The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVIIITH YEAR, No. 330, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 28, 1903 Page: 1 of 12
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lityou p ace your aiders with us
wlismiJeat once from Houston
ft not have tu wait to have them
up tod come out from the factory
rtto your Inquiries and would be
sjlfoquote you
WARD SMITH CO
ttoit2 Travis st
OLD FASHION
March 7 8 and 9
RATE 1500
Limit March i
Extension Limit 30 Dfrys >
SIDE TRIP
EL PASO to MEXICO CITY
and Return 3000
Limit 30 Days
San Antonio and Return
March 9 and 10
RATE 690
Limit March 15
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Cement Lime and Brick
Fire Brick and Fire Clay
Paints Leads and Oil
P O Box 612
810 Willow Street Houston Tex
10LASSE S
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KIRKLANDMORROW CO
The Penman Steel
Iron Works
OXCOItPOllATUD
WORKS AND GENERAL OFFICE
BEAUMONT TEXAS
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Presidert
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Vice Pres
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and Mgr
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Lumber Timbers Tiea Shingles
Sash Doors and Blinds
Both Phones 1246
PRAIRIE AVE AND DOWLING
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Houston Texas
SucoooBOra to
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loulilina Red Cyprett
UllVconciid
TRY A PACKAGE OF
GOLDEN ROD
ELGirJ CREAMERY BUTTER
Packed In pound sealed cartons Has few
equals none better
MORROW BURTON
Wholesalers
HOUSTON
TEXAS
A L Jackscn Wm II Wilson
WILSON JACKSON
Attornoys and Counselors at Low
UISVj Congress Avenue
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phone 313 rcldence phone 100
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OF ALL KINDS
We ciiry the Incest ind best assorted stocks
In the Southwe t of
Corrugated and VCrlmp Iron
Felt and Hubsrold Roofing
Metal Shingles
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QUiCk SHIWEN at BOTTOM
PRICES s our motto We are tadquatw
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GENERAL OFFICER 207 MAIN STREET HOUSTON TEX
HARTWELL
Hcatero ind Lime Extractors furnish teed
water with Impurities eliminated and
heated to 200 degrees The relia
only
ble and safe method of keeping boiler
clean and up to maximum in capacity
and economy Write for new prico list
HARTWELL
HOUSTON TEXAS
TO
BARDEN
Electric and Machinery Go
JOHN LOVEJOY M l MALEVINSKY
Practice CiVilLati Federal
and State Courts
Biu Build ng HOUSTON TEXAS
DR EDWARD AUER
DISLASLS OF WOMLN SUUQERY
Mason Block Rooms 402 420
CATARRH TREATMENT
500 per Hontli
Dr A M ATJTRILY
ColdMedjI Crdmte 401 Mnon Block
PROMINENT ATTORNEY
Is Ceniurcd by Suprerne Court of Wis-
consin
uu vj LiJiiiac 10 it is to be
lel thatroiiiiwl so distlunutohcil
bhoulil have so Indulged his mastery of a
ultuiitlon as to lead so Oousclontlolls a Judue
as the one who presided upon this tilal so
far Ustruy It Is to bo regretted that coun-
sel will do that under any circumstances
In these words the Wisconsin supremo
court In uu opinion written by Justice Mur
hlulll and hnndo1 down today rebuked
icnejnl U S Ilrags for hit arcumont to the
Jury In the action of Henry IleupltiK nguliut
the thlcago uuil Noithuestem Huflwiiy
couipnuy for diimaKes for personal Injuries
hustaluul In the wreck of an excursion
train runnlnu from Kond itu Iae to She
bnyeau on June 1M 1000
After henrlni ieneral Urajtss aruuiueur
In which he pictured the railway officials
uttcndln church on the Sunday of the
excursion us subjects for the rartoouUt
culled attention to the corporations wealth
