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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1902. 3 15 70 R . GHINESE House Committee Re- ports on the Ex- clusion Bill, 1 [ Congressmen Comment Upon Defe s in the Present Law. GUBA GAUSES THEIR ANKIETY Statesmen Continue Bat- tle Over the Reci- procity Issue. Ways and Means Committee Fearful of a New Amendment. N, March 26.—The report mittee on the Chinese s filed to-day by Repre- s of New York, who eport says in part: is admission of Chinese la- s country would be a very 4 unanimous in the | Special Diepatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N W., WASHINGTON, March 26.—While a | | game of small politics is being played in | i | | the Capitol, uncertainty and uneasiness | . < difficulties of | | increase in Cuba, and establishing the new government multi- Livery endeavor has been | ply. H 1 an act which will secure it developed to-day that the differential | of Chinese coolies. We rec- | jg the real cause for delay. The Ways | ognize ict that frauds under the| ang Means Committee leaders are fearful | prasent sion laws result chiefly from | that an amendment will be tacked on the | 1 sit privileges and the | reciprocity bill removing the differential | claiming to _be ned sugar, for which Representa- | y laborers. We | fives Tawney and Metcalf, Republicans, icavored to guard against these | and ali the Democgats would vote. With | 3 the same combinafon in the House the | the other hand, this country desires | Cuban bill would:.go to the Senate in the | fair share of commerce with | form which the Republican leaders are | with China, and in our | most anxious to avoid. e privileged classes, the | A well-informed authority in the Senate | erchants, students, etc., allowed | said to-day that wnen the bill leaves the | y deavored to avoid any dise S ion of cent in the tariff. | or annoyance which was not required 10 Representative McClelland, who has all along declared his intention of voting for | s the few provisions of | a Cuban reciprocity bill, was the storm | | stricken out were such as, center to-day. He has not declared that | brought into question the | he will not vote for a removal of the ' ¥ of the measure. The re- | differential, and has therefore been la- | ys: | bored with by the- Republican leaders, + has stricken out the | who want him to stand by them and re- of the Kahn bill which forbade | port the Payne bill without amendment. ment of Chinese on ships | This question of a differential has been American flag on the Pa-| the topic of nearly all of the discussion ision as foreign | on the reciprocity question for the last 1 gthe bill, which is %o | two days in the White House. The Pres- P he entry of the Chinese | ident is now opposes o 1t. l 2 We also regard it as injudicious. | It is eaid to-night that Representative The t of such a provision would be | Babcock stands ready to vote for the | « steamships that now fly the | Payre bill without amendment. This be- | on the Pacific to take Brit- | ing the case, the Republicans have enough is certainly not the | votes in committee to_ repart the biil | merchant ine, for | without the aid of the Democrats, and a | » great demand. The work | spe_ial meeting wiil bs cal'ed for this pur- | cse on these nh:p: lnhllh}e‘ pose_before the end of the week. i of the tropics is work whicl oo | workmen could not do, | ) and M‘\:}Ifl nul)(‘hr" e WOOD ON HIS LAST VISIT. | tive Clark of Missouri ha e { e t to make a dissenting | Governor General of Cuba Will Sooa | et the employment of Chinese Relinquish His Position: [ WASHINGTON, March 26 — General oTINT w6 PEaPT S | Leonard Wood left here to-night on his EREST TO PEOPLE | Jast visit to Havana in the capacity of | OF THE PACIFIC COAST | Militury Governor of Cuba. General Wood | == | said he expected to depart by boat from | Changes Made in the Postal Bervics | the city of Havana at 12 o'clock on May | and More New Pensions |20 after the n;\\ l}:l:,\'r‘n;‘menl lhuddbe:;u installed and the Cuban flag saluted. At Granted. | the same time 1200 American troops March 26—The Post-| would vacate the island by way of Ha- to-day announced the | vina and 400 would go from Santago. | established—Wash- EW_ YORK, March 26—Tomas Es- | k, Okanagon County, trada Palma, President-elect of the Cu- | terson postmaster. Post. | ban republic, - arrived from Washington | mmissioned: Oregon—John C. | to-da Senor Palma said he was entire- | Grande. Washington—John | Iy satisfied with the change in the date | of his inauguration from May 1 to May fons were granted: Califor-|2), and laid stress upon the satisfaction