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EL PASO DAILY TIMES.
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR.
EL PASO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WILL BE AID TO
THE TREASURY
Measure Proposed by Sen-
ator Aldrich Will Add to
Elasticity of Nation-
al Currency.
money ft can nol help the money mar-
ket. The difficulty In the past, how-
ever, has not been a lack of govern-
ment money, but a lack of sufficient i
authority to use it when it is needed. |
Secretary Gage was subjected to a ;
great deal of criticism because he 1
took the internal revenue collections
BAER DELIVERS
I the last hour of this proceeding, the
1 man more responsible than any other
! comes here and says we will do exact-
T 1 am i TiriTTIf f^Xim ily that which th* men demanded nine1
LAu l A KlT I' M.riiN I 1 months before, aitd which they In their
Ainu X V. 1 blindness, thetr ignorance and stpidity
_ refused. Why did not Mr. Baer go j
! to John Mitchell nine months ago as
LAUNCHES BOOM
OF W. R. HEARST
from the interior of the country and 1 ‘‘Divine Rigllt” President Of h<“ came to this commission today?
_______a si___t_ X-— Ur, » “ "Vftii rto iuttt as von nloasf' nrva
BOND ISSUES OBVIATED
loaned them out in New York. He
did this because, under the present I
law, when money once gets into the >
treasury it can not be loaned out I
again at all, and the customs receipts i
must he paid direct into the treasury.
The Aldrich bill corrects this evil
by permitting all the government
funds to be loaned to designated de-
positaries at the discretion of the sec-
retary, The general acceptance of
approved state, municipal and railroad
bonds will, it is believed, do away
with much of the danger of favoritism
Purler Proposed Law Government | in placing government deposits.
Deposits May Be Secured by
Other Means Than United
'ALLIS IN FINAL SHAPE
States Bonds.
VENEZUELAN PROTOCOLS WILL
BE SIGNED TODAY.
Reading Company Clos-
es Case of Anthracite
Operators.
You can do just as you please about
I recognising the Union. If you do not
recognise iL it ,is because you arc
■ blind and want to bump up against it
| some more. That is nil. It Is here
, to stay, and the burden is on you and
! not upon us. There is neither the
Iiower nor the disposition In this
i court, I take It. to destroy the union.
And if these agents of the Almighty
William J. Bryan Declares
That New York Journal-
ist Is His Choice for
Presidency.
FAVOR ELECTION BY PEOPLE, j
Two Legislatures Favor Election of j
Senators by Popolar Vote. i
Topeka, Has,, Fell. 12.—Both houses
of the Kansas Legislature agreed to- j
REFUSE TO BE
INTERVIEWED
day to a resolution memorialising con- /\ji oiu •.!.
gross to submit a constitutional ! Standard Oil Ornuals Dodg*
Inquiries as to Anthen-
MANY CONGRATULATIONS! 3EJ ^r^Y'^7 j ARRAIGNS
| blunder along still a few more years, J
- land possibly after a while they v
know it is here and recognize it them
DESERTERS
Speech Itonses Enthusiasm A-1 wives:
mong Sympathizers With
Theories ot Plutocratic
Mine Owners.
HAS BANDITS LOCATED
AFFORDS OUTLETFOR MONEY , |nttrumenU Contain Provision for Inv
__ ! mediate Cash Payments of Fifty-
. _ , ,,__| five Hundred Pounds to Each of the
Situation Engendered Through (on- A||J#- Nationa.
centration of Currency and Coin -
in Banks Will Be Believed to j Washington, Feb. 12.-The probabll-
j Ity is that the protocols for the raising
Meet l nnanal Seeds. of the bloc-kade w hich has been main-
tained by England, Germany and Italy
against Venezuela for more than a
month, will be signed by Minister
Bowen and the representatives of the
allied governments here tomorrow.
Every indication points to that end
tonight. Mr. Bowen had a busy day.
conferring with the English and Hal-
IS SULLEN SELFISHNESS:
j HOLD-UPS OF
TO BE
FLYER THOUGHT
IN BUTTE.
gross
amendment providing that United
States senators shall bo elected by a
vote of the people. Only two mem
hers voted against the resolution and
it will he immediately sent ttv con-
gress.
