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RUSSIANS IN
ubeat peril
Tlioronglily Whipped; Be
treat Absolutely Neces-
sary; Line Is Now
Threatened.
FL PASS IS BOMBARDED
Position is Vital To Snccessfnl
Removal of Rnssian Army
From City of Xnkden.
To Tie Pass.
MAY HAVE TO SURRENDER
Mukden at noon yeBterday was still
occupied by the Russians. Fu pass,
12 miles to the eastward and on the
Hun river, a vital point for General
Kuropatkln in the retreat of his east-
ern wing, was bombarded by Japanese
for an hour early In the day, the Rus-
sian artillery replying vigorously. The
outcome at this point seems to be in
doubt. A windstorm of hurricane fury
was in progress during,the day.
No reports from the Commander-in-
chief later than Wednesday have
been given out at St Petersburg.
Associated Press dispatches from
Mukden Indicate that a considerable
Japanese force is well north of the
city of Mukden and that the railway
upon which depends so" much for the
Russian army is seriously threatened,
if Indeed it has not already been cut.
forces from the northwest In antieipa
tion of a night attack.
The Russian forces In the district
of Tsuanvanche. north of Mukden sta-
tion, rested under arms through the
night. Shortly before dawn a large
Japanese force approached the Sea
ratizer regiment. This regiment al-
lowed the Japanese to approach to
within 200 paces and then discharged
a volley from their rifles and opened
on them with quick-firing guns, sim-
ply mowing down the Japanese, who
were repulsed.
Among the prisoners brought in on
Wednesday were a number of privates
in new uniforms, who were from the
recently organised Japanese division
of reserves.
There is reason to believe that an-
other division Is being landed in the
northern part of Korea for the pur-
pose of making a demonstration
against Vladivostok. On Wednesday
there were furious attacks northwest
of Mukden against the villages of
Santaitse. Eranshistun, Ushuntun.
These attacks were repulsed.
The wind today attained a hurricane
force. Soldiers are oovered with mud
and dirt, so that their faces are
scarcely recognizable. General Kuro-
patkln and his staff is In little better
plight.
Civilians are streaming northward
out of Mukden.
Tenth Day of Awful
Struggle Has Passed.
Mukden. March 9.—(4 a. m.)*—Mid-
night closed the tenth day of the Ti
tanlc struggle for possession of Muk
den and the mastery of the great em-
pire, the tenth day of unceasing con-
flict, under erplodlng shrapnel, the
roar of cannon and the whistling of
bullets, the tenth day without sleep
and without food. The combat is fast
reaching a point where It Is a question
not so much of turning columns, tac
tics and strategy as whose strength,
energy and cartridges will last the
longest.
Gray coated Russians, patient un-
complaining, strong of soul, clung dog-
gedly to positions against an enemy
whose atacks go to the very point of
insanity and desperation. For 48
hours the Japanese have not eaten.
They are starving and exhausted, but
Field Marshal Oyama himself has told
them that the city will fall and the
slaughter stop Friday and their confi-
dence in their leader has Increased
their strength tenfold.
On Wednesday when the Russians
took Ushuntun, a few dozen Japanese
clung to the thick walled temple and
refused all overtures to surrender.
Cannon were brought up and breached
the walls, but the courage of the de-
fenders continued under fire.
Finally when the defense was hope-
less they blew themselves skyward
with the ruins of the temple. One sur-
vivor, rather than surrender, threw
himself into a atone well and perished
And yet the rank and file and inferior
leaders, stern in their sense of duty,
are as unsparing, themselves, as of
the men whom they lead to death
Stern Oyama drives bis troops
northward to encircle the city. With
every fresh flanking movement the
iron band closes nearer the railroad
and under this menace the first and
third armies were forced last night to
abandon the mighty fortifications of
the Shakbe river, give up impregnable
Poutlloff hill and retire to the line of
the Hun river.
