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TELLER URGES RATfFICATION.
SVV S WE SHOILD COVPHOL PHIL
IPPINE COAL DEPOSITS.
jhlnko the Island* Would Be Advnn
lagw)a Oil That Account—Colora
,lo Senator Says He Is With the
Hepuhllean Administration on the
Expansion Question—Honr Says
That I* the Policy Which Will
Disrupt the Party.
Washington, Feb. I.—Senators Teller and
Hoar were the speakers in the executive
of the Senate to-day. Mr. Teller
nude a set speech in support of the treaty,
and Mr. Hoar replied. Both went over
much ground that had been covered be
fore. but some new points were brought
out.
Mr Teller devoted especial attention to
the capabilities of the Filipinos for self
government. He contended that they had.
not yet reached the stage wherre they could
he considered capable of taking care of
themselves, and he based much of his ar
gument upon the incapacity demonstrated
by their leader, Aguinaldo. He read ex
tracts from the Philippine leader's procla
mation. contending that they demonstrated
beyond question that he was ignorant of
the first principles of popnlar government,
and especially of a democratic form of
government. He referred to the fact that
the Filipi no leader had in some of his pro
nunciamantos spoken as a dictator, which
the Colorado senator said did not accord
with the professions of democracy made
for him.
Importance of Coni Deposit*.
Mr. Telle::- also referred'to the general
situation in the Orient and enlarged upon
the necessity for the United States hold
ing the footing which had been secured
through what might almost he regarded
a* providential means. He dwelt on the
reports of vast coal deposits in the Phil
ippines, a,nd said they were invaluable
on this account to any nation, for in the
future the . ountry which controlled the
coal deposits* of the world would domi
nate the other nations both from a com
mercial and military point of view.
At present the United States, Great
Britain and Japan control the principal
coal supplies, and he predicted that so
long as they continued to control them
and were friendly with one anoiher they
would hold the reins of power. Other Eu
ropean nations appreciate the importance
of the coal supply, and this fact, more
than anv other, accounts for the anxiety
of Russia and Germany to get a foot
hold in the Philippines. Russia was, he
5a M especially grasping, and it behooved
this country to be on Its guard against
[he encroachments of that great power.
In conclusion Mr. Teller referred to his
antagonism to the administration, saying
that he expected to oppose the party in
power in the next campaign, but strongly
as he felt on the questions which separat
ed him from that party, he was neverthe
less willing to sink party questions and
subordinate partisan advantage to what he
believed to be a much broader view—a
patriotic rather than a partisan view.
ho Doubt of Hi* Attitude.
Rising to reply, Mr. Hoar said that
there could lie no doubt of Mr. Teller’s
attitude toward the Republican party after
his anxiety to have the treaty ratified had
been made so evident, for he could not
possibly do anything that would go farther
toward encompassing the disorganization
and defeat of the Republican party ttian
to make certain the ratification of the
pending treaty.
Mr. Hoar devoted the greater part of his
reply to a defense of Aguinaldo. whom he
compared to Simon Bolivar, the South
American pal riot. It will be remembered
he said, that Bolivar alpo had upon one
occasion taken upon himself Ihe title of
dictator, and yet, who on this account,
could icons,, [he Bolivian liberator of be
ing false to his people or to their aspira
tions for freedom. Aguinaldo had so far
shown himself to be a sihrewd and able
leader, and he had not by any act of his
shown himself to be incapable of the high
est degree of leadership.
Honr Arouse* Davis.
During the course of his remarks, Sena
tor Hoar said that the argument had been
advanced that the United States should
lie near at band to participate in the pre
dicted partition of China, and proceeded
to say that this argument indicated a dis
position to grasp even more territory than
had yet been taken. Such a policy, he
thought, should lie nipped in the bud, as
he was very confident that the people of
the United States would not profit by
joining the European powers in their ef
forts to distribute among themselves the
possessions of this ancient empire.
This jasi remark brought Senator Davis
to his feet. iYhile his name had not been
mentioned, it was evident that Mr. Hoar
alluded to a r< mark of the Minnesota sena
°r The latter said he had not advanced
ariy participation by the United States in
J l a°° es . s ° r dismemberment, but that
he had only alluded to its probability and
*hnnia a lL mere J y * hat lhe United States
interest** ° n han< * to P r °tect their own
1 HE It 111 M,AM) links ASHORE.
Cargo Will Be I,lightered and She
May Ke Floated.
Philadelphia, Feb. I.—The transatlantic
earn* r Rhynland, Capt. Hannah, from
H*rpool for this port, went a&hore on
o inn Patch shoal, about four rnilC9
! Fenwick’s Island life saving eta
ton ’ d,irin - ast night’s alorm.
