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2 MORGAN TAKES ISSUE WITH SENATOR TELLER Discussion of Hay-Pauncefote Treaty Con- tinued in Executive Session. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The five hours to-day in execu- ering the Hay-Paunce- were five or six some them by Sena- ot spoken hitherto upon thers by Senators who expressed themselves. was Senator Morgan, s former speech, elab- P as to the -Bulwer treaty. He Teller as to the of that treaty. only to Gre here whe 1ad and sitior somewh the '3 ition and with- mality of rati- h e Engl . the v for: cches were made by Stewart, Frye and tewart a that amend- s much as any Sen it he considered t He wanted ntry in ow e canal when LORD SA Senate , Ha de He sald Pauncefote treaty. the effect of treat international records "of this coun- by any adminjetration that has to deal | | with the construction of an isthmian | canal. It had been a constant source of | | vexation in connection with the continue to be it relating to posed of. He wi ed during the administration of President Arthur if the old negotiations had not been in existence Benator Chandler asked Senator Frye to make Secretary Hay's position with ref- erence to resigning public, but the Maine Senator declined. sayving that he was only authorized to make the statement in the Senate. Chandler retorted that to do that was equivalent to giving It to the - public. and the Senate then lapsed into a ; digcussion of the ways and means In which the executive secrets get into the newspapers. — A EUROPEAN COMMENT. Figaro Says That Jingo Animates the American Senate. PARIS, Dec. 11.—The Herald's Euro pean edition publishes the following: An editorial in the Figarc says: The state of mind which the Times describes as jingo animates the American Senate during the discussion of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The Senators at Washington wish to in- crease the influence of the United States in the Central American republics and to diminish to the same extent the pres- »f those European states which still colonies In the Western Atlantic - in a word, to maka of an oceanic canal, concelved by an idealisic Frenchman as a means of bringing people together, a \\"nrk of jealous su ance and domina- tion The UnitedsStates means to set a Gi- braltar on the Nicaragua canal, what- ever it may cost. Tu attain this end, some of the Senators are reviving again in England the maxim dear to Chamber- iain, that a treaty should not preyail against the interests of a people. The American people have no understandir why restrictions laid Ly the Clayton-Bul- wer treaty on the exercise of thé right of digeing & trans-oceanic canal should aot be abolished by the Hay-Pauncefote | treaty The American Secretary of Foreign Af- fairs aiready has need of much tact to make his felléw citizens pardon his taste for English soclety and for the English binet. It is difficult to see how he will suace the Senate to give up an im- tant advantage for a question of prin- P por | ciple OF CARING FOR HIS OWN Member for North Isli ngton Says the Premier Has All His Family in Office. House of S desultory . Radical, me 5 rnsley division or the Wes: f Yorkshire, withdrew his amen last to the addre Conservative, repr moved an amend- asking the House fact that Lord ed so many of s under the gov- binet members, Mr. family y of the system of na- ker worm army and x and the South Africa s who had ob- ns by family influ- nephew rose to re- tilled with expectation. .nhappy accident of present Govern- st. Mr. Bart- not shown that the ined of were incapabl=, the recent electicn, the Premier and integrity aking task. iust by a vote of 23) Nationalist, who rish-American and 4 in the fights with J n, but now a plain { Commons, repr ham, said “risoners id mot be treated member for together a sations against Mr, Cham- had been - figuring in the = and moved that mo member t t to have a di- in concerns com- t contracts. He cretary of State held 5600 shares and her memb. of his family 67,000 shares in the Birmingham Trust, which in turn was a share-owner in the Tubes (limited). making £10.00) a year out of Government contracts. He asserted that Mr. Chamb: worth £230,000 Metal Company, miralty, and t 1 to £250,000 in Elliott's contractors to the shares valued at £250,000 in | n and his relatives held shares | Ad- | . Dypamite Company, cob- tractors to the War Office. After enum- erating other companies in which the Chamberlain family asserted, had in- res George declared that he was acking the character of nister, but had raised the matter | this cause might be used as & ater to justify occapation.” After speeches for and against the reso- t Mr. Chamberlain replied: personal honor that is in s thing, and 1 think it hard, my volved in th after twenty-five yesrs of life in the fuli | to have to stand up | light of Parliament 2nd_explain that 1 am not a scandalous | thief. These attacks are monstrous ani absurd. I took no notice of the charges | during the election, although there had been a conspiracy of insinuation. 