Today the Japanese are pushing
their columns north and northeast
bombarding Tillages which' are keys
of the defense and hurling the men,
some of them veterans of years of
campaigning and others middle aged
reserves fresh from Japan, against
the Russian'positions. Often they are
repulsed and sometimes they master
the advanced line, but at enormous
cost.
Individuals and small parties have
reached the railroad, cut the telegraph
the damages were quickly repaired and
the perpetrators usually killed or
wounded.
Around the village of Pachlatsu
there raged a fierce struggle.
A veteran regiment of Imperial rifles
distinguished Itself especially, mem-
bers earning 8t. George crosses time
and again in supporting and rescuing
raw regiments.
Lieutenant Colonel Satsopokt, a
brilliant and beloved officer, would not
surrender, and waa killed at Pachiatzu.
Another of the dead Is Prince Mark-
et!, commander of the same regiment.
Uneasily sleeps Mukden tonight. In
the main street lamps bum dimply.
Along dark roads in the heavy dust ar
marching columns. The cool night is
full of the low rustle of movement.
Near the station In over-filled hospi-
tals, are heard low groans. The wound-
ed arrive in a never-ceasing stream of
carts, and another stream of ambu-
lances moves northward, for a place
must be cleared for today's victims.
The eternal pipes whisper above the
tombs of the Chinese emperors. In
the fields watch fires are burning The
sky is lighted with the glare of hors-
ing stores and evacuated villages.
The forces sre gathering for today’s
fight.
8t. Petersburg
'Still Without News.
8t. Petersburg, March 9.—(10:36
m.)—St. Petersburg this morning
knows little njore of the outcome of
the battle of Mukden than It knew
Wednesday night and little more of
the fate of Kuropatkln’s beaten army.
It is not even known whether the rail-
road has been cut and communica-
tions destroyed, though it is believed
that the reported destruction of the
line by General Oku’s army refers to
the damage inflicted on Wednesday,
which was not serious, though traffic
waa twice interrupted. It la evident,
however, that the Japanese are press-
ing closer to the Indispensable line
of retreat. Their shells occasionally
cut wires of telegraph lines parallel-
ing the railroad, the linemen display-
ing no less bravery than their soldier
associates by climbing poles and re-
placing the wires under fire.
The most important news received
from Russian sources Is the Associat-
ed Press Information that the Jap-
anese have already reached the Hun
river. Fu pass Is only twelve miles
east of Mukden and well westward of
General Linevltch’s line of retreat.
Whether the extreme Russian left has
already succeeded In retiring behind
the Hun river and moving down the
north bank of that stream to join
hands with Kuropatkln’s main force
Is not stated, but It Is extremely
probable, unless the Russians are
able to defend the crossing at Fu pass.
General Rennenkampff’s corps and
perhaps additional forces will be cut
off and have to shift for thepiselves
in the mountainous region north of
Fuahun. against expeditionary forces
of Japanese, which are reported from
Chinese sources to be. racing toward
Tie pass.
The censor allows no word to pass,
but It was stated here yesterday that
Kuropatkln had been for some time
assembling a force of reserves at Tie
pass and Harbin with this eventuality
In view, to defend the pass and po-
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EL PASO, TEXAS 8KDAY, MARCH •», '90S
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HEAD OFFICERS
President Stone of Engi
neers’ Brotherhood Says
Subway Strike Is Unau-
thorized by That Body.
BROKE UNION’S RULES
Men In Walking: Out, Raptured
Contract Entered into With
Interborongh Officials
Last September.
MEN NOT DISCOURAGED
COLLEGIATE DEBATE.
COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA AND
CORNELL CONTEST TONIGHT.
Ths Debate le a Three-Cornered
League Arrangement Two Teams of
Each University contesting, Taking
Converse Sides—Railroad Rate Leg-
islation Will Be Theme.
Itbaca, N. Y., March 9.—The first
debates between Cornell university,
the University of Pennsylvania and
Columbia university under the trian-
gular league agreement takes place
tomorrow night. The plan is a novel
one that has never been tried before.
