The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1900, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCI ATTEMPT TO BRIBE A SUPREME COURT JUDGE The Clark Senatorship Investigation Brings Forth Evidence of a Sensational Nature. —The to-day of Senator ( respite of committe: ped that L »f the M tana present the commit Wellcome ust en gone to ernoon Dr. ght he st i f me Court Ju bee s favor of the pr jously been o s tice t said he had | » ¥ n the Chief B Y i R ying the ter this te »¢ his health. he tened with lung trouble; i him that if he con. break down, as the B If he would he could take a the Paris Exposi- | Dr. him to get e nothing to worry about and tely prolong his life. id that {ated what the doctor Judge L t he much app: could not see his way clear to accept the proposition. The doctor then went away, saying that he would not have Justice Hunt do anything which he did not think was right The ‘ma n tter did not come up between in until November 14, when he ‘racey on the street and the sked him if no change had come nd. Justice Hunt said that he i in the negative, saying he had t thelr last conversation had tter betweeen them, as he m: own life or the lives of my chil- doctor then sald that he was glad that this was ision of the Judge, a nothing aid concerning thé Sunday night, February 4. Dr. Trac had asked him m > his tor's) office late evening. went there, and Dr. wed him what was apparently of a telegram which informed the ne told the Se hington that the Ju before the committee had offered him a bribe s the Wellcome case. The doc- I never offered you a bribe joking in our con- ihe concernin Wellcome case. ow I had no ?1 0,000 with which to and 1 am not one of that kind he had replied to Dr. he ished he could believe as only joking, but that he t put that construction on the .. He did not, however, be- Dr. Tracey meant to actually , but simply to lay the proposi- before him. nswer to questions from the mem- bers of the committee Justice Hunt said » thought Dr. Tracey had mentioned »r Clark’s name in the first con- versation when he had spoken of the case as merely a political fight ark and Mr. Daly. elated the fact of the ms b g made to him on the August 5, when his associate, Piggott, had come to his house ated that he had been approached the same day. At the close of the direct examination, 4 been conducted almost entire- airman Chandle Mr. Faulkner, of Senator CI made a for- tt testimony of e record because it t the name of Mr. ceedings and was en- overruled and the was nd Elections Jus- another member Montana Supreme He was ques by His testimony re. in a slow and impressive manner. was on different lines from that of Jus- ce Hunt, but received equally close at- ntion. Mr. Piggott’s statement covered few with Frank E. Corbett of who is Mr. Clark’s principal West- counsel, which had occurred on the of August last, the same day as Dr. racey’s first two interviews with Justice i He said that he met Mr. Corbett come from Helena in a speclal to see him and requested a private He had taken Mr. Corbett to e Capitol, when Corbett him that J. 8. M. Neill of Helena be influenced in the Well- Detailing _the conversation t said Mr. Corbett apparently much excited; his lips were and his manner was very nerv- opposite me,” said the witness » did not want me to get angry was about to tell me. He of the receipt of the telephonic from Mr. Nelll, which had bee ows: We can do business with the Supreme Court." ‘He sald he had spent two or three hours_with Mr. Neifll,” resumed the wit- ness, “and that the latter had sald to_him We e get the Supreme Court. Th will come high and the scheme will have to be capitalized for five millions.’ then proceeded to say that he had appi various opprobrious epithets to Mr. for such a presumption 1 secured a speci: » for the purpose of heading off an n the line of such an outrageous ing, and to assure me that if ary g of » kind was undertaken he had thing to do with it ‘If he undertakes to do that I will my- saying that he self get up in the Supreme Court and teil | 1 know about the proceedings. I 1d to do that anyway,’ Mr. Cor- bett adde: “I replied,” continued the *“‘you can rest assured that i proaches me in the way you suggest 1o will never know it, nor wiil the fact he come publie, for I consider such an attack upon a man’'s official integrity more se- rious than an attack upon his life, and I believe that a man making such an attack yuld be killed by the man to whom he had made the proposition. , that if so approached. L never wor a man arregted for such a procec what have a m ing. for T would not want the publicit nor would T want to bring a court into dis- repute.’ " Justice Piggott said that after this in- terview Corbett left him, saying he had to hurry to the train, but that more than balf an hour afterward he had seen that gentleman and two others leaving for the train. he had replied | aid about getting off the bench, but he | uld not swerve from his position “to | B nate Com- treet and the latter told him that | e | 1 train and come from | 1 wiil endeavor | 1d MBAYS SWAY 5 EADED THE SOUDAN Forces of Famous “African Napoleon” Routed in a Bloody Battle. FRENCH LOSS HEAVY | Commander of the Expedition Ad- | mits That Half His Force Was | Placed Hors de Combat. PARIS, Feb. 15.—M. de (‘rni‘!. Minister | of the Colonies, has received a telegram from the Governor of the French Congo, M. de Lamothe, announcing the defeat n battle of Rabah, the principal chief- tain of the Central Soudan, by a French expedition under M. Gentil. Rabah has long been the strongest op- ponent of the extension of French in- fluence in the Soudan. He was formerly | a slave of Zebehr Pasha, himself a great Soudan ruler, but revolted and formed | a kingdom of his own in Central Africa, subjugating potentate after potentate un- he became the head of a vast empire. | | His career of victory galned for him the | name of the “African Napoleon.” The | French have been fighting his power for | | years, and to-day’s dispatch announces | his overthrow. It appears that he was stron%ly in- | trenched at Kouna, between the French | Congo and Lalke Tchad, which is the ob- | jective of all French expeditions, whether | across the Bahara from Algeria or from | the French colonies in West Africa and the Congo. Kouna was defended by 12,000 | men, with 2500 rifles and three cannon. After a desperate fight, according to the dispatch, the French demolished the fort- o of Rabah’s cannon were de- ed by the French shells. Rabah, who was wounded during the fight, fled six hours before its conclusion. The commander of the French expedi- tion, however, admits that fully half of his own force was placed hors de com- bat. Forty-three Senegalese sharpshoot- ers were killed and_four Europeans, in- | cluding Captain Robillol, and 106 Sene- galese were wounded. The commander of the expedition says | in his report: “We had altogether only 330 rifles, so I thought it inadvisable to | continue the march to Lake Tchad. Cap- | tain Robillot occupies a fortified“canton- ment at Touni The commander of the expedition re- turned to Bangue to inform the Governor | of the defeat of Rabah. He reports that | the result will be very important, as | Rabah is completely demoralized by his | losses, estimated at between 2000 and 3000 | killed. Rabah is fleeing almost alone to | the north. The Sultan of Baguirmi, a large territory hitherto overawed by | | hah s joined Captain Robillot, and the route to Lake Tchad has been opened ! up for a steamer along the river Charl. The Governor has sent reinforcements | of Senegalese sharpshooters to enable the commander of the expedition to continue | the march. Advocates More Divisions. LONDON, Feb. 15.—Spencer Wilkinson, in the Morning Post to-day, advocates the advisability of forming tenth, eleventn and twelfth divisions and sending them to the Cape to be ready for each emergency, as well as the forraation and training at | home of as many additional battalions as possible. He says: “Lord Rosebery's speech in the House of Lords last evening | probably expresses the universal feeling | and the universal temper, and it will do | great good in arousing the country. Lord Rosebery is to be congratulated upon urg- | Ing the necessity of preparing the navy.” —_— s Damming Klip River. LONDON, Feb. 15. — The Dally Mail has the following dispatch from Lourenzo | Marquez, dated Wednesday: | “A prominent Pretoria citizen, just from Ladysmith, informs me that the Boers are rapidly damming Klip River. Two | thousand Kaffirs are employed In the | work and they have deposited 10,000 sand- | bags already. They are only able to| | work at night, as they would be under | British fire. This citizen, however, be- | lleves that the operation will be futile.” Munitions Still Passing. LONDON, Feb. 15.