1 had been charged with fattening on the profits 2 war I had provoked. Of all the companies mentioned T hold ghares in two. My relatives intend to take legal proceedings and the public will +ee how these abominable charges will be Jealt with by the courts. My relativas are all business men, and have had to make their own fortunes, I come of a family which boasts nothing of distin- guished birth or inherited wealth, but ¢ an unbroken record for nearly twn turies of unetained commercial integ- Never during the whole courge of my political career have T been ask® to use my influence to secure pecuniary gain for myself or my own relatives.” Proceeding to explain _his _connection with the two companies Mr. Chamberlain #aid he had joined the Colombo Company twenty-three years ago. JIts shares had never been quoted on the Btock Exchange. The contract to bulld huts for Boer pris- oners in Ceylon was given to the Colombo Company on the responsibility of the local government without any communication with himself. 8o far as the Birmingham Trust was concerned he said ne knew nothing what- ever of its investments, although he had recently ascertained that there was a teifling investment in the Tubes (limited) | this morning it was to | address to the jury since his brother managed the business of that organization. but the company's | already small business with the Admiral- . He made some further anations of a similar kind. Mr. amberlain exclaimed, amid ministerial h as this. When all is reckoned up perbaps my indirect interest in Govern- ment contracts is a few pounds or even shillings. And yet the House of Commons is called upon to pass a solemn resolution which will not strike, but will be a self- denying ordinance for many members who do not anticipate that result.” In an_eloquent peroration the Colonial Secretary declared that the attacks had not injured him, but had given pain to a number of private individuals. Those who had made them, he asserted, had in- troduced into public’ life unworthy meth- ods and had made it more difficult for hmm:’ahh and sensitive men to serve the country. He was loudly cheered as he resumed his seat. His son, J. Austin Chamberlain, Financlal Secretary to the Treasury De- partment, followed with similar denials. B. Haldane, Radical member for Haddingtonshire, and others spoke, after which Mr. Lloyd-George’s motion, which wag offered as an amendment ‘to the ad- dress, was rejected by a vote of 269 to 127. Mr. Balfour, the Government leader, then moved the closure, which was car- ried by 253 votes against 18, and the ad- dress to the throne was adopted by 265 votes against 23. FOUR MEN KILLED BY EXPLOSION IN RAILROAD TUNNEL Accumulation of Gas the Cause of the Disaster. SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 10.—A special to the Tribune from Aspen, Wyo., says a disastrous gas exvlosion occurred to- day on the new railroad tunnel by which four men lost their lives and several oth- ers were injured. The tunnel {s being buflt on the cut-off of the Union Pacific road, between Aspen and Hilliard. The £xplosion was caused by the accumaulation DAVID NS, Cores o, W. Va. VOLLNOGLE, Joplin, Mo. MIKE LYNCH, restdence uhknown. SHOEMAKER, California. Injured: John Ward, forem: rence Early and Dan Schofield iy Sthe Iaborers ree other cident.” Twenty of the men were at work at the time of the explosion. It is not known what ignited the.gas. Elec- tric lights are used throughout the tun- nel. —_— MISS MORRISON’S FATE RESTS WITH JURY ELDORADO, Kans, Dec. 10,—When Jesele Morrison eéntered the courtroom ment in her defense &‘;‘1;1“..‘.‘..‘.'«:5‘2; Mre. Castle. Judge A. L. prisouer’s leading counsel, an; Law- , laborers, orceful eaded for the rel, of Miss Morrisen, '“""‘#f that the 315 she inflicted upon -the bride of a week were done in self-defense. Captain Joseph Waters followed for the State, and de- manded that a verdict of murder in the first degree be returned. A. L. Redden, for the defense, his argument 'at the afternoon There was in attendance the largest crowd that the courtroom had ever held. B rfis S ouy ot ‘women cl to the window sills. There was ':;?;'1 a var continued cant spot within the inclosure for law- )'nr!l.y omen, as usual, were In the ma. | Miss Morrison rat and Sacket e in 8, Mfterent roses. Judge Redden finished his argu: E“l?‘ h:ner l!-:l;lun !lwon ':"nmen: m; a urs. He was followed by Captai Joseph Walters, who made & clolln". argument for the State. He ‘an elo- mfl" ovnnlulh:: ?