nhd otherwise worked upon their proJiidlcoH
the jllry Rave ltenplug a verdict for JILMKiU
damages
The kuproine court lluds this amount
plosly excessive mtyliur the evidence
shows that Itcnpliuf was only Incapacitated
for six months and jUes Uliu the option of
accepting rW or startliiB a new trial
I3
FIGHT FOR TOBACCO TRADE
Independents Bcnan with a Cut and the
Trust Came Back
special to The 1ohL
New York February ST Thu war of the
Independent elzar dealers and the tobacco
trust In this Ity Is fiercely on and both
i sldeB say It will be a light to a tlulfih The
llrst Run was tired by the Independents who
1 announced a cut In the price of imported
ilgais This was met to day by the fnltcd
I Cigar Stores compuii the retail branch
I of the trust by a deeper cut It Is be
I lloed that all grades of cigars and touueco
J will be cut The Independents are organ
I Ulng all over the city and It Is announced
I that plans nre being inude to establish a
I big etffBKttP factory In llrooklwi which
will supply the antitrust stores with these
goods The tight undoubtedly will spread
to other cities where the trust bus beguu
to get into the retail trade
BIG ENGLISH COMPANY
May Establish Plants Throughout tho
South
iSpeclahV > Ulii I
lloiton Mass February 1 A 13000
X > corporation the IlrltUh Cotton and
Woolen Dyers tjs ielatlon limited of Ilrod
ford Kiigbiiid U preparing for opiratton
tl rough the South pud Knst The com > any
Jn a newly Invented American procem for
mcrccrliliig yartis which It Is claimed will
revolutionize the cotton yarn Industry
throughout the wprld lle ldes tuercerlzliig
the company will ppprotc dyeing bleuihlug
wludlng aul eonltig plauts A plant Is 11 nv
under ronstructloii at Ilolmesburg Iai
whtcfi Is tho llrst of a chain to b iwtnlf
lltMCtl In nil thp large mauufaituring rt >
ters of the United States AJo IJdftCZVr
the president and Jt hua MTngtroya
BrltUh director nre here In efliAultnUflii
with James C Iorest mid Hepry C Inr
cst the American directors The comimtiy
opetotes flftyouo plauta In Ireat Hrltullt
tnTT
A SYNDICATE DISSOLVED
Unable to Float a Larflo Issue ot Uold
Bonds
New York Frtjrudry tiTflJie syndicate
formed tost Au gi4fflShlroiwii Itros fc Co
llullgartcn Cd Wd V vmlyc Co to
Hunt the tirst consolldatrjl tnortgage 4 per-
cent gold bouds of thj Atlautli Coast Mue
railroad total iiuthorltcd capital isae JM
XlOOOO has been dissolved Sotleo to that
J ffect was received by members of ho fvu
illcate today No reason for the < ltoitt
tuit It U ld that omy uc
tlon was given
BftU of the ootids wu markettd
THREAT CARRIED OUT
Democrats Voiced Their Condemna-
tion of Republican Unfairness
BY BLOCKING LEGISLATION
1 Pj Huf
The Resu Wasj fSjomiy Session
V Lasting All Day
ALL OVERTURES BY REPUBLICANS
To Democrats to Abandon J heir Till
buster We reRejected
1
PRESENT TACTICS WiLLBE CONTINUED
Until the End of the Session Situation
Means Deathknell of Everything Ex
copt Appropriation Bills
Spcilil to Till 1oSt
Washington Fiflirunry T Tlic
iiientory tangle lti tlit > bouse today
fplr and
IjMlou
dired ui
tuotlin to
nrr iw
fwi il
com initio
ll t to 3ft
pavltti
put m
tfuhri N
motion ilemamled tle
flip demand f reed 11
into question was 1 r
9ll fejlJl foil W11I on n
l th military
ifTfyvittpp wos 11
j tOOM As the speaker lnd auti iliiiiil
th utc M Kiemlng ID m tin 1 ilsmg
to a qnictloii of ihe lilglnst prHlle e sui
to the clerks disk and had ihe flowln
ickolutlcn rend
Whercn It appears ficn tie oil e >
> oiiul rvroril of Iebiunrv 11 H t Our nr
nititi eenni i d iiiinimiii t < > in
speaker pro ten n lucrum was net present
v en the rtei lullolis wrie lot 1 lip 11 d
iIhk ihat Jihins i Iliili i f
mI 11111 Hue 1 U1
In 1 If l
