed and they Buttered great hardships. Important Surrender, MANILA. Jan. 21. The insurgent leader. Uriocio Laque. and his entire command, on Jan. " surrendered unconditionally to the American military authorities In Batangas province. Louie's command had become sj scattered that It was unable to hold out any longer. He has been given one week to round up and hand over his ntlre party t the Americans. Laque has b-en operating in the neighborhood of Mount Macolod in .Batangas province, Luzon. Capture of Icnpetl Convict. TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 21. -Pour more federal convicts Campbell. .Morton. Alnsworth and Davis were captured on McNeil's '.stand to-day. leaving but ftuir now at lare. Davis, the convict supposed to have t-en wounded last night, was caught this afternoon by Handier Hanson, and while on the way to the prison knocked Hanson down and tri-d to eize his Kun, tri: was seized by two Kuard. who happened to tome up at the time, and the three verpowered him after a hard struggle.

Davis was not- wnundfd in any way. Campbell. Ainsworth and Morton were raptured by l)( pnty Sheriff Johnson and Sail

or Rynbrj5. of the United States revenue J cutter Manning, who captured Snyder and j Carroll last night. I : PRESBYTEPwIAN CREED. Pull Revision Committer to Henr Heport f Snbrnmnilttre Soon. PITTSBURG. Jan. 21. -The Presbyterian creed revision committee has been called to meet in Philadelphia the week after next to hear the reports of the several subcommittees. It is expected the finishing touches will be put on the declaratory statement of the things which are most surely believed, as the subcommittee has completed the outline. The plan is to report this short creed to the next General Assembly, as the committee feels that it will not satisfy the church to simply report progress. The statement to be issued recognizes the fundamental doctrines of Calvar.lsm and expresses them in popular form. It teaches the existence of God, the doctrines of the divine sovereignty, the trinity, the divinity of Christ, the inspiration of the Scriptures, life everlasting, the atonement, predestination and other fundamental truths, but avoids the old phraseology around which controversy ratfed in the past. The United Presbyterian General Assembly has also undertaken to summarize the doctrines of the confession of faith for popular use. In the case of the United Presbyterians, the General Assembly will settle the question. CONDITION OF THE BANKS STATU!! I :.T HASCH OX LATKST REPORTS TO TIII1 CONTROLLER. Natlonnl Hanking Institutions In a ClourlshiiiK Stute Resource nnd Surplus Increasing;. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. William Barrett Ridjely, controller of the currency, has made the following statement in regard to the condition of national banks, as shown by the latest reports: "The summary of the reports of condition of the national banks at the close of business Dec. 10, 1301, shows the business of the banks to be in a highly satisfactory condition, and sets a new high record in aggregate resources, individual deposits, capital and surplus. At the time of the last report, Sept. 30, DQ1. these items had reached the highest point ever known, but the reports of Dec. 10 show a still further rise. The aggregate resources show an increase of $27,3S3,341 since Sept. 30, 1901, and $5S0,610,042 since Dec. 13, 1000, the total now reaching the enormous sum of $ö,722,730,G3T. The individual deposits increased 536,064,732 since the last report, and $310,423,443 during the last year, the total now being $2,Di4,417.9CÖ. Capital stock increased since Sept. 30, 1101. by J3.00S.7S4, and for the year by 532.9S7.2Ö3. The surplus and undivided profIts Increased $1S.333.171 since Sept. 30, 1901, anu 543.0O2.01S since Dec. 13. 1900. The total capital, surplus, and undivided prollts on Dec. 10.11901. was $1.114.235.943. "The loans and discounts show an increase since Sept. CO, 1001. of JM.3tf.071, and since Dec. 13, 19n), of f:J31.720.M3. The bills payable and rediscounts show a reduction since last report to $,511.554 and an increase for the year of $J.264.sl3. Stock and securities increased since the last report by J2,üfc,023, and foi the year by $7S,10o.93X There is a decrease shown of $0,029.372 in the amount of specie on hand since the last report, but a net increase of this item for the year of $'j,9SG.271. The circulation also shows a decrease since last report of $4.42".2Sö. but an increase for the year of 120. 