(OREN TALKS OF House By Voi= of 11 ta 164=Say ; Awmeriroa Federation vo La- == Ber DIE It. : WASHINGTON, ‘Dec. 7 ~The sen- Ate adopted the Penrose resolution re quiring the president to send in infor mation regarding the discharge of the nego troops of the Tweniy-Afth Infun- try aud also the Foruker resolution di- recting the secretary of war to trans alt all information -ia the possession of lis department on the same sub ject. Both resolutions carry an Ident) cal amendment Ly Mr. Culberson ask- ing specifically for the order to Major Pearose, commanding the troops, which directed him not to turn over to the Texas authorities certain of the troops This action, following a debate of two bours, was taken without a roll call or opposing vole. The debate de- veloped along two distinct lines, one #5 to the propriety of asking the presi deat for the Information or of direct- ing the secretary of war to furnish it and the other su indulgence by n few senators In combient en (he werits of the case. Mr. Spoouer, who opened the dis- cussion, took the ground that in mat- fers where congress had an absolute right to informition in the possession of the executive it bad always been customary to direct a cabinet officer to furnish it. In matters where it had not this right and in which there was some doubt about the advisability of publicity, congress usually made a re- quest upon the president If It desired the Information, with the undegstand- ing that it should be furnished “if pot incompatible with the public interest" This view was supported also by Mr. Foraker, while Mr. Lodge guoted prec- edents to the contrary. To lay the foundation for a discus sion of this point Mr. Carter observed that “it had been alleged and not de nied” that the troops in question had committad murder Ju Texas This brought Mr. Foraker to his feet with an emphatic disclaimer. This allega- tion bad been denied, he kaid, and much evidence adduced to support the denial, “Well™ continned Mr. Carter, “it has been alleged and not denied that there was a disturbance participated in by the troops. "= “That, too, has been denied,” assert- od Mr, Foraker; “Well” again began Mr. Carter, “it has Deen alleged and not denied that there was a disturbance.’ Mr. Tillman interrupted to say he bad read ju the morning papers “an al. sged report” from the secretary of war la which that official “had alleg- ed” there wid a disturbance and that ten to twenty of the troops “had shot up the town of Brownsville, Tex.” Ar. Foraker hére prodoced a printed copy of testimouy In the case which be had ebtalued at the war depart ment, extracts of which be read to show, as be said, that it was “unsatis- factory, Incomplete and. of a flimsy character’ and that no Jury “in Christendow’ would convict under it. Ar. Carter finally secured opportuni ty to Baksh the point, which was In support of calling on the president for the jaformation. This was emphasized by Mr, Penrose, who ald be bad In- troduced his resolutions in the interest of a lavge negro constituency in Penn- syivania and bad addressed i to the presidest becanse the action had been by the president, and he regarded it as & matter of courtesy to ask him for the information. He also stated that it lad seemingly been agreed among senators that both resolutions should be adopted. Mr. Foriker read at length the tes- timony furnished by the war depart. ment. He sald it appesred that murs der, mbsprison of felony and perjury bad been committed by some one— three crimes, for the punishment of apy one of which the constitution se- roréd to every man the right of trial before punishment. He Aid not regard It from the standpoint of mce question. The right of the president to dismiss a man from the army was also involy- od. If he could dismiss a man he cotild dismiss & company, 8 regiment, 8 brigade and, in fact, on the saule theory, the whole army. Mr. Foraker admitted, at the suggestion of Mr. Warren, that (Le president under the faw: had tie right fo Increase or de crease the army within cerfaln maxi- mum and minimum Hmits. i Durisg the debate the report was ‘current among senators that the pres. dent felt it would be a matter of cour féay if the