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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1899. ASSISTANCE ASKED FOR THE CARBONADO MINERS Nine Bodies Yet Entombed, but the Coroner’s Jury Will at Once Seek to Fix the Blame. ARBONADO, Wash, Dec. 11.—The ecene of Saturday’s explosion has Leen filled with gus elnce Sunday afterncon. For thirty hours three- #core men have been working with bruttices to secyre an alr circult 140 feet mbove the water level went Gownward the brattices, are large etelps of tarred canvas, were placed before the side crosscuts and pes, shuttiug off the alr current from wring them and thereby forcing It downward through the main gangwa) This process had to be repeated as each wer crosscut was reached. slow, laborious work, but the in their efforts that the 16 bodies might be rescued sible aln #0080 | t wWas axpected that by noon to-day the as po mine would be cleared of gas =0 that the | cause of the explosion might be ascer- tained and the blume, any exists, 3 o s. Twice feet of the | gaogway they were driven out by unexpected | bodies of gas. by mid night the al aplete. It this Ehou r's jury will be given 't to-mor- comprise helr ;4 t e jur a who be ire an H4S INCREASED Gompers’ Report to the Federation. - — Epecial Dispatch to The Call. 29 delegates ¢ trade union- ed total membership %00, were present at Har- ay, when the nineteenth a antion of the American Fed- of Labor was called to order. In « f both President Gompers ire, the gather- to order by James Duncan vice president. Mr t Mr. Gompers was from injuries re- e accident in Wash- might not be able to ympers, the annual mpers was read by Duncan. In it nerease a4 it not been for the by our fellow-unionists, 14 be unemployed dur- uring (he Get Health, Get Strength, Get Nerve. | HUDYAN. HUDTAN . best s the y ~medy HU lates the kidneys to perfect mctivity, in thin manner expelling all impurities from’ the blond GET BUDYAN From your erugeiet. soc a C N package, six packages for Qs It your dm!lil! does not p it, send irect to HUDYAN REMEDY CO., cor. Btook- tom, Filis and Market sta., San Franciaco, Cal. CONEULT HUDYAN DOCTORS ABOUT LGuR CAEE—FREE OF CBARGE. CALL OR RITE. to bottom. These men entered | en- | President | the hours | miners here can scarcely make both ends meet from one month to another. The wages pald are less than during the good | times of eight years ago. Contract prices have also been cut until it becomes ve: uncertaln whether men taking contracts | and working doubly hard will earn even | fulr wages. Of course there are some lucky ones who always do well, but most | miners consider themselves well off if they recelve as much as $52 per month or the equivalent of a full month at $2 per day. The company provides no medfcal ry. which | Membership is | st of the miners and secure its fation is caring njured on Satur- [ for the = [ day. Compis ous Poles o made that numer- owded bunk ve in cr Y poor. nittee was organized here following appeal issued: | We, nittee of e the 't t0_the | s and wi of the State This 1 & village has smitten by th, vy band of Death has aken many their toll, as left its is the extent ¢ aturday, Dec thirty-one dead there are of whom are badly burned several ribs fractured, ano ed and one is suffe { baving b in_the explosion and | subsequently entombed in the mine all night, | poisoned with the smoke and damp. These thirty-one miners have left & score or s and saddened homes. will be a sorrowful . In addition t | seven injured, t hae br | trophe of Eaturday | forty-five children,” six aged parents and de- | pendents. making 'sixty-seven dependents, ars gether deprived of a source of support. In « an aged father and mother lose their »nly means of support. In an mising young man leaves behind mother, almost destitute, and now completely childless. One family the loss of a husband and a son. A woman delicate condition, married ne ago, will soon become a a_husband to provide sus- both husband and brother misfortune of another wo- Several of the killed leave widows and ge families of children to strurxle is ther a pr & widowed ) These are the inevitable consequences of the accident, the cause of which i unknown. Fate Y m the book of the living the dustrious at the post of dally duty, and left the virtuous, the inno- A the helpl to the more te for arious . 