Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1903 — Page 2

"WEEKLY REPUBLICAN, GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher.' §RENSSELAER - - INDIANA.

BIG EXPRESS TRUST.

COMPANIES TO BE COMBINED IN jJLI ONE ORGANIZATION. Parcel-Carryinc Business of Country to Be-Dominated by Uarrimau, Platt, -Gould and Associatcs-bix Italians Fatally Hurt by Explosion. •i Wall street believes that a $50,000,000 express company trust has been formed and that Edward 11. Ilarriman is to be Its president. The nucleus of the row ; combination is the combination of the Wells-Fargo, the Pacific, the United States and the American. These, in turn, are to absorb all the other coms panies of importance, notably the Denver and Rio Grande Express, so that the b entire parcel transportation business of ' the country will be dominated by Messrs. Harriman, Platt and Gould and their associates. The serious break between if George J. Gould and Edward H. Harrifitasa over the contest for control of the ■ Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, whjeh resulted in a series of sensational denunciatory publications, has been quickly healed. They are now working amicably together in the combination of the WellsFargo and Pacific Express companies, which Wall street financiers have reason to know is but the forerunner of the big •f express trust which shall include all the important companies of the United States. OLDEST ARMY LEADER QUITS. Colonal K. M. Hayes Out After Almost ' Fifty Years of ce. - The last order of Colonel E. M. Hayes, . commander of this fort and the Thirteenth Cavalry, has been made public at Fort Meade, S. D. It contains the colonel's farewell address, in which he refers to the support of the officers and speaks of the military efficiency and discipline of the regiment. He says lie parts with "his regiment with regret on orders from Washington to report there • for promotion and retirement. In point of service Colonel Hayes is the oldest officer in the nrmy. with nearly forty years continuous service. He enlisted Ang. 28, 1855, as a bugler in Company H of the old Second Dragoons.

SIX ARK FATALLY INJURED. Slavs Blown Up in Boarding Home at TVindber, I’a. Pour kegs of powder exploded in a Slav boarding house in Windber, Pa. John Chupa, Stacco Chupa, Meeke Soutemba, Frank Fresak, John Modes and M. Felerick are believed to be mortally injured. The men were seated together In a room and one of them was endeavoring to dry a quantity of powder when the explosion took place. The side of the building was blown out and the six victims were found unconscious on the floor. Long Missing Steamer Found. A telegram to the Pacific Tacking and Navigation Company, from Valdes, Alaska, announces that the long missiug Nome steamer Dawson City passed Ungu Island during the latter days of Decem- £ I»er. The vessef 'was under' sail, having exhausted her supply of fuel. Repulsed by Venezuelans. The German cruiser Panther attacked Port San Carlos, Venezuela, and was badly damaged by the fort’s guns- and forced to withdraw. Three of the garrison were hurt, but the fort was practically uninjured. Caracas citizens celebrated the victory. Suicide Declares He Was Booth. D. R. George, an aged man, reputed to be very wealthy, committed suicide at Enid, Okla., by taking poison. He owned land in Indian Territory and Okalohama, and at Dallas. Texas, liefore his death he declared that he was John Wilkes Booth. Slew a Gamb eri Goes Free. James Walker, charged with the murder, Nov. 22, of Hasten Broadus, was acquitted at Chadron, Neb. Evidence was adduced to show that Broadus was a gambler, and this was used as a defense. The killing resulted from a card game in a saloon. Chicago Gfand Jury’s Work. The grand jury has voted true bills against thirty-nine coal corporations and their officers. The anti-trust law was used, and for the second time in Illinois corporations themselves have been indicted. Death of M. de Blowitz. Henri de Blowitz, famous London Times correspondent at Paris, died of apoplexy at the age of 78. He was the originator of interviewing noted personages and had prevented three ruptures between Germany and France. Gnn Crew Blown Up. Five men were killed and four wounded, one of whom died, by the expio»ion of a powder charge of an 8-inch gnn on board the United States battleship Massachusetts, while at target practice off Colebra Island. A. I*. Hewitt la Demi. Abram S. Hewitt, former Mayor of New York and former Democratic Congressman, died, aged 81 years. He was — rag son-in-law of Peter Cooper and a pioneer iron manufacturer. Andijan Death Record la 4,714. The official figures show that 4,714 persons lost their lives and that 33,112 house* were destroyed as a result of the recent earthquakes at Andijan, Russian fnrkestan. ■ Killed by a Wooden Leg. “Boston” McVeigh was killed by Albert Ames at Akron, Ohio. Marks cn McVeigh’s body indicate that Ames kicked bis victim on the head with his wooden leg. :. u Five Cents for the President. Postal authorities are puzzled by the actions of Sam Saunders of Lexington. Miss., who is flooding the money order department of the Albany, N. Y., postoffice with orders for 5 cents, made payable to President Roosevelt and otba prominent men. a

