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VOLUME XIV.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 20. 1903,
FAST 111 THE GRASP OF THE BLIZZARD OUT OF COAE
A Sccond Blizzard Strikes the Country—Intensely Cold
Weather and Much Suffering in Some Localities—
k Below Zero Everywhere North of Oklahoma
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, JLU, Feb., 18.—A "rein-
forcement" of the (old wtv« whlcb
according to official forecaster, "pre-
clude!! .iny moderation in the tempera-
ture," in tho Immediate future, gave
this elty a temperature to-day which
promised to beat the re. ord for the
winter. It is reported 10 degrees below
zero. A Jilting wind that sprang up
during the night increased in the keen-
ness and reaehed nearly the velocity of
a gale us the day advanced and added
materially to the intensity of the cold.
There is much suffering among the
destitute notwithstanding the best ef-
forts of all the charitable organiza-
tions. although th" scarcity of coal is
less general than in the previous cold
spell.
in addition to one death reported
yesterday the following nre said to have
died directly or indirectly from the
effects of cold:
Fred Burgars, died of heart disease,
aggravated by cold.
('has. Fredle, died on the way from
the hospital from exposure.
Through trains continue to arrive
hoiirs behind schedule, while suburban
and traction lines operate with more
or less irregularity.
The highest temperature, according
to the weather bureau record since
the arrival of the cold wave was at 3
o'clock this morning when the ther-
mometer stood at four degrees above.
From that hour the mercury has stead-
ily receded until at 9 to-day 7 below
was recorded.
The entire Mississippi Valley is still
fast in the grasp of the blizzard. While
the temperature in the southwest is
higher, that in the northwest from the
Missouri—Kansas line north is much
lower than It was twenty-four hours
ago.
AT THE JAIL
IRODSfRS OR DIATN
Tearing up Floors at St louis to koep
Prisoners
In the north a terrific gale prevails
that adds to the severity of the situa-
tion, making outside work dangerous.
Coal is scarce In that part of the coun-
try, in some places in Wisconsin on
th lakes the supuly being almost ex-
hausted. and business at some of th^e
points has practically been suspended.
In Kansas City this morning it was
two degrees warmer than at the same
time yesterday, while at St.Louis the
mercury was six degrees lower than
yesterday.
In Kansas a peculiar change took
place. At Concordia forty degrees
above zero was recorded early last
night, with six below this morning,
which nearly equalled the intense cold
of yesterday. At Tupeka the tem-
perature rose from 12 below yesterday
morning to 32 above at 11 o'clock last
night. Then there was a rapid fall to
seven degrees below zero at 8 o'clock
this morning. In Hie east also the
intense cold weather continues. In
Pennsylvania the weather is the . oldest
since 1000 and In New York state the
temperature is the lowest of the win-
ter, while In Connecticut the record
has been equalled.
Kansas—Topeka,. 12 below; Concordia,
6 below. ^ a.
Missouri—Kansas City, 7 below; St.
Louis. 10 below.
Nebraska—Omaha, 14 below.
Iowa—Pcs.uolnes. 13 below.
South Dakota—Valentine, IS below,
Rapid City, 12 below; Huron, 20 be-
'°MlnnM0ta—St. Paul and Minneapolis,
18 below. „ , ,
Wisconsin—'Welt Superior, 20 below;
LaCrosse, 20 below.
Chicago, 6 below; Cincinnati, 16 be-
low; Philadelphia, 10 belo-.vr Wf.it-
tngton, 8 below: New Y,.rk, « beow;
Hoston. 6 below; NewHuven. 7 below.
FROM IRLFZiMG TO DLATH
Short of Cool at AH the City Offices--The
Matter to be Investigated ond the
Cause Ascertained
(By Associated Press.)
ST. LOUIS, MO.. Feb. 18.—Owing
to a scarcity of coal at Four Courts,
which contains the jail, the police head-
quarters, Criminal courts, etc., building
was closed today. Not a pound of coal
could be found in the engine room and
old floors are being torn up to keep
the prisoners in the Jail warm. This
fuel will be exhausted by night. A
grand Jury investigation into the In-
vestment companies method* was sus-
pended and tho two branches of the
Criminal court and Sourt of Criminal
Correction were adjourned for the day.
This condition of affairs is the result of
neglleence on the part of a contractor
who failed to deliver coal already con-
tracted for. The city Institutions are
also short of fuel and an investigation
will be held to ascertain who is to
blame.
rORHGNLRS MLS! PAY IT
F
The Fnormous Interests With Which the
New Department
WILL NOW HAVE TO DIAL
Internal Transactions of the United States
Amount to Twenty Billion Dollars
Annually
Internal commerce. The Imports of
lSF.O were $173,600,526; those of 1902, $003,-
320.943. The exports in 1850 were $114,-
375,726; in 1302, $1,381,719,401.
