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PORTO RiCO BILL IS PASSED
Republicans Finally Agree on a Compromise
Measure and Win a Victory.
DEMOCRATS FOUGHT HARD
The Vote Was 17* Veas to 161
Nays—Result Sets a
Precedent.
A Washington special says: The bat
tle royal over the l’orto Rican tariff
bill ended in the house Wednesday in
a sweeping victory for the Republi
cans. The bill, as agreed upon at the
conference of Republicans on Monday
night so as to reduce the tariff from 25
to 15 per cent of the American tariff
and limiting its life to two years, was
passed by a voto of 172 yeas to 161
nays.
Six Republicans, Messrs. Crurupack
•, of Louisiana; Fletcher, of Minnc
*.ta; Heatwole, of Minnesota; Little
field, of Maine; Lorimer, of Illinois,
and McCall, of Massachusetts, voted
with the opposition against the bill,
and four Democrats, Messrs. I)avey
and Meyer, of Louisiana; Devries, of
California, and Sibley, of Pennsyl
vania, voted with tho Republicans for
the bill. In ndditiou Mr. Warner, Re
publican, of Illinois, was paired
against the bill with Mr. Boutelle,
Republican, of Maine, for it. Two
other Republicans, Mr. Lane, of lowa,
and Mr. Farris, of Indiana, wore ab
sent and unpaired. They were under- j
Stood to he against the bill.
Four Democrats who were opposed i
10 the biil,Messrs. Fleming,of Georgia;
Small, of North Carolina; Smith, of
Kentucky, and Stallings, of Alabama,
were absent and unpaired. Other
pairs for the bill were Gibson, of Ten
nessee; Reeves, of Illinois; Boutelle,
of Maine; Warmer, of Pennsylvania;
Bailey, of Kansas; Sheldon, of Michi
gan; Wadsworth, of New York; all
Republicans; with Tate, of Georgia;
Sparkman, of Florida; Fox, of Missis
sippi; Bellamy, of North Carolina;
Cox, of Tennessee, and Epes, of Vir
ginia, Democrats, all against the bill.
Herculean efforts had been made to
get out the full vote, aud this led to
some remarkable incidents. Six men
were brought from beds of sickness;
two of them from hospitals.
Mr. lirownlow, of Tennessee, was
brought, iu a carriage, accompanied by
liis wife and bis physician. He sat
bundled up near the entrance until bis
vote was given and then withdrew. It
was felt that the strain would be
severe on him, but when Mr. Tawney,
the Republican whip, urged that the
bill might be lost by this one vote,
Mr. Brownlow said: “I would rather
lose my life than see this bill de
cided.”
Mr. Tawney and three associates
were out iu carriages until midnight
Monday night accounting for every
vote, and Mr. Underwood, the Demo
cratic whip, was similarly exerting
means to get out Iris vote. Three
Democrats were brought from sick
beds.
The first test was on a substitute
offerod by Mr. McCall on behalf of the
opposition. It was the original Payne
bill for free trade with Porto Rico and
was defeated by 160 to 117. Only five
Republicans voted for the substitute.
Mr. Fletohor, Republican, of Minne
sota, who subsequently voted to re
commit aud against the bill, voted
against the substitute. A motion to
recommit it, which followed, shared a
similar fate, being lost I(i() to 172.
There was great excitement through
out the roll calls, which were follow
ed with eager interest by thousands of
spectators who packed the galleries to
suffocation. The Republicans indulg
ed iu a demouistration of wild jubila
tion when the final result was announc
ed. Immediately after reading of the
journal the clerk began readitg the
bill for amendment under the five
minute rule.
TARIFF RRDUCEO.
When section 3 was reached Mr.
Payne, chairman of the wnys ami
means committee, offered the follow
ing substitute for that section:
Section 3—That on and after the
passage of this act all merchandise
ROBERTS’ LIST OF CASUALTIES.
Additional Keport Shows 13 Killed, 8i
Wounded and Four Missing;.
A London special says: Lord Rob
erts has forwarded au additional list
of the British casualties during the
three days’ lighting at l’aardeberg,
showing twelve killed, eighty-two
wounded and four missing aud includ
ing seven officers and four Canadian
privates wounded.
In “Honor” of (Tonje's Defeat.
