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14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1900 GEN. BULLER CONTINUES HIS MARCH ON LADYSMITH B D R I S A A n A CrERnSIDE wOWS 8 BRADE j oo RN PPIPIPIPOGIIVOIIOIDIDOIDOIDROIDLTS Ps . ks . s . s Colonel Sir Howard Vincent, commander * vol goes to the front unattached © Londor Imperial contingent, but rejected by the medical staff. . Pt « of 250 Canadian *‘Rough S iilion ars < TVEKER COMMANDING DWIBION SOME PATRIOTIC BRITONS. Strathcona will raise, equip and maintain at the front during the tieieiebebeie i eieiei e ebebedebeQ kS LORD STRATHCONA of the Queen's Westminster He was selected to command the Rider: The cost is estimated at a S A OS2 Dot 0000000000900 00 08+ 0000000000000 rive in good condition, because the intelligently packed and are ready for immediate use it MACRUM SAID TO HAVE DELICATE MISSION ROME, Jan Charles E. Macrum, former Unite tes Consul at Pretoria, who left Lourenzo Marquez December 15, en ed at Naples last Thursday, has € tive i to be interviewed. T es correspondent of e Corriere a says Mr. Macrum de- B ut T rs er from Pr X Pr Siclel miae n Governmen 1 P The Tribu expresse e be h s a delicate l tates and has t shington as soon - HUSIASM OVER CAN/DIAN TROOPS ENT HALIFAX E The first sec- tion of the sec cont t which the jovernment of Canada sending to South Africa embarked to-day on the steamer Lauren rst section cc sists of artille a is in command of Major Hurdmas Thousands of pes from different s of the maritime provinces came and gave the Cana- d n entk send-off. Before the rtillerymen left their arm- ory they were addressed by Hon. Freder- k L. Borden, Minister of Militia and De- fense in the Ottawa Cabinet; General Hutton, commander-in-chief of the mili- tary, and M. E. Daly, Governor of Nova Bcoti LA TR FIERCE BOMBARDMENT OF | LADYSMITH CONTINUED LADYSMITH, Jan. 20, via Spearmans Camp.—The enemy have placed in posi- tion new guns throwing eight-inch ehelis end have been bombarding more vigor- ously for the last few days, although lit- | tle damage has been done. Thres of the British force have been wounded. The troops are jubllant over General Buller's successful advance. His guns can be heard distinctly and the bursting of shells | can be plainly seen. Pusnone PP WOMEN OF ENGLAND ARE ALL AT WORK The Call and New York Her- | hted, 1900, by James Gordon | Epecial Cabie t Bennett LONDO memory N, Jan. 20.—For the first time in English women have broken through the rule of not working on Sun days. They work and work, independent of the Sabbath. Each woman in England to-day of any standing belongs to at least | half a dozen committees, all admirably | organized. Each contracts to supply so much, a 1 more than she can work | herself comes up to her contract by the aid friends and retainers. Thus de but RD’S SATonmABEELT) | OLD TOM, DRY and SLOE GINS ORANGE BITTERS. BOO OHARLPS MEINECKE & CO.. AGENTS. 24 Secramento st., 8 F., Cal | are | organized, we find the heads of commit- tees of sending socks, and truly s Mrs, out thousands of pairs m O'Shanters in quantiti rprising. Postlet ite just as an Instance, sends out 26,260 Tam O'Shanters, besides woolen garments. The women of Hud- dersfield send to the Yorkshire regiment a weighing about half a ton, con- laining among other things 1000 pairs of socks and 270 Balaklava caps. Princess Christian heads a sock soclety. Lady Lomington is sending out all sorts of comforts to the Queensland mounted infantry. Lady Airlee takes charge of sending comforts to the Twelfth Lancers, and Lady Theodora Davidson Carr for the division of Royal Horse Artillery. Mrs. Arthur Paget take care of the Guards, and so they go. Not a woman in England is from the Queen to the smallest maiden. hand- 1f you compliment them. this is ¥ which one receives: *“Well, co: ng what the men are doing, if fwe did not work all we could what would you th of us?’ Work they do, heart and ul. L 'BOERS ARE MOST THOROUGHLY PROVISIONED NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—Exporters in this city who make a specialty of the South African trade believe that the Boers are remarkably well provisioned and that any attempt to starve them out is hardly likely to succeed soon. The United States is the source of the cereal supplies of the fighting republics. As to canned meats and jerked beef, practically all of the im- mense quantity consumed in South Africa is supplied by American firms, shipping through thi port. “The British Government has shown a remarkable lack of foresight,” remarked one of the largest local food exporters in South Africa to-day, “in forming a just estimate of the preparedness of the Boers | for war; and the bad work of the intelli- gence department In gaining any accurate information concerning their military supplies- is only one aspect of the case. As a matter of fact the Boers have not only been laying up an almost inexhaust- | ible supply of powder and cartridges, but an abundant supply of food as well. If the British