It provides for three simutlaneous de-
bates, one at each of the three uni-
versities. The subject of debate Is
the same In all three contests, and
is embraced In the following
"Resolved, That the Interstate com-
merce commission should be vested
with authority, after full hearing of
any formal complaint, to prescribe the
wires and dislodged a few rails, but maximum reasonable and equitable
Japanese Bombarding
Bridge at Fu Pass.
Mukden, March 9.—The Japanese
are bombarding a bridge at Fu
At present the Japanese are
ill»*
railroad rates to be substituted for
those found unreasonable or discrim-
inative; the order of the commission,
unless suspended by writ of injunction
of a United States circuit court, to
become operative at the expiration of
thirty days’ notice to the carrier, and
to continue in force thereafter, unless
suspended by order of a federal
court.”
Cornell supports the negative side
the argument In the debate here
with Pennsylvania, while a second
Cornell team upholds the affirmative
in a debate with Columbia at New
York. At Philadelphia a second Co-
lumtha team supports the negative
side in a debate with a second team
representing the University of Penn-
sylvania.
Much Interest is manifested In the
debate here. The judges are Gen.
Horatio C. King, John Brlsben Wal-
ker and W. W. Goodrich, ex-justice
of the New York supreme court.
KINEALY’S SUBSTITUTE.
Missouri. Senate. Votes. Down. New
Pool Selling BIIL
Jefferson City, Mo , March 7— By a
vote of 18 to 14 the senate today, fol-
lowing the report of the criminal
jurisprudence committee, refused to
approve the substitute bill ordered by
Senator Kinealy of St, Louis, which
authorizes bookmaking and pool sell-
tog at the race tracks fifteen days
each year. Kinealy wanted his substi-
te to take the place of a ninety
" bill urged by the Elm Ridge
City.
New York, Mareh 9.—The most in-
teresting development In the subway
and elevated railway strike in New
York wag the stand taken by some of
the national labor leaders in repudiat-
ing the action of local loaders, who
.ordered and are conducting the strike.
The first Intimation the public had
that the strike was not endorsed by
the national unions came In the state-
ment from Grand Chief Warren Stone
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, to which the motormen be-
long.
Stone Insisted that the strike wag a
violation of the laws of the national
union, the men having broken their
contract with the Interborough com-
pany. He ordered the men to report
for dqty, failing which, expulsion from
the organization was threatened.
Following is the statement of Grand
Chief Stone of the Brotherhood of Lo-
motive Engineers:
"The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers has no differences between
its organization and the Interborough
company at the present time tb;t
could not be adjusted In a proper man-
ner.
"The present strike now going on
by men claiming to represent the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
is in direct violation of our laws. It
Is not recognized nor will it be sup-
ported by our organization. The con-
tract entered into in September, 1904,
between the Interborough company
and the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers we recognize to be as bind-
ing today as It was when signed, and
loyal members of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers are instructed
to at once report for duty and com-
ply with the terms of agreement
Members refusing to do so may be
expelled from membership In our or
ganizatlon.
"It has been reported to me that
many of our members have been mis-
led In the statements that the grand
officers had given consent to this
strike. This is not correct. No re-
quest was made nor granted, nor were
officers of the Brotherhood of Loco-
motive Engineers consulted In the
present situation.
“This 1b the first time In the his-
tory of the brotherhood that our mem-
bers have repudiated their agreement
with any railroad.
“Labor organizations must keep
their igreements Inviolable if they ex-
pect to succeed. Had our laws been
compiled with conditions, as they now
appear, could not exist on the lines
of the Interborough company.”
W. D. Mahon, president of the Amal-
gamated Association of Street Elec-
tric Railway Employes, and Timothy
Healy, president of the International
Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen,
also issued statements similar in
tenor.
