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Austin Statesman.
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TRAVKMNO AGENTS.
Maj. J. S. Crawford.
H. A. Keilly.
The above gentlemen nre our only nn-
Jlinrized traveling agent. The public is
fBUtioned not to pay money to any one
who may represent him or themselves
as traveling agents fr thin pnper. ns nil
autlmrlty heretofore issued to any other
fK-raon ia hereby revoked.
M. Cumile Flniiiiiitirion says the re-
cent spot on the huh measures SIMMs') kil-
ometer or ).1HI0 miles in circumfer-
ence and thiit the whole terrestiiil globe
would eusily disupeiir iu its center.
The rlinrtcr of "Greater New York
City" ia hanging fire in the legiidiitiire.
The republican of that body nre Is'gin-
ning to regnrd it iih n red hot stove with
which it will not do to meddle or handle
too quickly. They prefer letting it cool
oft" at lenMt until Iloss I'lntt who iN now
in Florida but who ban been recalled
returns to New York and Riven his ad-
vice on the Hubject. Mr. Platt'a re-election
to the United States Heiiale did not
free hi in from the duties of a local polit-
ical bOHH. '
.
A manufacturer of steel plows at York
I'o. Mr. A. K. Ka;'quhar says that he
in wiling Mtcel plows at a good profit in
foreign countries and iu competition with
"pauper labor." This is either a lie nut
of whole cloth or the republican party
lina been lying iilxiut the necessity of a
high protective tariff to protect the Amer-
ica a workingman from competition with
the pauper labor of KuroiM. We would
lict that Mr. Farquhnr is telling the truth
about It and that Oie republican party
has becu lying about It.
Hacked by the somite committee on
naval affairs Secretary Herbert has of-
fered the manufacturers of steel plating
for ironclad vessels $100 u ton or noth-
ing. The government stands ready to
erect a steel armor plant at a cost of $1-
fiOO.OOO iu the event that the tiiunufuct-
nrers refuse the price offered. Fortunate-
ly for the manufacturers that question is
settled by the dissolution of the icon anil
si eel trusts mid the fall of steel rails
from $25 a ton to $17 a ton. I'mler the
indications made by the price of stivl
rails $(00 a ton is too much for armor
pluting.
We Is'lieve it was Diogenes who lived
in a tub ami Mug ii sirotis of finding an
honest man and mid-day not giving
enough light for the purpose lighted a
candle to hunt for one. The twine thing
will have to lie resorted to by Senator
l.exow'a committee to find a mcnils-r of
a trust who knows anything nlxmt a
trust. The Havemeyers Henries and Ar-
buckles H'iucipals of the sugar ami coffee
trusts have been under the cross-examination
ot l.exow'a committee in New-
York but all of them Jwtray an igno-
rauce alsMit trusts in general mid their
own in imrticular that a contumacious
Toldier has on the subject of his "pals."
Light a rnndlc senator turn on the gas
and electric lights and take advantage
of a full-orbed mid-day sun and ht-
hnps you may find a mciiilier of n trust
who knows something alMWt the trust he
is cunucoted with or the men who lire
associated with him and when you find
hint be will make a fortune in a dime
niiweimi.
The present postmaster general the
Hon. William Wilson of West Virginia
lias received a very high nnd distinguish-
ed promotion. He leaves the cabinet
to fill the place vacated some years since
by the death of (!en. Robert K. I At' the
chancellorship of the Washington and
Iee University at Icxington Va. There
is ui greater honor that could lie con-
ferred upon any man than that of tilling
a position once held by lien. I.ce. Un-
less the position itself was highly honor-
able that distinguished southerner would
never have filled it but having filled it
it is doubly honored nnd it honors any
man no matter who be is that succeeds
to it. .
We know of no man more worthy cf
this distinguished honor than William
Wilson. We bid him remember whom
he succeeds and whose former place he
is filling and let bim bear himself ac-
cordingly. We kuow he will do so and
we know also that the very fact that
be is assumiug the responsibilities that
(Jen. Lee considered worthy of his no-
ble mind pure heart and clean hands
will animate him to discharge those re-
sponsibilities to the very best of his
abilities which arc extraordinary al-
though be is so unassuming and unos-
tentatious. A long and happy life to the
distinguished new chancellor of the
Washington and Lee University.
PRINCE BISMARCK'S "THEORET-
ICAL AND ACADEMIC"
OPINIONS.