Flays Men Who Left Party When
Silver Question Constituted
the Dominent National
Issue.
Nebraska Follow* Suit
l.tueolu, Nel,„ Feb. 12.—The senate
today adopted a joint resolution fa-
voring the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people.
TILLMAN NOT YET FREE
ticity of Telegram
Story.
| his
APPLICATION FOR
POSTPONEO.
BAIL IS
STILL NON-COMMITTAL
John D. Rockefeller Refuses to
Either Affirm or Deny That
He Sent the Messages to
Senators.
■
Counsel Harrow for the Mine Workers i
in Opening His Address for the
Union Delivers Stinging Re-
tnike to Companies.
Sheriff State* That He Has Evidence
in Hi* Poueuion Which Will Land
Them In a Few Days—The Amount
Stolen Said to Be Thousand*.
! Allegations Made in Petition Are That i
WAS WARMLY APPLAUDED i H" Had Re,«>n to Bei.eve That Hi. WALLSTREET VIEWS DIFFER
fS A WISE FINANCIAL MEASURE
Washington, Feb. 12.—Senator Aid-
rich. chairman of the finance commit-
tee, haa introduced in the senate a
1,1)1 which marks a distinct advance
in the government's financial meth-
ods. and which is intended to bring
all possible relief to business inter-
BPEKCfl APPLAUDED TO THE ECHO'
Philadelphia. Pa., Feb. 12.—Before
an audience that filled every inch of
cuuiernug wmi mn migumi aim urn- space 111 the United
inn ambassadors and the German ________
ministers regarding the various fea-
closin gargtiment for the coal opera-
tors before the strike commission to-
tures of the protocols, with the result
that they are practically in final
shape. The signing if the protocols
| will, it is expected, be done at the
ests of the country and prevent a rep- J Hellish embassy, as it is regarded im-
etition of the dangerous conditions j prudent for Sir Michael Herbert to
. . . Averv tinv- money is ' venture out on account of his illness. _
ed!d m move crops ; The protocols will provide for the re-i hpssjonK W(,rP Hlr(nlriy Interesting,
needed to move crops. i tiring of the blockade at once; for a , , , , ,, .
Senator Aldrich’s bill, if adopted. <.3^ payment of 15,500 to each of the|an<* principal speakers held the
wilt enable the United States treas-; thre0 governments, and for the j attention of the auditors throughout
ury to keep practically all its mone> | payment to Germany of 1,700,00 boll- their remarks. The greatest, interest
in designated national banks. It. this in five Installments, less the ; manlfe8t(.d Baer's appearance
way t here will be »o™wa fca.at (5 50() |)a|dn(-ash The firstnsta - hpfon, commliwlon to plead the
tnched to the possession of a large ment of 1.700.000 bMIvar^ or I3W.OOO. , ■ '
Butte, Mont., Feb. 12.—Sheriff
Quinn is firmly convinced tonight that
the hold-ups of the Burlington flyer
No. fi which was robbed six miles
out of the city limits this morning,
reached Butte and that they are now
j hiding In the city. Front the evidence
I Quinn says he has. he declares he
: will land the robbers before several
I days have passed. While Quinn would
States circuit j „()i tell as to the evidence lie has in
court loom. President George F. Baer i his hands. It la believed he relies on
of the Heading company "lade his ! ««“>*»* ,he rubber u,',“l iamu*''
Address of the Democratic ILeatler
at Jaekson-Jefferson-Liiieolii Ban-
quet at UolHtubus.Olilo,Receiv-
ed With Great Applause.
Life Wa* Endangered-
ment Substantiated.
-His State-
11 E WAS A VICTIM OF TRAITORS
I Newberry, S C., Fell. 12.—Owing to 1
j the failure of the defending attorneys
I of former Lieutenant Governor James
H. Tillman, charged with the murder !
; of N, G. Gonzales, editor of The State 1
j in Columbia on January 15. to serve I
the prosecution with copies of the nf
j fidavlts io be presented at today's I
j hearing on nu application for bail, I
\ I Chief Justice Pope ordered the appli- ]
eation postponed until Thursday, Fell
ruary lit. in his affidavit Tillman al-
had been abused and
Brokers About the Stock Exchange
Hold Widely Divergent Opinions
ns to Truth or Falsity of Re-
port So Widely Sent Out.
