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e -Jollnon an DoIliv i r Debate Expansion Ques-
tfinn in a I/innPniiQ IannIPUVU!v ll U w Iyui UUO - UIIIIU .
9_. * , '' --Lively Debafe.
~ ; '~ Washington. Jan. 26.--Not since the
stirring days before the declaration of
[?::~-- war last spring has the house witnessed
such an exhibition of excitement
and scenes of unbounded enthusiasm
. -. as occurred yesterdaywhen the two
Republicans, Mr. Johnson, the Indiana
member, and Mr. Dolliver of Iowa
:v ? ' locked horns on the question of exitg';
-, pansion. The army bill, which was under
debate, was swallowed up in the
:, -~: broader question of our future national
policy and the debate was lifted
X i; -.' from the dead level of mediocrity into
absolute brilliancy. Mr. Johnson se.cured
from the Democratic side permission
to attack the position of the
fi adminstration. It was not the first
time he has broken away from his
party on public questions. On past oc.:
'- . .casions he has won a reputation as a
i,:'- -' master of invective, and the knowledge
V. that he was to speak attracted an eni
..; Eormous crowd to the galleries. Yesterday
he added to his reputation. With
satire, irony and wit the keen thrusts
, ; of his logic were driven home. His
y - -words flowed from him in a perfect
torrent.
Ilie denounced the proposition to an.-''
nex the Philippines as subversive of
every tradition dear to the American
heart in the past and the inauguration
.--;' of a policy that would end in the downfall
of the republic. He said the ratification
of the treaty by the senate
- would sound the death knell of all the
efforts of those who were trying to
prevent the country from rushing on
to suicide and declared if he were a
senator he would rot in his seat be-.;
- fore it should be ratified. He de-:
nounced 'the president as the slavish
follower 'of public opinion, but warned
him- that' the tide would recede and
Whte voice of the people would in time
rebtke' him. Members stood in the
aisles ten deep while he was speaking,
;.:' but he lied to stop the applause
~'' which continually broke out from the
' Democratic side. For almost two hours
. . t. his words poured forth.
-/ ':When he had finished Mr. Dolliver
.came to the defense of the president.
One of the ablest debaters and perhaps
the most eloquent member
of the house, 1-is reply set the Republicans
wild with enthusiasm. He described
how the Dresident had been
,':-; ' fairly driven into the war by those
who now sought to embarrass him before
the peace was definitely obtained,
and his eulogy of the president patiently
meeting all the perplexing
problems which beset him as the great e
events of the last year moved on
aroused his side and the galleries to
cheers. These rang out again and
again when he paid an eloquent tribute
to Admiral Dewey and broke in
renewed volume when he declared that
the course of some members at both
ends of the capitol was almost trea:
son.
At last he contented himself with
- declaring that this was not the point
at issue, that the first thing was to
end the war by ratifying the treaty.
'The future of the Philippines was a
-question for the future.
It was in every respect a remarkable
.debate. The other speeches yesterday
'were compltely ovrshadowed by those
.of Johnson and Dolliver.
Only a brief time was occupied by
the senate in open session. A few
bills on the calendar were passed, but
.' . . no other business of importance was
transacted.
Patti Weds.
London, Jan. 26.-Adelina Patti, the
-singer, was married yesterday at Brecon,
Wales, to Baron Cederstrom, direc_
tor of the health gymnastic institutte
here. Madame Patti took the train
...... : from Craig y Nos, her residence, to
Brecon, 'which was prettily decorated
for the occasion. The band of South
~; WWales borderers met the party at the
station, and with the fire brigade and
police, headed by the town banner and
"V, ' 'mace-bearers, escorted the wedding
-party in five landaus to the Roman
;Catholic church which had been specially decorated. Sir George FaudelPhillips,
former lord mayor of Lon- a
don, gave Patti away. The service was 1
very short. The wedding party 1
reached London yesterday afternoon.
'The bride and bridegroom start to-day
for South France, where, they will e
"-i' !'' spend their honeymoon., Eapan Cour:martial.