While it is not practicable to meas-
the internal commerce of other
oountries with the same accuracy as
that of the United States. It Is known
that In agricultural products, manufac-
tures and minerals, the United States
now outranks the other nutions of the
world, and that the transactions in
these products, which form the internal
commerce, may therefore be assumed
to surpass those of any other country.
The manufactures of the United States
now about double those of the
United Kingdom, and nearly equal to
those of France, Germany and Russia
oinhined, while the value of the agri-
ultural products of the United States
far exceeds that of any other single
country.
NO TERRITORIAL 60VLRNMLNT
There Will be no Change in the Indian Ter-
ritory for Some Time
Venezuela Has Raised Duties on Imports to
Meet Payment to Allies
(By Associated ^Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb., 18.—Cn-
blegrams from Russell, who is In
charge of the United Stutes Legation at
Caracas during the absence of Minister
Ho wen says:
"The Minister nf foreign afTairs of
Venezuela has decreed a thirty per cent
increase on the duties on all Imports as
a war measure."
This action is regarded here as a
keen stroke of political finesse, for prac-
tically, it amounts to placing thP in-
demnity Which Venezuela is to pay the
powers wholly upon the shoulder of the
foreign merchants who conduct all of
Venezuelfi's import trade.
Woman Who Masqueraded as Man Runs
Away to Avoid Skirts
(By Associated Press.)
BUFFALO, Feb. 18.—Harry Gorman,
the woman who so long masqueraded
as a man. escaped from the Sister's
Hospital last night, and has not yet
been found. Two of the women attend-
ants have been sent to Niagara Falls
to see if any trace of the woman could
be fouud there, for Harry had said re-
peatedly that she would throw heraelf
over the Falls if on leaving the hos-
pital she was forced to go back to fe-
male attire.
"For twenty yearn she had successful-
ly masqueraded an < man. and had ev-
en taken unto herself a wife. One night
In December Harry fell on an lev side-
walk. breaking her lep. She was t ken
unconscious to the Emergency Hospi-
tal. where her sex was discovered.
On regaining consciousness she was
highly indignant be. ause her secret
was out. but later she told the story
of her life. She had fooled everybody
into believing she was a man, had even
been a voter in this city and had ac-
quired considerable prominence in a
local campaign through her efforts for
the reele. lion of Joseph Butler as al-
* The woman was sent to the Sisters'
Hospital, and there -be was forced to
wear female garb. She declared that
she would return «o male clothing on
leaving the hospital. She was warne
by the police that If she did she wond
be arrested. She declared that if she
was not permitted to resume male at-
tire she would throw herself over Nia-
gara Falls. .
Having entirely recovered from trie
fracture, tile woman wa I" have been
,11s, h.iiv.1 from the hospital today, hut
,ho suddenly 'Jarpeared last '"'-'h';
When last seen by any of the hospital
attendants she still wearing skirts
pr. Edward Henley, of the hospital
staff, reported today that a suit of his
clnthlnK and his cfverroat were missing
from his room. II is presumed that
the woman helned herself to (he doc-
tor's RarmentH. dean ed them on leaving
the hospital, and went either to Niag-
ara Vails to tarry out her threat or to
New Tork. where she said she had i
Sister, who. like bervelf. has been nnis-
inieradinft In male attire for year*.
IS
for Cost of Printing an Art-
icle He Ordered in a Ft.
Smith Paper
• "W4 uttfoponui oaM,„lp[0
NUMBER 44
BILL lAKu FIRST PLAGE
Quay Allows Statehood Bill to be Displaced While Senate
Discusses Canal Bill—Gives Them Three Days
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-The new
department of commerce will have the
unique distinction of dealing with the
largest commercial Interests of the
world. In domestic exports, in manu-
factures, in transportation, and in in-
ternal commerce, the United States is
at the head of the world's list of great
nations. Some figures just c ompiled by
the treasury bureau of statistics, which,
by the new law, becomes a part of the
department of commerce, estimate the
Internal commerce of the country at
$20,000,000,000, or equal to the entire In-
ternational commerce of the world.
In arriving at this estimate of $20.-
000,000.000 for the internal commerce of
the United States, the bureau of sta-
tistics Includes only one transaction
In each article produced, while. In fact,
n very large number of the articles pro-
duced pass through the hands of sev-
eral •'middlemen" between those of the
producer and those of tire consumer.