resolution shonid be ad. sed to Limself. : 1 Seumtor Morgan (Ala) devoted two hours to the discussion of his resolu- tion fo secure the congrol of the Papa. i ma milroad by the Istumiag canal "§ cofnmission, No detlon was ken, “A termi of six years for the president and the vice president of the United Stites was proposed by Senator Cul Jom in a joist resolution Jutroduced in the senate and bouse providing for an | amendment to the constitution. The fisheries and has excited great inter est throughout the lake And ocean ship- ping sections of the country. The result of the vote wis a surprise to the friends of the measure, whe openly charged its defeat to the Amer: lean Federation of Labor. HOLDS NEGROES INNOCENT. Gliehrist Stewart, Prominent Colored Lawyer, Has Report For President. NEW YORK, Dec, T=Declaring that his [uvestigntion exonerates every one of the men in the three conipanies of begro soldiers of the Twenty fAfth lo- fantry, recently dismissed from the army for shooting up the town of Brownsville, Tex, Gilchrist Stewart has returned here from Fort Reno, Tex, srthed with a mass of affidavits bristling, he says, with facts that ab solutely controvert the reports of ar wy officials “The facts are astounding.” sakl Ar. Stewart. “Innocent wen have been made to suffer becatse of the prejudice of the army officers who conducied the inquiry into the rald on Browns ville. “My report will be sent to the presi dent, 8a he requested, 1 feel sure that be will reopen the matter when Le be comes acquainted with its contents.” Mr. Stewart is a negro of proml- nence. lle is an active member of the Republican party and went to Texas for the Constitutional league. His report consists largely of aff- davits of citizens and members of the three negro companies ordered dis- honorably dismissed by the president, “My report will show,” sald Stewart, “that it was physically Impossible for the wen iu the battalion to have been on a raid In the town and also to have | responded to the call to arms and the | roll call in the time they did. “Why, the shooting in the town was still going on at the very moment when {he companies were formlbg and the meu were upswering to thelr names. “One of the generals detailed to make the fuvestigation into the raid showed that he was prejudiced against the eol- ored troops.” LYNN FACTORIES BURN, Beller Explosion Started Big Cone Sagration; Loss, $430,000. LYNN, Mass, Dec, T—A boller ex. plotion in the four story factory of the FP. J. Harney Shoe company at West Lynn destroyed the (factory, Started a fire which swept aver sev: eral acres, burning three other faetory bulldings, tac Boston and Maine rail road station and a number of small dwellings, besides causing injuries to eleven persons. That there was no loss of lire is attributed to the fact that the explosion occurred just be. fore the time for the factory operatives to begin work. The fire raged for more than lwo hours and whel It was finally controlled had caused Auancial loss estimated at $450,000, partially covered by Insurance, The burned bulldings were: P. J. Har- uey Shoe company, Tufts & Friedman Boston and Maine West Lynn rallroad station, Jacobson & Jacobs Leather Stock company, M. J. Whortley Shoe company, R. Y. Russell, shoe manufac turer, and six dwellings, all small wooden structures. The explosion was terrific. [is force burst the four machinery loaded floors of the Harney factory and lifted the roof. The wreckage spread outward, shattering the walls of nearby struc- tures apd aiding the spread of the fBames, despite a Leavy storm of snow and sleet that covered roofs and bam percd the firemen (0 the streets, Japs Killed Were Casght Redhanded WABHINGTON, Dec. T.-"The Japa- nese pelagle sealing fleet which operat. ed in Bering sea during the summer consisted of at least sixteen vassels, each of which carried a crew of thirty men, aud from five 10 seven small boats for sealing. Tt was only when the crews of the schooners lauded or attempted to land on the islands of the Pribllof group that the United States agents were able to make arrests, and the twelve captured belonged to par tiex that were caught redhanded and were attempting te escape arrest’ These sinlements ure made in a report to Secretary Metcalf by Edwin W. Sims, exsolicitor of the department of commerce and labor, What Big Warships Ceast. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.1 cost $10 004.740 to keep the ships of Uncle Bam's navy In commission during the past fiscal year, according to the an. nual report of Paymaster General H. T. B. Harris. Tle battleship Ohlo was {lie most expensive craft, for it cost to put ber In commission nid Keep Ler in service for the twelve months $714,245 The armored cruiser Colorado war nlso a costly ship, $524,007 having beel ex. pended upon her during the fiscal year. Admiral Sehiey’s old fagship, the Brooklyn, cost 5300 X10 to keep In com. Suleide Mei Death In Suvi. NEW YORK, Ded 7.—Misy the Ro twenty-four years om A private jasits. = ee "EVENING, FEARFOR POPE'S LIFE AMERICAY CHURCHMEY HONORED. Threats Agaiast Life of Ills Holiness and Bomb Lately Exploded In St, Peter's Alarm His Ad visers at Rome, ROME, Dec. T.=Pope Pins, fearing Assassication at the hands of the an- archists who have been sending him death threats and who recently explod- ed a bomb in St. Peter's, dil not hold the public consistory be had announced. It was not wholly bis own danger that the pontiff considered, however. He thought of the thousands from all parts of the world who would be as- sembled In the great cathedral of St Peter's fo witness the wonderful cere mony and of the panic and death to many that would likely follow an at- tack on his holiness. He accordingly canceled all his plans for a public ceremony, but held a pri- vite consistory, at which he conferred the red Liat on Cardips! Samwassa of Hungary. The cardinal, owing to lilness, went through the ceremony with difficulty, The feebleness of Cardinal Sammassa was (he official prefext for not holdiug the public consistory, but later, It was asseried, the fear of the pope's assassl- nation was the real cause, Aside from conferring the red hat on Cardinal Sammassa, at the private con- sistory the pentif preconized elghty- four -bishops, including the Most Rev. James H. Bleak as archbishop of New Orleans, Right Rev. 1. 8. Walsh as bishop of Portland, Me,; Mgr. John B. Morris as coadjutor bishop of Little Rock, Ark.; Mgr. Giluseppl Aversa, papal delegate in Cuba, us archbishop | of Sardi; Most Rev. R. McDonald, for- | wer bishop of Harbor Grace, New-! foundisnd, as archbishop of Gortyna; | Right Rev. J. March as bishop of Har. | CHARLATAN AT ¢ TO 2 New Orleans Feature Result a Sure prise to Crowd of Race Goers. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 7.—A muddy track at the Fair grounds made the racing an uncertain propositicn. Fa- vorites lost in every event except one. Race goers had the right line in the firit race. According to them, there was nothing to it but Mortiboy, and the Goldblatt colt went to the post a strong even money favorite. He got away well and, holding well to the pace until the last furlong was reach- ed, came away and wou handily from Spion. Duchess of Montibello was a good third. Summaries: First Race. —Mortiboy, first: Spion, secofid; Duchess of Moatibello, third Second Race—Daring. first: Pinstick. er, second; French Nun, third, Third Race. —Blackburn, first: Bert- mont, second; Monere, third, Fourth Race—Charlatan, first; St Valentine, second; Lady Ellison. third Fifth Race.—Reflued, first; Quince, second; Grace George, third Sixth Race. —-Abe Meyer, first: Bitter Hand, second; Dargin, third. Stilicho at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. T-An ideal day drew a large crowd at the Ascot park to see Stiliche win the bandicap feature of the racing, Sugar Mald at 20 to 1. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.