K ,rLaJ a ‘ f ' hour to ’ n 'Sht She was still
f ’ n " lay * n an easy position, and
hg. * oped 10 Bet her oft with the next
to hi r' ,ug North America went
coedod 'S ls m °rnlng and -suc-
U, r ... her a ® hor ‘ distance,
Delaware R r < .1? y ’ tlw tue wem 10 the
the lighter rltu Wat u and brol, Sht back
carc u \ii he mi*’ P .2 rt of the learner's
***'* done , here "* °Hn a W g en l his has
*“■ be sa fe|yfloated! that Bhe
iRs houghi' i ,ha' t 8 K Prope,ler is broken , a nd
** away car
serf iru] J a r, y. are f orty-two passen
boarrl ,r,i r L ~ f sev enty-nine men on
ls aboui twemv-fU * Fenwick's Island
Breakwati ® below the
Rtiyniard a hch , would lr, dicate that the
course * a few mdlea out of ■ her
hC K Br0 e nded ' This 18 easily
Weather a , the n V ,he condlt, °n of the
was 1,!,.. , h<? A dense snow storm
not be ten 8 and the island light could
'OMIIIITEES REORGANIZED.
* on Account of Senn
‘or Morrill’. Death.
commhmf 10 "; Feb ' b-The committee on
the _ s . . ° f the Re P u bhcan caucus of
arrange 1 '" , °" day a?reed upon the re
ttadf t-T ,l! 01 con im*ttee assignments,
Wr|.| "^“ ry by the death of Senator
euc beeeds to the chair
senator p ~. . c ° m miltee on finance, and
0,1 ,he r oinmii!^*'o Tork to the vacancy
Sri a,"r Im' ?° nator Spooner suc
f°mmitt,e on „ ldr,ch as chairman of the
o,: *' ls Senator Senalor Hanna uc
c°mmlu g ,>n SS°°I ,eras chairman of the
on reJ stions with Canada.
TREATY ADVOCATES IN A HOLE
Continued from First Page.
When our fathers christened the republic
they gave it a name which they doubtless
deemed sufficient to cover all the exigen*
eies of its future career. It was to be
the United States of America.
Might Have to Uhnngre Name.
“We could stretch out to the north and
to the south until we encompassed the two
continents and all the islands of the Carib
bean sea, and still we might appropriately
bear the name whiyh our fathers gave us.
“hail we now change that name, and if so
what shall the new name be, and what
shall it symbolize? Shall it be the United
States of America and the Kingdom of the
Philippines? Or shall it be Empire of
America and Asia? Already there are
spectral visions of this in the political
sky.”
Mr. Rawlins then discussed the extent of
the power of the government under the
constitution to acquire, hold and govern
territory, maintaining that such power
must be exercised to subserve the objects
and purposes for w’hich the government
was created. He contended that the con
stitution in all Its provisions, limitations
ars safeguards was as applicable to the
territories and their inhabitants as to the
states; that while some of the provisions
of that instrument may not be self-exe
cuting, they are no less so in a territory
than in a state, that an act of Congress is
not necessary to apply the provisions of
the constitution to a territory.
Quentlon of Competition.
Referring to the contention of Senator
Lodge!and other senators, that the labor
and products of the Filipinos would not be
permitted to come in comoetition wfith
American labor and its products, Mr. Raw
lins pointed out that if Congress possessed
this authority it could impose duties which
would prevent the wheat grown in Okla
homa from competing with that grown in
Kansas or other stales of the Union, or
the minerals produced in New Mexico and
Arizona from competing with the like
products of Colorado and Utah. He main
tained that if the inhabitants of the Phil
ippines may be denied the liberty of loco
motion, not as a punishment for any crime
in which they may have been duly con
victed: If they may be lawfully forbidden
to come to America, then we may deny
them the right of passing from one island
to another, or from visiting their neigh
bor's house, and if we may do this, we
may throw them into dungeons, there to
await the incoming tide to end their trou
bles and place them beyond the reach of
American tyranny.
Why Do We Want Theatf
“What do we want the Philippine Isl
ands for?” continued MV. Rawling. “Do
we want them to furnish homes for our
own people? No. Do we want them to
furnish an outlet for our surplus labor?
Do we want them to add a wholesale ele
ment to our population that our sons may
find wives and our daughters husbands?
The blighting curse of the Almighty would
rest upon miscegenation. Do we want
them In order to practice upon their in
habitants the same arts of philanthropy
which applied to the aboriginal inhabi
tants of this country, have led to their
extermination? Humanity says no. Do
we want them in order to send hither
swarms of officeholders’ carpetbaggers, to
riot among them like slimy worms eating
out their substance? Ah! There’s the
rub! for this, this perplexing problem
would probably not be seriously confront
ing the American people. No, there is no
conceivable good which they can bring to
us. Their retention bodes nothing but
evil.
