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BITTER DEBATE
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ProceGdiiios Yestcrdau Marked bu
a Hurricane o! Vitu
peration. PHILIPPINE QUESTION
STIRS UP THE ROW
Old Senators Say That It Has Been
Years Since So Much Irritation
Has Been Aroused on Both Sides
of the Chamber A Breezy Colloquy
Between Mr. Spooner and Mr. Till
man Among the Features of the
Session The Member from the
Lynching Belt Has Sympathy for
the Dusky Filipinos Mr. Teller
Offers a Resolution.
flj Kxclushe Wire frum The Asiociitrd Press.
Washington, Jan. 28. A Philippine
rtonn was centered in the senate
-number today for nearly three hours,
jut was void ot definite results. At
times it looked very serious and the
spectators who thronged the galleries
watched it with breathless interest.
Acrimony in senate debates is not
infrequent, but old sonatois say it has
been years since there has been such
n hurricane of bitter vituperation, per
sonal taunt and charges of unmodi
fied criticism as was witnessed today.
Irritation was uroused on both sides
of the chamber and once or twice per
sonal encounters between senators be
came appniontly inevitable. A recent
dispatch from Manila, in which Gen
eral Wheaton was represented as mak
ng statements In condemnation of
Prof. Bchunnan started the debate.
The race problem, involving the lynch
ing of negroes, was injected into the
debate and much feeling was shown
by the southern and northern senators.
Mr. Spooner assented that it was one
thing to kill men with arms In their
hands against the government and an
other thing tn burn thorn."
Senators in their, exciteinentsee.ined
for a momeht"lo"'have forgotten the
subject of debute. The chair (Mr.
t'"ry) was able with dlfllcully to main
tain order. When tho discussion Anal
ly was ended .for the day the chair
Jolt railed upon seriously tn admonish
senators that the rules of tho body
hud not been observed, and otter read
ing the rule which had been violated,
he expressed the hope that in the fu
ture senators would have a care to ob
serve it. Sueli, an admonition has not
been made by the presiding ofllcer of
the senate in many years.
Department of Commerce Bill.
Prior to the outbreak on the Philip
pine question, the senate concluded
tho consideration of the bill establish
ing a department of commerce and
passed It. The name of the new do
l;aitment was changed to that of tho
department of onmuieree and labor.
When the Philippine tariff bill was
taken up Mr. MeCuniber (N. D.) re
fen lug to the statement of Mr. Du
bois yesterday, regarding General
Wlieuton having linen a charity boy
educated at the military academy, stild
General Wheaton never had been nt
West Point, but rose from the ranks.
Mr. Dubois said he was glad to know
it. Senators had been quibbling over
tin- dispatch fiom Manlln, but so tai
ns he knew untie of them had ventuied
to suggest Unit army nllleei-H should
ot be tepiimaiuU-el for their criticisms
of fcouators.
'.Mr. Spooner (Wis.) in dlbeusslng tho
I Philippine tariff bill, said tho pending
bill was simply a measure temporarily
to provide revenues for the Philippine
l.slands, He refeired to the report of
ihe minority, declaring that even that
did not propos-o Immediate withdrawal
of this government froip the Philip
pines, as It held that we should re
main in the islands until the estab
lishment of u staple 'government, able
to discharge Its international nhlltrn-
tlons arid protect life and property. He
icmid not understand on what theory
the renato was to spend a week in re
passing over tho old straw of the Phil
ippine question.
; A breezy colloquy between Mr.
Spooner inn Mr. Tillman then took
place, The latter asked Mr. Spooner
to say whether the Philippines were
a part of the United States or not,'
"1 recommend," teplled Mr. Spooner,
"that tho senator read the decisions ot
the fiupreinu court of tho United
States,"
"1 havu read some of those deci
sions," Mr. Tillman said, "but with
four judges on ono side and four on
the other and the fifth wubbllnir, I
could not make much out of them."
Mr. Spooner "The Supremo court
settled one thing, and that is that them
Is a distinction between the United
States and territory belonging to tho
United States."
Wlillo. Mr. Spooner was piuccediug
With hlH hpeech lu was interrupted by
Mr. Tillman who inquired; "Will tho
senator allow mo to nsk him If the
Piatt amendment had been defeated by
debate until thp end of (hu session,
would that sdo have hud courage to
Jwve Bone forward in Its philanthropy,
humanity, Christianity and liberty
and ull that kind of thing, and to have
called an extra session V"
The Knee Question Again,
Mr. Spooner "We have courage
enough on this Hide to do anything on
earth."
Mr. Tlllmun "Except to defend the
negro." i '
Mr, Spooner "We have not courage
enough to lynch colored men or deprive
them of their vlshts."
' Tillman "Does tho senator de-
THE SENAT1
site to discuss the race question here
Ho seems to have left the Philippine
question to throw a personal lllng at
me. 1 nm ready to meet him any
where on the race question."