509. W2. "The item of real estate, other than banking house, which has steadily decreased since Dec. 1. 1S0S, shows a further small decrease. This item reached its maximum Dec. 1, ISOS, of 530.9C3.4S.S. This was due to the real estate which the banks had acquired during the times of depression. One of the first effects of the business revival was to enable the banks to sell this property, and this item in the reports has shown a decrease at each report until it is now reduced to $22.92,670. "The average reserve held by all the banks is 26.71 per cent., or 1.71 per cent, more than the legal requirements of a reserve city. The ratio of the total deposits to capital stock is 6.3; to capital and surplus, 4.4. As long as the reserve is ample there is no cause for any uneasiness in the increase of deposits based on increase of loans. It rather indicates an active, prosperous condition of business and that the banks are fulfilling their proper duties in furnishing crediis upon which to do the very large business now being done in all lines. This is what shows the difference between good and bad times. "During the past year the banks have shown their strength on several trying occasions. On May 9 there occurred one of the most violent and sudden stock panics in the history of the New York Stock Exchange without making any trouble with the national banks. When the President was killed in September last the banks met the emergency splendidly and without" any signs of weakness anywhere. Among the bankers and business men from every part of the United States the report Is unanimous that business is in splendid condition and their customers prosperous and making money. The iron, steel and coal trades never were better and the amount of railroad business is probably limited by the cars and- locomotives required to handle it." EDITORS WOULD NOT AGREE. Andrew Carnegie Does ot Favor a Home for ArpiI Journalist. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. Henry Watterson. the brilliant editor, has been in, Washington for a week, dividing his conversation between his candidacy for Governor of Kentucky and his controversy with Carnegie as to the propriety of founding a home for aged and infirm newspaper writers. In Washington, where there are so many professional writers, the question has attracted more attention than elsewhere. The reply of Carnegie is accepted here as giving the common-sense view The philanthropist says that homes for indigent of any clas3 work well or badly as they are managed. He thinks a company of wornout Journalists would be very unhappy if they were herded together in one home, no matter how comfortable they were made. In one place he says: "Able men have strong characteristics. What suits one does not suit another. We 'literary fellers' are all bohemians at heart; we like the irregular, the unusual, the individual thing, and are not entirely happy under the commonplace rules for the good of the general company." He suggests that instead of, a home there be a fund, which he thinks would attract subscriptions from many rich men as well as prosperous publishers. Obviously his Intention Is to afford the aged the privilege of going on tnls superannuated list and receive annuities which would support them in the places where they had done their work and associate with their old friends. In short he believes In establishing a private pension fund. RATES FOR PYTHIANS. $.0 for the Round Trip from Chicago to San Francisco nnd Return. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 21. General James R. Carnahan, commanding the Uniform rank. Knights of Pythias, announces that the transcontinental lines have agreed to make a rate of $50 for the round trip from Chicago to San Francisco and return for the bl-ennlal meeting of the Knights of Pythias, which opens In San Francisco on Aug. 12 of this year. From St. Louis. Memphis and New Orleans the round trip will be $17.5. and from Missouri river points. $45. The dates of sale at all points east of Colorado and Fl Paso will be from Aug. 3 to Aug. 8. inclusive. The final limit on returning will be Sent. Stop overs will be permitted. These rates are the same as were made for the Kpworth Ieaffuers. and from the larjje attendance at the Pythian bl-ennial meetings, it in considered probable that no Us than lo.fi.o people will cross the continent on this occasion.