The estimate is based upon the figures
of the census, which put the total value
of manufactures in 1900 at $13,000,000,-
dOO: those of agriculture at nearly 14,-
000,000,000, and those of minerals about
$1,000,000,000. Adding to these the pro-
duets of the fisheries, the total value
of the products of the great industries
in TWO would be $18,000,000,000, and the
rapid growth in all lines of Industry
since 1900, especially in manufacturing.
seems to justify the conclusion that
even a single transaction in all the
products of the country would produce
an aggregate for 1902 of fully $20,000,-
000.000.
Estimating the internal commerce of
the country at former census years by
the same method, the bureau of sta-
tistics finds that the total internal
commerce ha? grown from n*™* *7-
noo. 000.000 in 1850 to $3,500.000.ftft0 In
I860 $6,250,000,000 In 1870. $7,750,000,000
in IMO. and J12.000.000.000 In 1899. It
will be seen fiom this that the internal
commerce seems to have Increased 50
per cent in the decade from 1880 to
1000, and Is ten times as large in 190.
as In the year 1850.
During the same period, from 18>0 to
1902. the population has increased from
■>3 000 000 to 79.000.000. and is therefore
only three and one-half times as great
r.s in 1850. while the Internal commerce
. is ten times as great *s at that ti ne.
This relative geln of Internal commerce
over population is due, in part, to the
greatly Increased facilities for transpor-
tation. th" cheapening of cost of ar~
tl-fes utilized, and the increased earn*
Ings and Increased wealth of the peo-
i le The railroads have increased from
{1021 miles In 1850 to 201 <39 miles In l!«02,
and the estimated wealth of th" coun-
try from $7,186,780,000 in lS*0 t«. $ l
1,00,000 In 1900-a per csnlta Increase of
from $808 in 1850 to $1 6 In lHOn. Phis
Increase In wealth h : •ceom-
Plished by sn inorens- in clepom - m
banks, those In savings banks alone in
creasing from $43,481.i"0 In I* '1 to JJ
587,0M.580 In 1901.
Meantime the foreign .on 1 - r e )m
made rapid Increase, though not at n
•*tc of speed proportionate to that of i 11
DILD RAIIIIR TH4N DRhK WATER
Barkeepers at St louis lake Strange
Notions Occasionally
(By Associated Press.)
ST. LOUIS, MO., Feb. 18.—Because
he refused a glass of water, Thomas
Butler, a laborer Is lying dead at the
morgue with a bullet wound in his
heart. A barkeeper, v ho offered the
water and then shot Butler when he
threw It on the floor. Is under arrest.
(By Associated Press.),
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 18.—"In-
dian Territory will remain In the
clutches of federal ofTIce holders for an
Indefinite time," is the statement made
In the room of the Senate committee
011 Indian affairs. It was further said:
"There will be no territorial form of
government for Indian Territory for ten
years or. longer: and all hope of state-
hood for a generation, has gone bv.
and all on account of a minority of
the Senate."
Quay was willing to accept a com-
promise on the omnibus bill, where-
by the Indian Territory would be ad-
mitted with Oklahoma; with the pro-
viso that a majority of the people of
the proposed new state might divide
and form two states, at any time in
the future. Thas was called the "Tex-
as plan," because It was modeled on
the plan of the act of Congress admit-
ting Texas to statehood. It was then
provided that he people of Texas, in
their own way and in their own time,
may dlivde that great state into four
additional ststes.
This Texas plan was acceptable to
Senator Quay, providing for the admis-
sion of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
together; and also for the admission of
New Mexico and Arizona, together;
with the proviso that here might In
the future four states made out of the
two which were to be admitted. This
proposition for compromise would have
been accepted. But, on last Friday
Senator Quay was Informed that the
minority senators were not In earnest
on any sort of compromise, and that
they were only playing for delay. On
Saturday, Senator Quay ascertained
that this was the true situation, and
he then declared: "I will listen to no
more talk about compromise. Nothing
hut the omnibus bill shall be consider-
SICRETARY 01 COMMMLRCI
Cortelyou Took the Oath of Office at Noon
Today
(By Assoc iated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb., 18.—Geo.
B. Cortelyou, took tho oath of office
as Secretary of the department of
Commerce and Labor shortly before
noon to-day. At the same time Wm.
Loeb, Jr., was s^orn In as Secretary
to <he President. The oaths were ad-
ministered by chief Justice Fuller
the United States Supreme Court.
MISSOIR! IE6ISIATURE
Hill Presented to Amend the Constitution
of the State
(By Associated Press.)