There has been extravagant rejoicing
in Cape Colony at the surrender of
General Crouje. At Durban, Natal,
the stars aud stripes have been tlyiug
alongside the Union Jack.
coming into the United States from
Porto Rico and coming into Porto
Rico from the United States shall be
entered at the several ports of entry
upon payment of 15 per cent of the
duties which are required to be levied,
collected and paid upon like avticles
of merchandise imported from foreign
countries; and, iu addition thereto
upon articles of merchandise of Porto
Rican manufacture coming into the
United States and withdrawn for con
sumption or sale upon payment of a
tax equal to the internal revenue tax
imposed in the United States upon the
like articles of merchandise of domes
tic manufacture; such tax to bo paid
by internal revenue stamps or stamps
| to be purchased and provided by the
1 commissioner of internal revenue and
j to be procured from the collector of
internal revenue at or most convenient
to the port of entry of said merchan
dise into the United States and to be
affixed under such regulations as the
commissioner of internal revenue with
the approval of the secretary of the
treasury shall prescribe; and on all
articles of merchandise of United States
manufacture coming into Porto Rico
iu addition to the duty above provided
in payment of a tax equal in rate and
amount to the internal revenue tax
imposed iu Porto Rico upon like ar
ticles of Porto Rieau manufacture.
Mr. Payne explained that the sub
stitute reduced the duly from 25 to 15
per cent and also removed some con
fusion regarding double taxation. Mr.
Payne said lie still believed, however,
that 25 per cent would be better. He
said tho amended bill probably would
raise about $1,250,000 per annum.
Mr. De Armonrl, of Missouri, called
attention to the peculiar language of
the substitute. The words “coming
into the United States” he said were
plainly intended to evade the consti
tution. But he argued that the “mur
dering of the ‘queen’s English’ ” and
the “violation of the cauons of lan
guage” could not make it constitution
al. Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, said that
much of the opposition to the pending
bill was duo to the fact that it was
misunderstood.
The Payne amendment was adopted
without division.
Many members on both sides of the
house made brief five minute speeches
explaining their position. Mr. Rich
ardson, of Tennessee, had read a com
munication from a delegaiion of Porto
Iticaus appealing for free trade. Mr.
Payne iu reply said the gentlemen who
signed that communication were all
directly pecuniarily interested in ex
porting sugav and tobacco into the
United States.
EDITOR ROUGHLY TREATED
Was A rrouted lly the Soldier* and Placed
In the “Bull Pen.”
The investigation of the course of
the United States military forces iu
connection with the Idaho mining
troubles was resumed at Washington
Wednesdry by the house committee on
military affairs. Wilbur lv. Stewart,
publisher of a paper at Milan, a town
near the scene of the rioting, testified
at considerable length.
He said his paper had no official
connection with the miners and he had
do part iu the riots at the time of the
blowing up of the mill. Subsequently,
however, he was arrested, without a
w arrant, at his office by State Auditor
Sinclair and an army officer. Mr.
Sinclair stated to witness that he was
accused of publishing seditious mat
ter.
A special train took him to Wallace,
and after a night iu jail he was put iu
the “bull pen.” The officer who ar
rested him wore the uniform of the
United States army and was in charge
of the military forces. The general
treatment of the men in the “peu”
was revolting he said, to American
citizens.
A LARUE HOUSEHOLD.
Father of Ton Children Weds Mother of
Sixteen In North Carolina.
A license was grauted at Raleigh,
N. C., Wednesday for the marriage
of Charles Montague, aged sixty-three,
with ten children, to Polly Maront,
aged fifty-three, with sixteen children.
TO REDUCE COST OF PAPER.
Publishers Will Memorialize Congress To
Keduce Duty On Wood Pulp.
A Chattauooga dispatch says: E.
E. Adams, president of the Tennessee
Press Association, has appointed a
committee of Tennessee publishers to
draft and to present to congress a me
morial requesting that the tariff duty
on wood pulp be removed. This ac
tion is the result of a national move
ment by newspaper publishers having
in view the reduction of the cost of
| printing paper, which has been placed
at an unreasonable and ruinously high
| price by the paper trust.
DEATH AT CROSSING
Fast Train Dashes Into a Closely
Crowded Carriage,
FIVE LIVES QUICKLY CRUSHED OUT
Heavy Storm Was Raging and Victims
Heard Not the Approaching
Midnight Express.
Shortly after midnight Saturday
night the midnight express on the
Lehigh Valley railroad struck a car
riage, containing seven persons, at
Tuttle’s crossing, about twenty-five
miles east from Rochester, N. Y., in
stantly killing five of the occupants,
fatally injuring another and badly
bruising the other. All were members
of a family who had spent the evening
at a friend’s house, near Tuttle’s cross
ing, and were on their way home.
