Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 23, 1902, Page 1

. gone the human element still =23 THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. L 0 10. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1902 OMAHA CLUB FEAST Ewo Hundred Representative Men Do Honor to Washington, YOASTS ARE ALL ON NATIONAL THEMES Jatriotio Sentiments and High Principles in Bpeeches and Cheers. BENERAL MANDERSON IS TOASTMASTER Benator Hubbard of Sioux Oity Disousses Democracy., * JOHN N. BALDWIN ON THE TRUE GEORGE h Discussion of Destiny of the Flag Re- sults in Varying Views on Phil- ippines from Citizens. Several Nearly 200 Omahans gathered to do patri- otic honor to the memory of George Wash- ington In a banquet at the Omaha club last ight. Though the commemoration of the irthday anniversary of the hero ‘began Jhortly after the vesper hour, It was not pntil past midnight that the gathering dis- persed. Of the interval an elaborate menu consumed a portion, but the feature of the Affair was the program of toasts which fol- lowed. With no exception these were on mational themes and all were appropriate to the celebration of the beginning of po- Qitleal liberty. A general feeling of regret at the in- @bility of General Arthur MacArthur to be present as the speaker of the evening, as bad been planned, was stified ere long by the universal atmosphere of congeniality, Joyal nationalism and pride in the father- Jand which dominated over the occasion with I persistence that defied all powers of ® disappointment to dispel it. Getieral Manderson, who was toastmaster, #spoke at some length on the unfortun incldent of General MacArthur's absence, maying that it was a matter of sincere regret that the great soldier could not have been msoen and heard at this time. He then read the telegram which had so suddenly blasted the hopes of the committee in charge. It was from General MacArthur at Prescott, ris., and ran: “Regret exceedingly by ility to be with you on the 22d.” Many Men of Prominence. ‘The banquet was marked by an enthusi- asm that was notable 'in its spontaneity end continuity. Men of first prominence in all walks of life were there. Dictators, alike of the policles and methods of rail- roads, courts, newspapers, mercantile con- eerns and local corporations, eat slde by side and cheered to the ear-splitting ectio every repetition of the name of George ‘Washiogton, and each alluded to.a patri- ®tic sentiment or high principle. Senator E. H. Hubbard of Sioux City was the first speaker. In presenting him Gen- eral Manderson opened the program of toasts as follows: “Were the father of hls mfiry living oo he wauid b tast = ates. If George Washington were with us he would be of us and fully a part of us. it is & ftting thing that the Omaha club should select this 324 of February as the day of its banquet. I trust the practice will continue through the days that may come. 1 copgratulate you that this club Bbas achieved the position which it ehould 2ot only In the social but in the commercial Jite of Omaha. Its prosperity is a true in< dex of that of Omaha and 9t Nebraska." ator Hubbard on Democracy. Senator Hubbard spoke on the subject *Democracy.”” He sald in part: “I am grateful to you for the kindly greeting extended me, a stranger within your gates. And yet am I not of your kin? ‘We are all children of the great mother. ¥our habitual drink even I sometimes quaft in my home across the watery border line. “In perising the history of Washington progress ness, it ended in power; springing forth in obscurity, it broadened into an influence worldwide. mot a democrat In the world then. “By this title I do not indicate the Bour bon varfety, nor do I mean the kicker. This last is always with us. Hp was born ‘with Adam, and at the last supreme mo- “Louder, Gabe! Louder!" democrat, the exponent of real democracy, a8 & dream then. Marvelous Free Spirit of Man. *“The great marvel of this age is not the @evelopment of the steam power, mor 'the discovery of the electric current. It is the inception of the free spirit of man. There #re some men still living who have looked upon the features of George WNashington. ‘What an amazing change bas there been Guring that single life in the condition of men. “This spirit of freedom remains the par- wmount marvel of ali progress. In other particulars man has remained essentially unchanged for 4,000 years. Intellectually sur advance has been small comparatively. We still look back to Homer and Clcero, Daesar and Shakespeare, and were they liv- Ing they would be today our poets, our brators, our warriors, our authors, our poli- lciaps. They would adopt our new meth- 8ds as easlly as they would our clothes. Men of the former ages did not lack orig- Inal mental force, but they did lack the pirit of freedom, “Freedom is the law