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REPORT ON THE CANAL BILL
Chairman Hepburn Goes Into Full Details
on the Project
BENEFITS TO ACCRUE TO AMERICAN SHIPPING
drcat Britain First Violated the ClaytonBulwer Treaty United
States Legally Free to Act Private Concessions
Not of Any Interest
Washington February 17 Chairman
Hepburn of the house committee on Inter-
state and foreign commerce today sub-
mitted thereport o the committee in fa-
vor ot the Hepburn bit or constructing
the Nicaragua canal
The report say s In part If the provl
ilona ot the bill can bs carried out the
United Statoa will within a few year
from six to eight be lu full ownership
and control of a waterway connecting tho
oceans that It can defend and that it
can use in tho Interests of Its navy and
Its merchant marine as wisdom may dic-
tate There ceenis to be but little doubt
that the states of Nicaragua and Costa
Ttlea will give their consent tor tho con-
struction of this great work Theso states
are friendly disposed toward our govern-
ment and our people and have interests
connected with It that are In proportion
to tho wealth and population evon gicater
than ours It will traverse either the
border or the Interior ot Nicaragua for a
distance ot about ISO wiles H will glvo
to ihat statu a waterway from Its capital
through Us moBt productive region to tho
fcoa It will place that country on one ot
tho great waterways ot iho world brlng
lns it into Immediate contact with a largo
foreign commcrco and those who conduct
it Tho splendid soil and climate of thcli
Agricultural regions will bo seen and
known in such a way ai to compel immi-
gration settlement and laigely Increased
production In very many ways tho btato
will have advantages not now possessed
and that will bo lor a long time lost It
nuothc routo by which the oceans are
connctcd should bo adopted All ot tlies
considerations Induce tho belief that those
two enlightened states will be glad to aid
our government cordially and efficiently m
carryng out this Kreat decision
Af it reviewing tho several surveys tho
report continues These reports nbovu
refomd to tho onlnlons of tho ougineers
and
scientists believed tn bo entlroly com
petent for their work Justify jour com
mlttoo in recommending tho undertaking
if the enterprise as ono Hint Is entlrulv
ractleable and ono that can be completed
BU m of m0D0 > tno expenditure of
which will bo wise
It is true that tho estimates ot cost
are > nrlable ranging as they do from
L a a 0000000 to a powlblo 145
0110 mo It is bowovcr
proper to Bay that
the size and character of the canal esti
mated Is as variable a Is the co3t Tho
earliest estimates were for a oanal suited
to the ships of that time Tno later esti
mates yro for pblps of this time Tho
fifteen foot depth and sixty foot width Is
tno sizo of the earlier project Thirty
f L < le aB a P wWln aro > > Jlnon
Mous of tho latter proposed canal
lour cominltteo suggests in discussing
S Jc unerntlon that will come lo
the United
Mitten from the ownership of
tms canal estimates can only bo made aud
thero has been a great difference of opin
ion expressed by persons who have como
before
hi iUtti lM Jf ie > r A1 caaU
by tho shipping of the world One gen
tleman
ot ths
x
character but we think the pooplo of no
other country would havo a right to object
If the people of thn United States saw
nt to construct a ship canal from New
York to San Francisco on tho territory
belonging solely to tho Hnltert States nor
would the people of any other country
have tho right to object if Mexico on her
own territory constructed a canal across
tho Uihrnus of Tehuantepoc Nor yot
again could any ono rightfully object to
Nicaragua constructing a canal on her own
soil from the Caribbean sea to tho Iacttlc
ocean Now If this be true If theso StaUs
would havo tho right on their own terri-
tory using their own means to provldo
for themselves this great advantage lor
their commerce could not olthor of them
graut to another State upon terras ontlrely
< idvantngeous and satisfactory to tho par-
ties tho right to construct a canal similar
to the one under discussion No one would
havo tho right to quarrel with Nicaragua
In thus disposing to tho United States
n right that unquestionably belongs to
her Tho tact that it would cnablo us In
an emergency and In certain directions to
Increase the efficiency of our navy docs
not constitute such a statement of facts
as to nllow our rivals to object to our
building this caonl Other nations are
now making large addltloiw to their naval
powers b y the use of thoir ship yards
Wo certainly possess the right to Increase
tho ofllcloncy of our navy by Increasing
tho number of our ships When we havo
these ships wo havo the right to send them
wheicver wo choose and tho moro fact
