The Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 8, 1902 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XIII.
liL'TllIUE, OKLAHOMA,
'lil)AV, I'Elilil'AKV
NL'JtBEU
HOUSE COMMITTEES BUSY
WITH STATEHOOD
-.•^c-3coeccc
THE SENATE ARGUED
THE PHILIPPINE MATTER
A Spirited Debate Came up Under the Easy Rules of the
Upper House and the Discussion Was Edifying
and Amusing to the Galleries.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 3—An-
Other spirited debate with the Philip-
pine tariff bill as the text was prec p -
tated in the senate t. day as he result
of some statements made by Carmai k,
democrat of Tennessee in the coure 01
ari extended speech on the g*neral Phil-
ippine question. It was the Tennessee
senator's first speech in the senate and
he was given notably grod atte ti n on
both sides of the chamb r. He sp ke
without manuscript, with earnestness,
force and eloquence. At the cpnclusion
of his address, which had been listen-: d
to by many of his former colleague.* in
the house of representatives, Mr. Bev-
erldge, of Indiana, challenge l some of
his statements. T. e deba e which en-
sued was very lively for a few minutes,
taking on a political pars? which prov-
ed particularly Interesting to the audi-
tors. who crowded the floor as we 1 as
the galleries.
The measure providing for an In-
crease in the salurle - of I'a^ed S ates
judges was under dl cusslon for an
hour. In the cours• of t ie debate the
rase of Judge Arthur H. Noyes, of t e
district court of Alaska, was drawn up-
on o show why some judges should not
be gjven the Incriaie.
Sentiment Favors Single State-
hood For Oklahoma.
SOME HARD WORKERS
L:
VMOE 3
Bradford and Doyle Are Two Busy Sin-
gle Statehood Men in Washington
and ^hey Are Finding Out Lots
of Things Every Day.
SOME INDIAN TERRITORY
MEASURES Of INTEREST
Ptate Capital Bureau, (510 Fourteenth St.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. FEB. 3-William
F. Young recently apolnted receiver of
the Oklnhomn C'uy land office arrived
here this morning to look after his con-
firmation before the senate.
Representative Stephens of Texas, today
Introduced in the house h bill directing the
setting n.«ddc of ISO acres for each member
of the rhlokHsaur, Choctaw, Cr«ek and
Cherokee tribes as a temporary allot-
ment which will constitute their pro rata
share until tlnal allotment. Temporary
allotment must be made within four
muiths aftch the passage of the act.
In all eases where Judgments have been
rendered by federal courts of th terri-
tory upon an appeal from decisions of the
Dawes commission either patry to the stilt
may within ninety days after the passage
of the act. file motion to reouen said cuse
on the ground of rnud. the decision of
the court to be final The bill alao abol-
ishes the permit taxes Imposed on citizens
of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes.
MANY POOR PROSPECTORS
SUFFERING IN ALASKA
SEATTLE WASHN , FEB. 3-The first
mail steamer arrived from it m«, tit.
Michael, Council City, Rampart mm erv-
eraJ other points in northwest Alaska,
were brought down from the north on the
steamship I>ir-go, which ar.ived th s
morning. MalW came on the Dirigo n an
Nome as late as Noevmber 15; ftorn Conn
oil City as late as November 7; from fct
Michael a* late as November 21; and
from Rampart as late as December 17
from Eagle is late as January 6-and from
Dawson as late as January 13.
Two months and two days were r -
quired to make the trip from Nomo to
Dawson.
Scurvy Is prevailing in and about Nome
to an alarming degree. A great lack of
hil kinds of fresh vegetables was appar-
ent
Many of the poo.- prospefctors who were
unable to get out In the fall are hiber-
nating in their cabins and it Is among
this class that the most pronounced
case of scurvy are found.
The poor at Nome are proving a heavy
tax on the charity of the camp.
Destitution was gene al. '1 nere have
been no advices from the outside slncd
n« icat'on closed.
The winter was mild and an early break
was looked for.
Advices fioni Rampart give some won-
derful accounts of the new Koyukuk
llstrlet of which ltettl's city Is at pres-
nt the commercial center. The four
•reeks in the dist let ha evattracted
prominent attention for the r rich returns.
They are Lan<. Olson, Hoglund and < J1 • ■ n.
<>f the four Glen is the most noteworthy.
One miner there picked out a nugget
worth $601 and others taking pans average
from $1 to V.i).
