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THE S;&N FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1900, B SENATOR FRYE EXPLANS THE SUBSIDY BILL i Says Many of the Criticisms Are Unjust. POt S |PRESIDE i 1 Estimates as to the Ul- timate Cost to the Government. House Bill Providing for Celebration at Washing- ton Passes Senate. Ameri From sev- directed to d nd it is evide f oming ¢ Mr. Frye no was transacted in pened the er er nd M Louis Rhode ng Capta ander W. ( the full the limit ¥ would Is would be d would re- t e pending freight up Louis from f the United That would so ships to be can flag and to r sed subsidy Frye ons of | tent on the | NT OFFERS | PORTFOLIO TO SPOONER! OF OF SENATOR JOHN C. SPOONER HE PORTFOLIO WISCONSIN, STATES TO SUCCEED M WHO HAS BEEN GENERAL OF ¥ is. | ATTOR R. GRIG( ASHINGTON, Nent A de K consin considera- "REDU Introduces a SHINGTO Dec. CHairman , of the Ways and Means Commit- to-day introduced a bill reducing the the war revenue act, after fcan members of the committee greed on the for of the measure articles to receive the reduction of tax. It is intended to have the full committee act on the bill to-morrow and to put it through the House before Christ- The bill provides an aggregate re- taxation ur the Re had follows. cigars, $3,189,764; special | taxes (section two) commercial brokers, $13 ouse brokers, $8167; cir- cuses 7.178; ‘exhibitions o 21%; total spe- | , $7.000.000; cer- tes of deposit, $200,000; drafts inland, | ry notes, $3.500,000; postal ; foreign bills of exchange, bills of lading, $100,000; ex- $1200; telephone messages, indemnity, $250.000; cer- orders $100.000 export caipts, ponds 5 ontracts. | ; telegraph | insurance, 000,000, ’ mortgages, $300,000; passage | power of attorney, $100,000; : warehouse receipts, $250, Gule A, $22,242,000. B—%45 less wines $600,000, egacies, charitable, etc., $500,000. $40.000 348, bill provides a discount of 20 per tax of 2 cents per barrel on Gran The g come in at once | beer in lieu of the present 71-3 cents re- v stands. He | duction, making the new rate $160 per | a er a substi- | barrel € ion so that it | The sections of the war revenue act tax- rmined definitely just how | Ing commercial brokers, custom-house | gn ve would be ‘admitted | brokers, circuses, theaters and other exhi- | tr | bitions are stricken out. | s colleague to direct | The rate on cigars is made $3 instead of | emortal of shipbuild- | $3 60 per 1000 weighing more than lhree: e had received. He said | pounds pet 1000. athy with the gen prov Schedule A retains the stamp tax on | nitted that he was which enables | brought under ;the proposed he added, a v forty or fifty ship- e of which the state- at already parties are ship vards in the con- vhich were to partici- subsidy. ked Hale, “that the 1ilt ships will amount » ear. do_not | d Jook with favor position as that.” only one trouble ent made in the protest was not_true s of the pending wners of foreign-built iraw a cent of bounty until the shipyarde of this int_of tonnage equal to have brought from rovigion for the admis- illt ships under proper wise, because it would nited States a_respectable vessels within a reason- provisio: g s was ad been admitted to insert in the 1 for the ad sumber of for- American _registry He did not be- would be admitted | cri ° criticisms” d which he sald were ba r or accurate knowledge sions of the bill On motio of nnecticut the brief execu- | NEW BILLS IN THE SENATE. Warren Desires That ex-Soldiers Be | Admitted to Hospitals. WASHINGTON, Dec. b—Among the bills introduced in the Senate to-day were the following: By Senator Pritchard: The bills pre- | pared by the commission appointed by the President providing revisions of the pat- ent and trademark laws. By Senator Hale: To revive the grade of vice pdmiral in the navy. By Senator Thurston; Creating an ad. tional_judicial eircuit to be designated the Tenth and to include the Stites of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, T'tah and Montana, @nd creating a court of appeals for the circuit. By évnmnr Warren: Permitting the free admission of honorably discharged sol- diers and sailors into any hospital of the {'nited States for medical or surgical treatment. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tk v refund the money If It fails l.vmmnmtmh--.!