BY LOIU) CItAMinil.MrS INTIMATION IlESKNTKIJ AT 1U:KLI. Official Statement thnt Germany Never Proponed Intervention In the Spanish-American "War. MERELY A BRITISH SCHEME TO OFFSKT Tili: KI'FKCT OF PRINCE IIEXHY'S COMING VISIT. Austria the Prime Mover in All Effort to Save Spain from the Drnhhlntc She Reeelved. BERLIN", Jan. 21. The Foreign Office denies that Germany desired or associated itself with any other government that may have sought to bring about European intervention in the Spanish-American war. The correspondent of the Associated Press this afternoon communicated to the German Foreign Office the statement emanating yesterday from the British Foreign Office to the effect that Germany, France and Russia had supported the Austrian ambassador at London in his attempt to induce Great Britain to sign a collective note addressed to the United States, proposing

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action by the European states. In view of the outbreak, or expected outbreak, of the late war between the United States and Spain. Later in the day the following statement was handed to the correspondent of the Associated Press: "The Foreign Office declares with all positlveness that Germany, neither before the outbreak of the SpanishAmerican war nor during its course, proposed intervention to other powers. Xeithed did Germany support such a proposition made by other powers. It i3 true that in several Instances, suggestions were made to the German government from other sources in the sense of intervention. But the German government, without exception, maintained a negative attitude toward such suggestions, and made known its negative standpoint whenever occasion offered. It must further be remarked that it was not from an Austrian source that such suggestions reached the German government." Some annoyance has been expressed in official circles here that the British under secretary for foreign affairs. Lord Cranborne, and the British Koreign Office, at this moment should make statements tending to discourage the growing good feeling between Germany and the United States, and seemingly designed to spoil the pleasant prospect of the visit to the United States of Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia. The interpellation in the British House of Commons yesterday to which Iord Cranborne replied is here considered to have been got up especially to give the opportunity of saying something in Parliament which might be taken as a basis for reviving stories adverse to Germany in the matter of German relations with the United States. A telegraphic report of Lord Cranborne's statement in reply to the interpellation by Henry Norman, M. P., was distributed to the German newspapers by tho news agencies early in the day, yet none of the Berlin evening papers, with the exception of the North German Gazette, print it. The North German Gazette does not comment upon Lord Cranborne's statement. This suppression of what at another time would be regarded as news is taken to mean that the German press Is determined not to revive unpleasant discussions at an inopportune moment. "WHAT AUSTRIA DID. Regno the Pence PropnRamln AVhlel Rrltnin Did Xot Join. VIENNA. Jan. 21. Inquiries made by the Associated Press at the Austrian-Hungarian Foreign Office confirm the essential points of the statement made by Lord Cranborne, the British foreign under secretary, in the House of Commons yesterday. The dynastic relations of Austria with Spain, the Queen regent being an archduchess of Austria. led Austria, before the declaration of war between Spain and the United States, to br;;ln a peace propaganda, which was carried on not only in Kngland. but throughout Kurope. France was ready to second the efforts of Austria. Germany and Russia maintained a passive attitude! 'Great Britain was at first disposed to sign the proposed note, but after a confidential report from Washington declined either to sign such a note as the Austrian ambassador proposed or to take any further steps. Afterwards Austria and Prance made lirt et representations at WashinKton. but ceased th ir efforts a.fter the declaration of war, from that time

forth relying on the efforts of the Pope, !

