The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1904, Page 2

FRANCISCO CALL THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 190 BARD'S SCHEME NIPPED 1N BUD Senator Perkins Withdraws | Adjutant General’s Depart- ot Opposes Acceptanc(: of the Father of Baroness von| His Consent to Enter Into| ment and Record and Pen- P|ete Investigation Into the Postal Depaftme"t Statue of Frederick the| Sternberg Passes Away| the Patronage Agreement| sion Office Are Combined of the Government and Hurl Epithets at Bristow| Great, Offered by Emperor| in Southern California PLAN FALLS TO GROUND Oakland Man Claims He En- | tered Into Compaet While NEW BUREAU IS CREATED | PROMOTIONS = PROVIDED The Branch te Be Desig- nated Under the Heading STIRS WRATH WASHINGTON, March 9.—That an investigation of the Postoffice Depart- ment by the House of Representatives will result from the publication®of the report- naming members of Congress in POSTOFFICE SCANDAL REPORT OF CONGRESSMEN ————— Indignant Members of the House Demand a Com- e e rage and a violation of every principle of justice.” Prolonged applause followed this statement. He wanted to. know- by what right the Bristow report had been published before the ‘action SENATOR BACON MAKES PROTEST SETS FORTH REASONS Asserts That Former German King Was Not in Sympathy DEATH SUDDEN | 10 LANGHAM FAMILY IS IN 'ITALY | Announcement Shocks Wife of the German Embassador, | CURES T e i a2 ; MGG " » .77 | that connection was indicated by every | of any tribunal had established the e 3 & . . 4. g | Inder a M appreheusmn; of Mllltfll_'.‘ Seu'etm_) expression possible ghort of a vote in | truth of it. In order to show what he Vith - Our Institutions Who Is 111 at Her Home | s 4 7 that body to-day, With a whirlwind of termed “thé infinite rascality” of the — | Special Dispatch to The Call. | Special Dispatch to The Call. Bristow report, ¢ Grosvenor explained “March protest the report was taken up by in- the cases in which his name was men- WASHINGTON, March 9.—During | WASHINGTON, -March 9.—Baroness | WASHINGTO. 9.—A tcw‘ WASHINGTON \(arch 9.—Following | dignant members, their personal con- | tioneq. consideration af the army appropria- ,’ Speck von Sternberg, wife of the Lxer-¢0 A. Robertson, Mayor of Au- gays ago Representative Metcalf sent | is the text of the amendment to the | nection “with it explained and epithets| “I will resign my seat to-morrow,” | ton Dill In the Senate to-day Bacon | man Embassador, received a brief ais- | M = ks Strong} to Se I his reply to the lat- | army appropriation bill under which protested against the acceptance of the | gusta, Me., Speaks Y ymmunication touching 1 the getting together of the Cali- egation in the matter of thc Federal patronage. As conference of the Hous: the adjutant general's department and the Record and Pension office are consolideted under the name of Mili- tary Secretaries Department and Col- onel Hall is given the rank of briga- hurled at Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. ' Williams, the Democratic leader, urged a complete investigation of the whole Postoffice Department and re- he said, pounding his desk, “if there is anything irregular and lmproper in what I did.” BRISTOW IS SCORED. Then, showing the effects of his in- statue of Frederick the Great of Ger-| many. tendered by Emperor William, on the ground that the former German King was not in sympathy with the 'pat(‘h to-day from her uncle, Arthur| | Lenghum of Loumflle. announcing the | | death 6f ‘her father, Charles Ward | | Langham, on his. estate im ‘Southern| 1Cah(or1|a for Paw-Paw. OR THE PAST YEAR OR MORE I HAVE been troubled with dyspepsia and indiges- | tion. and can truthfully state that after the ek 3 dier general, and -General Ainsworth | c€ived the hearty applause of both sides | dignation, Grosvenor pounded his desk | American institutions. Steward de-| The German Embassador at ODCe| use of vart of one bottle of Pew-Paw I find servation made In be- | the rank of major general. of the House and the galieries. It soon |again and said: . fended Frederick against what he ;m!vl--d the news to Mrs. Langham and :"\’b:f.':::(fn&éf{ uj'h__‘f;’r:;“l':_{":f\‘mm;"gm rs that no candidais The amendment reads: “That the|Was found that the three hours which “I condemn the man that sent that|characterized as Bacon’s gross mis- | her second daughter, Miss Violet Lan J ot Kgesanm, Benpo g B B s oo - was objectionabie | officers of the adjutant general's de- had been allotted to the subjeot would ! into this House. Can any self-respect- | representations. The army appropria- ham who are spending the winter in oo o> By ; S d hold good also with | partment, except the adjutant gener- | N0t be nearly enough to meet the per- | ing Congressman ever enter the cffice | tion bill was passed. | Southern Italy. G. A. ROBERTSON House ne of the ¥ dels can al, and officers of the Record and Pen- sion office, shall hereafter constitute sonal explanations which members were demanding the right to make, and a motion to extend the debate until 4 of the man who will produce such & document as that?” This report, he added, would be tive to the acceptance of the statue. prefacing his statement with the ex- Bacon added some observations rela- | (Signed) Mayor of Augusta, Mal you have dyspepsia Try It. Try it The news was a severe shock to the Her first decision was io" i 1 | Baroness. leave on the evening train for the Pa- you are nervous, s | ;n‘l’\‘f‘“‘;‘zrz‘l‘:‘;if"!‘"r‘;‘z;:::he:"D‘;‘f o'clock to-morrow was carried. printed abroad and it would be said | planation that he meant no affront in | cific Coast, but she has been ill for sev- | If you are despondent, Try . = - hould b h--‘lrl pEtl 'ml ana n;euudj;mnt ger‘-er' T's When the House met the invocation that in the American (‘Opgreqs there | what he might say either to the Presi- l eral days, and at the urgent wish of | :f you are w-:x and run“dnwn‘. ‘n—yn“ n..w s+ 4 3 : STk 44 i % # 5 £ . | were 191 - | dent or th e bl not attempt| Cast away all tonics, all medici " e Sich Thie b 12 Be Binch | office and the ‘Record and Pension of- | Was delivered by Rev. J. J. Dolliver, rascals. If tha Postoffice De: r the Emperor of the German | her family probably will D |mmul“u p o R v b R ol | fice, heretofore constituting bureaus of the War Depaftment, ‘shall hereafter father of Senator Dolliver. Immedi- ately thereafter W. Bourke Cockran, pariment had some official whose judg- | ment was so dwarfed by the cpinion of a Congressman the officials had better people. He would be pleased to see | statues of many Germans erected the capital of the United States, men in the trip. Miss Ivy Langham, whose en- | | gagement to Lieutenant Commander de It will lift you into the high a 1 you there. Iz will give you well tude of hope and . 2 s 5 | a of the French t ent constitute the adjutanf general's sec- | Who Was elected to succéed Mayor Me- | p “OISERETER the OWEIA BEE BONET | gy Ciched In sclence or the arts, nf‘,:‘;fimormh:q ‘;:xl:nri?: announced, g & v D pngesan e e - P albenon broug ra sudden halt. Senator Per- | tion, and the record and pensfon sec- | Clellan from the Twelfth District of | o "o o0 "pe (s %00 L enah: sk ikBthe W e * h her sig- | 0ld people feel youns and” wealk peaple strong Kins said %ad given his cons to < = New York, was sworn in. , he said in conclusion, was Joethe or agner, for In-|spending the winter here wi er Seil By ol Graguists. Largh Setiis 01 Puw- . to] tion of the consolidated bureau to be 4 " conceived in sin and born in iniquity, | tance. “But,” he went on, “I do not | ter. The Embassador is unable to T Sl s o s g s} sition made by Senator Bard | known as the Military