Mr. Spooner "Wherever the senator
Is willing to meet mo on that question,
or any other, ho will find me there,
so far as that is concerned. The sena
tor addressed to mo a observation
rather offensive in its character.
Mr. Tillman "It certainly had no
allusion to lynching,"
Mr. Spooner "No."
Mr. Tillman "And the senator un
derstands very well that 1 come from
n section of the country where lynch
ings for a given crime and for a good
many other crimes are very prevalent.
Now does the senator wish to leave the
Philippine proposition, In which he is
dealing with a colored people, In a most
infamous and damnable and hypocriti
cal way and go south and hold them
up as examples that we are dealing
with in a similar way; 1 mean the
colored people here at home. Are wc
to have two rules of conduct In le
gard to the colored people, one In the
Philippines by which wc butcher und
shoot Christianity into them, and an
other In the south wheie we are not
allowed to protect our wives and chil
dren?" Mr. Spooner "If we had the same
rule for the colored people In the Phil
ippines as the senator icfers to in the
south, God help the colored man in the
Philippines,"
Mr. Tillman "God help him. In the
Philippines now you have already
butchered In thiee years three times as
many as the Spaniards did In three
centuries."
Mr. Spooner "It Is one thing to kill
men with arms in their hands against
a government and against a flag. It
Is another thing to burn them."
Mr. Tillman "You burned them in
Kansas, sir."
Mr. Spooner "Wherever It Is done, it
is an outrageous crime."
Mr. Tillman "Oh, it is a very easy
tiling for a man who has not come In
contact with them in dope quarters
to arise and say what other people
ought to do."
Mr. Tillman was admonished by the
president pro tern fliat he must not
interrupt a senator without first ob
taining leave, to which he replied that
he was "taunted in a way that no
white man from South Carolina can
submit to."
Mr. Tellers Offeis Amendment.
Alter some further colloquy Mr.
Teller (Colorado) offered the following
amendment to the pending bill as a
separate section:
"Bo It further enacted, thai 'the con
stitution and all Maws of the United
Slates which are not locally inapplic
able shall have the same force and
effect within the said Philippine nrchi
pelago as elsewhere within the United
States."
Mr. Teller declared that the outrages
and tortures committed in the Philip
pines by the Spaniards had been in
creased since tho advent of the Ameri
cans into the islands, as was always
tlia case when the Anglo-Saxon suc
ceeded the languid Latin in such an
undertaking. He asserted that war
was rife today In the Philippines, as it
had been since our forces opened fire
on the Philippines.
The civil branch of this government,
he declared, Insisted that there was no
war In the Islunds, while the military
authorities were calling for more
troops.
"It is incumbent on this administra
tion," he said, "to tell us when it Is
going to bring about peace and order
In the Islands. If this administration
has not got a policy except to drift,
we ought to know It."
Mr. Teller referted to whnt ho de
clared was tho establishment In the
Philippines of reconcentratlou camps,
and to the repetition In the Philippines
of the horrors introduced Into Cuba by
Woyler and was proceeding to discuss
tho censorship of press despatches, sent
from Manila, when he was stopped by
Mr, Foraker, who ((noted from an in
terview with President Taft of the
Phlllpplno commission, under yester
day's date, stating that there was no
censorship of press dispatches now.
Further along Judge Taft, with refer
ence to the alleged establishment of
concentration camps, explained that
only an Insurrectionary cordon had
been established with a view to crush
ing out what remained of the rebellion.
Mr, Foraker said that if there was
anything more barbaric than another,
It was tho establishment of concen
tration camps In Cuba by General
Weyler, and for any senator to say that
this government hud established any
of tho kind In the Philippines was for
him to make a most serious charge,
Mr, Teller began to speak again when
ho was Interrupted by Mr. Hfcveiidge,
who said he knew trom pergonal obser
vation that press dispatches were not
censured, Manifesting considerable ir
ritation, Mr. Teller proceeded to lec
ture Mr. lieveridge In interrupting
htm.
Mr. Heverldge punuptly disclaimed
any Intention of discourtesy towurd Mr,
Teller, but insisted thut he would now
and at ull cither times correct misstate
ments when they were persisted in by
other senators.
Move Protests,
Soon.fifterwnnl, Mr, Teller, icferilng
to the Associated Prebs dispatch from
Manila, quoting General Wheaton as
ciltlclBlng Eonie utterance of Dr.
Schurman In his Hobton speech, said;
"There is not a senator on that side
of the chumber (pointing to the Repub
lican side) who did not know that the
statements In that dispatch were true."
Instantly a half dozen Republican
senators, iueudlng Mr, Lodge, Mr,
Hawley and Mr, Piatt of Connecticut,
sprang to their feet, uttering protests
against tho senator's statements.
"That Is not true, nna I will not per
mit it to go unchallenged," declared
Mr, Lodge.
T
"Then I .will qhango It," said Mr.
Teller, "and say that thpre Is not a
senator oh that side who ought not to
have known that the statements! in that
dispatch were true."