Washington, Jan. 26.-The board ol
army officers designated by the secre,
tary of war to sit as a court-martial
in the case of Brig. Gen. Charles P.
Eagan, commissary general of subsistence,
charged with conduct unbecoming
an officer and a gentleman, and
conduct to the prejudice of good order
and military discipline, in connection
with his testimony before the war investigating
commission, met in theRed
parlor of the. Ebbitt house at 10
o'clock yesterday morning and almost
immediately proceeded to the business
in hand. The court consisted of Maj.
Gen. Wesley Merritt, U. S. A.; Maj.
Gen. James F. Wade, U. S. V.; Maj.
Gen. M. C. Butler, U. S. V; Maj Gen.
S. B. Joung, U. S. V.; Brig. Gen. Royal
T. Frank, U. S. V.; Brig. Gen. George
M. Randall, U. S. V.; Brig. Gen. Jacob
Kline, U. S. V.; Brig. Gen. Richard
Comba, U. S. V.; Col. Peter C. Hains,
corps of engineers; Col. George L. Gillespie,
corps of engineers; Col. Charles
R. Suter, corps of engineers; Col.
Francis L. Guenther, fourth artillery;
Lieut. Col. George B. Davis, deputy
judge advocate general, judge advocate
of the army.
The members of the court appeared
in full dress uniform. Gen. Eagan appeared
with his counsel, 'Mr. A. S.
Worthington, formerly United States
district attorney for the District of
Columbia, and took seats near the
judge advocate. Gen. Eagan also wore
the dress uniform of his rank.
The judge advocate turned to Gen.
Eagan and inquired whether he objected
to any of the members of the
court as designated by the order. Gen.
Eagan replied: "I do not."
The members of the court then arose
and took the usual oath, which was
administered by Col. -Davis.
Smallpox in Arkansas.
Little Reck, Ark., Jan. 26.-Dr. H. C.
Dunavant, president of the state board
of health, in speaking of the small-pox
situation, told of a terrible state of affairs
at Salem, in Fuiton county. Dr.
Dunavant has just returned from that
place, where he made a thorough investigation.
He says that there have
been at least 400 cases of small-pox inWashinrgton, :Jan.:'"' 'f chargesgs
and apecificationsu t" 'ich- Commissary
General Eaga'n i ':to be tried
have been 'given to; the press.
; The charges 'and specifications are
as follows:Charge 1. Conduct unbecoming an
officer and gentleman. Specification:
In that Brig. Gen. Charles P. Eagan,
commissary general of subsistence, U.
S. A.. did, while testifying as a witness
before the committee appointed
by the president to investigate the conduct
of the war department in the war
with Spain, submit and read as a part
of his testimony a certain Written
statement in which he did make use of
and thereby publish the following disgraceful,
grossly insulting and ungentlemanly
language, with reference to
Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, commandIng
the army, namely:
"If and when Gen. Miles charges that
it' (meaning tinned fresh beef) ' was
furnished as a 'pretense of experiment'
he lies in his throat, he lies in his
heart, he lies in every hair of his
head and every pore of his body; he
-lies willfully, deliberately, inteitionally
and maliciously.
"In denouncing Gen. Miles as' a liar
when he makes this statement I wish
to make it as emphatic and as coarse
as the statement itself. I wish to
force the lie back Into his throat covered
with the contents of a camp
latrine."
This at Washington, D. C., Jan. 12,
1899.
Charge 2. Conduct to the prejudice
of good order and military discipline.
Specification: In that Brig. Gen.