succeed in getting as far as | Pretoria or Johannesburg and attempt to lay slege to the cities they will discover that the inhabitants will suffer little from the lack of food; that their granaries are fairly bursting with the products of American and Australian farms and that | in all the other food staples of war time, such as canngd beef, the Dutch are plen- tifully provided. “I base these conclusions upon an ex- amination of my own books. My firm sends great quantities of flour and canncd goods to South Africa every year, and ee- pecially to Delagoa Bay, Port Natal, Dur- ban, East London and Port Elizabeth, which are the chief ports of entry to the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. I never knew the South African trade to | be o brisk as it has been during the past vear, and especially the past few months It was perfectly apparent that the Trans. vaalers were ordering a great deal more stuff than they could readily consume, and the trade in that direction has for some time been looked upon as abnor- mal. DISPOSITION OF THE FORCES OF BRITISH TROOPS Special Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyrighted, 1900, by James Gordon Bennett | LONDON, Jan. 20.—The disposition of the British forces in the Transvaal fol- lows: Ladysmith—Force under General White beleaguered by the Boers, under General | Joubert, against whom the British relief column is advancing, under General Bul- ler, from its headquarters camp at Chieveley, decisive action being daily ex. pected. Kimberley—British garrison, under Col- onel Kekewich, fecling pressure of Boer besiegers, with strong body interposed between it and General Methuen's column, on Modder River, destined for its relief. Mafeking—Beleaguered force under Col. onel Baden-Powell beginning to feel the pinch of starvation while besieged by Commandant Suyman. Molteno—Generals French and Gatacre menacing and harassing Boers in the neighborhood of Stormberg and Coles- berg. i MANY OFFERS TO FIGHT. BRUSSELS, Jan. 20.—Dr. Leyds, the rep- resentative in Europe of the Transvaal, has issued through the press a statement that he is in receipt of so many offers from men who wish to volunteer for serv- ice with the Boers that he is compelled to announce that he is nowise authorized to enroll anybody in Europe, and that R R R U S 2 | idle—rot WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—Reports of the case of Brigham H. Roberts of Utah were presented to the House to-day. The ma- and six of his associates, s a voluminous document and is accompanied by a sum- mary of the law and facts. It gives the details of the hearings, the ample oppor- tunities afforded to Mr. Roberts to pre- | sent his case, his refusal to testify and the | unanimous finding of facts, heretofore published. It proceeds: | _The committee is unanimous in the beliet that Mr. Roberts ought not to remain a member @f the House of Representatives, A majority is of | the opinion that Le ought not to be permitted 10 become @ member: that the House has the right to exclude him. A opinion that the propér cou to b pel m ority is of the e of procedure is im to be sworn in and then to ex- by a two-thirds vote under the con provision providing for expulsion. Your committee desires to assert with the utmost positiveness at this point that not only is the proposition of expuision as applied to this se akpinst precedent, but that exclusion is entirely in accord with principle, authority and | legislative precedent and not antagonistic to any legislative action which the House of Representatives has ever taken Kor convenience we present herewith, before | proceeding to extended argument in support of the committee's resolution, the followink sum- mary: | Upon the facts stated the majority of the | committee asserts that the claimant ought not to be permitted to take a seat in the House of Representatives and that the seat to which he | was elected ought to be declared vacant. The minority on the other hand asserts that he ought to be sworn in In order that, if hap- pily a two-thirds vote therefor be obtained, he may be expelled. Three distinct grounds of disqualification are asserted against Mr. Roberts: | "1 By reason of his violation of the Edmunds law. 2." By reason him stitutional of his notorious and deflant vio- lation of the iaw of the land, of the decisions of the Supreme Court and of the proclamations | of the Presidents, holding himself above the law | and not amenabie to it. No government could possibly exist in the | face of such pract}: He Is In open war | against the laws‘and institutions of the coun- try, whose Congress he seeks to enter, Such an idea is intolerable. It is upon the principle asserted in this ground that all cases of ex- | clusion have been based. | 8. Tis election as Representative is an ex- | plicit 2nd offensive violation of the understand- | Ing by which Utah was admitted as a State. | _The objection is made to the refusal to admit | Roberts that the con | that any objection can be made to his coming in if he is 25 years old, if he has been seven years a citizen of the United States and was an in- | habitant of Utah when elected. no matter how | odious or treasonable or criminal may have | been his life and practices. To this we reply: | 1. That the language of the constitutional provision, the history of its framing in the con- | stitutional convention and its context clearly show that it cannot be construed to prevent dis- qualification for crime. 