Mr. Foraker Intertupled Mr. Teller
to ihqulrc If ho had any Information
additional to thnt which he had yes
terday upon the necuracy of the dis
patch. "No, T had the sumo Information yes
terday," responded Mr. Teller. With
out further interruption, Mr. Teller
concluded his remarks, declaring that
he proposed to discuss the whole I'hll
llpplne question during the pendency
of this measure and did not propose to
bo "bullyragged" by anybody or de
terred from doing what he considered
to be his duty as an American sena
tor. At the conclusion of the debate, tho
president pro tent, Mr. Frye ad
monished the senators for bleach of
the i tiles and indecorum.
PORTER'S MEN
ATE DOGS
Terrible Sufferings of Marines
on an Expedition,
in Samar.
Ity Ktiluiive Wlie from Tl,e Associated 1'rciu
Manila, Jan. 28. General Chaffee cur
tailed his trip and returned here this
morning. He says he found, the con
ditions satisfactory everywhere, except
at Samnr, where continuous rain, dur
ing' the past two months, has retarded
the campaign, especially against such
an elusive enemy.
The condition of Captain David D.
Porter's marines, who took part In the
expedition into the Interior of Samar,
is much worse than previously de
scribed. They suffered fearful hard
ships and were without food for several
days. The natives who accompanied
the marines claimed they were unable
to distinguish the edible loots, which
the marines did not believe. The anger
of the marines ngninst the natives is
intense. None of the latter returned
with the marines.
The marines suffered so acutely from
starvation that they uto raw the flesh
of two dogs.
When Captain Porter and the first
three of his men staggered Into camp,
they were delirious and dlfllculty was
experienced in ascertaining the where
abouts of their companions.
Williams, ot the First Infantry, head
ed the relief expedition In the face of
a torrential rainstorm which flooded
the rivers. He succeeded in reaching
tho remaining ten men, who would
otherwise have certainly perished. He
found them all delirious. Two of the
men were .discovered, in the branches
of trees, btirklng like dogs. Some of the
marine's are so ill that they are not
likely to recover.
General Chaffee has endeavored to
obtain full details of the tilp of the
marines, but Captain Porter is not yet
able to lucidly explain matters.
Tho expedition Into the interior of
Samar, led by Captain David D. Por
ter, of the marine corps, numbered
thirty-six men. It had been absent two
weeks. The marines had been provided
with rations for only five days. On
January 21, Captain Porter and twenty
six members of his party reached tho
coast of the island of Samar. The other
ten men were missing nnd little hopu
of their safety was entertained.
TRYING TO ARRANGE
MISS STONE'S RELEASE
The Brignnds Now Desire That the
Captives Shall Be Set Free in
Turkish Territory.
Uy Inclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Vienna, Jan. 2S. A telegram has
been received hero from Sofia saying
that the brigands wish tho liberation
of Miss Stone, the captive American
missionary, to take place upon Turk
ish territory and that the Turkish
territory government will not consent
to this nrrangement unless advised of
the time and place of the passage of
the brigands ncross tho frontier. The
Turkish government also requires that
a neutral escort accompany the brig
ands. FATHER AUST INJURED.
Valley Train Struck Carriage in
Which Priest was Riding.
lly Evcluslve Wire from The Associated I'leys.
Wilkcs-Ilirri", Jan. 28, Father Ami, pastor ot
the Polish Catholic t hurt li .-it ll.izleton, was
probably fatally injuitd tonight. lie with .two
other infii whs liding in it cairlage and at tli
1'lna el reel crow-lug, llazlcloii, the rhr J3 ttnic,
by u I-chlgh Valley train, hinihhing in Into upllit
tero, I'allitr Aust was hurled about titiy fee",
ami was taken to tho Uarloton InuuiMI in u
iritlcal cniulltlon. One vf the other two men
uas al-o badly hurt,
I'atnu Auat Mine Into iumlnm in this
county during the trial of tho kluritVa depu
tioa who Miot into a moli of Miikerx at Utttlmtr
In ISS'l , Mlllng a nuinbir n( ihein. The pried
win u member of tho prosecuting lommiueo and
worked hard in bihalf of the pro-a-i ut lou, prill.
Uiiully In the ruining of tumid.
EUGENE DUPONT DEAD.
Head of the Well Known Powder
Finn Expires from Pneumonia.
lly Uxcluslc Wire fiom The Associated View,
Wilmington, Del., Jon. 28, I'.uifeno llupo.it,
preident of tho I'ltem-hei powder liiJiHifaUur.
inif Ann of i:.J, llupont, 1o NeMouis iS: Co.,
died a(. hU home at thrMhmi llumlrtil tonight,
fiom pneumonia, ill, Diluent W4 til jc.irs u
uge, He was a boh of the late A, 1, llupont, lie
lcaic a window, tuo tona und time ibuilitcio.
Hd kiicitedeil (ienvral llemy llupont n pre..!
dent of the firm after the ilealh of tho Jalttl
In W.
Corporations Chartered.