- provision of | warehouses, | scene of the murder. | | tne murder, the old man drew a knife and | corporate stock, bonds, ete., sales, ete,, at exchanges or boards of trade, freight re- ceipts, certificates of profits, entry of | goods ‘at the custom-house and entry for | withdrawal of goods from customs bonded With these exceptions the IN THE WAR TAXES Changes in Revenue Laws. | shall be construed to apply to bequests or | mixing on account of the n, but may decline health of his wife. enator John C. Spooner is one of the | leading stafesmen of the Wolverine Statc e is veteran of the il war and hasz served in the U'nited States Senate at in- tervals since 1885. CTIONS Bill Providing for stamp taxes under schedule A are struck out. Chairman Payne's statement gives in_detail the stamp taxes omitted under | schedule A. Schedule B, which required stamps on proprietary medicines and preparations, perfumery and cosmetics, chewing gum, ete., is amended so that sparkling or other wines are the other products re- aulring stamps Section 29 of the war revenue act, re- Jating to taxes on legacies, is amended by adding at the end of sald section the following: “Provided, that nothin in this section legacies for uses of a religipus, literary, charitable or educational character, In- cluding works of art.” Section 30 of the act is amended as to administrative features and sectlons 10, 11, 18, 19 and 20 are repealed, as they re- late to administrative features no longer necessary. Section 35 of the act is amended to read as follows: 2 “Section 85—That for the purpose of this act the words ‘mixed flour’ shall be taken and construed to mean the food product resulting from the grinding or together of wheat or wheat flour, as the principal constituent, with any other grain, or the product of any other grain, or other material, except such materfal not the product of any grain, as is commoniy used for baking purposes; provided, that when the product resulting from the grinding or mixing together of wheat or wheat flour with any other grain or the product of any other grain of which wheat or wheat flour is not the prinicpal constituent, as specified in the foregoing definition. is intended for sale, or Is sold, or offered | for sale as wheat flour, such product shall he held to be mixed flour within the meaning of this act.” The bill provides for redeeming revenue stamps heretofore issued and not used. The concluding section provides that the act shall take effect thirty days after its passage. Chairman Pavne has called a meeting of the Ways and Means Committee for to-morrow morning, when he expects to have the bill reported to the House. He | will then seek to have the bill considered after the army, oleomargarine and legis- lative bills are disposed of, with a view to securing action before the holidays. TRANP HIS COMPANION Mysterious® Murder in Sawmill at Blackwell, Missouri. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 5.—A special to the Post Dispatch from Desoto, Mo., says: Last night two men, supposed to be tramps, asked permission to sleep in the boller-room of C. V. Segar's sawmdll at Blackwell, Mo. One was about 50 years of age and the other about 20. Early this morning the young man was found dead on the railroad track with his skuli crushed in and part of his clothing miss- ing. It was evident that he had been murdered in the sawmill and dragged to the railroad track and laid across the rafle. A posse of citizens started in search of his companion, Who was caught about five miles out and brought back to n& When accused stabbed himself in the heart, sulting instantly. Life Lost in a Fire. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 5—One life was lost and several persons were injured in a fire that early to-day destroyed the large structural iron works of George L. Mesker & Co. and Loewenthal's commis- sion house. The total loss will reaca about $110,000. It is belleved the fire orig- inated in ‘the molding department of the iron works. The blaze quickly spread to all parts of the plant, and fanned by a stiff wind, communicated to the commis- | sion house. A number of firemen wera | caught by a falling brick wall, killing Gottlelb Surbeck, and injuring five others. All the injured will recover. o= iy Japanese Stabbing Affray. NANAIMO, B. C., Dec. 5.