2. That the overwhelming authority of text- sk writers on the constitution is to the effect b that such disqualification may be imposed by the House, and no commentator on the constl- | tution epecifically denies it, r of several of the States in con- s provisions have with prac- declared against such a nar- unanimity Jority report, signed by Chairman Tayler | tution excludes the idea | special committee of investigation in the | | | ought not to have « | while | row comstruction of sach constitutional pro- visions. | 4. The House of Representatives has never it had the right to exclude a mem- even when he possessed the three tutional provisions. many ances it has distinctly a serted its rights so to do in cases of disloyaity 2nd crime 6. It passed in 1562 the test oath act., which and substantial disqualification disqualifying hu an citizens, wenty ngress were com- the oath it required. ise in 1869 providing that no person should be of ‘order, sworn in as a member against whom the ob- | jection was made thab he not _entitled to | take the test oath, and if, on investigation, such fact app debarr ared he was ‘to be permanentiy entrance. 5. The proposition is made that | the cia i in and then turned out. Upon_the the purpose is to per- manently part company with Roberts, this is | a dubious proceeding.” Such action requires the vote of two-thirds of the members, We k if such a vote Is possible or right, in view of the following observations The expulsion clause of the constitution as follows “Each House may determine the rules proceedings, punish Its orderiy behavior and, with the concurrence of of two-thirds, expel a member." No lawyer can read that provision without raising in his own mind the question whether the House b any power to expel, except for some cause relating to the context. The ablest lawyers from the bezinning of the republic ve 50 1 cogent sisted, and their reasoning has been that these propositions are estab- ely r House of Congress has ever e: d w member for acts unrelated to him as | a member or inconsistent with his public duty as such 2. Both Houses have many times refused to expel where the guilt of the member was ap- parent. where the refusal to expel was put upon the ground that the House or Senate, as the case might be, had no right to expel for an act unrelated {o the member as such. or because it was committed prior to his election. The report concludes as follows: If there is any fact apparent in this case, it i= that the constituents of Mr, Roberts knew all about him before his election. Can there be room to doubt the proper action of the | House? Is it prepared to yield up this salu- members for dis- | p | adopted a general rule | be has been cohabiting with tary power of exclusion? Will it declare it- sel? defenseless and ridiculous? Nor are those who assert that expulsion is the remedy necessarily barred from voting for the resolution declarfng the scat vacant. He must indeed, be technical and marrow in his construction’ of the constitution who will not admit that, if a vote to declare the seat vacant is sustained by a two-thir ajority. the con- stitution Is substantiall aplied with. He may not agree with the committee that a mere majority can exclude, but he can reserve (he right to make the point of order that the reso- lution is not carried for it. If the House takes n which the minority of the committee insists it ought to take, it will, for the first time in its history, part with a_most beneficent power which it has often exercised—a power that ought rarely to Dbe exercised, but which the House has never declared it did not poss Mindful of the gravity of the question and realizing the responsibility tmpe upon us, we recommend the a on of the following resolution: ““Resolved, That under the facts and circum- stances of ‘this case, Brigham H. Roberts, Representative-elect from the State of Utah, hold a seat in the House of Representatives and the seat to which he was elected is hereby declared vacant. ROBERT W. TAYLER, CHARLES B. LANDIS, PAGE MORRIS, _ MITH MACPHERSO) . W, L. LANHAM, T W. MIERS. The full report of the committee elab- orates the summaries, and in some parts uses strong language against Roberts. As to his plural n ages it says: Prior (o 1882 B. H. Roberts had married one Louisa Smith. She has borne him six children and is still living, ) About 1885, when ['tah was fairly ringing with the blows of the Edmunds act of 18§ numerous prosecutions were going on, and afier the Supreme Court had passed upon the validity of the act: when