1 call upon you sub: e 10 be forwarded John E, Tacoma WATSON, Carbonado, period of Industrial depression at least, advantage which has bor from the industrial r hours of dally labor, | burdens to bear. the events of the past year | | at laaho, President Gompers | declared that from the best sources avail- | able he learned that the destruction of the property of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan | mines was the act of unorganized miners Of the corraling of 1200 miners by the | State authe s, alded by General Mer- riam, he sald The whole proceeding is so cutrageous as to | bring a blush of shame to the cheeks of every { 8 American. If, as alleged, the imprisoned men are guilty, they, at iea: hould be given a fair trial before a jury of | | their peers, eir accusers, and % hed; if innocent, they should be given their liberty, and their wrongs shoul This ‘convention, In no mist should express its keen fin- | gnation emphatic protest against this | | outrage ‘upon human rights. killing of inocent men upon the public hig imer, the shooting down Buffalo_ the incarceration o of no offenae In organized labor must be frow: must be met with the o rights, the manhood to decla, determination to achieve them. In his annual report, Secretary | Morrison sald: v Finas The receipts show an Increase of $17.862 8 | over that of last year. Of the foreeoing in- crease $5220 £1 was received from the two-cent assessment levied by tha last convention to de- fray expenses of organizers In southern and intermountain Sta Deducting the amount received from the Yusoument, there still re- nains the gum of $12,642 37, recelpt capita tax and supplies, SRR Be per canita tax received this year was 31 Jast year, a net gain | ousness of our them and the ° The cum total of receipts for supplies w. very nearly double the amount received I t Ereater portion of this Increase was | from charter fees. The heaviest single item of ~Xpense was for organizing purposes 6684228 08 ex; in the sou and termountaln’ Sl.’\t'p:“:h.g 1 the balan . paid to organizers outside mentioned. The expenses 2 08 more than last. A table I8 given showing that in | various national and international orz:r:' izations afMliated with the Federation, 264 charters. wers granted during the year; 25 were surrenderad; an aggregate gain of 144,282 in membership was made: 425 strikes were won; 48 were lost: 39 were compromised and 5 are now pending. Treasurer John B. Lennon in his an- nual report said: Never in the history of the F. our treasury been_so strong: and ot e portance even than a strong treasury is | fact that our income during the past year enabled the Federation to carry on more orga, izing work than during any year in its history The report shows that a $23¢1 42 remained in his hands has balance of 1, 1598 The year's receipts were 713 and the disbursements $3.59 22, leaving | :mh;%nre on hand November 1, 189, of | |STRONG EVIDENCE AGAINST MOLINEUX | Proof That He Used Notepaper Simi- | lar to That of an Incriminating Letter. NEW YORK, Dec. 1L—Rol Molineux. on trial ezl e for the murder of| Katherine J. Adams, was visibl : ¥ perturb- | ed this morning when the pronerullnn‘ | called to the witness chair Mamle | Melando. formerly a forewoman In the Newark Paint Factory, of which Moll- neux was vice president. She was ques- tioned concerning the note paper kept by | Molineux In his rooms at the factory and | testified that this paper was of robin's | €gg blue. with a crest of three silver cres. | cents Interlaced. This same paper was used In & certain Incriminating lettes whose authorship Molineux denfes. Miss | Melando testified that she had discussed the crescent-crested paper with Barlow | B. Weeks last January, weeks before Molineux was arrested. Mr. Weeks had sent for her. The woman was a reluctant witness, be- ing & friend of Molineux and evidently aware of the Importance of her testimony. While Miss Melando gave no dirsct evi- dence against Molineux, her testimony | was evidantly considersd by the prosecu- tion as establishing the identity of Moli- | neux and the mysterious person who | wrote to the medical company. { - 2 NP | McDaniel Murder Trial. PORTLAND, Dec. 11.—The MecDantel | murder trial was resumed this morning. The day was taken up with the examin | tion of ‘several minor witnesses and noth. | ing of importance was developed. | Urges the Democracy, | gun on the Democratic side. o | tent RECORD OF A DAY IN CONGRESS CURRENCY BILL DEBA'E BEGINS Day of Oratory in the House. e DOLLIVER IN SUPPORT OF THE MEASURE. X e to Learn by Experience, to Get Out of the Way of the Procession. T e Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The feature of | the opening day of the debate on the ' currency bill in the House was the speech of Dolliver of lowa. It was character- ized by all the wit and eloquence for which the Iowan is noted, and held the members, without regard to party, for more than an hour. Dolliver declared that the last doubt in the Republican party as to the wisdom of enacting the| gold standard into law had been removed by the experience of the business world during the past three years. He scored Bryan and generally ridiculed the false | prophecles of the Democrats in 18%. De Armond of Missouri was the heavy He warned the Republicans from the West that they could not deceive their constituents in the coming Congressional elections by claim- Ing that they had yielded to the wisdom of thelr colleagues in caucus. Overstreet of Indiana opened the debate in support of the bill_and Maddox_ of Georgia replied to him. McClellan of New York was the only other speaker to-day. He announced his opposition to the bill on the ground that it would contract the currency, extinguish the bank notes and enhance the value of coin bonds. He ap- ealed to those of his Democratic col- eagues from New York