“We cannot afford to go even half way
down to the Asiatic level in order to pro
portionately uplift their civilization. We
have enacted laws which stand like
cherubim with flaming swords at the gate
ways of the republic to drive back the
hordes of the dark and degenerate races
of the East lest they might enter in and
degrade us.“
Lindsay Offer* a Resolution.
Prior to Mr. Rawlins’ speech Mr. Lind
say of Kentucky, offered the following:
“That the acquisition by the United
States through conquest, treaty or other
wisej of territory not adjacent and geo
graphically part of the continent of North
America carries with it no constitutional
or moral obligation to admit said terri
tory or any portion thereof into the fed
eral union as a state or states.
“Thai It is against the policy, traditions
and interests of American people to admit
states erected out of such non-American
territories or portions thereof into our
union of American states at any time or
under any conditions.
“That the United States accepts from
Spain the cession of the Philippine Isl
ands with the hope that the people of
those islands may demonstrate their ca
pacity to establish and maintain a gov
ernment capable of enforcing order at
home and discharging the international
obligations resting on such an independ
ent state, and with no expectation or de
sire of permanently holding those islands
as colonies, or subject provinces, or of
compelling their people against their con
sent to submit to the authority of the
United States, after they shall demon
strate their capacity for self-government
as herein defined, the government of the
United States to be the judge of such ca
pacity.”
At Sir. Lindsay's request, the resolu
tion was left on the table, subject to call.
At 5:25 o’clock p. m. the Senate adjourn
ed. _
SAID HE OUGHT TO BE DEAD.
Thomas Malone'* tlcnxiai for the
Murder of Hl* Brother.
Chicago, Feb. I.—Thomas Malone sur
rendered to the police this afternoon, and
admitted that he murdered his brother,
Michael Malone, last night.
■ His story, a 8 ■corroborated by circum
stantial evidence, is that Michael came
home drunk and demanded that Thomas
go after beer. Thomas refused and Mich
ael threw a stove lid at him, and as
Thomas :aifi in his confession:
“That started the whole business. He
was of no account, anyhow, always drunk
and lighting with everybody. It was no
Use trying to live with him any longer. I
hit him over the ijead with a hammer,
and after he fell I carried him to the
bed and finished him with a razor. That’s
all there is to it. I’m sorry I was the
one to kill him, but he was no good. He
nad a right to be dead.”
The muiderer’s opinion of the dead man
is generally held by their neighbors.
THE POTTERY CONSOLIDATION.
American Company Will Have a
$40,000,000 Capital.
New York, Feb. I.—The consolidation of
all the large potteries in the East was
consummated here to-day. This was
brought about chiefly through the Mad
docks Company of Trenton, N. J., making
favorable arrangements with the leadirig
interests in the newly formed American
Potteries Company. That company Will
now have a capitalization of $40,000,000.
CREW OF THE HERNADOTTE.
Carried Into Scranton by Schooner
Annie Steven*.
Scranton, Mis*., Feb. I.—The American
schooner Annie Stevens, arrived here to
night, having on board seventeen of the
crew of the Italian ship Bemadotte,
wrecked 111 latitude 92, longitude 20, Jan.
29, six days out from Pensacola, bound
for Venice. One man was drowned in the
rescue.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2, IB9R
Consumption Reached
Bu One of Three Routes—A Timelu Warning.
There are three roads _
which fead from health
First road: a slight I \
cold-neglected, settles ■// * \ V
in the head or throat— !,s ~ JP \
chronic catarrh-exterxlsX A V
to tfie lungs— J! i * \\
lion—death. V\
Second road: a slight "
cold—neglected cough— fj ' V*
settles in the lungs-- Nv'
cough gradually grow-
Ing worse—consumption—death. Third road: a cofd— neglected—set ties, in the throat
hoarseness—short breath—consumption—death.
Thousands have just started on one of these roads, all of whom could be easily
cured by Pe-ru-na. Thousands more are half way to the fatal end of one of these
roads who are still curable by a course of treatment by Pe-ru-na. Yet other
thousands are near the end whose last days could lie made hearable and hope of
recovery more probable by commencing Pe-ru-na without delay. Mrs. Eliza
Heinzle, 106 East Main street. Columbus. Ohio, writes: “About a year ago T con
tracted a violent cold, which settled on my lungs, and for four months I ran down
very rapidly, coughing up quantities of bloody mucus, and frequently hemorr
hages from the lungs. 1 was on the verge of the grave. My husband and my
friends had given me up. Someone, however, who had tried your Pe-ru-na. ad
vised me to use it. Asa last hope I bought a bottle, and, finding Immediate relief
from its use, continued taking it. My cough left me, and 1 had no more hemorr
hages. and I am now as well as I ever was in my life. I thankfully attribute my
present good health, and, in fact, my living at a If, to the good effect of Pe-ru-na.”