of nature. Because ©f what we have besn and done mankind has drawn a deeper breath. In our heart of hearts forever side by side we place Lincoln, the savior, and Washington, the Uberator.” Jobm N. Baldwin's Speech. “The True George Washington" was the Subject to which John N. Baldwin of Coun- cil Bluffs addressed himself, after General Manderson bad introduced him as & man who was loved because, like George Wash- ington, be had his faults and fratlities, and because, like Washington, be never told & Hle.. Mr Baldwin sald in part: = “Do mot gatber from this title that it is the purpose of authors, essayists, or Dbistorians (o prove that there Is & false George Washington. They merely seek to |Fescue him from the mythical catalogue of \ D —— . {Continued on Teath Page) PLEA FOR NEBRASKA INDIANS that Congressman Robinson Urges They Be Given Authority Over Their Lands. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Land leasing on the Omaba and Winnebago reservation in Thurston county, Nebraska, was ventilated during the ses- slon of the house Friday by Congressman Robinson during consideration of the In- dlan appropriation bill. In the course of his speech, which attracted much attention, he sald: Twenty years ago of the law to ign the Indians their lands to be held In severalty with the view that after twenty-five years of holding the land they would then be #ble to conduct their own affairs and man- their own busine: pending twenty-five years, The Winnebago Indlans, togother with the Omaha tribe, have been given the rights of citizens. With only five years remaining, within which the Indians of that tribe will be given all control of thelr lands, with a right to sell and dispose of and manage the same, there has grown up a system which is a disgrace to this government and its manner of carrying on its affairs with the Indians. The Indlan is sent off to school. In some instances he receives a high echool education, is brought back to his tribe and yet, under the system in force in the Winnebago and Omaha agencles, he cannot lease one acre of his land, with all his education. ““The system which has grown up requires what are known as middlemen to stand be- tween the rights of the Indians and this government. These middlemen form to- gether and arrange to lease the Indian ds in bodies of from 10,000 to 15,000 acres. The Indlan cannot bring the white man to rent his land and take him to the agent and ‘I desire this man as my He can do business in no partic- ular at all, although he is allowed a full right to vote. The middlemen rent this land in the first instance and give security for the payment of the rent, paying from 50 cents to $1 an acre, and during the last year much of this land realized to them $5 an acre. The land I speak of is as good land as ady in the whole state of Nebraska. It lles within fifteen miles of Sioux City, in the Missouri river bottom, and mo fairer land remains out of doors than this, for agrioultural purposes.” Mr. Stephens of Texas asked who rented this land, to which Mr. Robinson replied: “Every lease must be approved by the In- dian agent. The Indian agent declined to approve any lease offered by the Indian himself, claiming that the number of leases is 80 large that he cannot possibly take up his time in doing that. Therefore he in- sists that the land shall be leased in large tracts or bodles, so that the Indian is un- able to do any busine: land is concerned, an the end of his twenty-five years without anything saved from his land. y ““That land is worth $50 an acre, and will bring from $3 to §5 an acre each year in rents. The Indlan gets a poor pittance of from 50 cents to $1 an acre a year, while the middleman who leases them in large tracts obtains the balance of benefit.” Mr. Robiuson, In answer to questions, it was the object Nebraska.' \ Then Mr. Stephens asked why it was they could not control their own individual al- lottments, to which Mr. Robluson replied that they were not given the right under the Indian law. “They are the same as wards of the gov- ernment and they will be in that condition untll the end of twenty-five years. They canot lease or sell their lands as approved by the Indian agent who is stationed at that place.” v In reply to the question of Mr. Stephens relative to the Indian agent's refusing to rent land for what it will bring, Mr. Rob- inson stated that the agent refuses to al- low the Indian to select his own tenant and that he insists that the land shall be rented. only through these middlemen in large ‘racts, “and,” he added, “he can use any kind of favoritism he desires In re- gard to the upproval of leasv, so that the business is put into the hands of men who can handle ‘arge bodies of land.” In ccncludivg he said: “I submit that the Winnebago Indians and Omaha Indfans deserve