(urthe arguments Judge Shinn instructed the jury not to Il':’gin m‘m deliberations till~ to-morrow orning. that, | the Clayton-Bulwer | y as much as we may, it still is on and is given more or less recognition canal subject, and he apprehended that it would such until that portion of | | the canal should be dis- | satisfied. for.instance, | that the canal would have been construct- | | R | | | SEN Prvmapid OF IWorap, B en. CLA | | ECENT PENCIL SKETCHES IN THE SENATE. RKE= gper Monriat. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1900. ———— GREAT BATTLE SAID =90 BE IN PROGRESS* British Under Knox Dewet’s Said to Be Engaging Forces. LONDON, Dec. 10.—The Evening Stand- ard, which has special sources of informa- tion, says this evening that a great battle between the British forces under General H MARLBOROUGH LOSES THE SUI ! _ |Must Pay Lady Beresfor | & Jointure of £1500 1 a Year. ‘ LONDON, Deec. 10. he Appeal Court | has dismissed the appeal of the Duke of Mariborough and has confirmed the deci- sion of Judge Byrne, in the Chancery d | vision of the High Court of Justice, which | gave Lillian, Duchess of Mariborough (formerly Mrs. Louls Hammersley of New | York, and now Lady William Beresford) a ! ord sued the.pres- | | ent Duke of Marltorough, who married ! Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, to recover the | | jointure granted to her by the eighth | Duke of Marlborough, her former hus- band, who had previously granted a simi- | lar sum to his first wife, Lady Albertha | Frances Ann Hamilton, daughter of the | first Duke of Albercorn, who divorced him | In 1883, When the eighth Duke of Marl- | Porough died the first wife received “her jointure and the case was brought to de- cide whetner the cond wife of the vorced man gould receive a jointure, Judge Byrne ruled that Lady Willlam Beresford was entitled to her jointure. | Swedish Murderer Beheaded. | _A special from Vestermas, Sweden, sa | Philip Nordlund, who on May 17 last, : steamer Prince Carl, on which he was was passing Quicksund, mur- men ard wounded five others, nd a boy, subsequently escap- | the block. Coinage of Rupees. A Calcuita speci; in gold was shipped | & for the payment of silver purchased for | | the coinage of rupees. The total purchases | | for this account since February is £4,- | | 700,000. | | says: Half a million to_London December | Cereals in European Russia. A St. P | clal estir | erop in six { pean Russia are as follows: | 800,000 poods; rye, 1,401,700,000 poods, and oats, 721,600,000 poods. | Belated British Elections. | Sir Acland-Hood, Conservative, has been | re-elected to the House of Commons from | the west, or Wellington, division of Som- | erset. He had no opposition. The Rt. Hon. St. John Broderick has been re-elect- ed to the House of Commons from the | Guilford division of Surrey, in the Con- | servative interest without opposition. Ceptain E. G. Prettyman, Conservative, | has been re-elected thout opposition | | for the Woodbridge division of Suffolk. The Czar’s Condition A Livadia special says: The Czar's phy- sicians issued the following bulletin this | morning: ““The Czar's sleep and appetite His temperature and pulse | ‘ | | are normal | DE VRIES’ APPOINTMENT UNANIMOUSLY CONFIRMED Every Democrat in the Senate In- dorses the Former California Congressman. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—In the Senate to-day the President’s appointment of Marion de Vries to the board of general appraisers was unanimously confirmed. | There was no opposition whatever to the confirmation. Every Democrat in the | Senate indorsed Mr. de Vries. All knew | his record and knew him personally. The news of Marion de Vries' confirmd- | tion will be received with special gratifi- cation in California. As a member of Congress representing the Second Dis- trict he served the people of this State | with exceptional devotion. He has served four months In the office to which Presi- dent McKinley appointed him and the character of the service already per- formed is recognized in his confirmation, ‘While Marion de Vries was a Democrat his personal popularity and acknowledged worth as a public man enabled him to win his way to Congress as the repre- sentative of a Republican district. When his appointment as appraiser removed him from the political contest a Republican was readily chosen io succeed him in Congress. The messabe announcing his confirmation states that every Democrat in the Senate supported him. An effort was made at the State Democratic Con- ! vention at San Jose to question his loyalty | to his party, but it failed to receive in- dorsement. is party friends as well as | other citizens of California will note with pleasure that the Democrats in Congress did not fafl to recognize his merits. SINGLE STATEHOOD COMMITTEE APPOINTED Delegates From Oklahoma and In- dian Territory Meet at South McAlester. GUTHRIE, O. T., Dec. 10.