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

GIRL, THWARTS JAIL ESCAPE. With Help of Sheriff’s Wife She Checks Prisoners Until Help Arrives. But for the lucky discovery of a domestic employed in his household and, the bravery of the wife of Sheriff Hubbard a dozen or more prisoners confined in Yellowstone County jail at Billiugs, Mont., would have escaped the other evening. The girl had occasion to go to the rear of the jail building and was startled to see a man’s head protruding from nil aperture of the Jail wall. She called for help and, Mrs. Hubbard running to her assistance and realizing the situation, went to telephone for a deputy sheriff, her husband having left the city in the afternoon for another prisoner. The man's head quickly disappeared within the jail when the girl appeared. Mrs. Ilubbard soon returned with a large revolver, and between them they managed to keep it pointed at a hole in the wall, thus preventing any escapes. Waller Cox, however, had crawled through before the girl’s arrival. He is a noted forger, wanted at Billings, Red Lodge and Sheridan, Wyo. He once served a term in the North Dakota penitentiary.

CAN CURE BLOOD-POISONING. Doctor Claims Formalin Hypodermic Injection Forms Specific, Dr. Charles C. Barrows, of New York City, has submitted the report of a case to the New York Obstetrical Society outlining a treatment tending to revolutionize the methods of modern medical procedure in dealing with cases of blood poisoning. An actual specific for this m’oad ailment appears to have been discovered. Briefly the treatment consists of injection of formalin into the veins. Dr. Egbert Qrandin, president of tiie New York Obsjetrical Society, after hearing Dr. Barrow's report, said: *‘l consider Dr. Barrows’ discovery the most important contribution to medical science of this generation.”

LEFT HER LAWYER MUCH. Mrs. Charlotte Hoyt Wills Several Hundred Thousand to Judge Dunn. What purports to be the last will of Sirs. Charlotte M. Hoyt, widow of the Now York multimillionaire, was filed at Tiffin, Oiiio, dated Sept. 9, 1902. it post dates the other two wills. Judge J. F. Dunn of Tiffin, who was in charge of her interests since her removal to Tiffin two years ago, is bequeathed tlre residue of the estate valued at several hundrjjd thousand dollars. Her father, Casper Guss of Tiffin, gets SIOO a month during his life and the New York Humane Society SSO a month for the care of decedent’s pets.