T C — Henry McOmie, BSacra- | that all Cubans would feel on the deter- r h_J. Young, Indian Dig- | mination of the United States Govern- T. Hampton, Poleta, $; | ment not to maintain a naval station at | 1l, San Francisco, $17. ' In- | Havana, as had been originally intended. a Dehart, Pomona, $10; Willlam | **We feel,” said Palma, “that only the | stroville, $10; Jacob Tros- | Cuban flag should fly over the Cuban capi- Harvey no, Pomona, | tal. B Thomas, Los Angeles, $10. | Senor Palma will make no Cabinet ap- "ynthia 8. Young, San Fran- | pointments until he arrives in Havana, for | which city he will sail from New York on | —Original—Charles R. Barnhart, | April 25. i 36 Harold P. Elbon, Portland, | e | ith Spain—Elvin J. 'Crawford, AGED WOMAN RECOVERS | 5. Increase—Miles Rowen. Ore- | = - ! 2. Widows—Hattle A. Brown, | FROM BRUTAL ATTACK' y . Morrill, father, | 1 2 ot . | Victim of the Negro Lynched in Colo- n—Original—Simon P. Ran- i i le, 8. Increase—James Kee- Lo Wx:lri“i:z:t;nue e i g i = ounce that -Centract| 1A JUNTA, Colo., March 26.—Mrs. Hen- £ r;\_r-ns(‘(’i ordea"d from | rieita Miller, the aged woman from Los rancisco, thence to| 4\ oetes, Cal., who was assaulted in the — Santa Fe Raflroad yards here on Monday Riis May Be the Governor { night by & negro, and whose condition March 2.—One of the | Was regarded as critical yesterday, is P i ; - much improved to-day and the physicians resident consequent n attenaance upon her at the pospitai fication of the treaty for | pere say that she will be able to conunue n of the Danish West Indies, | her journey to Denver in a few da; before the Senate, will be body of W. H. Wallace, the rail r- | ; nor for the | ter, who was identified by M 8 been sug- | her assaflant and who was p office, one | might, dangied from the telegraph pole on | A. Rils, the which he was hanged until this morning, yriter of New | when it was taken down by order of the 10 be favor- ' Mayor. | Rite. for whom | SEDALIA, Mo., March %.—W. H. Wal- rd with whom | lace, the negro who was lynched at La | of thelr as. | Junta, Colo., for assaulting Mrs. Miller, { w hile the Presi-|an aged white woman, was sent to the tified with the administra- penitentiary for two years for a similar ice Department. crime_committed here nearly four yvears emtdoogs | ago. Wallace was emploved as janitor at ” e M. K. & T. passenger station. Almost ft's Health Improves. 1;1@1(1_\— Sk thins oc Tout sheptie thevs rch 26.—William H. | were assaults on white girls returning Philippine Islands, | nome from work at night time. Blood- | < in the hospitaj | hounds were finally secured znd Wallace | N ! was run down. The evidence against him th the ot ba only circumstantial, but he consented 5 e me €| to plead guilty if given a minimum sen- - . nd though is matur. ; tence. He discharged under the - S B i Aturs | three-fourths rule after serving eighteen ur months. able to leave the two weeks. Miss El- has will REMEDIES. CHA RMIEG upation. it of a smake ouch of one. n greater risks How mauy the use of Dr rce's Favorite It rong and en well. it my duty to express my deep, hes tude 10 you for having beea the mean lence of restoring me to Oscar Brown, of Oxford, Gr For two years I suffered with female cadache, neuralgia in various parts and after using four bottles of Prescription, three of his ing Suppositories,’ [ are led to the purchase of *Favorite Prescription” because of its ures of other women, do not eccept a substitute, The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviscr, a book containing 1008 pages, is given away. Send 21 one-cent stamps the expense of mailing only, for the book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for the volume bound in cloth. Address Dr. E. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, om the surgeon in | |SIX MEN ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL REGISTRATION ‘ Candidate for a Municipal Office in! Sausalito Swears Out the War- | ! rants. | SAN RAFAEL, 2. rants | were sworn out to-day and placed in the ! hands o Sheriflf for the arrest of six men—Benjamin F. Riler, George A. Henning, Richard Lauger, Charles E. = | Carlson, Daniel Meiroy and W. P. Tomp- Kkins-who arc charged witiy iliegal regis tration In Sausalito. This action is an | outgrowth of the bitter campaign between | the poolroom and anti-pooiroom lactions, | which will end with the coming mun.cipal election. W. G. Morrow, who swore to the complaints, 18 a candidate for trus- | 1ee on the ticket of the “hill tribe,” whicn | opposes the poolrooms.” Ihe arrests have | not vet been made | Benjamin ¥. Riley. one of the accused | | men, hus engaged ex-Gov or Budd and | Attorney Charles Heggérty of S8an Fran- | | cigeo as his counsel und -has announcid | his intention 10 cause Morrow's arrest on { a perjury charge. Riley claims he is a| | > resident of Satsaito and thac | "My i Reaurt re nence?' demanded the actress, assuming | Bone e e ire: hitn i3 not founded | 4o L e yes was alwo removed 10 jail | politic under the ‘name of the people of | her hest pose of an injured stage bemuty: s Taet ¢ Cotan i formerly. deputy auditor | tHe Philippine Islands. The ‘Youth grinned. It was fatal levity, | upon faet. {7 A e “‘,ml‘ e Cul 1:‘1 (m:nmu: Departniont, und b o+ She raised her riding-whip quickly and | Amdlywe s Piunger. WX T T atabane and U | WOMAN'S PARLIAMENT amons i dier the ehin. ecore the : - R 2 " could repe e blow the stranger ha DETROIT, Mich., March 26.—Disclos- { m.;_l :n |m$ a fine t;l $35,616 for misappros DRAWS TO A CLOSE ! wheeled 'Lr'i,‘min and galloped nfl.‘bul ?\'- ures by two lpeal brokerage firms hr-;l’rh‘!“’;:"‘;’ “l':?;"l;":mu'l\:';- B - he passed the groom the latter gave him fore Circult Court Commissioner May of | et i e | Fresident Opgood Provents a Debate | iwo good cracks of the whip. their dealings with Frank C. Andrews, | jce president of the wrecked City Sav- inge Bank, show the stupendous character From August 5, 1901, he hougnt througa | stocks and bonds of all | to $12,654,215. Througi | C he bought, be- uary 1, to the amount of $3,683,000 and sold to the amoint of $10,466,000, a total of $13,908,800. The two totals amount to $27,932.815. Amalgamated Copper stock, to which his fafjure |s generally accredited, he bou o the amount of 33,272,400 from | M \lin & Co. and to the amount of $1.3660.000 from Currie & Co. Through the latter firm he sold $7,466,600 worth ot Amalgamated and through Mrl‘uuxhlln} 426,300 wa worth, g Judge Williams for Mayor. | PORTLAND, Ore.. March 2.—At a eau- | Cus to-night of a majority of the dele- gdles (o the Republican city convention, ! which will meet to-morrw, it was de- clded 1o nomnate Judge George H. Niams fo vor, Juage Williams i | and has had a distin- reer. He was elected Senator from Oregon in served on the commission which framed the treaty with England gnd set- tled the 4 claims. In 1871 he went tito President Grant's cabinet as.Attor- Meral and in 1874 the President him to be Chief Justice of :Rc but e €% Supreme Court, i nomination was not confirmed, | scant three hours of deliberation at the | on Beptember 23, 1800, with the intent to kill, | escorted into the courtroom. He walked | eneia Court to ten ye fmprisonment | were g < P 7 o] : ere Spanish - subjects on the 1ith | #ays: While out riding in Central Park and to pay a fine of $35,324 as a result of | day of 'April,' 18%9. and then . re- | Bunday., Kdna Wallace-Hopper horse- his . connection with the Cuban postai | sided ~n""the ~ Philippine lslands, | whipped an fmpertinent south who sought irauds, remained in the Vivac prison wil | and their children - born subse: B ALBERT T.'PATRICK IS CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF A MILLIONAIRE Jury in New Yofk City Finds That the Accused Attorney Conspired With Valet Jones in the Killing of William Marsh Rice in Order to Get Posséssion of the Texan’s Estate, Valued at Seven Millions of Dollars ' EW YORK, March 2.—Albert T.! Patrick, lawyer, was this even- ing convicted of the murder, on Seplember 23, 1900, of the aged millionaire recluse, William Marsh Rice. The penalty under the statute is death in the electric chair. A prolonged for nine weeks and replete w.th sensational in- terest sufficed to enable the jury to reach their verdict. The issue of thel trial establishes the charge that Patrick | conspired with Rice's valet, Charles F. | Jones, to obtain possession of the aged | Texan's . estate, estimated at $7,000,000, and that Jones killed his employer by the administration of chloroform at the direct instigation of Patrick. Review of the Case. In charging the jury, Recorder sald: There are three main propositions in this case, and if they fail or satisfactory proof the whote fabric of the prosecution fails. The propositions are, first: Did Charles F. Jones, close of a trial Goft place a towel cone with a sponge saturated with chloroform, on the face of W. M. Rice; second, ~did W. M. Rice die from the effects of chioroform and from no other cause; th.rd, did the defendant, with the intent to procur the death of W. M. Kice, counsel and induce Jones to place the chloroform over his face? If you find that Patrick. did counsel Jones and that Jones did kill Mr. kice, the guilt of the defendant is not lessened because Patrick was not present. Neither shail you deem it lessened If you find that Jones was easily in- duced to do the murder. The fact that Jones is a self-confessed mur- derer does not make’ him an incompetent wit- ness. But the evidence of such an accomplice should be received with great caution. The law says it shall not be accepted unless it 12 corroborated. This does not mean that there must have been an eye witness to the crime. It means that either direct or circumstantial evidence pointing to the same end shall con- vince you of the truth of the testimon You must take into consideration Jones’ man- ner on the stand, his apparent capacity to re- member -detalls, his admission that he made previous statements that were untrue and his upparent frankness in telling of his own part in a treacherous murder. ‘I'hen you will k yourselves was he actuated by a motive to sacrifice Patrick to save himseif? If so, why Qid_he select Patrick? The prosecution claims to have traced to the possession of the defendant the generul assignment and other leged forged docu- ments. 1f you believe this has been proved I charge that you may hold that the failure of the defendant to produce those papers may be taken as evidence that If produced they would be harmful to the defense. The Recorder sald, further, that if the Jury belleved that mercury or other poi- #on had been given to Rice for the pur- pose of hastening his death, they might ake into consideration his weakened power of resisting the chloroform. “Guilty” Finds the Jury. At the close of Recorder Goff's charge, which occupied the morning session of the court, the jury retired. This was at 1:50 p. m. At 5:56 they notified the offi- cer in charge that they were ready to teturn to court, rather more than an hour cf the Intervening time having been cevoted to luncheon. In anticipation of a scene of excife- ment in event of a verdict of gullty, the usual step was taken of ordering all women to leave the courtroom. Among them were the prisoner’s two sisters and Mrs. Franeis, with whom he boarded. With grave faces the members of the Jury filed into their places, and some minutes of painful tension elapsed while messengers were endeavoring to find the counsel, who had departed, not expect- ing a verdict for many hours. Calm as ever, and with confidence seemingly unshaken, the prisoner was | | | e | NEW YORK ATTORNEY WHO HAS BEEN FOUND GGILTY OF THE | | MURDER OF MILLIONAIRE RICE, AND THE VALET ACCOMPLICE | UPON WHOSE TESTIMONY CONVICTION WAS CHIEFLY SECURED. + clately in the corridor, where the women relatives and friends of the prisoner were waiting, and a scene of great excitement ensued. Screaming hysterically, the pris- oner's elder sister ran about the corridor begging to be allowed to see her brother. Mrs. Francis fainted, and on recover- ing broke from the attendants and rushed into the courtroom, from which Patrick * who testified for him at the prellmlnary, [ hearing before Justice Jerome and were | indicted for perjury as a result of thelr | testimony, will probably be moved for | trial in about ten days. What disposition will be made of Charles F. Jones, the former valet-secre- tary of Millionaire Rice, who confessed cn the stand that he placed a chloroformed g rapidly, and took his stand facing the jury with bead erect and hands loosely clasped behind his back. | At the word ‘“guilty,” pronounced by Foreman Machell in" a tone low 'but distinct enough to be heard tbroughout | the court, not the slightest change | Pad just been removed. There she again | sponge in a cone over his sleeping em- pasced over Patrick's face, and he re. | SWooned. Both women were removed 10 | plovers fage, no one comnected with tne mained standing in an almost listiess | 2N anteroom and were sent home jn a | District Attorney's office would say. | carriage. Captain Patrick, after taking leave of his son, who was led back to the Tombs, would only “It is hard; we will have to try again.” None of the jurors could be induced to | cal how the verdict had been reached. an agreement having been made to tell nothing. A motion will be made for a_new trial wvhen the prisoner is arraigned. for sen- ence. attitude while the customary poll of the jury was being taken. His aged father, Captain Patrick, sitting near him and straining to catch the statement of the foreman, started for an instant as ite im- port reached him, and then sat caimly awaiting the further proceedings. A smile of triumph lit up the face of Assistant District Attorney Osborne. who hastened from the court immediately after Recorder Goff had, at the request of the