Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 120, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 April 1904 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, APRIL 2D, 1904.

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'IFmm. If the suit S 4X RIGHT on you Shake. If It's not all right it's "on us." If anything 'goes wrong we'll buy it back, no matter what part of the country you are In. We fill orders by mall carefully and at Do risk to the Customer. From Shoes to Hats and everything that lies between A7 THE WHEN .Member fit Merchants Association. Fares rebated under their plan. Ceo. M. Cobb & Co. FIRE and LIABILITY INSURANCE Hatten (faypoo! Etlldin Abdominal and Scrotal Supporters. Wrtstleti. Shoulder Braces. Spinal Corsets, Instep Elevators, Ankle Braces and Eiastlc Hosiery Mad to order and proper fit gnaranteed. VM. II. ARMSTRONG Sc CO., 221 and 2T6 S. Meridian St.. Indianapolis. Ind. LEAGUE PROPOSES 'IMS V Submitted by Committee on Nomination Reform, and Discussed by H. E. Deining. BALLOT TO BE SECRET CHICAGO, April 23. The draft of a proposed municipal nominating law was today submitted to the National Municipal League .when the league began its second day's session at the Northwestern University building. The draft was submitted by the committee on nomination reform.. This committee was appointed at Boston In 1902. and for two years has carefully considered the subject. The principal paper of the day's session was by Horace E. Demlng and was read by Elliott Goodwin. Mr. Deming's Taper, which practically embodied the views of the committee on nomination reform as set forth lu the report, was in part as follows: "The National Municipal League la concerned with municipal questions and the municipal nominations - act recommended by the league's committee on nomination reform 13 a distinct departure from the political theory upon which are based such acts as the primary laws of New York and Pennsylvania and still a further development along the lines of progress pointed out in the original Henr.epin county (Minnesota) law of 1S09, the Massachusetts law of 1903 and the new law presently to be submitted to the people of Wisconsin. The committee considered that national politics were not properly involved In municipal politics and that for a long time to come the campaign for municipal betterments must exclude national polltics from the field of local government. To attain a high standard of municipal government the secret ballot and independent voting are fully as essential In the mattter of nominating candidates as In deciding between candidates upon election day. The committee recognizes that a municipal primary held to decide which strong several candidates for municipal jubllc office shall be placed on the ticket is as truly and completely an election as the subsequent election which decides the competition between the candidates selected. This requires that at each election, the nominating or primary as well as at the final election, the ballot shall be absolutely secret, and secondly, that at the primary election as well as at the final election the Idea of party and party membership should be predominant rather than avowed membership in a political organization which is but another name for a political club." A v resolution, was adopted in connection with the discussion of taxation which was held yesterday. The resolution follows: "Resolved, That the executive committee be and Is hereby authorized to appoint a conmlttee on local taxation which shall consider what changts may be necessary and desirable In the constitution and bylaws of the various States and make a report setting forth the general principles which should govern such, amendments at the next meeting of the league." GEN. P. . OSTERHAUS GREETED BY VETERANS WASHINGTON, April 28. Gen. P. J. Osterbaus, the Prussian veteran of American civil war fame, who reached New York from Europe yesterday and who is to be entertained by his friends and former comrades in arms in Washington, arrived her to-night. At the railway station to meet him were Representative Bartholdt, of Missouri. Commander Hart, of the Department Of the Potomac. G. A. R., former Commander McElroy and a dozen veterans of that body, who escorted General Osterhaus to the new Willard Hotel, where he Is to be the guest of Mr. Bartholdt during his stay in Washington. He will be received by President Roosevelt to-morrow. 1tnllronrtStrlke Ends. PORTSMOUTH. O.. April 2S.-The strike of the Norfolk fc Western Railroad shopmen was settled here to-night after repeated conferences between the State Board of Arbitration, railway officials and the workmen. The latter accepted the company's terms and will resume work tomorrow morning. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? The Milks Emulsion Company, of Terre Haute. Ind., are out with an offer to cure the worst case of Stomach trouble or Constipation In existences, or money refunded, and to start you off they agree to buy the first bottle for you. from your druggist and present It to you free of charge. All you have to do Is ,to write and ask them for an order on your druggist for a free bottle, giving your name, address and particulars of your case. This looks to u like a pretty good proposition. The fact that all druggists handling Milks' Emulsion are requested to guarantee every bottle they sell, is a sure Indication of merit. Otherwise the Milks' Emulsion Company would soon go out of buslneva. and. we notice they have come to the front very fast since placing Milks' JZznulslon on the market one year ago.