the. American people supposed that polygamy had received its deathtlow; when no man of the many whose cases went to the United States Supreme Court pretended the provisions against polysa- mous marrlages were invalid—with all facts instantly before him, Brigham H. Rob- erts took another wife—his first polygamous wife, Celia Dibble by name, who in the follow- ing iwelve vears bore him six children. This second wife he marricd In defianc the Edmunds law. He spat upon the law declared by his act that he recognized no bind- ing rule upon him of a law of Congress. The Congress of the United es was to him an object of contempt. The Supreme Court of the United States might declare the law for others, but not for him. He laughed at its futile de- crees and spurned its admonitions. The execu- tive which had declared in solemn messages its gratification that polygamy seemed gone forever he defled and despiscd. Of what consequence to him were laws of Congress and declarations of the highest court and proclamations of the President, in his sensual interpretation of a seysual doctrine? And all the time the Edmunds law declared not only polygamy but cohabitation with more than one woman unlawful. Koberts not only bigamously marrled a second wife, but he per- sisted in violating and defiantly trampling un- der foot every other provision of the act But he had not yet sufficiently proclaimed his utter contempt for the Supreme Court, for Con- gress and its most solemn cnactments. A few years later he took a third wife. From the time of his second marriage to the third he cohabited with two women. From the cate of his third marriage down to his elec- tion, and, we doubt not, to the present time, three women. As recently as December 6, 189, he defined is position as follows: ““These wlmen have stood by me. They are good and true women. The law has sald T shall part from them. My church has bowed to the command of Congress and relinquished the practice of plural marriages. But the law can- not free me from obligations assumed before it spoke. o power can do that. Even were the church that sanctioned these marriages and performed the ceremonies to turn its back upen us and say the marriages are not valid now and that 1 must give these good and loyal i women up, I'll be damned if T would.” In this statement he adheres to the audaclous assumption that the law of 1852 did not speai to him and that he did not recognize it as & rule of conduct to him. We assert before the House, the country and history that it is ab- solutely ond impregnably sound, not to be ely attacked, consonant with every leg- islative precedent, In _harmony with the law and with the text hooks on the subject. Brigham 1. Roberts' persistent, and defiant violation of one of the most sol- emn acts ever passed by Congress, by the very body which he seeks now to enter, on the theory that he s above the law, and his de- flant viclations of the laws of his own State, necessarily render him ineligible, disqualified, unfit and unworthy to be & member of the House of Representatives. And this proposi- tion is asserted not so much for reasons per- onal to the membership of the House as be- cause it goes to the very integrity of the House and the resublic as such. The minority report says: The undersigned members of ~the committee appointed to investigate and report on the prima facie and final right of Brigham H. Roberts to a seat in the House as the Rep- resentative from Utah, being unable to agree with the conclusions of the committee as to the constitutional questions Involved, very re- pectfully submit our views. Assuming that Mr. Roberts had been and is now a polygamist, unlawfully cohabiting with plural wives, and that the House of Rep- resentatives is for that reason of the opinfon that he ought not to be a member thereof, what course should it rightfully pursuc under the constitution, the supreme law of the land— exclude him, or expel him? If he is to be ex- cluded it must be because he is for such rea- son legally ineligible or disqualified. The pur- pose is to consider the question of constitu- tional right, not of power, as it {s conceded that the House has the power to exclude, with or without reason, right or wrong. The exer- two-thirds do not vote | these | notorfous | | oon as recognition can be had. « epectal | SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS IN FAVOR OF BARRING ROBERTS Majority Declares for His Exclusion From the House of Repre- sentatives, While the Minority Asks That He Be Given His Seat and Then Expelled. eise of such a power without constitutional warrant would simply be brute force, a tyran- nous exercise of power unrevjewable by any tribunal. After citing the constitutional provision as to the qualifications of a Representa- tive in Congress the report proceeds: Is it serfously contended that this House can af its own motion, by its own independent ac- tion, create for the purposes of this case a legal disqualification? This House alone can- rot make or unmake the law of the land. It 18 quite clear that the House by its independ- ent_actic not if it would make for this case any disqualifying regulations that would have force of law. The report then extensively reviews the law and precedents bearing on the cas The main heads are as follows; First—It is a grave question as to whether Congress can by a law duly enacied add to the qualifications negatively stated in the con- | a | { was said to him AUTHORIZED BY CLARK T0 PU RCHASE A VOTE Witness Says He Was Told to Pay Ten Thousand Dollars to a Member of the Montana Legislature. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—The inv tion by the Committee on Elections Privileges into the allegations of bribery against Senator Clark was resumed to- day. T. F. Normoile, a bookkeeper of Butte, was first called. He was a mem- ber of the last Legislature. He testified that within a week after his election he was approached with an indirect offer of a large sum for his vote for Clark. It at he could get from $15,000 to $20,000 for his vote and perhaps enough to make him a snug fortune if h would merely absent himself from the Legislature at the time of the voting for Jnited States Senator. lature convened a man i approached him and asked him.if he propsed to make | & “sucker” of himself and not get any- thing out of the election. Final he said just before the election, he was offered | 312,500 for his vote for Clark. the sum to stitution. There is no decision of the United States Supreme Court directiy or indirectly construing this provision. There is no dectsion | of any State court directly In_point. Second—If the right to decide a disqualifica- tion by law is assumed; the disqualification imposed by the Bdmunds act does not apply tg a member of Congress, and therefore does ndt afféct Mr. Roberts. The only portion of the section that can be sald to have any applica- tion to a member of the House of Representa- tives is that which declares that no polygamist, shall be entitled to hold any office or place of publie trust, honor, or emolument un- der the United States. Uiless a member the House holds an office “‘under the United States” within the meaning of the constitution and the law there is no disqualification. Continuing, the report says: ‘his House, by its independent actlon, can- not make law for any purpose. The adding b: this House, acting alone, of a qualification not established by Jaw would not only be a viola- tion of the constitution and the law, but it wouid establish a most dangerous precedent, which could hardly fail to return to plagua the inventor You might feel that the grave moral and so- clal aspects of this case allowed you to— ““Wrest once the law to your authority. To do a great right, do a little wrong. But what warrant have you, when the bar- riers of the constitution are once broken down, that there may not come atter us a House with other standards of morality and propriety which will create other qualifications with no rightful foundation, that, in the heat and un- reason of partisan contest—since there will be no definite standard by which to determine the existence of qualifications—will add any- thing that may be necessary to accomplish the desired result? Exigency will determine the sufficlens 1t would no longer be a gov- ernment of laws, but of men. To thus depart from the constitution and substitute force for law is to embark upon a trackless sea, with- out chart or compass, with #lmost a certainty of direful shipwrec The report concludes as follows: A small partisan majority might render the desire to arbitrarily exclude by a majority vote in order to more securely intrench itseif in power irresistible. Hence its exercise is controlled by legal rules. In case of expulsion, when the requisite two-thirds can be had, the motive for the exercise of arbitrary power no longer exists, as a twi ds partisan major- ity is sufficient for every purpose. Hence ex- pulsion hes been safely left in the discretion of the House and the safety of the members does not need the protection of legal rules. It seems to us settled upon reason and au- thority that the power of the House to expel 1s uniimited and that the legal propositions in- volved may be thus fairly summarized The power of exclusion is a matter of law, to be exercised by a majority vote, in accord- ance with legal principles, and exists only be placed in the hands of some disinter- ested person At tnis point Chafrman Chandler said that John P. Murphy of Butte, one of the men ‘who, it is ciaimed, had approached Normoile, had come to Washington by re- quest to testify in the case. He left im- | mediately after a subpena had been 1ssued of | | was a | Conrad for for_him. # “Search has been made for him in vain. sald Senator Chandler, “and the assist- ance of the newspapers Is solicited to as- certain his whereabouts.” In response to a statement from Faulk- ner, Clark’s leading attorney, that he knew nothing of Murphy, Senator Chan- dler replied: ‘1 thought he might