The New York World publishes a letter
from its Loudon correspondent Ballard
Smith who succeeded in obtaining an in-
terview and uu expression of an opinion
from Prince Bismarck through his son-in-luw
Count Rantzan. on the arbitration
treaty between the United States and
Great Britain although this opinion was
qualified as the prince desired it to be
understood that the opinion was "theo-
retical and academic."
The opiuion la so vague that Prince
Bismarck need not have qualified it more
than it was qualified as a pretense to an
opinion which was practically no opinion
lit nil. Boiled down and cleared of the
frilfrols with which the World publishes
its own enterprise in obtaining it the
opinion has but two points and neither of
them is by any means salient or con-
sistent. The prince says the accomplish-
ment of this international treaty "proves
how humanity has advanced" and "is to
be applauded for that reason if for no
other." But from the other part of this
opinion would be gathered the idea that
it gives no evidence of the advancement
of Immunity for Prince Bismurck pro-
ceeds to depreciate the iniortance of the
treaty by saying that "there is no law
court to enforce the trenty" and that
"no statesman in the world is so powerful
as to be able to command the. voice of
the people iii certain emergencies" and
fiirthrr that "no arbitration treaties will
ever succeed iu abolishing war .is the sole
menus of settlement of n dispute when
the whole future of a nation is Is-lievcil
by its people to depend upon the way the
issue is settled."
It seems from this that Prince Bis-
marck does not regard the consummation
of uny treaty us an evidence of "how hu-
manity has udvnnced." for he says the
emergency may occur in which "no states-
man can control the voice of ihe people"
or that arbitration treaties will succeed
in abolishing war when "the people think
war is the sole way to settle the dispute"
and this analyzed means that Prince
Bismarck would not give the snap of his
linger or the paper a treaty is written on
for a treaty with the purpose of abolish-
ing war when the interests of u pie
contlict with keeping the treaty in good
faith.
The platitudes iu which Prince Bis-
marck indulges nre true in one sense.
A trenty would have very little influence
in staying the hand of the iron chancellor
if it stood iu the way of any purpose he
might entertain. Although Prince Bis-
murck regards nn arbitration treuty be-
tween two great nations as n gossnmer
ugaiust the dnugcrs of war he forgets
that there are nations peoples anil states-
men who regnrd national honor as a bul-
wark against the betrayal of a trust. He
forgets that as far ns these two great
nations are concerned the honor of a sov
ereignty of a jM'ople is involved iu keep
ing the treaty ami protesting against us-
saults on its inviolability. A tnnty of
international arbitration may have no sig-
nilicancy in tho school of polities of which
Prince Bismarck is a graduate but there
nre other schools in which good faith be
tween nations is the evidence of an educa-
tion iu international polity nnd grn ltintcs
from such n school will suffer the loss
of nnything but honor before they will
violate a treaty entered into in all good
faith between two nations of a common
ancestry n common freedom a common
language anil a common literature ns well
as a common religion the latter of which
is founded on good faith.
AUSTIN WEEKLY STATESMAN. THURSDAY FEIiKCARY I8.i.l
was a disavowal of any knowledge of the
location of the books.
"They have been lost sight of. said th
witness! "They were obsolete and ot no
Use "
The inquiry showed that they alone con-
tained the figures showing the mnasL
from $fl.oOOW to S43.WJU.tiOU of th cap-
ital stock and they together "
the minutes and records of the old tru. i
1 1ST IEHI.
THE LEXOW COMMITTEE STILL
PROBING INTO THE SUOAlt
BUSINESS.
Some of Them Mere Lost While the
Director Would Not Permit Others
to Be Taken Searles Says the
Inquiry Is Unfair. . :
NO SPECIAL HURRY ABOUT THE
llltlll SCHOOL Bl ILDINO.
Is there any pressing need for imme
diate action on the question of securing
a public high school building? If Austin
has been able to do nil these years with
the makeshift she now uses for a high
school building does it not seem there
should be no unseemly haste in selecting
a site for a new building just now when
the city has not a cent to expend for
such a building? But if we had money
and there were the great pressing need
there scents to be have the board of
tehool trustees exhausted all available
ocations iu their quest for u suitable
place to erect the building? Have they
asked for bids on suitable ground or is
this Turner hull proposition the only one
the lionrd have received?