William C. Jencks, head of the local
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
APP1D Via illr) nnl eo/inimlon Ql/wta’o
press and McDowell, all owners of big
stables and well known horses, will
not be allowed to race on Western
Jockey club tracks this summer.
The general opinion expressed by
horsemen to Chicago is that this sum-
mer Chicago will see a repetition of
the Garfield park Incident of 12 years
ago and that all the track* in the vi-
cinity of the city will be compelled to
close their gates.
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MISSOURI DEADLOCK SPLIT.
1 ■
Seven Votaa Fall Away From Nied-
ringhaus.
Jefferson City, Mo„ March 7.—The
expected break to the senatorial dead-
lock came todtqr When the joint ses-
sion took Its thirty-ninth ballot, five
of the member* cnanglng from Nie.1
ringhaus to Congressman Richard
Baltholdt of Bt.fSXMl*, tow to Major
Warner of Ktnsgs City and two to R.
C, Kerens. The ballot resulted: Cock-
rcjl 178, Nied ringhaus 57, Kerens 17,
McKinley 5, Bartholdt 5, Warner 2,
Dyer 1, L, H. Uwis t.
The fortieth ballot showed no
changes. The joint assembly then ad
i:;SJi*,K,VT.t'’NECANAL ‘'OMISSION MEETS
ringhaus forces, today, and declare
.tfca
their confidence, that they can gather
together the scattering votes for
Kerens. NiedrtoihauB, the republican
caucus nominee, has now lost a total of
thirty votes.
Rear Admiral Harris Retiree.
Washington, D. fo., March 8.~Rcar
Admiral H, T. B. Harris, paymaster
general of the navy, will be placed on
the retired list tomorrow, having
reached the age limit of 62 years pre-
scribed for active service.
EXTRADITION OF CLOSE.
Papers Issued for Men Under Arreet
In Vera Cruz.
City of Mexico. March 7.—The
American embassy lias received word
from the foreignOffice that the extra-
dltlon of H. C. Close has been granted.
Close has been under arrest In Vera
Cruz since January last. He was
charged with the embezzlement of
*16,000 from a firm of New York pho-
tographers.
Another oil wall has been struck by
the company operating at El Ouguas,
in the state of Vera Cruz. This is
the second well that has been struck
within the locality within the last
month. The oil la paraffine.
NO HASTE ABOUT
FINAL DECISION
Whether Or Not Pan&iha
Canal Is to Be
Sea Level Wa-
terway.
5 YEARS HENCE WILL 1)0
Same Preliminary Work Will
Have to Be Done for Dock
System as for Sea
Level Affair.
CONGRESS OF MOTHERS
—A-
FORMAL OPENING IN WASHING-
TON, D. C., THIS EVENING.
—ir-
More Than 600 Driagates Hava Al-
ready Arrived, and it It Expected
That 1,000 in All Will Attend—Elab
orate Program Arranged for Six
Daye Which Convention Will Bo
Section.
declared he did not recognize Stone’s
statement as having any Influence up-
on him or upon the strike.
“Stone cannot dictate to me," said
Jenks. “Shall he tell whether we
shatl have supper or not? The men
were ordered out and are out, and
will stay out until the strike Is won
Things are going beautifully and pros-
pects were never brighter for us since
the strike was begun,”
Jencks made this statement in the
midst of a group of strikers, who
cheered him loudly when they heard
his words.
Harry Johnson, secretary of the
local union of locomotive engineers, in
an interview, supported Jencks, say-
ing that the men would not go back
to work until they had won their
point, the local union having sufficient
money to carry on a strike without
aid from the national union. So far,
he said, none of the striker* had de-
serted, while dozens of strike break-
ers had quit and have been sent home
by the local union.
The Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electrical Railway Em-
ployes and the Brotherhood of Loco-
motive Engineers have Issued a joint
statement at strike headquarters In
which they declare that Warren B.