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is vim hot TARRY AT USIMCTOI Several Memberi of Congress Will Start for Home This Week or Early in May. MR. HEMEXWAY'S PLANS Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, April 2S. The Indiana members now here will not tarry long. Representative and Mrs. Brick will leave for South Dend to-morrow. Representative Overstreet, accompanied by Mrs. Overstreet, will on .Saturday start for Franklin, where the former's father is serious'.ill. Representative Charles D. Lnndis will remain until next week attending to matters In the departments. Reprerentative Hemenway leaves on Monday for a cruise alons the coast on the Dolphin. lie will be the guest of Mr. Moody, secretnry of the navy. Inc!udcd In the party will bo Senator Allison, chairman of the Senate committee on appropriations, and Senator Hale, chairman of the committee on naval afrairs. The trip is designed for inspection purposes, and all the government works on the coast will be visited. Before going to Indiana Representative Hemenway will return to Washington. Representative Crumpacker returned from Indiana to-day. He expressed great elation over the victory of J. Frank Hanly, expressing the opinion that the Lafayette man would win by a tremendous majority. Judge Crumpacker has numerous matters pending in the departments which will occupy hi3 attention until next week. 4 Sherman S. Marshall was to-day appointed postmaster at Blue Ridge. Shelby county, Indiana, vice John C. Marshall, resigned. James H. York has been appointed regular carrier and Meda York substitute in the rural free delivery service at Covington. 'HUNGARIANS REJOICE n OVER LODGE'S DEFEAT Think Ambassador Hengelmueller Deserves Credit for a Diplomatic Victory. BUDA-PESTH, April 28. Dispatches from Washington announcing that Senator Lodge's proposition for the exclusion from. the United States of all aliens "whose immigration is Induced by agreements between foreign governments and steamship companies," has not been enacted into law have been received with lively satisfaction in government circles. It is now believed that the agreement with the Cunard line is not likely to meet with further obstacles. Credit for this favorable turn of affairs is attributed to the skillful diplomatic intervention of Dr. Hengelmueller, the Austrian ambassador, who explained to the United States government that the agreement with the Cunard line was not intended to encourage immigration, but rather to restrict it. Senator Lodge's proposition was made in the form of an amendment to the general deilciency bill and Is said to have had special reference to the agreement entered into between the Hungarian government and the Cunard line by which the latter was guaranteed 30,000 immigrants annually. The amendment was adopted by the Senate, but was stricken out by the conference committee representing both houses of Congress. " SPECIAL STAMP DANGERS It Is an Advertisement That It May Contain Valuable Matter. Washington Times. Persons desiring to send money through the malls should avoid the use of the special delivery stamp. If one has not time to procure a money order, or to write a check, or to have his letter registered, he should put the currency in an envelope and put an ordinary 2-cent stamp on It. This Is the advice of Postmaster Merritt. "The reason why so many special delivery letters are lost in the malls, and more of them are lost than any other kind," says Mr. Merritt, "is because the special delivery stamp Is an advertisement to those, who handle the letter it is on that the letter is important, if not of intrinsic value. Then, too, by a rule of the service, special delivery letters are always tied on the outside of packages and they are consequently the first thing seen by the clerks. "A special delivery letter passes through a good many hands in the course of its travels, and there is no record kept of it any more than there is of an ordinary letter. Here in our office we keep a book in which we set down the hour a letter is taken up by a clerk from the shelf under the letterdrop and the name of the clerk who gets it. This system is not required under the postal regulations, but we have established it simply to be sure that everything is all right here. "The clerk who puts It in the pouch also records his action. The train it leaves Washington on and the name and address of the person to whom it is sent are also set down in this