Py Euluive Wire from The A.K'iitcd lret.
UarrUlmry, Jan. !S. Charters weiu Uueu by
the state department today tn the follow Inu cot
poratlonjj, Moncttcn Improvement company,
Jfouewen, Westmoreland county; capital, $.V),O0q.
J, 1 tappe Tannlruj compouy, Allt&litny; tip.
iUt. (1,000, Uuthr Silk mill, lfutkr; 'capital,
130,000. rIU Creek Water company, PalU
Creek, Jctlcrwn county! capital, $1,000.
MINE WORKERS '
CLOSE DOORS
Renort of the Scale Committee
Is Discussed In Seere;
Session.
ANTHRACITE MINERS'
DEMANDS PRESENTED
The Resolutions Say Thnt Anthracite
Mine Workers May Bo Compelled
to Suspend Their Work Should the
Mine. Owners Persist In Their Prcs
ent Course The Mine Workers
Are Asked to Give All Aid In
Their Power.
fly Ilxolusiro Wire from The Associated Vrt3.t
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 28. The Unit
ed Mine AVorkers closed their doors this
afternoon against newspaper men, and
discussed the report of their scnle com
mittee in secret stJolhfPresidont Hus
king, of the 'Ohio -InTners. secretary of
the scale committee; 'said he wns ready
to renort. Many of tho miners were
willing thnt the reporters should re
main, but they were In tho minority, so
the reporters had to go.
The anthracite miners presented their
demand to tho convention In the form
of a resolution signed by President
Duffy, of anthracite district No. 7, and
George Hartlelh, secretary of anthra
cite district No. 0.
The resolutions recite tho previous
failure of miners and operators to agree
on terms or labor, and say that it Is
within the range of possibilities that
the anthracite mine workers may bo
compelled to suspend work should the
anthracite mine owners persist in their
present policy.
The tesolutions ask the national
president and the national executive
board to co-operate with the officers
and men of the anthracite districts in
bringing about n Joint conference of
the operators and miners prior to April
1. and declare that should their efforts
fail and a strike be forced on them, tho
workers or the entire country shall
pledge all possible assistance, moral
und financial, to bring tho contest to n
speedy and successful termination.
The resolutions were passed by a
unanimous rising vote. The anthracite
miners, it is understood, will not now
ask for any further indorsement than
Is contained in this resolution, as there,
is a growing- sentiment against tho
proposition that the bituminous .scnlo
should be held up until tho nnthracitrt
opcratois agree to come to tertjis.
It was decided by the national ex
ecutive board to levy an arsesstnent of
ten cents a month on every member In
good standing for tho purpose of bring
ing to a successful and speedy termina
tion the strikes now in progiess.
Where district or local organizations
refuse to remit within sixty day,
neither shall bo entitled to representa
tion In the national convention.
The recommendation of the board to
the convention was adopted. The levy
will be used largely to settle strikes in
West Virginia and Kentucky. The re
port of the committee on constitution
was later taken ud.
The New Districts.
The committee on ie-dlstrlctlng the
mining states reported tho Lewis reso
lution, which was adopted. Tho pur
pose of re-dlstrlcting the mining states
is that a joint conference may be had
In the various new districts and differ
ences settled, if necessary, at one nnd
the same time. Tho national oflicers
will bring about the new division and
arrange for conferences. Tho districts
as now arranged are:
First district Pennsylvania anthra
cite ileitis.
Second district Central nnd North
ern Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia
and the part of "West Virginia shipping
to eastern markets.
Third district Western Pennsylva
nia, Fnlrniount and other West Vir
ginia districts shipping to western mar
kets, Ohio. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan
and Iowa.
Fourth district Alabama, Tennessee
and Kentucky. '
Fifth district Missouri, Kansas, Ar
kansas, Colorado nnd Indian territory.
Tho report of tho committee on legis
lation, providing for a general increase
of salaries of general otllcers, was
adopted.
The salary list will bo as follows,
from and after tho conclusion ot' tho
present ofllclnl terms: President, JJ,
oOO, nn Increase from $1,500; vice-presidents,
$M0O, nn Increusu of $200; na
tional secietury-trensurer, $1,100, nn in
crease of $300; editor of tho United
Mine, AVorkers" Journal, $1,200, no In
crease; members of tho national execu
tive board, $3.W) per diem, an Increaso
from $2 a day und payable whenuvor
the members of the board are employed
by the piesldent In executive work for
tho benefit of tho United Mlno AVoik
ers; membeis of tho nntlonnl auditing
committee, $3.50 a day while engaged in
their official duties, an Increase fiom
$2X0 a day. ,
Mx Cleveland Stil Bags Ducks.
Of Eluhe Wire fiom The Auoclind I'reat
acorcitoun, S. , Jan. SS Kt-Pni-ldeiit t'lcu'.
law! and pnly, caiuu up fiom tho shooting pie
tepn at Poid' Point today on tho ggt eminent
1-iunih Water Mly und left in llu-!r prhatu uir
attached to the north bound tmlu at 4.:10 o'llock.