Send to The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio, fora free
book, written by Dr. Hartman, on “Winter Catarrh.”
CONSULS HAVE A COLLISION.
RCSE DEMANDED THE RELEASE OF
A GERMAN SUBJECT.
Protested Against Aetlon of Chief
Justice In Fining Grosnmhl for
Smashing Supreme Court Win
dows—British and American Con
sul* Uphold Chambers—No Far
ther General Fightl by the Sa
moan Chieftain*.
Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. I.—The fol
lowing advices have just been received here
from Apia, Samoan Islands, under the date
of Jan. 24, from the correspondent of the
Associated Press:
“There has been no further general
fighting between the partisans of the ri
val chieftains since the last advices were
forwarded, except that a party of Ma
taafa’s followers were routed in the bush
by Malicteans. It is expected, however,
that fighting will be resumed, as Mataafa
is rearresting persons who have been al
ready fined and released.
“The work of pillage continues, among
the houses looted being Vailima, the home
of the late Robert Louis Stevenson, the
novelist.
“The exiled Malietean chiefs were landed
at Pago Pago, on the Island of Tutulla,
the schooner on which they were carried
being unable to proceed to the Island of
Manua, owing to adverse winds. The Tu
tuilans gave them a hearty welcome and
made an attempt to seize Mataafa’s son,
who was oft board the schooner, but the
captain put to sea. ...
“There has been a collision of authority
between Chief Justice William L. Cham
bers ‘*>f Uhe Supreme Court and Dr. Joan
nes Raff el, the German president of the
municipality of Apia. Herr Grosmuhl, a
German resident of Apia, who was arrest
ed for smashing the windows of the
Supreme Court chamber, was sentenced by
the chief justice to imprisonment and to
pay a fine. Dr. Raffel instructed the po
lice authorities to release Herr Grosmuhl,
whose, fine was subsequently fixed at SI,OOO.
* tonanl* Refused to Act.
“The German consul, Herr Rose, there
upon wrote to the American consul. IJoy 1
W, Osborne, and the British consul, E.
B. R. Maxse, protesting that the action
of the chief justice in fining Herr Gros
mnhl was an infringement of German con
sular rights. Messrs. Osborne and Maxse
jointly replied in their official capacity that
the proper tribunal having dealt with the
matter, the consuls could not interfere.
“More than this, they declined to have
further intercourse with the German con
sul or the German municipal president,
except in writing, or to attend meetings,
except to consider the acts of the munici
pal counci! of Apia, unless an aixtlogy,
with full retraction, were offered for the
behavior toward Chief Justice Chambers.
At the same time the Supreme Court sum
moned Dr. Raffel for contempt of court
in releasing Herr Grosmuhl.”
TO CLOSE UP ALL SALOONS.
Llqnnr Men nt Akron YYnnt to Give
an Object Lesson.
Akron, 0., Feb. I.—A representative of
the National Liquor League was in the
city last week, and local men were very’
reticent as to the object of his visit.
Now that he has left, a strange story is
told of the movement which he is said to
be at the head of. It is no more than the
closing up of every saloon in the city for
a period of two years. Members of the
Akron Liquor League made this statement
to-day in all seriousness, and claim that
the project is entirely feasible. The man
ner of doing this is by the following
method:
The National league, covering thirty
four states, is strong enough to pay the
proprietors of the local saloons revenue
enough to keep them out of the business,
and will do so in order to give the people
of Akron and, all other cities an object
lesson on the sufferings which will be en
tailed upon municipalities by the closing
of these places.
The Dow tax, paid by the saloons,
amounts, in Akron, to a very large sum,
the most of which goes to the police and
poor funds, and the loss of this, the liquor
dealers figure, wilt seriously embarrass
the finances of the city, jtkron has been
selected as the city for this object lesson
because of the recent agitation here
against the saloons, conducted by the min
isters of the city.
SHARKEY SOMEWHAT DAZED.
In n Six-Round Hunt With Tommy
Ilynn nt Syracuse.
Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. I.—Eighteen hun
dred people witnessed the six-round bout
between Tommy Ryan and Tom Sharkey
before the Monarch Athletic Club to
night. The event was. purely an exhibi
tion in which the Syracuse man clearly
demonstrated that he was far the superior
of his antagonist as a boxer, landing free
ly. Sharkey wa* somewhat dazed at the
showing and frequently laid himself open.
Mo damage was done by cither man.
DIED FROM ACROMEGALY.
Rogers’ Rone* Hnd Swelled to Doa
ble the Normal Size.
Chicago. Feb. I.—George Rodgers, who
I was known in the vicinity in which he
1 lived as the “Bogie Man,” died to-day
j in the county hospital of a rare disease,
[ which the doctors have called acromegaly
[ or swelling of the bones. His hands and
j feet were greatly swollen and his jaw
was over twice the normal length. The
distance from the frontal hone to the chin
in the ordinary man is eight to ten inches,
and in Rogers this had grown to twenty
inches.