Charles P. Eagan, commissary general
of subsistence, U. S. A., did, while testifying
as a witness before the commission
appointed by the president to
investigate the conduct'.of the war 'department
in the war with Spain, submit
and rerad, as a part of his testimony,
a certain written 'statement in.
which he did make use of and thereby
publish the following grossly- abusive
and unmilitary language with reference
to the major general commanding
the army namely:
"If and when Gen. .Miles charges
that it (meaning tinned fresh beef),
was furnished as 'a pretense of experi--
ment' he lies in his throat, he lies in
his heart, he lies in every hair of his
head, and every pore of his body, he
lies willfully, deliberately, intentionally
and maliciousy. Ifk ' is statement
is true: that this was furnishedd under
'pretense of an expernimeLt,' then '
should be drummed out, of the army
and incarcerated in state prison. If
this statement is false; as I assert it
to be, then he should be drummed out
of the service and incarcerated inthe locality within the past two prison with other libelers.
months and a number of deaths have] "His statement is a scandalous libel,
occurred. He found people walking reflecting upon the honor of every ofabout
the streets of the town broken ficer in the department who has conout
with the disease, pockmarked and tracted for or purchased this meat,
pitted and others falling ill every day. and especially and particularly on the
The local physicians contended that commissary general-myself. In dethe
disease was not small-pox and lit- nouncing Gen. Miles as a liar when he
tle effort nad been made to check its makes this statement, I wish to force
ravages. As a result the disease had the lie back into his throat covered
become scattered along the line of the with the contents of a camp latrine.
Memphis and Fort Scott and CottonI "I wish to brand it as a falsehood of
Belt roads and many neighboring whole cloth without a particle truth
towns are now infected. to sustain it, and unless he can prove
The disease was first carried to Ful- his statement he should be denounced
ton county about two months ago by by every honest man, barred from the
a returned soldier. He was direct clubs, barred from the society of defrom
camp and soon after his arrival 'cent people and so ostracised that the
was taken ill with the disease and street bootblacks would not condedied.
Members of his family contract- sccnd to speak to him, for he has fouled
the disease and on account of an ed his own nest, he has aspersed the
incorrect diagnosis and consequent honor of a brother officer without a
want of proper medical attention the particle of evidence or fact to sustain
disease spread rapidly until now it is in any degree his scandalous, libelous,
impossible to estimate the number of malicious falsehood, viz., that this beef
cases and exposed persons. or anything whatever was furnished
The state board of health is-power- the army under 'pretense of experiless
to do anything to stay the pro- ment.'"
gress of the contagion, owing to the This at Washington, D. C., Jan. 12,
lack of funds. The last legislature re- 1899
fused to make any approriaton for the The precise nature of Gen. Eagan's
purpose and the present legislature has plea to these charges and specifications
made available only $200. An effort is has not yet been determined upon. So
being made to secure an appropriation fa' as the charges are concerned, it
sufficient to combat the epidemic. fa understood that Gen. Eagan will not
plead guilty to either of them. A
"ysterious Filly" Wins.
NewYok,'an ~Mysteri strong legal contest is looked for in
New York, Jan. 26.-"Mysterious" the proceedings before the court marBilly
Smith cleverly and successfully tial.
defended his right to the foremost _
position as a welterweight pugilist by
defeating Billy Edwards of Australia Against Von der Ahe.
before the Lenox Athletic club last St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 24.-Judge Spennight.
cer in the circuit court rendered his deUp
to the fourteenth round the men cision in the case of the Mississippi
took very few breathing spells and Valley Trust company vs. Sportsman's
when the American rushed in withh a Park and Club in favor of the plainhard
left in the wind and a right tiff. The decision is against Von der
across on the jaw he ended one of the Ahe's interests, as Judge Spencer dehardest
and fiercestt contests that ever dlares the national league base ball
took place in think or any other arena. ' franchise a part of the property coverThe
dwelling of ]. C. Lovedale burn- ed by the mortgage, which the trust
ed at Greenville, 1'ex. Loss $800. pany seized to for close.