WILL AID TRUST LEGISLATION
Columbus, ().. Felt
boom In behalf of Wm. It. Hearst amt
n bitter attack tin the alleged desert
ers from the democratic party by j leges that lie
by lhe men In wimping. The tracks
of the men could he easily followed
this morning until the well traveled
William J. Bryan were the dominating | to aligned by Ihc editor of The Stan
notes at the barbecue given tonight lie had heard rumors that Mr. tlonzal
by the .1 effet'Ron-Juekso ti-Liheoln es Iiad threatened him and had been
day, and Clarence S. Burrow, chief j highways of the city were l-ached,
counsel for the miners, also began the A mask and empty taitiidge shills
summing up for the men. The two
advised to be on his guard. He was
Informed that Gonzales Inquired for
him at the state house saying tie
would make him show the white
feather. On the day of the shooting
taehed to the possession
balance In the treasury, because
is to be paid on the 15th of March.
prominent p-'rsons were present
Mr. Baer spoke of the necessity of
capitalistic combination In the prose-
cution of extensive enterprises, and
acknowledged equal rights of organ-
ization by capital and labor. He de
dared, however, that both must keep
within the taw, and this he said the
miners had not done. The miners'
organisation he said, was responsible
for the lawlessness of the strikers.
will not be taken out of the general | protocols also will provide for
circulation. j reference of the question of prefereu-
So far as its financial methods are tjai treatment to The Hague, although
concerned the government of the | it is understood that tills feature will
United States is in a position which |)e worded so aa to leave a loophole
has no parallel among the great na- ln ,t,e eVenfthat it is desired to settle
tlons of the earth. It is positively (he question without such reference,
suffering from the results of pros- j por yie payment of claims of the
perky. The treasury is making money | a||leSi Mr. Bowe nhas arranged to be-
faster than It can spend It, in spite- of, g[„ immediately setting aside SO per
the enthusiastic efforts of congress, CPnt 0f the receipts of the two ports
and the result is that every dollar of | ()f Puerto Cabello and La Guayra as'
surplus under ordinary circumstances origina",ly proposed. The first receipts
is taken out of the channels of trade. ^ aside will he those for the month
The available cash balance of thejof March. The funds will be retained
treasury according to today’s report jn (,UBtody of Venezuela and will lie
was $224,216,191. This enormous sum j out according to arrangements
of a quarter of a billion dollars would ,uay |K, hereafter made.
be entirely abstracted from the ordl- j__. . .. . ..
!VVywXSTnVforThe fari'umtThe I OPERATOR HELD RESPONSIBLE! "To limit the right of exertion of
national banks now hold $150,000,000, j _
In round numbers, which Is literally
a call loan from the government.
Under the existing law such depos
league organized a year ago by former
Congressman John .1 Lentz and oth-
ers. Twelve hundred ni.-ii and women
were present.
dropped by robbers are in flic hum s j The ovation tendered Mr. Bryan
of the police. Flu- Idoodhounda ; watt jh<. most cniliuslnstlc of the even-
brought from the penitentiary this
morning proved a failin'.- and were | on(> ma„ j nihc country who lind snf , the state house to Ills rooms, lie
brought, back to Deer Ixulgi- tonight. | fert!t| on account of lack of democratic I saw Gonzales coming, glaring at him,
Fireman Jondrow tonight said that harmony lie is that mini, and charged saw him rlun Ills hand deep in Ills
the train wna stopped by hits of t»Ui*xi- i that It was the opposition of alleged overcoat pocket and turn toward him,
ing paper and that within thirty-live democrats within the ranks of his i and believing his life In danger, lie
minutes the robbers had finished their ! |im.|v ,hnt lirmiglit him in ilefeal In
work and were on tht ii wnv to Hutto, j nn<l lDO0. He said that hi* kn<*w
He was forced to uncouple the en-tajj (j1P ni),n W|1(, il(| aoiie astray In
tliow- years, and that since then they
suffered severe licarthucuing.
New York. Feh. 12.—The officials of
the Standard Oil company shut them-
selves up today In their offices at No.
26 Broadway, and were not to Is- in
terrogated as to the truth or (lie fnls
ity of the report that telegrams signed
John I). Rockefeller, urging the de-
feat of thef Nelson amendment to the
commerce bill, hud been . sent to several
United States senators.