that tho rapid transfer through tho Nica-
ragua canal of our naval vessels to tha
Pacific or from the Pacific to tho Atlantic
ini reaves tho efficiency of u given squad-
ron surely ought not to bo rogaidod aB
an undiio advautngo that the United States
would hivo through this waterway Wo
want to Incroaso our power on tho high
seas Our peoplo aro Intent on having
thoir full share of tho commoico of tliu
woild This canal la an aid tn that di-
rection It Is tiuo that it will disturb
tho conditions of equality that now exist
but every effort that tho successful mer-
chant makes an effort to disturb tlili
equality nnd to socuro advantages for
himself Steamships instead ot sail ves-
sels tho hugo vossels of today Instead
of tho smaller ones ot llfty yenrs ago
Improvements In machinery manufacture
all theso aro ollorts to disturb tho equal-
ity of conditions that exist between mer-
chants They aro all deemed Justifiable
praiseworthy nnd the Hocuroment ot Ihls
short routo Is only nn offort ot greater
magnitude in this same direction Wo
savo 10000 miles lu tho pannage to China
over tho old touto by way of Cape Horn
Our BOernment would havo precisely the
samo right to tako offense nt the use of
thu sue canal by British merchants as
tumid tho English government at em
using tho Nicaragua canal At nil ovonts
fto want our shnro of tho worlds com-
merce mid to securo It wo must havo all
tho utilities that aro possible Nor can
wo expect to got our ohare without llorco
struggles Tliero Is now the most Intense
rivalry tor this rommcrra on the part
of commercial nations and our rivals will
i mmli56 wltn os mid mo all comnYorcin Tnhuonces iinii
political l
ri M
ofthP h 1 ° Ct R t0 the UJtent rill0 y wWi I of Us arts menacing
b I IWP to rlo us out of the Held
There are persons who say that wo aro
has said that In hlVudamcut not
more than 800000 toMwould isFhrou l boUIMl by lr at y BtPullIons tho
tho canal annually Shr hi uli rotlmwt of Ureal Ilrltalii to refrain
from cnriynK out this enterprise This
11000000
tons would nas ihrni Lh m
en Gn J coS lil wlh 11 nttont wo 1 not bellovo Wo leu
Maritlmo CauMco nnTv Bro I h i K lho fact lnt mT M Stored
opinio lnlua sut08 nJ eat nmaln
amoZt fo oJr n v b nVav 1 UtrIi W PUloUpu In tho ChytonHulVvr
fl 55 per ton la th
Use of the Suoz ca
rharged nt tho Nlcau
wor
upo
mt
000 bo tbo tennago pajtlng through U nn
aggregate sum of more than fCoooooo
would bo tho rccolpls It Is ottimnted that
the cost of maintaining id operatlug the
canal would lis 31000000 annually if th
United Stnes borrowed tho money to lu
vest in tho enterprise tbl sum would pay
tho nnnual Interest thp cost of malitiln i0we
Ai nn < 1 T intlng nnd leave n surpliu nlmovi
Itoro ban n rnllllon dollais and w til prov
yiliiB tonnago wu might rruHonabli
sH iUTOttTrrtartwiiB of surplus
Tl m a few yours fully reimburse
b o gov rnmCnt for Its outln > Or if It
huulC bo tho policy to uc the canal u >
Utmulato tho building lip of our nier Inn
tnarlim It culd ho nlalJ a most powerful
f factor A Urltlsh merchant trading from
tny port In Groat llrltaln to Hong Kong
chartering a 0000ton esscl and tndng
ho Sqcz canal must piy as tolH a sum
In oxcojh ot 18000 for the round trip
voyage Ills rival an American merchant
trading from New Vork to Hong Kens
usei tho Nicaragua canul free ot toll he
ratite bo ussd an Amorliau vessel mqilu
out ot American materUl by American
labor and loaded with American nmrehan
dlre would poiacsd marked Uilvantages
advantages so marked as to make It to his
Interest to stimulate American shipbuild-
ing ll Is this kind n n canal that ran
bo used in this way discriminating In
favor of our merchants aud our shipbuild-
ers and our labor It surh should bs the
policy ot tho government and that your
rommlttcc are anxious to secure
cither to build It
Afler quoting tho treaty tho report goe
on No one can read that urtlclo without
cmidudlng that lho Ncaingua canal con
templuted was an uudcitaking early to be
completed through tho kindly aid of th
two governments flreat Urltaln his al
ed tlfty years to elapse without any
rcnient on her pnit to rarry out the
provisions ot that nititle It has luseu a
dead letter from the day tho treaty was
signed to the present moment nnd tho pio
vlslons of the first article were agireil in
nucessatlly In connection with the sociilh
Uiut iiflthet goemnient stmll tnvo
rluslMt loutiol over said ship canal being
tho ship ennui that wan pun Mod for In
tho seventh article and which tho two mt
linns were to iho their friendly ufltcct lu
Immediately coming Hut supposo thi
Ifc nut true and that we are liotinl at
was Oroat llrltaln bound not tn secmo
the Nicaragua canal This Nicaragua
caiiiil will not he properly inscribed In
other words by calling u the short route
lo the lMst nnd then partly praphraslng