—A special to the Capital from South McAlester, I T., states that 350 delegates, equally di- vided between Oklahoma and Indian Ter- ritory, met-there to-day in joint conven- tion, pursuant to a call previously issued for a convention to take action in the in- terest of single statehood—that is, the formation of a single State from the twa Territories. nization was effected to-day and a permanent “single statehood” committee of twenty mem appointed. The aims of the convention are opposed 7 two elements—those in the Indian Ter. who _oppose tatehood a E1°0F who favor two States, and those in Oklahoma who favor the te ad- mission of omhfin alone, the Indian mflnm to be add from time to time er. | wherever the scheme worked shows that | not honest in this statement. |{ | freight trains were tangled up was abso- WICTORY I CLHMED B SN Continued From Page One. s the telegraphers are concerned, is ex- | nt. The forged tclegram sent over the line by the officials to-day in a vain | effort to get the men back has done ns | very little or no damage, as only a few re- sumed work, but we have, and are still, making every possible effort to reach all and tel! them that it 1s a forgery, and as | s00on as they learn of the mnlommible“ trick played upon them by the officials ; will go out and stay until ordered | by their local chairman, who will | be notified by me when the strike is off, and another fake of this character will be impossible. We expect to have fifty per cent of those now working out within | the next twenty-four hours, and before the end of the week no one will be work- | ing except the officials, and they will be | unable to get trains over the road. There | has been no change since this morning, except we have been able to induce some of those working to quit. “The statement sent out by the officials that no strikers would be re-employed is of no force or consequence, for there ara not enough idle telegraphers in the coun- try to fill our places, and the company will be compelled to take them all bac win or lose, and they know and realize this, and their action in sending out the | forged telegram in a vain endeavor to get | the boys back and taking them back | they are That they are in the last ditch, and are making desperate efforts to keep the | trains moving is evidenced by their resort | to forgery and in the use of officials to fill vacant offices. We are using every honorable means, and will resort to no underhand work or disreputable methods to win the strike. “It {s well that the general at this time that the Santa Fe Rallroad | i now running its trams by the red | boards, which are the signais for train orders without stopping for either a safe- ty, clearance or orders. This is a very dangerous proceeding, and will sooner or later end in disaster.” JOIN THE STRIKERS’ RANKS. All San Joaquin Operators Said to Have Left Their Keys. LOS ANGELES, Dec 10.—A report was current in this city late to-night that all of the operators on th= San Joaquin divi- ion of the Santa Fe left their keys at 11 o'cleck to-night. _Statements by local Santa Fe officlals and the striking telegraphers in this city to-day were widely divergent as to the status of the strike. Railroad officlals claim that only six men left their keys on the San Joaquin division, and these were taken back to-day upon making ap- plication for reinstatement. According to the officials, the men claimed that the sit- uation had been grossly misrepresented to_them when they walked out. On the other hand, General Chairman D. G. Rogers of the local order of Rail- way Telegraphers said early in the even- ing that two-thirds of the operators on that division were out ‘to-day and the re- mainder would stop work late to-night. The Santa Fe overland arrived from Chicago on time this morning and other trains have arrived and departed regu- larly. General Manager Nevin said to- night that the strike had inconvenienced the road only in that it had alarmed timid travelers. He sald the statement that ublic know | lutely untrue. ‘“To-night there are four offices in South- | ern California—Mentone, Lordsburg, Rial- 10 and West Cucamonga—and four on the Santa Fe Pacific where the operators are out, and men are on the way now to take their places,” he sald. “By morning there will be an operator every instru- ment west of Albuguerque. In direct contradiction, Mr. Rogers says conditions are more encouraging to tza operators than at any time since the strike began. - “Something will drop within two days,” sald Mr. Rogers, “and the idle statements of t!ée' Santa Fe people will be fully ex- posed.” Mr. Rogers claims an ultimatum was to-day dispatched to Vice President Barr giving warning that unless the operators’ demands were acceded to all trainmen would walk out within forty-eight hours. General Manager Nevin says he has not beard of any such message. e CONFLICTING STORIES TOLD. Number of Strikers in San Joaquin Valley Problematical. FRESNO, Dec. 10.