prisoner's counsel, fixed a week { Jones is not under indictment for mur- der, and so far as is known is not undcr indictment for forgery or conspiracy. He testified on the witn ss stand that he ex. | pected to receive some immunity for his | confession. Pressed by Mcore to say that he had been promised absolute immunity. | he denied that this was so. Since cutting | his throat in an attempt to kill himself the Tombs, Jones, under the constant sur- | veillance of police officers, has resided at 2 private boarding-house' up town, with fl)isposltion of Valet Jones. from Monday as the day on which to the exceotion of a brief time in thl vronounce sentence. i The cases of David L. Short and Morris | House of Detention, where he tried 1o | he verdict was known almost imime- | Leyer, the witnesses to Patrick's will, | starve himself to death. | | [] oot - ol 0 e S e ] the principal Belgian and German firms are not inclined to Join this ombination, because the fall in prices cnables them to compete’ in the American market. T RS PHILIPPINE CURBE;{CY IS NOW THE QUESTION Senate Committee Concludes Consid- eration of All but One Feature of the Bill. _WASHINGTON, March %.—The Senate Committee on the Philippines to-day con- cluded ) consideration of the Philippine Goverfiment bill with the exception of that portion relating to the currency of the islands and adjourned after a BAIL 15 DENIED CUBAN CORVICTS. Rathbcns, Reeves and Neel>y Remain in Jail Pending Appeal. AGTRE3S WHIPS THE MASHER™ Impertinent Youth Meets -a Tartar/in Edna Hopper. very - brief '}«,‘an(l‘rll in order to give the sub- 0 e committee Having the currency quésti HAVANA, DMarch 26.—Estes G. Rath- | under consideration further I;l"nl‘”:"’:‘q[l)lr'(“: bone, the former director of posts, who | PATe a report. The cosimistec naoptad the was arrested last night after having been | following us ‘a section of the bill: SERSEERSIatoN NS SR TRIK iat all fnhabitants of the Philipy sentenced the day previc " Au- ¥ previous by the Au- | 100 049" continuing o resido. thorsin NEW YORX, March 26.—The Telegram | to make her acquaintance. Park Police- quent thereto, shall be deemed & e, And held { /i Fox ‘witnessed the horsewhipping to be citizens of the Phillppine Islands, ond as guch entitled to the protection of night. To-day he was taken to the jail, accompanied by a number of friends. . > and- purswed the intruder, but fafled to s;::‘xll::u:\':.‘:T:::m.‘mnf;ln. Henur. Lopes, |the United Btates, except stch as shall | catch him, B ant, went o court this | have elected to preserve their allegiance | On approaching the Fifty-ninth-streot lorning and apnounced that he was will- | to the crown of &pain, In accordance with | exit. of the riding path, the young :ny‘ o nlruuhl ponus 1 Any waount, but | the provisions of the treaty of peace be- | stranger, well dressed, well groomed and bl was ubsolutely refused. tween the United States and Spain en- | kood looking, pressed his horse and came CULE taviyiuo. Biult vays the case Is | tered fnto an the 11th day. of April, 1899, abreast of the actress, ralsing his hat at the same time. “What d6 you mean by in the nands of the couri, and that he cannot and they, together with such eltizens of the Unlted States as may. reside in the Philioplne Islands, shall constitute a body mugriere in the rmatter of nxing L refuses to aceept. bail, this imperti- option of bail.. This s because (heir seri- tences ure for more than wix years' du- ration. Although the law in certain clr- cumstonees permits the acceptance of ball untf) the sentence shall be executed, the court holds that there are no clreum- stances in the present case to warrant the acceptance of bail Under the Spanish law the court is al- lowed to accent bail when the accused has a good record, when there is no reason to suppose he will aftempt to escape jus- tice, when the. crime with which he is charged ‘has not produced alarm, and when [t is not of canstant occurrence in the province. Counsel for Rathbone and Neele; appeal the cages. . CREAT IRON COMBINE I8 PLANNED IN EUROPE ““Let him go,” sald Mrs. Hopper, melo~ dramatically; **I think he's been punisher .-nmuf(h.' 1 know him," sald the policeman, “and even {f he Is the son of one of the richest men In New York, I'll catch him yet.,” German Meat Dealers Are Alarmed. BERLIN, Match 26.