Although a refined and educated man,
he was so sensitive over his appearance
that he withdrew from his friends and
family and lived in a barn in an obscure
part of the city. He was taken from the
barn to the hospital In a starving condi
tion, and after his death his brother-in
law, at Rogers' request, caused his body
to be cremated in order that the doctors
might not hold a post mortem examina
tion.
CAR COMPANIES CONSOLIDATE.
rnllinnn Company Not a Party Hat
Approves the Movement.
New York, Feb.’ I.—Michigan Peninsular
Car Company stock has .been active re
cently and has advanced seyeral points
on rumors of increased earnings and the
likelihood of consolidation with Other car
companies. It is learned on good author
ity that the consolidation of all the lead
ing freight and passenger car builders In
the country is Iteing arranged, and that
there is every likelihood of its being con
summated shortly.
The Pullman Palace Car Company of
Pullman, 111., is not a member of the new
combination. It is said, yet it is entirely
in sympathy with the movement and will
participate in all the advantages of it, be
ing only prevented from joining the new
organization by the fact that the property
is a part of the Pullman estate, and is
now In the hands of executors and tied up
with legal proceedings.
STILL SEEKING CHEMICALS.
Another AVitnes* Sent for to Talk
on That Subject.
Washington, Feb. l.e-The war Investi
gating commission has sent our summons
for a fresh witness, who, It is thought,
will be the last examined before the pres
entation of the commission’s report to the
President.
The name of the witness is James Far
nan, who was quoted in yesterday's press
dispatches as having sent a letter to Dr.
Maxwe.l Christine of Philadelphia, saying
that he had been stationed in Omaha last
summer, and knew all atwut the chemical
preserving methods used by the big pack
ing houses in preparing government beef.
It is not known whether or not Farnun
will respond to the summons of the com
mission.
ITS COURT OF LAST RESORT.
Knight* of Pytliias Supreme Tribu
nal Now in Session.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. I.—The supreme
tribunal, Knights of Pythias, began to ar
rive here to-day and will hold sessions
lasting until the iast of lhe*weck.
. The laxly is composed of Judge Sen of
Italia*. Tex.; Edward Realm of Montgom
ery, Ala.; John H. Alexander of Leesburg,
Ya.; W. A Gale of Boston and A. H.
Gardiner of New York. The supreme
chancellor of the older. T. G. Sample, of
Allegheny, Pa., and Recorder W. D. Ken
nedy are also here.
The tribunal wili fake up a number of
eases appealed from the stale divisions,
but no docket has been issued. The laxly
composes the court of last resort for the
Knights of Pythias.
CONSOLIDATION IN TOBACCO.
Inion Tobacco Cos, Absorb* North
American Uonimerclul.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. I.—A certificate of
consolidation of the Union Tobacco Com
pany of America and the North American
Commercial Company wa# filed to-day
with the secretary of state, the title of the
first named corporation being retained.
The capital stock Is $19,350,000, divided In
to $12,000,000 of common and $7,500,000 of
preferred stock.
The directors are: William H. Butler.
Thomas F. Ryan, Frank Tilford, Hamuei
Thomas, Frank McCoy, R.. A. C. Smith,
Frederick H. Voorhees and William h!
Coleman of New York city, and Peter A.
B. Wtdener. George W. Breiiier and Wil
liam L. Elkins of Philadelphia.
KITZ TO MEET TOM SHARKEY.
Cheek for $2,500 Sent In New York to
Cover Forfeit,
Syracuse. N. Y., Feb. l.~Tom O’Rourke
said to-night: “I have forwarded to-night
a certified check for $2,500 to New York
to bind a match between Tom Sharkey and
Bob Fltzainnnon before the club offering
the largest purse, the referee and cimai
lions io lie mutually agreed upon as soon
as a club qualifies. ’’
PARIS IN A DEEP FERMENT.
MTI ATI()\ MAY LEWI TO YIOLGVT
ONSLAUGHT ON JEWS.
Millions of Frenrhmpn luNist on the
Guilt of Dreyfus, nod Nothing < an
Chungc Them—Demand for .lustier
Led to Attack on French Trlliinmls
Beaurepa ire’s AlleKßtions \ lm
Considered to Be Without
Foundation.
Paris, Feb. I.—The most ardent support
ers of the theory that Dreyfus was un
justly condemned now admit that there is
r.o longer the least hope that Justice will
lx l done.
A prominent member of the University
of Paris, who from the tirst has been n
champion for tile revision of the trial,
says:
‘For ninety-nine out of a hundred
Frenchmen the guilt or Innocence of Drey
fus is a mailer of sentiment. All the rea
soning in the world would not Induce them
to change their attitude. There are mil
lions of Frenchmen who will insist on
Dreyfus guilt, in spite of any proof to
the contrary.