Secretary's of- Overstreet of Indiana, chalrman Of|,.4 haq traveled its course until It | believe that the erection of a statue|pis post here, and has asked Arthur | Fewlaxative Pille calothh - hension; he said there | fce of the War Department. The of- | the Committee on Postoffices and Post- | ;33 gtruck the public of the ‘United | of Frederick the Great in this city is| Langham to come to Washington to " at this time for en-|ficers so consolidated shall be borne [F0ads, was recognized. He bhad. he|gaieq g5 a great attack on a body of | in accord with the wishes of the Peo- | consult about arrangements for the | = s h iron-clad compact, | on one list in the order of rank held | 5aid. consulted with members on both | nop «ag free from wrongdoing, cerrup- | Ple of the United States.” He was | fuperal | =s t e no nominations to De| by them and those who, hold perma- | Sides of the House who desired more | ion crime and irregularity as an equal | sure, at any rate, that many feit that TR ET S 2 Rl | » e ,h' wouid wish | ent appointments as officers of the ad- | time than three hours to discuss the | nymper of men on the face of the| Wa¥,and he was one of them. He said |pyg FUNERAL OF VON | . e or four offices. He | jyiant general's department or of the | Hay resolution bearing on the Bristow | eaptp » there is no single thing connected “uh‘ WALDERSEE IS I\IPOGI\G PO e Dould et ste e Record or Pension officés shall be en- | Charge in connection with postal af-| Ljlley of Connecticut, who was |the history of Frederick that would | iy - g e D tned | titled to promotion below the grade of | fairs. He therefore suggested a post-|charged in the report with being a | Make him an ideal for the peovle of | yoppers of Royal Family and Dis- | guirsy sk ouirs brigadier genefal as nmow provided by | ponement of the consideration of the | technical violator of the law in leas- | the United States excent his courage | ™, i icned Friends Follow Re- | men better than any | 1AW @nd in order of their standing on resohition nnil next Monany. o ing a building at Winsted, Conn., to |#2nd devotion to his people, which all ek o ihe Gy e i %Y | said Jist. Except as otherwise provid- | He was applauded at this remark and | the Government for postoffice purposes, must admire, e & /he Bairal of | t that e should re. | °d hereln, the laws pow In force shall | cOntinuing said: : explained that within twenty-four BACON ENTERS PROTEST. Field Marshal Count von Waldersee at | P - ht to nominate the candi. | COntinue to'govern appointments, pro- 1 want to go to t.)_\e very h_f_)tmm hours after his attention had been| «These qualities,” continued Bacon, | Hanover to-day was an imposing mili- | P | 2dB BB 2 Y ti1n g ctationed there. As a | Motion and detail of all officers of the | We have.shown our willingness: called to the statute in question hel.give Frederick his rank in history, | tary Before the hearse, which AND and the negotiations was expected came >y amining sur- olidated department hereby cre- ated Provided, consolidated department shall be sub- that the officers of said DEMANDS INVESTIGATION. Williams said he wanted the corrup- tion in the Postoffice Department in- vestigated, not by the friends of thz had made personal application at the Postoffice Department to have the lease canceled. First Assistant Postmaster General Wynne had asked him to de- but it is inconsistent with the traditions and hopes of the people of the United here a monument to the memeory of States that there should be erected | tary pageant. was drawn by four horses, waiked se eral armiy chaplains and then came | Lieutenant von Planitz of the staff, | bearing the deceased fleld marshal’s | Developing AT CUT PRICES a : Se ject to the chief of state in all matters y 3 f : lay the matter that he might take it | the man who erhaps to a greater