—The agricultural departments of the states comprising the empire are gathering material throughout the country to be used in framing a pro- test ngainst the mcat regulations. It is understood here that the opintons of some of the first chemical and medical authori- ties In Germany, who assert that borax If taken in’ small quantities is harmless to the human system, will be given prom- inence in the United States. The sausage- makers of Krankfort are in a panic over the probability of reprisals, and are get- on the Troublesome Color Line, SANTA BARBARA, March 26--The twenty-third convention of the Womun's Parllament of Southern California ad- journed to-day. The greater portion of the morning meeting was taken up with a discussion on ‘“Why men object to business dealings with women." ™ There were gome spirited debates, but the con- gengus of opinlon appeared to be that the fault of the women was that they had no fdea of tho value of time! At the afternoon sess’on the color line was brought up, but President Osgood Faid that it was the wish of the State Federation that the delegates should not dlecuss the question, and that they ghould attend the convention at Los Angeles un- pledged in their views. \ Before adjournment y will l resolutions were sy adopted thanking the Educational Club | ti ' a m jal on this sub, Tritish Firms Propose a Method Ly | 8RN, Harbara and the cfiizens for the gv'l‘l be r?nnai'&“’&,”‘mfi"vou"lg“"x’ 75:1:«7"‘“ ‘Which Prices May Be hospitality shown during the session, —— e Chicago Pastor Coming West. CHICAGO, March 26.—The Rev. M. P, Boynton, for several years pastor of the Lexington Avenue Baptist Church, has accspted a call to the Hamilton Square Baptist Church of San Francisco, He will | leave April 1 to assume the new charge, Kept Up. TONDON, March 27.—-The Daily Mail to-day declares that negotlations are on foot for the formation of a glgantic fron combination in Europe, the object of which 15 to keep up prices. These nego- tations were instituted by the Britich Theodore Cushing Is Paroled. SPOKANE. March 26.—Theodore Cush- mg. who built the Cushing Bank block in this city, has been paroled out of tne penitentiory. Cushing, who was wealthy in the early nineties, lost the greater part of his wealth in the panic. In an alter- fronmastere. In view of the American de- | cation with an employe he ghot L Ay 2 mand for pig iron and steel, continues the | hime " The. tral wan. a uenm'u'::.lk lflfi: SPOKANK, March 20, —The whéreahduts Daily Mail, there are many difficulties in [ and Cishing wae defended by a number | Mrs; Mary Carleton, the handsome young wits of Frank Carleton, who dis: nikht, remains a mystery. in_church with a neighl heis:lf and -left the been seen since. the way of the formation of such a com- bination and the latter has not yet de-|and sentenced to seven years in the peni- veloped. tentiary. With the usual allowance his According to a dispatch from Brusse!s | sent:nce would have expired next June, of leading attorneys.” He was convicted SENKTORS D INTD JouL Debate on Oleomargarine Bill Enlivens the Statesmen. Tennessee Congressman Criti- ‘c:zes Philippine Con- ditions. WASHINGTON, March 26.—Throughout to-day’s session. of the Senate the oleo- margarine bill was under discussion. The debate was interesting at all times, and some phases .of it were amusing. Hansbrough of North Dakota concluded his speech, begun yesterday, in support of the measure, maintaining that the oleo- margarine industry had been outlawed by the Legislatures of many Siates, and that it ought to.be made by Congress to take off its mask and place its product on the market for what it really is. Stewart of Nevada declared that tle proposed legislation was unnecessary and that there was no more reason for tax- ing colored oleomargarine than for tax- ing colored butter. The principal speech of the day was delivered by Dolliver of lowa. He spoke forcefully and throughout commanded the interested attention of his colleagues and of many members of the House who had come to theSenate to hear him. He scathingly denounced the oleomargar- ine industry, declaring that it had put itself in partnership with lawlessness and nses. el and Todge of Massachusetts ex- plained that their reason for supporting the bill was that it imposed a tax on an evident fraud. General debate on the military appro- | priation bill in tka House was concluded and consideration of the bill un- 1o0-da; flve-minute -rule begun. Several der tl he | brief speeches were made, some in. criti- | cism of different provisions of the bill. Patterson of Tennessee criticlzed the general conditions of the Philippines, and charged -that a state of slavery exigted there, which should be remedied at ghce. The provision limiting the longevity pay for retired army officers to the sum al- lowed and paid at the date of retire- ment went out on a point of order. Ste- vens of Minnesota offered a substitute, which, he said, jnvolved two propositions, one providing that no further increase of longevity pay shall accrue to officers now on the retired list, and the other tha: officers hereaftér retired shall not be paid any increase of longevity pay above the sum pald at the date of retirement. The amendment was adopted, and at 5 o’clock the House adjourn MASKED MEN ATTEMPT TO ROB HOTEL SAFE Are Locked Up, but Three Persons tHe Coin Is Not Talken. EMPORIA, Kan., March 2.