—The correspondent ! of the Times at Lourenzo Marquez tele- graphing Wednesday says: | “The republics are now obtaining sub- | stantial supplies of sugar, coffee and flour | through a Delagoa Bay firm and further heavy consignments are expected within a fortnight. It is believed also that muni- :lir)ns are still passing.” Reception to Natives. Special Dispatch to The Call. WOODI.AND, Feb. 15.—Woodland Par- lor No. 30, N. 8. G. W_, has completed all | arrangements for the big reception and | banguet to be held on the %th at which 150 visiting delegates, representing Sacra- mento, Marysville, ' Chico, Dixon and Winters parlors, are expected to be pres- ent. - PERJURY'S TR AL IN THE FAIR WILL CASE Continued from First Page. t at Sauealito with Senator Fair® , Sir; I never did,” was the clear-c and emphatic answer. “Did you ever stay at a hotel there with him al “I am sure that I never aid.” “Did you ever register at a hote] in Sau- to when ¥ou were with him?" not. We weré desirous of se- und the Justice who ol- r marriage to secrecy. It ¥ for us to have reg- istered at a hotel under the circum- nces. ou are sure that you never registercd with your husband at the El Monte Ho- ficiated woul at have been =i Perfectly sure.” . Then followed a iong line of questions ne ow that Senator Fair and witness had lived together as man and wife, She admitted that such was the case and stated that at 823 Butter street they occupied apartments as man wife in 1852 After more ques- tions of the same character the witness was turned over to the tender mercies Attorney Plerson. Mrs. Craven was in fine fettle, appear- ing satisfied with herself and the world at large, and coolly surveyed the throng t packed the courtroom. Owing to neglect of proper ventilation the air the room was stifling, but the witness appeared unrufed and was the only woman in the room that did not make ise of an extemporized fan. Attorney Pierson’s first question was why the witness had lived with Senator Fair and was answered with the state- ren. the ment that as wife she had a perfect right to do so. For nearly an hour gues- tion after question was fired at Mrs. Cra- ven at appeared on the surface to be an attempt merely to get the story of her life, a tracing of her movements ir mathematical order since the day she wae married. Tt was only a short while, however, until it oould be seen that t motive was deeper than appeared at fir glance. From the tenor of the questions it seemed that Attorney Plerson was en- deavoring to establish the fact that Mrs. Craven had been a resident of this city at the time she was granted a divorce from her husband in Alameda County. If such were the intent of the cross-exam- ination it dismally falled in its.purpose. The witness answered the querfes In a way indicative of a bellef that such was the object of the counsel for the opposi- tion, and would not be led across the danger line. The only question in which she faltered | was caused by a feminine aversion to re- vealing the date of her birth, but she re- luctantly admitted that she was born in Cleveland, Ohlo, fifty-three years ago. At four years of age she was removed with her father to Washington, Jowa, and was married to Andrew Craven when she was 14 years old. She came to California im- medlately afterward, where she and her husband first took up their residence with Warren Olney, Cravan's brother-in-law. While iving there she ccmpleted her edu- cation at the local high school. Mrs, Craven was taken into the minut- est details of her life In this city. She had to enumerate the various hotels, flats and houses in which she had lived, the length of time in each, the dates of mov- ing from one to the other, the people whom she met, who paid for her main- | tenance and the rental In each instance. It was sparring foy time and it answered its purpose. Mrs. Craven was able to remember a good deal and fortified her lapses of memory by a statement that ex-Chief of Police Lees had taken her private records from her school while she was on a visit in the East. This, she said, occurred about four years ago. Upon ob- | Jection by Attorney McEnerney, her tes- timony on this point was ruled out. BPx- Chief Lees was present and reddened un- comfortably under the charges made by