who was backed by the tacit approval of all the powers. Cranborne Did .ot Tell All. WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. The State Department will not be drawn into the controversy which has sprung up between the European powers respecting the efforts made by them to prevent the United States from j?oir.K to war with Spain. Lord Cranborne's statement In Parliament yesterday is recognized as absolutely correct, as far as it went, but there are chapters in the storv which he did not touch upon, and it is recognized here as Inexpedient to de- j velop all the facts even now. lest animos- , Ities spring up wltnout sumcient reason. The frank statement of Lord Cranborne touching Austria's earnest efforts to prevent war caused no resentment here, where it is realized that there were dynastic and sympathetic reasons that justified or at least extenuated the Austrian purpose. "SCHLEY AND SANTIAGO." Correspondent Graham's . Ro c to Re Presented to Kins Edward. CHICAGO, Jan. 21. The first copy of "Schley and Santiago" left the presses of the W. B. Conkey Company to-day. The ! book Contains many striking historical j events, including fac simile of autograph ; letters. The following letter bearing the admiral's signature and dated Hotel Richmond, Washington, Jan. 1, 1902, referring to the author, says: "Mr Graham served with me on the Brooklyn from the beginning to the end of the campaign against Cervera's fleet. He was in a position in the open to know the facts of all the operations against it. and has given them as he saw them. The personal views and criticisms of the author I do not endorse, though the facts of the story of the movement and operations of the flying squadron as he tells them in the book, are correct, as far as I can remember." The publishers will send to President Roosevelt a copy of the edition de luxe. and within a few days will start a special messenger to Europe, where he will first deliver to the American ambassador in London two copies of the book, one. of them to be presented to King Edward VII. As claimed by the author and publisher, it will be the first presentation of the official history of the naval campaign of the flying squadron from the time it left Hampton Roads until the end. The messenger will deliver copies to the representatives of the United State3 in other foreign countries, nnd to the commander in chief of their navies. It is also the purpose to present to Sir Thomas Lipton h copy of this de luxe edition. Schley' Appeal Snhmltted. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-Rear Admiral and Mrs. Schley arrived In Washington today after a ten days' visit to Savannah. Messrs. Isadore Rayner and M. A. Teague, counsel for Rear Admiral Schley, also reached Washington this afternoon with the text of the admiral's appeal to the President, which they had prepared in Baltimore, and which they proceeded to submit to the admiral. After a conference lasting several hours with his counsel Admiral Schley approved the appeal from the findings of the court of inquiry and it was delivered to the President late this afternoon by Mr. Teague. The appeal sets out the grounds of error upon points of law and fact alleged by Admiral Schley and concludes with a lengthy argument in support of his contention that he has been unfairly dealt with. Admiral Schley and his counsel refused to make the appeal public. They said it must be given out at the White House. CASE OF JAMES MORROW. He "Was Deelared Legally Dead nnd M'nntu Restoration to Legal Life. NEW YORK. Jan. 21. The case of James Morrow is now being heard before Judge Gildersleeve in the Supreme Court. Several days ago Justice Gildersleeve, in a decision, declared Morrow dead, as far as the law was concerned. The decision was the result of a suit brought by Samuel H. Morrow against Mary McMahon. widow of William McMahon. Samuel Morrow asked Justice Gildersleeve to declare his father. James Morrow, dead, also that he could be entitled to a share of the McMahon estate. McMahon was one of the owners of the old Haymarket. and left an estate valued at about J4'"0.)O. Morrow disappeared, but after spending rauny years in the West came back in time to set up claim to a portion of the family estate. C0UCEED UP TIP OF BAYONET. Old Soldier AVho Wn Supposed to Tic Dying of Consumption. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Jan. 21. After belns given up to die of what the doctors supposed was consumption, James W. Plunkett, a veteran soldier of the regular army, now staying in the city, coughed up the tip of a bayonet out of his lung. and now will probably get well. Plunkett, who Is a soldier of twenty years' experience, is unable to account for the tip in his lungs, but supposed he must have swallowed it. He often used his biyonet as a can opener and presumably the roint broke off in opening a can.