Ulcd a r Iesc
1 en ccugr ss fr ui Tv
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HOUSTON TEXAS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28 1903
12 PAGES TODAY
was dtily ial ed upoii the vote of each of
snld rcsolutlulw and thnflHo silne In web
Instance wtis nterrulooj by the penker pro
ttiii jir iolnflnii of tie conitltiiVe11 the
r
rub > f the limine anil tl ie practice of all
Parliamentary bodies 1
ftMtolvrd Thft the niiimniieeniiMit 1i > tin
iirr < i < iiiii j iiu Hi iiiiiniiiiii von in > in
KIP
ad
adKitd
Kitd James J Iluticr Is still entitled to his
seat In thlshouso and that the iald O 1
ir < > r U W
iuletu upo news deeiirpm Us lf iil rtWu l
the majority ieiderw asrec
> r lvnc
lurter M srs Me er ehalrnun and
ltaukhcad Iloin of the public iulltliiB i 1 l tV TXJ Jtllol
csunmlttee conferred duilng he day with V T
1c h l lo 1
the view of getting consideration somelfW UP VV
th1 llle < < < 1 1 m
of the omnibus bllhlliigs bill This tho
ns
only measuri in ivJilch dcmocrnl appeared
to show any deeldell Intcrestjttfil tills wns
beeaiisi of the foot of having Vdlistlie >
wished to get thriiligh JtepViWeiltntlvo Hull
was alert for a uJmjiCe for Ilourjtons post
ori eu bliltdjpi
UiinoerntriT lr < lojW caucus notion up
liciir to lny dUldeiU as to the wisdom of
keeping Jip ifioTlauWSoi > i few Insist that
hi ioinibfl alw jmoml ruthlessly to dtsrv
eadxules pTiH d lit and everything ul e
uuil U Is uscTw to tiy to fcTt in the iy
On the other hand there are demociats
who courend thin It Is not fllllbiisterlug nor
obstruction to compel the ropublleun > mid
the hpeuker to live up to the inles which
they themselves estnbllslipd and whlcli
thej repudiate when It suits their purposes
Washington Iobruury 27 The diunociMls
of the house today ranted oul their thieut
of jesterday thit If Mr Itutler wns un-
seated they would do ccptlilng In I heir
power to block legislation from now until
congress expires on March 1 The result
was another stormy session prolonged
fiom 11 oclock this morning until almost
7 oclock thin evening Ilidl calls followed
each other and at every point party pas-
sion inanitMcd Itstlf In bitter and aeit
monlous eprcsRlon JVo rules wcie
hrpvtght iiiitoooTitlnu jte vtt
sliilt of yesterday mid fn rTnWp
llys power to ubittruct legislation Duttng
the debate on the rule tlm democrats
voiced their condemnation of what they iiu
uomlnated ycHterdays outrageous action of
the chair The republicans declared that
they were willing to assume responsibility
for what they hud done Mr Dalzell saying
this course was pursued ho that the demo-
crats could consume 137 hours or twenty
Seven IccUlattw days on roll calls on the
Kiiiato nuieiidmenls to the uppioprtotkm
bills It was agrewl oil both slibH that the
preAont situation sounds the death ljhdll
of practically evcrj thing except tiie uppw
prlatlon Wlls The Xitends ox Uie ointlllirfs
public bulldlnis lil l were placated by > vi
promise which It was understood wits
glseii that their bill would be covered by
11 speilal rnlo to be brought In later Kvon
with tho special rules In operation gutting
appropriation bills Into conference was u
tedious and laboilms process an eighthour
sMlon and thirteen roll wlls being neces-
sary to gut the agricultural nod Mindry
civil mi ltury academy and postofllce ni
pioprliitlou bills Into conference and t
adopt the conference icport on the Indliill
upproprlatlon UU All overtures from till
republican side to the demociati to in-
duce tfie latter to abandon their tlllbnsier
hae been fruitless and there Is every In-
dication that they will coiitlnmi their pres-
ent tactics to the end of the seslOH
With the reconvening of the house at It