accidentally let you know his whereabouts.” Faulkner—I'll let you know if he does. Chandler—No doubt the newspaper men will find him in two or three days On cross-examination ormoile said he Democrat. He was empl had been since the Legislature ad by the Anaconda Company. He United States Sen: first to last. He said that to tion of $12.000 for vote, he had s | that he would think it over. As to the |to W, CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—The Ilinois State organization of the Natlonal Commercial and Industrial League was perfected to- | day. The league is a political organiza- where a member-elect lacks some of the quali- | fications required by the constitution. The power of expulsion is made by the conatitution purely a matter of discretfon, to be exercised by a two-thirds vote, fairly, intelligently, con- scientiously, with a due regard to propriety and the honor and integrity of the House, and the rights of the individual meraber. the our constituents, our consciences and our Go We believe that Mr. Roberts has the legal constitutional right to be sworn In as a mem- ber, but the facts are such that we further belfeve the House, In the exercise of its dis- n, 1s not only justified but required by every proper consideration involved to expel him promptly after he becomes a member. We recommend the following as a substitute the resolution proposed by the committee ‘Resolved, That Brigham H. Roberts, hav- ing been duly elected a Representative in the Fifty-sixth Congress from the State of Utah, with the qualifications requisite for admission to the House as such, s entitled by constitu- tional right to take the oath of office pre- scribed for members-elect, his status as a polygamist, unlawfully cohabiting with plural wives, affording constitutional ground for ex- pulsion, but not for exclusion from the House. And 'if the House shall hold with us and swear In Mr. Roberts as'a member we shall, as tlon to expel him as a polygam cohabiting with plural wives. C. E. LITTLEFIELD, DAVID A. DE ARMOND. When the House met to-day Chio, chairman of the special committee to investigate the case of Representativ elect B. H. Roberts, presented the ma- Jority report in favor of the exclusion of Roberts, and gave notice that he would call the' case up on Tuesday. Littlefield of Maine presented the minority report in favor of seating Roberts and then ex- pelling him. The minority report was .sg ed by Littlefleld (R.) and De Armond (D.). Five thousand copies of the reports were ordered printed for general distribution. Roberts was in his seat during these pro- ceedings, but made no effort to address the House. | every orie wishing to serve in the war must go to South Africa at his own ex- pense and risk. WILLIAMv AND THE MINES. | LONDON, Jan. 20.—1 have heard a curi- | ous story which may not be true, but it goes that the Emperior of Germany has large interests in Transvaal mines and that he has invested the fortunes of his younger sons in such shares and that this was done before the Jameson raid. Wi Yoy MULES FOR THE BRITISH. —The- British NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 20. ship Corintha cleared to-day for Cape Town with 1400 mules for the British Gov- ernment; also a large quantity of feed- stuffs. CORNU CHARGED WITH SHOOTING HIS DAUGHTER Story That the Wound Was Inflicted by a Tramp Is Discredited by Officials. Special Dispatch to The Call. X JOSE, Jan. 20.—John Cornu, father of four-year-old Lou Cornu, who was shot through the thighs a couple of weeks ago near Cupertino, was to-day arrested for the act by Sheriff Langford, and he will | probably be charged with assault to mur- der. Great mystery has surrounded the affair. At first Cornu and his children told a story about a tramp shooting the girl. The little son said that while he and the rest of the children were alone a tramp | called at the nouse and demanded food, and when he was refused he drew a pls- | tol and shot his sister. While the wound | was of a_serious nature it is now nearly | healed. Sheriff Langford has learned that | Cornu_has told certain Partlel that he | shot the girl accidentally. The bullet, | which was a 44-caliber, also fits the pistol { Cornu is known to have had. It is be- lieved that Cornu’s fear of the conse- quences led him to concoct the tram story. 1f he confesses the matter will probably be dropped, grmflded he can fur- nish proof of an accident. —_——— Coming to San Francisco. CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—W. G. Edens, su- perintendent of the free mall delivery sys- tem for the Western States, left to-day for a tour of the pflnclrll cities in the West. His first stop will be at Denver, where he will look into the free delivery SAMPSON PRAISED B BRITISH NAVAL EXPERT Attacks Upon the American Admiral Denounced as Unjust and Cruel. LONDON, Jan. 20.