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, Feb. 18 —
In the Senate todday, Bradley, chair-
man of the committee on constitutional
amendments, reiiortod favorably a joint
ent resolutJon providing for
n constitutional amendment a 1 towing
a levy <>f seven cents on every $100
assessed valuation to pay for school
text books for free use of school chil-
dren. . ..
The committee appointed by the
speaker to prepare a report en R sub-
stitute measure for the House inspec-
tion hill split and today returned two
reports. Parkinson, of St. Joseph, pre-
sented a minority report protesting
hgainst the injustice of the hill in its
present form. In the Senate today.
Clarke Introduced the Torrence bill
which seeks to do away with the ab-
stra.i system of perfecting titles.
Power of deciding dlspu'ca Is vested
in referee, to be appointed by the Cir-
cuit court. A simitar bill failed of pas-
sage two years ago.
LITTLE ROCK, Feb., 16.—Govenor
Jeff Davis has been sued for $7." for
printing due W. Nixon Lucey. editor
and publisher of the Hartford Develop-
er of Sebastian county, by W. L. Greer
of the Capital City Collection agency,
who has been Instructed to bring tho
suit.
When the bill was presented to the
govenor for payment he refused to pay
and called It an attempt at blackmail.
Mr. Lucey has proof that the goven-
or ordered the printing, these proofs
being in the shape of u letter and tel-
egram.
Following is a copy of the letter:
Little Rock, Ark., March 24,1902
W. Nixon Lucey. Hartford, Ark.:
T send you quite a warm article.
Print every word of It. You will find
some pencil marks through it, the part
•e tried to get the Gazette to print
his morning and offered them $150 to
print It. I will stand for every word of
t. So get It out and scatter one thous-
nd copies In your county. Send me C.e
bill. I enclose wou the article herein.
Your friend,
JEFF DAVIS,
Govenor.
Print where pencil marks are, and
all.—Davis."
Mr. Lucey received the following
telegram from the govenor on March
26, last year.
"To Nixon Lucey—Hold your paper
open. 1 mall you a very Important ar-
ticle to day. Print very word of It.
That which Is pencil marked as well as
the other. I offered the Gazette $1T 0 to
print It last night. It Is a Jones paper
and would not print anything for
Chifke. Judge Kavanaugh's name Is
signed to It. Let It appear as his arti-
cle. Send marked copy to every dem-
ocratic voter outside of Ft.Smith, and
send me the bill.
JEFF DAVIS."
The article referred to was one re-
lating to the opening of the senatorial
- nnpalgn between Senator Jones and
ex-Oovenor Clarke, at Searcy.
Gov. Davis has retained F. M. Folk
to represent him In the case, which
Mr. Greer claims will be bitterly con-
tested.
A hearing will be had March 2.
TRUST LAYING OH MIN
A REC1IVER I OR ARNOLD
Court Appoints Aqent to Dispose of Prop-
erty for Benefit of Creditors
(By Associate* Press )
ST.LOUIS, MO., Feb.. 18.—On appli-
cation attorneys for a number of cred-
itors of the E. J. Arnold Turf Invest-
ment Com; any the Unite3 Hi.tea Dis-
trict Court to-day app 4nteu 8. L.
Swartz receiver for the estate of Ar-
nold. Swartz has authority to take
possession of the property be crglng to
Arnold wherever found in M United
States for the benefilt of all 1.1s cred-
itors.
MANILA, Feb. 18.—General Davis
approved the fllndlng of the court mar-
tini In the case of MaJ. Edwin Glenn,
acquitted January 29th. of the ch.nge
of unlawfully killing prisoners of war,
with qualification that he disapproved
of the orders Issued by Ma]or Glenn.
ORDERS C01R1 MARIIAL
General Funston Has a Chaplain Who Re
fuses to Pay His Debts
(By Associated Press)
DENVER. COLO. Feb.. IS—General
Frederick R. Funston, comma; der of
the Department of the Colorado, has
ordered a court martial to try Chaplain
H. C. Gavltt, of the First '" tvalry, fo
conduct unbecoming an offlcei and «
gentleman. The charge is the outcimc
ofthe Chaplain's allege! refusal tc
pay a lebt claimed to be due a (.'hi. a
business house and contracted whit-
the chaplain was stationed at Fort
Sheridan.
J. H. Wyatt of Ponca City was a
guest of the Hotel Lee this morning.