book. But even at that, when it gets out on the road it passes through the hands of two or three railway mail clerks who are not required to keep a record. "Then when it arrives in the postoffice of the city where It is to be delivered It is handled by several more clerks. Of course, W'hen the messenger boy who delivers it to the person to whom it is addressed receives it he is given a book that must be signed so there is little chance of its being lost by him unless through accident. ."It is while going through the hands of mail clerks that the special delivery letter is exposed to danger. The only benefit to be gained by using a special stamp is having the letter delivered more promptly after It reaches the city to which it is addressed, but as a means of sending money it Is the most dangerous of the different methods employed by the postal service." MURDERER IN CELL . ATTEMPTS SUICIDE RICHLAND CENTER, Wis.. April 2S. Henry Morrison, who is in Jail, charged with having recently murdered his wife and daughter, attempted to commit suicide, but was discovered by the sheriff in time to . prevent the act. Morrison had secured a piece of electric light wire from the wall of his cell and tried to pierce his heart with it. Falling in that he was in the net of driving the wire into his skull with hU shoe when the sheriff stopped him. His injuries are not serious. nnlldliiK Iloom ut Conneraville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CONNERS VI LLE, Ind., April 2S.-Seven-ty-three new houses have been contracted for thus far this season, and not one of them for less than $1,800. The contract has been let for a mile of brick streets, which will be commenced as son as the weather will permit. All manufacturing establishments report bright prospects, and a prosperous season seems assured. .Medlcnl Men Meet. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind.. April 2S. The Union District Medical Society met here to-day. Abcut sixty physicians from eastern Indiana and western Ohio were In attendance, and an interesting programme of papers and discussions was carried out. A banquet was given to-r.ight. The next meeting will be held at Eaton, O.

. : '. y. : i : V- - . ft . ' ' - - '' V'-' "' - DU. w. CM REAPP01HTED Bf PfiESIMT ROOSEVELT Senate Failed to Act on Nomination of the Colored Collector of Customs. TO SERVE WITHOUT PAY WASHINGTON, April 2S. The following nominations failed of confirmation by the Senate: William D. Crum, collector of customs, Charleston, S. C; Charles F. McKenna, Pennsylvania, judge of the District Court of Porto Rico; Albert T. Mills, to be brigadier general in the army. President Roosevelt at once directed the reappointment of W. D. Crum, having received positive assurance that the Senate will take up Crum's case immediately on reconvening next session and that it will be disposed of finally. Until he Is confirmed, Crum cannot draw any salary, but It is said that his friends have arranged to see that h? is provided with ample funds. Should he be confirmed, the government, of course, will pay him the back salary. The President to-day sent to the Senate the following nominations: J. Whittaker Thompson, United States attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania; Thomas C. Humphrey, judge of the United States Court for the Central district of Indian Territory; Louis Sulzbacher, . Missouri. Judge of the United States Court for the Western district of Indian Territory; William R. Lawrence, Illinois, judge of the United States Court for the Eastern district of Indian Territory: Oscar I. Kobblns. surveyor of customs for the port of Dayton, O. The Senate confirmed all the nominations sent in to-day, also the following postmasters: J. F. Lehman at Berne, Ind., and Henry F. Radcliffe at Pierceton, Ind. Total J of $781,574,629 the Session of (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) expense of needed Internal improvements, such as river and harbor works and public buildings. "During the session which is Just about to clo?e, the representatives of the people have been denied consideration of the demands of their constituents all along the line and yet the appropriations for the army show an increase over what it cost in of $54.0u0.000 and the navy the still greater increase of $69.000.000. "Whatever may have been the sins of commission of this Congress they are as nothing compared with Its sins of omission, denying consideration to all legislation