tho stlitencc tlroit Urltaln and the United
Slates bound thombiilvee not to secure
aa against tho otlnr the short route to the
Wait In 1S30 tho Nicaragua route wu
tho ony short route lo the East that
any man had In his thoughts mid tbo
spirit of the agreement was that Oreit
Urltaln would not socuro the short routs
to tho East without consent and coopern
tlbn of the United States hut m violation
of tbo spirit ot the contract Great Urltaln
Your committee Is avvaro that there has In her control over tho Suoi canal
aro a number of porsonb who claim to havo secured for herself a short routo to tho
consesslooB from tbq government ot Nlca East ono that Is on her own territory ns
ragua and Costa Itica Investing them with completely for all praetcal purpose as
rights to navigate the San Juau river and though It was on the toll of Ireland one
Lake Nicaragua Others claim to be au that is completely under tho control of her
thorlred to construot this great waterway guns at Olbraltar and tho Islauds In the
connecting the oceans plt It Is bcllnved Mcdltetrnncan and tbo Hed Sea and yot
by your committee thaA thesq rlsMii havo wo aro blandly told that notwlthstamllns
cither elapsed or nre of Inconsiderable the failure on her part to obiervo the lat
valiu qr liava been obtained for suocu tcr ot tho seventh artlclo and tbo spirit
Jatlvo purposes However this may be lot the first article that we wcro bound by
It should bo the purpose ot the govern treaty of alliance entered Into fifty year
ment lo deal directly with the govern aS ° The Inst fifty years have wrought a
rnents of Nicaragua and Costa Tllca Thoso markable change in our relations to a
BtvernmenU can adjust all questlous waterway crossing the isthmus 18G0 was
growing out Qt these coacoMlons much ° > f ° r < removed from our flrtt on
mora easily than the United Statca It cuPa 0 of CftforllB aa onl > four
la n n believed that nny one of tliifn > rs lvor h5n tho piwanso of tho first
al or alleged concessionaries have any JfJy 0 mlgranU from tho Mississippi
rights or Interest that they can convey l JJ th0 l Otectlou of military
to the United States and It Is not deemed ° T l V son It was but two years
wife to hsve any Joint Intirest or ro f x ° sl ° n ° l < Wt > and lntercst <
ppitnerntilp er nnv tqiorqst growing out I u l cI ° Jr0 a Mexlc 0
f rorponfe rolntion wllli < nv lieu fhrt Jf fCJ a rf
ppinpn It Is out opinion that the pen racinL tl ° da r J L ° No tiw 8
ple ot th SUM Statts wnnt n gvorn 1OCC0 Inhabitants PAH ware < tworU thn
i rl t l ueder the costrol
on Ilrlt
ecatt Our ctuttwlte trado with that coast
HOUSTON DAILY POST SUNDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 18 1900
MKINLEY DELAYS ACTION
HayPauncefote Treaty Is Likely to Be Shelved
Unless Amended and Bill Goes with It
Special Dispatch to the Chicago TlmtsHcraJd
Washington February H Unlesi tho desired fortification clause Is In-
corporated In tho Nicaragua canal trc aty with Great nrltalntbe pact is likely
to be plgconholcd by the United States senate Such action was foreshadowed
In the republican senatorial caucus today n tacit ngresment being reached
to sidetrack it for other measures it tho amendment demanded 18 not niada
Without such an amendment tbo t rcaty seems doomed cither to death by
Inanition or to outright defeat The former seems the moro probable course
ac tho friends ot tho treaty do not rtaro push It to a voto and the opponents
aro well satisfied with action tantamount to laying it on tbo table It can
thereforo be predicted with rcosonablo safety that tho faWltp senatorial
custom of killing an objectionably m ensure by crowding it out with other
measures Is again to bo resorted to f
Failure to net on tho treaty Is likely to bo nccompunled byIack pf legis-
lation during tho present session ot congress Tor the construction nt the canal
Itself rending tho definite settlement of tho diplomatic questions Involved tho
friends of tho project aro not desirous ot pushing It at a tlmo when their
success may put tho United Stales to n maximum of expensn for t aplnlmuir
ot profit For theso reasons the opinion Is gaining ground tint no acton will
bo taken on cither the licaty or tho canal itself until next winter
e oae a aoaaaae oooocieoeoaa aaoo o Bi
SUMMARY OF TODAYS inPORTAISIT NEWS
THE THANSVAAli
The proposal to uso Zulus as allies cams
ai a shock to tho British but it Is now
acceited
The occupation ot Jacobsdat was ef-
fected with no disorder and looting was
Prohibited
Kcports from arrivals at Durban state
that severo fighting Is In progress on the
TUKcla
General Cronio Is said to have rotreated
toward Hlocmfonlcln
The queen ban advanced General French
In rank
Krugcr Is sild to havo sent a dispatch
saylnc that thero Is no uneasiness on ac-
count of tbo relief of Klmbcrley
wa31iin t < s