"A terrible feature of the situation is
that the attitude of this majority Is in
spired by motives which they believe to
lie deserving of the highest res|iect. I ad
mit that some of the Dreyfusards are
much to blame for this. The best cause
may he ruined |>y disreputable adherents,
and there are men on the Dreyfus side of
whom every patriotic Frenchman is the
natural enemy.
“While the majority of us have been
merely demanding that Justice should he
done, a pestilent minority has ma.le this
demand an excuse for virulent onslaughts
on institutions we hold in great esteem.”
In conclusion the member of the uni
versity predicted tl.at the result of the
agitation will he an “onslaught of un
paralleled violence on the Jews, as the
masses are convinced that they are at
the hoi tom of the whole trouble."
Beniirepnire’n Charges.
It is persistently reiterated in the lob
bies of the Palais Hour lain that the com
mittee of the Chamlier of Depu
ties now considering the gov-
P n"^ en r ß rovlrion has already de
cided that the al.egations made by Ques
nay de Beaurepaire against M. Loew and
other members of the criminal branch of
da*tlon >Urt ° f Cassatkm - ar *‘ without foun-
Accordlng to another rumor, the cotn
m ttee s examination of the dossier sub.
mitted by M. Mazeau. first president of the
Court of Cassation, on the subject of M
de Beaurepaire's charges, shows it to con
tain letters eulogizing the criminal
branch s action written by M. Mazeau'e
own colleagues.
The Mazeau dossier Is also said to con
tain a letter from M. Loew, declaring that
the members of the criminal branch have
received letters almost without number
containing insults and threats of death.
CVI. Loew s letters are also said to explain
that he expected M. Bard, who is an un
married man, to malte the original report
on the Dreyfus ease, tn order that, if these
threats of violence were carried out, a
whole family should not be plunged into
mourning.
Another Victim Found.
The latest victim of the antl-Deevfus
party is the Grand Rabid Zadbk Khan,
who Is being denounced as "the leader of
the famous Jew conspiracy against
France,” on the strength of a story Just
published to the effect that, after Drey
fus was sentenced, the rabbi, at the re
quest of Matthleu Dreyfus, tried to get
through a friendly Jewish officer in Es
terhazy's regiment, some particulars as
to the Comte’s movements.
Le Sole demands the resignation of the
rabbi, and as the latter is virtually a
state official, it is pot unlikely that the
agitation will become a serious matter
for him. Curiously enough, the editor of
Le Soir, which Is one of the most violent
of the anti-Dreyfusard organs, is himself
a Jew, named Gaston Pollonais.
According to a dispatch to Le Presso
from Cayenne, capitol of French Guinea,
Dreyfus was so angry on learning that
Capt. Lebrun Renault had asserted that
he had confessed at the time of his trial
that he declined to answer any more of
the questions put to him by the Court of
Cassation unless taken back to France.
HE AI'HEPAIRK’H NEW CHARGES.
Y (at gays Court Acted Before It
Exntulned the Dossier.
Paris, Feb, 2.-Thc Echo de Paris this
morning contains a communication from
Quesnay de Roaurcpalro, asserting that
the new inquiry has revealed that the
Court of Cassation, before It had even ex
amined the dossier, had already decided to
declare Dreyfus innocent by a decree
quashing the sentence, and that the court
had purposely ignored passages In the
secret dossier implicating Dreyfus.
ESTERHAZY LE AVES PAH IS.
Count Wns Informed Proceedings
Would He Resumed.
Paris, Feb. I.—MaJ. Comte Esterhazy
was officially Informed yesterday that his
testimony before the Court of Cassation
being concluded, the proceedings against
him would be resumed In twenty-four
hours. He thereupon left by the Northern
Railroad for an unknown destination.
t Esterhazy at ftotterdain.
Rotterdam, Feb. I.—Comte Ferdinand
Esterhazy arrived here to-day from Paris,
and left immediately for Ajnsterdam.
Does Your 4
Head Ache IT
Are your nerves weak ? Can’t
Gu el eeo well? Pain in your
ck? Lack energy ? Appetite
poor ? Dilution bad ? Boils or
pimples ? These are but some of
the results of constipation. If
the contents of the bowels are aot
removed from the body each
day, as nature intended, poison
ous substances are sure to be ab
sorbed into the blood, always
causing suffering and frequently
causing severe disease.
There is a common-sense cure.
Auer’s
PILLS
They dally insure an easy and
natural movement of the bowels.
Price, 2flc. a box. All druggists.
Ayor's Sarsaparilla
w ith the pills will hasten recovery.
Write the doctor lut bow you are
suffering. You will receive the bent
medical advice without cost.
