The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1901, Page 2

9 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, ¥ BRUARY 25, 1901 £ BECORDS HEAY HITH THE LAWS Vast Amount of Work Ac- complished By the Pres- ~ ent Congress. Several pf the Important Measures Proposed Cannot Be Acted Upon Before the Session Closes. WASHINGTON, Feb, 24.—The record of | ifty-sixth Congress is now practi- completed and although a few im- ant measures are stil' in the balance, ] been an “ongress yany respects, inheriting as it did mueh of the work of reconsiruction ard se made necessary by the events of war with Spain. jef among these questions has been ftude of the Government toward r possestig) While “this open to gome extent, yet gress has passed upcn one portant phases by enccting aplete form of governme The status of the Philip an unfailing source of de- branches of Congress, but agible result. Cuban legisia- abevance pending the ttutional convention of the coustit es has been both been in = < Appropriations Run High resent ( priations « B APL T is about $1V gregate appropriat . which, b Laws Affecting Finance. p h . e n Con- Eross f 18 € g the gold t ng & th estabiist n >t $150,000 = T i making numerous pro- v g circulation and the tax ation has been con- t reduce the taxation > war with Spain=hegan. House reduced rev- he chief reductic how of the nges adding reductiof ous forms and n bank checks. This measure is still in he two houses. welfth census disclosed various in- States, and a bill providing s of represencitisn was en- al representation is fixed Y or twenty-rnine more than resent House. Military Academy Stir. g at West Point has recel a ¥ nt session, with the 1t strong restrietive legisla enacted. The Senate adopted g provisions in the militar; appropriation bill. This counter movement, however, emain for the last days of the ermine just what restric- azing are to be imposed m legislation the two houses ral animated pe { treason were m ges of ate Wileox of Hawaii, Thi res enue re- controversy ed at- e t bu ¥ the House committes the upheld in the right to his ground that the charges re- n prior to the Hawalian Erigham H._ Roberts of Utah was ex- lied from thes House after an exciting Senator Quay of Pennsylvania used a seat in the Senate on the f Governor Stone. Sensa- rarges against Senator Clark of 2 were investigated by a Senate and the exciting mining_riots r &'Alene district of Idaho igated. The Benate also ap- pointed o Cuban inquiring committee, but {ittle hus been accomplished in that line. Measures That May Die. Four the most important measures before the present Congress, namely, the Nicars nal bill, the shipping subsidy L, acific_cable bill and the oleo- rgarine bill, have occupied much time have aroused great public attention. s and authorized ex- f $140.000,000, with a present n of §10,000,000. y reported to the Senate, but hé complications arising over neefote treaty the enate idered the bill, and it is like- to be one. of the measures to die with the Congres The ship subsidy bill has been a sub- ject of active controvi ich in the Benate has been very ditter. The House hes taken no action on the bill, pendin the contest in the Senate, o tha{ accor ing to present indicatjons the bill wiH not have a parliamentary gtatus as having passed either branch of Congress. The Pacific cable bill passed the Senate at the first session and hag been pending in the House since. It provides for a ca- bie to Hawaii and the Philippines under Government management. e bill as reported to the House was favorable to private censtruction of the cable. The was favor owing to to take a suivey of the wile | jon of the e canal bill was passed fn the House | The measure | {DEADLOCK IN OREGON IS BROKEN BY MATTOON Change fos [ B S s His Vote at a Mitchell Is Declared Elected. Critical Moment and BY H YEARS OREGON LE SERVED AS SENATOR JOHN H. MITCHELL, ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE ISLATURE, ~ MR, MITCHELL HAD, IN PAST FOR SEVERAL TERMS, or., 1 we Feb. 24—John lected United Stat this morning George W. M term expires ¢ ection wa nation of thirty-fiv n Democrats, mak majority of the H. to ult was reached on the twenty- nator and t when balloting was th ses had decided to adjou - at t Saturday, and th t of exciting close brought of 1e Capitc & proceeded without material e Just ae the the twenty- Brownell _arose John H. Mitch- th tremendous a Eave nd A allots cople to th T tir ot State 1 the name of oS the clock had igh nd the king up fth_ballot already clerks were roll call for was great » name of first de- Hem- roll call et 36 iway, explanati The call pr ¥ to engaged in che the tw without e Titchell ech changed to in the lead 1 Qu a brief spe ting him d Mi he nam= 2 1 with great — - vehemence, came from many parts of the hall, and a-crowd of