ex- < . . oy- 3 O ning. o ASRMAERA T AIMOIRE o who have been guilty of the cor- | yp Wit the Jaw department. He had | ent th ?nmp 5‘1 T L L By Colone! von Hey There s a distinctive quality in my C € tors Per- | perts v » pling, oriruption, but by the House of Represen- | poen informed b e ini 2 an any er man of modern | gen_Linden, with the insignia of the work. I'm thoro equipped for Kodak 1 am Tuvore administration of existing military es- | {2 ives. ed by a written opinion | times was a type of absolutism.” Order of the Black Eagle, and four oth- || Developing and Printing. and my prices tablishment. from the department two days later Bacon alse are too low to argue about. Here are & have been ap- As to the Hay resolution Williams i : . | contended that no au- ey officers, carrying the fleld marshal's [} 205 fgures % the board Provided further, that no appoint- | ga1d it. did mot touch the question, ;:3;"}(‘1’:!:'[‘:“‘;“ to Congress did not | thority. short of Congress with pro- |giner decorations on crimson velvet DEVELOPING. : t has be commis- | ments or details to grade of assistant|,Gding “somebody at the postoffice has BB Jease in. any WAy, priety could assign a site in the na- | .yghions. Led behind the hearse was Roll of 6, mci‘&n&;{\ 15e. sl stmaster at Terminal, ( adjutant general with rank of major | ¢ mek6w included in the report the BID DEFIANCE TO BRISTOW. tional capital for statues. | Von Waldersee's favorite horse. Next, Solio finish, 3¢ to Be Specid ers, W yartme s e 7 0 -alle g : stk E. Velax finish, 3¢ to fe. : s, War Departm hail be made until the number oftname of man after man in the House| Butler of Pennsylvania, another ac- ths’;t’d:iee (121:.1“,[9"'?:? hmhthitfitl'(t’ alone, walked the Crown Prince Fred = o ock all popular sizes of KO- ¥ 2 officers of t uces o ives e s v cuses member, sa e never ore o erick lliam, ollowe Y inces DAK FILMS for dayl loading at low- & . nlisted ficers of that grade shall be reduced | o Representatives and Senate guilty of d by id h before | 3 on which ‘the statile} origly Wil followed. by Princes t having performe to. less than ten and thereafter me’m, apparént wrong, guilty of no vioia- | Understood the duties of Representa- | to Frederick the Great was to be | Henry and Albrecht, Duke Ernest Gun- est_prices. S ¥ v & to them, are or- | er of oflicers of said grade in the 5 e tives, but he now erected was militapy reservation, T ynsolidated department shail be ten. I‘rmld"d further, that of officers tion of law, guilty of no moral obloquy, guilty of nothing that bears even the tinge of criminality. conceived them to be of “singular and conspicuous inac- | tivity.” ~He differed, he said, from Bacon i especial control of all public grounds +in the District of Columbia. replied that Congress had | | ther of Schleswig-Holstein, five com- manding .generals, the chief of the gen- eral staff and a great company of offi- THAT MAN PITTS consoiidated ag hereinbefore provided | . E §e o 9 wasn't | General Bristow, and he weuld defy el CETS, TEPTEsénting the sovereigns of the 8 4 eamd e & £n route; | the serior in rank, who shall be chief |, z‘: :Is\t‘e“(:::: (lh:n:r‘:lsl:i:ttu‘:(;;?sl’;lé any one to close the doors of the de- | “What I protest against,” he satd, (states, and deputations from | 2 3. TPy Tha. Siiieney : helm Kauf- | of the consolidated department and the' e partment to him. Whoever had as.. 18 the idea of making this country | sixty regiments: 1008 Market Strest, Above Powell . - S department held something over Con- the Ausisi a.f ; 7 San Francisco. - \rmy en-| gitle of whose office is hereby changed | gries that Congress had better let the|Sailed him, he said, was a coward. he dumping ground fov statues of | ————————— - th permis-| i, that of Military. Secretary, shaulgepar‘mem o P R Tt via Hllloflf Connecticut, likewise mentjon- | ™37 who, while h;;nes in !l*‘v"; own | SAYS CANAL MAY BE s n route; ott prsseps. 