oclock this morning the tlgJil of yesterday
was resumed and the prospects were for a
sotniv hcssIoii When the speukurS guyel
fell ilr Itlehardson the minority leader
made the point of uy ijuorum
W u cuu nut do uuslne without n quo-
rum said he adding isnrcairtleally al-
though we ion unseat a member without
one The speaker calmly replied Unit there was
manifestly no ijuorum present mid directed
11 oall of the house On the call 207 Mim
bers appeared Mr Underwood iDaiii
Ala rising to n parliamentary Imiulry
asked If the agricultural appropriation bill
which iiad come to the hou e with somite
amendments had kept It on the speakers
table
Mr Undomvood called attention to tlm
fact that unanimous consent was yesterday
refused when It was asked for the pnrpoM
of noncniicurrQncft In tho Hlute omcndineiit
and referring the 1111 J5 conference and
asked If that action did not semi it to com-
mittee
The speaker replied that It did not
Thereupon Mr Underwood attempted to
move the reference but the speaker de-
clined to recognize him Tor that purpose
The spenker then laid before the house ths
prfHtilenls veto of the bllflo remove tin
charge of desertion agalus Levi I Heed
iMr irujl tpoved the reference of tho
message U the committee en military nf
The Uu Hon preiAllei
Mr Camion 111I tltcp asked niiaiilniiu s
consent to dlsigvre to Jhu senate amend
incuts < o tltt sutidry fe tvl Appropriation bll
and send the bill to conference Mr Illch
unison demanded the regular order
iMr Datoell piesDiitcd the two ru M
agieed tolfy jlifJttjifs comuilttee this moru
liigto espijltto nppiopilntlou bills and t
eoitinnii thi leglslntlH day of yesterduy
until Jlnrch I As the terms of the rules
were lend at the clerks desk the democrats
Jeeicd
Mr Dalzell called attention to the refusil
of the minority to allow the sundry dill
nppropilntlon bill to go to conference n re
UUchI he suld thai had never befoie been
lefused In the history of the house II
pointed out that longress would adjourn
next wed and the supply bills must be
passed or an extra session would bo neces-
sary Amid democratic Jeeis and icpiili
llcau applause he charactiilzed the course
of the minority as a childish proceeding
and declared It was absolutely necessnry to
adopt the special rule uppl > lng to appro-
priation bills
iMr Underwood Jauutd the n publicans
with h < iblpbljietlto make the humiliating
oonforNfc Shotltu vpfo uuiiblu to Mo-
W A llWCfeHl rJjft Tlc t nv
ffmlipoil rue rulo to sliow how Impossible It
ntTi consider ftcnate iiinendments
Its Operations
> ft irosvenor Itcp Ohio declared that
the majority was not abandoning the I teed
rules It was Imply doing IM duty
Mr Oe Arniond iDwu Mo I In bitterly
Hiiicustlc teiins uirulgiiPd the other side
rldbtilliiK the pathos In the olte of Mr
llromenor and excoiluting Mr Ihilzell for
his in tlon while In the chair liiht night
Mi Williams Dem IIII was ceii mnr >
Rcveic than Mr lie Ainu ml In hs denun-
ciation of the action of the majority ns
t ei day
Mi Klchurdson closed for his side iind
Oil Cannon for the uiajoilty
The rulo was then adopted IBS to 101
I lie agricultural appropibitlou bill and
tin postuffjee and sundii civil appropili
tlon bills with senate amendments wero
scut to conference
Mr Sherman puscuted the conference re
poit on tho Iiidlun appioprlatlon bill a
Ioiuplcte agreement
Two roll culls were necessary to adopt tlm
iiffiort
The military academy appropriation bill
wfth senate amiindinents was then laid be
flue the house and under the operatlou of
the special rule It was sent to conference
JOS to Vand then by a vote of IK to III tilts
house ut UM p in took 11 rece i until 11
oclock tomoirow morning