—Three favorites won at Oakland. The last race furnished a surprise in Sugar Maid, 20 to 1 FAILED TO REACH PEAK. Miss Anna §. Peck, Well Known Mountain Climber, In New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 7—Miés Anna S. Peck, the well known mountain climb- er, has arrived on the Trent from Kiugston, Jamaica, after spending six months exploring the mountains of Pern, = On two occasions she tried but falled an altitude of 2500 feet The firal ascent was made early in as archbishop of Halifax, sud Right { Utude of 17.500 feet five Indians lu the Rev, W. McDonald bishop of Alexan. | PTY drank six quarts of alcohol, Er : i which was for use iu a stove. After Ada, i Seta Load siguificant ap seintments | that they fancied they were going to Enis a ny be turned iuto stone linages, and, do were those of ten new French bishops, | what she could, Miss Peck ould not which were meade without any opposl i persuade them to go on » . . iF u tion on the part of the French govern On a second attempt a month later when the party was at an altitude of 18,00 feet her Tmilians again refused {to go on unless she doubled their pay. | Misa I'eck refused to accede and ape pealedd to her two South American In his allocation the pope said that every day the increasingly sad storm of vicissitudes Is beating down on the church, Involving great misery. Cop- tinuing, the pontiff said: | companions to go on with Ler, but More than ever now the church can | they refused, and she was compelled be compared with a ship buffeted by |, 0100000 the attempt, the waves in the midst of the ocean, but our falth does not vacillate in the! : Britain's Attitude Is Mands Of, least. ludeed, we are more than ever | [GNNON, Dec. 7.~Great Britain has sustained by our belief In the effica- | made kuown to France and Spain Ler cious assistance of Christ, who when | wor, approval of their joint naval the time 10 succor us comes will rise | wilitary demonstration at Tan- and dod command the wind aud sea to | gier and the purpose of Great Britain go down so that the perfect tranquillity | i, ontinue ber attitude of “hands off” 0 much desired will beam on us” while France and Spain are carryiog The greatest comfort of Catholicism, | out the spirit of the Algeciras conven- a comfort which 1s confounding the | yo, Owing to Great Britain having coemy, the pope added, was the “ein: | ,,, 1urpest colony and the most ex- gular concord which prevails through. tensive commerce in Morocco, It was out the episcopacy, so fully united 10 | yojioved that British warships might us. May God make all Catholics con: | co-operate with those of France and form to these most brilliant examples | gain jy the eventuality of British of their pastors and follow thelr dl: | gubjects or property belug threateued, rections. This jmposes a sacred duty | jut poreign Secretary Grey has dis- on the Christian profession which Is tinctly made it known that since Great cnphasized by the presemt needs of | Britain had 1 nized France's para. religion~namely, that where (alludiog | nount positiuu «1 Morocee In Teturn fo France) there Is hostility sgalnst | . prance's re vgnition of Great Brit the church the people there should be | alu's paramount position In Egypt, urged to proceed with compact | Great Britain will leave the protection streogth, and in those reglons (aliud. | ing to Spain) where hostility is threat. | eiied Catholics should generously sink all personal animosity and dissenslons Grenfell and Rice Named. and neglect no means permitted by the | LONDON, Dec. 7 laws and by the Curistian conscience | Lond Desborough (Willlam Henry to overcome the evil” | Grenfell) is among the latest mention: {od as possible appointees to the Brit- Six Year Term For Presideat, Ish embassy at Washington. Lond CHICAGO, Dac. 7. ~The National {| Desborough, who was born In 1835, Is Business league adopted and forwarded | a noted Rocky mountain hunter, oars. to Senator Cullomn and Representative | man and anthor and popular among Lowden of this state for Introduction { Americans. He entertalned the Har in the senate and the house n resolu: | vard crew when they visited England tion fixing the presidential term at six | this year. Mr, Spring Rice, now min. years. It Is asserted In the resolution | tster at Teheran, 1s also reinstated that uo wan who shall Lave served a | among the possibilities. Bix year term shall be eligible for re election. It ix asserted hy the mem | bers of the league that the elections | LOUISVILLE, Ky. Dec. 7.