SHIP BUILDERS PLAN COMBINE. All Plants Along the Ohio and Missis l Sippi to Enter Company. A consolidation of the ship and boat building industries along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, by which it is expected that every coueern engaged in the construction of sea and river going crafts will be drawn into a gigantic merger, is the latest thing in combinations to bo announced in Cincinnati. The consolidated companies are to be known and transact business under the name of the American River Shipbuilding Company. By the merger the co-operation of $5,000,000 in one enterprise has beeu secured. . • at Crossing. A freight tram on > the Canandaigua branch of the New Y’ork Central Railroad crashed into a sleigh at a grade crossing near Stafford. Of the five occupants of the sleigh, one received injuries that caused death a few hours inter, two others were so seriously injured that their death is expected, and two were severely hurt. V Hits Society Women. “Society girls all over the country ere addicted to the cigarette habit,says Miss Lucy Page Gaston at Kalamazoo, Mich. “The sights in Washington society made my heart sick. There the habit is most prevalent among women, and many are suffering as a consequence. Drinking and smoking among the society women of Chicago is bap idly increasing.” Steal Coal) Law Suspended. The workhouse hoard at Toledo has issued au order setting at liberty nil prisoners held for stealing coal from the railway yards and tracks. The order includes directions to the superintendent to receive no more prisoners from any eotirt sending them in for petty coal thefts. United States Senators Named. Congressman A. J. Hopkins was nominated unanimously for United States Senator by Illinois Republican legislative caucus. Reed Sinoot. Mormon elder, was nominated for United States Senator by Utah Republican legislative caucus. His election is certain. Marriage Creates Vacancy, Mrs. Hattie B. Boyd, the legless postmistress at Centerville, Ivy., bus married a mountaineer named Current and given up the office. Which she had held for two years in spite of the faet that her successor had been appointed. Another Farewell Tour for Patti. Mine. Adelina Patti will sing in sixty concert* a* her last appearance in the United States, Canada and Mexico during the season of 1903-4, receiving therefore $300,000. Rob a Home of Hard Coal. Burglars ransacked the residence of Mrs. Adelaide Anderson at Minneapolis, and carried off 400 pounds of anthracite coal In sacks. They did not touch jeVelry and plate. Burned in an Infiimory. Fire Wednesday morniog totally destroyed the large three-story Bryan’s inpraary on the corner of Baylea and

Darden streets, Pensacola, Fla. One of the patients, a man named Blocktou, was burned to death in his room. The fire was not discovered until the entire building was in flames, and then twentydive patients in the building had narrow escapes. The fire is have been caused by sparks from a grate falling on to a rug in the room Of Blockton.

TOUCHED HEART OF COAL BARON. Personal Appeal from lowa Farmer Secured Three Cars of Anthracite. J. 11. Liehty, a farmer residing near Crest on, lowa, has saved the residents of that city from a coal famine in a novel manner. In his boyhood days he occupied a farm adjoining that of the Baers and was a schoolmate of George F. Baer, president of the Reading Railway and chief of the coal barons. During'the recent cold snap, Liehty exhausted his supply of fuel and was unable to procure nuy in ('reston, whore a serious coal famine existed. He bethought himself of President Baer, and wrote the latter a personal letter, appealing for coal Tis a special favor. The other day he received a reply from Baer, expressing pleasure to learn of his former playmnte, and informing I.4m,that his agent in Chicago had been instructed to forward three cars of coal to a Creston dealer at once, from which I.Tehty was to he supplied at the cost of freight.

DIES BE"AUBE HE IS HOMELY. Minnesota Youth Commits Suicide in Opera House at Albert Lea. At Albert Lea, 51 inn., Mark Burnham of Conger saw Blanche Walsh play “The Daughter of Haimlear” and then tired a bullet through his heart. It is said that a young woman snubbed him at the theater, nnd Burnham, grown despondent by his frequent failures to achieve social tolerance, if not popularity, concluded it was no use to strive longer. The man was unfortunate enough to lack great beauty of features. He often complained that because he was homely the girls would have nothing to do with him, so his suicide is ascribed directly to his homeliness.