looking to the welfare of great masses of the people." ALLISON'S STATEMENT; CULBERSON'S REVIEW WASHINGTON, April 28. In the Senate to-day Mr. Allison, chairman of the committee on appropriations, submitted a series of tables, prepared by the clerks of the appropriations committee, showing an increase of $23.000,000 over the appropriations for last season. He gave the principal items of increase as follows: For the navy, $16,000,000; on account of' the postal service, including rural free delivery, $8,000.000. He also stated that there is an increase of $S.832,000 in the permanent annual appropriations, the chief item being $5.000.00) for the bank note redemption fund, and the. next most important item being $2,250,000 for the irrigation reclamation fund. Mr. Allison spoke also of the Increase in the deficiency appropriations, Jhe principal item In that connection being the loan of $1.000,000 made to the St. Louis exposition. Replying to an inquiry from Mr. Aldrich he said that outside the loan to the exposition the cost of that institution to the national treasury, including the cost of governmental exhibit, is about $G,500,000. Speaking generally, Mr. Allison said the appropriations were, in the main, for the conduct of the government, and he Expressed the opinion that they would not be criticised. He also referred to obligations assumed and, said those of this year also were less than- for, many years previous. The obligations, aside from appropriations incurred at the present session, amount to $21.000,000, he said. CULBERSON'S REVIEW. Mr. Culberson presented a review of appropriations for the past twelve years, covering the last administration of Cleveland, and the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations. He said the total expenditures under the Roosevelt administration had been $2,610,000,000, or $211.000.000 greater than the four years of the McKinley administration, and $SS3.0(iO,000 greater than In the four years cf the Cleveland administration. These Increases he subdivided as follows: Civil administration. JlGO.ooO.oOO; naval, $231. i "0,000 ; military, $24.00.Mj. He also said that for llXß the total appropria-1 tlon on account of the military, including pensions, would be $3S7.CXM0. and said that excluding the expenses of the Boer war the military expenditures of the United States for 1003 were $J2.000.0i) more than those of Great Britain for lhat year; $131.tx.0i0 greater than those of Germany, and $l.H).ou0.t)0 in excess of those of France. Replying to Mr. Allison. Mr. Gorman placed the total appropriations of thls-ss-slon at $781u),00O and the obligations incurred at over $24.OuO.00O. or more than $SOO.J0ü.0ö all told, not Including the appropriation for the Panama canal. He said the figures were amazing and predicted that it would be impossible to continue expenditures at this rate without increasing taxes. He attributed the rapid increase to the ambition of the President to make of the United States "a great world power." and said that we had reape 1 no harvest except the loss of life and realization in every brnnch of the governmental service. Mr, Gorman referred to the Increases for the support of the army and said that If the present tendency should be pursued the

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- . ' ': : . ' T i J : I ;: : ; " d. cncai 0R IH RAW OYSTERS Health Department Demonstrates Necessity of Cooking Bivalves to Escape Typhoid Germ. TYPHOID IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, April 2S. Members of the County Medical Society who saw the photographic view of oyster fattening establishments adjacent to sewer openings and other contaminating influences which were shown by Dr. Walter Benkel, sanitary superintendent of the Board of Health, resolved that the succulent bivalve shall be cooked before being eaten in their families in future. Dri Cyrus W. Field, assistant bacteriologist of the Roard of Health, first read a paper describing elaborate experiments conducted by Dr. Darlington's department and which showed that typhoid fever may bo transmitted by infected oysters. He was lollowed by Dr. Benael, who described an Inspection of oyster packing and shipping establishments on Long island. Statin island, in New Jersey and In Connecticut. He said that during the last three months 2X cases of typhoid have been reported to the Board of Health in the Borough of Manhattan. In tracing the origin of contagion it had been found