Mr Rockefeller himself, who Inst
he happened to lie niovlng some of
ilnc i^i'n^rv^^i-lfz. z:fT, I »•*««* ^ij^eRher^tm™ o"
the tritili of the report, was not at his
office, uml it was announced that Mr.
Rockefeller "would not lie down to-
day”
The attorney for the Standard ‘
company, S. T C Todd, was in Ills
inquire of Doorkeeper .1. A. White |
gine, mail and express cars from the -
remainder of the train and carry tin- j hn(1
dynamite to the robbers while one ; -,f „ llt „ w.rl,„is affair to j where his -boss" was That lie had I »»« '•»'
of the men fired o la...... hetwe.-t. his jeha| ,. |v .....M|. ,„van -'mad.- Tillman show tin white fcutli- M?1'* lv lacks la this la
legs to hurry him 11 is Intimated In' 1 «•««• »*•«• •*i»n*««« uii.o.i. i>s.
hurriedly said "I received your mes-
ango," and fired. An affidavit by , «> . i .... . ,
Klclinrd liollzcnhncl, of Kdgefteld K,\w,s‘ ■
siai.-d that he heard l-Mitor GonzaL-s “"‘J 0 ha>, . .
! While tin- method employed in coin
mutiii-atiug with the - aforesaid semi
said, "1 hojie tlicsi- men will stay out
some quarters that tin* loss will run ()j tj](, (|t.morratU' party. There i-an
into the thousands, despite the asser--, |H. ||() im-mony between demoernts
(ion of the railroad people that nut w[)(1 ,ai-ry knives for each other and
more than $500 was taken. | hate each-other. There is a better
______ " ] chanci- to make'democrats out of re
whether the offi.-eis opettel counseled js A FABUIiOUS STRIKE OF GOLD publican# than out of Palmer and
it or not. He defended the operators , iim-kner democrats. These men .-an
for refusing to agree with the union i
upon a uniform m-ule of wages on the j
ground that unequal conditions in illf-
ferent parts of the country made such I
la thing Impossible. He crtlclzcd the
alms and methods of the Miners'
Find in Torre* Mountains Unprece-
dented and Ore Runa Two to
Three Thousand Ounces.
or several times and would do it
again." lie subsequently saw the
meeting between Tillman and Gon-
zales. The two versions, Ills and that
of Tillman, ns to this meeting art-
identical. J. A. White siilistiinliati-d
what 1 foltzenbiidi staled as to the
conversation, except that lie did not
never lie In harmony with u» unless I know il was Gonzales who was laik
they or w-e change our political eon- 1 Ing to him.
vletloim. I still believe In the plat- j -----
font! adopted at Chicago in 1896 and PRAGUE ENTIRELY WIPED OUT
in Kansas City in 1 POO. I have no
thought of surrendering my cimvli !
“Rump” Coroner’* Jury Place*
sponeibility Upon Clough for
Wreck at Etmond.
Tucson. Ariz, Feb. 12.—News from
Douglas stales that great excitement
prevails over the fabulous gold strike
.
Tucson. Ariz.. Feb. 12.—The Richey
| jury, known as the “rump" coroner’s
its of government funds can be made,
lu the first place, only from the inter-
nal revenue receipts and not from cus-
toms. iu the second place, these de-
posits must be protected by govern
meat bonds. The United States is
not borrowing money nowaday*, and j jury, brought In Its verdict today as
has actually been buying bonds. Its j to the cause of and responsibility for
securities command fancy prices and I th(, Ksmond wr(.ck between the east
pay only a small interest. The banks am| wegt bound passenger trains on
can not get hold of enough of them. ] tllP gouthern Cackle January 26. The
and hence in the time of stress It is j jllry places the responsibility on Op*
difficult for the treasury to find banks ,,rator Plough. it condemns the
with loose government bonds so that. | Sollth,.rn pacific for falling to place
the government can be secured ac - gliaidB around the wreck to prevent
cording to law. It will be seen, there- | Uu, wholesale pilfering of articles
fore, that the difficulty in the way of | from Ul(. homes 0f the dead and the
the treasury coming to the relief of wrPCkagc. The jury says it would
a tight money market lies chiefly In have hoen possible to Identify more
the fact that the government is no ...
work is to limit production. It is not
j only a wrong done to the Individual.