DEBATE IN CONGRESS

Philippine tariff hill discussed XX Tim SENATE. Speech hy 3Ir. Lodsce in Fa or of the .Measure and hy 3Ir. Rawlins in Opposition. PUBLIC BUILDING BILLS APPROPRIATIONS OP 1JM,000 FOR ANDERSON AXD HAMMOXD. Irrigation of Arid Lands nnd the Philippine Question Threshed Over in the House. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. For nearly two hours to-day the Senate had under consideration the Philippine tariff bill. The measure was made the unfinished business, and probably will hold that position of preference until it shall have been voted on finally. The debate was opened by Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, chairman of the committee on Philippines. He sketched in a free-hand way the reasons which had actuated the majority in presenting the measure, and urged strongly it3 enactment into law at an early date. He explained with some minuteness the necessity for the legislation embodied in the bill and concluded with an appeal to the Senate and to Congress to deal with questions relating to the Philippines as they might arise, and to keep clear of vague words and vaguer promises, which were likely to be misinterpreted and to raise false hopes in the minds of the Filipinos. In an Impassioned peroration he besought Congress not to give mortgages on an unknown future. Mr. Rawlins1, of Utah, delivered a vigorous speech in support of the minority substitute, in which independence was promised to the Filipinos so soon as a stable government could be established in the Philippines. His discussion of the general Philippine question covered much of the ground that has been gone over during the past two years. Throughout, he was accorded careful attention. In concluding, he said: "The Democratic proposition is that tariff should be imposed for revenue, the duties to be so adjusted as to operate equally throughout the country and not to discriminate between class or section. The proposition which the minority submits, if adopted, will prove a simple and effective remedy for the troubles which afllict us. It proposes to relinquish the islands. It proposes that so long as we continue In possession shall be freedom of trade between them and the United States. When the United States withdraws from the islands and they assume in all respects the attitude of a foreign country they will be subject to the provisions of our general laws relating to tariff taxation. Let the Ishmaellte go. Otherwise the burden of our difliculties will grow. Taxes, like the Old Man of the Sea, will hang upon our backs. And in the end the gory head of the Republic may be raised upon a pike as a terrible warning to any who would struggle to be free." As a conclusion of the debate for the day Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, sharply criticised the secretary of war for an alleged violation of the law in issuing an order permitting vessels flying a foreign flag to participate in the commerce between the United States and the Philippines. A number of private pension bills were passed; also the following: Extending the time for the construction of a railway, wagon and pedestrian bridge over the Missouri river near Council Bluffs, la., and Omaha. Neb.: authorizing the construction of the following bridges: Over the Missouri river at St. Joseph, Mo.; over the Arkansas river in Arkansas by the Memphis, Helena 0c Louisiana Railway Company; over the White river in Arkansas by the Memphis, Helena & Louisiana Railway Company; granting to the White River Railroad Company the right to construct a single railway track across United States lands in Independence county, Arkansas; extending the time for the construction of a bridge across Bayou Bartholomew, in Arkansas, by the Mississippi River, Hamburg & Western Railway Company; appropriating $150.Cx)0 each for the erection of public buildings in Muncie and Anderson. Ind.; appropriating SIjo.OOO for the establishment, control and maintenance of the northern branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Hot Springs, S. D.. with an additional appropriation of $20.000 for transportation of inmates; appropriating $70,000 for the erection of a public building at Bluefield, W. Va.; to provide suitable bronze medals for the survivors or their heirs of the officers and crews of the United States vessels of war Cumberland. Congress and Minnesota; appropriating $100,000 for the erection of a public building in Wheeling. W. Va. At 4:35 p. m., on motion of Mr. Lodge, the Senate went into executive session and at 5:53 p. m. adjourned. - TALK IX TIIK HOUSE. Everything: hut the Urgent Deficiency 1)111 Discnssed hy Members. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-In the absence of other pressing business the House maragers are allowing the widest latitude in the debate on the urgent deficiency bill, now before the House. The irrigation of arid lands In the West and the advisability of retaining control of the Philippines were the main topics under discussion to-day. The speakers were Mr. Sibley of Pennsylvania, Mr. Dinsmore of Arkansas, Mr. Newlands of Nevada, Mr. Mondell of Wyoming, Mr. Robinson of Indiana, Mr. Kerns of Illinois, Mr. Gaines of Tennessee, Mr. Vandiver of Missouri, and Mr. Greene of Pennsylvania. Mr. Sibley opposed the government entering at this time upon a scheme for the irrigation of the arid lands in tho West. He believed the whole question was for another generation. Members representing an agricultural constituency should oppose a measure which involved the expenditure of untold millions to be taken by taxation from all. He spoke of the decline in value of farm lands In Eastern, middle and Southern States, yet this was a proposition to open up hundreds of millions of acres to be in open competition with these farms "Let us wait." said Mr. Sibley, "until our increased population shall so expand that these lands shall be needed to meet the demand for a greater food supply. To my mind, if we undertake the present accomplishment of irrigation we shall bo pressing a poisoned chalice to the lips of the farming classes in this Nation which, if it does not kill them, will at least leave them for another generation in torpor or misery." Mr. Newlands, an earnest advocate of the irrigation of arid lands, replied to Mr Sibley. He explained the provisions of the bill which it was proposed to present to the House, to show that It would not create a charge upon the public treasury but would employ the fund raised from the sale of arid lands for the work of reclamation. While there were &''), ()(),(i()Q acres of arid land in the West, he said there was not enough water to reclaim more than To.) acres, an area twice as large as Iowa, and generations would be required to brine all these lands under Irrigation. Mr. Robinson submitted some remarks in advocacy of the abolition of the thirtyday sick leave granted to clerks in the executive departments In Washington. Mr. Kern delivered a general speech in opposition to the administration's Philippine policy. Mr. Gaines opposed the item in the hill providing for the establishment of a military pest at Manila and denounced the administration's policy in the Philippines. Mr. Gaines declared that while in the Philippines he learned absolutely that the Americans promised Independence to the Filipinos. Mr. Kahn challenged him to produce the name of a singl Filipino who gave htm such information. Mr. Gaines said that the information had been given him in confidence, and that if he were to divulge the names of those

who had given It to him they would lose their heads. This reply elicited jeers from the Republican side. Mr. Dlnsmoro also sooke In opposition to the administration's Philippine policy. He insisted that we should not turn our backs upon the glorious tradition of the past and enter upon a colonial policy. The report of the committee on military affairs recommending the resolution calling for papers in the case of Hamilton H. Blount, captain Forty-eighth United States Volunteer Infantrv. do lie upon the table, was admitted. At 5:10 p. m. the House adjourned. CLASH OVER FARES.

Rapid Transit Company Refuses to Carry PoMtollIce KnipIoei Free. ST. PAUL. Minn., Jan. 21.-The Twin City Rapid Transit Company and the United States government have clashed about the matter of fares. Under the postal rules the postoffice inspector and his assistants and the superintendent of railway mail service and his assistants ore entitled to free transportation on lines carrying mails, including the interurban cars, between St. Paul and Minneapolis. General Manager Held, of the transit company, recently issued an order that free transportation on this account was to be denied. The transit company has tun hinted that owing to the disagreement, the mail contract may be abandoned. The postolfice department has announced that the Twin City Rapid Transit Company is a common carrier between two cities, and that the postmaster general, and not the company, will decide whether or not mail will be carried. The latest phase of the question is now before the department. ON TRIAL FOR I 31 IIS. lUCIIAIlDSOX CHARGED WITH lvlLLl.Vtt lli:it IIISIIAMD. Case That Has Aronsed 31uch Interest in Jllssourl Effort to Learu Who Is the Man in the Case. PLATTSBURG, Mo., Jan. 21. Mrs. Addle D. Richardson faced a Jury of farmers in the Circuit Court here to-day, and her trial on the charge of murdering, a year ago last December, her husband, Frank W. Richardson, a merchant, at their home in Savannah, Mo., began in earnest. Mrs. Richardson was surrounded by her three youthful sons and several other members of her family, and that of the man whom she is charged with murdering. Including his brother, John D. Richardson, of Chicago. The prosecution, under the indictment of murder in the first degree, is based on the proposition that the prisoner either killed ner husband or knows who did. The belief that all members of the Richardson family have all along expressed in the ir.::ocence