the Douglass Count han's friends got around him and talked him excitedly. He ‘seemed to be suc- withstanding them. and » cries of ‘“‘deadlock djourn.” Mattoon finally yield- ged his vote to Mitchell. This that was needed, and the crowd Pandemonium reigned for many nd the chair mnge little effort The clerks then completed assed it up to President Ful- vd went wild again, ¥ _jumping up and down in their joy. Mitchell had been in_the lobby all 1ing watching the svrngress of the vot- He was hurried forward through to the jostling crowd and escorted re he stood for a minute un- restored. Addréssing the It would be impossible for me at this time to offer words in which to properly express the gratitude that is swelling up in my heart for the great distinction shown me by your rendered votes, The elevation to a seat in the United States Senate iz a great distinction, the greatest that can be conferred upon a citizen, but when for a perlod of thirty years or less than that the same State, speaking through four Legislatures, selects the same man to that office he {s made the recipient of a debt that never can be paid by mere words. here is only one way to recompense tate of Oregon, and that is iest and efficlent attendance ties to which you have assigned s 1 will endeavor to do. 0 all who cast a vote for me, Repub- , Democrats and Populists, my heart out In dee titude. As to you . let me assure you against you. all of Ore- you and th faithful ear Senate from Oregon, *n_elected the first time in 187 when H. W. Corbett was his chief op- ponent. D e e SO S S MU SN MO S SN S N RSN House has afled to act, however, and the prospects are that the measure will fall A number of other measures of more or importance less received a certain out will not pass nciude the joint constitutional hayv mendment tes Senators b = direct vote of the people, which assed in the House but has remained unacted upon in the Senate, and bills to establish the Depart- ment of Commerce and Industry. to en- dow State schools of mining with a por- tion of the proceeds of public land sales, authorizing the President to appoint a commission to study the commercial and industrial conditions of China and Japan and to regulate trusts and other organi- zations in restraint of trade. Besides the anti-trust bill, passed by the House and not acted upon by the Senate, a resolution proposing a constitu- tional amendment giving Congress more ample power to deal with trusts was de- feated In the House. Another measure defeated was that defining the power of infunction and limiting the authority of the Federal courts to issue this process. Trouble With the Treatles. Much of the time of the Senate has been occupied in important treaties con- sidered behind closed doors. This includ- ed the Hay-Pauncefote treaty neutraliz- ing the Nicaragua canal; treaties with Great Britain and Germany dissolving the tripartite agreement on Samoa and divid- ing the iIslands; cemmer reciprocit treaties with France ny, the Ar- gentine republic, Ni and witn Great Britain respecting the various Brit- ish colonies of the West Indles. The contest over the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was vigorously conducted through both sesslons. After a sharp contest at | this session the treaty was amended 80 as | to permit the United States to adopt such measures of military protection of the canal as the interests of this Govern- ment may require. In this amended form the treaty was returned to Great Britain. The final action of that Government will have to be made known before the pres- ent Congress expires if the treaty is to be eflective. The various reciprocity treaties have not received the attention at the hands of the Senate that was desired Ly those who negotiated them and ty the numerous for- eign Governments interested. They com- prise all the treaties made under the reci- procity section of the Dingley tarift act, | and the inaction of the Senate on these | | treaties appears to terminate the pro- tracted negotiations which have been car- ried on by foreign Governments on the subject of reciprocity by treaty. Another treaty ratified by the Senate is that purchasing of Spain for $100.000 sev- eral small islands north of the Philippine group which were omitted from the ac- quisition of the treaty of Paris. The pay- ment_to Spain has been provided for in the deficiency appropriation bill of the present session. Editor Gill Indicted. | win 8. Gill, editor of | charg d with assault with a weapon on | Mortimer 1. Stevens, has been dropped by { the District Court, having been taken in | hand by the Grand Judy. Gill. has_been | indicted and will appear before Judge Humphreys in the First Circuit Court to- morrow. | To Prevent the Grip Laxative Bromo-Quinine removes the cauas. * HONOLULU, Feb. 17.