IRON MILLS ARE COMBINED. Independent Plants in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan Perfect Merger. Official information is given out at Muncie, Ind., that a combine of the independent iron mills at Muncie, Hartford City, New Albany, Terre Haute and East Chicago, Ind.; Findlay, Ohio, and Muskegon. Mich., had practically been completed. John L. Smith, superintendent of the Terre Haute plant, is at the head of the new company. The American Rolling Mill Corporation, which owns the Muncie and Muskegon plants, will be the largest factor in the combine. Car Men Must Stand Trial. At Pittsfield, Mass., the grand jury in the case of Euclid Madden and James T. Kelly reported an indictment against euch, charging manslaughter. These men were in charge of the electric car which last August ran into the carriage of President RooseVelt, with the result that Secret Service Agent William Craig, formerly of Chicago, was killed. Both meu pleaded not guilty. Form Big Cigar Company. A cigar company, to be capitalized at $1,000,000, lias Been organized to work in harmony with the new National Cigar Dealers' Association in its struggle against the tobacco trust. The factories will be in Detroit, Mich., but there will be branches in all the important cities in the country. Rejected Actor Ends Life. William J. Percival, leading man with the Metropolitan stock company, and kuowu on the stage ns Jack London, killed himself in the presence of Miss Anna Nelson, the leading lady of the company, because she refused to marry him. The company was playing at Greenwood, Neb. Woman Burned to Death. Mrs. Daniel Rowland was burned to death and her husband was fatally injured by leaping from a third-story window at Berwick, Pa. A fire started from an explosion in a drug store on the first lloor, and the firemen did not know any one lived on the third floor until Rowland jumped from the window. Flotsam from Wrecked Boat. London advices from the Falkland islands report a life buoy and a ship's wooden bucket marked “St. Enoch, Glasgow,” washed ashore at Port Stephens, West Falkland island. The British ship St. Enoch sailed from Hamburg May 4 for Sauta Rosalia and was last heard of May 30. Boy Kills Insane Aunt. In defense of his mother, Thomas Whitman, aged 1“ cars, shot twice* with a pistol and in tlv killed his aunt, Miss May Phipps, aged 30, at their home in Hopkinsville. Ky. Miss Phipps Jiad been insane several years and viciously attacked her sister. »

Avert* St. Louie Strike. After an all-day conference, the committee representing the teamsters’ union find the assorted teaming interesta of St. Louis, signed nn agreement which will avert the threatened teamsters’ strike. Million for a Hospital. New York City ia to have a hospital for the study nnd treatment of consumption that will rival that given to Philadelphia by Henry Fhipiut. Its endowment will be at least $1,090,000. The name of the donor is kept secret. Negro to Be Disfranchised. A bill intended to disfranchise the negro has been introduced in the Missouri Legislature. It provides that each person rtiust be able to read and write in order to rote.

CITIZENS RAID COAL CARS. Capture Kigbt Loads of~ Anthracite and Quickly Carry It Away. The fuel situation in Bellevue, Ohio, has reached an acute stage, and a joint conference of the City Council and local coal dealers was held to decide on a plan of action. As a result word was passed around that there were eight cars of anthracite in the Wheeling and Lake Erie yards, and that it would he confiscated. At an hour appointed Ihe fire bell was rung, and the Mayor and Councilman, ’ followed by a delegation of citizens, armed with shovels, marched to the railway yards and raided the cars, unloading the eight cars in record-breaking time. The Mayor issued orders under the village seal, anil the coal was distributed through the local, dealers, it being all paid for at the rate of $8 per ton. After the eight ears were unloaded, a further search of the yards was made and several cars of soft coal were found and duly unloaded. About every team in town was pressed into service hauling coal, and the situation is considerably relieved for the present.

BASEBALL PITCHER ENDS LIFE. Winnie D. Mercer Commits Suicide in a San Francisco Hotel. Winnie D. Mercer, a pitcher of the American Baseball League, registered at the Occidental Hotel, San Francisco, and was found asphyxiated in his room the next morning. Mercer was registered under the name of George Murray and gave his residence as Philadelphia. The watchman of the hotel in making his rounds detected the odor of gas coming from Mercer's room and. failing to receive a response to his knocking, broke down the door. Clad in his night clothes and lying in the bed with his coat and waistcoat covering bis head, Mercer was found. From the gas jet in the center of the room was suspended a rubber tube and the end of this Mercer had placed in his mouth after turning the gas on. What caused Mercer to end his life is wot known. Mercer’s identity was established by papers found among his effects.