1
BRIEF CABINET MEETING
Little Hopa that Either Treaty Will Got
Throuoh
Washington robriuiry SI Todays cabi-
net meeting was comparatively brief last-
ing only about Jtn hour I he discussion
revolved firuKflpondliig legislation In con
i
grota Iitttlfflmjie Is felt nnioiig iiienilieri
of the cabinet that the Cuban reciprocity
niiil Uanalun canal treatifH will be ratltled
by the senate at the prcucnt session and
each days deluy In acting on tlicin Ls In-
creasing the probability of an extra ses-
sion Th ltrealdent 1ms reiterated bl > de
termliiatlou to call a special session of tho
senate lit the event of it failure of either
uf both of tiie treaties
Ho far as can be ascertained the presi-
dent bun not determined on uuy date for
the opening of the extra session
Republican Resolutions
Wnshlugti n Iebruary 27 Tho NatiouJl
lteputilleun Kdltoilsl nssocliitlou tcday
adopted resolutions cultglxlug President
McKiulcy mid Ilesldcnt lloosevolt saying
that their administrations together with
th rnpiirnlleled pnwperlty of the country
toiitltuted the hlghist upneal for repun
II11VU mircin c > Mr Uauiia spoke nud
Was uuthuslavtlialb lOcehcd
CONFESSED TO MURDER
Murdered Womans Brither Attempted to
Assault Prisoner fit Court Room
ToimftATltt KolirO g J7vr Wude to-
day coftrWed totllVfflJrder two yeari ago
of Kate Uulllvan TM confession chiiio ut
t < iie clone of one of die most sensational
1 rials ever held lu this city Wnde i at-
torney Novelist Ilraiiil Whltlrtek offered to
enter a pleu of guUty to second degree mur-
der lint tillsiriu refused by tne States at
loreei Th eusi will gn to Ihe jury tlita
1 MniK Two desperate attempts were
the brothei of the uiurdered wo
1 an to iihuiu4 the prisoner In the court
oji iwdiijjjHlBMHtli failed The prlsouiM1
i n MtfMPM JjWuty irjiys cbiii to of the
rduftlfrfffoT lleHWfillHir ito lnliul
Prominent Kontuckian Suicided
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saiu u h1
K 1 11 11 ti i IPiijninlu
1 7 i ic 1 the r jit fu
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PlllOE CENTS
TO REDUCE THE MINORITY
To a State of Abject Helplessness Is Now Pro
posed by the Republicans
Washington February 27 The house committee on rules ordered a fnvortibl
report on the two special rules proposed icstordiiy by which 1 tip minority pow-
er to obstruct legislation to to be reduced to n minimum The order nre s
follows
tesnlm > That Immediately on tJ n mloptlon of thin rule and nt nny time
thereafter < lmhii the remainder of the se < wpu It hall be In order to take from
tlm speakers table any general appropriation bill icturncd with senate nniend
nirit8 11111I such amendments linxlug been reud the question shall be nt mice taken
wtfliiimy iKhnto or Intervening motion on the follow Ins question-
s i Wlljf lw house disagree to paid amendments en Moo ntid ask n conference
I < fyrrfUfnutofi
y Ajiirlf flit motion shall be dcildcd in fie affirmative the speaker shall nt
ojlffc appoint the conferees without the Intervention of any motion It the lionso
S shrill deelile ad niollon In the negative the effect of said vote shall bo to agree
tutlto t < ald antchdnicnts 1
Thj setfond title which 1 designed to eoiitlmic 1 legislative day of > wter
day finfil Starch i Is iw follows <
JUwvIed That for the remainder of tills session the motion to take n ie
ccksbiYlite a prhllcged motion an I take pieecdeiice of WiC motion to adjourn
lieakcr ItrHtST pint mild leioluthiiis were
doptPd fart untrue and that th
ADVANCE IN COTTON
Continues ard Nully Predicts
Een Hinher Prices
Special to The lost
New York leblnary ST Tlio ex
Oltiiiient In the cotton markot con-
tinues and V cents for spots was