Mrs, Craven. She referred to the loss of her books many times during the ex- amination and seemed to take a keen de- light In seeing the effect It produced each time the subject was mentioned. Plerson once asked a question leading up to the same subject and promptly withdrew it when the first words of Mrs. Craven's answer gave an Inkling of what was com- ing, but Attorney Pence made such vig- orous objection that she was permitted to finish speaking, though her testimony in this respect was again cut out. ““And even if I saw the records again,” sald Mrs. Craven, in concluding her vit- riolic reply, “I was afraid to trust to them longer for matters of fact, dates or anything else.” On another occasion Mrs. Craven enliv- ened the proceedings by stating that at one time she had lived in a lodging-house kept by, Mrs. Wheeler, the mother of At torney Wheeler, one of the opposing coun- sel. As she did o a slight smile illuminea | her face and she glanced slyly at Wheeler ‘hnl see what effect the statement had upon m. A recess was then taken until2o’clock in the afternoon, when Mrs. Craven resumed her testimony. The questions of Atterney Pierson were along the same lines as in the morning. Afteransweringseveral Mrs. Craven suddenly announced her desire to consult with Attorney Pence, and upon Judge Troutt granting the privilege they held a hurried whispered conference, at the conclusion of which ‘Attorney Pence held a brief conversation In low tones with Attorney McEnerney. Pence then asked the court to take an adjournment, | as his client felt ill and Attorney Mc. “Enerney had agreed to a continuance, His Honor stated that he would not be willing for any other witness to be examined un- til Mrs. Craven had finished, and con- tinued the case untll next Monday at 2 p. m. It seems that certain books now in the possession of the Fair contingent are wanted as_ evidence by Mrs. Craven' side, and after some talk about the in- ability of officers to serve subpenas . the executors it developed m-tb?hc“a;: in the hands of counsel for the defense. Accordingly Attorney Pence declared thaf he would have subpenas served upon counsel to produce the books in court mext Monday- | suit which H. C | the Frick-Carnegie suit. MAJOR VENTILINI 1TALY I S R = ?0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—04—0—“-0—0-&-0—0—“—0*—0—0—0-‘-0-0—0—0— Foreign Military Attaches Who Have, Joined Lord Roberts at Modder River. The appearance of these officers Is taken to Indicate early and Impor- tant movements under the immediate eye of the commander-in-chlef In the g direction of Kimberley or Bloemfontein, or both at once. O CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1900. > o0 ¢ 1 SAPTAIN 5. LH SLOTUM UNITEV STATES B B R e S R O A a SO Y + * D e e e o e T ] FURTHER ATTACKS UPON CARNEGIE Coke Contracts Called Into Question. PITTSBURG, Feb. 15.—Although the Frick filed Tuesday to break the binding force of the “{ronclad” agreement and recover from the Carnegie | Steel Company, Limited, the market value of his holdings in that concern, is the main line of attack opened by the anti- Carnegle adherents, the minority stock- holders, who are lined up against the pol- icy of Mr. Carnegle, it is sald, are certain to follow it up with a suit attacking the validity of the coke contract of the Car- negie Company with the H. C. Frick Coke Company. Attorney William B. Rodgers, although refusing to deny or affirm his connection with the big case, is commonly credited with having in charge the prepa- ration of the coke contract end of the matter. It is expected that this suit will be filed in Greensburg, as Mr. Frick's at- torneys at that point have been in fre- quent consultation with attorneys repre- senting Mr. Frick in this city. Perhaps several weeks may elapse before the pa- per are ready for filing, The sum of money involved In the pro- posed suit is said to run up to a gigantic tigure. The estimated total of the Carne- gle Steel Company's daily consumption of \coke is 900 cars. The’ Frick (ompany pro- duces about 1500 cars of coke per day, so that three-fifths of the whole goes to the steel concern at the low price of $135 per ton. In other words, the Carnegie Steel Company, it is alleged, saves from $15,000 to $15,000 a day. With the cost of pro- duction and freight rates and other items of expense in the manufacture of coke constantly