something better at the hands of the government than the treatment ac- corded them. I say it should be the duty of the Indian bureau to ascertain which of these Indians are able to do business among those which we have educated and drilled and had experience with, and them out from under the control of the agent. I make no accusation against the Indian commissioner, but I say it is his duty to allow such of the Indlans as are able to take care of their own lands to make, their own arrangements In reference to them. To do so it is necessary that the ‘whole leasing question on the Omaha and Winnebago reservations will be made a subject of officlal investigatioa by & com- mittee on Indlan affairs. It is well under- stood tLat Secretary Hitchcock is opposed to th ‘hole leasing business and he will lend Ty assistance to bresk up the land ring which has been operating in Thurston county for a number of years and growing rich off the Indian lands.” —_— ROYAL RIVALRY FOR OFFICE Duke, Earls and a Marquis Contest for Privileges of Lord Great Chamberial (Copyright, 132, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Feb. 22.—New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Ambassador Choate is an amused listener every day at the proceedings in which a strenuous fight is belng waged hy four of the leading noblemen, the duke of Athol, Ear! Carring- ton, the earl of Lancaster and the marquls of Cholmondeley, to establish their right to officlate as lord great chamberlain at the coronation. This officlal’s duties include the perform- ing of the most menial offices for the sov- ereign on the night preceding and the morning of the coronation, whem he has to hand the socks, shirt and other under- wear to his majesty, services which counsel acknowledged before the House of Lords desuetude at the last accession.” The chamberiain also claims the king's bedclothes, pajamas and furnishings of the bedroom as perquisites. TOLSTOI AT t.flfi OF DEATH Count Un: rwoes Relapse After Hard Bt with the Disease. 5T. PETERSBURG, Feb. 22.—The latest news re-cived here from Yalts, Crimea, i6 to the effect that Count Tolstol is at the doutl cided this evening that even if Kron Prim Wilhelm should get into quarantine it would not morning. ships, San Francisco, which Rgd been lying at anchor oft Tompkinsville all day awaiting the arrival of Prince Henry, were en- veloped in a snow sequall thal thelr view of the lower bay, which they had been watching since daybreak. At that time the storm, which bad been raging all day, increased in furys The wind blew at the rate of fifty miles an hour and at 3 o'clock a storm started, which increased in wiolence every minute. rations which had been fiying all day from the mastheads of the warships were hauled down and a little later nothing could be it should reach port during the night no official courtesies would be extended until morning. vicinity of the man-of-war anchorage, not- withstanding the bunting flapping gally in the strong wind. had passed the squadron duri owing to the tempestuous weathe! day broke black and threatening with a cold wind whistling through the rigging of the ships. Every thought was for Kron Prinz Wilhelm and Prince Henry. But the elements intervened and prevented the carrylng out of been arranged. In vain the naval vessels and the newspaper dispatch boats anchored nearby awaiting some word by wireless telegraphy, but owing to the severity of the storm that section of the shore of Staten Island was shut off from the rest of the world =nd even if the news of the movements of the German prinoe had been received in New York it could not bave been conveyed quickly to the waiting fleet in the harbor banked on every side by ice which rose and fell in great billows, a it ylelded to the force of the waves sweep- ing in from the ocean. the program slightly changed. & wreath on Grant’s tomb in the afternoon and to be the guest of the Deutsche Verein in the evening. At midnight he is to leave for Washiugton. escorted by the president's delegates. the following cablegram from the mayor of Berlin, Germany: brother of the emperor as its guest, we cordlally exrreu our joy over the close friendship of hopes of its continuance and strength- ening. " KIRSCHENER. eiprocate your cordial whi ness. With you d o alwi frie operator on b in watch and should he be able to communi- cate with Kron Prins he will endeavor to henzollern. had moderated, the snow had ceased falling and & clearing sky seemed to indicate clear weather for tomorrow. very rough weather outside, a furious gale raging all of Friday night. as arranged for the Henry was carried out tonight as If be bad been present. applauded the play “A Blank Page.” leben, Admiral von Baud! members of his staff and Consul General Buenz occupled boxes. mission between the second ard