of the widow appears to be unshAi.en by the recent arrest of Stewart Fife, the former business associate of Richardson, or by any Information that may have developed In the last year. Mrs. Richardson still adheres to her story, made at the time of the shooting, that she was alone in the house when she heard a buggy drive up and her husband enter the hall; that she heard some one say, "Has it come to this?" and that the pistol shot was fired by some one unknown to her as he entered the door to the parlor bedroom, where she awaited him. No one has professed to believe that Mrs. Richardson fired the fatal shot, but the State has expected that in defending herself against the charge she would be forced to tell who did. Mrs. Richardson has aged perceptibly In the last year, and when she entered court to-day her features showed plainly the result of the strain she had undergone. Mrs. Richardson held her youngest boy in her lap during the session of court to-day. When the indictment, charging her with "maliciously and deliberately murdering her husband," was read she displayed no emotion, nor later, when Attorney C. F. Booher, in the statement of the case for the State, said: "As a motive we will try to show that Mrs. Richardson was unduly intimate with Stewart Fife, and we expect to show that Fife was in the neighborhood of the house that night." Mr. Booher. in presenting the case for the State, told of the murder at the Richardson home on the night of Dec. 24, li00. Richardson had planned to accompany her to a Christmas entertainment. At the last moment she telephoned to him at the store that she had decided not to go. "Twenty minutes later," saiu he, "Richardson was a dead man in his own home." Richardson was shot and killed as he was about to enter his wife's bedroom. "We will show," said Mr. Booher, "that so far as the State Is able to present it that the defendant was the only person in that house at the time. As a motive we will try to showthat Mrs. Richardson was unduly intimate with Stewart Fife, a clerk in Richardson's store, and we expect to show that Fife was in the neighborhood of the house that night." Stewart Fife was arrested in Washington recently charged with complicity in the crime and was brought back from tho West Sunday last. The defense reserves its statement until after the States rests. George D. Crowley, a former business partner of Mr. Richardson, was the first witness. He told of going with Richardson from his home early in the evening to Richardson's store. The children had gone to the entertainment, and Mrs. Richardson remained alone. He was at tho house after the murder, and said Mrs. Richardson was prostrated. He told of making an examination of the premises, and of discovering fresh buggy tracks in the snow. A. W. Brewster, state senator, who is one of the attorneys for the defense. Insisted on being allowed to question the witness in regard to Mrs. Richardson's character and reputation, but the court would not allow it at this time. Besslft Phillips was called, but did not respond, and an attachment was Issued for her. Bessie Phillips was a domestic in the Richardson home at the time of the murder, and at the coroner's inquest gave testimony reflecting on Mrs. Richardson's relations with George Crowley. M. E. Brown, a clerk In Richardson's store, told of Mrs. Richardson telephoning that Crowley had left his gloves at the house, and that she would bring them to the store. Mrs. Richardson is specifically charged with firing the shot that killed Frank Richardson. Fife is charged with doing the same thing. When R. A. Morris was asked if at any time he had seen Fife and Mrs. Richardson together objection was made by the defense that it tended to prove a conspiracy and no conspiracy was charged in the indictment. The court took the question under advisement. Six other witnesses testified. Mrs. Kerr, the next-door neighbor of the Richardsons, to whose house Mrs. Richardson went to telephone before and after the killing, was asked If she heard the sound of a shot, testified that she heard a peculiar Found, after which she heard the sound of buygy wheels drlvln? away. Although Mrs. Kerr was subpoenead by the State, she proved a strong witness for the defense. Her testimony had a tendency to revive one of the earliest theories advanced that Richardson was shot by some one who drove away In a vehicle. PROF. E. J. JAMES CHOSEN. Lllecle! President of nrthnrtfrn I'nlvernlty The Prarnuii (nur. CHICAGO. Jan. 21. Professor Edmund J. James, of the University of Chicago, was elected president of Northwestern University at a meeting of trustees of the university held here to-day. He will succeed Dr. Henry Wade Rogers, who resigned eighteen months ago. Professor James attended Northwestern University one year as a student, and then went to Harvard. His course there was supplemented by extended study In Kurope. He holds Important offices at the Unlverulti- nt I 'i im b!nf illrei'lfir f t.nl.ll. I administration in the political science de partment :tnd director or tne university exteiifior. division. It Is not probable any Immediate action will be taken by the officials of the university ajalnst rrofessor Cbarie W. Ftr-