going up, the minority stock- holders of the coke company say that if the contract is allowed to run their profits will be eventually cut almost to nothing. They will ask the court to annul the agreement altogether, and relleve them from a situation that has been forced upon them by the majority holdings. There {s no proof as vet that service has been_made upon any of the defendants in As the defend- | ants are not required to answer earlier than fifteen days after the bill has been served upon them some time will elapse before the plan of the defense becomes public. Mr. Frick's attorneys have ar- ranged for serving the bill upon all of the defendants. Attorney McCook said considerable time would be consumed, as the defendants are scattered to all parts of the compass. It is sald by some lawyers that if Mr. Frick had stated in his bill that the Car- negie Company was a limited partnership it would not have been necessary for scp- arate service to be made upon each of tie defendants. Mr. Frick, however, made the charge that the corporation is a gen- eral partnership, and therefore each sepa- rate partner must be served. It was stated to-day that President Schwab had not gone to Florida and that he would return to the city on Saturday. — SEVERAL FRENCH VESSELS LOST Thirteen Men Drowned Near Palmyra. —— PARIS, Feb. 15.—Advices from all French ports record wrecks and Injuries to vessels, During yesterday’s gale an unknown salling craft stranded on the reefs outéide Brest and four bodies have come ashore. A number of flshing boats were also lost or serlouurly damagfid along the north coast, The French battleship Admiral thpen-e broksn from her moor- ings in the Brest roads jand drifted shore- Zmr& but was held up in the nick of time y_her own anchors. BORDEAUX, Feb. 15.—The French steamer Ernestine of 417 tons, from | Nantes, has been wrecked at Palmyra. Part of her crew was saved, but thirteen others lost their lives. ‘he French schooner Notre Dame des Dunes of 127 tons is now ashore at La Couore. Four of her crew have been lost. The place where the Ernestine was wrecked is at the mouth of the river Gironde. The captain of the vessel was killed by a falling mast and only three of the crew were saved. BARNES LOSES THE LEAD. Passed by Cox in the Six-Day Go- As-You-Please Race. 8T. LOUIS, Mo, Feb. 15.—The six-day go-as-you-please race at Clark's Nai torium is drawing to a close and the con- test has narrowed down to a three-cor- nered fight between Cox, Barnes and Day. Barnes secured the lead from Hegelman Tuesday morning and led the procession until 11:30 o'clock last night when he was passed by Cox. Day has closed ur a big gap in the past three days and he is gaining rapidly on the leaders. The pace set to-day by Cox was a fast one, the men running almost continually. The score at 11 o'clock to-nlsh! follow: ox, 460.12; Barnes, . ay, 454.10; Campana, 419.14; Hegelman, 377: Graham, 372.3; Dean, 872.1; Hart, 854.4; Glick, 351.4. S ina- Duke de Medina-Sidonia Dead. MADRID, Feb. 15.—Duke de Medina- Sidonia, Grand Chamberlain and chief of the royal household, is dead. A To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo' Quinine Tablets. grogyieta refund the money I it falla ©o E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. afe! “the. NEWS OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA Continued From First Page. Northeote temporarily commands the fourth division.” . Fears regarding a Boer attack on Zulu- land are somewhat allayed by a special dispatch from Durban, which says that a column of colonial scouts after a forced march has arrived at Eshowe in splen- did fighting form. They, were pursued several times during the march by the Boers, but, succeeded in repulsing them. The official list of British casualties at Rensberg from February 10 to February 12 shows: Killed, four officers and seven men; wounded, six officers and fourteen men; missing, two officers and eight men. The officers killed were Colonel Conyng- ham of the Worcester Regiment . and Major G. R. Eddy and Lieutenant J.