Think of the mngivrliccnt high school
building tialvcston bus nnd yet that city
does not claim to have n better system
of public schools than has Austin. Should
we le content after all these years of
weary waiting and hoping to now have
a very mediocre building put up to be
ailed Austin's high school? We think
not. We Mievo the people of our city
want to see the public free schools the
very best in Texas. And we believe just
as they want to see the University the
greatest in the south just so do they
want when they do build n high school.
to have it quoted us an honor to our
Capital city. The gentlemen of the school
hoard can not make haste too slowly iu
dividing where to place Austin's high
school uud how big and well to buHd it.
INEQUALITIES OF TAXATION.
Last Wednesday's Statesman contain
ed an execeedingly important contribu
tion on the subject of savings bunks nnd
luxation nlxmt which we have been
rather surprised that we have not re
ceived further communications. The
article in question instanced the city of
Glasgow whose savings bunk had de-
posits amounting to over $10000000
while the population of the city is only
SO0.0W. And the pertiuent inquiry was
made why should not Austin with rela-
tive populution have ou deposit in a
savings bank collected from the poor
classes $000000? The answer made was
two-fold because of the more extrava-
gant habits of our people and secondly
because of our pernicious laws. And in
this connection it was pointed out that
in Glasgow city taxoa were levied ouly
on real estnje and pcrsounl property was
exempt; and this on the ground that "the
poor man's life is as valuable as the
rich niau's and atter life is protected
Xew Y'ork Feb. 15. John E. Searles
secretary and treasurer of the American
Sugar Refining company and his lawyer
John K. Parsons were present today
when the joint legislative committee in-
vestigating trusts resumed its sessions.
As the latter took a seat he drew from
his coat pocket a bulky package of docu
ments.
"Are those the missing documents Sen-
ator Lexow wants?" asked a reporter.
"Does Senutor Lexow himself know
what documents he wonts?' Mr. Parsons
replied with a broad smile.
John E. Post a coffee nnd ten broker
was the first witness examined by the
committee today. M: Post said he rep-
resented the firms of Moltenhauer and
B. H. Howell refiners. He admitted that
competition between the Moltenhauer
and Howell companies was curried on In
his office though he was the recognized
agent of the companies mentioned.
"There nre times when those refiners
do not want to sell and hence the com-
petition of which I spi nk."
Asked as to the output of the sugar
companies be said it reached 15000 tons
annually.
Asked if the profits of the concerns
jointly reached $12000000 or $1400000f)
annually witness said he doubted the
accuracy of the figures quoted nnd finally
said that his owu estimate was l-.'l of a
cent a Kund last year.
Senator Iiexow was evidently displeased
with the reply given by the witness and
asked the stenographer to read the ques-
tion. This wus done and Senator Lexow
sternly said:
"Now Mr. Post answer and don't
beat around the bush."
"I am not heating around the bush"
retorted the witness with much heat.
Asked nlswt the relations of Molten-
hauer and Howell to the American Sugar
Refining company Mr. Post said he knew
aboKlutcly nothing about the affairs of
the sugar company.
"Is it not a fact that you compete with
the Amoricnn Sugar Refining company
in the matter of prices?" asked the chair-
man. "It happens in some grades every day
through the various brokers here and
not with the company." the witness said.
The witness said the profit to the
wholesaler on refined sugar was IMt!
cents per Mund and added that if his
company realized 1-S of a cent per- pound
profit on refined sugar it would be per-
fectly content with the transaction.
Witness said he knows nothing of the
extent of the annual output of the Ameri-
can Refining company. 1
"Don't you fix the price of the raw ma-
teria IV"
"No: the market -of the whole world
would have to do that."
"Is it not a fact that factors get 3-10
of a cent rebate when the refiner does
not make 1-4 of it cent?" Senator Lexow
usked.
"That is so" the witness replied.
In reply to another question he said
the National cnmpnny'M capacity was 1SSS
barrels a day. and that the value of the
property was about $100000. The equal-
ity rate book fixing prices and freights
was the same in the management of his
concern as iu the American Sugar Re-
fining company.
Senator Lexow handed the witness an
equality liook sent from Kentucky and
the witness read the book but said it
did not fix the price of sugar but only
contained rules governing freight rates.
"Yon do not seem to know much about
your business; if yon do you won't tell"
snid Senator Lexow.