Maker Flats on which these creeks are
located, it is claimed will prove as rich
as the Klondike, and the jwiy streak in
Glen creek has been traced as fa ras 28
miles below Eureka.
State Capital Rureau, 610 Fourteenth St
WAfeluNUTON, U. C. b&u. .i.-lwo
committees of the house are now wrestling
wnn the proposition lor a teirliorial lar.u
of government tor Indian TuTTi-ory. i lie
committee on territories has under cons.d-
eration the bill introduci d by congre s-
] man Afton giving the territory a fuli-tle\.g.
I ed t< ri itorial foiln of government, whue
I the conAiiittee on iiuuan aualrs uus un •• r
consideration the bid introduced by tun-
I fiMMmai} Curtis giving ths territorj i
I skeleton form of goteinniint, proviuum;
I merely for the appointment of a govern-
1 or and Jt secretary of state and the dev-
, t:oii of a delegate to congre s.
j Because of the conflict between the two
committees an tigieiment has been readi-
ed whereby suu-comniiiu.es of the t- j
committees have been apjxiinted to confer
with each other and pcriect, if potsloi* . a
comprehensive bin wnlch afford reiiei to
the people and yet not be in conflict with
the present tribal governments existing.
Tin sub-commiUes have already had one
meeting and, while no decision was reaeri-
ed the indications ail point to both com-
mittees agreeing ujion some bill
The measure agr« ed to will probably be
in line with the Curtis bill, which was
drafted aft< r a careltM study of existing
| conditions, and with the object in vi< w • i
avoiding a conflict between the jurisdiction
of the I'nlted States and that of the triiril
governments, and at the same time curry
out the agreements entered Into on tlio
part of the government with the Indian
nations in tr« aties heretofore ratified.
The statehood delegates from the two
I territories have been making careful can-
j '-ass of the members of the house and
I senate to find out, If possible, the ?xuct
| sentiment In regard to single am! dou.de
Mdehood. It Is very apparent that the
{ members of the house and senate are ui
sided somewhat similar in their opinions
to the people of the two territories, 'the
preponderance of sentiment, however, is
in lavor of single statehood, not a un-
ion of the two territories now, but the
immediate ndnnumvii of Oklahoma and the
rlthuutc Absorption of Indian Territory.
The othef day Mr. Thomas H. Doyle of
1 < ry, and Judge Bradford of Ardmore
called on Senator Fairbanks, the author
of the statehood bill introduced in :ho
senate. Both Mr. Boyle and Mr. Brad-
ford are strong advocates of single state-
hood and they were under the impn ssl tn
that the senator from Indiana might lie
willlng to permit the creation of two states
out of the two territories. After '\-
plaining the object of their mission Sen-
ator Fairbanks said:
"Gentlemen, you need not spend one min.
ute in trying to convert mo to the prin-
ciple of Single staatehood. I am in favor
Dry, moist, scaly tetter, all forms of
eczema or salt rheum, pimples and
other cutaneous eruptions proceed from
humors, either inherited, or acquired
through defective digestion and as-
similation.
To treat these eruptions with drying
medicines is dangerous.
The thing to do is to help the sys-
tem discharge the humors, and to
strengthen it against their return.
| Hood's Sarsapsrilla permanently cured J.
G. Bines. Franks, III., of enema, from which
he had suffered for some time; and Mis
Alvina Wolter. Bo* 212. Algona. Wis., of pim-
ples ou her fane and back and chafed skin on
her body, by which she hail been greatly
troubled. There nre more testimonials in
favor of this great medicine than can be
published.
Head's Smrssprrit/a
Promises to cure and keeps the prom-
ise. No longer put off treatment.
Buy a bottle of Hood's today.
f single stutehood and will do all I can
i to furthi r such legislation in the senate,
j 1 am unalterably opposed t > double state-
hood ami would light such a proposition,
to the bitter end."
1 Mr. Royie and Judge Bradford had not
'expected such a frank d« ciaratlon trorn
i the Indiana si nator, and It came In the
nature . f a surprise. After thanking Sen-
ator Fairbanks they retired. The next
senator they cncounti red was Hon. Joseph
| Baiiey of Texas. To their utter iimaic-
j ment, they found that the Texas senator
; wa sequally emphatic in Ins posit • -n and
that no argument would changt him. lie
I asserted that he was for double st;
M CASE MANY MARINE DISASTERS
CAUSED BY STORMS
WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT
IS A MASS OF RUINS
Fierce Gale Has Been Sweeping
Coasts of the East.