! but is a violation of sound economic
'principles, and. therefore, an Injury to
society. The ultimate effect of re-
stricting production, so as to divide
j employment and increase wages must
be to keep on dividing the wage fund , brought to Doug
as often as new men seek employ- ^ rrnm ,,<m u, xm
I "There must lie a limit to an in ioun<es Kol<l Almost the entire ills-
mere mti t lie a limit to an in ,, ( t , which tie- find was made is
crease of wages, hut there can lie no] *
Hon#. Our principles were true then;
they are true now I would not
change them It I eoilid. Neither would
I surrender my principle# to win any
reported In the Torres mountains, ] victory, however great, for my parly,
fortv mile# from the terminus of the A party, like a man, needs a character
Nacozsr! railroad. More than a wore ami a membership that knows wlial I#
of expeditions have left Douglas sine, j right, and then will do It
Monday for the scene of the strike ---—------
MAJOR DOMO WAS NOT FIRED.
San Francisco Physicians Declare
That No Cases Have Developed
There in Sixty Days.
San Francisco, Feb. 12.
stance, the astuteness which lias here-
jtofore chnrai'tcrlged the tactic* of the
I Htandard flit company, it was polut.-d
lout today that no other method would
i hove availed, ns llm Nelson publicity
i amendment was h-fore the conference
committee of the house of reprvsf-uta
lives, nod II may have been considered
imperative tlmi ihe senators should Is*
commiintented with at once.
The Littlefield trust bill, as passed
by tin house, was Hie subject of much
Interesting discussion In Wall street
today Corporation interests general
| I.v favored the view that the measure
I was not very harmful, and that, It pro-
vided about the least objectibnable
scheme of trust supervision yet de
j vised,
in dlHcussing the probable effect of
limit to the increase of wrorkmen.
The process must Inevitably lead to
the destruction of the Industry or the
reduction of (he wages of every man
as to a sum barely sufficient to sus-
tain life.”
Mr. Baer gave a comprehensive ac-
count of tlm difficulties and expense
entailed In the production of anlhrn- j
cite coal. Concerning the wages, he
expressed the belief that, the evidence
on the wage question justified the po-
op.-n to location
Colonel Bingham Requested Change ,
s _ I there is none of the disease in Ban
From White House Detai . ; Francisco now, anil that all danger,
Washington, Feb. 12.- General Gil- i if any ,.yer existed, lias long been
-.....•— --- j lexple, chief of engineers and author , passed
STATEHOOD BILL AS A RIDER of the order which replaces Colonel I livery vessel now clearing from San
Bingham by Colonel Symons as su- ' Francisco la given a dean bill of
perlntenden! of buildings and grounds ) health showing that there lias not
to Tack • and master of Ceremonies at the J bceu cvyn a suspicion of plague for at
Ap-
Regardless j the measure, John S. Parker, general
Of nil the eoMlroversies Hint have i-x- ; counsel for the I lilted Htute# ( or|mra
; lion Trust company, made the point
iHted ns to whether there were ensea (|l||t Kl.al,.,.|v #By.
of bubonic piugtie in Sun l-’niin-iHco Ii thing more than the stock exchange
i# ngn il by all the medical men that iiutliorltlcH already required. He
Friends of Measure Decide
It Onto the Postoffice
propriation Bill.
longer issuing tends, and hence that 1 ^Tthc wreck hy^scmvenir^iendB1.0 The j 8it1on °.f.ll“‘ °terators that the wages
means of Pro^Ung government de-j ^ of both Ulna were exonerated ^^.Wjalr.^hat they compare
Washington. Fob. 12.—Friends of
statehood bill today reached a. definite
decision to
at
White Iihh lit to cornet j sixty diiys. In till* the '.ocul
an (•rroncoiiH imprcHRlon Hint j lien I th l>osr<l agree* with the fcflcrtil
gained eurreney to the effect that the j ,lua|.un(|I1(, T|„ hcallli uffl
change wiw made bccaufc<- of rtlHfcat ; m,, -,()W prepared to aimcrt pogl*
liy the president I lively that Ban i-'iam-isco Is u i-lean
Isfactlon expressed
with Colonel Bingham.