—Wagasawa, | one of forty quarantined Japanese in a Fraser-street boarding-house, attacked Nickasa, another Japanese, during a quar- rel lagt night and stabbed him twice with a dirk. Nickasa may di wa ) e. agasa: made his escape and has not been cap- tured. death re- MAY PURCHASE CRAMPS YAROS English Company Negotiat- ing for ExtensivePlants in America. —_— NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—The Evening Post says to-day: According to a report that reached Wal] street to-day Vicker's Bons & Maxim, Limited, of England, have in- stituted negotiations for the purchase of the Midvale Steel Works and the Cramps Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia. It is believed to be the purpose of the Eng- lish company to secure a share of the United States Government contracts for warships, armor plate and ordnance. The report has it that $7,500,00 has already been offered for the Midvale Company and that the Cramps purchase will probably be partly cffecied by issuing stock of the o del 1hn;‘!}§enhcomvleleiormm T t is that final arrange) the deal are to be attempte lfli‘l‘.uwergl: in this city, when Charles H. Cramp will come hers to meet a New York banker, who will represent the English company. Regarding the efforts made to secure the Cramps shipyard, one man who {s w_e.llld ln!o{ged In steel matters, said: ore than a year ago manager of Vicker s Sons & Wi eaers to America to purchase the Cramps ship- yard, At that time it was understood that the negotiations fell through. Beginning these negotiations a second time means probably that a_purchage will be made. Vickers Sons and Maxim ars the piante s the business—the Krupps of ’Qlfiulflnd— and have unlimited capital. They can afford to buy Cramps and the M{dvnle outright if they care to, but more likely it Is to be o stock purchase. That the English concern will complete the pur- chase I do not doubt.” Henry Seligman, of thefirm of J. ana W. Seligman_& Co. 'ard a director in the Cramps Shipvard Company, sajd n of the"property” nas bean made, bat’ he added: “There is something in the air. That {s all T have to say at this time. e ——— The inexperienced mald wants to be a man’s first love, but the wise Widow pre- fers to be his last. USY DAY IN SENATE AND HOUSE CONNITEE DSCUSSES THE CARALTREATY Equal Division on the Question of Amendment. AR NS Decides to Press the Matter in the Senate. Lodge Explains Doubtful Points in Answer to Interrogations. LA ey WASHINGTON Dec. The Pauncefote treaty concerning the Nicar: guan canal was the subject of a few minutes' consideration to-day by the Sen- ate Committee on Foreign Relations, which has charge of the treaty in the Senate. The treaty already has been re- ported by the committee and it was there- fore only taken up in an informal way and for discusston only. No conclusion was pogsible except to decide to press the question in the Senate and there was sub- stantial agreement upon the wisuom of this policy. ‘There is no division In the commiftteé except upon amendaments, al- though senator Bacon not manifest ncern for the pas: of the v shape. No vOle on any sub- 3 onneciea with tne treaty was pos- sible in the committee, but the discussion revealed the fact thai the committee is evenly diviaed upon the question of tha amendment of tne document in_ accord- ance with the provisi the last session of Congres the tortification of it The committee stand ment—Lodge and ¢ Dantel, Bacon and Money, Democrats. Against_it—Frye, Cullom, Foraker and Wolcott, Republicang; Morgan, Democrat During the executive session the Senate also discussed the treaty Senator Lodge was subjected to many questions during the presentation of his explanation of the t ty. Senator Beveridge asked whether it was not true that the abrogation of the Clay- ton-Bulwer treaty, as provided for in the pending treaty, would have the effect of permitting Great Britain to acquire prop- erty in the area affected Senator Lodge replied in the negative, saying that it was well known to all that the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, while abro- gating the Ciayton-Bulwer treaty so far as it applies to the United States and binds this country, still leaves England bound by its terms. For this reason he was sure there need be no apprehension on that score, Senator Lodge discussed the amendment during the last session of Congress by the Committee on Fofiign Relations, provid- ing that none of nitpinvlsluns of the first reported _during providing for proposed canal. ror_the amend- k., _Republicans; five sections of thgNtreaty should be con- struid as applylng to ‘‘measures whith the United States may find it necessary for securing by Its own forces the defense of the United States and the maintenance of public order.” The Senator urged that this amendment had