MAINY VESSELS ASHORE
br In
The Storm That Held the North Atlantic
Coast in Its Grasp of Ice and Death
Has Abated in Part-Severe
Snow Storms.
-The ga
he proposed to equalise conditions
J now exlstitng In the East b> the cnail.m
' •>! two stat. s out of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory, ell . ssute.i that Rhode Island.
Connecticut. Delawajre and Mirvlun.'i l ad
I undeu representation in the senate in pro-
portion to their size and population lie
I said frankly that the argument co.iM
change him and that while he was glad
to meet Mr. Doyle and Judge Bradford
I that he could not assist ta-m in their
I endeavor to secure single statehood.
Doyle and Bradford continued their ir.-
' vestlgation. The next senator they en-
countered was Mr. Berry cf Arkansas.
While not ns pronounced as Senator Bill-
' ey. he too advocated double statehood, as-
sertlng that in takjng this position he Lr-
Ileved he was representing the wish -s of
the people of the Indian Territory. Sen iJ
tor Jones was als > sought out and a simi-
lar declaration was made by him.
Senator Harris. of Kansas, however,
was more liberal, lie was not willing to
consider the question fr«i purely a par-
tisan .standpoint.
tiaan standpoint. and therefore fnvired-
single statehood. The investigation dis-
closed the fact that the republicans of the
senate were practically unanimous In f.i-
\*nr of single stntelr on, .whle th majori-
ty < f the democrats advocated double
stnt- hood.
At th > house end similar conditions exlst-
♦ d. although the democrats th re are
more liberal than at the senate end. Juage
.Moon, one of the ranking democrats . a
the committee ^n territories Is in fa> r
of double statehood, though he assur. d
Mi Boyle and Mr. Bradford that if the
( .inmittee was against double statehoid
they could count on a solid democratic
vote for single statehood.
Spec ial Dlzpatch to the S ate Cap til.
OKLAHOMA CITY. O. ... FsbS
Follow.ng In the fo tste;s i f the hor
ble tragedy enacted W.dn sd.iy e\
nlnir on account o.' bp-ng eras >d f c
whisky, another s.i otlng or uired
this city yesterday after no: n at 5:
o'clock. Will Gates, head bottler at t
bott lng works of Chas. F ost, was t
victim and wliisky is again the cau
The bullet which was fired from a l
volvsr of 38 culibre. ente
above the left eye. The young man
wis removed to the St. An.hi ny ho -
pltnl where he now hovers on the brink
of death. He took noun Inte nt this
'morning but has not yet talke I > any-
one. He se ms to be un.'. nscious.
The shorting occurred it Mr. Frost's
place of business t'hl 'f of Pol o«
Cochran was am ng the llrs t> r.-ach
the scene. He met Cla eiue Gate-, a
brother and Hans Lour. They were thJ
only persons who k:.ew anythi g s to I iluid"and !\"\
the cause pf the shooting. Their tate* t>-iour now*
m-nt to Chief Cochr: n was to thi ef- ^.,lh
f*ct: "Lour and he Gr.te y. un^ men ' ,' r"n. Keuoi
wfre In the hotti ng w rks, Gat s h d to the luaati
Mn d inking and lh troth r wane
tor take him home. Instead of obeyli
h!s brother's request he tod Ola re n • J i.l'r, t^.'d'by'i'h,"' tiig'ni'hmon.V,
to go home. A Uttl'l dlscu slot eil'Ued ! us parsing i.. kK iH.aiul tom .i
afl-r which Will llii es * 1! ho woul I y." " 1 < « ""
get a revolver and tlx them. He got the j idch leit'.Sew*"London!' < ' "nn" \
weapon which belongs to Mr Frosv.
The men then lef! th^ pla e on the r
and went to the Lee hotel, where they
met an1 told G. Ross ab'ut t e irojble
Then went back to th p Inc and en
tired. Gates was lying on u case oi
bottles. He was hi eding and a bullet
wound was seen In h s h ad."