that some of the patients were consumers of raw oysters. Dr. Bensel first described the condition in one creek into which the drainage of all of the houses of a town empties. In the creek below the town are the oyster freshening establishments, where oysters are kept after being taken from the beds. The water in which they are placed is contaminated. A somewhat similar condition, though not quite so bad, exists at another place. i Appropriated by Congress, . Just Closed army would become an instrument of tyranny. He charged that it was now being organized on the plans of the German army. He also charged that the chief reason for the building up of the army and navy was to attract the attention of crowned heads of -Europe. He again charged that the early adjournment the earliest in the history of the country had been due to influence from the White House, and said that while delay might have been secured It would not have changed results, and delay was not, therefore, undertaken by the Democratic senators, i REPLY TO GORMAN. Mr. Allison replied to Mr. Gorman, saying he was surprised to hear, from him that the adjournment of Congress was premature or unduly influenced. Mr. Allison also characterized Mr. Culberson's tables as "old and worn out" as at tho time covered by the tables the conditions of the country were totally different from present conditions. He said the extraordinary expenditures of the McKinley administration had been to the Spanish war, which was forced upon the President. He combated also the statement' that the expenses of the military establishment were greater than the European nations, saying that the pension expenditures could not properly be included in such estimates. Mr. Culberson said the figures given for other countries Included their pension lists and Mr. Gallinger called attention to the fact that tho European countries grant very limited pensions. Mr. Allison made reply that there had been an increase in the strength in the army, but said the increase had been made as a non-partisan measure. He also said that our per capita expenditures on account of - the military were smaller than those of any other country. Mr. Allison also defended the administration fcr the' postofUce department as oh the whole economical and honest. Mr. Aldrich said that iu the statement made ty Mr. Allison there were included many Items which were never expended, and that while the statement was valuable for comparison, it does not indicate the exact state of affairs. In 1902, for Instance, when the appropriations were $730.000,000, the expenditures were only $470,000,000. In 1SW the discrepancy was about $400,000.000. Mr. Culberson's figures did not. he said, show expenditures with even approximate correctness. He admitted, however, that the expenditures for the past year and the year before had been greater than for the years preceding the, Spanish war. and neces sarily so because ' of the growth of the country, the principal items of increase being on account of the army and navy. Mr. Aldrich said that never since the Spanish-American war had the country been able to get back to a peace footing, although he hoped that It might. Mr. Gorman predicted the election of a Democratic House in November, but admitted that the Republicans would control the Senate for four years more. He said there was no more likelihood or the Republicans giving satisfaction to the country than there was of Mr. Aldrich going to Japan to rule as he rules here. "Can the senator foretell what the Democratic party would do If in power?" Mr. Aldrich asked: "It would do as it has from the foundation of the government," resionded Mr. Gorman. "Would it do." Mr Aldrich asked, "as it did in 1894?" Mr. Gorman replied that but for the Supreme Court's decision on the income tax the tariff legislation of '04 would have proved adequate to meet the demands of the country, and he predicted that that decision would yet rise to plague th country. He added that even under the circumstances the legislation had started the wheels of Industry. Republican senators penerally laughed at this statement and Mr. Aldrich replied that but for Mr. Gorman's good sense the D mocratlc party would have b en carried to such an extent as o absolutely slop the wheels of lnov;:try throughout the country. He drew the Inference that In case of Democratic success the result would be uncertain, and concluded that Mr. Gorman did not really desire the che. nee.