"I am not n wholesale grocer and know-
pothing of their rules." retorted the wit-
ness. "The Wholesale Urocers' associa-
tion was not started in the interest of
the refineries. It was started liecauso the
buyers wanted to make a little profit on
sugar and not sell it at a loss."
John K. Seniles then took the stand.
The witness nduiittcd that the margin of
profit lM'tween raw and refined sugar had
increased during the last three years.
The questioning continued along this line
and an effort was made to elicit .from
Mr. Searles his knowledge of the effect
of the formation of the sugar trust upon
the trade and product of the refineries
which were not iu the consolidation.
Mr. Searles. however stated that he
had no knowledge of the affairs of com-
panies outside the American.
Senator Lexow changed his inquiry to
another direction and brought out the
information that during the past year the
I i recti Poiut refinery one in Louisiana
the Continental in Boston and the De
Castro were closed nnd that the purchase
of the United States Refiuinc company's
plant in Camden was in contemplation
bv the American Sugar Refining company.
'"Well what in the world causes you
to contemplate the purchase of the United
States Sugar Refining company nt Cam-
den." exclaimed Mr. taxow. "when you
do not use 00 per cent of your refineries
now '!''
"We may lie able to utilize that prop-
erty for the interest of the company"
was the calm reply.
He did not think that the acquisition
by the conamny of additional factories
tended in the direction of crippling com-
petition on the sugar market.
"How much money does the American
Sugar Refining company pay annually to
maintain the nnworked factories?"
"I have no figures to answer that ques-
tion. It enters into the cxpeuso account
of the company."
Mr. Searles admitted however that
whatever plants have been acquired have
lieon competing plants. The witness was
then questioned nt considerable length
as to the organization of the sugar trust.
As the result of many questions Mr.
Searles snid he did not know the exact
number of security holders in the orici-
nal company. There were now over 0000.
The reason the public did not get a ihanee
to buy stocks was because the corpora-
tion was owned by private gentlemen be-
fore the consolidation.
At this juncture a recess was taken.
On resuming. Mr. Searles denied having
anv dealings with the originators of the
Wholesale Grocers association but ad-
mitted having an agreement with the fac-
tors on freight rates in specified territory
lie asserted that the American Sugar Re-
finine eomnnnv had nothing to do with the
process formulated by any other sugar
Senator Lexow questioned Mr. Searles
ss to the whereabouts of the certificate
books of the original company inerepiy
nre gone.
Senator Lexow then inquired if -Mr.
Searles had with him the minute book ot
the sugar trust.
"I have not" replied the witness. 'The
.lirnntnro " l. fnnt inlled. "declined tO per
mit nw to nresent them here. I have no
nower in the matter."
Mr. Searles snid the book was ;u the
office of the company in Xew Jersey
nominally in bis custody but actually m
possession of one of the clerks.
Senator Lexow snid the committer
would proceed against the directors who
nfWtrdincr trt tho teutimnnv of the Wit-
ness refused to make the minute liook of
the company available and added that the
whole board of directors would be sum
moned and made to produce the book.
Mr. Searles volHliteered the. information
that the sugar product in Cuba had dwin
dled from 1.000.000 tons two years ngo
to a.iO.000 tons Inst year and also tnat
the price of foreign sugar was controlled
in the London market.
"Is the increase of large corporations
a disadvantage to the working men?" was
asked.
"Xo. sir." was the reply. "If we had
less legislation we would be lietter off
If you make laws that will invite capi
tal to the state instead of driving it away
it would lie an advantage. But so long
ns investigations like this are fomented
it is unsafe anil uncertain nnd makes enp-
itnl net on the defensive ns though it
were the enemy of the working men.
There was n law far hiirher than the leg
islative than the state of New York the
law of supply nnd demand thnt controls
nil these things which no trust however
uig is ante to control.
Mr. Searles tliontrht it unfair to nrobi
into the minor workincs of any comimnv
conducting n legitimate business and have
the facts pa railed liefore the com puny'
Mr. Searles promised to produce the tiir
tires of profits for the five years preceding
ami succeeding tne iormittion of the trust
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning to which
Hour un adjournment was taken .
SUITED HIM EXACTLY.
Col. (irc-sham on the Galveston
Western Decision.
a nd
Galveston. Tex.. Feb. 15. (Special.)-
l.ol. Walter Gresham attorney for the
Galveston and Western was shown the
dispatch giving the supreme court de-
cision iu the case of thut road today.