Tho party uirled a largo batf of duvki alom;
mid teemed In good aplllU,
Steamship, Arrivals.
I) KxUuihc Wire from 'Hie Atjociatcd 1'rui.
Xw York, Jjn. -JS. Cleared: VfiderUnd, Ant.
weip; bt Paul, Southampton. Ilienien Aulndl
KaUrr Willieltn d.r Oioi,e, New Yik W ply;
mouth and CherlxHirif. Seilh Paved; 1'alitla,
New York for Hamburg. '
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Japanese Soldiers Frozen to Death',
lly Exclusive Wire from The Auoclatqd Preci. j
London, Jan. S3. Th T0U9 eorrespoudriit of
the Pally KspreM cable that over S00 oldler
lue been trozen to death In Northern Jjpau.
MAJOR LOT CAPTURED.
Three Filipino Lloutenants nnd 24
, Bolos Also Surrender.
By Inclusive Wlie from The Auoelatoil l'rcsi.
Manila, Jan. 28. Major Lot and three
Filipino lieutenants, with ten rllles,
three i evolvent and twenty-four bolos,
surrendered to Mil lor Anderson, of the
Sixth cavalry, yesterday ut Llpit, prov
ince of Hatangns. Lot was brought In
sick, on a litter. lie was cordially hated
ut Linn, wheru he looted $35,000 worth
of Jewelry from prominent families.
Nlckerson's scouts have captured Col
onel Lot, a brother ot Major Lot, near
L'Utuugas.
Lieutenant AVIlllam L. Knrns, ot the
Sixth cavalry, has had a slight engage
ment with some Filipinos, during which
he killed two Insurgents and captured a
captain and two soldiers.
The general outlook in Hatangns
province is decidedly favorable.
PRODUCTION
OF PIG IRON
V
Statistics Presented by the'
American Iron and Steel
Association.
By Uxilushe Wire from 'Die Atsociatcd l'rei.
Philadelphia, 'Jan. 2S. The bulletin of
the American Iron and Steel associa
tion says:
The American lion and Steel imociatiou lias to
cehud fiom the iiuiiufitctuiCM complete H.itli
tics nf the production of all kinds of pig iron in
tile United htntci in 1901; olao complete Math
tics of tho stoik of pig iron vhlli were on hir.d
and for sale, on Decrmber id, I'jOI.
The total production of plr igon in I'JOI wan
15,S;S,S.J1 gross tons, against 3,7S,2I2 tout in
ltiOO; 13,020,70:1 tons in ISM); ll,773,rui tons In
1S0S, and 0,632,680 toiu In 1897,
The inercado in pioductlon In tha firnt half ot
1901 oer the second half of 100(1 was l,5:!7,fi
ton', and the increase in production In the bey
ond half ot 1001 orr the, filst hlH of 1001 wai
211,123 ton. The total incrc-iH- in 1001 oer 1900
mis 2,060,112 tons, 'fills is a. larger increase than
the boom oar IhOO Miou-ei) ocr the year 1S0S.
Tho production of Hcncincr pig iron in 1001
waa 0,5,)0,7r''l toiu, against 7,011,4.")2 tons in I'M).
The production of basic pig iron in 1001 was i
1,44S,S30 tons, against I.072,n;i tons in 1000.
'Hip production of spirgeleisen and trrromin
ganese in 1001 a 201,101 tons against 2o'i,077
tons in 1000.
The piofhictlon of chaico.il pig iron in 1001
was :M0,117 tons against 3J9,87t tons in low.
The production of mixed clmeoal and ookc pi;
iron in 1001 was 23,211 tons, against -I4,(A? tons
in 1000. Our statistic, of stocks of unsold pi
Iron do not inolude pig Iron mSdo by the ouneM
of rolling mills or t,teii svoikh for their on me,
but only pig iron m.iV for Kile nnd which ..is
not been sold The stork of piff Imn whlcliwcra
unsold in the li.md.s nf ininufacttirei.s of Whl(!iJ
were uniier liieir comroi ar inc nose or mil
and weie not intended for their own consump
tion, amounted to only 70,ill7 tons sg.nr.st 112,.
370 tons at the close of 1000 and 372, W0 Minn oil
June .10, 1001.
The American Pig ln,n Storage Wanant iom
pany. held in its jards on tlceeinbrr .11, 1001,
3,000 gi-otJi tons of pig iron, nf which 2.100 tons
were coke and l Ions were chircoal iion. Xouc
of this iron was controlled by the makers.
Adding this 3,000 ton-, tn Ihe J0.tU7 tons of un
sold stock abcuc mentioned we hare 73,617 ton
of pig iron whic.li wcio on the market at tho
rlosp of 1001.
The whole number of furnaces in blast on He
cember 31, loot, was COti, ngjlnst 232 on Decem
ber 31, 1U00 and 230 on .lime 30, loot.
BLAZE IN ST. LOUIS.