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Mrs. A. A. Klein Accuses Consuls of Gross Immorality in Liberia AMERICAN IS EXEMPTED WASHINGTON. April 2S. Charges of gross Immorality on. the part of consular officials located in Liberia were made by Miss A. A. Klein, one of the speakers at to-day's session of the Florence Crittenden Mission, in a talk of "Preventive Rescue Werk for Girls in Africa." ML-s Klein has been in Liberia as a missionary of the Lutheran Church, stationed at Muhlenberg, thirty-five miles from the capital, but almost infinitely removed, she explained, from tie1 civilization of the city. She said foreign consuls, when on their way to the interior on business, frequently stopped at hrr mission station, where, she said, they wculd speak lightly of their licentious excesses. Native women, she said, were regarded by these consuls as legitimate rrey, crin-inal assault was common and in many instances unconcealed. Miss Klein declared the natives, at least in the vicinity where she was stationed, upheld a high standard of morals. Adultery is punished by stoning to death, and the natives live closely according to the Mosaic laws. The conditions she described, she said, had greatly Impeded the work of the missionaries. Miss Klein specifically exempted the Rev. Ernest Lyon, the United States consul at Monrovia, vhe capital, from the charges made against the other consular officers and paid a high tribute to him. Miss Ellen Spencer Mussey, of Washington, D. C. discussed "State Laws Pertaining to Adultery and Illegitimacy." One great defect in the laws of many States, she said Is that an Illegitimate child cannot Inherit from its father even if the father has acknowledged his paternity. She strongly commended the establishment of Juvenile courts. Mrs. Kate W. Barrett said that in New Jersey ' and Pennsylvania young girls aro carefully protected by the laws governing criminal conduct, and In their administration, but in the South, she said, it is almost Impossible to seeure conviction under the law. v To-night H. H. Hart, of Chicago, talked of the duty of the community to illegitimate children, and Dr. J. G. Kellogg and Dr. and Mrs. Paulson, of Battle Creek, Mich., discussed the relation of health to moral regeneration. v Panama. Wants $1,000,000. WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The government of the republic of Panama has indicated its desire to have $1,000,000 of the amount to be paid that country on account of the canal purchase transmitted to J. Tierpont Morgan & Co., . their fiscal agents at New York, the remaining $9.000,000 to await the arrival here of the Panama minister in June next. The Treasury Department will comply with this request.

Second Session of the Fifty-Eighth Cqngress Closes, in Good Humor

(CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) promotion to that place, one of the most exalted In the world, to turn one's head in the slightest degree or to deflect one from the course hitherto pursued of being a plain American citizen, with extraordinary common sense and a remarkable fund of that most characteristic of all American qualitiesgenial humor." This utterance provoked vociferous applause from both sides of the House and the galleries, which had become packed to suffocation. Mr. Williams then convulsed the House by referring to a conversation he once had with the speaker, in the course of whieb he said: "Mr. Speaker, I will always think that you are fair, as I believe you wiU be." The speaker, he said, replied: "John, I am going to be as fair as I can consistently with the exigencies of American politics." Mr. Williams declared that the speaker did himself injustice when he put that limitation on his statement, "but," said Mr. Williams, "It was characteristic of the frankness and candor of the man to put in the limitation." He then moved the adoption of the resolution and that a committee be appointed "to bring him in." There was another outburst of applause. The resolution was unanimously adopted on a rising vote. Mr. Richardson then selected Messrs. Payne, Hemenway and Williams to escort the speaker into the hall. In a few minutes the committee escorted the speaker down the center aisle and pandemonium reigned. Democrats and Republicans ' alike shrieked and applauded, the occupants of the galleries joining. When the speaker mounted the rostrum Mr. Williams, standing b.v Mr. Cannon's side, read him the resolution which had been adopted. The speaker was visibly affected, and as he began to address the House he barely spoke above a whisper. However, he soon recovered his composure, and, speaking in a distinct voice, said: MR. CANNON DEEPLY TOUCHED. "I would be less than human if I did not voice my thanks to the members of the House for their kindly resolution, adopted unanimously by the House. It touches me more than I can express. For almost thirty years I have been a member of this body for good or ill. The future will have to determine If the present has not decided it. I have seen many - congresses begin and close, and during that service I have been proud, and the pride has increased from one Congress to another to be a member of thi3 body that represents directly 80,000,000 of people competent for self-government, and from time to time assist In the voicing