The wounded man was then put In an J'(Hy°ru wVrc'in8 /■ril' '!i d i
ambulance and t iken tr> ti e ho pital tonllht /ay th< !s' aie'tilii
where he Is receiving treatment today j v. .v. u though tin uang' r oi d>
but it is though he will not recover. | « !"^wing to the sllgnt abat
Up to noon today he had made nt Bl<<
satement as to the shooting. Gates' oi
parents reside on Capitol HI I. Th I this morning.
young man Is single and did not stav | |ei',^madt^ tuvrri? unrter Captain Wyclt
at home but boarded down town. While J nre lines1 over the bell.. .. but lie eiToru
it is thought the young man did
Fire Destroyed the Entire Business of the City Yesterday
and Left a Tangled Mass of Blackened kuins in
Place of a Properous City.
either
id ilirt
\N he i
WATERBTJRY. CONN., FFI? 3.- Tlirt
sun rose ihis nt" iilnu on a bla. kened and
••tnouldt r.ng mass of ruins that marked
the main business scction of the city.
ho scene about the city today was
only a little less r niarkalil than that
of the previous evening. Thousands of
people stumbled around on th icy streets
and with tin' groiite-t difficulty were n-
strained by the militia and th" ponce
from evntuving within the danger 1 nes.
There is more or Icsh disorder but the
police have been very fictlev and the
m l tla ivis In 'u of great servfeo in the
handling of the crowds, ''he str
I'll* i
ho
old
eport-
ester'y gale was blowing ;
shoot with sulc'dtl Intent, there
DIPLOMATIC ASPECT
OF ALICE'S ATTENDANCE
something peculiar in c nn ctlon with •1 The^erews o
the accident. I is sated hat his fac • '
was no powder burn d an i the poll< •
con't unde rtsnd tiiat feature .if t:ie
case. He hnd on a cap at the time of
the shooing. When seen tod. y the cap
showed a bullet hole th.ru ;h tr.e brim.
•ap also showed that U had n^t I
the Ssch«. ,i but '.he
«ie not succ«>.-lui. Tliey then tried to
eli ihc lift boat, but this, too, piov-
wlth small articles tin
windows. 'Some of thl.i property was
confiscated by passersby, but th ■ amount
of thieving was small compared with tins
amount of confusion.
A ; mgled n t of wiren en Rank and on
South Main streets greatly h nderej the
work or extinguishing the ou-t flumes
and clearing : w v the wreckage. How-
ever, the sire is a. e rapidly h'ng el tar-
ed and ilu trolley service will soon be
resumed.
The city's teephonlc communication,
light.ng facilities and electric power w< r«
restor« i bejo.e nightfall
A rev.sed list ot the losses and Insur-
ance is evry difficult to obtain at this
time. it Is bell, ved when the bnitb IS
known that tii - figures it-Vg: apfied this
niornan, wdi not l e iar from tlie correct
estimate. There was no loss of life.
There is a strong suspicion that the
widen destroyed ih.- ricovlle House wus
the work of an Inclndlury.
The ft e o.ig.nattd in the pool and bil-
liard ro in In the bast nn nt of the i >use,
on the further sale of the burn g district.
The room was locked and no one was
supposed to be tlu.ie nor was thtro any
fire kept In the room.
The fire came ro close on the heels of
the ilg conflagration that ththousands
of siectatois who witnessed it were
thrown Into a more complete panic than
the >r ghiiil fire caused. The flames bocl
only I" am to die out along Rank. Grand
and boin.ii Main s;n t at I o clock when
ti; ire 4 ic 11ie I tip as If by magiC and peo-
ple feand thut the city was d >om« d after
all. The eng.ins that huirled to the
i" ne t'.irnid the-ir attention mainly to
pr. venting the spread of the flames, it
was eva.cut that ihe hotel was doomed,
.iixl if the Ik e had reached tlie adjacent
li lid ugs there would have been very
little hope of raving the center of the
cltv Tin- fire burned far Into the day
and v. >a not entirely extinguished until
evening.
MORE TRAINS WRECKED
AND PERSONS KILLED
DENVER, COL., Ftb. 3.—Colorado Mid-
land passenger train west hound for Salt
Lake and San FVnnelsco, h d a narrow
escape from Instant destructim Saturday,
two miles west of Ruena Vista. The lo-
comotive dashed into a freight train
standing on a trestle 66 fret high, hurl d
the caboose and one freight ear inthe
creek bottom and Instant y kilieJ Owi n
McCarthy, rear end hrakctnan on the
fr l«ht train.
Engineer Reck and the fireman were
preevnted from jumping by the high tres-
tle and remained on thdr engine expect-
ing to be dashed to death. The engine left
the '.alls but m'raculously remain, d on
the trestle almost balanced on Ita eog \
not only saving their lives but ine pas-
sengers a: well.
Owen McCarthy, the only man to lose
his life, received ordters to flag tne pas-
senger tra'n. but tarried in the cab ose
warming himself, as the morning was ex-
tremely cold lie had just started to flag
the train when h<- Saw the hoadEftht of
the locomotive rounding the curve not
one hundred feet distant. He retreated
toward the caboose but was . aught and
knocked into the ci* ek, hor.-ibly mang-
led.