—J. W. Hays, who ‘has been in the valley and at Fresno for some days acting as agent for the Order of Railway Telegraphers, claims to-night that 75 per cent of the forty-three oper- ators In the vailey have quit work. operators at the division , who are still at work, claim that a _dozen have strucl ers, ess than | his translation o It 1s understood that the division officers have been in communication with the e e n; h-rungr l:nelpel:n e:‘ t:a telegraph in flnl‘i the men strike. SE—————— Nominations Confirmed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Confirmations by the Senate: To be members of the Industrial Commission—D. A. Tompkins of North Carolina, C. H. Litchman of New Jersey; F. 8. Stratton to be Col tor of Customs at San co; R. H. Chamberlain of Towa, to be Collector of Inte; ue, of Hawai; O. H. Baker of Towa, to be Consul at Syd- : Colonel John F. \mgon. assistant commissa commissary ral Bureau avy Depart- Postmasters: 3 nicia: 3 B Baker Antioch L urmers Be- and Chief es and Account, MANY COLLEGES IRE REPRESENTED creased Interest of Ameri can School of Clasgsical Studies in Rome. SR NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—The Amaflrfln“ School of Classical Studies in Rome has just finished its fifth and most prosperous vear of active work. Last year there | were fourteen students, including several college Instructors, while the present year | opens with an attendance of about thirty. The following colleges were represented: | Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Uni- versity of Chicago, University of Michi gan, Leland Stanford Jr., Wellesley, Bar- | nard, University of Wisconsin and Wash- ington University, St. Louis. The object | In | of the school Is to advance the study of | classical literature in its relation to the history of classical, Etruscan and Italian ! art and archeology. The work this year will be directed by Richard Norton, who has been on the field several years and whose speclalty is the | work on sites and museums; Professor | Francis A. Kelsey, who is well known for | { Dr. Man's book on| Pompeii, will be the other instructor. | Professor Kelsey is preparing a book on | Roman architecture. On account of prohibitive measures | taken by the Italian Government, no ex- cavations have been made by the school | | since its first year, when some work was done on the site of the old Latin town of | Norba, near Rome. The school, ens. Two fellowships are offered annually for competitive examination. Californians in New York. The followin; York: From n Francisco—S, Andrews, C. W. Cayle, at Grand Union; Mrs. E. A, Godarre, at St. Denis; E. N. Goodwin, a Amsterdam; _W._ L. Heise, at Grand | Union; P: Molyneux, at Herald | Square; W, L. Honnald and wife, at Im- erial; H. Hume, at Navarre; L. A. Levy, ", C. Lezinsky and wife, at Savoy; J.! Lugsden _and wite, Miss Lugsden, at Man- | hattan; W. J. Musgrave, at Grand Union; | Miss J. Noey at Victoria; W, Preston, at Navarre; A. L. Rudolson, at Imperial; W. ¥. Wilson, Miss T. L. Wilson, at Astor; | J. Northrop, at Herala Square; W. S. Wallace at Manhattan. From Los les—J. Copley, at Cosmo- olitan; E. A. Huffman, at Astor: F. N. Bpear: at Continental. | M. K. Lauber, at| Californians are in New | From San Diego— Broadway Central. VOURAKY, FORMER POLICEMAN, TAKES WIFE AT DENVER —— Claims to Be Cretan Prince and Telis a Romantic Story. Do gRiy Special Dispatch to The Cail. DENVER, Dec. 10.—Panay *G. Vouro | Vouraky, who says he is the son and heir of one of the hereditary chieftains | of Crete, was married here to-day to Mrs. Effie Cook, granddaughter of the late Col- onel McMartin of the British army. The bride was divorced by her first husband, Frank C. Cook, a Denver druggist, and this is Vouraky’s third marriage. His first wife, by whom he has a daughter, was a Greek. She is dead. His second wife, who secured a divorce and custody of their daughter, is now In San Francisco. She is the daughter of Willlam Doxey of that city, publisher of The Lark. Vou- raky ug he is a marvelous linguist, taught Oriental languages in the Univer- sity of Western Pennsyslvania, Pittsburg, and at Tulane University, New Orleans, and fought under General Lord Wolseley in_the Soudan and in the Cretan war. marriage to Miss Doxey he says fe hecame & poltceman in. Ban Francisco, spirit could not breok the diseipline. and he resigned. With Detective Ed Gibson he says he arrested Theodore Durrant, the murderer. He has a letter from Chief Justice Beatty of the Callfornia Supreme Court praising him for his services in translating from the anclent Basque tongue a document important in a suit before that court. After leaving the police force he became an_inspector in the Immigration Bureau in New York, and then entered the United States service at Pueblo, Colo. He killed Imporiant ! of again bringing the