reached here toduy Daniel T Nully
who Is tho recognized lender of the
bull fnvcois here predicts n cotton
famine and says that while specula-
tion undoubtedly ban had Its cfTect
In forcing the prlre of the ntaple up
the gicater part of the advance Is
legitimate and Is due to the fact Hint
there Is not cotton enough In sight
5Jj suiiplvihn
Some of th
ileinnnd
Now Kngland cotton
goods manufacturers nre Inclined to
take a gloom view of the situation
claiming that they can not pay the
present ulces for raw cotton the
prevailing high wages to labor mid
gel out whole on the present market
for llithdicd goods It Is not belteied
howeier that they will shut down
the mills
The strength and activity or tlm
lherpool markets time had 11 good
effect here It Is held that this Indi-
cates aliort supplies In tho hands of
Ihigllsh xpluucrs and that depleted
stocks will hmn to be replenished
eicn If the iailutvmelicii n still
higher range an event which Is free
lj predicted here
LARGE BUSINESS FAILURtS
Commercial Stability Dependent on a
Fixed Monetary Standard
Mexico Ill Kcbruarj 27 Tho failure of
the lnr lYeiiih dry goods hoUe known ns
La Soiic cs y Irlmavera Is SJld to be pl
itllIl > due to the succe4lve withdrawals
of the pirtners taking out their capital iilpl
iffijniiejltug Jm JWlWtJ 1 MWC J > 1W
the UTfftYil820ftlV
tt B
hotlicr dry gonds ronccrii Is tvwp Ti
iuak > an Assignment but the opinion nf
bankers U that tbeio Is no reason to ex
pct troublo In other houses whose capital
has not been Unpaired hj outside invcit
tieutri
Mllllti L Moycr president of tlm In-
tern itloiial Uiiiklng Corporation of New
Yoik now Iuti says In an Interview that
It l < of llrt1 Importance to every gieat
Interest hern thM the money standard bo
nut on a tinner basis Iliere < n none
banked up walling to pour Into Mexico at
the moment fnielgn capitalists can he sure
of 1 stable cnneiiey Kterythlng here Is all
right people gneminent and everything
ihe jneii at tin head of this nation am
proving theniselicu wise and strong mid It
Ih Inevitable that there will be a solution to
the questions of the hour that will bo a
credit to Mexico We or the Mates sre
icrj much Interested In all that affect a
Mexico and we have raked and threshed
Ihe money question to lis shreds hut it Is
Iniposslbtii for us to iimtcintand the con-
ditions of this isjuntry There Is a vast
dlflerence between tin two gmerninenw
and 1 nullifies mid then Is nothing tiut wo
can Biy that would boiioAt our sister re-
public Mexico must work out thlu prob-
lem for herseir and on thst scorn there Is
no room for doubt that the very best thing
Mill be done
THE COLIMA VOLCANO
Earthquakes Reported at Several Points
in Mexico
Collniil Mexico Iebruary i7 Tho vol-
cano j Hotel day poured forth a quouU T of
white hot matter but tliciu wns no out-
flow of lava till late at night when great
quantities tinned downthe sides of tin
volenti o
luthquakcs are reported at Aculpulco
Mexncallu Chllpuuclngo unit Aguas Ulan
ius There wits 110 alarm In this city over
the activity or the volcano
ON THEIR WAY BACK
United States Consul nnd Wile Afraid ot
Yellow Fever
Guayaquil Ucuador February 7 United
States Consul General Kuwtrr and Mm
feuwter who nirlvcd hern Kcbruary US hare
slurtcd 011 their return to the United Htates
on thu sJinu steamer which brought them
South Mi Hauler It Is alleged became
ufiuld of yellow fever when he saw the
room nt thu consulate where Thomari Nast
thu former consul general died of the
fever
Mexican Customs Duties
Kagle lnss Ttcns Kebruury ST Minister
Iliuautour by wfu today lived a tlieorot
Icul rule of ex liaiige for calculating dutSS
011 Imports nto Mexico for Mnrnh Thu