"That is just the ground I took exact-
ly the ground." said he. ns he read: 'The
city had no authority to impose that con
dition and it was void.'
"The case is at nn end. There can be
no appeal by the city. We nre going to
work now to consummate the article of
consolidation heretofore made between
the Galveston nnd Western and the Gal
vesron i.a 1'orte nnu Houston. e were
before the council tonight with n proo-
sition to connect our tracks which is
merely a preliminary measure that thev
may net on nt the next regular meeting."
THE TEXAS EXPECTED TODAY.
At Midnight Last Xight She Was Not
isible at Galveston.
Galveston Tex. Feb. 15. (Suecial.)
At midnight the battleship Texas hud not
apiieared in Galveston waters. The pilot
bout and the revenue cutter went out dur-
ing the morning. The pilot boat went to
lierfonn her regular duties of placing pi-
lots aboard anything that eame up. The
revenue cutter went cruising for the bat-
tleship and got not even a glimpse of the
wniie ficsiroyer. Mie was back at uer
dock at 0 o'clock.
dipt. Glass iu his latest telegram said
tie exM'cted to sail on the Oth nnd make
the trip m about four dnvs. He stiu-teil
on the night of the 8th or the morning of
me inn ami today will nave been out
seven days from New Y'ork here.
As Secretary Herbert in his letter to
tne Galveston committee snid that he had
ordered the battleship to he here by the
lMh it is not unlikely that today her
great white hull will be seen growing
up iroin tne misty Horizon. ('01111111; nenrer
nnd nearer to the great state whoso name
sue Dears.
DUESTROW HANGS TODAY
Unless Governor Stephens Interferes
which is .Not Thought Probable.
St. Louis Feb. 15. Unless Oorncnnr
Stephens should intereft re. a eontinyen.
cy which is not thought possible Arthur
lMiesirow win lie hanged tomorrow at
Union. Mo. between the hours of 11
and 1l
It had been intended to conduct the
execution nt a very early hour but as
some hopes a reprieve still linger with
the attorneys (if the condemned man
the sheriff of Franklin coiintv Ion .1 twirl.
ed to allow plenty of time for the gov-
ernor to net if he should u-isli t. .t.
The scaffold is so constructed that Dnes-
trow will have to pass upon the street
n reacn it. 1 nion is crowded with
visitors anxious for n glimpse nt the
prisoner nnd the demniid for tickets to
witness the execution has been grout.
i.ess tnnn hmj persons will be allowed in
the inclosure.'
BERMUDA SUSriCIONED.
Washington. Feb. 15. The secretary of
the treasury has instructed the collector
ot customs lit l'hil.'idelplua to withhold
clearance papers trom the alleged fili-
busterer Bermuda which was preparing
10 leave.
AN AGED SUICIDE.
William Henry Harrison Took Strychnine
at Denison.
Denison. Tex. Feb. 15. I Special.)
William Henry Harrison aged 11 bout 7S
years died at 10 o clock last night at the
residence of his son-in-law E. P. Cor-
liett of this city. Mr. Harrison had
been in Denison n little more than n
week. He was a widower nnd lived
with his children there being two oth-
ers besides .Mrs. Corltott. He asked for
a cup and took n dose of strychnine
which caused his death. Mrs. Corliett
noticed that her father was in a failing
condition but he assured her that there
was nothing serious affecting him. Later
a physician was summoned who recog-
nized the symptoms of poison. Search
resulted iu the finding of un envelope
such as is commonly used by druggists
tor put-up powders.
BELIEVED SHE WAS MURDERED.
au rraucisco I-cb. l.. A strange
story has reached here from Mazatlnn
Mexico cocerning the mysterious death
two months ngo of Mrs. William Her-
maims loe Mexican police believe thnt
she wns murdered by her husband. 8
wealthy resident in a fit of drunken
mauness. ine .'inzanan omccrs say
that since the finding of the dend wom-
an's body with evidence of strychuine
poisoning the discovery has been kept
secret in the hone that the murderer
might be captured. It is said thnt Her
manns who claims to be a Harvard
graduate lived in Portland Ore. Spo
kane and an Irancisco and thnt his
wife was a laiitornia gin who had been
on the stage. Hermanus is now sup-
posed to bo in Xew York.
. -.r .iHTinii'o nliniTlll I
offices.