5 : g nisg A | country, stand for ideals totally difter- ‘SFERRE \CE Giievell hereafier have the rank of major gen- | rig being drowned by applause from ed in tRe Bristow report, denied that he; 1% v g TRANSFE! D> AT ONCE ate, Fraevell, | ora) and the second senlor of said of- | yorn sides A " | had done anything improper. He had, | ent from our own. ! . PEFMIS- | feers ghall hereafter have the rank of "Ar: Noli’ BOIE to mbét 167" he de he said, submitted certain questions| e said he would be glad if the Em- | company in Paris Denies That There | 4 nospital corpe, | brigadier general. Except.as herein- | anaeq fa-doheral Brittbw, apece (o WhIER B G ey Is Any Obstacle to the | - = | afte yrovides % a een refused. e o - ‘ fon . to.. delay | S50 DrOVICEl, SR AN T offices | " Hephurn of Towa sald that any in-|of 7Oon TEIESC L Am EORE 10| T Stewart said that Frederick's char- | I ERaetons. l‘ s Private, first| % the ¢ idated department shall | vegtigation of the ‘Postoffice Depart- | vt and to investigate the Fourth |acter had been “grossly misrepre-| PARIS, March 9.—Owing to the re- | S8, hospital corps, | T€2in the titles that they now bear. | ment would not elicit’ any facts mot| yooe "poctrace Ganc oS p X iia [sented. He was a most remarkable | POTts of a hitch in the Panama canal | s Fort Mon ann;u:l‘ed“fur‘the:. tha}t v«hht;:\ ;he of-| prought out by the committee's re- amid a round of applanse. Holding | ™an,” the Senator went on, “and mil- | negotiations, Embassador Porter in-| At vacant ‘h’ ey »g st oy ecnmhe port up a copy of the report Hill véhement- | lions of peovle in this country revere | Vited President Bo to call at the em- N val-lvn e vacancy so -t'rvlted on the | " «1 gay an investigation would elicit Iy declared “that dtoumedt (s the pros | his memory almost as much as we | D& where they _h»‘lfl a conference > < el ,"i, L:?,fr":’;‘", s::‘li,,:;" mbe | further facts, and that the facts have | quction of a liar and a scoundrel | revere the memory of our own Wash- | to-day. !;\x, F:;! ‘-:«urln«n:w:l tlh,ut th:‘:‘ | filled and ther 2 offi- 2 v < T3y 2 3 3 [ is the slightest obstacle to the S3pY been suppressed,” retorted William Al Thompson of Alabama, also named | Ington. It would be ungracious not to | s not th 3 ‘ } 2 now ;.‘xslgnaud by the title of | Gep Smith, amid loud applause from | i, the report, characterized the re- |accept the statue; we should not raise | Com ction of the trapster of 't!':e Cross bab|e§ become good- P & ant adjutant general and by the | 1. fioor and the galleries. port as infamous and having for Its | any delicate points about his political | ¢ nal co mm.vs property to the Uni -| natured babies when fed on t title of assistant chief record and Replying, Hepburn said: b4 beliefs.” | ed States. . Bo particularly empha- m officer shall be designated by object the intimidation of members in the neev] for the| Mellin's Food. Mellin’s Food “There is no member of this House [ order to keep them from insistin R e | sized concluding ks e 5 > g on IMPORTANT BILLS PASSED. 5 sy : tle of adjutant general. who desires to screen anybody in this | their rights. 85 e nd Gloe. | Fanster before April 25, saying that| pourishes and pleases. N se " —_——— | shattar T P RO, ST O S | > “:‘!‘e"”;"th""s .r()‘r;‘p(;] Al F0T- | every formality, legal and otherwise, | E | e i 4 % e man criticize e growth of army ap- | . § ecte a ate. | ; N : G‘;i“‘;fdc Cure Pf“ 1:‘“9';‘1 | This remark elicited loud applause | investigation of the entire Postoffice | propriations within the past few e ;;‘«::‘l(:m:’,;n:”influ:nv':‘;:r:“::i:‘“: =y | Wouid you like o sample of Melin's Food yment trans- | _tching, eeding or Protruding Pile i i 2 4 | L 5 I years. | Govi E a- | Ty u may have one for the aski Your dn Tetund moncy If s i from both sides of the House and in | Department, “it having ‘confessed to| A joint resolution of the House was . e - rom S ANCISCO ON OF | Binement fafia to For re vou in 6 to 14 days. 5000 United States navy— MUSICIANS IN THE ARMY Midsk Coburn, C. A. Rich- BANDS TO BE BARRED n and H. A. Stuart, i ip Independence, | Union Decides That Members May Island, for thence to Asiatic tem- station, Serve Out Enlistment Period, but No Lonzer. NEW YORK, March 9.