| Powell and J. C. Roberts, all of the Aus- tralians. —_——— ZULUS MAY BE ARMED TO FIGHT THE BOERS LONDON, Feb. 15—In the House of | Commons to-day during the course of a | reply to a question relative to the prob- | able Boer invasion of Zululand, the Secre- tary of State for the Colonles, Joseph Chamberlain, said that the Governmeat hdd decided that if the native territories | were invaded by the Boers the natives “would be encouraged and assisted in every way In defending themselves.” Chamberlain's reply confirmed the re- ports of the invasion of Zululand, and showed the consequences could not fatl to | be serfous throughout South Africa, as| the alarm and vnrest of the Zulus was bound to spread to the Natal natives. The Colonial Secretary also said that the Na- tal' Ministry had notified the home Gov- ernment that it could not any longer be responsible for the peaceful attitule of | the Zulus, as the invasion of their coun- try was contrary to a tacit compact that the natives should not be dragged into the | war. Mr. Balfour, the Government leader, | dealing with the same subject and the | possibllity of employing Indian troops sald his former statement to the effect that the Government would not empioy | ‘| natives in the present war was based on the bellef that by common consent the war would be confined to the twd European races, adding: “If the Boers adopt & course Inconsistent with the idea we hold ourselves free to reconsider our deciston.” —_————— BRITAIN'S MILITARY SCHEME IS ADOPTED LONDON, Feb. 15—The House of Com- mons this evening adopted the Govern- ment's military scheme by a vote of 239 against 34, the minority consisting chiefly of Irish members. When the House went Into committee of supply on the supplementar{ war es- timates Willilam Redmond, Nationalist member for East Clare, strongly objected to adding a single man to the British army, which, he said, was now “engaged in a war which s an insult to God, a war waged by Christian England against a Christian people who only desire to re- tain their own land.” He declared his | bonds belief that the British reverses were due to the fact that the British war was un- Just. John Burns, Radical member for Bat- tersea, scouted the idea that it was nec- essary to strengthen the British army 4a order to fight a country whose popula- tion was only equal to that of his own constituency. Mr. Wyndham, Parllamentary Under Secretary for War, answering criticisms, sald it was unnecessary to reply to Mr. Willlam Redmond’s argument, because the Irishmen at the front were glving the answer with their lives. At midnight the closure was enforced and the division taken, with the result stated. — . ONE BOER FORCE HAS FALLEN BACK LONDON, Feb. 16, 4 a. m.—A dispatch from Cape Town received early this morning says that the Boers have fallen back from Rensberg to Arundel. Arun- del is the next station to Rensberg, some ten miles south of it, on the rallway which runs through Naauwpoort, an im- portant junction, about twenty miles fur- ther south, where General Clements has his headquarters. 4444444444444 444 Curious fellow—the Sultan of Johore! And yet more odd and attractive is the country he rules. Next Sunday’s Call will contain some perfect pho- tographs taken by a promi- ment San Franciscan upon & visit there, and also will con- tain a most interesting article by him upon this trip. 4444444440404+ ttt 4+ 44444+ + + g + + + + S + + + + + SUBSTITUTE CURRENCY BILL PASSES SENATE Amendments Considered Under Ten- Minute Rule and Two of Them Adopted. He was obliged, he said, to Cockrell for proclaiming the leading doctrine and the leading representative of Democracy dur- Ing this year's campalgn. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—The Senate substitute for the House currency bill was passed by the Senate to-day by the de- cisive majority of 46 to 20. Prior to the | "iypy .y 1 about ‘Impe- final passage of the bill amendments Were | riaifsm’ or ling masses, considered under the ten-minute rule. | said Platt, 1 be the same issue over Only two of these amendments were again In the campaign of this year— and that is whether we shall have a sil- ver standard In the United States.” Referring to Cockrell's statement that the United States could maintain the sil- }nr of ml.