subject in modified a counterfeiter who resisted arrest. He worked in San Francisco until about five City, Alaska, o break up a §ang of conn: . up a of coun- terfeiters. He returned to L‘" three months ago, bringing twi ers. having mplizhed his then he ru@ and came to Colorado, Now he says he will go back to,Crete. ‘Vouraky member of Jecteent in his that he his wife had board reet car o'ko to Golden Gats Prok Vouraky tende; o plece, owing h rang up cause failed to receive nickel back Vi a4 to call the uetor to an account. Later the offi- cer complained to the superintendent, who rather informed him that if he wanted his nickel back he would to sue the for it. The officer ot - mwmm t and everybody con: n Lo R end e e ‘torced to hand mfii‘?nflmflm» . Gt n Franelsco | conductor a ten- | | e was a| | have de- | Knox and the Boers under General Dewet is golng on. “Dr. Leyds and his friends are spread- ing a report,” says the Amsterdam corre- spondent of the Daily Mail, “that Queen Wilhelmina will intervene after her mar- riage. This is meant to blind the public to the real facts, which are that she went personally to every European ruler on Mr. Kruger's arrival in Europe, and from two countries at least, France and Russia, re- celved éonditional promises of help in the direction of intervention, but the plan failed in Berlin.” THE HAGUE, Dec. 10.—Mr. Kruger to- day received a deputation from the Alt- deutscher Veenband, and thanked his | “German brothers” for their token of sympathy. Later Mr. Kruger returned the Foreign Minister's visit. RECEPTION TO LORD ROBEHTS Weteran Expresses His Utmost Con- fidence in Kitchener. CAPE TOWN, Dec. 10.—The official re ception tendered to Lord Roberts here to- day, with the presentation of the ad- dresses and the sword of honor, was a magnificent spectacle and was witnessed by 25,000 people. The ceremony began with a luncheon at Good Hope Hotel, whers Lord Roberts made a speech, in the course of which he expressed the utmost confidence in Lord Kitchener and paid a high tribute to the services of Sir Al- fred Mflner. The open alr function fol- lowed in the principal square of the city, which ‘was splendidly decorated. The Mayor of Cape Town presented the sword amid a scene of tremendous enthusiasm. Sir Alfred Milner, who was present, re- ceived a great ovation. Representatives of all the offices of the colonies joined In a procession from the Town Hail to the square, which was ac- | companied by a tremendous roar of cheers, ladles throwing flowers from win- dows and balconies. After the presentation of the sword and | a casket, subscribed by 10,000 Cape Col- | onists, Lord Roberts presented to a num- !'.‘aflr of trodpers distinguished service med- | dls and other decorations. This evening | the streets were splendidly flluminated with electrical devices and Chinese lan- terns. Transparencies of the pepular gen- | erals were displayed and an enormous | crowd of cheering people filled the prin- cipal thoroughfares. The day's celebra- tion came to an end with a military tattoo and fireworks. @ il 9 COMPLETE TEST OF BLAINE TREATY Cagses Pending Before the Supreme Court. TSRS CHRTER MUST SERVE HI TINE Disgraced Captain Remanded to the Custody of the Warden. e —— CHICAGO, Dec. 10.—The question of the constitutionality of the Blaine extradition Great Britaln and the | United States, signed by representatives of the two governments in 1889, and which | it is asserted, has never been passed upon, { is to be brought before the United States preme Court in the cases of ce ST. LOUIS, Dec. 10.—In a decision hand- ed down by Judge Hook of the Federal District Court of Kansas and concurred in by United States Circuft Judge Amos Thayer this afternoon Oberlin M. Carter, formerly captain in the United States army, under sentence of five years' im- Rice, Frank Rutledge and Thomas Jones, | Prisonment for misappropriation of Gov- who were arrested in Chicago last June on the request of the Canadian authori- ties, charged with being fugitives from | Jjustice. The specific chargea against the thres men include complicitv In several bank robberies in Toronto and er Canadian cities. President McKinley issued a war- rant for the requisition of the three men, | but action was prevenied by a writ of supersedeas, issued b&.’udn Kohlsaat, of the United States strict Court, and since last June the men have been con- fined in the county jafl. Next Monday attorneys the prisoners and the British Consul will appear before the Supreme Court at Washington, and bail for the prisoners will be asked pending the construction of the Blaine treaty. Attorneys for the Brit- ish Consul will move to dismiss the appeal or advance the case to an Immediate hear- representing ng. The case is regarded as one of great im- portance not only in this country but in the Queen’s dominion, as an opinion from the Supreme Court will be regarded as settling the mode of procedure to be adopted by extradition commissioners in international extradition cases, Shouid bail be refused the prisoners, they may remain in jail here for a year before the case is passed upon. It was in the cell of Fred Rice that a re- | | volver was found concealed in a basket of | grapes some three weeks ago, and since | that time the men have i)een closely watched. ¥URTHER REDUCTION OF WAR REVENUE URGED Minority of the Ways and Means Committee Has Completed | Its Report. WASHINGTON, Dec. .