—In an account of the Spanish-American naval campaign just issued W. H. Wilson, a well-known naval authority, writes *“As an Englishman who will hardly be accused of any political blas on American affairs, T cannot refrain from expressing surprise at the unjust and cruel attacks which have been made by the American press upon Admiral Sampson, or from ex- pressing admiration for the dignity, self- restraint and nobility of heart with which he has borne himself under them.” Continuing, he says: “To Englishmen his ceascless vigilance, wise disposition, accurate judgment and courage seem to have deserved another recompense. Throughout the book Mr. Wilson speaks in the highest terms of the American navy, retracting many criticisms which appeared in his articles in American magazines. Sagiaie, NONAGENARIANS TO CELEBRATE IN ROME Will Honor the Entrance of the Pope Into His Ninetieth Year. NEW YORK. Jan. 20.—A Journal spe- clal from Rome says: The entrance of Pope Leo XIII upon his ninetieth year will be the occasion of special cele- brations, which are now being organized in Rome by the principal Catholic socie- ties. Doubtless the 600 nonagenarians, who have already joined in preparation address as proposed by the Puttat, will be considerably increased. One nonagena- rian hopes” to approach the sacraments on this occasion for the first time for more than half a century. ditby s el Settling an Old Claim. COVELO, Jan. 20.—The Indian depreda- tion claim of C. H. Eberle vs. The United States Government is engrossing the at- tention of the oldest citizens of Round Valley. Many of them have been sum- moned to testify before United States Government Claim Adjuster 8pooner, who is here to investigate the case. Early in gystem with a view to Improving it. He | the sixties a hostile tribe of Indians de- will g0 as far as San Franciseo. ?fimfifw“‘“""fl: roperty. cohsisting of Dr. Parker's Cough Cure. One dose will stop | hee o g, T e e a cough. Never fails. Try it; All druggists. * | the een Peral-tlngly pushin; hington authorities. There is now. an apparent prospect of settlement. claim amounts to several lars. The progress of taking depositions is slow. and several days are expected to elapse before the conclusion. - HILSTROM ARRESTED. Insane Rancher Gave Battle to the Sheriff’s Posse. ASTORIA, Jan. 20.—Sheriff Linvilie re- The thousand dol- turned from Lewis and Clark River to- day, having in custody Matt Hilstrom, the insane rancher who yesterday shot and killed Luke Moore. Hilstrom barricaded himself in his house and fired ‘eral shots at the Sheriff and his party, who were under cover. He was finally persuaded to lay down his rifle and submit to arrest. - Ship Blythswood’s Rough Voyage. LONDON, Jan. 20.—A dispatch has been receved stating that the British_ship Blythswood, Captain Dixon, from Port- land, Or., for Cape Town, has arrived at Valparajso with cargo ' shifted, decks swept, bulwarks stove and having lost and split several sails. Labori to Lecture in America. LONDON, Jan. 20.—A contract has been signed by M. Labori, counsel for Alfred | Dreyfus during the late trial at Rennes, | to lecture for thirteen weeks in the United States during the autumn of the present year. “A Small Spark Makes a Great Fire.” Asmall disease germ in the blood devel- ops, multiplies and increases untd the whole life stream is poisoned and diseased. The result is scrofula, catarth, a broken down system. You may prepent this dis- aster by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, the great purifier and witalizer of the blood. Consumption — ““ After the grip 1 had a bad cough, dissiness and night sweats. Humor broke out and consump- tion awas diagnosed. One bottle Hood's Sarsaparilla helped me and four bottles cured me perfectly.”” &Mrs. N. D. Kin- ney, Morris, Conn. 9 2 abuse of this discretion we are responsible only | Tayler of | | e $10,000 proposition he had replied is very little for a man to sell for.”* At the conclusion of Normoile's testi- mony Cason, one of yesterday's witnesses, was_ recalled for cross-examination by Faulkner. A. Clark’s office in November, soon after the election, to talk with him about the clection of a United States Senator. He explained why he had gone to ses Clark, saying that generally the Repub- licans were favorable to Clark and that he thought there was a chance to elect him. In the interviews he had with Clark in November he had indicated his beliet that Marcy: Representative-elect from Custer Count: might be Induced to vote for Clark, but that he said no approach to corruption with reference to Marcyes vas made at these interviews. Cason then was examined as “That himself to an in ORGANIZED TO WORK FOR SOUND MONEY | He admitted that he had gone | When the Legis- | terview with W. A. Clark, held in the ter's room just before the election of ask ator. He declared that Clark him to see Representative Marcyes. the. witness could handle him better th |any one else. Cason said Clark ! authorized him to pay $10.000 to Repr sentative Marcyes, the authorization ing given him in a whisper and by ing up the fingers and thumbs hands. Subsequently he had learr Marcyes was favorable to