—The Musi- cal Mutual Protective JOHN BARRETT Wil o Union has MINISTER TO PANAMA |2dopted an amendment to its constitu- o | tion fixing the status of union mem- President Roosevelt Makes Several | bers who are attached to army and Changes in Appeintments of navy bands. It was at first proposed tenresentatives, |to expel them summarily, but the WASHINGTON, March 9.—The Pres- | amendment was adopted in modified ident has directed the transfer of John form which allows all enlisted mem- 1t (Minister to the Argentine Re- | bers of army and navy bands who are p » be Minister at Panama | in the union to remain until the terms | that whatever may be the truth of the | allegationg in the several indictments | | of postoffice buildings.” ! tinue until 4 o’clock to-morrow, | | | W. W. Rumsell, at present Charge at | of their enlistment expire. If they Panama, has been made Minister to | re-enlist, however, they are to be ex- Colombia, and Arthur W. Beaupre, | belled. No new members are to be now Minister to Colombia, has been | €lected from such bands. made Minister to Argentina to suc- | EDIRT 5, 7S i ceed Minister Barrett. masters Commissioned. The President to-day sent the nom-| WASHINGTON, March 9.—Pos inations to the Senate. ! masters commissioned: California— | Also that of James H. Monteath, | Flora Hardoe, Huasna. Washington— agent the Indians at the Blackfoot | James Florance, Cloverddle. Agency, Montana. | Changes. fourth-clags postmasters: e — — Oregon—Warren, Columbia Coun X. Y., March 9.—Dr. Andrew ALBANY r president of the University of Wilinots. elec smmissioner of. Bduca-' | Ieglstature to-da3, ratiting me‘ thé Republican caucus last night. ’1 |Mary H. Collar, vice Dersie Smalley, resigned. pension examining surgeon at Ukiah. ADVEBTISA-IENTS. 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Rae has been uppmnted‘char!ed Bristow | ing his desk, the galleries, which by this time had filled up to the limit. being unable to conduct its affairs with | a fair degree of seeming propriety.” Cooper of Wisconsin interrupted Robinson and said he had been in formed by an old member of the House that,General Bristow, illness,” told that member. that he (Bristow) had never seen the report as it was now printed. “Therefore,” said Cooper, “I think the abuse of him ought to stop.” The naval appropriation sent to conference, pointing Messrs, Meyer conferces MEMBERS GROW WRATHY. Overstreet took the floor and said against postal officials the mere fact that the -various recommendations of Representatives in Congress passed through the hands of men whose con- duct has been sevgrely criticized and | whose liberties have been threatened imputes nelther censurable conduct nor improper acts on their part. bill jwas the Speaker ap- Foss, Dayton and n the part of the “It cannot be sald with absolute )y, 00 ahq at 5 o'clock the House ad- surance or accuracy,” he cortinued, journed. “that there was in no instance any violation of a!w law \\'hme\'h‘:1 h“y any' Tate Cioet to. Nevw. York. member of Congress "; MA S ’,‘"’[ WASHINGTON, March 9. —Secretary recommendation, either for increase of R S dcompaRieh by Calodel ' 1, clerk hire allowance or increase of rent HAWErAE" GRS ot The PUrshn’ oF Tos et moved that acbate don- | Sular Affairs. left Washington to-day | everybody which, was agreed to unanimougly. Moon of Tennessec insisted .that there should be zn investigation cov- ering the Postofiice Department, and connected with it, adding. “and whoever is guilty, whether in this House or in the department, | should be exposed.” W. W. Kitchen of North Carglina with having de- liberately suppressed important. and material facts, “facts,” he said, pound- which could net be over- looked and which were suppressed, in my judgment, for the purpose of giving a false impression to the country and misleading the public.” Bristow's action. he said, “was neither courage- ous nor honest, but for partisan pur- poses. BLACKMAILING CONGRESS. “He undertook, in my judgment, to blackmail Congress, to silence Con- gress and to silence the country. It is a species of intimidation,” he -con- tinued. Amid a storm of applause, lasting for several minutes, Grosvenor of Ohio, who was named in the report, said that this was a pretty good speci- men of the readiness with which the newspapers of the country and the great body of the people grasp a publi- cation or a statement, and assume evil where they might assume good. He | convulsed ' the House by reading’an | editorial jwhich referred to Speaker | Cannon and Representatives Payne and Hill as having been taken “red- | el Wt SaSKAe s e | said it was in accord with the views of 95 per cent of the newspapers of the ! country. The report was a malicious libel on 191 members of the House and Senate. “I submit,” he said, “that “the - in- | vestigation which the gentleman from Indiana has apologized for is an out- for New York, where to-morrow they will confer with various persons in- terested in the construction of Philip- pine raiiroads. ———————— MRS, DYE RELEASED ON HABEAS CORPUS Poisoning Case in South Dakota Receives Setback by Legal Obstacle. BOONE, Iewa, March 9.—Mrs. Sher- man Dye, accused of sending a box of poisoned candy through the mails to Miss Rena Nelson of Plerre, S. D., was released from custody to-day, Judge Whitaker framing his decision in the habeas corpug proceedings in accord- ance with' the decision of Governor Cummins in the requisition matter. Mrs. Dye will not be molested so long as she remains outside the State of South Dakota, although the death of Miss Nelson makes the charge there that of murder. Upon her release Mrs. Dye stated she was very desirous of having her- self cleared of the charge and inti- mated that she might go to South Da- kota to stand trfal. SR TR SR L ot Mrs. Maybrick Not Yet Due. NEW YORK, March 9.—The report that Mrs. Florence Maybrick, recently pardoned by the British Government, arrived here yesterday on the steam- ship Kaiser Wilhelm II was denied to-day by Attorney Decker, counsel for Mrs. Maybrick, in the litigation going on about her property. Mr. Decker said: “Mrs. Maybrick's present plans are to arrive here in July.” NEW YORK, March 9. — Abou ployes of the Manhat: have been wages. They switchmen, port | | stricted possession of such lands. “trembling from | vorable to winding up the transfer | passed authorizing the Secretary of the | ;4 will not encourage new pretests Interior to use $3000 of the amount appropriated to place allottees of Creek and Cherokee lands in unre- The Philippine shipping bill was taken up and Culberson and Patterson opposed it. Patterson’s substitute of a tonnage tax bill in the interest of American vessels was voted down and the bill was amended at Lodge's instance so as to provide for the continuation in operation of the navigation laws in re- gard to vessels arriving in the Philip- pines from the United St:.tes. The bill was then passed. The conference report on the legis- lative, executive and judicial appro- priation bill' was agreed to and the bill D —— Y MELLIN'S FOOD CO.. BOSTON. MASS. or obstacles. - 2 s e LR IR 8 SN Marlborough Denies Viceroy Story. 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