who it is reported intend to vote for the bill not to do so. Immediately after the reading of journal the House, der, went into committee of the whole, upon the consideration of the bill. Over- sireet of Indlana, who is to be in charge of the measure on the floor, opened the general debate with a set speech. Sald he: 1f the legal standard to-day is the gold stand- ard under the act of 1573, a positive statute to that effect can do Do harm. 1If, on the other hand, there is any reasonable doubt, it should pelled by a statute plain and clear in its term: When certainty shall take the place of doubt and the integrity of our credit be as fixed as the honor of the nation, the national debt can be readily refunded at lower interest rates and future loans negotiated with ease upon better terms than ever before, Recent events, shaped by causes beyond our | control, bearing obligations which ~national honor requires shall be courageously discharged, open new flelds for American statesmanship. Channels of trade yet unknown to American enterprise, and avenues of commerce yet to welcome American products, will surely result conditions_emphasize of value which the vicissitudes standard throughout trade. ot competitive After an elaborate exposition of the fea- | tures of the bill and the method of their | operation, which followed the line of his report on the measure heretofore printed, Overstreet said: The proposition to allow national banks to issue circulation to the par value of the bonds deposited for thelr security Is meither new nor partisan, It has been recommended by four Presidents and e Secretaries of the Treasury, and bills containing such provisions h introduced in Congress and supported me bers of both political parties. It is entirely con- sistent with the present banking system. Shafroth (8il. R.) of Colorado inter- without employment. Those three years, [nid he, had removed the last fears of | the Republicans as to the wisdom of enacting gold legislation. It could not | have been done two years or one year ? th v bill [CLASH OF PARTY LEADERS wili'De a Very great rive in the market price Which Refuses of bonds to tl the | under the special or- | Hepburn of Iowa in the chair, and entered | | rupted to ask If the bill would not result | in contracting, the currency to the ex-| of $480,000,000 pounded. “It would not,” replied Overstreet, ‘be- cause for every silver dollar which goes into the treasury a gold dollar will go out in circulation.” (Republican ap- plause.) Maddox (D.) of Georgia was the first speaker in opposition to the bill. Re- ferring to former Speaker Reed’s New the in sllver im- | York speech advising the immediate en- | actment of gold standard legislation be- | fore soma branch of the Government got from the Republican party, s‘X\i-‘ he ““The falthful ynderstand that this legis- lation must be enacted at once or not at | all The enactment of gold standard legisla- tion, he declared, had never been an issus before the people. If gold was now the "exls!ln% standard,” s contended, It was s0 by the unlawful usurpation of the executive officers of the Government. The treasury, under the bill. he predicted, would be raided. The bill would convert every obligation of the treasury into a gold obligation and would impel the Gov- ernment to sell millions of gold to the amount of 25 per cent of all the outstand- ing notes of whatever character. He urged that, under the bill. banks with $1,000,000 capital, now required to deposit bonds equal to a third of thelr capital In the treasury, were required to deposit orily 360,000 In bonds, enabling them to contract or expand the currency at will, He then assalled Republican advocates of the F'\ld standard for apostasy, and par- ticularly attacked Hepburn of Iowa, Dingley of Maine and Grosvenor of Ohlo, who. he sald, advocated silver coin- ago by infernational agreement in 1867, olliver of Towa read from the speech of Governor Altgeld to the effect that the Republican Congress would obey or- ders and enact gold legislation. For himself, he sald, he was I)rnud to say that he was obeving orders—the orders of the eople of his district—trying to put the aws of the country Into harmony with their opinfons. The rrndlnz bill was a compromise, representing the united wis- dom of all: It was @ blll to set at rest a doubt as to the standard In this country; it should be prerented to the business men of the country as a Christmas gift. He (Dolliver) did not want his record and past follies to be brought up against him. e had voted for the Sherman act In 13, an act which he now regarded as a piece of unutterable stupidity. In 1893, when the act came to be repealed. Dolliver sald, he was very much perplexed. He saw Eenator Sherman one evening sitting out- side his house like Abraham (ml!lgn his tent. “Don't trouble yourself about the fajl- ure of your pi ons regarding silver,”” sald the Senator: very prophecy I made about it has turned out exactly the op- posite.” (Laughter.) “Just _as yours will now,” Interjected Cox of Tennesses amid renewed laughter. Continuing, Dolliver said that