—The minority members of the Ways and Means Com- mittee have completed their report on the | revenue reduction bill. It urges a reduc- tion of the revenues of about $70,000,000 or | about $30,000,000 more than that propesed by the majority of the committee. also proposes an income tax with a vi it | few | form before the United States Supreme Court for final adjudication. When the | bill is taken up by che House, the ex- | ctation is to move that the measure | g: recommitted to the committee to maxe the changes suggested. The programme of | debate contemplates an opening speech by Chairman Payne to-morrow and one in behalf of the minority by Representa- tive Richardson of Tennessee on ‘Wednesday, but owing fo the Washington centennial exercises the debate may go over until Thursday. st Ao TR DINNER TO OFFICERS OF BATTLESHIP KENTUCKY Griscom and Chester Are Received in Private Audience by the Sultan. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 10.—A dinner was given at the Yildiz Palace to-night in honor of the officers of the United States battleship Kentucky, now at Smyrna, pre- vious to which the United States Charge a'Affaires, Lloyd C. Griscom, introduced the officers to_the Sultan. The Grand Vizier and other dignitaries were present at the dinner. Subsequently Mr. Griscom and Captain Colby M. Ches- ter were received in private audience by the Sultan, who afterward received the | ernment funds while in ¢ | bor ge of the har- work of Savannah, Ga., is remanded to the custody of Robert W. MeLaugh- | rey, warden of the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, where Carter has been confined, the court overruling the peti- | tioner's ‘demurrer on the habeas corpus | writ issued some time ago, and sustaining the ruling of the trial courts, together | with the subsequent action of President | McKinley, who set aside twelve of the | charges ‘under which he was comvicted, | but made no change of the sentence im- | posed by the court-martfal. | In addition to the prison, sentence Car- | ter was fined $5000, which’was paid, and | he was dismissed from the arm: y. th | Judges Thayer and Hook find e pro- iceedlngs were entirely regular. | _Orne of the chief contentions urged in Carter's behalf was that the President’ reducing the number of specifications p ferred thereby made void the entire pun- | ishment inflicted. On this point Judge | Thayer says “The punishment prescribed by the ar- ticles of war is attached to the charge and not the specifications made thereun- der, the latter being merely by way of exemplification and detalled statement of the principal charge to which they re- spectively relate, but even if this were not so, the rule is well established that when one sentence in gross is pronounced upon conviction under an indictment con- ning several counts and upon & pro- posal or review some of them a held bad and the others sustained ¢t sen- tence will not be disturbed, provided it is such as could lawfully have been imposed under the counts which were upheld.” LEAVENWORTH, Kans., Dec. 10.— Captain Carter entered prison here ln | April last. With one year off for good be- | havior he still has a littie more than three years to serve. s IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS IN THE ARMY BILL Provision Abolishing the Canteen Is Unpopular in the Senate. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Important amendments will probably be made to the army reorganization bill before it passes the Senate. The majority of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs is under- stood ta be in favor of the bill as a whole. The provision abolishing the sale of wine and beer in post canteens will meet with strong opposition in the Senate, and s expected it will be defeated. Thers also considerable opposition to the pro- jons for a corps of veterinary sur- ons and dental surgeons. Changes in gzta.us in the proposed staff reorganiza- tion will be attempted, but it is probabls this feature of the bili will remain prac- tically as fixed by the House. Pro-Boer Meeting Prohibited. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 19.—The pro-Boer meeting called for this evening, at which Miss Maud Gonne was to preside, was probibited by the police. 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