JUDGE CROSSCUP STIES TRUST
Overrules Demurrer ot Beet Trust and Says they Have
Operated to Restrain Commerce—Declares
temporary Injunction Shall Sl<ind
CHICAGO, nx., F b.t 18.—Th* « -
murrer of the Packers in the so-called
"Beef Trust" case was overruled by
Judge Grosscup In the U. S Circuit
<..iiit tu-day and a motion granted for
.1 temporary injunction. Thers can be
no d" dit said Judge Oiosscup. that an
... ,t of defendants to refrain
from bidding against ea< h otaer In the
of • at tie, is a combination In
11 ad so also their agree-
bid up prices to st.mulate
1. intending to cease Lob bid-
pun
shipment
ding whf
10 shipim
suit folic
nts hav ? arrived.
as when we turn
to the combination of the defendants t.
fix the prices open and -i-Htiict th
quantities of meat shipped 10 theli
agents or their customers. Such aug-
ments can be nothing Ichh than rtutn
tlon upon competition and therefore a
combination In restraint of trade and
thus viewed, the petition sv an entirety
makes out a case under the Sherman
the motion for a preliminary Injunction
act. The demurrer Is overruled and
granted.
Packers did not announce what theli
next step would be. They have twenty
days in which to make up their minds.
Presidential IVominations
(By Associated Pre?s.)
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb., 18. The
following nominations were sent to the
senate to-day:
Brigadier General J. C. Breckenrldge,
Inspector General to he Major General,
April 11 vice Major General R. P.
H ughes.
Brigadles General M. T. Ludlngt m
Quartermaster General, '«o be Major
General vice Breckenrldge, to be re-
tired.
Brigadles Gene-al Jas F. Wade to
be Major General vice Ludington, to
be retired.
PUBLIC LAW BILK HflD DP
Failure ol House (onimiitoe to Act likely
to Defeat legislation
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. IS.—The
Senate committee on public lands has
favorably reported the bills repealing
the timber and stone net, the desert
land act and the commutation features
of the homestead act. Mr. Hitchcock,
secretary of the interior, has recom-
mended the repeal of these measures,
but has urged the adoption of a sub-
titute bill protecting the interests of
bona fide settlers and placing enlarged
powers with the officials of the land
office in the matter of homestead en-
trn.s. The committee did not consider
the substitute bill, but simply provid-
er! for the repeal of the existing laws.
The secretary of the interior has urged
the necessity of some action of this
. haracter in order to prevent the com-
plete destruction of the timber lands
of the West and the monopoly of the
homestead lands by cattle companies
and real estate syndicates. The com-
mittee 011 publl' lands of the House
has refused to act upon the bills, and
there is little prospect that either of
them will be paused at the present ses-
sion.
CREMATED IN BURNING BUILD-
ING.
PITTSBURG. PA , Feb. 14 One per-
son was cremated, two fatally hurt,
two others seriously injured an 1 seven
two story buildi gs totally destroyed
here, early todsj
Kay Craig. ug**d thirteen years, was
cremated while his father was trying
to rescue him. D. J. Craig, burned
about bend and body, also hurt while
Jumping from the second st«>ry. Will
die.
Mrs. Craig int .Jed smoke an-1 flam*-
and was injured by Jumping but will
recover.
Hop# Craig, eight years old burne
and skull fractured by falling from
window; will die
Shirley Craig, aged ten. burned about
face and body, arm and leg broken by
Jumping; may die.
When the f'ralg fa mil* was awaken ■«:
th only escape was by the upper win-
lows. Mrs. Craig dropped ihe n is
to the ground while her husbund trl.-l
to rescue his son. Before he could rea-
ue the boy, the entlr** house wax In
lamea and 'ho parents were forced to
unip for their lives.
Ilaiinq Trouble in Sellinq its Harvesters
it is Said
(By Associated Tress.)
SPRINGFliil-t). O., KcK 18. The <1l"-
charge of more than 200 men at the
niant of the champion division. Inter-
national Harvester Company, lias start-
ed considerable speculation as to the
c ause. One story Heie is to the offect
that the Osborne company, of Auburn,
N. Y., has entered into a contract with
ihe grangers of the West to furnish
them 100,000 binders the ensuing sea-
son. To help along the project every
granger has promised to take $10 worth
of stock in the Osborne company, the
money to tie used in Increasing ,h*
size of the plant. Along with this re-
port goes one that the grangers have
dec ided to boycott all the firms In the
harvester trust, with the result that the
output of the trust must in consequence
be considerable reduced. Assltant Su-
perintendent Gallev explained that th<'
disc barge of the men here was due to a
lack of material, as well as the scar-
city of coal and coke. It Is said that
many old patterns in the plant here
have been moved away, presumably to
Chicago, for the sake of getting the
work out c heaper in order to meet the
competition of the Osborne people.