t~~ompany seized to fo[!~~~~~~~~'/coeBaltimore, AId.. M'an. 24.!The moAt
important inew enterpriseswf the week
reported by the Manufacturers' Record
were: _
One hundred thousand dollar cotton
compress,, 125 barrel flour mill and
$30,000: cotton compress in Arkansas;
$50,000 machine works, etc., in Alabama;
$30,000 creamery, $10,000 foundy
and machine shop in Georgia; 20barrel
flour mill in Kentucky; $25,000
fibre company, $30,000 saw mill and
1000-ton sugar mill in Louisiana; $500,000
pharmacal company. $10,000 box
factory, 3800-spindle cotton mill addi'tion,
3500-spindle addition and 1300spindle
addition in North Carolina;
7000-spindle addition in Sout'l Carolina;
5-ton ice factory and $10,-000
iron ore company in Tennessee; $20,000
oil Co., $20,000 flour mill, $300,000
cotton mill company and $400,000 land
improvement company in Texas;
$400,000 silk manufactory, $25,000
foundry and machine company, $600,000
gas and light company, $25,000
boot and. shoe company, 30-barrell
flour mill and $37,500 ether company
in Virginia; $50,000 coal and lumber
company, $50,000 bridge company, $10,000
telephone company and $300,000
petroleum company in West Virginia:
New buildings announced included
$250,000 warehouse, etc., at Baltimore,
Md., $60,000 hospital at Baltimore,
$6000 church at Plano, Tex., '$26,000
church at Newport News, Va., $7500
warehouse at Baltimore, Md., $*0,000
business building at Franklin, Tenn.,
$5000 bank building at Plaquemine,
La., and $30,000 courthouse at Trenton,
Tenn.
Ruffians' Work.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 24.-At Colquitt,
Ga., a town remote from telegraphic
communication, late Saturday night
a party of unknown men surrounded
the house of Farmer Rustin and demanded
that his daughter como out of
the house.' She refused, whereupon.
the men attacked the house, shooting;
from every 'side. One shot passed
through the door, killing a boy, Virgil,
instantly. Another struck old man
Rustin and he died yesterday from
the effects of the wound.
The meb broke in the door and
knocked the old man down and continued
shooting at him. At the inquest
it developed that the cause of
the shooting was because Miss Rustin
had sworn out a warrant for a man
named Philipps. The coroner's jury
returned a sealed verdict.
Philipps, his father and two brothers,
two cousins of Philipps' and a
I man named Cleveland have been
placed in jail.
Congress.a
Washington, Jan. 24.-Discussion of
the policy of expansion occupied nearly
all the time of the senate in open
session yesterday. Mr. White of Califoinia,
one of the Democrats who :has
announced heretofore his opposition
to ratification of the treaty of peace,
addressed the senate in support of the
anti-expansion resolution introduced
by Mr. Vest (Dem.) of Missouri and of
the resolution offered by Mr. Bacon
(Dem.) of Georgia declaring that the
Filipinos ought to be free and indendent.Yesterday was District of Columbia
day in the house, and the major portion
of the day was devoted to local
legislation. The only action of public
importance was the passage of the bill
to extend the navigation laws of the
United States to the Hawaiian islands.What Will be Done.
London, Jan. 24.-The Filipino junta
here has' received dispatches saying
that if Agoneillo, one of Agunaldo's
envoys at Washington, is not received
by the United States government within
a few days, Aguinaldo will recall
him to Manila and suspend relations
with the i. ':ted States, "thus removing
an important medium for arriving
at a peaceful understanding."
The junta's advices also assert that"large numbers of the American troops
are fraternizing with the natives and
that many of them are engaged to
Filipino girls."
New Director.* 5: _ ._^^.ong i
' Save in t.ihe- imaginai; 'o
unfortunate victim 'if delirium ti<q
are few men who ever saw moree tha.i :.':;::,n'
three or four' snakes together .lix y /?; ,I'-, m
place on the earth's surface.. 'Were ' .,
you to ask naturalists they would tall ' .. ..
you that 1the tendency of snakes ia i .. :
not to congregate in any one place, . , :'.^
Yet contrary to seeming laws of AnS- " .:
ture there is a place which is infested ,
by them in astounding numbers,. so , .
vast that it is the wonder of all those
who have looked upon it. This land . , --
of'snakes is known by either of the
two unsuggestive names of "Linkville"
or "Klamath Falls," and is situated In , ,'
an obscure corner over the California ; --,'.
border line in Oregon. It may be - ... . a
reached in twenty-four hours' travel ' '" ':.:;
from San Francisco. You have only , ";
to take the northern-bound train for - ?