—The case of Ed- | the Republican, | OB, DOWIE DEFIES ILLINOIS SOLONS Zionite Leader Questions the Authority of the Leg- islature. —s. Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Feb. 24.—“The policles I have lald down are not to be departed from if I have to stay a year in prison in order to maintain the right to do as 1 piease with my own private affairs. I will also keep the private affairs of ey- ery member of Zion and of every deposit- or in Zion's bank sacred and inviolate.” This was the declaration of John Alex- ander Dowle, general overseer of the Christian Catholic Church, from his pul- pit this afternoon in referring to the in- quisition which the legislative committee is attempting to make of his affairs. Zion Tabernacle was crowded to overflowing, and hundreds were turnefl away at the afternoon service. The general overseer marched up and down the platform and waved aloft the written opinfon of Sam- uel W. Packard, his attorney, setting forth the rights of Dr. Dowle in the con- templated investigaton. The opinion cov- ered sixteen typewritten pages, and holds ‘kat the committee is without power to compel him to produce his private books or disclose his private business or pun- ish him for \‘m\(emgl for fallure to do s0. In support of this a number of Fed- eral and civil decisions are quoted. Preceding the reading of the opinion Dr. Dowie gave one of his characteristic talks, In which he conducted the usual catechism with his faithful followers. He took as his text Psalms xcv:20—'‘Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by law?" He then made the declaration that those who framed the mischief by law were the greatest enemies of mankind. ‘‘The resolution pasged by the Legisla- ture,” said he, “would have been a dis- race to a debating sociéty, let alone a egislatiye body. Speaker Sherman should have refused to put such a resolution. It is preposterous. There cannot be found a lawyer who will father it. The Attorney General says there is no law which this committee can enforce. ““It has been my duty before this to cor- rect the authorities, and it is not surpris- ing that these statesmen did not know that the resolution was not legisla- tion. They know neither law nor gospel. A man who does n%het and obeys tgg r:w need fear no man, he legislator, Gov- ernor or President Special NEW YORK, Feb. 24—On the North Ger- pan Licya stedmship Werra, which left to-day for the Mediterranean, was a party of scien- tists bound for Sumatra to view the eclipse of the sun on May 1. To Cure a Cold in Ons Day. Take Laxetive Bromo Quinine Tablets. - Al d the money if it fails to cure. on each box, %c, ¢ signature i3 | | {u DROWNS HER SIK CHILDREN COINAWEL Crazy Mother Com- mits a Horrihle Crime. Jumps In—Ul;o?the Little Ones and Holds Them Under Water. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. UNIONTOWN, Wash., Feb. 24.—Crazed through poverty, Mrs. Rosa Wurzer last | night threw her six children into a well, jumped after them and standing in two | feet of water held the children under one by one untii they drowned. She remained in the well with the bodies of her murdered children until noon to-d At that hour her cries attracted the attention of City Marshal Hagerman. He sccured the aid of neighbors, the woman was taken out and now is in her home violently insane, and in a straight jacket to prevent fur- ther crime on ner part. In an adjoining room, on one bed, lic the lifeless bodies of the children, awaiting the arrival of the Coroner. | The victims are Loulse, aged 10 years; Anna, aged Joseph and rge, aged 4. agerman heard Mrs. s vent to the mouth the well and as What's the matter “I threw the children down the L1 and 1 am here, too,” faintly responded Mrs. Wurzer, in German. | When did you throw them In®” askcd‘ | f [ Rosa, aged 11; of Last night,” was the reply. The Marshal called for he:p and neigh- | bors soon gathered. Mr. Hanna, one of these, was towered by a rope. He placed the rope about the woman and she was hauled out. ‘Then Mr. Hanna felt in the water for the children. “I've found one,’ he cried. The re- mains were fastened to the rope and pulled’ out. One by one the other uve bodies were removed and laid side by glde on the bed. even to their hats. s found an apple. biack and of violence, Marks on Mrs. neck indicate that she had sulcide by hanging, probably murdering her family. The weil js thirty feet deep, and at its top a wooden curbing narrows the en- trance to about twenty inches square. | Hence she must have used great force ‘to squeeze the larger children through the | hole. It is believed she must have | drugged them, as she is a slight, delicate woman and the children were strong and | sturdy. | To The Call representative Mrs. Wurzer | talked ramblingly. First she sald she | killed the children because she thought death preferable to