third acts the orchestra rendered the German and American anthems. CLEVELAND WILL NOT ATTEND Cleveland has declined the imvitation of President Roosevelt (o attend the banquet &t the White House in honor of Priuce /s Welgning &s & reason i health. least five hours. SIGHT PRlNCF’[NRY — . Watchers on Nantuck’ itship See the Incomip mel. WILL REACH SANDY 00K THIS MORNING Adverse Gales Retard Speed of Kron Prins Wilhelm, UNRELENTING STORM PREVAILS AT SEA Amerioa is Ready to Accord Hearty Re- oeption to German Guest. kl(fl OF SHIPS AWAITS HIM AT HARBOR President’s Delegates Will Greet the Royal Visitor at New York and Carry Out the Ori 1 Program. * NEW YORK, Feb. 2! —The Kron Prinz Wilhelm, with Prince Henry ofi board, was sighted at 1 o'clock off Nantucket light- ship, It will arrive off Sandy Hook at 10 oclock this morning. NEW YORK, Feb 2.—Germany and America unite in regret that adverse gales have prevented the great ocean greyhound, Kron Prinz Wilhelm, from bearing Prince Henry to port in time to receive the aplen- did welcome arranged for Lim today. It was regarded as certain that the ves- sel would have been heard of today, but up to a late hour tonight no tidings of it had been received. Some hope was en- tertained that the steamer might have slipped by the Nantucket station unde- tected and the uncertainty was intensified by the fact that communication is Inter- rupted with Fire island, where incoming liners are first sighted. This makes it probable that it may at any moment ap- pear unannounced off Sandy Hook. The North German Lloyd managers de- come up to its dock before Steamers Obscured by Smow. Just before nightfall Admiral Evans' Iilinois, Olympla, ~ Cincinnati and obscured As darkness came on the holiday deco- Day ot Gloom. The day had been one of gloom in the Hardly a single veasel the day The the program which had May Change Program. Should the prince arrive late tomorrow for his reception may be He is scheduled to place The mayor of New York today received On this day, when New York greets the America ‘and Germany, and A veply was cabled as follows: the ecit; jew Yorl re- fEPERis ol o gieting, RPN Yok 2 b i o0 we hops Ihat his vialt will ‘much to strengthen the bond that has ays united our countries in endearing Bdship. LOW, Keep Close Watch, Etruria sailed at 3 p. m. The Marcon! d will remain continuously the news to the operator aboard Ho- At Quarantine island tonight the wind Ships arriving off Sandy Hook reported At the Irviag Place theater the program tertainment of Prince A crowded house lberally The German ambassador, Count von Ho- in and Aft During the inter- WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Ex-President TWENTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE (‘E.\"i’S. SCORES OF HORSES KILLED Over Hundred Drop Dead in Streets Under Beating Storm. ATLANTIC COAST wFF[ll HEAVILY Storm is Slowly Subsiding, but Snows in North and Rain in South— Higher Tem- perature. ‘WASHINGTON, coast storm. An area of low pressure, which now cov- ers the southwest, promises to move east- ward, glving rain in Texas, the lower Mis- | 4o sissippi valley and the central gulf states |, Sunday and the Ohlo valley, lower lake region and the Atlantic states Monday. The temperature will rise in the Ohlo val- ley and lake regions Sunday and somewhat higher temperature will prevall Monday in the Atlantic coast districts. NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—The sleststorm that struck New York proved to be the most severe that has been experienced for Telegraphic communication was almost completely suspended until this when it was generally restored. Brooklyn Suffers Most. The greatest damage was sustained in where scores of horses were Killed by contact with live wires, which were everywhere prostrated. park and fn many of the avenues: hundreds More than 100 dead horses lay in the streets throughout the city. The great storm did more damage in the suburbs than in the city. The winds bad full sweep and in the towns and vilk of eastern New Jersey, Long Island an ‘West Chester country trolley and tele- fraud cases. service was abandoned and the ground is strewn with broken wires and | States Mail advices from Tremton, N. J., say: “The city of Trenton has suffered greatly from yesterday's storms. literally a stream with fallen firs and branches carried down by the ice. The local trolley service suspended early last Outside communication by tele- |posed as provided in graph and telephone closed about 6 o'clock |ment. yesterday evening and has not yet been re- |client's discharge, sayi: established.” “John Hines, dead today, making five dea of the storm thus far. “At the offices of the Pennsylvania Rail- road and the Philadelphla & Reading Rallroad company it was stated that four or five days must elapse before their