A REAR END COLLISION.
DUBUQUE. LOW A, FEB. 3.- A rear
end collision at 3.45 this morning on tho
Illinois Central resulted in the death of
four stockmen, while six were seriously
Injured. The dVnd:
M. C LAWLER, Wall I^ake, la.
CHRIS FERDON, St Ansger. la,
C. R. BLENT, Charles City, la..
The seriously injured:
W. Cameron. Dundee, 111., badly crush-
ed, not exp< cted t- live.
F. J. Jordan. Dunlap, Iowa, Injured
about r.bs and reck.
D. Lawl.r, Wall Lake, Iowa, Injured
about breast and legs.
Sughtly Injured:
J. J. Moreland. Dunlap, Iowa.
W. J. Evans, Dunlap, Iowa,
Unknown man.
None of the t< ainmen were njured as
they heard the s. cond train approaching
and jumped. The stockmen wer , all n
the bunk ear aSleep wh n the col.isioti
occurred, the death and injuries tesult
| lng from being crushed. A special train
; w.th surgeons was .s nt oiri from here
I and the injured are all being dared for
i at Apple River.
WASHTNGTON, n. c . FER 3.- The
'pr< t that Miss Alice Roosevelt w 11 be
1 honored guest at the coronation was
: first received with Incredulity through-
| out the diplomatic and official world of
Washirtfton. It Is gradually takrng shape
as a fact to b. admitted, and fi^poni .ts
I are busy forecasting the influence of this
! \ islt at tiiis t me.
I The unofficial announcement comes as a
I coin douche upon the hopea of the pro-
| Rotes, as such a court sy on the part of
the prcPidtnt of the I'nited States can.
not fa I to strengthen the Rrlti-h pol <1 s.
< 'onsiilerable delicacy is observed in erit-
i. isms, ns Americans are loth to bring
i the personality of such a young girl into
the malestrom of into national bickerings;
but it is pointed out that the B.ttlsh pr i
and politic ans will not fall to use this
Uvent in the broadest scope.
Gossip about th i occurrence comes at
this moment most opportune from T^r ti h
staecraft. Great Britain is absolutely
isolated In Europe, but this extraordin-
ary national courtesy cannot be explained
I to continental diplomats as the mere
i wh'm of a petted young u'r: and the dot-
i lng fondness of an affectionate pirent.
j The shiffwest diplomats here say that
, should th s rumi i' develop i..to a fact it
j will tend to obviate home of the shrew, st
diplomacy of past years through which
j Great Britain has bee been brought (•
peacefully and, content* rily cons <ler an
I Intervention proposition. It Is also po'nt-
j ed out that should this news be otTIci I y
| verified all hope that President Roose-
velt s ;incrstor.il trad.lions mig*** influ-
ence him 'n favor of tlie Boers must bo
abandoned.
I The Boer Interests sod the anti-imper-
ialists ntid antl-Ros ,i*7 <ts ha-v jo.ned
hands t'i pre\ nt whit they i:onsid,r a
catSfltrophe. Shrewd leaders of the r.
; publicans are also quietly encouraging
the campaign. Ti is doubtful If tho sweet
will of the sweet young girl was < .-r
1 arrayed against such a gigantic enmbi-
i nation as confronts Miss Roosevelt's <1 -
sire to si e the pageant of King Euward's
i ,toro:iatlon.
RECIPROCITY TALK
AT THE WHITE HOUSE1
BOERS TO FIGHT
WASHINGTON, FEB 1.—Speaker Hen-
sers.-n and Representative Deizell of
Pennsylvania, the latter being tlie ranking
rfpubuncan member on the ways ana
means committee to Chairman Payne and
also a member of the committee on rules
railed on President uoosevelt today. No
authoritative statement could be secured
im to the purpose of the call, which led
to much speculatlce comment In connec-
tion with the subjects of Cuban reciproci-
ty and war revenue reduction now under
consideration hi tlie house, it is under-
stood however, that the subject of Cu-
ban reciprocity was spoken of during the
mil Aside from this, It Is said, the pr--s-
l(i. nt lias a general Interest In what the
ir„, ,. , doing and there Is reason to be-
Sfve tlie visit was in part to Inform him
•o general status of legislation.