Senator Clark was on the stand and ad-
mitted bo bad snent 15K0 lu tha cam-
paign
Chahmau Hepburn mada a full report
on the Nicaragua canal bill
Ocuornl Otla baa sent lu bis casualty
list
IflKTVMIXTII OONOHISSS
The House Tbo trust question was de-
bated by Sulzer and Orosvoaor civil
servlco appropriation was reinserted la the
bill
Iho Senate No session
KOIUMtiN
Derlln Condition of colonies is en-
grossing Rttcnt < m famine and sickness
uro reported lu Clcrnian Uast Africa th
government has been on tho defensive on
tho naval bill tho war developments are
greedily commented on
Russias movements toward tho Afghan
frontier uru menacing to Urltlsh Intcr
cnts
Utigland la becoming overrun with coutl
neiilsl labor
UOMUHTJC
Colonel Dryan was welcomed In Florida
where bo Is vlsltlne his cousin
A snow storm Is rnglnir In New York
City Impeding traffic and endangering
nhlDPing
The Wotld publishes what Is supposed
to bo McKluleys policy regarding coloulal
possessions
COMMIHICIAIj
Cotton markets developed no material
changes
Ornln and provisions were dull and
lower
Attention In the stack market centered
almost wholly In tho bank stulcinont buy-
ing and sclllug was altogether prot e
slnnal
of fifty yoam ago ami the coossal interests
of toddy The situation has so changedthe
Interests of our poopln now nnd thon are
so diverse lho necessity of responding tn
theso changed conditions nre so over-
whelming that tho mast censorious of
those who lend In Iho formation of tho
ivorlds Judgment would sny that our pres-
ent action must bo In harmony with thiuo
new conditions rather than the old Thero
Is a law of selfpreservation that should
control the notion of communities no leas
than Individuals
Irropwiloblo statutes aro not tolerated
lviii tbo most fcolomnly enacted ronstl
unions must give waj to the demand of
the latter day generations when It Is fouud
that thir provisions nro harmful to thu
public welfare And wo know of no other
form of enactment having sanctltv ubove
aw ami c nxtltutlon that tho overwhelm
ing needs of tho people may not with con
Istoncy und Humility demand tho repeal
uf
In thU conuoclLn iho ropoit quota
lwf Uwrcneo In lrliirlpl of Intel
national Utvv where hp illscus ad thn e
ttut to which tretilles aro binding
The report then prodteds Hut vie
think It aufo lo say that neither tho 1nlted
Stales nor r nt HrJIsin hai eontlnuously
teganlod tbo CUytnriulvver Iresfy ns
in ferro In ISiiS the United Stites and
Nicaragua oxebnnged ratlilpatlons t a
treaty of friendship commerce and navi-
gation It give to thn Fnlted States tho
right to sond Its forces Into Nlcnnjm to
defeat tho c ilzen ot the Unlled S ales
and their property In contemplation being
the Nicaragua canal The use of military
force always implies tho right to njtahllsh
fottlllonlons for defense purposes Now
t It poistble l it the Vol d States wojU
at that early dale only seventeen yoan
after the negotiations of the ClaytonDul
wer convention have secured from Nica-
ragua the right thus to us her military
fores If the authorities had not believed
that the ClaytonIlulwcr treaty was abro-
gated llct acoln at ai ear ler perol
In ISfO Oreat llrltaln hersolf eoneludtl
a treaty with the State ot Nicaragua In
I which there was an article almost Identical
with article 10 abjve quottd This was
olght years bofoio ou treaty with Nica
ragua Will It be contended that Orott
Urltaln had the right o sesnro from Nica-
ragua an agreoment that she might enter
with her military forces th > torrltory Z
Nicaragua and use her military forces tor
the deteuse of her people and her prop
erty Including tho right to build such
fortifications as might be needed for her
military forces and yet tbo provisions of
th vClaytonUulwer tmty ho in forceIt
Is Oouhtlors trio that la ISM ttrta Brit-
ain and tfci Unite Stalf ronifnw if
miped com plot I n nf tae NlcnAtua a l
Tbcy juv > p eji to Ime Joint liter i h
jMut coiurlhutUirs 11 it 11 j th ii 9ii
blltt s ot 8 Fu r n I lh = t tclowid
years afttr 1SJ0 darnel up > n me mr
1 time orbl rvaiuel t ivn r
irqt llrltaln She P > 1 nger de r d >
Nlinisua rn < or he i < p
illritrd b r tflu wlti re err I i > ri i
n w ennrl i p vft l l c si ghos
of a dead treaty to trlsbtn the peojjo ot
< n to > i m 4 >
STATU
Five residences were burned at Tyler
loss M0000 Insuranco 20000
It Is feared the cold snap has done much
damage In tho Coast country
Directors of the TexasColorado Chau
tauqua mot at Galveston and decided on a
programme for the next session
Lumber manufacturers expect an early
sprlhg and aro preparing for n largo trade
Tho adjutant general has Issued a list
of tho officers of tho Texas Volunteer
Guard
A big acreage Is to bo planted In rce In
Chambers and adjoining counties
A Texas racing circuit baa been ar-
ranged with seven cities In