wires are completely repaired. The weight of ice on the wires razed hundreds of poles. “Incoming conductors report great dam- age in the Schuylkill valley and the condi- tion in the upper Schuylkill river pressages further disastrous results, as a freshet is NEW DEPOT FOR CHICAGO Fifteen Millions is Projected. CHICAGO, Feb. 22. which, with adequate terminal facilities, will cost the great sum of $10,000,000 to 415,000,000, is proposed for Chicago by the Pennsylvaola management. template a magnificent ornamental bullding and terminals which will rival, If not ex- ceed, any in the United States. rry out the project the company will buy several blocks of property west of the present depot with & view of using it for | terminal purposes. It is further contemplated to erect a great mall transfer would give the lines running into the st tion an advantage on through malls of af 1rhmu still in existence was legal, ao- HA'HA! | — . " . BRYAN'S IDEA OF FUN—From the Washington Post. day and Monday; Northwest Portion Omaha Club' Prince Henry's Feb. 22—The Atlantic 10, be slowly passing continues in New York thward to the Carolinas.| o Council B 10 Demoerat School Board Pl Flee 16 Crusade Against Omaha and the Commercinl and 10 “Bann In Prospect denuded of ice-laden Rathbone, Neeley ing Su ished his summing up He sald Cuba. He charged Est Reeves. a result ROUNDHOUSE Two Foremen Are of Switeh E: TEMPLE, Tex., yards of 'the Gulf, one of whom may die. Dead: to Cost Tem or| JOSEPH BOULLY, fi Injured: Joseph Blair, not ex; Enginder Holmes of about stomach. ~—A new union station, The plans con- Daughters of Ame Revolution the The report held tha 14 Editorial and Comment. 18 Condition of Bus Pass Upon the Difficulties Moumouth, I, WASHINGTON, Feb. It is proposed to erec: |tee to investigate the mammoth lake Interchangeable terminals | troubles at Monmouth, to extend the entire length of the property. Such & terminal, it s estimated, would re- eult in making the roads using the termi- nals the greatest medium of exchange be- (two new chapters. tween rail and fresh water in the world and. would concentrate the lake trafic at mended to the Daughte dissolution of chapter and the formation therefrom of THE BEE BULLETIN. | Forecast for Nebraska—Partly Cloudy Sun- Colder Bunday in and in Southeast Portion Monday; Northwest Winds. Hollday Banquet. Ship Sighted. Disastrous Storm on Seaboard. Cuban Tariff Treaty Arra Come to Blows in the Senate. 3 Savage Orders Press O ka Y. M. C. A, O p for Spalding. Dead in Hotel Fire. Week in Omaha Society. nrity Work, es Bank. olution. South Omaha and Its Afairs. and lowa News. ' Boowt for the Wentern League: Sporting Gossip of the We Lenders Get Together. % for Ecomomy, ance Companies’ Profits. Bearded Faces. Southland. el . inancial Matters R. Crockett Yesterday: Des. 43 46 47 46 46 46 a5 AMENABLE TO BOTH COURTS and Reeves Are Arraigned In Fiscal's Conclud- Y. HAVANA, Feb. 22.—The fiscal today fin- in the Cuban postal the defendants were guilty under the postal code of the United s well as under the postal code of es G. Rathbone with appropriating money secured upon two du- plicate $500 warrants, with unlawfully draw- The streets are |ing a per dlem allowance and with con- i spiracy #ith C. E. W. Neeley and W. H. The fiscal asked that sentence be im- the original Indict- Counsel for Reeves asked for his ng that he (Reeves) i had only obeyed the orders of his super- Five Are Killed. lors. Mail advices from Philadelphia say: a watchman, ‘was found Counsel will continue his argument in Reeves' behalf next Tuesday. MEN KILLED Caught in Crash ngine and Car. . Feb. 22.—At an early hour this morning a switch engine in the Colorado & Santa Fe railway ran into a car, forcing it through the office of the roundhouse, killing two men and seriously injuring three others, LEROY FISHER, night foreman. reman. pected to live. William Herndon, seriously hurt. switch engine, cut The roundhonse was demolished. SETTLE A CHAPTER DISPUTE rican Revolution t 22.—The commit- Warren chapter 1L, today recom- of the American Warren t the action of the {majority of Warren chapter on June 2, 1898, {in attempting to disband and subsequently cording to the report, {to form a new chapter and elect officers, ation, which it Is estimated |forfeited their office and membership. The action of the minority in dec ring the - TARIFF TREATY WITH CUBA Waysand Means Oommittee Agrees Upon Toxt of the Measure. RECOMMENDS RECIPROCITY WITH ISLAND American Exports to Pay Less Duty Than Those of Other Countries— Conce © Twenty Per t on Imports. c WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—The republican members of the nd means committes who have be considering the questions of concesslons to Cuba at several meetings during the week, finally reached an agree- ment- this