the effect of giving greater assurance to our own people and was a necessary safeguard. At this point Lindsay of Kentucky in- terjected a question and in doing so made a statement as to what he sald he con- dered a popular misapprehension as to the effect of the amendment. “I find,” he said, “that most people ap- pear to think that this amendment pro- vides for the fortification of the canal, whereas it does nothing of the kind, as a reading of it will demonstrate.” He quoted from the amendment, show- ing that it applied specifically to only sec- tions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of article two of the treaty. He claimed that it only provides in the most general way fof the protec- tlon of the rights of the United States. He called attention to the faot that while the treaty of Constantinople apxly!ng to the Suez canal had been used as the basis of the pending treaty only the first seven articles had been incorporated in the Hay-Pauncefote agreement, leaving out article 10 of that agreement, which gives to the Sultan of Egypt the right 10 defend the interests of that country in connection with the Suez canal. Replying, Lodge had not contended and did not contend that the amendment con- ferred specifically the power to fortify the canal. The great benefit of the amendment was found, he sald, in the fact that it applies to the first section copied from the Constantinople agreement providing that the canal “shall be free and open in time of war as in time of peace to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations.” The amendment, he further said, was substantiaily in the language of article 10 of the Constantinople treaty and there- fore might be expected to serve the same purposes intended to be subserved by that article with reference to the Suez canal. In conclusion he urged early action on the treaty as of great importance, because of the general desire to go on with the Nicaragua canal legislation. He did not, however, indicate any time for taking a vote upon either the'treaty or the com- mittee amendment. . : Money of Mississippi made a brief speech in general opposition to the treaty, but indicating that he mlght vote for it if the amendment was retained, though not satisfled, he said, that the amendment would make the document entirely satis- factory. Upon the whole he thought the TUnited States would best promote its own interest by proceeding to construct the canal without asking the ald or consent of any other country. During the executive session in which the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was under consideration several comparatively un- important treatles with other countries, largely South American, were laid before the Senate and referred to the Congmittee or Foreign Relations. Some of these were reciprocity treaties and others extradition agreements. One of them was a recl rocity agreement with Ecuader and an- other a treaty with DenmarK providing {or reciprecity with the island of Santa rus. “Later in the day a second executive ses- slon was held, but no. business was trans- acted beyond the reference of several nominations to the rroper committées. CONTROL OF LIQUOR TRAFFIC. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to-day granted a hearing to the representatives of several temperance and reform asso- clations in support of the treaty providing :;)r |ha“cnmrol of the liquor traffic In Af- ca. mong those nt were Hartzell, bishop of the Methodist Ipisces fal Chureh for Africa; Mrs. Btevens, pres- dent of the W, C, T, U., and also repre- sentatives of the Anti-Saloon League, the Natlonal Temperance Society and a com- mittee of the Presbyterian church. Bishop Hartzell made the principal ad- dress and he strongly ur?dp the import- ance of the ratification of the treaty at as early a day as gou!lhle. nylnil that it was necessary to the welfare of the black race in its native continent. Members of the committee assured the Bishop of their indorsement of the prin- ciple involved and informed him that th fallure of the Senate to consider it has been entirely due to the pressure of other ‘business. A number of petitions were presented. Uising the treaty’ should pot only be ratified but that the principle in- volved ghould be applied to other unclvil- portions of the world. s fter the delegation withdrew the com- mittee vated to report a resolution for the ratification of the treaty without amendment, 'GEORGE VON L. MYER EMBASSADOR TO ITALY ) T OR TO