PARIS, FEB. 1. -The Liberte prints a
dispatch from Brussels today which says
that Dr. Leyds, the E.'r'Van agent of
the Boers, dated only f-ix weeks ago, In
which the Boer commander-in-chief not
allude to his allege ddesire for peace, but
declares that the Botes are sufficiently
provisioned to continue the struggle
hopefully and that the sltuat on in Cava
Col on v s growing w-vst for the British.
The Temps correspondent quotes the
Boer delegation In Eur tpe. as saying:
"We are duly accredited by our gov-
ernment and couTd begin negotiations at
any moment, but we w 11 do nothing de-
cisive before communicating with the
commanders, and neither Styn or Botha
nor any other legdie will ta' e a decisive
step without conferring with us."
THE WAR REVENUE
SUBJECT 01 REPORTS
WAtHINGTON#,D. C . Feb. 3 —B th i
majority and minority reports were flle i i
on the war revenue repeal bill t, day.
The majority report says the p o a il- 1
Ity of early withdrawal of tr ops from
Cuba snd the reduction of the fore • In 1
Ihe Philippines wil make further re
ductiohs possible, and also revl ws the j
condition of the treasury In conc us j
ion the majority report pays:
"It cannot be denied that a large sur- i
plus furnishes temptation for extrav-
agant expenditures. While congie s
mfcy generally be relied up n to ke?p I
the national expense within re s nable |
bounrlt it should be r^ll ved fr m t e
pressure which comes \jith plausible
j schemfs from every quarter to recom-
I mend an overflowing treasury."
j The minority report approves the pro-
posed reductions, but asiserts they
i should have been made long ago. It
alsis ndv . ates n g neral revl ion of
i tariff taxation, with the re e ti n o?
taxes on accumulated wealth. T or • i* ,
a general denunciation o' the Dlngley
law as the mother of trusts, and the «• I
port says that it ennb • t ie m inufac-
turer t charge far greater pr <"* t
home consumors thun are received
abroad for the same good-, which Is
charac-erlsed as "plain robbery".
Tho minority report add":
"While approving in g-neral th • po'-
icy of repining the w-r taxes, we in
slst that the cert in taxe* on accumu-
lated weal h should be allowed to re-
main. We refer to such taxes r.s a •
Imposed on sugar and pe'roleum r lin-
ers. The tax of on?*fourth of « ne per
cent on the annual gross receipts of
sugar and petroleum lefln rs in x e s
of $250,000 inciudsp about $1.0 0 000 an-
nually. This tax has be n paid with-
out demur or protest and there s no
reason why the great combina' ons
which monopolize thr-s • businesses and
from which ro ossal individual f rtunes
have been built up. should not pay
some p'rt of the national expenses, as
well as them as=es of the peaple wno
use and consume the various 'hing-<
which are the subject of cu ems un 1
internal revenue taxation. As the su-
preme court has denied t) cong> ess« the
right t0 tax Incomes for ti e s pport of
the government. It is well to p a -e ac-
cumulated wealth un 'er some f. rm of
contrlbU:i< n, and we know of none mor?
just or eqlutab e than a tax such as that
imposed by the war revenue act on oil
and sugar refiners.''
been burned with powder.
This afternoon •a representat've cf
Ihe State Capital was Informed that
Gates wan a ive but that he had been
unconscious since he shooting. Ono o"
the officers in con versa ton with a e
#nresentatlve of this paper th s nfter-
noon states that Gates was s ttlng Upon
a box when he was found and that he
was resting his head in his hinds, hh
elbows being suppored by a box in fr nt
of him. A further investigation of th
cap reveals that it was powder burn
ed. It was also learned that the wound
ed man was In the habit of har.dll g fir-
arms and that he made It a practice
to shoot around in a prom'scuom man-
ner. The question is now annoy g t "
officers Is whether the y ung man sho
himself with suicidal intent or that .t
was an acclden.
THESE BILES
INTERESTING
Special Dispatch to the State Cap t il
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Feb. 3.—The
house has parsed Represent tive Lac-
ey's bill providing for th" compulsory
attendance of witnesses before regis
' ters and receivers of land offices,
j The bil provides that any person mi>
serve subpoenas by delivering a true
I copy thereof to such wi:n?ss, and any
I person neglecting or re "using obedience
ti such subpoena shall be d .-envM guilty
j of misdemeanor and subject ti/ ti fine
of $2d0 or imprisonment n?t to exceed
!'0 days or both.
Repre-entat ive Dollverf has 'nt'Oduced
I a bill in the house for te relief of cer-
tain Indians in Indian territory who
desire t:j sell their lands and Improve-
ments and emigrate eieewhere.