ufternoon which is considered a victory for those who have favored tariff concessions to that Island. The action taken was the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That it is the sense of the ma- Jority members of this committee, subject to approval of the republican members of the house in caucus assembled, to be held as n as possible, that the committee report a bill In substance authorizing the presi- dent to negotiate a reciprocity treaty with the Cuban republic, when established, pro- | viding for the entfy of our products into Cuba upon such terms as shall be deemed by him to be advantageous to us; provided, however, that such treaty shall secure for our products going Into Cuba duties less than those allowed to other countries sub- stantlally equivalent to the concession made by us: that the consideration upon our part for such treaty shall be a con- cession of 20 per cent of our tarift dutles upon imports of the products of Cuba upon this condition; That Cuba shall first enact our immigra- tion laws. By the terms of this resolution the proposition l’reed upon by the repub- lican members of the committee shall be submitted to a republican caucus to be heid next Tuesday night. This proposition is practically the same as that submitted by Representative Long of Kansas, except that the amount of the concesglon 4s cut in half. The action by the committee this afternoon was preceded by a conference at the White house be- tween the president and Representatives Grosvenor of Ohlo, Ruseell of Connecticut and Dalzell of Pennsylvania, all of whom have heretofore stood out against any form of reciprocity provisions. The action of the republican members was unanimous. TEDDY, JR., IN WASHINGTON Patient Stands the Journey Well and His Condition is Ene couraging. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—The Federal Exprees, on which Mrs. Roosevelt, young Theodore, Miss Roosevelt and Dr. Rixey were passengers, arrived at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon, almost four hours late. Dr. Rixey said that young Roosevelt was in ex- celjent condition and was even better at the | end of the trip than when he started. His temperature was normal and his condition very encouragng. When the train stopped Dr, Rixey carried his young patient, com- pletely enveloped in a blanket, to the White House carrlage. President Roose- velt and Assistant Secretary Loeb were at the depot and the party was driven rapldly to the White House. KING COUNTS HIS MONEY Once Threatened with Fina He Now M lions, Sp of Congo. (Copyright, 192, by Press Publishing Co.) BRUSSELS, Feb, 2%.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—The king of the Belgians elght years ago lost $13,- 000,000 in the Congo Free State enterprise. That, with the prospective loss of an equal sum, threatens] him with financial ruin, but he has recovered all that and made a profit of §15,000,000 besides. He wants to get rid of the Free State. Movements of Ocean Vessels Feb, 22, At New York—Arrived—Californi; Triesto; Karamania, from Mar Salled—Graf V . for Hambur, Plymouth and_ Cherbourg; Kuiserin Theresa, for Genoa, Napl for Liverpool. At Antwerp—Arrived—Zeeland, from New York; Tiger, from Portland, Ore., via St. yincent, €.V, " Balled—Vaderiaud, "tor New or At Yokohama—Arrived—Hong Kong, from Meru, for San Francisco. - At 8t Vincent—Arrived—8esostris, from Ban Francisco, for Hamiburg. At Glasgow — Balled — Pomeranian, for Boston. YL Havre—Batled—La Bretagne, for New or! AL London—Satled—Minnchaha, for New ork. At Liverpool—Salled—Cevic, for ‘New Yark. sidasy, 5, B ¥ Kof am Brancioio, aria , ete.; Etruria, FIST FIGHT N SENATE Tillman and MoLaurin of South Oarolina Engage in Fierce Struggle. FORMER BRANDED AS MALICIOUS LIAR Tillman Respoids with Blow in Face Which Opens the Combas. SENATE IS SCENE OF WILD EXCITEMENT Incident Pronounced as Unpreoedented in History of that Body, BELLIGERENT MEMBERS PUT IN CONTEMPT Both Apeologize After Order is Re- atored — Tillman's Charge of Mc- Laurin's Yielding to Undue In- uence Causes Trouble. WASHINGTON, ' Feb. 22.—Washington's birthday was signalized in the United States senate by a fist fight. The day set apart by the nation to afford the American peo- plo opportunity to pay fitting tribute to the memory of the firet president was the occasion of one of the most sensational scenes ever enacted in the senate chamber, The two senatore from South Carolina were the active participants in the affray. Mr. Tillman in the course of & speech upon the Philippine tarift bill made serious re- flections upon the honor of his colleague, Mr. McLaurin. In effect he charged that his vote in support of the ratification of the treaty of Parls had been cast through the exercise of improper influences. His statement was developed In a colloquy