he ba- leved the result of the campalgn of 188§ settled the silver issue. A proposition which received a black eye In Jowa and Massachusetts, the same time, In his opinion had no future In :he Intellectual Dle. life of the American In 189 the cry of Bryan, was for more money. Money scarce. It was hoarded. The day after the electfon it came out from its hiding. “Are you willing now,” Interrupted Simms of Tennessee. *‘that the mints should be opened to sflver If an Interna- tional agreement could be obtained “No. sir,” replied Dolliver, “T hava made my last whirl with siiver. I have been huml:"l‘f‘f'd for the last time.” Dolliver that the cry bad been for more money. In three years of Repubii- can administration $400,00000 had been added to the volume of the currency, more money than could have been coin- ed by the mints in ten years it the mints bad n opened to silver. “In .other words,” sald he. “we ve done for you In three years more, than you could do for yourselves. Why don't you get out of the road and let the main procesa)lon move on?" (Laughter and ap- plause. Dolliver recalled Bryan's prophacy that the gold standard could not nnyumd without & universal fall of prices. “Is there a man In this chamber,” ne asked, “who will riee In his place and u( that Mr, Bryan knew vhl{ he was talking about?” Not a Democrat arose. Dolliver paused, reiterated his question and then resumed: | State to another. | tive Jett Introduced in the House a joint “It Is then confessed that in a question which goes to the heart of the contro- versy Mr. Bryan lacked wisdom.” He called attention to Bryan's predlc- tion that wages would fall and men would be thrown out of employment. Yet at the end of three years of Republican adminis- tration under the gold standard there was not an industrious man in the country ago, but to-day the unanimous voice of the Republican party was backed up by the experience of the business world. cClellan of New York opposed the bill. do not wish it understood,” sald he, hat 1 advocate the present system of bank note currency. The first direct con- ice of Government bonds. Its enact- ment also would result in the extinction of the present bank note currency.” He argued that the impounding of the treasury notes and the United States | notes in the terme of the bill would result | in a contraction of the currency amount- ing to over $265,000,000 and require an issue amount, at an additional cost of $8,000,000 or a total contraction of the currency of nearly $510,000,000 and a reduction of the per capita to $19 20. In | conclusion he appealed to the sound | money Democrats in the House not to vote for the bill. De Armond of Missour! followed in op- gosmon to the bill. Replying to Dolliver, | he said the Democrats had not been over- borne in 18% In the conflict of reason, but the Republican party had won by sum- moning to their ald the corrupt and tre- mendous power of money and corpora- | tions. He charged the Republicans with decelving the people in 1 They were bimetallists then. If they were honest then they must be dishonest now; if hon- est now, dishonest then. The change of the bonds from coin to gold bonds, he sald. would make-a free gift of $100,000,000 to the bondholders. The bill would cre- ate a bank trust. He predicted that this measure would overwhelmingly defeat the Republican party in 1990. When the peo- le's victory was won next fall, sald he n conclusion. it must not be necessary to | ®o to the ‘“‘vine-clad cottage” at Canton, Ohio, to offer congratulations, but ‘“be- vond the Mississippl to that modest home i1 Lincoln. Nebr., where resides that great and stanch friend of the people.” (Dem- ocratic applause.) Greene of Pennsylvania then announced the death of his colleague. the late Rep- resentative Ermentrout of Pennsylvania, and at 5:05 o'clock, as a further mark of respect, the House adjourned. - STRIKES AT COMBINES. Joint Resolution Introduced by Mor- gan in the Senate. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Senator Mor- | gan of Alabama has introauced a joint | | resolution to prohibit combinations be- | tween corporations to control interstate commerce and transportation. The reso- lution 1s as follow: That any contract, agreement or combination between two or more corporations which has for its purpose the control of the price of anything which is the subject of, or enters into, inter- state commerce, or the cost of the transpor- | tation thereof, so as to Increase the same at | any place or locality in the United States, or to discriminate in favor of or against any mass | of dealers, traders or consumers of such arti- | cles within the United States is contrary to the | public poHey of the United States and every | such contract, agreement or combination i fllegal and prohibited. Any person being a member of a corpora- tion, or acting as its agent, officer or employe, who enters Into any such contract, agreement or combination, or knowingly assists in the execution or performance thereof, is mullty of | a misdemeanor and is liable to prosecution for | such offense, on information or by indictment, | in the District Court of the United States in and for the district in Which the offense is | committed. And on conviction thereof such | | person_ shall be fined fn a sum not less tha | 5100 and not to exceed §600, and also be im- | prisoned for a term in the discretion of the | court in which such conviction is had, not less than one month and not greater than two | years. Mr. Morgan gave notice of his intention to address the Senate on the resolution at | a later date. e SHIPMENTS IN BOND. Bill to Extend the Privilege Regard- less of Destination. TWASHINGTON, Dec. 1l.