Negro soldiers made nn ateempt to
rcscuo comrades from tbo Jail at Ul Paso
the Jailer and ono soldier were killed
MHilSfATVlj
Tho senato engrossed bill requiring stih
mission to vote of citizens nt proposition
to sell or lease municipal water worka
Tho homo pasied bills amending tho
charters of tho cities of San Antonio nnd
Dallas otcd down a resolution provld
Inc for Investment of school fund In rail-
road bonds autldoublo header bill was
passed refused to strlka out ot tux bill
section requiring bank ofllccis to give In-
formation as to depositors accounts
ndepted chapter VIII
Whether there will be a second session
remains n question
Mr Ileaty nroposea to offer an Im-
portant amendment Monday
lOIilTIUAli
Oreen and Ilavvley have combined forces
against firant It Is said
Hepublleans held conventions at sovetal
places splits occurred at Dallas and ols
wheic
KAiinovni
Superintendent U n Cushlne of tho
Oulf Air Lino hasawarded medals for
merit i
Tbo Ilay Shore Is
Lino known now as
thn Sunset touts between Houstou and
Oalvcstou
Tinfllo ManagerWajiWoush has made
an annolntmcnt
LOfJAI
A hot time at tho republican touuty
convention tno conventions and two sets
ot delegates selected
Twclvo fljo alarms were turned in but
sry little damage fiom fire
The thermometer still stands several d
grrea below freezing <
The plumbers jtflUels still unsettled
Sumo Interesting work with tho Rent
tlsb lllto Masons
tho United States from socurlng tho urea
advantages certain to How to ns froiu the
C ft1 coiniletlon ot a great un
stimviim3 hrtimu
Jle Ilopones an Intiriiiuicniil Unit
rimil fiMini iclllhN riy
Kantas City February 17 Arthur K
Stllwoll promoter nnd former president
of tho Kansas
City Pittsburg and Ouir
ltiltvvny company is tho moving spit It In-
n ambitious railroad
scheme that wn
announced hero today ills plan contem-
plates a new Interoccanlc system 1S00
Wiles in length stretching from Kinsis
City to the CJtilf of California The Kan-
sas City MeMco mid Orient railway com
inuy was Incorporated In Kansas tlty to
dav will autliorUcd capital of l00u
fOOi The president 6r tho Llntcoii till
trust TJr W S AVooijg lPi
Kamas City bmikera c Fox and i v
nVV1 < MVonvt K capitalists
S 1
A
nitherbcx Detroit Mich llerimn
Kului bnndou KiiRland nntl several o her
rapltalista ot Missouri and Katuas are
lu ewsteI Through tbo corporation thiis
foimcil It is hoped to capllallxo the scheme
Tho phi contemplates a railroad from
Kansas City through Topeka nnd Wichita
Kan through K itenc Oklahoma and
through Northwestern and West Tomis
Petwen the Sunt a Fo nnd Rock Isltnd
lines to a point on the Klr > Irande about
200 miles south and easj o Kl Paso theaoo
puthWMt to Chihuahua Mexico t
Uilhunhua connection it proposed with a
lino now being built to tho Southwest 1U
ultimate terminal to be TopoSobampo on
tho Oulf of California Of this lino 160
miles Is alreudv constructed Mr Wlther
bie of Detroit holds tho concessions from
the Mmlcan government under which the
work Is progt casing Mr Stllwell propoies
to imorporate the several lines Into om >
fEM 1 > tcm He announoes that it Ii a
17000000 proposition hut In view ot his
success In promoting tho Pittsburg and
i Oulf during tho panicky tltnos of the
early nineties he believes It can be done
I Detroit Mich rebruary 17 Sjdnjy A
Ullhorbee of this city who is lnter ted
in the projected new International rall
ivvay In addition to holding the right of
I way for the Mexican branch of th pro
poied srstoni has a concession ot 10000
000 from tho Mexloan Kovcrnmont to aid
inti construction The Meslean govirn
ment also aered to ttllaw nil matral
ud In f consSrustln ot the roil m
cone hi t tuunv tree o duty nad Ft
rad Is ti bj exempt tfo laxat ou fqr
llblal rumlier of years Mr WrOfei
arumuii fM n new > nj 0 traaeHacia
< wir < i il l bult tp run In cann r
Mm > d 11 r ad Topolohaaipi ii i
Tn rt bn vII b > In run I
pn i Un 8t Vr
iivr v i beri i
uf M pr ll hat nn oiacr xili 4i
< s riuo ti h rbr wtiiut a rlai
way from the new company
tP w w m e n n > miiwi MtV M gfc
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A KILLING AT ORANGE
e
Followed the Atlcmpled Assassination
of 0 W Talc a Clerk
JAKE DAe AOEGRO FIRED ON THE POSSE
ftVna Illddlctl with lluckslmi l > r Ur
JlroVvi Wlio Tlioiieht HIb Coiu
lui iilou lliul Ilccu Killed
Orange Texas February 17 Last night
about 7 30 oclock G W Tate clerk In II
F Hcwsons drug store had started out
to mako an evening call while piuslns
along an elevated sldovvalk on Fourth
street two men who were hiding under-
neath tho walk sprang out caught him
by the leg nnd threw him down and thon
h Enn firing at him with pistols ns ho lay
struggling on tho walk Iloth of tho as
sallanlH wcro mnsked In the struggle
Talo managed to snatch one of be masks
off but tho wearer Instantly turneJ bit