G1BLS IN STORES .
factories re peculiarly
or
PEACE TREATY
1"" ' - - . .vrLMI
TO DELAY TILL At
MARCH 4.
jt.aiM. snectal1
rhC
duties their buu -
atantlv on their feet.
those wno ' v " . - iy-
those yvno - - w to perform their
1 IS DOOMED Often they are una 8PintenM
When the first
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IT...... Pnniniittce n
Discussed by tne -
foinagc-The Three Friend Case
Was Arsued Before Ihe Su-
preme Court Yesterday.
1 TV orbitra-
Washington. I eh. U T
tion treuty was not presscu v .
would press 1 c
lation except appiui-'" .
.it. t intend to have it stand in the
"
symptoms present
themselves such as
backache pains is.
groins bad ;
ache dizziness 1
faintness.
swelled
blues
etc.
they
iv of appropriation bills.
should at one
writ Mrs.
Pinkham at
Ltbb Mass. stating symptoms; aha
Jm -ii am exactly wnab m
m the meantime tne y wm
relief inLydia a. 'ZttJZ
" .. c L ' -m not make a motion Compouna w-.-
. ... iu h.r. from anv aruggisv-
postpone the treat. - - Pinkh AM :-I am st
stood that sue a nn u n . T0U lor what your Con
11 s '" '1 who are has denote me. Forlouryear
oi;:;: '" . ; ;!!. of course vote Tiered such Paina from ovarian
opposid to tilt l.u d dreadful weak.
- with other of'the liwbs tenderness and burn
business together with the who want n? paln in the g roma Pn Jhe
more consideration of the treaty will itan(ling or walking and greased
vote the same way. It is the desire 0. m during meniirua"""
Ki...m.n to have a vote as tic anli Worrhnea. 1 weigneu uu. .
does not feel that he should consent to and was advised to use yout
put the treaty over without testing the Vegetable Compound which I did. I
use of the senate. o one now ue- ((lt the benefit belore 1 naa m..
licves that there is any Hope 01 a uin-ci of one Dottle. 1 conunueu uoiuB w
vote on the treaty at Ihis session. onj u n!is entirely cured me. 1 liavl
The earlv part of the executive session lVwn troubled with leucorrfeor-a foi
today was occupied by Senator Morgan mnntis. and now I weigh 115 pounds."
.. . . . .. .t I.! I .1 I ' . m CnAU
who talked 111 support 01 m Ln.t.IH IlABTSOS UlusmuKi
to abrogate the ( layton-Kiilwer treat.
There is little prospect of a vole on this
resolution at this session.
Nearly all the afternoon was consumed
in discussion on the nomination of Hon.
K. Y. Davis to be district attorney of
1'olorudo.
Co. Michijan. Boi9.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.
Washington. Feb. l.'i. The house com
mit lee on coinage today again took up the
discussion of the bill tor an international
monetary conference. The proceedings
were begun by Representative llartnian
of Montana a member of the committee
who urged that action should be taken ns
soon as possible 011 the bill iu view of
the approaching death of the 1 illy-
fourth congress.
' Representative Fowler of New Jersey
n member ot the hanking committee
spoke in opiwsilioit to the projected con-
terelice.
.Mr. Brewster of New York moved that
the committee adjourn for one week
which was taken to be an effort 111 the
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CURES AND TREVENTS
Colds Coughs Sore Tbront. Influenza
Bronchitis rneumonia Swelling
of the Joints Lumbago
Inflammations.
IlUJUi
direction of postponing action until the Frostbites Chilblains. Headache Tooth-
next congress.
Mr. llartnian urged that n vote be
taken lit once. Several members of the
house asked to be allowed to speak on
the question.
Mr. Fowler announced that he was on-
noscd to uny conference. Mr. Fnirchild
of New York snid he would vote for the
bill and Mr. Brewster of New York thut
lie would vote against it a ml the com
mittee adjourned until tomorrow.
THE THREE FRIENDS CASE
Argued Before the Supreme Court Yes-
terday I tpinion Reserved.
Washington. Feb. l.". The 1'nited
States supreme court today heard argu-
ment in the case of the 1'nited States vs.
the Steamer Three Friends on the motion
of the attorney general for a certiorari
to the circuit court of appeals for the
Fifth circuit to bring the case to the su
premo court the steamer having been
libelled for condemnation on the
of violating the neutrality laws controll-
ing the relations between the United
Suites nnd Spain.
Assistant Attorney (ieneral Whitney
made the first argument for the govern-
ment. He began by discussing the ques-
tion briefly nnd discussed at. lenvth iln.
question of recognition of billigereiicy. He
i-Ainaiiieii 1 ue eiioct 01 tne act nf 1S77
the use of the words "coloiiv district or
lienple." He said it was clear that the
steamer had been eipiipiied to be employ-
ed against the Spanish authorities bv the
Cuban insurgents.
. llallett Phillips and W. A. Cockrell
appeared for the owner of Ihe Three
Friends.
Attorney (ieneral Harmon closed for
the government. He said that while the
Cuban insurrection hail not shown itself
to be strong enough to warrant the
recognition of lielligerency. still there had
been sufficient recognition that a stale of
war existed. So far as formal recognition
was concerned he claimed that the insur-
gents were better off without it.
He closed with an appeal for the ob-
servance of the neutrality laws ami
urged that congress had provided aljiin-
(hint means for their enforcement
At the conclusion of Mr. Harmon's nr-
gument the court adjourned without an-
iiomicing any opinion until the first Mon-
day 111 March.
Justice Brown read the decision of the
court 111 the eases of the Cnite.l States
vs. the W inona and St. I'eter INiu'i .
and the Winona i St. Peter Lni .
pany. and the Fniled States vs. the Si. X
City and St. Paul Railway involving
land grants of those companies. The 1 '
cisi in the courts Ih-Iow had all been
in favor of the companies and th(. V"
promo court affirmed then 11 i 2
opinion. '"l
. The court in nnother opinion in f...K.
involving!!. Winona company held he
pre-emption claims til.nl '. 7"'..
pnny's claims were valid "
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NOMINATIONS.
Washington Feb. i.-.Thc Kel. in
executive session Pslay confirm.-d the fol
lowing nominations: 1
John Y. Ostran.l.-r of Alaska to be
commissioner for the district of Ala-ka
Con of Engineers-Lieut. Col 1 .
Smith to ho colonel; Maj A ( V.';' .
be lieutenant colonel; alJ tJnf ?
Iointneiits.
A CRAVE MISTAKE.
State Authorities "Have No Jurisdiction
Over roreujri Consuls.
Isngai. the Turkish consul it '. "u
Saturday night have m 1" 1 '"'n' h.Mt
take and must undo tl h '.n"-
im awful. The TiiriiJh Vvl" h ar
Mustnpha R'yaVMgVwXhe
department a protest skuiLi It ' uu'
ngs. and wh I. the I Trt '"Vr"!-
lookin. UD .uthoriti'.Kudyinl gj
PARKER'S .
HAIR BALSAM
ClMnief nd Inotiflet tha hlf.
Never Pslli to Beat ore any
"it mi lis luuuuui volar.
Iiua tulp dimuei & hair falling.
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BRASS BAND
Initrnnienta Drama Uniforms Eanio-
tamtf for Bauds and Drnm Corn. Low-
"t priCM ererqnoted. Fine Oatalnr.
t illustrations wa.ffiiree- itgim Bum
Music 4 Instrnct'nsfnr AaiatearBind.
1.YOH A IIKAI.Y
' V.O.
cohl itJM ?rwu Practically
concluded that the arrest was illegal.
oiPl' lawi 'xl1;'ss'.v provides that a for-
ZcnUJ T K tri(d on'y ndep federal
process and lcfnt. a federal court. Hi?
HiZL'.S!'111!? l11 Prosecution like ft
p omatic olhcer but he hns this prm-
himuw 1? f". " tho '"formation in the
this h itlu' (lJ'In.'-tnient of state show
tnis lias been denied him;
ATTORNEY ARRESTED.
Kmisas City. Feb. 15.-Prosecutiug At-
eveni'L .'.''k V Lowo wns ""te tU
ri iJ?Mh"'w'd with wntempt in barb
T.V'T ;inoHtion asked bf
t an "'isotion of police if-
his Z 1 .Kl""ns Ci-V- Mr. Lowe
"im a writ of habeas
A STRANGE CASE.
1 nstol. Tc1.11. Keb. 13-The bodies of
T nn u- y wifp of Surgeo-fUle.
ri v n r' T?m?1 itom th Hotatoue
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hen T n.n'i'-''t fire t0 "nte an.
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ffff marrying itt
of Or id. ' Jl a npar reiaiw
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