ITALY GEORGE VON L. MYER OF BOSTON, PRESIDENT AS EMBASSA SENATE FOR CONFIRMATIO WHOSE NOMINATION HAS B s BY THE T TO THE ASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—It was quite generally expected that the nomination of George von I.. Myer of Mass: be Embassador to Italy would be sent to the Senate to-day, but for some reason it did not go in, though it is still expected he will receive the nogmination very soon. of Boston, a man of family and about 4 1406 G STREET, N. CALL BUREAU, W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—Estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year end- ing June 30, 192, submitted to Congress to-day, include the following item: Naval training station, California. $30.- 000; Mare Island navy yard construction plant, $100,000; steel lighter, $50,000; fire beat, $25,000; machinery plant, $180,000: deep water bastn, $130.000; torpedo-bost storage plant (to cost $250,000), $100,000; ghops, machinery and improvements, $531.- 660; completion public buildings, Los An- geles, $150,000; Oakland, $125,000; San Fran- Mr. Myer is a prosperous business man | ESTIMATES FOR THE 'COMING FISCAL YEAR Sum Congress Is Asked to Appropriate for| Coast Imprcvements. e s ST i vears of age. He Is a graduate of Harvard nd was a member of the bar. He has been a prominent figure in nolitical It having been a member of the Republican State Committes member of the State Legislature and lly Speaker the fassachuset of esentatives. fir Juse private fortune, so that he will be able to maintain fittingly tne high gocial status of the American embassy at Rome. . Special Dispatch to The Call. cisco, §1,135.035; Stockton, $40.950; light and fos_signal station, Point Buchon, Cal $40.000; fog signals, Quarry Peint 3800 Fort Winfield Scott, $7000; Humboldt Bay $15,000; Blunts Reef light vessel, $20.000 relief ‘light yessel, Pacific Coast. $90.000 tender for enzine Twelfth Lighthouse Dis- triet £125.0 improving arbor San Pedro, $15 S¢ $238,000; San 000; Soldiers’ Home, quarantine station, * continuation_stone wall. Presidic. $#00; expenses Indian service California. $15,000; improving Napa River, §2000; Petaluma Creek, $3000; Sacra- mento and Feather rivers, $18,000. MISS MORRISON S0BS IN COURT Woman Accused of Castle Murder Finally Breaks Down. EL DORADO, Kans., Dec. 5.—Jessia Morrison, charged with murder in the first degree, to-day for the first time since her trial began, two weeks ag: gave vent to her feelings of an- guish and sobbed in court. It was the first sign of emotion that the defendant had displayed. It came when Judge Red- den, one of her attoimeys, pleading that the statement of Mrs. Castle should not! be admitted as evidence, declared the words of accusation against-the prisoner | were “the concoction of men who sought only to convict an innocent girl."” Later Judge Shinn ruled that Mrs. Cas- tle's statement could be placed before the jury as evidence, but sustained the ob- Jections of the defense to certain sen.- tences there, among them the words, “‘by my God it is true,” the only part of the statement that the dving woman wrote herself. However, Judge Shinn decided that the .jury should hear the evidence gliven yesterday as to the manner in which the statement was made. It was, he sald, alone in the province of the court to de- cide the mental condition of the declar- ant; the jury should decide whether it was Mrs. Castle’s own statement or whether it might have been influenced by others. ‘This made it necessary to have the tes- timony given vesterday repeated and the jury was call in. iss Morrison ap- peared more cheerful at the afternoon session, but watched the proceedings with evident impatience. The case now is not likely to go_to the jury before the firs: of next week because of this delay. ‘When the trial was 1esumed to-day Mrs, Castle’s deathbed statement of accus: tion nst Jessie Morrison was admitte. as evidence in the case. The statement which declares that Miss Morrison pro- voked the quarrel with the bride and then egan an attack that cost Mrs. Castls her life is consid ered the strongest evi- dence presented by the State. The point of its admission ad been argued since vesterday morning and during that time the jury had been excused. . Inthe final argument of Judge Redden, one of the prisoner's attorneys, against the admisston of the statement he said that Captain Waters of the State had de- icted tge horror of the wounding of the ride. had the deathbed thing. fendant