be- tween him and Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin. Mr. Tillman at first declined to mention names, but when the Wisconsin sénator re- minded him that he owed it to himselt, to the senate and tc the country to “name the man,” Mr. Tillman indicated that he referred to his colleague of South Carolina. Little imagining that his words were likely to be prophetic, Mr. Spooner re- marked sententiously: “I will leave the senator to fight that out with his colleague.” MeLaurin is Absent. Mr. McLaurin was not in the chamber at the time, being engaged in committee work, but he was sent for and appeared just as Mr. Tillman concluded his speech. Pale as ashes McLaurin rose to address the senat speaking to a question of pereonal priv! lege. He reviewed Mr. Tillman's charges :r!;l:y. llrld then denouned that statement ¥ his collle as a “wil b o "l:\l & “wiliful, malicious and Scarcely had the portentous words falles from his lips when Mr. Tillman, sitting : few seats from him, with Mr, Teller of Colorado between them, Sprang at him. Mr, McLaurin, who had half turned toward Mr, Tillman, met bim half way and in an in. stant the two senators, having swept Mr. Teller aside, were engaged in a rough and tumble fight. Mr. MecLaurin received o ;‘MHLN’V: .;d tl..:;rlh-d. while My, a o nose brought blood. i ey — Layton Geta Strong Blows. Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Bprang over desks to reach and lelp‘l?:t: the combatants and himself received sev- eral blows. He got between them finally and by main strength wrenched them apart Senators Warren of Wyoming ana Bcol; of West Virginia, two of the most power- ful men n the senate, leaped to his as- slstance, and pinioning the arms of the belligerent senators, forced them fnto their seats. Intense excitement prevailed in the senate and galleries, which were g s thronged Senators stood abou the moment quite helpless and pal lips. Finally, order was renor:i :-:l:n‘lll.; and in the midst of intense excitement the Benate went Into secret legislative session. For two hours the senate discussed the event behind closed doors. When the doors made know; of the South Carolina lanltor: ;hl.fl‘ :::: declared to be In contemipt of the sena They were permitted, by a vote of t senate to make apologles to the senate. Thelr statements were listened to by both senators and the people in the with breathless interest. . S t the chamber for Both Decline to Talk, Senator Tillman left the eapitol whes adjournment was taken for recess and did not return for the night session. Senator McLaurin was in the chamber about § p. m., but left early. Neither senator, when seen at his home, would make a statement, In accordance with a long-time custom on Washington's birthday, the farewell address of Washink sn was read in the senate today, immediately after the con- vening of that body at 11 o'clock. Mr, Burrows of Michigan read the immortal document. At the conclusion of the read. Mr. Lodge presented a mem- orlal from the Massachusetts legislature it tavor of such an amendment to the con. stitution as would place it in the power o copgress to enact laws regarding the hours of labor in such states. When routine business had beem con- cluded Mr, Tillman resumed bis speech in opposition to the pending Philippines tarift bill, which he began yesterday, He de- clared that Do revenues were needed by the insular government in the Philippines, 8 it had ample funds. The sole object of the bill was that the Philippine archipei- g0 should be exploited and be made to turnish an opportunity to the few to reap & golden harvest from the islands. Ascribes Ulterior Motives. He declared further along, with respect to Cuba, that the purpose of the adminis- tration was to give protection to the Cuban plantations in order to put rillions of dol- lare into the pockets of the sugar and to- bacco trus Thus it was, too, with the Philippines. 1t was proposed to give the Oriental archi- pelago the same sort of free trade as Porto Rico had been given, That wag the “game,” be insisted, and just ws eure as the sun sets it was the purpose to afford American capitalists every opportunity to acquire possession of the valuable proper- tles in the Philippines. “Yet,” said he, “God save the mark, we pretend to be hca~ est Mr. Tillman maintained that instead of trylng to civilize and elevate the Filipinos, the government might better have spent some of the $400,000,000 expended In the Philippines in colonizing the negroes of the southera states of this country. When he later directed a question at *hig triends on the other side of the cham- ber,” Mr. Spooner inquired to whom he reterred. “I bave many friends on the republican side,” sald Mr. Tillman. “Personally you are a clean, nice-hearted sort of men, but politically xoy are the higgest lot of pow: