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Y., on wamp-Re . by whick or such dis and uric acid being-obliged a tly night and | every bottle. | EDITORIAL NOTICE—I{ you have the.slightest symptams .of kid- i r bladder trouble..or if there is a trace of it in your family history, send T mer & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y., whé will gladly send yoa . without_cost to you, a sample bottle of Swamp-Roat | ing many of the thousands upon thousands of testimonial from men and women cured. In writing. be sure t6 say that | generous offer in the San Francisco Daily Call CUSTOM-HOUSE BIDS OPENED ot, PARDON BOARD GIVES FREEDOM TO DUNLAP Man Who Robbed Manhattan Bank of New York Is Released From ‘ Monmouth Prison. Dec i 17.—James Dun- | nk robber, is again clemency of the D, Duniap was serving | I CHICAGO, through board ( of a roposals for Ereetion rdor time for a bank robbery at Monmouth, | . 2 & St oA T Local Federal Building Now His criminal record extends back a| in the Architect’s Hands > SR R came into prominence | g0, when he was sen- Special Dispatch to The Call. | 3 ary for the robs | y ‘ | ] - 3 CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, | nk at Northampton, Mass. | . o * Eosi g p to: | N. W., WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—The | loned and since that had ong his most bids and plans for the construction of | ilhr‘ San Francisco Custom-house were he has many escapades. daring exploits was time the robbery of the Manhattan Bank | opened at the Treasury Department to- in New York, where his booty is said | day and submitted to the following | to have amounted to nearly $1,000,- ' architects as judges: - Frank Miles Da\'! 000 | of Philadelphia, William Martin Atken | P {and J. M. Carrere New Y. | St. Louis Woman Burned. Grben bf Bufl:[‘:r I\r}fy e,“ d‘;rk'l('“r' ST. LOUIS, Dec. 17.—Mrs. H. H.| e - ] | Taylor, supervising architect. Wilgon, whose résidence is in the heart | = my < B8 Soohi ehdt of the fashionable section, was dan- gerously burned to-day while trying to rescue her servant, Anmie Crete, whose clothes had caught fire. The domestic died a few hours later. These gentlemen will conclude their work to-morrow when the name of the successful architect will be announced {and the details of the several competi- ADVERTISEMENTS. No Branch Stores. No Agents. | tive bids given out. Belle H.. Curtis has been commis- sioned postmistress at Cool, Cal. The : | following fourth-class postmasters o - have been appointed: California— I | Charles R. Whitcher Jr., Castroviile, | | Monterey County, vice Robert A. Stir- ling, removed. The President to-day sent to the Senate the following nominations: . | Agent for the Indians—Luther 8. Kelly, New York, at the San Carlos . | Agency, Arizona. Chas. Keilus & Co. | Postmasters—California—Horace B. E x ¢ 1 u s i y e]|Gardiner, Crockett; Charles S. Gra- | ham, Pleasanton. . : | High-Grade Clothiers| The Senaie in executive session to- | day confirmed the following nomina- |tions: William I Buchanan, New | | York, Envoy Extraordinary and Minis- | Clothes for After Dark ter Plenipotentiary to Panama; Corne- . ., |lius N. Van Hosen, Register of the When the Lights Are Lit|Lana ofice at Springfield, Mo.; Fred | | Butler, receiver of public moneys at And for -All .Occasions| Eureka, Cal: Jossph Fifer, Illinois, to ’Formal VOI' ll'l fo rma | i be Interstate Commerce Commissioner. Compilete Stock Always| Poutery Companies Form Pool = : TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 17.—A pot- for Immediate Service|tery selling company mcorporsted | here has been formed as the result of | Reasonably Priced) an agreemsntamong practicany an o Slhe sanitary potteries of the United | States for the purpose of controling . 3 A . | prices and regulating the output of : each pottery. - 3 D Kearny Street Thurlow Bleck We are selling agents for fountain rnl that will fit your hand; cost from 1.00 to $5.00 each. 741 Market st. fin Colombian waters. they rtecognizgd-n.the-department ¢f Cauca. Sanborn, Vail & Co, qmghhu"“nmm ARMY OF COLOMBIANS IS ENCAMPED g Continued 'From Page 1, Column 4. Lieutenant Perrill explained that it was not war, but a friendly visit. Gen- eral Novo, however, refused to give him any information. An interpreter who boarded the schooner learned that she had seventy or eighty armed men, packed sardine-like in her hold. -The Atlanta then signaled to Lieu- tenant Perrill to return to his ship and later. the lieutepant returned to the shore 1o vigit General Ortiz, the com- mander in chief of the Colombians. This ;tIme “he "took with him a dozen rifies, concealed in the bow of the whaleboat, for an emergency. The whaleboat was rowed steadily toward the schooner, the excitement increasing as she approached, but when Lieuten- ant Perrill went on shore General Ortiz appeared on the beach and the excite- ment Subsided. General Ortiz insisted that Lieuten- ant Perrill should fly the Colombian flag;at the bow. of the whaleboat, or lower ‘the American flag at her stern, because she was in Colombian waters Lieutenant Perrill replied that he did not have a Colombian flag and refused th lower the Stars and Stripes. Gen- eral Ortiz _did not insist upon_ his. so | doing, but he protested in writing against the presence of the Americans Lieutepan: Per- rill accepted the protest and convey=d it to Commander Turner, who handed it to ,Rear Admiral Coghlan on his ar- | rival here. General Ortiz seemed uncertain at the beginning whether war had been de- clared. He left Cartagena on Decem- ber 2 and some of the others deciared they had been in the gulf for a month past conducting defensive and prepara- tory operations. The general’s protest reads-partly as follows: *“To the captain of the Atlanta: Dan- iel Ortiz, commandant general of a di- vision of the Colombian army and first adjutant to Genéral Reyes, protests most energetically in the mame of the Colombian Government and all Colom- bians against the presence of Aner- ican warships in our waters. You are citizens of a powerful country, im- mensely rich and pogsessing vast num- berg of inhabitants. On the contrary, we are bankrupt and our immense ter- ritories are depopulated. Coiombiz has been bled ‘by fatuous civil wars, but to-day in:the Panama' matter and ra- garding yourselves, we believe we ha right ‘and’ justice on our side. Do not doubt it. 'The god of nations will be on our side. “Against him squadroris and cannon .shall not prevail. FEvery Colombian, man or woman, is capable of rising to the he{ghts of heroism. “D. ORTIZ.” General Ortiz sent another communi- cation to. Commander Turner asking what orders the commander had from Washington regarding the movements of €olombian warships in Colombian waters, to which Commander Turner answered, saying they would be treated as would the vessels of any other pow- er with which the United States was at peace. After saying that with: Commander Turner’s general said: - “I beg that you will'feave thig port, hecause \the' Watérs surrounding it ‘are 1 permit myself to inform ybu that the rebel de- partment of Panama borders on Cauca at Tiburon. So long as war is not de- clared it seems to me only just and natural that American warships should not enter the waters south of Tiburon.” Commander Turner disregarded this. Having accomplished the purpose of his ¥isit to the gulf, namely, to find the Colombians, the Atlanta started for Colon on the night of December 15. The Colombians carefully and sys- tematically made efforts to avoid giv* he was satisfled answer the ling any information as to what pur- poses had brought them to the gulf or whether they were building roads to- ward the republic of Panama. But it can be said that they are.awaiting superior orders. In the meantime there are strong probabilities that they are building a road toward Panama. The distance parating Titumati and Ya- viza is sixty miles. The Colombians declared they had 2000 men between the mouth of the Atrato and Tiburon well supplied with food, clothing and ammunition. They have also several pieces of artillery mounted advantageously at coast points. Their demeanor, though polite, clearly showed hostility and deep cha- grin at having been discovered. Many indications pointed to their intention of bringing more men and supplies to the guif. SR sl PRAIRI MARINES LAND. WASHINGTON, Dec, 17.—In a cable- gram from Rear Admiral Coghlan, commanding the naval fc: s in At- lantic-isthmian waters, which reached the Navy Department over nfght, the landing of the battalion of marines from the Prairie at Gorgon is recorded. The battalion will go into camp at that place, the medical officers having re- ported that the health conditions there are fairly satisfactory. Gorgon is some distance above the sea level and it is hoped the men will be free from trop- ical’ fliness. The Dixie's battalion of marines has encamped at Empire. 'he cruiser Olympia, flagship of Rear Admiral Coghlan, commanding the Ca- ribbean squadron, left Norfolk to-day for Colon. The Dixie left Colon to-day for Philadelphia to take on board the battalion of marines being assembled in that city for service on the isthmus. FLAE TR Nicaragua Recognizes Panama. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Acting Secretary Loomis to-day received a | cablegram from United States Minister Merry at San Jose, Costa Rica, stating that the (Government of Nicaragua has recognized the new republic of Pana- ma by appointing a Consul at Panama City. Considerable interest attaches to this announcement because of the doubtful state of feeling toward the new republic by the other nations of South and Central America, only two of which (Brazil and Mexico), have so far accorded recognition to Pan- ama. B — Comtesse President of Switzerland. - BERNE, Dec. 17.—M. Comtesse, a: member of the Bundesrath from Neu- chatel, and M. Ruecha, a member froni the canton Devaud, were to-d: elected respectively President and Viece President of Switzerland for 1904, ¢+ —_——————— F To a Cold in One Day. Take fromo Quinine Tablsw Al TB. .W-ifi,hpu-fifi ...‘ SEVATORS I\ BITTER COLLOD0Y Hoar Calls Up His Resolution Asking for Information as to This Government’s Part in the "Panama ‘Revolution FORAKER DEFENDS ACTS’ OF THE ADMINISTRATION i Gorman, in the Coursé of a Partisan Speeeh, Accuses the President of Having Usurped the Rights of e WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—The Senate to-day debated the isthmian canal ques- tion as affected by the President’s rec- ognition of the independence of the re- public of Panama. The discussion be- gan with a speech by Hoar on his reso- lution of inquiry and lasted several hours. In addition to Hoar's address there were speeches by Gorman and Foraker. Hoar confined his remarks to his res- olution and they were read from manu- script. He held that this country had not yet received full official informa- tion concerning the isthmian revolution, 1 and adversely criticized the conduct of | this country as shown by what had been given out. He compared the con- auct of the United States on the isth- mian question to that of a policeman whoe would manacle and hold a person to be robbed and who would then insist on having the spoils of the theft deliv- ered to himself. Gorman'’s utterances-alleged the situ- ation.in Panama had been created to make a campaign issue, and charged Asgistant _Secretary of State Loomis with a violation of the proprieties in discussing the question at a banquet in New York. He also said that unless further light ~were thrown upon the subject ‘he would oppose the Panama | treaty. He referred to the action of the executive, and declared that the ‘Senate should prevent the jeopardizing of the business inferests of the country. SENATORS IN WARM DEBATE. Foraker took Hoar to task séverely for his remarks reflecting on the ad- ministration and his indiscretion in speaking in open session concerning executive matters. He defended the administration for its attitude toward the Panama revolt. _A.heated colloquy took place between Faraker and Hoar, during an _effort by Hoar to explain more fully his' position in the matter. In addressing the Senate on his.reso- lution calling upon the President for such information as may be in his pos- session relative to the status of the re- public of Panama when the treaty with that country was negotiated, Hoar be- gan by saving that he was favorable to the isthmian canal and desirous that the present President of the United States should build -the great water- way. But, anxious as he was for the accomplishment of these ends, he was even more anxious ! that the canal should be built “without taint or sus- picion of national dishonor.” 'What we want to know,” he said, >3 Did this Government, knowing that a revolution was about to take place, so arrange matters that the revolution, whether peaceable or other- wise, should be permitted to go on without interruption and whether our national authorities took measures to prevent Colombia stopping 1t?” Hoar said that it was no justification of our course to say Colombia had falled to ratify the treaty for the con- struction of the Panama canal. In conclusion Hoar pleaded for all the facts and asked thut they be sent to the Senate through the usual official channels. GORMAN ASSAILS PRESIDENT. Gorman took the floor as soon as Hoar had conciuded. He said that Democratic Senators generally were as favorable to the construction of the eanal as Republicans. He congratu- lated the country on the possession of a Serator like Hoar, who, he said, was following many examples of courage, patriotism and disinterestedness in the Senate. Gorman said the facts were all that were desired, and he referred to the extension of the ‘executive influ- ence, saying that this influence had been extended until ‘‘the Senate had become practically the agent of the executive.” He criticized the selection by the President of Commissioners from the Senate to negotiats treatles as a reprehensible practice, and de- clared that the Associated Press se- cured its suggestions as to informa- tion dbout events from the administra- tion. He also condemned executive interference in State politics. But none of these transgressions could be compared, he declared, to the action of the executive in connection with the affair in Panama. “It is,” he said, “the most flagrant act of transgression that has ever taken place in the history of the coun- try, and it should be resisted without regard to party.” ITICIZES LOOMIS' SPEECH. orman adversely criticized the speech made by Assistant Secretary of | State Loomis before the Quill Club of New York a few nights ago. He said that Loomis, while excited by wine, had “given information which the Sen- ate had not had from the administra- tion or from any other source. “He did mnot,” Gorman continued, “tell the country all the facts, but he made the broad assertion that the President was a bold and great man, | who had the courage and the patriotism to land marines and seize a part of the ::fl‘ltory of the republic of Colombia, vhich we were under contract to guar- antee tp that country. This, in the light of the facts about us, is nothing less than usurpation.” Gorman then discussed the President as a “second Napoleon.” Congress | [ NEAR THE PASSES LEADING TO PANAMA = =3 claimed. ‘“Has it come to this, that the United States must have a Na- poleon to shape its destinies and to ‘distort the Presidential office from its proper functiops?” Here Aldrich asked Gorman whether it was the “purpose of the reconcen- trated Democracy to defeat the treaty.” CHALLENGES A STATEMENT. After some parley Gorman exclaimed: “I say to the Senator from Rhode Island that if the case stands as it is now, with only the information the ad- ministration has furnished us to this hour, then we regard it as a most ob- jectionable transaction. And let me say to the Senator, when you talk about responsibility, we can take the responsibility and say to the adminis- tration without regard to party: ‘Con- gress has directed you to do one of two things, to construct the eanal and do it ‘without delay; when you cannot | get it at Panama go to Nicaragua and | construct: it there and do it at once.” Yet Mr.:Loomis in his speech has the audacity to say the reason why they did not go to Nicaragua and attempted no negotiations with Costa Riea or | Nicaragua, as' provided by the Spooner ! act, was because’ eéminent: engineers have said Nicaragua was not the prop- er route ‘for the conmstruction of the canal. That statement I challenge. It cannot be verified. But one member of | the committee expressed a doubt as to the feasibility of the Nicaragua route. “I do not desire to do the President of the United States any injustice. I respect the office. T believe that who- ever occupies it ought to have fair con- gideration. But the executive must | have a respect for Congress and a spe- | clal consideration for the Senate of the | United States when it comes to the | confirmation of treaties, for he cannot make one without its consent. When the attempt to deprive us of all the facts is made I resent it. And it is| not the first instance of such action and of dictating to Congress. I resent it and I have resented it at the cost| of estranging scme of my political as- sociates in the past when we had a Democratic President of the TUnited States. I accord President Roosevelt | the same treatment.” FORAKER ARRAIGNS HOAR. When Gorman had concluded, For- aker began a severe arraignment of Hoar's position, saying that when he read the newspaper accounts of the Democratic caucus, which agreed that caucus should be binding, he knew that there would be trcuble; that the Demo- crats would vote as a unit on every matter except when the vote interfered | with individual conscience. Foraker | said he had felt no great surprise when | the attack on the President had been | made on the Democratic side of the chamber, but that he had been shocked | when the Senator from Massachusetts | made the character of speech he did | and that the country would be equally surprised. He said Hoar’s speech | should have been made in executive | session, if at all Foraker declared that an attack had been made, not on the President alone, | but on the country and .that at a time when the eyes of the world were upon us. “I have no doubt,” said Foraker, “that the