DOG SWjffcLOWS DIAMOND RING. New York Woman’s Great Dane Still Retains Gem Worth SBOO. Until Monday night William Oppenheim, a dress goods dealer in New York, valued his dog, Nero, at S2OO. But while catching crackers for the amusement of several invited guests the Great Dane suddenly acquired a princely value. Mrs. Oppeuheim was tossing the crackers, when* her SBOO diamond ring followed a cracker .into the dog’s mouth and was promptly swallowed. A veterinary surgeon tried six different stomach pumps on the dog without regaining the ring. ORPHAN’S HOME IS BURNED. Blaze in St. Louis Institution Imperils the 100 Inmates. A defective furnace flue in the Christian orphans’ home- caused a fire in St. Louis that imperiled the lives of the 100 little inmates, but all were rescued. A 3-year-old child was found unconscious from suffocation, but inter was resuscitated. The fire spread rapidly and when extinguished had caused such damage that the building may have to be reconstructed. The fire alarm discipline of the nurses was the means of the prompt rescue of the orphans.

Injured in a Panic. During a performance in the Exchange Concert Hall at Missoula, Mont., electric light wire circuits became crossed and flames shot over every wire in the place. There was but a single exit and a panic ensued. Six were partly suffocated and Harry Walker, a bartender, is likely to die of internal injuries. Fire Loss Is $83,000. Fire at 53 to 65 Canal street, Chicago, damaged buildings and seven manufacturing concerns to the extent of $85,000 before it was extinguished. Guests in two neighboring hotels were startled from their slumbers by the alarm, but panic wasf averted. Tillman Again in Public Notice. J. 11. Tillman, lieutenant governor of South Carolina and nephew of the United States Senntor, shot and perhaps fatally wounded Narcisso Gener Gonzales, editor of the Columbia State, over au old political feud. Tillman is closely guarded to prevent lyuching. * . .... Fire in Home of Georire J. Gould. In a fire in the residence of George J. Gould. 857 sth avenue, several valuable paintings were destroyed. After au inspection bad been made by Mr. Gould his secretary said the loss was about $125,000.

Quick Action ou Coal Matter. Both houses of Congress quickly passed the bill suspending for one year the tariff duties on coal. The chairman of the House Jtidicinry Committee offered a resolution proposing seizuro of the mines by the government. German and American Tariff*. In the German Reichstag the Seer* tary of the Interior declared tlm best foundation for the political and couuncr eial relations between the United State* and Germany is a tariff convention. Aska Empress to Resign. A special dispatch from Pekin says the censor’s office has memorialized th* Dowager Empress to resign in favor of the Emperor as the first step in the policy of reform. Diabrow Is Acquitted. Louis A. Disbrow wns acquitted nt Riverhesd, L. 1., of the charge of murdering Clarence Foster. Consul’* Wife Robbed. , News from Algiers ssys that the wif* of United Btates Consul Kidder was knocked down and robbed by footpad*.

COAL MEN HARD HIT.

MANY INDICTED BY GRAND JURY IN CHICAGO. Trne Bills Returned Against ‘FortyFour Combines, Corporations and Individuals—Charge of Illegally In* jurlng Public Trade in the West. Forty-four persons and corporation* were indicted by the Cook County (ill.) grand jury in Chicago Monday in conthe extortionate prices of coal. They include some of the best known corporations in Illinois and Indiana, and many prominent dealers. AH the corporations and individuals indicted are included as co-defendants in three separate indictments. One indictment is drawn under the law against conspiracies in restraint of trade. The other two are under the Illinois anti-trust law. In the former are included the members of the Illinois Retail Coal Dealers’ Association. The indictments under the anti-trust law embrace the Indiana coal men. One of the indictments is directed wholly against corporations or organizations by themselves. The specific charge is “Conspiracy to do an illegal act injurious to public trade.” The indictments were accompanied by a report setting forth in detail the findings of the grand jury in regard to the coal situation. The indictments were turned over to the sheriff at once and capiases were issued for the arrest of the offenders. The court room was crowded when the jurors came before Judge McEwen to make their report. The silence wai intense until the result was made known and then there was a scurry to spread the information. Many of the persons indicted were represented among the spectators, and these agents could not get out of the building quickly enough. The railroads escaped without a hurt, the report of the jury even going so far as to absolutely vindicate them from any blame. Judge Praises the Jury. Judge McEwen declared that the prosecutions and the the jury were bound to become historic in Illinois. “The session of this body of grand jurors,” he said, “has formed a historical episode in criminal prosecution. You have performed your duties thoroughly, and 1 believe your report will clear up n situation,.which had become intolerable, and will open the public mind to what is being done. You have not hesitated to say what was and what was not a criminal conspiracy, and the highest encomium I can place upon your work is that you have done nothing maliciously nor hastily, hut with the greatest deliberation and good judgment. You will now have the consciousness of duty well done and can rest in tiie belief that you have earned the gratitude of the community.”