The chief
state# that Colonel Bingham applied
posits has practically disappeared. j fr()m al| blame.
It Is to coH-ect this serious difficul-1 Clough's whereabouts is still a mys-
ty, which grows out of too much pros- tery
perfty, that Senator Aldrich intro- j ...........
t«ewUHi^oflS!^8lsXsoJh|tor R ! DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR DEAD j passed iome'rathersevereTrjtlcTsms
means a great deal, because he is
not only chairman of the finance com-
mittee. but is with Senator Allison
' wages of the country, and that men
! willing to wo rk honestly and exert
j themselves do earn annually sums In
- excess of the average. Mr. Baer
general ' boo<l MH reported
have the omnibus state ai,v<,ra| months ago for relief from Ills
ported a# a rider to the f ,i,,||<-# on the ground that h<*
I port
In view of the fact that there is
positively no trace of the diaeuse la
post office approorlaflim hill. It *B PX' j had served the usual term here. The
present duties on the ground that h<-, ,.|ty' ()l Vincent P. Buckley has
actually at the head of the United
States senate today. Senator Aldrich's
bill marks a radical advance In gov-
ernment methods In this country, be-
cause it proposes that United States
funds deposited in designated banks
may lie secured by other tends than
those of the United States itself.
Secretary Shaw undertook to makr
this departure himself, but it was an
emergency measure, and his action
was probably not contemplated by
law, although as to that opinions dif-
fer.
According to the Aldrich bill the
secretary of the treasury may secure
government deposits in national banks
by means of tends of any state in the
Union, or by tends of municipalities,
under certain conditions. All munic-
ipal bonds are not good one*, of
on the action of the Civic Federation
| in Its efforts to settle the strike He I
Dr, L. M. Curry, Formerly Minister pictured the members of the feder-
to Spain, Dies From Bright’s j atlon sitting around “pnfflng good ci-1
peeled that Ibis action will In- taken
tomorrow. It Ih me purpose in make
a fight in the s*-imtc to have the state-
hood 1)111 tacked on to one of the ap-
propriation bills, me passage of which
is alKw'iUtely nec<-»sary to th<- running
of the governnien!
change could not then lie made, urn! j
It was not until tin- present that, the j
successor to Colonel Bingham could j
he named. The change was not mig i
gested from the White House, accord- 1
Ing to General Gillespie, who made •
the order, but was in accordance with |
the rules of the service which do not
issued the following statement.
lidded
"The Information required would
lie chiefly useful to stockholders alone.
Bo fnr j sthe general public Is con-
cerned I don’t see how it would bene-
fit them Everything depends upon
wtml tlie Interstate commerce cornmls-
slin intends to do. To make the
scheme effective tlie commission
should be empowered to call for spe
da I statements of a corporation's con
dltlon. In addition to the December
:il exhibit, which may lie called for
In fai t, nearly all the information re-
quired in the bill has already been
given to the industrial commission
The main provisions ar<- to my mind
absolutely harmless, and will not in
During the pas"sixty days no case j convenience corporate Interests in the
of bubonic plague he# been discovered j least. The bill will not, In my judg
in Han Francisco, and at no time dur- ; ment, have any lasting effect.
Ing that period has thp board of i 'IhiH view was expressed iu other
ties It Ii, of which I am a member, re j quarters as well. Wall street \ tewed
Disease at Asheville, N. C.
Charlotte, N. C.. Feb. 12.—Dr. Jabez
L. M. Curry, one of the most promi-
nent educators In the south, died In
Asheville. N. C.. at 11:20 o'clock to-
night of Bright's disease, aged 78
years. Dr. Curry haa been critically
ill for the past two weeks. Mrs.
Curry, who arrived from Philadelphia
last week, was at the bedside of her
i husband when he died. Dr. Curry
served as a representative from Al-
abama in the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-
sixth congresses. When Alabama se-
ceded from the Union he resigned
from the United States congress and
becime a member of the Confederate
c-ouroe and '" I1*!,’kp,k'rft??2 I congress. During former President
the Aldrich bill Jirovides that they ] rieveland-g flnit administration Dr.
may be used as ha*Is for government j Cu wa, envoy extraordinary and
cans only when issued by cities which minl;tpr plenipotentiary to Spain. He
gars" and not saying a word while
he and Mr. Mitchell tried to get to-
gether. Speaking slowly and delib-
erately. Mr. Baer arraigned the feder-
ation for not giving the operator* and
the miners' representative* the "small
courtesy" of hearing the report of the
committee appointed by these two
sides, nor did It have the "manly
courage" to further help the parties
In the contest.
Mr. Baer concluded his address by
making a proposition to pay the con-
tract miners on a sliding scale, their
wages to fall or rise with the market
price of coal at New York, but In no
case shall the wages fall below the
present basis The spokesman for the
coal companies took up two hours and
twenty minutes In delivering his ad-
dress, and when he sat down he was
congratulated by hundreds of persons.
Mr. Dsrrow spoke at the afternoon
session for two hours and a half, and
will take up all tomorrow closing the
EXPECT SENSATIONAL REPORT, permit unlimited details of Officer* ■ h,
— at one point. Colonel Bingham him- , u,iM> dpnounee as ,
Use of Btraiqhtjacket In California *«» as*;;r'*' ' >«' ^ i •*»»»#■ in**n«-v .-xmtrary
_ . , White House have been and are of the
Prison. W,H Be Condemned. p,(.aHanl,.Hf ,.haructcr
Feb. 12.—The leg __________
which have been ! ONLY 8LOW PROGRE88 MADE.
corded any rase of that disease, ln
view of tills fact vessels clearing from
| this port are given clean bills of
making Ibis statement I
false nay and all
to what Is
staled
have been nrnnlSari for twentv-flve . i”",r'""“"o - will take up all tomorrow closing the
years.
8acramento, Fa
Islatlve rommlttc<
examining the F'-lsom prison will, it
is stated, tile « sensational report.
The repott will denounce In the se
yerest terms, it is said, the use, of
the straight jacket in the prisons of
the slate a# an instrument of punish-
ment. The legislator* caused to be >
brought before Gem a score of pris j
oners, who wire given » thorough
physlea! examination. The members i
of the commit! ,'"
ATTEMPT TO POISON TEACHERS
the "Rockefeller telegram incident" In
various ways Some quarters believed
It to be authentic, and that such a dis-
patch had been really sent, while
..... other Interests expressed the belief
herein j that the use of Mr. Rockefeller s name
was unauthorized, and that no such
efforts to defeat the hill had been
made.
Consideration of Sundry Civil Bill
Precipitate* Prolonged Discussion.
Washington, Feb. 12 -The house
| made slow progress with the sundry
civil bill today, completing only twen-
ty seven pages and leaving forty
pages still to be disposed of. The
delays today were occasioned by a
KILLS LITTLEFIELD BILL.
Inmates of State Reform School
Utah Planned Deep Conspiracy
to Murder Entire Faculty.
Telegram Story Sound* Death Knell
of Meaeure.
New York, Feh. 12.-^A World spe
icia! from Washington says:
Balt Lake, Utah, Feh. 12.—A spe i president Roosevelt's uctlon In giv
dal to the Herald from Ogden says : jug 0„t a Ht<iry that senators and oth
that as a result of the general Invest!- ; ,,1H |ia,| r,;rldVed telegrams signed le-
gation brought stent by the recent, j j0hn Rockefeller opposing the Nel-
son amendment of the department of
100 000 or more, which have not de- j eomn,jtt4!«or the John Slater fund,
faulted in interest or principal for a f>r Curry was a veteran of the Mex-
previous period ot ten years, ami in
which the total tended Indebtedness
does not exceed 10 per cent of the
last previous assessed valuation.
Mr. Aldrich, with the approval of
course of the secretary of the treas-
iran war and was a lieutenant colonel
in the Confederate army.
Session Behind Closed Doors.