poverty. Agalin she | declared she had read of Chinese atroci- | tles and thought the Chinese would at-| tack her household and slay her children. | She determined to cheat them of their victims, and to drown herself. “I threw four in,” she sald again, “then one of | them jumped in when I asked her to and | Rosa came of her own accord.” | ree vears ago her husband died, | leaving the family destitute. The county | has furnished $15 per month for their sup- port for some time. She had been de-| spondent for some time, but none of the neighbors suspected such a terrible out- | come. ple from the country for miles | around are here, and the crime in all ns’ ghastly detalls i8 the sole topic of con- versation. The woman will be taken to | the County Jail at Colfax to-morrow If | her physical condition permits. Two citi- | Zens report having seen Mrs. Wurzer on the street at o'clock in the evening, while one man is positive he saw her at §:3), and these facts lend color to the theory that she had drugged the children and was waiting for the little ones to become helpless before thrusting them down the well to death. She admitted to the Marshal that she had tried to kill herself, but was unable in the cramped quarters to accomplish her purpose. It was evident she had either stood or re- clined on the bodies of her dead children all night and half the next day until ex- hausted nature called for relief and she hailed the Marsi % Mrs. Wurzer is about 35 years of age, of dark compiexion, black eyes and welghs about 125 pounds, .being of medium helght. She Is of & Prepossessing appear- ance, and never before gave evidences of insanity. The family lived in their own | home, ubstantial brick house of four | room: {zce the death of the father | three veam ago friends in the country have been most kind and have brought donations of food and clothing. Mrs. | Wurzer never wanted for anything neces- | sary to decent existence. She was an in- | dustrious woman of good education, par- ticularly in music. She endeavored to eke | out an existence In adgition to the little | appropriation given by the county by taking music scholars. When ‘times | were good she gave lessons on the guitar. She also played the piano. The | children attended school regularly. They were present Friday afternoon and par- | ticipated in the Washington's birthday exercises. Principal Savage of the public schoot says the children were bright in their ! lessons; were always falr in thelr de- portment, and their mother kept them | dressed ' neatly. There was no incum- All were fully dressed, | In the pocket of one A cut on one | blue attempted | prior to | bragge on their home. The family seems to flave had no relatives in America, as | Mrs. Wurzer is not known to have | spoken of any relatives nearer than Ger- | many. | | DR. FARMAN STILL | REFUSES TO ACCEPT BAIL Napa Baloon-Wrecker Says He Wfll; Stay in Prison Until His Case Is Cailed. NAPA, Feb. 24—Dr. Charles H. Far- man's attempt to wreck the Revere House saloon oh Baturday morning is still the talk of the town, and his action is be- ing_discussed very freely by the citizens of Napa. Bome peeple indorse his course and say that he should have done a bet- | ter job than he did—that he should have used a hatchet, as Carrie Nation has done. Others do not uphold the course Fuuuod by him_ in putting down the iquor {raffic in Napa. Tndet Sherift Daly and Constable Se- cord served the warrant of arrest on | Farman, and took him to the Sheriff's office there to await the arrival of some of his friends, The doctor would not ac- cept bail, and sald he would go to jail, which he did last night, and will sta. there until his case comes up for trial, | unlegs he changes his mind about being released on bail. His friends endeavored Saturday after- noon to induce him to receive bail and go to his home, but this the doctor refused. Mr. Farman admits that he premeditated his act and knew it was wrong in the sight of the law, but he claims that he wants to test the constitutionality of the law in licensing saloons, which are de- bauching boys and men and wrecking the homes of families, -mz‘ that his act was the only way to bring him into court. He saild that he hoped his action would have influence morally with the people and that they would awaken to forward the movement that 1s now in progress against Hl’uor traffic in our land at this time. His case will probably be called in court next week. ———— Indorsed for Circuit Judge. HONOLULU, Feb. 17.