I The bill provides that \\..'ii at any
time 300 or mor? Ir dians in I dian te -
! ritory shall request of the sec.e a-y of
the inteiior permi-slon to sell or other-
wise dispose of their lands or to obta n
their distributive share of nny money
i held for them by th" government, whlc
| the Indians may desire to use for buy-
ing lands elsewhere, the secretary is
authorized to set aside the same to
them or such pirt as he mav lee n
proper and rat if any such Indians em-
igrate to a foreign country the se re-
of the sea tugs John E. Rur-
w.iiu, and ii. S. Atwood had a . cry nar-
row . ape from going to tho butto.n
with th. .i crew Sunday afternoon. .Suit-
ing was known of th< ir plight until the
at rival of the German steamer Rarco-
lonia.
i e seven men on each tug were In lin-
n.inet danger of deah for ober two hours.
nlisolutely helpi ss J
THE SENATE INCREASED
URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL
gradually sinking win n the Rarcnona h v *
in sight and took the hife frozen crews
aboard. Within half an uhiur of this two
ti.j,.-- went to the bottom.
ihe L< rwynd was prolatbly worth about
$25,000, and the Atwood about
INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS
PROVIDED SO FAR
state Capital Bureau - . i Fourteenth St.
washington, d. c . feu. 3.—The In-
dian bill today ryjorted to the house con-
tains tiie toll, wing appropriations for Ok-
iahema a*(nclcs:
kiowa • V", Osage, $1S00; Sac and Fox
$i:mi; I'nlon aorency $^500.
Fulflllling treaty obligations: Choctaws
isc cdaneous: Helmburslng memners
•k nation for expense In removing from
sissippl, $12,260.
ir Buuport of Kiowa. Comanche,
die and Wichita Indians $4.V .'/Mi.
-apahoeK and Cheyenn-s $T^.'H"«; Klcka-
i; Kickapoos $3000; Ponea Indians $50.-
I!ig Jim Shawnees $3000; Tonkawas
! fund
WASHINGTON. D. C., Fb, l.—In | payment of
response to inquiries, the s ate d part-
ment today notified the senate c, mmit-
! —*
tee on appropriations that the depart- t ,
m°nt would be able 'o m-ke pr v s on $ii
for the expenses of the r pr s nt tives pe
of this country in Europe Incidental ' wi
coronation of King Edwa d VII ; $<*:
>ate on tobacco $"00.0f0:
of Ph.l pplne In ninr
its turned over the navy
S10; pure ase of co . 1 for tlie n vy
.<<(>0.; equpment of nival vess.ds.
000: refur.di g to s at s money ex-
ied In raLdng volunteers in the civil
; blaine $1 ill 616; Pennsylvania
146, New Hampshire $108,o72, Rhode
from its own resources, and that h -re- ! M ind Jliit.OlT
fore no especial appropriation would I The appropriation of $"00 000 fir the
be necessary for that pnrpo-e. The fhslter of tf(ops In the Philippine isl-
commlttee therefore did not make pro- inds is retin d. but tiv wo:dl.~ii,V)f the
vision in the urgent deficiency bill as provision is changed to read as fol-
reported to the senate today for 'his I lows:
item of expense, as It h id agreed on j "For the el tabllshment in the vicinity
Saturday last to do. The committed of Manila, P. I . of a mill ary post, in-
also decided that the provision In the eluding the construction of barracks,
bill a3 It came from the house for an quarters for officers, storchousrs. h> s-
apprcprla'lon of $10,000 to he us"d by pKals and other buildings, ns well as
the president "in meeting unfor een water supply, lighting, sewerage nnd
emergencies" would b? sufficient to drainage necessary for the accommoda-
cover the expenses of the go er.iment tlon of a garrison of two full regiments
In connection with the approaching visit of Infantry, two squadrons of cavalry
• ral Incidental expenses
■ SIN.OOO.
irics three commisslonei
Indian Ter-
i to five civi-
For the
from the '
of Prince Henry and no specific appro-
priation was made on that accoun*.
The net Increase of appropriat'ons
j redvmmended by the senat > committee
I on this Ibil is $3,103,150, brlngl' g Its
I total up to $20,230,620. The principal
j items of increase are the follow! ig:
Pavment to M xico on a'count of the
Tito
■ $15.
lary
te ms
with such gov- rnment as will best pro-
mote the interess, wishes and desires
of such Indians.