head away eo that his faco could not bo
seen Tato finally succeeded tn drawing
his slxshooter and fired four Bhots at the
two men as thoy disappeared In the dark-
ness going In different directions Tho
firing attracted a crowd to tho spot Sheriff
Frank Eastln being tho first to arrive Ho
found TRto standing near where he was as-
saulted with a bullet hole through the calf
of ono log and his coat burning having
been Igulted by a shot from a pistol tho
ball going through his clothing and Just
missing his breast His assailants had
fired several shots nt him as he lay on the
walk struggling but only one struck him
A posso was quickly tormed who started
out In search of tho wouldbe assntslus
Tho sheriffs bloodhounds wcro brought to
tbo scono and quickly took a trail fol-
lowing It to near ono of tho negro
churches where they lost scent through
the trail having been crossed by numbers
of colored peop o coming out of the
chinch
A short tlmo later Sam Kellogg n bar-
ber was going towards his homo In tho
southern portion of lho city nnd ns ha
approached a corner heard some one com-
ing rapidly down the intersecting streets
Ho slopped aud drew a pistol and as ha
did so the man who was running quickly
drew two pistols fiom his pocket
and redoubled his speed Tho of-
ficers woro uotlfled ot this by telephone
nnd quickly brought the bloodhounds to tbo
scene They took tho trail Immediately
and followed It to the bayou Here tbo
party separated and W AV Illand and
Dr U W Brown went with tho dogs who
wcro bonded towards a little negro cablu
that sat back lu au enclosure below tbo
ccmoteiy Tho ucaier thoy got to this tho
more oxcltcd tbo dogs became Tho gate
was pushed open and the dogs rushed in
in full cry tallowed by Dr Drown and
Mr Bland As they went in a negro
Jako Day appeared at a window and bo
gnn firing at them They jelled to him
to desist that they wero officers but ha
paid no heed and kept firing The r >
lets were falling thick around Will Bland
who dropped to the ground to get out of
range Dr Brown seeing him fall thought
he was shot and Immediately flied at tho
negro with his shotgun literally rlddllug
him with buckshot Tho negro fell back
from tho window on a bed nnd expired In
a few minutes
When the officers came up and wont Into
tho houso thoy found tho negro lying with
his smoking pistol still In bis hands and
his shoes wet and muddy This morning
ono of tho shoo3 was taken to the placj
of tho assault on Tato and was found to
oxnetly fit ono of the tracks where the as-
sailants were concealed under the walk
Tato Is a quiet peaceable young man
having lived here only a short time com-
ing here from Glddlngs During tho past
week ho and his employer Mr Hewson
together with Dr Brown rnd others itve
received numerous threatening lettera
warning him that ho and they would ha
killed Ho pam little hood to tho letters
though on the advlco ot friends ho took
tho precaution to arm himself before leav-
ing the drug storo last night to make lib
cull
The cowardly attempt at assasilnntlon
has created intenso excitement and this
people generally aro lending the officers
cvory utslstnnco In endeavoring to trace
the porpetratois of tho dastardly deed
Thu posso which went with tho officers
Inst night was composed of somo of th
best citizens
in
itiiii snow vroim
New tori I nor u r c
Ilcililtlful
Ne Urk lcbruaty 17With all the
tury
ot a Wlawd Ihe first real snon storm of
Ihe winter descended New
upon York todav
by high wind
accompanied About ten Inches
w T lwi b > mWnlBht but luc l
eid rowlue Slier an < T tlie ulr turnrng
cause o fhYn menaf0 0 shipping be
wiims The last ship to arrive in thin ltiT
araTAi HH
GcnUltVMGXT AltMOIl ILAVr
Mn ll oh orlhT IIpmuIU or the
I rliiUtiuiuuli nv
New Ycrk February 1CA Herald
clal from Washington
says From pr
nt Indications the houso commltteo on
ntval iffalra wm moinJe In tho
m
Pioprialln Ml whleh It will horfy
ryt u thi hits a pravUlon rut jrfiinj
purhaae Uif h n I
tjually u r
f a ol if un rarM u > m a o
i v < v of tie lUvstmuiru lU >
Irlil Viitila rul tha lint
s i
to ioiriel tn Ihe niv r r u
h is f v MiMn rl > s an I V r
hi p tor ii H > i Y
be d t r suV a es s
w v
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armor ni <
ai
tututo men of war
A TALK ABOUT TRUSTS
t Sulzer Read Ihe Resolution Adopted at
Chicago
COMBINES FOSTEKtO BY REPUBLICANS
Civil Service Appropriation Whs He
Inserted tn the IlUl AmelMtineiit
llnd Pew Krlcnds on it Vote
Washington February 17 Lato this
afternoon tho houso passed tho legisla-
tive executive and Jtidlcial appropriation
bill after having It under consideration
fcr ttarco days A spirited colloquy be-
tween Mr Sulzer Dem N Y and Mr
Grosvenor Ilcp Ohio was the feature of
todays session Fresh from tho anti-
trust conferonco In Chicago Mr Sulzer