The Lindell Hotel Is Badly Damaged.
Quests All Escaped.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Prcw.
St. Louis, Jan. 28. Two hundred and
thirty eruests of the Lindell hotel were
driven from their apartments Into, the
sleety streets tonight by rafjlnp; flames,
which wrecked the adjolnliur building
nt the corner of Seventh street and
Washington avenue, and threatened to
sweep away the hostelry.
The fire originated In n seven-story
brick structure known as the O'Neill
building, which wns destroyed.
There wre a dozen or mote firms oc
cupying It, of which tho largest con
cern was the L. n.tunmn Jewelry com
pany. Losses suffered by these concerns
will approximate 1300,000. Tho Lindell
hotel was damaged by smoke and water
to tho extent of S25.000.
M. SANT0S-DUM0NT
AGAIN IN THE AIR
His Vessel AnBwes Her Helm
tho Light Breeze Prevailing
Yesterday,
in
n,v i:cluiie Wire from The Associated Pieaj,
Monte Carlo, Jan. 28. Santos-Du-mont
made a trial nscent of his ulr
shlp this morning. Everything worked
smoothly. The vessel readily answered
her helm In tho light breeze prevailing.
After a tour of tho harbor, Kanton
Dumout bteered his craft back to her
shed, amidst tho cheers of tho assem
bled crowds.
Ho made a second trip during the
afternoon. Ho was out forty-five
mlnuteii and sailed In threo different
directions over tho open sea, perfouu-"
ing evolutions with ease nnd rapidity
ut a height of about u bundled metres.
NEXT REPUBLICAN
STATE CONVENTION
Chalrmnn Recder Expected to Issue
a Call in a Few Days.
Dy Kxilushe Wire fiom The, AiiocUUd Pi hi,
llaiiisbnrg, Jan, UtJ. A majority of the nuni
bcrii of the Itepubllcau tUtc committee alu lit
favor of holding tho nest iUl lomeiuion In
this city on June 11 am) It is espected libit
Male Chairman lteeder will I,sug a formal ull
tor the toufiit!uu ilurlui; the nct hvt di).
The com entioii' will Hint In the opeia limine
and will imudnaU candidates, for gou-moi, llui-tcnanl-tfoyiriipr
and, wicUry of, lii.teinal affairs.
' , Sphley in Iudlqiia.
11 Extlualxt Wire fiom The AuXKlatcd Pr-.
Lafayette, Ind. Jan, '.!$. A thouaml per
toiLS were congregated at the ratliuail jtjtlou. m
greet' Admiral Schley diiiinir the thoitiui e,f
the lran here toilay, 'hc llurdue cojlcsjc yell
vri giien lustlb. All alone tin HnA after ha
ii:j Chicago the udmiul wis compelled to appear
on tho Tear platform of hU curMn icsi.on.e. to
cheer. He ihoolc hands vi as many a potslblo
hut nude no bpeeches.
PEACE OVERTUR
.
FOR ENTERTAINMENT
OF PRINCE HENRY
Programme Comploted So Far ns
President find the Hoynl Guest
Are Concerned.
Dy Exeluslie Wire from The Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 28. The programme
for the reception and etitertulutucnt of
l'rlnco Henry of Prut-sin, was ilnally
completed today, so far as the ex
changes between tho piesldent nnd the
German prince are concerned. The ar
rangements now agreed upon differ
somewhat from those tentatively made
heretofore and permit the prince and
party to spend more time In Xew York
city. The programme is as follows:
Saturday, Tib. 22 Arrival In Xcw York har
bor, probably about noon, on Kion I'rlnz Wil
helm of the North Herman l.lojil line. Admiiil
Kv.uis, commanding the Noith Atlantic frptadron,
will meet the ftenmer nt quarantine station ami
conduit hLs rojul hlKhrcv,, 1'ilncr Iknry oi
Prussia, with his sulto to the llohcnriillsiii,
width the president's dolrgiites will then Uslt to
extend greeting. Visit of the mayor ot Xei,
York, r.xchaiige of military lslts during ilu
afternoon. Prince llemy and hU nulla will at
tend the Iirlug 1'l.uc theater and rituin to tho
Ilobnizolk'ni for the night.
bunchy, 1'ob, 23 In the morning religious evr-ci-iw
on iward the llohi'iirollorn. If the weather
l.s favorable, a lslt to the tomb of (ieuual Gran:
in the afternoon. Private entcrt linmcnt by the
Deutsche!- erein. I.eaie for Washington In thj
evening by special train on the Pennsjlvanii
riilroad.
.Monday, I'eb. St Short stop at Baltimore at
0 n. in. Arrival at Washington nt 10.L0 n. jn.
Military escort from tho Pcnnsyhanla nilro.id
htrttlon to the white house and thence to thu
(ternian embassy. Tho piesldent will return tha
visit of the prince ot noon. Visits of .unba.-si-dors
and ministers. Visit to the, capltnl at I
p. in. Dinner at the .white house at t!.."0 p. in.