Washington. Feb. 12.—With the ex- I
•a?s i ■.!??.
him wa* equally as large as that
which listened to Baer, and he. too. I _ . . , o
was surrounded by an admiring throng \ °«ci,,on of Court Su*,ain* 11
when lie temporarily suspended his i U. P Railway,
speech St adjournment 'time. His re- j Boston. Mass. Feh. 12.—In the
mark* today were directed principally j I'nitcd Htates rirruit court today
at the wage statement* presented to : Judge Colley ih-i ided that the entire
the committee, which, he said, could { fund In dispute between the federal
j government and the Emergency Loan
He went on to tell of the operators'! and Trust r-£.-npany, trustee, should
. , | rather protracted discussion of the
brought out ^s '1,<,ra tn the 1,111 tor th0 maintenance j ntt,,ropt ot certain Inmates of the
*U,*!"?lf Borne 1 item f!"»» Ha ! "‘T’' ......
hU- d<*bat»* upon th«. approj»ria ofrtrial» havo un
ting $3,000,000 for the relief of 'H#-, farther a conspiracy among some of
tress in the Philippines . the girl Inmates to poison the teach
Mr. Gaines (democrat) of Tennes !(>rs and <dhers In authority at the
see and Mr. Fitzgerald (democrat) of ; w-|,ool The superintendent will not
New York criticized the greatly In-; the names of those involveil......... _____.... ____
creased cost of maintaining the White | t)l), k is known that at. least two girls j tHut body. The republieah icaileys
House. i are roncern!*!l and that poison enough | aad other friend# of the president
An amendment to eut In half the np-; t0 ^11 n thonsartil people was found , told him the measure was too severe
propriation for the reliefof distress j jn tlicir possession. The girls, it Is 1 anil shouid either ho much modified
in the Philippines was defeated, but ; got. hold of a quantity of hi- i or-fosit of passage In tho senate.
th«* lanK'iago of tho paragrtpri Wft/*; < hiortd<‘ of mercury tablets recently 1 The president and hiw advisers then
modified to^require^annual reports ■ pun haa'-'i by the twhooi authorities | det.|dpd [bat the Nelson anti-trust
for dlsinfacting purposes. The con- t amendment, in the department of com-
spirators. it is alleged, planned to put j meree bill was sufficient anti-trust leg-
a result of thi- examination. Borne
convict* were permanently crippled In
the arms and hands which, according
to their testimony had resulted from
subjection to the straightjai ket.
GOVERNMENT GAINS VICTORY.
commerce hill has re*ult.-il itt killing
the Littlefield anti trust hill passed by
the bouse Saturday.
The Littlefield anti-trust hill was
admittedly too radical for the senate,
and the statement was freely made
on the floor that it would never pass
the expenditure of the money.
WAR STORY WAS UNFOUNDED.
.......
“K£"XITS- -I-
tight money market
of the government resource*.
this poison in the coffee at breakfast, j (station for this session. This feature
How far they hail progressed with the | alone, it was argued, would carry out
the republican campaign promises re-
garding the trusts.
.down their tool* of trade, and w-e have1-Loan and Trust company of Boston Washington. Feb. 12—The state WEATHER FORECAST. j Senator Hanna and others assured
: seen 750,000 men, women and children I The decision Is believed to finally , department has been advised by ; the president that the department of
Nomination* Confirmed by Senate. reduced to want and starvation for ! settle the long controversy between ; United Minister Merry that the Washington. Fob. 12.—New Mexico j commerce measure would .be agreed
We have seen the ; the United State# and the Union i’a-i president of Salvador has informed and Arizona; Snow In north, ram or j on In conference and enacted Into a
i rifle Railway for which the first ; him that complete tranquility pre-1 snow In south potfion Friday: much j |aw with (he Nelson amendment
..... ___ ____________ ..... _____ ... * . ' ' _ i .. at i... w~m . *___a _ _ _ _a »a _» .a - I /utlit ■»•«„ In nnwtK unet i /**» • I la tuna »kn.. JamN4*sJ OtM. i, a
Of S Postmasters—Arizona:
who have examined It, will put the:
United State* treasury in a position , , ,
where it can come to the relief of a j Washington. Feb. 12.—The senate six iong^ month*.
resourc^ ""of i *°1^mi^er^Arivma: ""e* Hauser, i point this commission to settle this i named trust company acted as ; vail* in Salvador and that tlie rumored colder cold wave In north portion; | ^ it was then decided by the presl-
cotirse. If the government has no j Wilcox: Benjamin Goldman, Naco. idifficulty, and then this afternoon In trustee ; declaration of w-ur was false. Saturday fair. ; dent that the commerce hli! should
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