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OF TIIC Life Insurance Co. OF AMERICA, On the 31st day of December, 1901 It is located at No. 42.) West Walnut street, Louisville, Ky. M. W. 'ADAMS. President. JOHN L. ADAMS, Secretary. The amount of its capital is $200.000 The amount of its capital paid up is.. 200,000 Tbe Assets of the Company ia the United States are as follows: Cash on hand and in the hands of asrents or other iersons J.Ct.23 Real estate unincumbered V-1"J.OO Bonds owned by the company, bearing interest at the rate of ... per cent., secured as follows: Louisville Board of Trade, 6 per cent 1.430.00 Paducah Street-railway Company, 6 per cent 5.000.00 Louisville Railway Company, 5 per cent 2.370 00 Louisville city, 4 per cent 144.015.(0 Louisville city, 7 per cent 2.üsO.OÖ Louisville city. Ca per cent U.rttO.OO V. S. bonds, registered, 4 per cent.. 4is.5oo.oij Church of the Advent, 6 per cent... 4.7.00 All other securities r.2l2"A Total assets 5SC2.S70.74 LIAHII.ITins. All other clain.s ajrainst the company ?19.713.C3 Legal reserve 641.20.00 Total liabilities StVW.W5.CS The greatest amount in any one risk, J1.W0. State of Indiana. Office of Auditor of State. I, the undersigned, auditor of state of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above Is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned company on the 31st day of December, IM, as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement is now on file in this office. In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix my offiISEAL. cial seal this 17th day of January, 1902. W. II. HART, Auditor of State. Copy of Statement of the Condition OF THE Metropolitan Plate Glass Ins. Com'y of New York On the 31st day of December, 1901 It Is located at 47 Cedar street, New York. EUGENE II. WINSLOW, President. S. WM. BUR1JN, Secretary. The amount of its capital is $100.000 The amount of its capital paid up is.. lOO.OuO Tbe Assets of tbe Company la tbe United States are as follows: Cash on hand and In bank $123.371:3 Stocks and bonds 273.909.00 Debts fcr premiums, net 32,232.50 All other securities 3.344.96 Total assets J3C5.011.71 L.IATIILITIES. Losses unadjusted J4.S40.70 All other claims against th company Amount necessary to reinsure outstanding risks 152,152.41 Total liabilities ?159.4?3.74 State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State. I, the undersigned, auditor of state of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the statement of the condition of the above-mentioned company on the 31st day of December, 1301, as shown by the original statement, and that the said original statement Is now on file in this office. In testimony whereof I hereunto Bubscribe my name and affix my offlSEAL. cial seal this ISth day of January, 1302, W. H. HART. Auditor of State. STATK AGEVTSl A. METZGER AGENCY 102 North Pennsylvania St. pen, who recently declared that he did not believe in the infallibility of the Bible. At a meeting of the executive committee of the university the matter was referred to a special committee of three, which will report when It has finished its investigation. Vlerra of ninhop Joyce. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. Jan. 21. RIshop Isaac W. Joyce, of the Methodist Church, discussing the alleged heresy of Professor Pearson, of Northwestern University, paid: "I should want to be certain that the professor said the things reported of him, before pronouncing an opinion. If he has really said these thlnßs. and really believes them. It Is evident he should not be a member of the Methodist Episcrul Church or of an evangelical church whatsoever. If he is a layman it will be the duty of his pastor to bring him to trial before a properly appointed committee of ministers. Rut if he really thinks and believes the things he Is reported s saying, he ought to withdraw at once of his own accord." STAMPEDE IN ALASKA. Prospector Itnhlnc to Good Pastors Creek, ow a ;old Field. VICTORIA. Rritlsh Columbia. Jan. Tl. The steamer Amur arrived this mornlna; from Skagway. She brought news that rich pay ha.s been found running from 4 to 7 cents to the pan on Good Pasture crsk. A stampede hns taken place. Circle City Is deserted. Good Pasture is a tributary of the Chiloa. which flows Into the Tanan. Another rich strike has beer, made on No. 17 claim. Eldorado. whre the second bedrock has been reached. Pans ranjiing in v.tlue from SI to 15 hae been taken not ; Two prospectors have arrived at Haine ' Mission with $1 ' as a result of two I weeks' work on Mush creek. These miner

A. Dronson and J. F. Miller, would not give the location of their rind. At Iawon i int-r-t cfiilrrn In th KoyukukH, Iure rHh tlnds hid Irtn made. Many re going from Lmon. decplt th hardfthlps and heavy coal of proMaloas la tht Koyukuka,