—Representa- tive Payne of New York, prospective chairman of the Ways and Means Com- mittee, to-day introduced a bill extending the privilege of shipping merchandise in | bond across the country without refer- ence to the destination of the goods. At | | present this free bonding privilege is re- | | stricted to goods going to the adjacent territory of Canada or Mexico. Payne says the effect of this has been to cut off transcontinental traffic in goods destined for remote points in Asia | | and elsewhere, which trafic was taken by | | the Canadian railroads. His bill seeks to | open the privileges to all countrles alike, | on the same terms that Canada and Mex- |1co have enjoyed, and Payne says it Is | distinctly favorable to American trans- | | portation interests | | " The bill does not change the status | relative to the Mexican free zone, that | portion of the bill being a repetition of the present law, S Bill Aimed at Trusts. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Senator Chil- ton to-day Introduced a bill prohibiting the sending of articles, the making of which is controlled by a trust, from one | Such offenses are made | punishable by imprisonment not to exceed three years. —_— Boer Resolution in the House. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Representa- resolution expressing symfll!hy with the Boers. It is In almost the same terms as that introduced In the Senate by Sen- ator Mason. THIP 10 UTM MUST BE M Probable Action in the Roberts Case. —— Epecla! Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1l.—Representa- tive Lentz probably will fail in his efforts to have the House of Representatives di- rect the special committee investigating the Roberts case to inquire Into the charges of polygamy against Postmaster Graham at Provo and Postmaster Smith at Logan. Members of this committee with whom I talked take the ground that they have enough work befors them In the Roberts in- quiry. and that If any Investigation s to be made In the charges agalnst the Post- masters It sbould be made by the Post- office Department rather than by a Con- gressional committee. In the absence of Chairman Tayler from Washington there was no meeting of the Roberts Committee to-day, but members of the committee discussed among them- selves the question whether it would be necessary for la;r: ito ®o to Utah to con- uct the Investigation. The reaso; golns to the neighborhood where lnfi l‘lg: witnesses llve are so strong that it s probable that when the committee meets to-morrow morning it will be decided that the mP to Utah must be made. Petitions against the seati; o{ Rob- DO erts and In favor of an anti-polygagm amendment to the constitution continue to pour into_both houses of Co y thousands. They come from all parts of'| the country and they constitute a part of the mall of nearly every Sena- tor and Representative. They are all pre- sented In the two houses and refer: to appropriate committees. o many members of both -houses are becoming Interested In the meodUon to amend the constitution so as to prohibit polygamy In the United States for al tme that there IS every reason to expect the passage Of a resolution 'before the expiration of the present session of Con- ETess. ¥ Representative S8bowalter of Pennsyl- vania Introduced In the House to-day ‘am anti-polygam 9. measure similar to g many others t have been introduced. | friend, are we to be | and hope: MASON APPEALS FOR THE BOERS Scathing Arraignment of England. — DENOUNCED AS A BULLY IMPASSIONED SPEECH IN THE SENATE. e Advocating His Resolution of Sym- pathy, the Illinoisan Dubs Cham- berlain a Lilliputian Statesman. e Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—An appeal by Mason of Illinols for the expression of sympathy for the Transvaal republic in its war with Great Britain was the feat- ure of the Senate proceedings to-day. It was the first formal address delivered In the Senate this session and was listened to with thoughtful attention by both the members and by a large gallery of audi- tors. The resolution upon which Mason based his speech was referred, at the con- clusion of the address, to the Foreign Re- lations Committee, Lodge of Massachu- setts considering it too delicate a ques-| tion, in view of the position of this Gov- ernment, to pass upon without serious consideration. While Mason's address at times was vehement—almost passionate—he confined himself during a greater part of the time closely to his manuscript, speaking at all times with