—Attorney George A. Davis has been unanimously indorsed for a Circuit Judgeship by the Republi- can Territorial Committee. The indorse- ment went forward to Washington some time since. Davis Is a well-known Hono- lulu lawyver and was given a commission as Circuit Judge by President Dole dur- ing the last days of the republic of Ha- wall. ha WOODWORTH’ McKINLAY AND BANNING Appointments to Places in the District Attor- ney’s Office Soon Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL HEADQUARTERS, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—It was learned to-day from gossip in official circles that D. E. McKinlay of Sapta Rosa, Cal, and E. J. Banning of San lLl’nr\cl!co will be the appointees as deputies to United States District Attorney Marshall B. Woodworth, recently appointed for the Northern District of California. Mr. DEPUTIES to Be Announced. 3 ¢ BE | == 3 Woodworth succeeds Frank L. Coombs, Congressman-elect from California. Much surprise was expressed in legal circles in this city yesterday over the ap- pointment of D. E. McKinlay as Assist- ant United States District Attorney, as it was not supposed that he was a candi- date for the office, although his name had been mentioned among those who as- pired to the position. Judson C. Brusle, the attorney. politician and playwright, was an ed candidate for the post of avow | Assistant United States District Attorney. It was generally understood that E. J. Banning would be reappointed to the of- fice he has filled for the last two vears. Mr. Banning is a Californian and is_30 rears old. He was cducated at St. Ig- natius College and graduated from that institution. He studied law in_the of- fice of Henley & Costello and at the Hast- ings 1I.r.\w College, from which he grad- uated. After being admitted to the bar, Mr. Banning practiced law with Henley & L T o e e o i o e S o HAWAIL FEARS CONSUMPTIVES Board of Health Will Ask for the Passage ofa Drastic Law. cr s e HONOLULU, Feb. 17.—The Health of the Territory has appointed a committee to draft a bill, which it will ask the Legislature to pa: preventing the landing on Hawalian sofl of any per- son afflicted with a contaglous or infec tlous disease who Is considered a menace to the public health. This includes con- sumptives. The bill proposed by the Board of Health is a very drastlc measure. A rough draft submitted v _Attorney General Dole, 2 member of the board, provides that ail persons concerned in bringing here a person affected by a contagious or infectious disease may be fined and im- prisoned, including masters and owners of | vessels and friends or relatives who may encourage the undesired immigrants to come. The invalids not wanted are to be deported. Some of the features of“the bill were suggested by the case of the leper Pratt, who came from San Francisco, and whom the authorities found themselves power- less to send on any vessel if the captain objected. The China and the City of Pe- king refused to take him, but he was sent on another vessel. TRANSPORT BRINGING A DESERTER TO PRISON American Who Was Commissioned by Filipinos Among Persons on the Solace -at Honolulu. HONOLUL Feb. 17.—The transports Solace, Indiana and Oopack arrived here on the 14th, the latter from S8an Francisco and the other two from Manila. The In- diana has on’board 463 sick men of va- rious regiments, convalescents _from Philippine hospitals. There are fifteen dead bodies in her hold. The Solace has six officers and seven- teen man, sick and wounded, in her hos- pital and thirteen prisoners in her hold. Among the prisoners is Frederick M. Baker, the man who deserted the Ameri- can army in the Philippines and went over to the enemy. He was serving as an officer in the amy of the Filipinos when captured by his own countrymen. He is under a sentence of life imprisonment. The Solace and Indlana both leave for San Francisco to-day. The Oopack made the trip here from San Francisco without losing any of the 750 horses and mules on board. First Mate Schroeder of the schooner Honolpu was arresred a tKahulul, Maui, last week on a charge of assaulting a seaman with an iron bar: He was re- leased by Judge McKay of the District Court of Walluku on a plea of his at- torney been committed on an only a Federal Court, jurisaietion, could try having marine the case. As the only United States court in the territory | is that of Judge Estee in Honolulu, this | decision leaves the police on the other islands in a guanda CAPT. AND PRIVATE IN FIERCE ENCOUNTER Soldizr Who Fought in the Philip- pines Works Out His Revenge on His Superior. HONOLULLU, Feb. 17.