RISKS Lirr 10 SAVE CHILD
Turned Ambulance Into Obstruction and
Was Badly Hurt
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YOItJv Feb. 18.—In ordlr to
save the life of a child who stood be-
wildered In the middle of the street.
Peter O'Rourke drove a St Vincents
hospital ambulance into a pillar of the
elevated road :it Sixih avenue and 8t.i
street last night and demolished it. The
ambulance was going at full spued in
response to a hurry cull from No. 311'
Mott street und was in charge of Dr
Donovan.
Both O'Rourke and Dr. Donov.in were
thrown to the street and rendered un-
conscious. They were carried to an un-
dertaking establishment near by where
they were revived. Thy were severly
bruisd and wre taken back to the hos-
pital in a cab.
The horse broke loose and rr n to
Carmine street before it was captured
by a policeman.
O'Rourke is being praised for what
he did. lie undoubtedly sa\ed the life
of the child at the risk of his own life
Th-- name of th« child could not be
learned. She had started to cross the
Street and when half way between the
curb itnd th« liti • of elevated road pil-
la*-s sh became bewildered and stood
still Then she started toward the am-
bulance and O'Rourke turned into a
pillar to avoid her
When he regained consciousness
O'Rourke's first words were;
••Was the child hurt''
When told that she was safe he said
he was glad.
HOY DILD Of JOY
Siqht of Parents as Steemer landed si
New York killed Him
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Feb., 18.
9hlp <it'"f NValdersee arrl^d here to-
day after a stormy voyage from 11 cu -
bing. Enormous seas struck the vessel
from time to time during the trip but
no great damage was done.
As the steamer neare.l her dock In
Boboki . II ■ -old Ru - in boy
named Ulrlch became greatly exited
at the prospect of seelpg bis parents,
who came to this country several years
ago As the ship neared the dock he
saw his father and mother waiting to
greet him and he waved a signal to
them- suddenly he fell to the de« k and
when he was pi- ked up he was h ad.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. IS.—The
Republican senators held u cam us last
night and decided to have the Senate
continue consideration of the Panama
canal treaty tomorrow and on future
days until the treaty shall bo disposed
of. This result was reached after an
hour and a half's disc ussion of the leg-
islative situation In the Senate. The
com lusion reac bed was unanimous. The
understanding 1 thtas the statehood
bill does not lose its advantageous po-
sition in thy order of business when
tin Senate is not In executive session.
The Republican supporters of the state-
hood bill agree not to antagonize a mo-
tion for an executive session to con-
sider the canal treaty, nor to make
any objection to the prolongation of
such sessions to any extent necessary
to secure ratification.
The caucus was opened by a state-
ment bv Senator Allison, chairman of
the steering committee, giving It as
the conclusion of the committee that
the Panama treaty should he ratified
before adjournment of ihe present ses-
sion. He added that the steering com-
mittee. being responsible for the ordir
of business, should be followed when it
makes a suggestion as to ihe order In
which questions should come before the
Senate.
S -nator Cullom. chairman of the com-
mltee on foreign relations, presented a
motion declaring It to be the sense
of the caucus that the Senate should
•go into exec utive : esslon to ratify the
Panama treaty." In a brief speech he
dwelt on the fact that the option of
the United States on th* rights and
franchises of the Panma canal treaty
expires on the fourth of next March.
He said that other Interests and other
nations might d- slre to control so Im-
portant and enterprise, so that It was
altogether possible we would not be
able to renew the option at so low a
figure as $40,000,000, the price which this
country has agreed to pay in case the
barguln is consummated. As only two
weeks of ihe session remain, and there
v\;is determined, through limited oppo-
sition to the treaty, it is absolutely ne-
cessary that no further time be lost in
wetting down to serious work on the
treaty. Several friends of the statehood
hill In spec, lies expressed the opinion
that the chief purpose of the motion
was to sidetrack the statehood bill.