Da. J. C. AY EH, Lowell, Mas*
MRS. FREDERICK BROOKS,
An expert in llaml Embroidery,
will exhibit at our store choice
specimens of
ROYAL ART NEEDLEWORK
111 [MI, full! 11 SIIHIJ 111. I, i 114,
to which connoisseurs in that in
teresting- art are respectfully in
vited.
Mrs. Brooks teaches all the va
rieties of Kensington Embroidery
—also batten berg and Point Lace,
and will give lessons at our store
on the above days from 2 to 5 p.m.
TREATY' WITH CHEEK INDIANS.
\\ n% Signed Yesterday nnd Musi lie
IlHtmcd lay Unarm.
Muskogee, I. TANARUS., Feb. 1. —The treaty be
tween the United Slates and the Creek Na
tion was completed and signed here to
night. It provides for the capitalization
of all the assets of the Creek tribe of In
dians and an equal division of the same
in lands and money among its members.
The Creek freedmen are to receive only
160 acres of land, without regard lo the
location or value of same. The tribal gov
ernment of the Creek nation Is to lie rein
stated and continued until the lands are al
lotted, but may not try persons charged
with homicide, embezzlement, or bribery
The Incorporated towns tn the nation are
authorized to Ishuc bonds for the erection
of water works and sewerage systems, and
for lighting the towns. The sale of intox
icating liquors In the Creek nation is to
be. prohibited by the United States, and
the nation is not to be made a parl of any
state without Its consent, unless such
state embrace only the live civilized tribes.
Before the treaty becomes effective It is
lo l>e ratified by Congress and by a ma
jority of the voters of the Creek nation,
ALGER TO GO ON A JUNKET.
Will Make a Vlalt of Inspection to
Calm anil Porto Him.
Washington, Feb. I.—Secretary Alger Is
arranging to make a visit of Inspection
to Cuba and Porto Rico, starting from
New York March 5, next, on the trans
port Berlin.
The military committees of the Senate
and the House of Representatives will
be of the party, besides Mrs. Algor, Pri
vate Secretary and Mrs. Victor Mason,
and a few personal friends of the secre
tary. The trip will consume a month,
A Doleful Famine Picture.
European Cor. of the New Y’ork Tribune.
It is difficult for foreigners to conceive
the terrible character of this famine now
raging in Russia. The official reports ad
mit that no less than nineteen provinces,
with a population of 10.000,000, are affected
by it, and it is worthy of note that the suf
ferers comprise not merely the peasantry,
but likewise ttie landed gentry and terri
torial nobility, who in many tnstanees are
seeking und obtaining government nnd
even private relief. The very thatch from
the roofs has been consumed In food for
the entile, which have to such an extent
succumbed to hunger that even in the agri
cultural districts least affected by the fam
ine SO per cent, of the rural population are
without horses or cattle, and, therefore,
without means to plough their land. Hun
ger typhus has broken out among the i>eo
ple, with its usual accompaniment of bo
vine typhus among the cattle, and Russia
may, therefore, look for another visitation
of the cholera, since this pestilence usually
follows in the wake of famine.
In some districts the starving populations
have attacked and severely Injured the
veterinary surgeons and government offi
cials sent to destroy the carcasses of the
cattle which had succumbed to bovine ty
phus, the meat, though brack with disease
and putrefaction, being ruvenously devour
ed by the rioters. The loaves sold as
“famine bread” are eomiiosed of the goose
foot plant, which Is catalogued in the Rus
sia pharmacopeia as an emetic, and animal
dung. These Ingredients are baked into a
hard, black mass, like stone, and It is for
the sake of obtaining one of these loaves
that every form of murder and robbery Is
being committed. A sample of this bread,
which, according io official reports, forms
the sole sustenance of 30,000,000 men,women
and children. Is exhibited In the great ca
thedral at Kazan, with the object of stim
ulating private charity. But charity
stands paralyzed and powerless In the
presence of a famine of such magnitude.
A Bicycle With a Bayonet,
From tho Isjndon Chronicle.
An ingenious French gentleman has
Invented an effective, If not altogether hu
mane, device whereby to foil the malign
purpose of the bicycle thief. He hart a
sharp steel spike, three Inches long, fitt
ed in the centre of the saddle of his ma
chine and provided with a spring Joint so
that It could be raised erect on occasion,
while it lay flat In a groove until required
for use, Thus equipped the cyclist rode up
to his favorite cafe in Paris, leaving his
vehicle outside after duly fixing his Insid
ious bayonet. A few minutes later one of
the marauders now so common in Paris
came along, saw his chant*?, wheeled tho
bike Into the middle of the road, and hoped
In the twinkling of an eye to distance all
pursuit. Scarcely had he started before ag
onizing shrieks summond a crowd to the
spot, and the Impaled victim was picked
up bathed In the blood and unconscious
for conveyance to the hospital. The Inven
tor was so delighted with the success of
his experiment that he has applied for a
patent.