After dinner the prince will leturn to Niw Yoik
by t--pcd.il tniln on the Pennsylvania railroad.
Depatluie of the president and his puty fo
Jeiey City by the Pcnnsihanlii nilroid.
Tuesday, I'eb. 21 Departure of the prince uml
hb Hiite and of the president and his party fiom
.lercey City for tho shipyards of the Tonnsend
Downey Ship Building company at Shoot cm M
and. Launching of the jacht. of Ills Irniteii.il
Majesty, the (Jrmian emperor nt in.30 a. in
l.unch to tho pie-stdeiit on board the llohiwol
lem at 1.30 p. m. Visit of the prince to th
major of Ncy York in tlu atlinmoii. Diiinpr
of the 'major of Sew York at 6.30 p. in. (Jala
opera at the .Metropolitan opera lioii'e after tlw
dinner.
Weilncsdaj-, Teh. 2iJ Luncheon, with lepie-cn-tallies
of commerce nnd industry at 10.30 a. rn.
Sightseeing in ,v Voik in the afternoon,
Torchlight concert at tho Arion club nt 0.30 p.
m. HumiAift of the press of the t'nited 'States
nt 8 p. in. Special firry to the Pe.nnsjlv.inU
railroad at 12 midnight and journey to Wa-h-ington.
Thim.iy, IMi. 27 Arrival of Piince Henry at
Washington and escort to the Herman clulmssv.
Memorhl cjerclses to Pre-ident .MeKlnlej- in tho
Ikiiiv" of roprcicntatlus, the 'prince and his
mlto attending. Visit In the afternoon to Mount
A ci non.
l'riday, Keb. 28 Vl-ll to AniMjiolU in tlio
forenoon. Luncheon at Annapolis nt 12 noon.
Dinner at the Ceniian embaftsy repetition by Sec
retary Long at the navy department. 3 to 5
o'c lock.
Satuiday, March 1 Departure of the prince
and his suite for his southern nnd western tour
on special train.
KBIPER AND ROWE
ARE HANGED
The Bank Hobbers Who Killed
Cashier Ryan Are Executed in
Hnrrisburg Jail Yard.
By Kxclusiie Wire trom The Associated Pr.
Harrisburg,t Pa Jan. 2S. Weston M.
Keiper and Henry Howe were hanged
at 10.40 this morning In the Unrilsburg
Jnll yard in tho presence of 1,000 people
for the murder of Charles XV. Ityan.
The mUrderers went to their death
without a shudder and neither made
any statement on the gallows or any
time since their trial. Tho ciush for
admission to tho Jail was so great that
it required tho combined effort of the
police force and the sheriff's deputies
to keep tho crowd away from tho en
trances. Several of the Jurors weie forced to
fight their way through tho c-iowd Into
the prison. The house tops anil tele
graph poles In the vicinity were crow-tied
with peoplo eager to witness the
execution. Two men with n camera
secured admittance to the Jail for the
purpose of securing a snap shot of the
hanging, Prison Warden Meuteh de
tected them ami took the camera away
from them until after the execution.
The bodies of Howe nnd Kulpnr wero
wont this evening to Lykens. They will
bu burled from the homes of their par
ents In that nlaco on Thursday.
Howe and Keiper were each 22 years
old und for several years worked In
ami about the mines at Lykens. Durlii','
tho morning of March Kl last they vis
ited the Halifax National bunk of Hall
fax nnd with dtawn revolveis de
manded of C'nsliler Charles V. Hyan
tho cash In tho vault. Tho lubbers
(Illicitly gathered lulu a telescope
satchel the loose money in the cash
drawer, amounting to t8,W0, While one
of them was fastening the lid of the
satchel ie laid his leMilver mi the
i-ashler's desk.
Mr, Hyan seised the weapon nnd a
desperate strugglo ensued between the
desperadoes and the cashier for poses
siou of the revolver. In the mjuIIIo ono
of the desperadoes shot the cashier in
the btetist, indicting u wound which
caused his death several houis later.
Mr, Hyan's neighbors were attracted to
the bank by thu shooting and Howe and
Helper wet,e quickly captured by a
posie. of citizens nnd turned over to
the authorities.
They -wore in ought to the Harribburg
jail nipl within two weeks wero tried
and convicted of llrst degree murder.
At their trial they admitted tho rob
bery and claimed that the shooting was
ccldcntul.
ES
ARE RECEIVED
Not, However, from Those Who flra
Authorized to Speak
Upon the Suhlect.
COMMUNICATION
CONSIDERED
Tho Govorntuent o Holland Hns Of
fered in Most Friendly Torms to
Help lu Bringing About Pence in
South' Africa British Government
Infers That Bbev Delegates May
Be Willing to Accept Terms Pro
posed. Bj llicluibc Wire from The Associated Pross.