Stone did not Issue any statement to
them this afternoon, ordering them to
return to work and declaring that the
national body was not In sympathy
with their strike. The statement con-
tinues that the strike has Just begun:
that the men will fight to the bitter
end and that they are confident of
winning.
Washington, D. C„ March 9.—The
triennial convention of the National
Congress of Mothers meets tomorrow
evening for a week’s session at the
Metropolitan Methodist church. More
than BOO delegates have arrived and
entertainment has boon arranged tor
T,000. The president, Mrs, Frederick
Schaff of Philadelphia, and practical-
ly all the officers and advisory conn
ell arrived In the city this morning.
At the formal opening the visitors
will be welcomed by Hon. H. B, Mc-
Farland, commissioner of the District
of Columbia.
The program arranged for the en
suing six days promises unusual fea
tur.es, and relates to subjects of vital
Importance to children and to the
home. An international day will in-
clude the consideration of conditions
affecting children in other lands, and
will be presented by foreign dele-
gates. President Roosevelt will ad
dress the congress, and a reception
will be given by Mrs. Roosevelt at
the white house. Senator Fred T. Du-
Bois of Idaho is among the scheduled
speakers. The names of a number of
other prominent men and women are
also on the program. A number of
sessions will be demoted to the con-
ference of workers. Not the least In-
teresting feature of, the gathering Is
a model nursery and an exhibition of
literature recommended by the con-
gress.
NO HOME RULE.
LORD ROSEBERRV ADDRESSES
LONDON LIBERAL CLUB.
WESTERN JOCKEY CLUB.
Stewards Blacklist Several Prominent
Race Horse Owners.
Chicago, March 7.—Rome Respess,
Edward Corrigan, T. C. McDowell and
Captain 8. 8. Brown, all prominent
race horse owners, have been black-
listed at a meeting of the Western
Jockey dob stewards, according to
a statement made by one of the offi-
cials of the Western Jockey club to-
night.
The ruling by toe Jockey chib
means that Corrigan, Brown, Bee-
Says That No Wloo Statesman Will
Inflict a Dual Govornmsnt Upon a
People,—Cites Several Recent Lib-
eral Humiliations of Great Britain.
"■niwdema •
London, March St.—The question of
home rule for Ireland was the prin-
cipal feature of a speech of-Lord Rose-
berry -before the City of London Lib-
eral club.
Hi« lordship said that while the lib-
eral party sympathized with Ireland
and was willing to proceed along lines
of reform, there Is one thing to which
no wire dalesman ever will expose a
country, namely, the curse of dual
government.
“We have sufficient warnings In the
example* of Norway and Sweden, and
Austria and Hungary, to avoid the
peril of having a vulture gnawing at
our very vitals." '?>
Jtord Roseberry said that after Brit-
ish ships had been ordered from
Hurt Arthur by Kwwt* and sent to
Venezuela at the behest of Germany,
Britons had little further humiliation
to expect at the brads of a liberal
government. If th# nberal govern-
ment were called upon to renew the
Aaglo-Japanere alliance be had little
doubt that It would be signed gladly.
Washington, March 9.—-There is au-
thority tor the statement that the ques-
tion as to whether the Isthmian canal
shall be made a sea level water way
Or constructed on the look system Is
one that need not be determined at
the outset qf the work.
In fact, it is stated that the work
could progress for live years or more
before this matter would be decided
and without in any way retarding the
progress of construction or causing
any delay.
Explanation is made in this connec-
tion that the same work would be re-
quired for the early stage of a sea
level canal that would be necessary In
the construction of a 66-toot cut, or In
other words, that the same excavation
work would be required tor one as for
the other. Thus, ample time would be
given for the most exhaustive consid-
eration of the subject and for
thorough study of all engineering
problems involved before determin-
ing upon the character of the water-
way.
While It Is not a necessary legisla-
tive question yet. decision to adopt
the sea level plan would mean that
much larger sum would be required
the construction of the project
and congress would be called upon tor
further authorization, thus indirectly
bringing the question of a sea level
canal before the legislative branch of
the government.