‘ world at a parity with gold, latt said: have heard something about al- chemy in this debawe, and we all know adopted, viz., one offered by the Finance Committes, keeping the door open to in- ternational bimetailism, and one by Nel- son of Minnesota providing for national banks with $25,000 capital in towns of not more than 4000 inhabitants. The votes taken on the varlous amend- | [0 0 ¢ ances of the world's ma- ments offered were practically along party | gicians, but it has remained for the wiz- lines. Chandler (R.) of New Hampshire | ard of Missour! (Cockrell) to wave his magic wand or his magic head and dou- ble the price of the silver of the world.” Replying to Platt, Teiler sald the silver people were willing to make this cam- palgn on the siiver question, and If the American people declared for the gold standard he should be ready to accept the verdict. Cockrell replied to Platt, maintainin, that legislation alone with the power o the Government behind it was sufficient to restore the commercial and monetary parity of gold and silver. As the vote was about to_be taken on the committee amendment Teller offered the following substitute for it: voted for the bimetallic amendment, but agajnst the bill. Caffery (D.) of Louisiana and Lindsay (D.) of Kentucky voted against the committee amendment, but for | the bill. Kyle of South Dakota was the only Senator who did not vote and was not paired. The free silver substitute of- fered by Jones, the leader of the Demo- cratic side, was defeated by a majority ot 19, the vote being 47 to 28. The bill as passed consists of ten sec- tions. It provides that the dollar of 25 8-10 grains of gold, nine-tenths flne, shall be the standard unit of value and that all | forms of United States money shall be maintained at a parity with it, and that treasury notes and greenbacks shall be redeemable in gold. The Secretary of the | Treasury is to set apart a fund of $§150,- 000,000 in gold for the redemption of these notes and to maintain this fund at a fig- ure not below $100,000,000 he s empowered | to sell bonds of the United States bearing Interest at not exceeding 3 per cent. It | shall also be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury as fast as standard silver dollars are colned to retire an equal amount of the treasury notes and to is- | sue silver certificates against the silver | B0 coined. Under certain provisions, too, gold certificates shall be issued against the gold held in the treasury. No United States notes or treasury notes shall be lgsued In denominations of less than §i0 and no silver certificates in denominations of more than $19. The Secretary of the Treasury is also authorized to refund the bonded debt of the United States in thirty year bonds bearing 2 per cent interest, the | rincipal and interest of these bonds to e pzid in gold. The 2 per cent bonds shall be {ssued at not less than par. Any national bank, by depositing with the United States of this country, shall be per- mitted to issue circulating notes to the face value of the bonds deposited, no bank being allowed to issue eirculating notes In excess of the amount of the | paid-in capital stock of the bank. After the passage of the financial bill the Senate made the Hawailan govern- ment bill the unfinished business. When the routine business was con- The people of the United States are in fav of bimetallism and desirous of an internat agreement with the great commercial na of the world that will admit of the use of gold and silver at such an established rat Will maintain the parity between gold and coins, and the efforts of the Government hereby pledged to endeavor to securs s international agreement as speedily as po The amendment of Teller was defeatey, 27 to 45, the vote being along party nes except that Chandler (Republican) of New Hampshire voted for the amendment and Caffery of Louisiana and Lindsay of Kentucky (Democrats) agalnst it A vote was then taken on the commit~ tee’s amendment, which was adopted An amendment offered by Stewart, pro- viding for the payment of bonds of tha United States in coin of the standard fixed by the act of July 14, 1570, was laid on the table, 44 to 26 An amendment offered by Pettus of Ala- bama providing that gold coins and silver dollars colned %y the United States shall be a legal tender at their nominal value was defeated, 4 to 2T. Another amendment by Pettus, proy ing that nothing in this act should affect the legal tender quality of United Sta silver dollars, was likewise defeated, 44 2. or at est of Missour! offered an amendment providing for $200,000,000 of treasury bond notes, which should be loaned by the Sec- retary of the Treasury to any person who would deposit United States bonds as se- curity. Vest