Speeches based on the apprehension
were made by Senator Quay. Elklns,
Gallinger ami Foraker They expres-
sed their adherence to the treaty and
said they agreed fully with all that
had been enid as to the necessity for
its early ratification but that the pro-
per way to reach a vote was first to
take a vote on tho statehood bill. "By
pursuing that course.' ' said Senator
Quay, "you can get the oply obstacle
to consideration of the treaty out of
the way and get It c ut of the way by
legitimate means.' He called attention
to the prolongation of the debate,
which, he said, all knew w is far beyom]
th« necessities and urged that a daj
should be named foi a vote on tht
statehood proposltlo
\ll supporters of statehood spoke ii
the same strain, charging deter
opposition to the expression of the
of the majority and dissenting l
the opinion expressed by Senator Alll<
son that the steering committee shout'
determine the order of business. The;
also united In their opposition to
sldering Senator Cullom's proposltlo
motion. Republican caucuses 1
>oke Is
rminea
he will
i from
the Senate, they aid, always are In
the nature of conferences and are no|
necessarily binding except as Republic
can senators may consider themselves
under obligation to follow the majority
of their party. They were emphatic Id
this t• oliit, some of them going to the
exettn of dec laring that they would
not be bound In the question should
be pressed to a vote. \
Replies were made by Senators Hoan
Hanna, Lodge. Aldvlch and others, and
much stress was laid on the necessltl
of sec urlng ratification of the treatj
and on the fa< t that here was no Intent
tlon to displace the statehood bill a^
the unfinished, executive business. Sen«
ator Hoar made an argument to prov«
that the legislative business of th*
Senate occ upied a different plane from
executive and that courtesy toward
other nations demands that treaties
should have preferential consideration
at be hands of the Senate. This vle^
was accepted generally by the Bents
tors, and was the view acted upoiW
Some of the senators present afterward
commented on It is likely to form it
new departure and an Important pre^
cedent In the eSnate.
Othe r senators made reference to DUi
rops Interest In the canal .and SenatoS
Fornekr stated that an eminent emj
Kineer officer had assured him that nd
feewr than four great European pow-<
. is were looking with jealous eyes orj
our government's movements on th«
Isthmus and would be glad to displacd
uk there. He said In this connectionl
that no senator could surpass him in
conviction as to the necessity of ratU
fylng the canul treaty, but at the same(
time he repeated his indisposition tn(
have any other measure interfere wlthf
consideration of the statehood bill. n
Aftr further exchange of views. dufA
Ing which some quite sharp remarks
were made as to the desirability and
the possibility of securing a vote on th«
statehood bill, the senators on botf|
aldessldes assumed a more conciliator*
tone toward ono another. , \
When adjournment was reached tllM
announcement was made that after the,
clc.se of routine business tomorrow!
Senator Quay should move to go lnt#
executive session and that none of that
Republicans should oppose the motion,
and that consideration of the treatr
should continue until it was dispose
QUAY TRIES CLOTURE
Demands a Vote on Statehood Bill at Ihia
Session
SP00NFK OPPOSES AO ION
But Admits lhat the Opponents of the
Omnibus Bill ere in the Greet
Minority
chlng of ig-
idred
The ateam-
IN SHAWNEE YESTERDAY.
It S. Wiley, territorial ar«mt for the
Arkansas Iiullding and Tx an Company.
returned !*■ evenlnf from a business
trip to Shawnee Mr. WUey saye Shaw- PHlT.ADEi . HI A, PA., FJ . .
Is sroAlTig very rapidly and l Sylvester Hough, distinguished edu- , of
m". than with th- bu.lnM. of cat or nnd «utl. rity. lawy.r of Iprom- , nm
Arkansas Building and Loan Com- Inence and vet.u-an of the Civil war. la>
the
I any Id that tewa.
, la dead, aged eighty-two.
(Dy Associated Tress.)
WASHINGTON, V. <*.. Feb. 18.--
Quays resolution declaring that it is
the sense of the Senate that thece
should l e a vote on the statehood bill
occupied a portion of the morning hour
In the Senate today. Hpooner opposid
it, saying that It was In a sense a cln
ture to which he was opposed or a cen-
sure upon tho minority which he aid
not think was right.
Under the present rules he mainta i-
ed. the Interests of the country are
better served than if there
ture The resolutions, he insisted, calls
on til. 8.-.O.C. to put vote
of c loture upon those who happen to
be consc ientiously opposed to the omni-
bus statehood bill.
INDIAN BOYS MUST LEARN FARM
^'ORK* ^
WASHINGTON, D. r Feb.. 17.-Mr.
W. A. Jones, commissioner of Indian
afTairs. has issued a letter of Instruc-
tion" to all Indian agents and superin-
tendents of schools directing them to
lay greater stress during the coming
year upon the practical t
rlculture, stock raising
pursuits at the Indian sc hools and up-
on the Indian farms.