—Abraham Cohen Lahatt of Galveston,
believed to be the oldest Free Mason In
the United States, was present at Fort
Worth. Tex., a few days ago at the laying
of the foundation of the Masonic widows’
and orphans’ home there. Mr. Laba(t,
who Is nearly 98 years old, has been a Ma
son seventy-five years. He was bom in
Charleston, S. C.
RIVER AND HARBOR TALK ON.
THE HIM, APITIOPHIATEH TWEI.VE
AND A HALF MILLION,
Authorises Other Fontrarta to the
Extent of *1 *.<>oo,ooo Hephnrn of
lowh Slnkes Ilia I anal Flaht on the
Measure—Several Congressmen Af
ter Special Approprlntlona—Over
llnlf of the Hill Hue Already Hern
Completed.
Washington, Feb. I.—The House entered
upon the consideration of the river and
hnrltor bill to-day, and made rapid pro
gress. Fifty of the eighty-six pages of the
blit bad been completed when the House
adjourned.
The bill appropriates directly about $12,-
500,000, and authorizes contracts to the ex
tent of $15,000,000 additional.
The general debate was unusually brief.
Its features was a speech In opposition to
the bill by Mr. Hepburn of lowa, who has
fought every river and harbor bill for the
last six years. He said he knew his oppo
sition would avail nothing as the votes for
Its passage had been arranged for by the
appropriations In the bill. Ho attacked,
particularly, the Mississippi river Improve
ment, which was ably defended by Mr.
Catchlngs of Mississippi.
Mr. Moon, liemorral of Tennessee, made
a plea for an a|>proprlatlon for the Tennes
see river between Chattanooga and River
ton.
Mr, Ball, Democrat of Texas, warmly
defended the appropriation for the RufTalo
bayou ship channel, criticised by Mr. Hep
burn.
Mr. Burton of Ohio offered an amend
ment lo the paragraph appropriating $250,-
000 for the channel from Galveston to
Texas City, Tex., which provided that
nothing should tie done under this para
graph until a favorable report had been
received from the chief of engineers as to
the feasibility of the project, and Its main
tenance at a reasonable cost.
Mr. Hawley, Republican of Texas, offer
ed as a substitute for the paragraph a
provision for a survey and estimate of the
eost of the iiroiKtsed project. He com
plained that he had been Ignored in the
preparation of the bill.
In view of Mr. Hawley's atatement, Mr.
Burton moved to strike out the whole
paragraph, saying that the opposition to
this project might arise from friendship
for Galveston and the Brazos river project.
The latter motion prevailed, and the whole
paragraph went out of the bill.
This practically was the only amend
ment adopted to-day. The House, at 5:06
o’clock p. m., adjourned.
QIIEEV WEDDED TO THE KING.
Outcome of tlie Carnival Was n llrll.
limit Marring-e.
New York, Feb. I.—Frank V. Howard
and Miss I.ydla Fairchild, who was queen
of the carnival when he was king, were
married to-night at Trinity Churtah bjr
Bishop Sessiims and Dr. Beverly Warner.
The decorations, music and dresses were
magnificent, the wedding being the grand
est Been here in years. The bridesmaids
were Misses May Van Ken they sen, Marian
G'ffon, Maude Kurthe and Robbie Oiffen,
with Mrs. Hugh McElroy as matron of
honor.
A magnificent reception at the bride's
residence followed, and the couple left on
their bridal tour on a special train.
PREDICTED HID OWN DEATH.
Brooklyn Preacher Said He Wonld
Not Live After Midnight.
New York, Feb. I.—Rev. George H. Si
mons of Brooklyn predicted his own death,
which occurred yesterday at midnight of
pneumonia,
I,ast December, during a heavy snow
storm, he visited a sick child and caught
a chill. Since then he has been ailing,
and yesterday was quite feeble, but was
not apparently in any immediate danger.
To hit; wife, however, who was sitting in
Ihe same room, he said for no apparent
reason:
"My d'-ar. I do not believe that I will
live after midnight."
f’arleton Denies Reports.
Austin. Tex., Feb. I.—Capt.. Gray Carle
ton of the Tenth United States Cavalry,
I tasked through here with his regiment for
Han Antonio. He stated that the reports
from Texarkana that his regiment was
drunk and disorderly were absolutely false
He says there was no disturbance of any
kind at Texarkana.
Saratoga at Charleston.
Charleston, 8. C., Feb. I.—The trans
port Sartoga arrived here at noon to-.lav
after a quick run from Matanzas. Bhe
will carry the First battalion of the Third
Regiment of ’Voluntee'r Engineers, about
400 strong to Clenfuegoe. They will prob
ably arrive here to-morrow from ilacon.
<ju., and embark on Friday, -
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