directed the attention ot tho house to the
monster monopolies which he said wpro
bslng fostered by tho republican admin-
istration The utterances drew tho lire
of General Grosvenor who referred to the
political garbago which Mr Sulzer had
brought back to Washington after bU
hlppodromlng through tho West a3 a
vice presidential candidate The civil
service appropriation which was stricken
out In commltteo of tho whole was re-
stored in tho houso by a voto of 77 to 123
Washington February 17 When tho
houso convened today tho speaker an-
nounced tho appointment of James H Davidson
the committee
vidson Wis as chairman of
mittee on railwajs aud canals
Tho house thon resolved Itself Into com-
mittee of the wholo and resumed con-
sideration ot the legislative appropriation
bill In order to irescnt his views upon
trusts and tho ilnanclal bill which Is now
in conference Mr Myors Ind offered au
amendment Ho antagonized the provi-
sion of the ilnanclal bill which authorized
National banks to Issue currency and de-
nounced tho fastening ot tho gold standard
upon the peoplo as a glaring iniquity
Ilo declared that the ictlrcmont of tho
greenbacks nnd the placing ot National
bauks above tho government was the com
pletton ot the most wonderful bill of the
age Mr Myers declares that uftcr th5
passage of tho JlcKlnloy tnrllt lav thir
tyfour new trusts wcro orgaulzed and
since the McKlnley administration had
assumed power acil the Dlngley law had
gone into effect 200 at such monsteis
had raised their beads In tbo country
with a capital aggiegatlns several billion
dollars
Mr Myers remarks precipitated a lively
political debate participated ln by Sulzer
N Y Grosvenor Ohio and Cannon
UUJ sim
Mr Sulzer after directing attention to
the recent antitrust conference In Chi-
cago declared that tho trusts ttero not
only doing irreparable Injury but wore
doing It through the backing ot
administration
Grosvenor
Hanns
and his nintjr
a re
publTcan TiiofWmlnls
tratlon said he Is responsible for the
trusts It 3tands Bponsor for tlioni und
refuses to do anything to bueejcss them
The greatest of nil these trusts Is tha
money trust and the conferenceat Cnl
cago unanimously condemned thciglgantlc
iniquity
Mr Suzcr then had read tho resolu-
tions passed by tho antitrust totrforenco
I deslro to say to tho gentleman Mr
Grosvenor that the chairman of that con-
ference was a former attorney genciai ot
Ohio Mr Monctt was turned down by
the republican boss Mark Hanua because
ho had the courigo of bis convictions and
instituted a certain campaign against tbo
Standard Oil company If the attorney
general ot the United States was hones
enough to do his duty every trust in tho
country would bo broken and If Mr Monett
had been backed by bis party tho Stand-
ard OU monopoly would now bs out of
the business In conclusion Mr Sulzer
dared the republicans to pass the Ilnanclal
bill It would be a signal to tho American
peoplo to rise up and put In tho White
House that peerless statesman and man
of irrepressible character William Jen-
nings Bryan
Mr Grosvenor replied In a humorous
vein adverting to Mr Sulzers aspira-
tion to the vico presidency and saying
that after Sir Sulzer had been hlppo
dromlng about tho country he had como
back to Washington loaded with a lot of
political garbage
In answer to a question ot Mr Sulzer
he said that Mr Monctt had not bejn le
nomlnated for attorney general hjcause
ho had already served two terms and
stepped aside In answer to an unwritten
law of Ohio republicans He rcrerrd to
Mr Slorett as a very bright young man
and declared that Senator Hanna had not
had the tlishtcst thing to do with what
Mr Sulrer had termed Mr Monetfs turn
ing down The Ohioan paid a tribute to
Attorno liberal Griggs declaring that
a better lawyer aud a Ucarorheade 1 ad
ministrator of Justice had never been
known In the deipartment 0f Justice II
closed by saying the democrats Im1 ample
opportunity between 1S02 and ISOtI to eii
forco the aniltrust law but had failed to-
S e Anerlcan nople know
that ho sld and thpy know too fiat
between ISM and 159fi business brote
covvn people starved and everything in
general wav went to the d vll
In reply M Sulzer said The Amer
lean per le will not accept the brutal dlc
taMon from tho gontlana fr3m Ohio
Mark
in permit
V fo be wic Latightar
Mr nrrwwell Ohio
offerc1 n ara nd
eLPvMIB thnt tl0 l ofaT
Prtraent upon whose rolls Is the name
E aWn rr CierU P n
rTJ Z JIT WVlre shall
miflon m order
that an emnove of
An amendment vas offerej by M
ti 0 Wt WnM0n
j d lonidoa
Tenn to MmtnJU
fllnlrtnatlc eorrepo 6nce of tVe lati Con
Wiwu Slates and it vr adoruV
3tpUnt0 th
t no oxneneo Bftwhol
to tha government
The committee khan rosa and thnbill
ZV f0 the ou ° ft
t s
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UUd lMt s rt r die us m0rnM at