The efTorts of the past do not appear
lo h..v homo ml.riiia.te rv >■< . >•> ,h"
comml«pioner Is determined 'hat more
Attention mum be paid l" thl f«*tur
of the Indian's •dumtlon. The com-
missioner Is not enthualmilc over ihe
plans of rertaln Indian ^dvoente* who
wont to tearh th. pupils musle. paint-
In* and other aerompllshments H"
feels that th. Indian must make his
living upon (he farm, and tlvit Instruc-
tions In mllkln* Is more desirable for
,he (food "f th. Indhm than lessons on
the plivno. He has ord.r-d the a«ents
to grant employees their vepatlons dur-
ing the school year, Instead of In the
pummer. when th. work on
Important In the
the commissioner ssya:
T ft pupils must be tAllffht 10
and do it Intelligently They shorn i
not be placed In the fields merely for
drudgery or manual labor nlone. The
farmers Industrial teacher, nd other
employes of Indian school, lire Instruc-
tors not laborers Their doty le to
Instruct as well as Isbor. The prln. I-
ples of agriculture are to he inculcated,
I ig th* habits of Inhor.
You are directed to tave each
tendent keep a farm book
must show in detail the transact
relating to this work. An accum-e
count should be kept of all supplies
nlshed the farm, co«t of -ai — <•«
of farmer and othe* paid emplo
of pupils detailed to farm,
r hours worked thereon, the
J ber of acres In cultivation,
eaty!
■3
vision of aer^s <?*vr! d to : - ■ '
the a ouni h>* to show quaifTy wiif
relatl uret.ge d* ted thereto
value 'he nocordtati o prcvuiK
Ing m e prh e, so as to incb'-ate .pri*|j
dure gold, amount and price, produce Isai
sued and used by the school, with lta
value and amount and value of sume ort^
hand.
ENCI|
s, fori
MAKE I TP AND FIGHT A FRENCIj
Dl'lCL.
PARIS, Feb. 14.—Max. Regis, fori
mer mayor of Algiers, snd Anti-Semite
leader, took part in two duels todaiH
and will figure in another. The llrafl
was fought with swords, his adversary
being La Husderque. It grew out of 4
private controversy. In the second en«
• ounter pistols were used and Hegbt
exchanged shots with Jacues Landau*
Newspaper criticisms were responsible
for this quarrel. The meetings occur-
red In the suburbs and were witnessed}
by n large crowd of people, lncludlnfl
a number of women. Before the flrsti
encounter Regis shouted Insulting dsn
fiance at his adversary. The formeft
was slightly wounded In the right arnr*
The affair was stopped. Regis again!
Insulted LeBasderque, who named hid
seconds for another encounter, declare
Ing that he Intended to kill his adver*
sary the neat time they met. Regig
also challenged the master of cere*
monies for protesting against his In-
sulting methods on the field, but th4
friends intervened and brought about
n reconciliation. A pistol duel follow*
ad. Two shots were exchanged wlthf
out effect. . t
t
-1.
J i B flat
tne.f ir
farm ii
of his letter
vork
vbi'h
lubdl-
>IO CRIME TO SLAY HOME-
DESPOILER.
(By Associated Press.)
TOPEKA, KA3., Feb., 18.—A bill W&4
introdouced In the house to-day bj|
Waggoner amending the act defining
lible Homicide. In effect th*
re Is Intended to protect thai
Player of the desj oller of hJ'nes. Thd
fourth clause of the act Is amended tal
read as follows: "When committed irg
dafense of tits character or refutation!
of any such person, his wife, chlldfc
mother or any member of his family",
from or .gainst or In consequence of.
anq slander or libel, uttered, published
or cJ """ti
pers
men
In ♦ 4
a bill prot iMtnti •
makii g exclusive ngen. y contracts. Tha
bill, whi h was Immediately advanced!
to the second reading. Is directed a{
the International Harvester Company*
and Is the result of the recent leglsla*
tlve Investigation.
Waggoner announced tn-d*/ that hd
Intended to continue the fight over thd
tax bill, notwithstanding the action of
the joint committee nday night. Tho
bill doubtless will be changed, probah'tf
bv taking out Wa*gener amendment
and making a few changes In the orlg-
lT.nl text Lf-land It Is sa'd is preparing
to flght the measure.
I The house committee has recommends
. ' paa tage Adam ' eJ of Ti vj -1 Hill.
Supreme Court has denied motion fo
• a rehearing In Oehdsslere esse, con-
Hrmlng title of .Tas. A Troutmnn and
It .r ..ft F'o- e to the Big Franklin es-
.ate whh Debolsslcie, It was contend*
- ten.i i| for en asylum for ail
odd F-1
rphal Hom«
Hartnett. se. retary of the
• My Jabbers Aj?ost latlon-,
(M 'or St Louis on business
tb the asso. i itlou. 8%
rl.t tffcVer.ll days, '
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