The executive and commission have
under consideration strong recom-
mendations in favor of a sea level
canal.
vines, educators and Y. M. C. A
workers of this and other states. The
homes of Fond du Itao have been
thrown open to the visitors and elab
orato entertainment provided for
them. ■ ' rara
MINISTER RECEIVES SENTENCE.
Fifteen Month*’ Imprisonment for
Pension Law Violation,
Knoxville, Tenn. March 7.—Rev
Benjamin W. Ashley, a minister of
the Christian church, residing near
Newport, Tenn., was given a sentence
of fifteen months In the penitentiary
In the federal court today for violat-
ing the pension law, In investigating
bis case a pension examiner discov-
ered that he was a bigamist.
For Murder of Infant Son.
Ottawa, Ont, March 9.—The cabinet
having declined to recommend any In-
terference with the sentence, the exe-
cution of Alexander Martin will take
place at Toronto tomorrow, In accord-
ance with the decree of the court. Mar-
tin’s crime was the murder of his In-
fant son by drowning In the bay at
Coatsworth, Ont., August 3. 1904.
PLAGUE IN INDIA.
DEATHS LAST WEEK REACHED
THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND.
Thl* Is Said to Bo Not Unprecedented.
Within Lest Few Years Oer Three
Million Deaths Hove Occurred.—le
Spreading Rapidly In 8plte of Pre-
caution*.
Canal Commission
Hold* Regular Meeting.
New York, March 9,—The regular
bi-weekly meeting of the Isthmian
canal commission was held at the of-
fice of the Panama Railroad company
today. All commissioners attended,
except Maj. Gen. George W. Davis,
who Is now at Panama.
According t o Rear Admiral John
G Walker, chairman of the commis-
sion, the matter of contracts for sup-
plies was not taken up openly, only
routine matters being considered, Ad
mlral Walker was shown a dispatch
from Washington which stated that
he probably would not bo retained as
a member of the commission and that,
radical changes were contemplated bjr
the administration. The admiral de
dined to discuss the matter.
NEW SCHEME SHOWN.
COMPACT BETWEEN RAILWAYS
AND STANDARD OIL.
When Latter Had Completed It* Pipe
Lines, Railroad* Raised Tariff on
Oil to the Exclusion of Independent
Shipper* and Received 10 Cent* Per
Barrel on Oil Transported Through
Pipe Lines,
Topeka, Kan., March 9.—In the
hearing of the rebate suit against the
8anta Fe, former Attorney General
Monett of Ohio Introduced a letter
purporting to come from a former em-
ploye of the Standard Oil company at
Joplin, Mo.
The missive alleges that upon the
completion of the Standard Oil com-
pany’s pipe lines an agreement was
entered Into between the Standard
and the Santa Fe, Missouri Pacific,
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway,
and possibly others, whereby the tar-
iff tor transportation of oil over these
railway lines should be placed at an
exorbitant and prohibitive figure*.
The railways were to profit from this
transaction through the distribution
among the railways at ten cents on
every barrel of oil run through the
Standard’s pipe line.
This made It impossible for Inde-
pendent companies to ahlp oil and had
the effect at eliminating competition
to the Standard Oil company. The
theory is that the Standard made the
producer stand this expense by re-
during the price of crude petroleum
corresponding to the amount paid the
railways.
Calcutta, March 9.—Deaths from
plague' last week numbered 34,060.
Statistics show that deaths from bu-
bonic plague In India within a few
years has reached nearly three mil-
loti.
In 1903 the mortality In India from
plague alone were 850,000. The num-
ber of deaths recorded last week I*
not unprecedented.
The infection recently spread to
Burmah, where It Is making rapid
strides. This season of the year al*
wajfs favors Its spread. The Indian
government I* making every effort to
eradicate It, destroying by burning
Whole sections of towns and segregat-
ing the Inhabitants. But owing to the
climate and sanitary condition of out-
lying districts and native sections of
the towns It Is difficult to cope with
the epidemic, which breaks out con-
tinually at fresh points.