Specks Before the Evp
Flighty
Aliucls J >
Memory Starti e r-
at Trifles
Curd Jy Dr HnlloeU 1V0dertJ
Electric Pin fr Wcak Worl
Out Servoiu Peoplr
You dont need to suffer any a J
Nervousness Nervous Debility fiilS
tallty etc There Is not leasMh
the
of It The Old Dr Hallock W J
Electric Pills give you Mot
They slop that pain in the back hi
storo tho weakened
Dr Hillock Wonderful memory Electric t nS4
euro Nervous Headache DImIbSS
new of tbo limbs Specks Before
Ej es Flighty Minds Skin TroubW
you Sciatica St Vltds Dance UcoaS
Ataxia then the
I Old Dr Hallock VtW
mi Electric Pills will cure ml
Brain aud Nerve
Exhaustion th oin
Hallock Electric Pills 1X
a
a blessing They impart rest to nS
Weary and to tho nervous exhauilSi
they restore the nerves to perfect hsiltk S
for
Thoy aro old or young aen o Z
men for everybody who has
Berrim i
troubles The Old Dr Hallock
Wondert
ful Electric Pills aro thoroughly leitH
for 50
years They stop bad dreams ul
the effects ot youthful follies
Ladles will find In these
pills a ralj
able tonic and tho greatest blooij ul
norvb builder of the age They are K
fectly harmless and may be taken wlt k
safety by persons of the most dcllcaU
constitutions
Sold at stores 1 per box 6 boxes n
ftclcnt to cure most obstinate
cases U
A E Klesllng o02 Main street Ho
ton Texas or sent direct from laboratory
prepaid on receipt ot price Advldc M-
all diseases from specialists Free
Ad-
dress HALLOCK DRUG CO 110 Cow
st Boston Mass Established 1815
No 915 Pennsylvania avenue where they
hud recently resided The shock ol hsr
hufabnnds death prostrated the vensrtM
lady and she novcr recovered slaVfij
steadily until tho end came today Ttifj
had been a devotod couple through a lost
life and thus pass awny together fromtb
memory of the friends who knew ul
esteemed them
GOING UACIC TO FllAMCFOBT
Dutsau fcnd to the lull wbMdt tas
liCKlsInturc Will Meet nt the CaeiUl
51 o nil ii y
Frankfort Ky February 17 Ths tJ
journmcut of tbo democratic legislature it
Louisville today jo meet here Monday
vlves Interest in the political contest wf
vailed during tho last few days Thin
arc moro democratic members la the city
tonight than have been here togethet >
uuv ona time since they adjourned ill
lied to Cincinnati Louisville and otMf
points to avoid being arrested by ti
nillltli and taken to London where tit
republican legislature vva then slttlat
But few of tho leaders arrived toaliW
but those who aro liurasaythajtba eli-
sions at Frankfort vlll continue aloti
as thero Is no collision between them vi
Tavlors soldiers No definite uoltr
standing has been reached between the
democrats and republicans ot the wtiif
whether Marshal or whether Senator Cu
ter shall preside but tho decision ot th
democrats to return to Frankfort Is
orally construed a3 Indicating Mix con
eluded thero was no danger of a strloti
clash over tho chair
Cojonol James Andrew Scott one of thi
democratic attorneys lu tho contest citfT
and a ilnu friend of Governor GoebelU
preparing u defense of the Goebel election
law It will be Issued next week and M
bo In tho nature of nn address to tit
country setting forth the provision ol
tho law and correcting what Mr Sctfl
thinks Is a false Impression with ms I
people as to its Import and working
Frankfort February 17 The republlcii
houso today adopted a resolution extend
lng its thanks to ttnt gallant soldierKii
pitriotlo statesman Governor lloosevtli
lor words of cheer to Governor Taylor
nnd further tesotve1 that they would nsKj
cease In their efforts till tho Goebel elec-
tion law is repealed
Anoher resolution adopted cxtendeJ tie j
thanks tn the Indiana Icaguo of republic
clubs for sympathy apd cncouragc lsJi
nvcrnor Taylor nnd nn earnest pica w
civil liberty The bouse session only Ian 1
ilve minutes
Tho senato met and adjourned
Loults Hie February 17 The dtoo
eratlo legldlulors got together a q nB
In each house today and adopted n cWJ
tho g ru
iiirrent resolution adjourning
assembly to meet nt Frankfort next ai
will remain n
day Governor Beckham
until tho cate by which it Is nPU >
settle the title to tho office of goTtrnw
is decided by the court ot appeals
Louisvtllo February 17
The F J
Jury refused today to Indict BUI
tor S D Harrell on Jhn H B
charge of obtaining money under >
Mr Cannon VrclbaiC3 Tlls prosecution W0
poured oil on the IrouWot
waters In an itnnrint lr t ator Hnrrells btatement before ti V
he a ealed to tTe nT craIe cauoua that Whalea S
in e billi ereTts to from the c at
to bribe hm to keep away
and had paid him 1500 for this pur
66
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gflventyseven restores the
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starts the blood couwlnc lhr < g 4j
veins ond sd stops a fre h c ° j A
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