Representative Curtis has Introduced
a bl I In the house authorizing the San-
ta Fe Pacific Itallr. ad company to sell
or lease Its railroad property and fran-
chises to the Atchiscn. T pek and San-
ta Fe Railroid company, p ovldel.
however, that said railroad shall re-
main as heretofore a post route and
military road, subject to the use of the
United States for postal, military, naval
and all oher government service.
BERLIN. JAN. 30. -The tariff comrnlt-
fe of the relcbstsg today adapted In spite
>f the opposition t.f the [pipet
•« tary
of stutv - - - -
(1. wsky-Wehner. a motion proposed by the
conservatives requiring the pr. ductlon of
certltlcan-s of origin In the case of all
eooos siibjct t to duties differing In amount
rding to the country where they are
uccoruiriK vi
| manufactured.
$140,000.
it is provided that Creek and Seminole I
nations shall constitute a judicial district
to be known as the Western dlstdlct of i
Indian Territory.
The plies of holding courts are chang- |
ed to .Muskogee, Wagoner, Sapulpa and j
Wewoka.
attach, d to tho Europea
ABSOLUTE '
SECURITY.
Genuine
Carter's
Little Liver Pills.
Must Bear Signature of
See ln-Slmile Wrapper Below.
Fan HEADACHE,
ron dizziness.
too biliousness.
for torpid liver,
ron constipation.
for sallow skid.
. ron THECOMPUXiOfi
i | (mvt'lKU nu Tmvi
♦s untt I Pur(.l7 Vrjfe
CURE CIC!' HEADACHE.
la. Weil and
ommlt (
wo batteries of ar li'.ery to ba
avallabe until expended."
The committee also struck out the
house provision limiting the number of
land off lies In Alaska to one, and re-
duced the appropriation made by th#
lion e bill for experimental rural free
delivery service from $491,040 to $217.-
J1.400 000; I 300.
EIGHTY-FOUR DEAD MEN
TAKEN WM MINE
IIOT'STON, TEX., FEB. 8.—A ■pedal , lng. Twenty five dead bodies have been
from Eagle Pass, Texas, saya: | lu,p*
Eighty-four dead bodies and sixteen men j 'j-j,,.
ma rely alive, some of them horri ily man- ;
gled. 'lave been taken from the H "la'-j frotr
mines Fntch tor the bodies ha* stop .- i to i
on account of the stench, but disiriiect- i pe ri
nuts arrived this afternoon and work w 1 | TI:
The .shaft had one hundred and eighteen h.f t
men enrolled, and eighteen are still miss- I and
liat.
;>■ to property Is very greit.
ay lias obtained all the phy-
nurses that can be secured
nts, ind Is doing everything
of the miners who may stUl
SAMUEl. GOMPERS
OiN LABOR QUESTIOM
have been at the head of the industrial
nations of the world.
In the course of his remarks Mr.
fjompers c: itidzed Wu Ting Fang, the
Chli
s min
iter,
ylng:
CARTERS
ittie
PP.L5.
"WASHINGTON, D C„ Feb. 3.—The
houae committee on foreign affairs to« I
day heard Immigration Commissioner ;
Bowderley and President Gompers, of j
<he American Federa'ion of I-abor, in 1
favor of strict Chinese exclusion as j
provided in the Mltchsll-Kahii bill Mr. j
Powdtrly stated that the hards" ips:
encountered by the c ass of Chines* ex- j
empt form exclusion at the detention
stations were insIgnflcatP. I1 was th
duplicity of the Chinese laborer, he said. :
who sought to gain admission by an- |
sumlng to be in the exempt cla s that i
caused the necessity for stringent ex- j
elusion laws.
Mr. Gompers spoke of the extent of I
Asiatic cast. The Chinese worker who '
earned $2 and consumed two cents .
day impoverished Americ: n lab u- and
reduced the standards of Us ing. To the
argument that had b'en ad anced that
American workingmen would have to
meet European Tnnd C'Ino e stand rds
of cheap living. Mr. Gompers an-wer d
that If long hours and low wages meant
Industrial superiority, 'hen China would
"I resent the sneering remark of a
foreign diplomat that I am an agita'or
or a labi.r agitator, or that the laboring
people of this country who are endeav-
oring to protect themselves from Chin-
ese labor are agitators.
"I deny the right of the representa-
tive of a foreign government address-
ing himself to an official of our gov-
ernment and referring to American cit-
izens by name in such a matter, par.lc-
ula
de-
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