Deaths are said to he ninety per
cent of those Infected. As a result of
the plague, the labor supply for man
iifuoturlng centers has B«r}oualy do
predated.
PRICE FIVE CENTO,
NO INTENTION
TO SUPPRESS
State Department Issues
Statement Anent Agree-
ment With San-
to Domingo.
THE PUBLIC KNEW FIRST
Before Official Advices Were
Received, Press Dispatches
Had Announced Sign-
ing of Document.
AGREEMENT IS APPROVED
SENATOR BATE DEAD.
SENIOR SENATOR FROM TENNES-
SEE SUCCUMBS.
After Long and Valient 8ervlce for
HI* State and Nation In the Uupper
House of the National Legislature,
Thl* Man of Sturdy Intellect Pates*
Away.
Wisconsin Y. M. C. A.
Fond du f-ac, Wls;, March 9,—The
Wisconsin Y. M. C. A., will tomorrow
celebrated It* thirtieth anniversary
with the largest annual convention In
the history of the state organization.
The gathering will be formally open-
ed tomorrow morning in the First
Congregational church and the ses-
sion* will continue through Sunday.
The roll call will show a full attend-
ance of delegate* from each of the lo-
cal and college organization* through-
out Wisconsin. In addition to listen-
ing to officers' report* and discussing
plan* for the future of the association
work the convention will hear ad-
dress by a number of prominent dl-
Washington, March 9,—United
State* Senator William Brlmagc Bate,
of Tennessee, ex-governor of Ills state,
died here suddenly today a* a result
of a deranged heart, superinduced by
an aggravated attack of pneumonia.
Senator Bate was one of the best
known members of the upper house
and had represented his state In the
senate since 1887, having just been
re-elected for another term and having
taken the oath of office for six more
years only last Saturday.
Senator Bate had the reputation of
5, m,,st honest lawmaker In
Washington. He would not even use
a frank for sending a telegram, Is said
to have never ridden on a railroad
pass, and, although a veteran of the
Mexican war, would not accept a pen-
sion on the grounds that be did not
need It and that no man should take
pension unless It, was necessary to
help sustain life in a proper manner.
The deceased was 78 years of age.
He was a major general In the con-
federate army and was the ranking of-
ficer of the Confederacy in congress
The senator had a brilliant record as
a soldier. He had many Harrow es-
cape* from death and was once rid-
ing on horseback by the side of his
brother when the latter was struck by
" shell, fell from his horse and died.
Senator Bate was born at Castilian
Spring, Tenn.. October 7. 1826, and
In his younger days was a steamhaot
clerk on the Mississippi river. At the
outbreak of the Mexican war he en-
listed and served throughout the con-
flict as a private in the Louisiana and
Tennessee regiment*. On his return
Irom the war he was elected to the
Tennessee legislature and afterward
entered the Lebanon law school, from
which he graduated In 1852. begin-
ning his practice at Gallatin.
In 1854 ho was elected district at-
torney of the Nashville district, which
position he filled for six years. In
1860 he was a presidential elector on
the Breckenrldge-Jtalnc ticket.
At the outbreak of the war of se-
cession he enlisted as a private on
the Confederate side and rapidly rose
through all the grades to the position
of major general, receiving three dan-
gerous wound* during the war.
After the war he resumed the prac-
tice of law. opening an office at Nash-
ville, to 1868 he was a delegate to the
National democratic convention and
was a member of the National demo-
cratic executive committee from that
time for the next twelve years.
In 1876 he was a presidential elec-
tor for the second time and In 1883
he was elected governor of the state,
which position be filled for two terms,
retiring In 1886, and being elected a
senator In 1887, which position he has
filled continuously ever glnde that
time.