—Two masked men made a bold attempt at 1 o’clock this morning to rob the safe of the Hotel Whitley, in the heart of lhel city. They entered the lobby by two dif- ferent doors and each with two revolvers raised compelléd” Paul Vickery, a cler Jesse Reeves, a porter, and W. F. Sulli van, a travel hands. Sullivan was ordered to throw his cas on the floor and promptly delivered $50. Then he and the porter were placed in a cloak room and_ the ' key was turned. Vickery was ordered to open the safe, but-convinced the robbers that he was un- able to do so and he, too, after being | relieved of what small change he carried, was locked in the closet. The robbers then attempted to break open the safe but. finding their efforts futile, departed, first ordering the three prisoners to remain quietly where they were. There is no clew to the robbers. fing man, to throw up their | FUNSTON SCORES SOME EDITORS Aguinaldo’s Captor De- tends His Lotus Club Spéech. Declares That He Did Not Use Any Dishonorable Methods. | TOPEKA, Kans., March 2. — Gencral Frederick Funston was in this city to- day on his way to California. General runston delivered himself of a scathing denunciation of the Eastern newspapers which criticized his speech before the Lotus Club in New York. He said: “I have beer nagged by that class of vapers urtil I am tired. Editorfally they willfully misinterpret my remarks, and 1 am giad to express my independence cf their opinions and their talk and that of their kind about my using dishonora- ble and unfair mears in the capture of Aguinaldo; also_that I violated the ar- ticles of war. They know reat deal more abeut (he articles of golf than they do about the articles of war. gEverything is permissible in a campaign except the use of poison or the vioiation of & of truce. ““‘As a matter of fact, only four of my men were dressed in the insurgent uni- form. The others were dressed as Fil- ipino J)eusants. President Roosevelt ap- proved heartily of my remarks before the Lotus Club banquet, and was very anxious to have me go to Boston on the invitation of Senator Lodge and make the same speech there; but my orders :vere such that it was impossible for me 0 go. HANDLING OF FISH SPREADS THE LEPROSY English Physician Makes Interesting Report on the Disease in South Africa. LONDON, March 26.—Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson, formerly president of the Royal College of Surgeons, who recently | returned to England after studying the | causes of leprosy In South Africa, has | arrived at the conclusion that the pri- | mary cause of the disease is the use, as | food, of badly cured salt fish, which is sent’ inland from Cape Town and else- where on the west and south coasts and | 18 largely consumed by the farmers and in the industrial centers. Dr. Hutchinson obtained conclusive evi- dence that leprosy, in very exceptional cases, may be communicated from person to derson. He does not believe that it is either infectious or contagious, in the proper sense of these words, but it may be communigated by eating food contami- nated by lepers’ hands. Dr. Hutchinson suggests, as preventive measures, execu- tive control of the fish-curing companies, the aiffusion of information in regard to the dangers of communication and the establishment of isolated homes for lepers during the stage of the disease involving risk of contracting i Chief of Police Is Dismissed. PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, March 26.— General Cameau, Chief of Police, who was directly responsible for the immedi- a e execution of L~on Gabriel, the French citizen who fired a revolver at him on ! Mareh 22, has been dismissed by request | of the French Government. It is now g‘enel"’ally believed that the Incidemt is closed. —_——— Cleveland Goes to the South. PRINCTON, N. J., March 26.—Ex-Pres- ident and Mrs. Cleveland and Professor and Mrs. John H. Findlay and Miss Bry- ant of New York left here to-day on an Easter trip to the Squth. They went In Colonel Danlel S. Lamont’s private car and their destination is Stuart, Fla. Sp.rin g su it made to your measure for $10. 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