—A flerce fight be- tween a captain of infantry and a private who served under him in the Philippines, both of whom arrived here on the trans- rt Indiana, took place last Friday even- ng. It was the result of a levance which the private held against the officer for what he thought was cruel treatment at the front. According to the story told by the pri- vate, he was tled to a post in an upright position and compelled to serve for two hours as a sentry when he was too weak to stand. He stated that his company doctor did not give him a proper excuse from service and that when the captain ordered him out he fell at his post from wealkness, whereupon the captain, insist- ing that the illness was feigned, had him | tied up as statad, with a rifie in his hands. The private vowed that if he ever met his superior after he was discharged and on American soil he would get his re- venge. the two met near the Honolulu fish market. The soldler had his dis- charge and the captain challenged him to take his revenge. There was a fight started, it is stated, by the officer, and the private made his word good. Reports of the encounter leaked out just before the departure of the Indiana, but the names of the men could not he learned. It is stated by witnesses that the captain ‘was severely punished. MEN WHO WILL BE DEPUTIES UN- o Board of | that as the alleged offense had | merican vessel, | DER UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY WOODWORTH. L Costello for some vears and then started into business for himself. In November, 1598, when Judge Foote was United States District Attorney, Mr. Banning and Mar- shall B. Woodworth were appointed as- istants in the office, to succeed Bert Schiesinger and Bamuel Knight. When | Frank Coombs succeeded Judge Foote, | Messrs, Banning and Woodworth con- | tinued as assistants to the United States District Attorney. Mr. Banning is pepular with Federal officlals and the members of the legal | profession, and_Judge de Haven of the | United ates District Court has many times complimented him on the able man- | ner in which he conducted_importan cases for the Government. His reap- | pointment is sure to be greeted with sat- | istaction. Duncan E. McKinlay, who will become an assistant in the office of the United States District Attorney, is well known | in Sonoma County and in_this city. He formerly lived in Santa Rosa and was a painter for many years before he | studied law. He practiced law in Santa | Rosa and four years ago came to San | Francisco. Mr. McKinlay has been heard | all over the State as a political speaker, | and in 139 stumped the State for the Republican party. In that year he was | placed on_the electoral ticket by the Re- publican State Central Committee to fill the vacarcy caused by the resignation of Colonel Crocker. Mr. McKinlay is about | years o]d and is a forceful speaker, ARMING TO HOLD Dispute in Venezuela Sud- denly Assumes Alarm- ing Proportions. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | CALL HEADQUARTERS, 106 & | STREET, N, N W., WASHINGTON, Feb. | 2.—Important developments are expeet- | ed in the Venezuela asphalt controversy ! | within the next few days. Mr. Quinlan | | of the Warner-Quinlan Company has ar- rived in Trinidad on his way to the scene | of the disturbance, and is supposed to be making preparations to take poseession of the company’s claim by force, if neces- sary, while the agents of the New York | and Bermudez Company in Guanaco are | reported to be arming for resistance and‘l building forts around the asphalt lake. It s understood that while the Ber-| mudez Company feels it would be justified |In forcibly resisting the intrusion of in- | dividual or outside companies upon the tracts which it asserts are its own, it will not forcibly oppose the Venezuelan troops sent by President Castro. General Cestro lately issued a decree in | favor of the Warner-Quinlan side of -the controversy, and it was reported that he | intended 16 follow up the decree with | troops, but at last accounts from Vene | zuela he had not done so, and it is quite | possible he will not, as he will soon have | lan election on his hands, and perhaps an- | | other revolution. | However that may be, this Venezuelan | | difficulty bids fair to develop into a ques- | tion of grave pelitical and international | importance in the near future. So far as | | the asphalt dispute is concerned. the im- | portant point, in a national and interna- | | tlonal sense, is that the controversy is| not between two rival American com- panies, but rather between an American company and the Venezuelan Govern. | ment, or the present Venezuelan Presi. dent, whbo is practically the Venezuelan Government, as he exercises dictatorial | | powers. | | It is pointed out that the importance of | the asphalt\case is greatly enhanced by | the fact tha\ the American interests in-| volved have “been created and afforded | protection by the Venezuelan laws and | courts themselves. The legitimacy of | the status quo cannot be questioned from | the point of view of the officlals who have considered the case, and this protection has been rendered of no avail by the arbitrary action of the dictatorial ruler. —_— HOUSE IS PREPARING FOR FINAL CONTEST3 Time Has Now Practigally Gone by for the Passage of New Legis- lative Measures. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—The last week of this Cangress In the House will be | mainly occupied with conference reports on the appropriation bills and the other | numerous measures now being fought over by the managers of the two houses. The last of the general appropr ation bills | | went to the Senate on and the | House had its decks pretty well- cleared for the final contests with the Senate. Some of these struggles will probably | be exceedingly flerce, but' when it comes | down to actual work the House can dis- | pose of business under its rules with | much greater celerity than the Senate. | The last six days of the session are sus- | ension days, and it is always possible 0 bring the House to a vote on any prop- osition under a motion to suspend the rules, ‘which provide for onl;rltlwemy min- utes’ debate upon a side. e time has practically gone by for t new biils, although an attem will be made to secure action on t to promote the efficiency of the revenue cutter service and to create a standa ine bureau. Beyond these and a few small bills of local importance na eflor will be made to put through any bills. Tt probably will be necessary to hold night sessions during the latter part of the week, and both houses. will set next Sun- | day to continue the legislative da; ay, which expires at noon, March 4. e WOULD-BE INVADERS CAUGHT IN THE ACT Special Dispatch to The Call. PANAMA, Feb. 24.—The Herald’'s corre- spondent in Managua, Nicaragua, reports that Frederick Mora, a Costa Rican, who had taken refuge in Nicaragua about a year ago, attempted to invade Costa Rica with some enemies of President Zelaya of Nicaragua. As soon as the Nicaraguan Government received information of this exploit the Secretary of State telegraphed | another and the greatest cons: | moted the ASPHALT LANDS : | discharged. %o the Costa Rican Government advising it of the proposed invasion. e ——————— GILLION BERID ) GINT TRUST Greatest Steel Companies in Amsrica Consolidate Interests: Pierpont Morgan the Financier Whyg Has Engineered the Project and Will Rule the Immense Concern. ——n Speclal Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, Feb. #4.—J. Pie gan has completed a project is added y amn y are to b teel Company italization of 31, 000,000 will be & per bonds, $100,000,06) w and $400,000,000 will be ¢ charter of the compar prepared under the William . Nelson National Ty P snton be filed in MRS. NATION WEARIES OF LIFE IN PRISON She Orders a Judge to Release Hew and Her Letter Goes to tie Wast2 Basket. TOPEKA, Kans b. 24 Carrie Nation, tired of life, has written Judge Hazen a letter demanding release. “I want you to quit your’ fooling,” writes, “and let me out ot here.- If § cause me to.miss my engagements I w feel like a ministering angel to you. It time for you to recover.yeurseif the devil, your master. makes a sweep with you into hell. You knsow are persecuting one of God's children loves you for Jesus' sake. Let me ot that I may go about my business of sav 4 who ing such poor devils as you. Write or | come to see me right oft.” Judge Hazen has ignored the lstter, placing it i0 the waste-basket with do: ens 6f others received on the subject from different parts of.the country. Some of these letters threaten the Judge. One from Bunker Hill, Kans., says a gommit- tee of fifty will administer a eoat af tar and feathers to the official if Mrs. Nation fs not released by February 27, and aue other; from -a woman in Douglas, Miclg = 'We now propose if Mr«. Nation s held longer to raise the greatest army of women - the world has ever known and wipe man out of existence. It is our in- tention to begin with you. f MURDER IN MONTANA Officers Satisfled That an ex-Convict Caused the Death of Captain Oliver Dotson. HELENA, Mont., Féb. 24—~Captain ON. ver Dotson, whose body was found in h cabin at Washington Gulch, was undoubt- edly murdered. Sheriff McMahon of Pow- éll County and Deputy Sheriff Robertsoa of Deer Lodge Ci who have been i - port was made to declare innocent of the mu on to believe that the tted by "Jim'" MeMas- fers, an ex-convict, who had conspired with Clinton Dotson, Captain Dotson’s gon, who IS serving a ninety-mine years’ murder was comm term in the penitentiary, to kill the old man, with the expectation of securing the son and grandson's pardon through a fraudulent confession. McMasters. and Captain ~ Dotson wers together in the smalipox hospital at H ena until two weeks ago, when they wero McMas cabin, arriving th who was killed w his return. The formed of the con Heve it would be ers went to Dotson's before the old man, thin a few minutes after ers had been in- . but aid not be- arried out. oo utusihat BRITISH VESSEL SEEN HELPLESS ON THE SBA Small Coal Supply of a Passing Steamer Prevents Her From Rendering Assistance. ST. 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