of the will of the people. It goes without saying that in a republic all men do not agree as to proper policies to be pursued, but the majority and the minority, after due consideration, from time to time, have written the will of the people upon the statute books. "In the nature of things the contests on the hustings and in the hall of the House ere spirited and earnest. I would be less than human did I not say that, while for the time being I co-operate with the majority, after all the minority has a function to perform almost equal in importance to the function of the majority, and it is a matter of gratification not only to me now at the close of this second session of the Fifty-eighth Congress, but, as I recollect, at the close of the various congresses of which I have been a member that when the heat of contest has died away there ever remains respect on each side for the other, for the efforts of intelligent, patriotic, brave men who represent their constituents according to their respective judgments. May this continue, and it will continue as long as the Republic lasts. After all, whey we, as representatives, 'strut and fret a brief half hour on this stage,' we can say, both on the majority and minority side, 'It is well done for the endurance, the prosperity and the glory of the Republic' "I wish each member of this House a safe Journey to his home,, good health until the next session ojf Congress, when, after having come in touch with his people, he returns ready for. a renewal of his work in the public interests. There nothing remains to me now but. In pursuance of the concurrent resolution of the House and SenAte, to declare the second session of the Fifty-eighth .Congress adjourned without day." The ovation to the speaker as he brought his gavel down exactly at 2;10 o'clock will be long remembered as one of the greatest demonstrations of regard ever witnessed in the House of Reprcsentativs. As to a man the members rose and sang "America." the occupants of the galleries Joining In. Speaker Cannon took a position near the lobby door on the Republican side and the members filed past and bade him good-bye, all the while singing "He's a Jolly Good Fellow." with a refrain. "So say we all of us," to thetune of "America." closing with "God Be With You Till We Meet Again." PRHSIDBN T SIGNS BILLS IN SENATE WING WASHINGTON. April 2S. It was with brief announcement and a sharp rap of his Well-worked gavel that President Pro. Tern. Fre adjourned thu ruUe -iue diu at 2

IS LAUOED 8Y IIATIVE SOUS American Ideal of Fighting Ship Is Christened by Daughter of Governor. FIRST OF HER CLASS SAN FRANCISCO, April 2?.-The armored cruiser California was launched to-iny at the shipyards of the Union iron works, in this city. The electric button which started the vessel on her way to the water was touched by .Mrs. Walter S. Martin, daughter of Henry T. Scott, president of the Union iron works, and the cruiser was christened "California" by Miss Florence May Pardee, daughter of Governor Pardee, of the State of California. The- launching took place under the auspices of the Native Sons of the Golden West. Governor Pardee and staff. E. E. Schmitz, mayor of San Francisco; MaJ Gen. Arthur MacArthur. U. S. A., and staff, representatives of the state militia, reviewed the launching from the United States tug Slocum, while four large ferry steamers carried nearly 5,000 members of the Native Sons' order. The cruiser California Is supposed to embody the latest and best in vessels of her class. There are to be five vessels like her. but at present the nearest approach to her on any waters is the model British cruiser Dr-ke. The construction of the California was authorized by Congress March S, 1SiD, and the contract for her construction was let about a year later. She will cost, complete, $5.000,000, her hull and machinery costing J3.S00.OX) of that sum and her equipment and armament the remainder. Her principal dimensions are: Length on load water line, 503 feet; extreme breadth, 69 feet; mean draught, twenty-four feet, and displacement, 13.440 tons. She will have twin screws and triple expansion engines of 23,000 horse power, capable of developing a maximum speed of twenty-two knots. The California carries out the American ideal of a fighting ship. Her main battery is composed of four eight-inch rifles placed in two armored turrets, one forward and one aft; fourteen six-inch and eighteen three-inch rapid fire guns. The secondary battery consists' of twelve three-pounder semi-automatic guns, four one-pounder automatic. four one-pounder rapid fire Hotchkiss guns; two thirty-centimeter Gatlings; six thirty-centimeter automatic Colts, together with two threeinch field pieces to be used by landing parties. The California will have a belt of steel seven and a half Inches wide on the water line and vary in thickness from three and one-half to six inches, as well as the fiveinch casement above the belt of armor for 232feet of the vessel's length. The end of this side armor will be joined by traverse armor four inches thick, thus forming a steel inclosure for ten of the six-inch guns. The other four six-Inch guns are separately protected by five Inch armor at each corner of the superstructure. The eight-inch guns are protected by armor six inches thick. The