President acted with the loftiest of motives and the highest of ideals when he took the action he did in reference to the republic of Pan- ama.” Foraker 3aid he could think of no ac- tion on the part of the President calling | for such remarks as those made by Senator Hoar. Hoar, interrupting,’ said: “The Senator from Ohio either wholly misunderstands what I said or willfully perverts my meaning.” HOAR MAKES EXPLANATION. After a little further ‘debate Hoar obtained the floor. “My point is this," said Hoar. "I say that the President has said to the public and to the Senate that he dis- claims certain conduct as unworthy of him and I called attention to the fact that the documents which he sent in failed to make that clear by not dis- tinctly disclaiming that he or the ad- ministration had notice of that revolu- tion or that our forces had prevented the lawful Government from anticipat- ing that outbreak; that I believed *from my knowledge of the President that his statement was actually true, and therefore I asked him to supply the | lacking information by stating on what ground the administration pro- ceeded in taking the step. That. is all. | And I do not propose, after thirty-four years of servico within these walls, to | trouble myself to contradict again an | imputation to me of any other meaning o7 indirectness or artifice on my part. If the Senator from Ohio chooses to charge me with it, of course I cannot help it. He will do his duty.” “I am delighted,” retorted Foraker, “that the Senator from Massachusetts is not afrald of anybedy. know of any reason .why he should be afraid of anybody. He made a speech. I am undertaking to make some an- swer to it. “Now, the President has said there was no conference, ho intrigue. And | yet the Senmator from Massachusetts | demands that, the President shall sub- mit proof to him that he was telling the | truth when he made the statement that he had not connived.” COLLOQUY IS RESUMED. Foraker then proceeded to review | briefly the history of the rising on the isthmus, saying that the happenings | there were common knowledge to all! newspaper readers and to all persons i who had observed the fate of the canal | treaty in the Colombian Congress and | had any knowledge of human nature. Foraker said: | “No agent was sent to the President and no agent was sent to Panama, which had a right to go into rebellion. Weeks before she declared her inde- pendence it became known unofficially | that she would take the step.” The administration at Washington, | he said, was not unmindful of the sit- uation, “‘and the President took the steps indicated by the telegrams and from which Senator Hoar derives such conclusions.” Hoar was on his feet again and in- terrupted: 3 “I distinctly said that I had no eriti-- cism to make on that score. I not only disclaimed what the Senator imputes to me, but made what was the strongest argument I could think of, to show all concerned there was no criticism what- ever proposed.” i in_the crowded elevator for him to turn | Olmstead (Rep.). I do not |, “I am glad the Senator has reconsid- ered and concluded to interrupt me - second Napoleon, indeed!" he ex- | again,” remarked: Foraker, -amid the' SENATOR HOAR'S [FRIAR LANDS LONG MEMORY FOR FILIPINOS Massachusetts Sage Refuses to Shake Hands With Editor of the Portland Oregonian HAS AN OLD GRIEVANCE e R Says the Newspaper Once In- sulted Friend of His by Re-| ferring to Him as of the Dead Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Deec. 17.—Senator Hoar and Mr. Scott, editor of the Port- land Oregonian, turned their backs on one another in the Senate elevator to- day. The veteran editor from Oregon was a guest of Senator Mitchell from that State, and they met the sage of Massachusetts in the elevator. “Senator Hoar, let me present my friend, Mr. Scott, editor of the Portland Oregonian,” said Mitchell. “I must decline to shake hands with Mr. Scott,” replied Hoar. “He insulted my dear friend, Senator Morrill, some years ago by saying that he remained in the Senate long after he was dead, and refused to be buried to save funeral expenses.” Mitchell and Scott were taken aback by the outburst of Hoar, but Scott de- nied that he had ever insulted Morrill. “You are the editor of the Oregonian, and that paper did it,” retorted Hoar. “You are responsible for what appears in the paper, are you not? I decline to shake hands with you, sir.” Scott was now as angry as Senator Hoar, and while there was little room his bulky figure, he did so and retorted: “I am responsible, and I turn my back on you, sir.” By this time the elevator had reached the Senate landing and Senator Hoar made his exit. ——— REPRESENTATIVES MAKE PENSION APPROPRIATION House Passes Bill Carrying a Total of $138,150,100 Without Division. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—The House to-day passed without division the pension appropriation bill, carry- ing $138,150,100. Objection was made to the presdent consideration of the bill permitting Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, Ariz., to bond themselves for the construction of a wagon road from Phoenix to the site of the $3,000,000 dam to be con- structed by the Government for the Salt River Valley irrigation reservoir. of Pennsylvania, facetiously inquired if the proposition to dam Salt Creek had been submitted to the minority. e e ] laughter of Senators. “I made no statement,” Hoar. Foraker—Then I hope you will make it and stick tQ it, Hoar—I thought the Senator was al- ways “delighted” to have me interrupt him. “That is the way the Senator always has to get the better of his adver- saries,” remarked Foraker. ‘“‘Yes, 1 shall always be glad to be interrupted by him. But I wish the Senator would tell me where I was.” “T will tell him,” declared Hoar with declared a smile. “He was misstating one of my propositions.” “Well,” retorted Foraker amid gen- eral laughter, “that does not help me any. He has made so many of them I don’t know which one it was.” Foraker concluded by saying there was no real ground for criticism of the course of the administration in the Panama matter, not even that the Demgqcrats might take advantage of. He deplored the discussion of the mat- ter in open session of the Senate, how- ever. .sence from his regiment, which is now Taft Makes Pablie Details of Agreement With the resentative of the Vatican —e. GIVEN ———— Proposed Plan Takes From the People of This Country the Burden of Cost of Realty — WASHINGTON, Dec. Taft has informed the ment of the details of with the Vatican's representative for the sale of the friar lands. It is in contemplation to sell the lands for the benefit of the Filipinos themselves, for the money will go into their own treas- ury. Payment will be mage by bonds, either turned over directly to the friars or sold by the Philippine Government at the best price obtainable, the pro- ceeds being given to the orders. The lands are to be sold as far as possible to the tenants who Hve upon them now and on long time payments at a very moderate rate of ‘interest the de- ferred payments. The main purpose is to create the greatest possible nmumber of landlords in the Philippines, for it is believed such a body would be a strong conserv- ator of peace and do much to discour- age further revolutionary movements. The ! question of the withdrawal the friars has, it is sald, at the W Department, practically settled Of the government body of friars the islands at the outbreak of the wa onfy 200 are said to have remained and nearly all;of these are at Manila. It is not doubted that the President and Secretary ‘Root will approve Gov- ernor Taft's arrangements, particu- larly as the people of the United States are not to be. charged with any money Rep- NATIVES CHOICE 1. War Depa his agreement Governor on 1 “ 14 itse | required to bay friar lands. ROME, Dec 17.—Full particulars concerning the agreement reached be- tween Governor Taft and the friars providing r the settlement of the friar lands question in the Philippines have not been received by the Vatican , only a mere announcement that such an agreement had been reached having been cabled from Ma- nila. When the news was brought to the Pove he seemed highly delighted and exclaimed: “It is the best Christ- mas box I could have had.” In all quarters Covernor Taft and Archbishop Guidi are being warmiy congratulated on their success in sol ing the most intricate of the questic intrusted to their diplomacy. It is de- clared that both have displayed the ut- most tact and equanimity. The excel- lent imppression produced by Mr. Taft during his sojourn in Rome in the spring of 1902 has now been greatly in- creased at the Vatican, the authorities of which expect that his presence in Washington as Becretary of War will greatly help the settlement of the re- maining questions in the Philippines. —_——————— ARMY OFFICER IN TROUBLE. Colonel Dodge Accuses Captain J. W. 1. Phillips of Duplicating Accounts. NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Charges of dupflicating his pay accounts for the months of October and November were to-day preferred against Captain John W. I. 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