Those killed were: Mrs. Amy Smith,
forty-eight years old, Beit Smith,
twenty-three years old; Miss Miranda
Smith, twenty-four years old; Glee
Smith, fourteen, audCatherine Smith,
eight years old.
The injured are Porter Smith, hus
band of Mrs. Smith and father of the
other victims. Gardner Smith, twenty
one years old.
Before reaching the crossing the
carriage was stopped and Mr. Smith
listened for tho train, but did not
hear it in the howling gale. The
horses had just crossed the track in
safety when the engine of the express
crashed down upon the carriage and
its occupants.
Gardner Smith, who was the least
injured, crawled to a station nearby
and secured assistance.
The bodies of Mrs. Smith and her
daughter Miranda were carried off for
a mile on the cowcatcher of the en
gine. The bodies of the little girl and
her two brothers were found near the
scene of the accnlent.
ENGINES TURNED OVER.
Fireman Killed, Two Engineers
and Flagman Injured in Bad
Wreck on L. & N.
Train No. 2. northbound, on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, was
wrecked half a mile north of Floma
ton, Ala., at 4:05 o’clock Sunday
morning, killing one negro fireman
and injuring both engineers and an
other fireman.
The train, which was a double head
er on account of heavy inardi gras
traffic, bad been somewhat late, and
was running at a high .ate of speed in
order to regain her schedule time.
When half a mile north of Flomaton
she ran into a switch which had been
set for the Pensacola branch to allow
a freight train to pass to that division,
and which had not been reset for the
main line. When the forward engine
of No. 2 struck the switch the wheels
went between the open points and al
most immediately were on the ground.
Engineer Copeland immediately ap
plied the brakes, but before the train
could be sufficiently checkoff, both en
gines had plowed the gravel for a dis
tance of 100 yards, and turned over.
BIG BLAZE IX BIRMINGHAM.
Business Blocks Burned Entailing a Boss
Agsrouatlns: *140,000.
The explosion of a gasoline stove in
the basement of the Metropolitan hotel
in Birmingham, Ala.,Friday afternoon,
was followed by a fire which burned
that building and the Hewlett block
adjoining, both three stories high,
causing a loss estimated approximate
ly at $140,000, the insurance on which
amounted to about three-fourths of
the loss. The fire spread rapidly, and
great difficulty was encountered by
the firemen in reaching it.
Before the flames were gotten under
control everything on Twentieth street
from First avenue to Morris avenue
was a wreck, but a strong fire wall
back of the Hewlett building aud the
Metropolitan hotel prevented the fire
from extending any further toward
■ Nineteenth street.
SEWALL MET BRYAN.
Bode to Atlanta From Williantion With
His Old llunnlni Hate.
Arthur Sowall, of Maine, who ran
with Bryan in 1896 on the National
Democratic ticket, has demonstrated
very effectually how high the Nebras
kan stands in his estimation and re
gard.
He climbed out of bed in Atlanta at
an early hour to got aboard a special
train and go down the Southern road
as far as Williamson, Ga., to meet Mr.
Bryan and have a long friendly talk
while on his way to Atlanta.
Shortly before his departure for
Washington Mr. Sewall said concern
ing his talk with Mr. Bryan:
“I enjoyed seeing Mr. Bryan again
very much.
“We discussed the political situa
tion briefly. Br. Bryan aud I are in
perfect accord on all of the issues of
the day. If you know what his views
are you know what mine are.”
LADYSMITH
IS RELIEVED
Gen. Bailer Finally Enters Deso=
late and Beleaguered Town.
HEAVY LOSSES ARE SUSTAINED
Boers Made Desperate and Brave
Efforts to Hold Out, But
In Vain.
The war office in London received
the following dispatch from General
Buller:
“Lyttleton’s Headquarters, March
1. 9:05 a. m.—General Dundonald,
with the Natal Carbineers and a com
posite regiment, entered Ladysmith
last night. Tho country between me
and Ladysmith is reported clear. I
am moving on Nelthorpe. ”
Rensberg, February 28. —General
Clements, escorted by a squadron of
Inuiskillings, entered Colesberg this
morning and received an enthusiastic
reception. The Boers are in full re
treat. A number of the leading men
have been arrested. The inhabitants
aro well and not starving. They have
suffered many indignities at the hands
of the Boers, but no violence.