steel protected deck is six Inches on the slope. p. m. The occurrence was devoid of unusual incident, and the final close of the session was but slightly different from the end of an ordinary day's sitting. The work of the session had been concluded before the final word was said, so that neither rush nor confusion marked the end. The Senate began Its day's work at 10:30 a. m., but the greater part of the time was devoted to a political debate, participated in on the Republican side by Messrs. Allison and Aldrich and on the Democratic side by Messrs. Gorman and Culberson. The discussion was based on a statement by Mr. Allison of the appropriations for the session, comparing the figures for this year and for the administration of President Roosevelt with those of other years and other administrations. The President and his Cabinet occupied the President's advisers' office room during a part of the debate, and some of the Iresident's advisers were among the most interested listeners to the criticism and defense of their chief. Mrs. Roosevelt and other members of the President's family occupied seats in the gallery towards the close of the session, and they, too, found entertainment in the proceedings. The only important acts of legislation during the day were the presentation and acceptance of conference reports on the Panama canal government and emergency river and harbor bills. Neither report aroused debate. The galleries were not greatly crowded at any time during the day. President Roosevelt arrived at the Capitol at 11:25 a. m.. At 11:25 he affixed his signature to the last of the general supply measures th postofflce appropriation bill. Prior to that time he had signed the sundry civil, the general deficiency and the Military Academy bills and in addition to scores of measures of minor importance. The last of the important bills to receive the signature of the President were the river and harbor and Panama canal measures. All of the surveys which the Senate provided for in the river and harbor bill were stricken out in conference. In one of them the President had a personal interest, as it was a survey near the President's home at Oyster Bay. When he noted the fact that among other surveys it had been eliminated he signed the bill and remarked, laughingly, that it was pretty evident that he had no influence with the present administration. The President was in almost constant consultation with senators and representatives concerning measures presented to him for signature, liiiis relating to the various departments were referred strictly to members ! of the Cabinet who were present and as usual they passed upon them beforo they were signed by the President. At 12:45 p. m. the joint committee of the two branches of Congress, consisting of Senators Hale and Cockrell and Representatives Payne, Hemenway and Williams, appointed to notify the President that the Congress was ready to adjourn, called upon the President In his room at the Capitol. The President informed the committee that he had no further communications to make to Congress. The committee remained with the President less than five minutes. The Senate at 1:26 p. m. went into executive session and when at 1:32 the doors were reopened, Mr. Gorman offered the usual resolution expressive of thanks of the Senate to the president pro tern.. Mr. Frye. The resolution prevailed unanimously and Mr. Frye made his acknowledgment in the following words: "Senators, this expression of your continued confidence is very grateful to me. Your kind consideration and uniform courtesy have made the office of the president of the Senate easy and most agreeable. I congratulate you upon this early termination of the session and wish each one of you a vacation which should be full of pleasure and profit both to mind and body." The brief address was received with loud applause and many expressions of approval. As the applause died away the hands of the antique clock on the wall of the chamber Indicated that, the hour fixed for adjournment had arrived and promptly at 2 o'clock the chair announced the termination of the session saying: "The hour of 2 o'clock hav--ing arrived the chair declares the Senate adjourned sine die." NEW MINISTER TO SANTO DOMINGO WASHINGTON, April 2S.--President Roosevelt h.is appointed Thomas C. Dawson, of Iowa, at present secretary of the United States legation at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, as United States minister to San Domingo. The office has Just been provided for by legislation, and carries with it a salary of $5,Xk) a year. The President tendered the mission to Gen. E. C. O'Hierne. of New York, one time commissioner of navigation, but personal Interests impelled him to decline it. United States Minister Powell, who has bocn ill for some time, cab'etl the State Department to-day from San Domingo that he is about to leave that capital for Port-au-Prince. Haiti, to secure medkal treatment not to be had In Sau Domingo. The mm-istt-r' wilt not return to that republic, as Ongn-j-'s provided for a division of the double ministry to Haiti and San Domingo, 'nixl Mr. Powell will remain minister to Haiti, while the post of minister to San Domingo will be tilled by Mr. Dawsou, as already btatcd.

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