GERMANS ARE DRIVEN OFF.

Panther Shells Venezuelan Fort, but Is Forced to Retire. The German cruiser Panther shelled Fort Sail Carlos, at the entrance to. Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, Saturday. The fort replied with four guns and the bombardment continued for one hour, after which the Panther retired in the direction of Curacao. The fort suffered little’damage and only three meu in the garrison were wounded. It is asserted that the Panther was badly damaged. Fort San Carlos is twenty-two miles from Maracaibo and commands the entrance to the lake or inner bay. The attack upon the fort was without any provocation on the part of the defenders. The cruiser appeared off the fort shortly a£*er noon. It soon became apparent that she wns bent upon forcing the passage to the harbor, and preparations were at once begun to defend the position. These preparations had no sooner been completed when there was a puff of smoke from the Panther’s port battery, and a shell came crashing over the fort. The fort replied instantly, and -for over three-quarters of nn hour a terrific bombardment was maintained. The shells from the Panther mostly passed over the redoubt, although several struck, but did little damage. It was believed in the fort that many shots struck the vessel, and she appeared to be badly used up. On account of the heavy smoke which obscured the scene it was impossible to tell the exact effect of the fort's fire, but the Venezuelans believe .that several of the Germans must have been killed. When it.became known in Maracaibo that a 'German warship had engaged the fort and had been driven off the excitement was intense. There were popular demonstrations of joy upon the streets, and until late id the night crowds paraded the thoroughfares celebrating the victory. In Caracas all the war fever of a few weeks ago broke out afresh. Bands paraded the streets plnyiug the national air. Congratulatory speeches were made on the street corners, and the city gave itself up to celebration.

BELATED STEAMSHIP ARRIVES.

Owners of I)inabl:d Atlantic Liner St. Louis Arc Denounced. The steamship St. Louis, over six (lays late, arrived at its dock nt New York Snturdny morning crowded witli angry, mutinous and indignant passengers, dozens of them declaring their intention of suing tiie International Steamship Company for sending out the vessel in n crippled condition. The hundreds of passengers iu the first and sccoud cabins held meetings of protest while the disabled steamer, with boilers leaking, was crawling along from Cherbourg toward New York, fighting heavy seas, and dehouueed the company anil the ship’s officers, declnrding the company iind knowingly placed their lives in jeopardy by sending out the vessel when they knew it to be in n dangerous condition. At one time the passengers demanded of the captain that lie transfer them to" some passing liner, but, although two liners were sighted, the passengers were not transferred. They nlso demanded to be put nshore nt Halifax, but the captnin declined nnd brought them on to New York. There was no accident of any kind nt nny time, nnd although heavy weather wns encountered practically aH of the delay, it U said, wns canned by Inability to get up steam in the defective boilers. . * .

Tomatoes rouse torpid liver.