force and vigor. In opening he said: The war between monarchy and republican- ism beean in earnest on July 4, 1776, and no | treaty of peace has ever been concluded, mor | ever will be, until the question is settled right. | The monarchial trust company, though often quarreling among themselves, have always on one thing; that a republic is a mis- take. After quoting extensively from Danfel Webster's speech in support of his posi- tion, Mason continued: But we are told that England was our friend in the war wit How? Her people were our friends bes re a Christian people; her government has never been our friend except for purposes of its own. I have No desire to twist the lion’s tall, but truth com- pels the statement. o far as our interests are | concerned, for the last half century the gov- ernment of England and the people of have been divided. You remember 1812 government did all it could to divide the Union, but the brave, starving weavers refused to re- ®olve azainst saying they would starve be- fore they would But even suppose she were to-day our best silent and uphold a wrong | In consideration of that friendship? We Re. | publicans are charged with a secret alllance with England, It cannot be true and the vote which this or a similar resolution receives will answer the charge. Mason maintained that under the Mon- | roe doctrine and on precedents previously well established, the United States bhad the same right to extend its sympathy for success to the Boers in| their s!ru‘ile for liberty as it had to in- terfere with Spain in its conduct of af- fairs in Cuba. He urged that the interest of this country was aroused by the fact that the South African war was a strug- gle between democracy and royalty—be- tween the divine right of kings and the divine right of man. He exclaimed: If_we should speak, and speak quickly, it would sting the politiclans who brought on the | war for greed of gold and cheer the poor, brave Dutch defender of his home, Mason contended that the question in- volved in the controversy between Great Britain and the Transvaal prior to.hos- tilitles was simply one of supremacy in South Africa. *““And I ask.,” sald he, “in common justice, what right has Great Britain to be supreme in South Africa? It is a fight to control South Africa, and the only way the English could do was to | threaten, bulldoze, browbeat and interfers with the Dutchmen until out of sheer humiliation and desperation he was driven to_fight. Referring to Mr. Chamberlain, he sald: Let the dlstinguished Lilliputian statesman, rattiing around in Gladstone's shoes, trying to undo his work and break his promises, be as- sured that he is deceiving no one except, possi- bly, himseif. He declared that no nation except a pro- | fessed bully would make the demands | upon another that Great Britain made upon the Transvaal Republic, and in | closing said: 1 have not sought to_excite prejudice by our past differences with England. They are for- gotten and forgiven. But when the colors of & republic are struck and we sit silent, it would seem that we are ashamed or tired of our in- stitutions and by our silence give consent to the destruction of self-government In Africa. The statue of Liberty Enlightening the World in New York harbor is neither a myth, a fic- | tion nor a lle. We may say without boasting that if self-government is right we have helped the world, & o o ¢ It I am right, this resolution will help. It will zay to the world: ‘“Washington, Monroe and Webster are dead, but the American policy still lives.” It may sting the oppressor, but it will be & message of affection and hope to the struggling repubilc. Mason addressed the Senate for an hour and twenty-five minutes. - He was not once interrupted in the course of his speech. ‘At Its conclusion, Lodge, after express- ing the wish that Mason might have de- livered his address In the British Parlia- ment, sald there was a Wldejull between private opinion and public official expres- #10) The executive department of the Government, he sald, had assumed a neu- tral attitude toward the South African war. The passage of this resolution by the Senate would change immediately t! attitude. If we are to degut from the position of neutrality,” sald Lodge. “it ought to be a subject of most serious considera- tion.” He moved therefore that the resolution be sent to the Committes on Forelgn Re- lations, and it was so ordered. At 3:06 o'clock the Senate went into ex- ecutive session, adjourning at 3:40. BOMB EXPLODED IN A SPANISH THEATER MADRID, Dec. 11.—-During a perform- ance yesterday at a theater at Murcla, capital of the province of that name, a bomb was exploded, fire broke out and the theater was destroyed. The audlience, however, got out without serious accl- dent. —— Czarina Beiny Towed Back. BEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 11.—The steam freighter Czarina, which salled four weeks ago for San Francisco with a cargo of 1200 tons of.coal, is being towed back from Cape Flattery. When two days out she broke her shaft. 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