here to intimidate her and cow her and, if possible, to break her down and then point to it when' this case goes before the jury as evidence of her guilt: or, if she could brace herself and by her will power not break down, the: wollluolnt to that as evidence of a gulity _consclence.” As Judge Redden talked he looked at the prisoner, whose eves were wet with tears. She gulped down a sob and_hid her eyes with her handkerchief. Miss Morrison has steadfastly maintained com- ete control of herself as she sat through he tedious examination of the State's witnesses and this was her first show of a breakdown. Judge den continued at length. He clu.rg«l that the dying declaration made by Mrs. Castle was a concoction of men who sought to convict an innocent girl. She was a frail girl against whom vin- dictive men had conspired. MADDENED BULL CHUSES A PANI Escapss From Livestock Exposition Grounds at Chicago. Sl CHICAGO, Dec. A maddened bull that had escaped from his keepers at the international Livestock Exposition while being driven from the judges’ ring to-day, caused a panic among several thousand spectators who were witnessing a heavy team exhibition on Dexter avenue, just west of the pavilion. ‘When the animal gained his freedom he Jowered his head and made straight for the crowd. Shouts from a score of men warned those in peril, but in the wild scramble for safety three men and a Mt- tle girl were unable to get out of the way and were thrown to the ground by the in- furiated beast. Ncne were seriously in- jured, however, and the bull was cap- iured by cowboys before he could do an. further’ damage. R The attendance to-night was enormous and it is_estimated that during the day between 50,000 and 60,000 person: through the gates. fEnny e IMPRISONED MINERS FIGHT FOR LIFE Thirty Men Succeed in Digging Their Way Out of a Pennsylvania Pit. SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 5.—Impris 1000 feet in & coal mine at Dunmuir, pove = here, thirty men had a desperate battle for life to-day as the result of a mine cave-in and only succeed: their liberty by dlgsing thelr way S "8 e cave-ln was at the mine of the n--Aug Coal Company. Five acres of surface fell into the mine and completely blocked the exit. A rescuing party was formed. but the imprisoned men cut t! way out through the fall In the mh:llr‘; gangway before the rescuin t ‘reueci;d them. None of the menxwer:‘l‘n’-' Jur S FIVE SECTION HANDS INSTANTLY XILLED Engine on the Grand Trunk Lins Crashes Into a Handcar in Ontario. INGLEWOOD JUNCTION, Ontario, Dec. 5.—An engine on the Grand Trunk road near here early to-day crashed into a e:l:g‘c:‘r (R, which wete five ‘section 2 ve wi instantly. The dead: e e JOHN ALLEN, foreman. ngVER ELLIS. TH JOHN TEETZE. %l‘l ‘3:1 men Hz'edmla Cheltenham. e drive 9 - “n“,rr:n stoker of the engine es. aped e Sale of Blooded Stock. NEW YORK, Deec. 5.—The Fasig-Tipton | Company to-day closed the most success- ful auction sale of, trotting and pacing horses in its histary. The proceeds of the sale wem $352 for horses, an average of about 00 a head. This is §75 a head better than last year, which up to that time had been the best. and $125 aplece better than 1897 and 1888, The re- ceipts of to-day’'s sales were $8615 for thirty-eight horses. HeCALL WS BTTER ATTAK 0N ARHY BILL Is the Only Man Who Arouses the Opposition. {Hull and Parker Able ; S.pporters of the | " Measure, | — . {Hepburn Off rs Amendm | but Hous. Adjourns With- cut Acting Upon I. - Parker ¢ Committee, ke 5. supperted bill, and Cochr 1 ssouri, Klebu Met ttan of New York aad Cox | ¢t Ternessee, Demaerats, spoke brie , it | of Massachusetts (R.) tf | the only ¢ ing the last s Por Kican tanift bill, he refu party. To-day he att runppine poiey of th | Although temperate in | plain spoken in his warnin gers wnich he consid the a colon pe ) eritic | iy of the o, tNat Presudent t to reduce tne size of t ernment if 4 al 4 He ure 100ging to expand o my at will. In conciusion he likenad tne unconqueraole SpIrit WNICh OppPosed our sway in the Phiuippines to that of Wasa mgton at Valley rorge Love of inaependence, he said, was th blest heriiage ¢f the human heart He deciared that the United States snouid immeaiately give the rinpino people hon orable assurance that they should have « | government ot their own. In replying Mr. Mctall, Mr. Hull declared tnat unt | Congreas acted to tne contrary we must | assert and enforce our sovereignty the FPhuippines or disgrace ourseives r | fore