London, Jan. 2S. Tho government
leader, A. J. Balfour, announced In tho
house of commons today that' no over
tures for peace had been received from
nny one authoiized to speak in belittle
of the Uoers. A communication was,
however, received late on Saturday last
from the Dutch government, which wan
now under consideration. Mr, Balfour
hoped shortly to lay the communication
and the leply to it before the house. .
The government of Holland has of
fered in the most friendly terms to help
in bringing about peace In South Af
rica. In a communication to the Brit
ish government, the Dutch government
suggests thnt it might bo permitted to
act as a sort of diplomatic agent for
the Uoer delegates. The government,
however, expressly disavows any at
tempt at Intervention, and cIoc,m not
mention any teims.
It was learned by a representative 6t
the Associated Press that the Brltls'li
government Infers that It Moulil hnv'o
not been approached unless tho Dute.'li
authorities wore convinced that tHo
Hoer delegates now in Kuropo' were
willing to accept the cardinal points of
the Dritlsh peace terms, so frequently
announced In parliament. Lord Lnnss
downe, the foreign secretary, replied fu
friendly terms to the Netherlands' pro
posal, but Instituted Inquiries in order
to ascertain the extent of the powei's
delegated to Air. Kruger nnd the other
Hoer representatives in Kuiopo to ae't
In behalf of the burghers in the field,
(reat doub't l.s expressed at the foreign
otllce here as to whether any negotia
tions carried on by the Hoer ilolegatesi
through tho Dutch government or other
channels will prove effectual
If satisfactory guarantees in this rt;
spect can bf becured, negotintle.uis uill
b begun immediately. This doubt In
regard to the. authority ot Mr. Kiuger
and others to speak for the fighting
burghers Is perceptible in the state
ment Mr. Hnlfour made In tho hoii?e ot
commons today, as detailed above. ,
A supplementary army estimate of
5,000,000 was issued this morning
making the total expenditure for th'
army during the year .C9J,lu,000. ,
BELIEVES IT A FAKE CLUB.
Alderman Bailey Penalises Frank
Miller, the Alleged Proprietor. '
A further hearing wus had last night
before Alderman Hnliey, of the Thir
teenth watd, In the case In which
Agent Tiohcrt "Wilson, of the Municipal
league, charges Flunk Miller, this al
leged proprletdr of the ".South Side
club," with Illegal liquor selling.
The piosecutlou alleged that tlie
"club houte," which Is at the corner
of Stone avenue and lllrch street, If
nothing more or less than an unlicensed
saloon, The defense tiled to nhow
that the club as a bona title, char
tered social organization which rllts
pensed dilnks only to its members.
Alderman Bailey believed tho proi-e.
cutlou and tieslcles fining Sillier 57,',
under the tippling house ordinance,
lequlrcd him to give $200 hall to answer
ut court for vlolutlng the state liquor
laws,
1 30, Beers icpresent'eil the iuosecu
tion, and John O. McA.dtlc, the defend
mil.
PROTECTING- THE FIGH.
State Boaid of Commissioners Must
Look After River Bams.
Uy Uxchratw Wire from The Aiiclatiel Wr,
IliinWiuii,". Ja". i. rhe atioincy gentral'i
ilt'paitineni iwli.v pne a written opinion tf
the state li.junl uf iMi coiuiliiji-ioneis tint it H
the duly of Ihe (iiiiliiilfian t Hi tint pioptr
ttqis an- taken tn piiwnt the Veil, Maui
Paper and J'uwi-i (Oinpuiiy iiom i-omtruclitii; jj
ot of Mini; walls en- el oils in the Mhe)ueliauua
llur at York llnu-ii for the purpiW of illiritli.
the v,.uci into the wheel) or .i power plant
which tin- ictnpau hi irtc'tln," ihue, If tin
lommimiiiicia aio t.ilMtlcil that the wnlN wil)
pli'M-iil li-h fiom ascendlni; and iletceiidlu; Hit
ihtr liicb at alt M-asoiio ot tho .mil.
Valuable Timber Swept Away, '
lly Kxcliuiie Wirs from The .Usocialcil Press.
Ilnntlnvlnii, W. V.t., Jan. 23. Half a million
dollari. worth 'f timber win nwcpt out ot dm
.indolti i uir teida by tho lircaklmr of lioom.
On.it diinajt- I ii-poueel along that stream l.i
ihe unusuall) Idgh waters.
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.
),ocal data fr J inuary 23, lOftij
lllla'st l.-nipaatuio ,, ,,,, 11 degrees'
J.uuist tonpeialiiiu 3 degree
Itelilbo luinhllt).
ha. in ,,,.,,, 50 per cent,
S p. m, , ,..,,.,,..,,,,,, 45 per cent.
1'mlpitation, 2t hours ended S p. m., uouc.
-r -r- f
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WEATHER FORECAST,
Wathington, Jan. 21 Forecast for Wed
-f-
netiday and Thursday: Eastern I'onuo!
anta, increulng cloudluc-.s Wednesday,
probably iow by uvcnlng in uoutli jmr
lion; Thuririlay enow; fretb. northcajtrly
to easterly wiudj.
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