CONGRESS

A lively debate occurred in the Senate Monday between Messrs. Aldrich, Vest and Carmack, when the first named endeavored to secure a postponement of the ~VW resolution requiring the Committee on Finance to report a bill removing the duty on coal. Mr. Aldrich announced there were strong hopes of action being taken elsewhere with the view to removing the duty on coal. Tiie proposition was not acceptable to Mr. Vest, who expressed the opinion that to allow the resolution “to go Into the uncertain and nebulous future” would mean its defeat. Mr. Nelson continued his remarks In opposition to the omnibus'statehood bill, and a large number of private pension bills were passed by unanimous consent. ► "T : ' ■JiiiimJ* r- ' Soon after the Senate met on Tuesday Mr. Jones (N’ev.) favorably reported the resolution of Mr. Stewart authorizing the committee on the District of Colombia to send for witnesses in connection with the coal investigation, to administer oaths and to compel the attendance of witnesses if necessary. The resolution was agreed to. Consideration of the Vest resolution directing the Finance Committee to prepare and report a WII removing tlNt duty ou coal then waa resumed. Air. Nelson concluded his remarks in opposition to the statehood bilL For the first time since the opening of this session of Congress the House was regaled with a lively political debate. General Grosveqor, of Ohio, and Mr. Clark, of Missouri, crossed swords during the general debate on the army appropriation bill and for two hours both sides of the House cheered on Their respective spokesmen. The remainder of the day was occupied by Mr. Hull (Rep.. Iowa), who argued against 'the abandonment of the army transport service; Mr. Shattuc (Rep., Ohio), who assailed Edward Atkinson and the anti-imperialists; Mr. Moon (Dem., Tenn.), who denounced the refusal of the House leaders—to allow the consideration of the Indian Territory statehood bill and who announced a policy of obstruction which he intended to pursue unless consideration were given it; Mr. Swanson (Dem.. VaTl, who argued the necessity of tariff revision, and Mr. Gaines''(Rtm., Tenn.), who purged the immediate advisability of placing coal on the free list.

The Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed the House bill providing for a rebate on coal. It was passed without debate a few minutes nfter it was brought over from the House. The militia bill was also passed, with an amendment striking out the section providing for a reserve force of trained men, ‘bus removing the objection made against it. Mr. Tillman occupied the attention of the Senate for an hour and a half in a characteristic speech in which he denounced trusts and monopolies and severely criticised the Attorney General. The statehood bill was up for a short time, during which Mr. McCumber spoke in favor of admitting Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico. The hill reported from the Ways and Means Committee providing for a rebate on the duties on foreign coal for a period of one year was passed in short order in the House by the practically unanimous vote of 258 to 5. Rapid progress was made with the army appropriation LilLjifler the coal bill had been -passed. The most important amendments adopted were to increase the number of officers in the signal corps by twenty-three, namely, one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, four majors, eight captains, and eight first lieutenants, and another to prevent the discontinuance of the armytransport service without action by Congress.

The Senate on Thursday passed the Hoar resolution calling upon the President to inform the Senate what government is now existing in the Island of Guam and asking why Mabini is detained in that island. Mr. Tillman continued his arraignment of trusts and monopolies and again charged that the Attorney General was responsible primarily for lack of action against trusts. The statehood bill was under discussion for a short time, Mr. Fornker urging the right of Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico to be admitted into the Union. At 4:50 p. m. the Senate went into executive session and soon afterward adjourned until Monday. The House passed the army appropriation bill without further amendment and begnn~consideration of the department of commerce bill, under a special rule making it n continuing order until disposed of. The opposition to the measure came entirely from the Democratic side.

The House devoted Friday to private war claims, passing about twenty. The two features of the day were the defeat by a vote of 70 to 30 of a claim of H. P. Moody & Co., of Keokuk, lowa, for the payment of the amount deducted from their contract for furnishing equipment to the Third lowa Cavalry by tho famous commission which unearthed the army contract fraud in St. Louis in 1803, and the fight of Mr. Payne, the floor lender of the majority, against nn omnibus resolution to refer ninety Southern claims, aggregating $400,000, for stores and supplies tnken by the Union army during the Civil War to tho Court of Claims for finding of fnet nnder the Tucker act. 1 The combination In favor at the omnibus claims resolution was too strong for Mr. Payne, but on the final vote the quorum failed. Saturday in the House was devoted to debate upon the Senate bill to establish n Department of Commerce and Labor, a substitute being finally passed by a vote of 137 to 40.

In the National Capital.

House judiciary committee will report favorably Representative Littlefield’s bill to expedite suits against trusts. Congressman Tongue of Oregon died suddenly; Ringer Hermann, present general land commissioner, likely to succeed him. ~ Clash between Germany and Unite!! States in 1001 disclosed by Attorney General Griggs; protest by Geo. Chaffee agsinst destruction in China by Kaiaer’s troops described lstter ss “barbarians"! State Department forced to ‘’explain.”