the world, and i1t was tne duty ! Congress to provige an army adequa to_put down tne rebellion Eleven of the twenty-six | bill were aisposed of re the adjourn- ment. ‘lo-morrow the Grout oleomargar ine bill, under a special order made at th | last. se=sion, will displace the army bi pages of the | which will go over until Frida) When the House met, the Speaker an- rounced that he had a communication | from the family of Boutelle of Maine r | signing his p as chairman of the | Committee on Affairs. Dalzell « | Pennsylvania, from the Committee | Rules, then presented a special order for the immediate consideration of the arm bill, the rule not to interfere with other | special orders. | Dalzell said that legislation of some | character was imperative, as it take time to recruit and organize the new | army which must replace the old one on July 1. 1901 Richarason said that his side house recognized the necessity for some legislation, but did not agree that thi bill, establishing a permanent standi army. should become a la If an eme gency exists, an emergency should be pro- vided for. It was proposed to provide a: army which could be expanded at the w of one man from 58,0.. to 100,00. No mat ter how good or able that man might be he was not willing to see one man give such power. It was in his opinion abd | cating the functiors of Congres: Richordson sald he was ready at times to vote to put down rebellion any where and everywhere that it existed, bu under the stress of an emergency he was not willing to establish permanently large stanaing army Underwood of alabama. also inveighe against clothing the Presid cretionary power to expand the army at will Grosvenor of Ohio, in support bill. said that personally he was of a stanawng army of 100.000 people, he said, were not fright a demagogue said that the purpose in i or cont of n f creasing tne army was to staticn larg regiments near large cities ta oppr labor. They were not alarmed by cries liberty was to be - verted. At the close of the general debate tha bill was read for amendment under five-minute rule The paragraphs thorising the Secretary of War to pre scribe regulations as to fitness of volur teers or civilians aopointed fn the reg army under the terms of the bill wer stricken out. Ho'pburn offered ent: “Provided, that any vacaney in quartermaster's department may he f bv_appointment from civil life. Hull defended tke quartermaster's partment, saying that when the war bros - out the quartermaster’s department wa-< inadequate to the task, as a result of refusa: of Congress to do its duty years ar Without action uvon t House, at 5:10 p. m., ad a the followine amer amendment tho urned. ADVERTISEMENTS. KNOWS NO DISTINCTION. Rich and Poor Alike Suffer From Catarrh in This Climate. All observant physiclans have noticed the endrmous increase in ¢ rrhal dis- eases in recent years, and the most liberal and enlightened have cheerfully given their_approval to the new internal rem- edy, Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, as the most successful and by far the safest remedy for catarrh yet produced. One well-known catarrh speclalist. as 8oon as he had made a thorough test of this preparation. discarded inhalers, washes and ;spnyl and now depends en- tirely upon Stuart's Catarrh Tablets in treating catarrh. whether in the hea, throat or stomach. Dr. Risdell says: “In patiefts who had lost the sense of smell entirely, and even where the hearing has begun to be af- fected from catarrh, 1 have had fine re- sults after only a few weeks' use of Stu- art's Catarrh Tablets. I can only explain their action on the theory that the cleans- ing and antiseptic properties of the tablets destroy the catarrhal germs wherever found. because I have found the tablets equally valuable in catarrh of the throat and stomach as in nasal catarrh.” Dr. Estabrook says Stuart's Tablets are especlally useful in nasal ca- tarrh and catarrh of the throat, clearing the membranes of mucus and speedily overcoming the hawking, coughing and ctorating. ny sufferer from catarrh will find Stu- art’s Catarrh Tablets will give immediate relief, and being in tablet form and pleas- ant fo the taste are convenient and al- ayd ready for use, as they ean be car- ried in the pocket and used at any time, as they contain no peisenous drugs, bu1 only the cleansing antiseptic properties o+ gucalyptus bark. gualacol, blood root and hyd: . ggists sell the tablets at 50 cents | Catarrh AT dru for complete treatment. l