sharply arraigned Secretary Gage for his action in relation to the Natlcnal City Bank of New York, saying the letter of A. B. Hepburn, vice president of that v “no short of an insult to cluded the financial bill was lald before | LADK; Was “nothing o govern- the Benate, the nending Toueoiiy Jorore | the Bighest fiscal officer of the govern ment.” His amendment, he said, if en | ed into law, woud afford the citiz of bonds the same facilities as w forded national banks. The amendment was defeated without division An_amendment of McLaurin of South Carolina, to repeal the tax on State banks, was lost—37 to 20. the amendment offered by the Finance Committee and reading as follows: The provisions of this act are mot intended to place any cbstacles in the way of the ac- complishment of international bimetallism, pro- vided the same be secured by concurrent ac- tion of the leading commercial nations of the world and at a ratio which shall insure per- magence of the relative value between gold ARSIV Jones of Arkansas then offered as & Hoar of Massachusetts sald the double | SUPstitute for the Senate Ol B ted coins OV 'or the free and unlimited coin- standard of gold and sflver had not only | BLOVIdINg for the fres Anc ROliCty been accepted by the people, but had been embodied in the constitution itsel?. But when, by the action of other nations, this country was forced to accept a sin- gle standard, it was forced to accept the most valuable metal. We should get the double standard when the cpportunity came. There was, therefore, no pretense or _hypocrisy in the pending amendment. Morgan of Alabama denounced the pending amendment ‘“‘adé a miseraifle makeshift, which is intended to cover the laceration of a wounded conscience.” He declared the bill would return us | to_the British system of finance. Platt of Connecticut sald that what- ever may be said about “imperialism” or the “tolling masses,” the issue will be the same as four years ago—whether or not we shall have a silver standard in the —the vote being al lines, Senators Li Caffery of Loul publicans. Nelson of Minnesota offered an amenc ment ‘providing for the organization of national banks with a capital of not less than $§25,000 in towns whose population does not exceed $4000. Aldrich accep! icky 2 ng with the Re- the amendment and it T bill as amended wad 46 to 20—as follows Burrows, Allison, Clark Depew. Gear, Beveridge, f W ., Frye H Platt of New York, Pritchard, Quarle United States. 15 S sewell, Shoup, S Spoo: ot Rott, Sewell, Shoup, Stmon, Spooner, __Cockrell declared that “the crime of | Trurston. Wetmore, Wolcott—is 73 was a crime against man, against | Noes—Bate, Berry, Butler, Chandler, Chi gge{m:&a[i)ngt humanity and against | Ciark of Montana, ]r'!.}}‘ ‘;M‘k:nll_. x\m.n S y. Danfel, Harris, eftfel jones of Arka As a vote was about to be taken on the | Jones of Nevada, Kenney, McEnery, McL committee amendment Teller offered the | Martin, 7, MaTpan, ¥t e, following substitute for it: - | art, Sullivan, ferro, Teller, Tillman, ley, Vest—2. Cullom moved that the Senate take up for consideration the Hawailan governs | ment bill, the effect of the motion, if adopted, being to make the bill the un- finished business. Chandler of New Hampshire antagon- ized the motion with a motion to proceed Platt of Connecticut said he wanted to | to consider executive business. FHis mo- protest against the assumption of the | tion was voted down and that of Cule Democratic side that it represented the | lom adopted American people. That question had been | After a brief executive session the Sen- decided against the Democracy in 18%. | ate, at 5:25 p. m., adjourned. The people of the United States are in fa- vor of bimetallism and desirous of an inte: national agreement with the great comme: clal nations of the world that will admit of the use of both gold and silver coins, and the efforts of the Government are hereby pledged to endeavor to secure such an International agreement as speedily as possible. Silk Front Shirts Have just put in their appearance—silk front shirts; material of body is Nasonville cotton, a very dependable brand; bosom ©of heavy silk in white ground, with blue, pink, lavender, rose, tan, nile green or navy blue stripes agd checks; cut full size in body and sleeves; neck reasure from 14 to 17. 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