Clark and he made no offer of money to him Cason, after admitting that he receiv from Senator Clark for h d that Clark did not tion in Butte of being a many writte made concerning that he had made an attorney of Butte. a and the one to which he yesterda In conversation with Booth he had told him some time hat he did not case. Subseque: a written state | them. was offered in evidence. letters beari receiving any & conside ten statement beyond the p he would not be called a added that knew the sta not be used as evidence. I in his opinion, the matter cont two statements was “too &« nd that he had been betra Booth and Root. He denied celved any consideration for the tes mony which he delivered in the We disbarment proceedings A letter of Cason to Root, in wh former held the latter respons making public his written staten which was to be held as sacred | ma late tér Cason declared his intention of mak- ing a clean breast of the whole transae- th and accused Root of violatin s « an Odd Fellow betr ing him (Cason) | In another letter Cason reiterated the | statements made in the Root letter, de= claring that Clark had sald he would hold | his seat in the Semate if it cost him $1,0W.- 600. On redirect examination Casom told | how Root had given him $§1500 to leave Butte and keep away from the servics of a subpena of the State comm | At the conclusion of the examination of Cason counsel for the contestants an- nounced that they had no other testi- 4 | mony to offer untii certain letters r by the defense had arrived. Faulkr 1 | the letters, although on the way m | Butte, had not arrived response to an inquiry from Chair- i Chandler as to whether or not be s prepared to proceed with the de=- | tense, Faulkner replied that he was not, | and could scarcely in fair be expe | ed to put on his witnesses until the con | testants had rested | “After some discussion an adjournment was taken until Monda yrning next at | 19:15. National Commercial and Industrial | League Will Take the Place of McKinley Clubs. tion in the interest of “sound money” and a protective tariff. It believes in the prin- ciples of the Republican party, its ability to deal with trusts, currency and other questions; indorses the administration of President McKinley; believes in the ex- pansion of trade and the establishbent by Congress of a department commerce and industrie It is intended by the projectors that this organization take the place of McKinley clubs organized in 158. It will publish a monthly magazine, commencing with Feb- ruary 1. 190, entitled American Commerce and Industries. Consular reform will be advocated, and there will be a department devoted commercial travelers. The officers of the Ilinois division Alonzo Wygant, president: Alexander H Revell, first vice president: Hon. Georze E. Adams, second vice president: William J. Chalmers, fourth vice president. Eli- ridge C. Keith, treasurer; F. F. Haigh assistant treasurer. - COLLEGES CONSOLIDATED. NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—Barnard College | and Columbla U under one government, Seth Low at the head. President Low made the announcement to-day at the meeting of the New York Wellesley Club. He said that his appointment was made by the concurrent action of the board of trustees. This means that as president of Barnard he accepts the same responsi- bilities for Barnard as for Columbia and that graduates of Barmard may now be- come students of the university. ———— Mohler Will Not Retire. PORTLAND, Jan. 20.—A. L. Mohler, president of the Oregon Rallway and Navigation Company, to-day positively denled the statement from St. Paul that he will retire from the Oregon road to ac- cept the presidency of the Kansas City. fttsburg and Guif. Mr. Mohler said: There is no truth whatever in the report I have been slated for the presidency of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf, or any other road.’ nlversity are now really with President to | | COLSON INDICTED ON TWO MURDER CHARGE Principal in the Frankfort Hot Tragedy Must Stand Trial for His Life. FRANKFORT. Ky.. Jan. 2).—The Gra Jury to-day i d ex-Cong T ™ vid G. Cols who w £ ¢ Fourth Kentucky nent rd on two counts. T T w ful murder of Lieutenar one of the principals in 3 tragedy, and the other w he murd of Luther W. Demarree, one of the standers who was 3 was granted a furt and it is unders is to be heard as te .z other by olson’s attor for bail, and Colsor those who ba v S services in Colson's man Bailey of Texa ton of Alabama. ex-C of Tennessee and At Mynatt of Tenness friends expect only a manslaughter charge. The weapons used by the com batants were turned over t e court Colson’s mail from all over the country, as well as from Wasbhir n eity, Ken- tucky and Tennessee, i very heavy. Many society womn ave written of sympath me are strang is a bachelor Iargely int business in Kentucky and T EANE TO VISIT ROME. Archbishop Montgomery Will Preside Over St. Louis Diocese. ST. LOUIS, Jan. J. 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