CAUGHT IN BOER TRAP.
Builer I .oses Heavily In His En
deavors To Reach the Town
of Ladysmith.
A London special says: But for the
surrender of General Cronje, which
overshadowed the news from Natal,
England would be shuddering over
the British reverse at Railway Hill,
where the Inniskilling Fusiliers were
caught iu a Boer trap aud slaughtered.
The London Mail’s correspondent un
der date of Pieters, February 24, de
scribes the engagement:
“Last night the Inniskilling Fusi
liers, mixed with some of the Dublin
Fusiliers and the Connaught Rangers,
attempted to carry Railway Hill from
Pieters. They were under a con
tinuous fire, through which they pass
ed up the heavy broken ground to the
first Boer trench. Half way up the
hill the Boers retreated to the crest
and then came back on either flank of
the Irish troops, enfilading the cap
tured trenches with savage cross fire
as well as a direct fire.
“All night and until 9 o’clock in
the morniug our men held the position
under a ceaseless fire and at terrible
cost. At roll call only five officers
and 100 men answered to their names.
“Colonel Thackeray aud Major San
ders of the Inniskilliugs, Colonel Sit
well of the Dublin Fusiliers, Captain
Maitland of the Second Gordons, and
Colonel Thorold of the Welsh Fusi
liers, were killed.
“Two hundred and fifty-two of the
rank and file were killed and wounded.
“Major Littleton’s brigade relieved
them at 1 o’clock this morning, when
the Boer artillery pounded the troops
holding the center kopjes without
pause.”
NEWS FROM ANOTHER SOURCE.
Advices from Colenso state that in
the attempt of the lnniskillings Fri
day evening to rush the Boer position
on Pieters hill, the Boer fire was so
terrific when the infantry emerged
from the cover of the trees that almost
every man in the leading half of the
company fell wounded.
The advance line of the British
reached a donga in front of the first
Boer trench, which was not apparent
until they were actually in it.
General Lyttleton’s brigade relieved
General Hart’s brigade in the morning
aud the artillery duel was continued
yesterday (Saturday), though no great
damage was done. Today an armis
tice was agreed upon to enable both
sides to collect their dead and wound
ed. The Boers admit having had very
heavy losses, but they scouted the idea
that the British would compel them to
raise the siege of Ladysmith.
CASTELLANE IN PARIS.
The Count Says lie Will Site Figaro For
Libel.
Count Boni de Castellane, who,
with the Countess de Castellane, left
New 7 York February 15th on the
steamer La Gascogne, appeared in
the chamber of deputies at Paris Sat
urday afternoon. In conversation with
the Associated Press, the count said:
“I have not yet had the opportu
nity to consult all my friends, which
I shall do before I reach a final de
cision as to what definite steps I shall
take as to The Figaro and De Rodays.
However, it has been agreed to insti
tute proceedings against the Figaro
for libel.”
No Chance For lii m#
“Tour success," said the’practical
politician to the mao .ho .acted t
ran for office, -will depecd , *
deal on the ward in which yon aeo ira
a residence. With which national!.
Ge e rrJr Blro “ BM - ,t6lti -'‘S
“Why,” replied the Candida t
SMs-" •*-
“No chance for yon then,” replied
the practical politician “Thev 6 1
dom vote.”-—Chicago Post. * ’
Many Mormons In Indiana.
Latter Day Saints say that outside
of Utah and its immediate environ
ments Indiana has more Mormons than
any other state, notwithstanding other
commonwealths are larger and have
beeu proselyted longor. They have
the figures to show that the Hoosier
State is a productive field for the fol
lowers of Joseph Smith, and that the
state leads all its sisters in member
ship. The district and mission reports
for the year 1899 show that Mormon
ism is growing rapidly in Indiana.
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Stage Realism.
Smith (after the performance)—
Well, old man, wliat did you think of
the show?
Jones—Great! That church scene
was the scene of realism.
Smith—So it was. I actually went
to sleep while it went on.
Their Strong °oint.
‘‘What are the race peculiarities of
the Filipinos?” asked the teacher, who
believes that current history is not to
be neglected.
‘‘They kin race like thunder,” was
the prompt reply 7 of the new boy in the
district.—Detroit Free Press.
Reginald’s Part in War-
Miss Dimple—Reggie, did you ever
smell powder?
Reginald—Oh, often.
Miss Dimple—Manila or Cuba.
Reginald—Sachet. Ohio State Jour
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