--Aaron every four years disturb bmsluess too | Kohn, representing 100) dalry men, much, - , { against whom chargés were brought | under the pure food law of feeling Patrick to Sue For Pardon. | Swill to cattle, pleaded guilty for Lis NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—It was sald | Clients aud accepted a suspended sen- here that Albert T. Patrick, who Is un | (one of $100 flue amd a jail sentence der sentence of death In Sing Sing pris- | ,¢ fifty days agaist each defendant. on for the murder of William M. Rice, The fine aml Jail sentence will be an- the Texas caplinlist, bad secretly pre- {1100 ouly on condition that the dairy pared an application fo Governor Hig | yen clean thelr premises hy April 1 glus for x pardon. According to re {and quit feeding swill to cattle ports, Patrick turned from Lis attitude of resolute refusal to seek mercy only Morocco to France and Spain. A Handred Dalrymen Fined. Ex-Seevetary Bagwell Free, inlaw. The case Is hefore the United | Bagwell, formerly secretary to Judge States supreme court, Alton B. Parker, Democratic candi date for president in 1904, was re Huge Railway Land Grab Deal | CHARGES AGAINST A LAND OFFICE. tn —— PRICE ONE CE Saturday nderwear Our underwesr sale conlinves Saturday and Monday. The asx ments ars getting low and co ord — Government Wants fo { Recover Large Tracts. BALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 7—It is re ported that scandals in high places, criminal prosecutions and suits by the! United States government to recover lands worth hundreds of millions of dollars are now certain to result from lovestigations coucerning the relations of the Harriman and Gould rallroads to the coal ludustry of the west. Testimony of a startling nature |s sald to bave been taken before the Interstate commerce commission at Omaha, Denver and Salt Lake City before the present bearing at Salt Lake City began and which has since been, suppressed by order of the commission. It was the purpose of this testitoony to show that the Uunlon Pacific rail road and the Rio Grande Western ac quired thousands of acres of valuable, coal lands from the government by ir! regular meaus, Already the govern- ment has sued fo recover part of this! land, and still other and more impor tant proceediugs are to come, which, it Is belleved, will lead to ome of thel greatest Jegal battles in which the gov i ernment has ever cugaged " : Witnesses have clinrged the general! laud office and Sepators Warren and Clark of Wyoming with complicity in Wyoming land frauds, and wuch of the most important testimony regani ing the illegal acquisition of land by you would save A +5 ; Men's $1 Lentadowns fleece, 75¢. rr 1 50¢ Sani y fleece 33c. | en's H. 6 isxible fleece 508 3 Ladies’ 50c fleece lined union suits 30¢, Ladies $1.00 wool finish union suits Adc. : Ladies’ $1.00 Lackawanna mills wool suits 70c¢. . Cotton Blankets 10-4 grey or white 48e. 10-4 grey or white 58¢. 10-4 extra 8c. * 11-4 grey or white 85¢. - [1-4 grey or white, extra 11-47extra heavy, large $1 12-4 grey or white $ 50. 12-4 extra heavy $1.75. Not Fairy Tales But Facts The abive are last season's val- vance of onto Tay passat a vance of cottons. were nearly two 820 by] the Bersas ton store direct from the mills, Clark, superintendent of the Union Pa. cific’s malo subsidiary coal company. Among the withesses was Epecial investigation under Secretary Hitcheock., Me declared that after he had unearthed the land frauds Senator Warren had warned him that Le had incurred the enmity of the Union Pa cific amd tried to Induce him to stop the Investigation aud leave the state We make a specialty of useful gilte, and invite your attention 16 our lines. It will be i ' have them rly before (tho middle of the week, but promise a far better line than scason, and shall appreciate a | from you. as his inquiries wight bring about the) defeal of Senator Clark. Refusing to] yleld, he was suspended and afterward | Some Suggestions | Fine Line of linen sets, lunch In addition the revelations have led! i ) i ) & to the finding of several indictments | 1ODS. ’ by a grand jury at Salt Lake They | doilies, Japanese drawn ha Include, It 12 said, charges against the] linen, Hundreds of Styles of : general lawl office and two United | kerchiefs, Hand Bis. Wrist bags, States senators, which, it Is sald, fnflu-| Silk Waistings, d Wi enced President Roosevelt to recom-| Roman Strips Silks, China mend that the government coal lands| Habutai Silks, Peau de chene, be permanently withdrawn from settle {de chens, Scarfin Sa ment Neckwear— from 5 to $1.25. Bryan Glves Message Faint Pralse. Waisti s Boxed 3 LINCOLN, Neb, Dec, 7.