Ager, thence a stage line of about
twenty miles conducts you to your '; '
destination. It is impossible to associate
"snakes" with the beautiful and ,
varying scenery through which you . -
pass as far as Klamath Hot Springs.
Trees and streams and all the glories
of mountain scenery greet you on
every hand. You drive through a luxurious
growth of evergreens and
shrubbery; you cross and receri'imerous
streams; you breathei/i:5
air of Shasta and Siskiyou., : i i * ' '_- ._/
you have left Klamath .Ad- a , . -
few miles behind there ^-'i :ff4reciable
difference in. the.' l cape.
Sparsity of vegetationA4. t!.flrst observa'ble
change. At ASty turn. of
the road the aspect beeo/es more barren,
more forlorn and more desolate'.
Finally, you seek in vain for a tree
or a shrub, and at last, dust-cot:" -
and weary, you- pull up at a,' *
withered village, that produces
ing on its hard, rocky soil but r.V
ing snakes. You have reached
yville, the haunting retreat of ser: . .
There is a bridge .in Linkville ;.. _ -; '
spans Klamath river. From ,m :
bridge, which is a vantage poirltt , :'i
far as view is concerned, a mos'" / M:
traordinary sight meets the 'i'' .':
Along the river banks, at irreg rar'",
intervals of a few yards, are seen dark
-balls ranging from a foot to three feet ,
in diameter. They are stationary and
,as passive as a boulder, which they
'resemble in color. But if a stone is
hurled at any of these strange
spheres, to your horror snakes winl
crawl off in every direction and the
ball will melt away as lard melts In / :
a frying pan. The repulsive creatures
that have thus been coiled up in a
perfect sphere glide away under rocks, ''
;and: .one minute later not a snake is
to be seen in that particular spot. Butt - -
the other balls of snakes in the vicin"ity
are' little disturbed by thie stone.
A close inspection will reveal only a
moving head or twitching tall in the
'mass that before looked like an immovable
boulder. Those that were ',
-scattered, however, may later seek the
neighboring spheres or in a few minutes
slink out of their hiding places
.and reassemble themselves in balls.Woman to Woman.
From the Detroit Free Press: She
was a pleasant-faced woman, middleaged,
and with an air of good will to
everybody, even those of her own sex.
When she got on the street car there
was just one seat left, and she walked
toward it. But another woman ,had
boarded the car right behind her. She,
too, was middle-aged, and, though still
plump, her hair had wider gray streaks
in it than the coiffure of the first lady.
The latter, seeing a woman apparently
older than herself, stepped back from
the seat she was about to take, and
said: "Won't you take this seat, madam?
You probably need it more than
I." If it had been a man that offered
the courtesy, of course, that slightly
elderly lady would have accepted it
with a smile, and, perhaps, with a
"thank you." But this was a woman,
and it was another story. She sniffed
the air disdainfully, and said: "The
idea! I'm no older than you. Take the
seat yourself." And the other passengers
all found something outside the
car to attract their attention.'
They're Only Artesians.
During the recent strike of ladies'
tailors the proprietor of a well-known
uptown establishment was endeavoring
to explain to an interested customer
the difference between the kind
of work which is done in an establishment
like his and that done by the
shambling wretches who were fighting
for "recognition" and their right to
better pay. "You see," he explained,
"men who never see a fine garment on
a lady and who have no opportunitywashington, Jan. zI.-i-en. Russell to observe and learn what good style
Hastings, formerly of Ohio, but now is cannot be expected to turn out arliving
at Northampton, Mass., has been tistic work. They can never hope to
chosen for appointment as director of become artists; they are simply arthe
bureau of American republics to' tesians."succeed the late Joseph Smith.
Gen. Hastings during the civil war Contingent C
was colonel of the president's regiment, From the Washii
.n. Mr. Bridden a good
Santiago Morphy, the alleged Mexi- replied the discreet
can bank embezzler, escaped at New It depends somewhi
Orleans after two trials. Dwhs or colecng.'i 1 ,
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