Washington, March 9.—The secre-
tary of state conversing with a press
representative today made a state-
ment as to the facta regarding nego-
tiation* with Santo Domingo. Ho de-
nted that the department of state had
known of the existence of the agree-
ment -of January 21st prior to its an-
nouncement in the public press that
such au instrument had been signed
at Santo Domingo city.
This agreement was signed at that
time tor the purpose of meeting the
requirements of certain political con-
(litIons at Santo Domingo to avert fur*
ther disorders and bloodshed.
The action of our representative In
this respect was approved. N' pur-
pose of putting either the agreement
of January 21st or the protocol now
boforG the aenate into practical opera*
tkm without submitting It to the sen-
ate tor approval waB ever entertained,
considered pr discussed.
The Republican leaders in the sen-
ate stm lack the assurance of the
full support of their party in the sen-
ate, but on the other hand have re-
ceived Intimations that a few votes
msv be secured from the Democratic
side of the chamber. The Republican
senators who do not>». their com-
plete assent base tfii.. opposition to
the Ireaty largely upon the ground
thnl it may prove a precedent In the
future. They concede that conditions
In Santo Domingo are peculiarly ex-
asperating and agree that some relief
appears necessary, but on the other
hand they say any step now contem-
plated may bo used In the future as
Justification for a simitar move In a
case In which the demaud Is not so
pressing, To meet these objections
if has been suggested that a resolu-
tion might bo adopted by the senate
at the same time that a vote Is taken
upon the treaty which would set forth
the conditions In Santo Domingo and
declare the opinion of tho senate that
the action In the present Instance la
Intended t stand alone and not be
used as a precedent,
A republican member of the com-
mittee on foreign relation* Is the au-
thor of tho suggestion, but It has not
yet taken definite shape. If Indeed, it
ever does.
BRUSH FIRE FATAL.
Orphan Girl Burned to Death Near
Blossom.
Paris, Tex., March 7.—Myrtle
Horne, an orphan girl, 16 years old
was burned to death In a field south
of Blossom, where she was at work
burning stalks. She lived with her
uncle, Joe Tyndall, and he and a hired
man were In the same field, but sev-
eral hundred yards away when they
heard the girl’s screams. They ran
to assist her, but her clothes were
burned entirely off. nothing being left
except the waistband of her skirt. The
accident occurod at 2 o’clock and she
lived three hours.
LEAPS TO DEATH.
Insane Man Throw* Himself From
Fourth Story Window, Chicago.
Chicago, March 7.—Under the Im-
pression he was being hypnotized,
James McK. Gordon has leaped from
the fourth door of McCoy’s hotel,
landing on the sidewalk and receiving
injuries that caused his death an hour
later. Earlier In the day Gordon cut
himself In the head and breast while
seated at a table in the dining room.
He had shown signs of Insanity while
with his wife.
Gordon, who was 30 years old, is
said to have been an agricultural ex-
pert and a specialist In the growing
of celery. He went west to Invest to
land. He met reverses and worry
from this cause Is supposod to have
brought on Insanity,
COULD NOT MAKE A LIVING.
Father Confesses to Having Killed
Hi* Family for Thl* Reason.
Danville, Ark., March 7.-—James
luce, confessing that he Is a quadruple
murderer, was brought back to jail
here today from ttae scene of bis crime
near Wbltely, fifteen miles southwest
of here, where, confronted with the
dead bodies of his wife and three chil-
dren, the latter ranging in age from
4 months to 4 years, he broke down
and confessed his guilt, saying that
It seemed Impossible to make a living
for his family, hence his act.
Trleete-Argentlna Steamship Lin*.
Vienna, March 9.-—The Austrian
Lloyd and Adrla steamship companies
will tomorrow Inaugurate a service
between Trieste and Argentina, the
service to consist of one ship each
way every sixty day*. The continu-
ance of the service after a year will
depend on the result It is hoped that
besides developing the business rela-
tions between the two countries the
steamship service will result In in-
creased immigration tq South Amer-
ica.
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