—-Comment | kerchiefs, Boxed RB in ; lug on President Roosevelt's message, | Towels, Gloves, Um . Silk kirts Sates W. J. Bryan said there was much that | skirts, Hetherbloom was good aud much that was bad in| gkirts, White skirts, Corset Covers, ’ It, but it may be regarded as the pres | ete, ele. dent's most important state paper. & Boxed Ruching Mr. Bryan says: “The message con-| tains much that Is democratic nnd for which the general public may well : Two yards of Ruching neatly bax- : ed for 25¢c. Six yards of Tourist Ruching neatly boxed for 25¢. : thank him. It contains some things that ought to arouse severe criticism, The president boldly appropriates some of the doctrines which the Democrats have beeu advocating, and, on the oth-| er hand, he announces some ittine = . which are so absun! as to excite amusement If the suggestions wie New P aids from a less prominent source.” : A pretty line subdued styles : tirely new for To New line for - New Plaid Silks 3 Roman Stripe Waistings ete, ele. Red Dress Goods We are headquarters for | Dress Goods. At least & dog weaves in {his r sh For International Peace Pact. TORONTO, Dec. 7. — The Mainte here with the election of the following Louls, reelected; first vice president, W. B. Lowe, Kingston, Ont; second vice president, J, WW. Davenport, San- ford, N. C.; secretary treasurer, C. B. Boyle, St. Louls, tesolutions were adopted and ordered sent to President Roosevelt and King Edward looking ar for the forming of an International = aT wad tribunal of peace between Great Brit. | Prices guaranteed to be a Tow alu and the United States and the|OWer than city prices. The Scran- limitation of armament. ton store is abreast with fi hon 8 latest {ads and we pass them on Mead-om Colilalon at Meriden, Coun. | you, : MERIDEN, Coun, In aj head-on” collision of =n and} Dec. 7. freight ———— were Injured, and it is thought that | two of the crew are burled under the | wreckage, One of the freight cars caught fire, and a fire company was | ALLEY "PRONE W. T. GAREY, JUSTIGEUVITHE Talmadge Block, Elmer Ava, Vv. PARIS, Dec. 7.—-Mme. Emile Zola bas formally applied to the courts for permission to confer ber busband’s | name on the three children bora as a result of her husband's intimacy with Mme. Roserot, which was revealed during the Dreyfus affair. The ebll- Weunld Give Them Zola's Name. | Preparing to Revelve Gillette. AUBURN, N. Y., Dec. 7—Quarters in Auburn prison are being prepared for Chester Gillette, who on Tuesday was convicted aot Herkimer for the murder of hls sweetheart, Grace | Brown, A cot and a chalr were placed | in cell No. 2 of tlie corridor set apart death in the eleetric chair. The last | occupant of cell No, 2 was an Italian | of Buffalo who was electrocuted about | & year ago, ot of Living Advanced, SEW KE, Dec. 7~The cost of Ny- lag has advabect almost $2 within a un & weary articles SE leased from the charge of bigamy iu the distriet court of La Batte count) Neither of Bagwell'y alleged wives ap peared agalost hime, Bagwell was ar rested] two months ngo ln New York Explosion Killed Three Miners, WILKESBARRE, a, Dec. T-An colliery of the Delaware, Lackawanna anil Western Coal company, a few miles sonth of this cliy, results) in the jury by burnlgg of eight others “Ship Carpeater a Saleide. KIXGETON, N. Y. Dec. 7, Levi salckle at his home at Port Ewen by ling. T pon for his act was es dren are belug reared by Mme. Zola Feudists Pardoned by Board. board commuted the death senledces of Jesse and Milton Rawlins to life im. They are sous of the Rev Rawlings, who was hanged on ednesday for killing the children of had a feud Carnegie to Give Queen's $100,000, ADKINSTOWN, Ont, Dec, 7. Prin Andrew Carnegle has promised $100000 to Queen's univer $500,000 when the $400,000 required oad | (OFFICE |§ (ROOM §, M.P, A, BUILDING, , | Telephone ;246y, £ . oY a, : « ) ! i }