mode of computing is uh before numely
Ulrst deduct A per cent from amount of
duty usicrtnlned under existing tniinmul
llply above rate by the remainder divide
product by loo and result will be auiooiit
of duty jctuilb payable
From WELL
i i i
Hll
FIRESIDE
Southwestern 0i Co
NAVAL BILL PASSED
Carries with it an Appropriation of
Over Eighty Million Dollars
AN AMENDA1ENT ADOPTED
Removing Restrictions on Secretary
of Navy In Making Cohlracis
Tilt LITTLEFICLD ANTITRUST BILL
Suffered Another Defeat Upon a Motion
to Take It Up
MR HOAR CRITICISED TIIE POLICY
Of Attempting to Govern Distant Island
as Pursued by the Present
Administration
Washington 1ebruary S7 The senate to-
day pnsscd thu naal and the military
academy upproprlatlon lillli The total
carried bythe former measure Is st07
Ul Mr Illackbiirn secured a veto on hU
motion to take up the Ilttlelleld nntitrut
bill but hl motion was lost28 to S The
senate fiom J45 to Blo wns In executive
sirslnn When tho doors were opened a
iiuillber of bills were passed without ob
jection The Immigration bill was con
sidered mid 1 number of amendments tnsde
to meet various aeualors > lcws but the
bill failed of H vote on objection from New
Kngland senators who feared It will ex-
clude PrenchCsnartlaii labor
At the opeuliirf of the session ilr Illsck
bum Ky announced hu would object
to nil requests for unanimous consent until
lliu senate shall have an opportunity to say
whether or not It wunts to consider the
Ilttlelleld nulltrust bill
The naval appropriation bill was takeu
up Among tho amendments agreed to was
one rcmolng tho restriction put upon thu
secretary o the navy tluit the four bat
til sirtlV proi Med fot tdiatrtie of the geucrit
tie of the Oregon and the two armored
crul fs shall be of the general Ope of the
llrooklyn
An amendment by Mr Nelson Minn
wan agieed to providing that retired offl
1 ers of tlm navy ordered to active duty
shall Iiiimi the rank pay and allowances of
officers of the actlie list of a like lengtUjif
sen Ice
An amendment was also agreed to ap
propriating BUiJii for thft erection of a
monument In Arlington cemetery Virginia
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ALSO QUICKEST TO MEMPHIS
for lbs erection of a nioiiuinent at Vlek
burg military park to the memory of thu
giinbost flotilla operating In Western
waters during the ctu war
The bill ihen wns passed
1 n motion ot Mr Warren thu military
academy appropriation hill was taken up
The amend hie nt providing for the appoint
uu nt of it cadet from 1orto Hlco occusiuuvd
some debute as to whether or not the com-
missioner fiom I orto Hlco should have the
authority t appoint the cadet Mr Uor
nker soiled the qucntlou by offering an
amendment inserting Uiu wo ids to lie
appointed by the president which was
agreed to
Hie provision wa s further iiiuciidedlsoTus
to provide that the cadet from Porto Kico
shall be u untilo uf that Island
Mr llslley Tex said h desired to
record himself against tun proposition
confining appointments to natives of uuy
place i
Then you want to stand up fo the
lights of earpetbnggcrs remarked Mr
Hoar
Mr llulley replied thut he did not that
he hud hiid an unpleasant cxperleuco with
carpetbaggers
Mr Putins Ala characterized < the
amendment as cnss legislation
Consideration of the military approprla
tlon bill then proceeded An amendment
wart agreed to amending the general stutt
law providing that the chief of artillery
shall hereafter serve as a member of the
general staff ami have the rank pay and
allow uncus ot 11 brigadier geneial Tiis
amendment further provides that when the
next vacancy occuis In the office of colonel
of artillery It shall not be tilted aud that
hereafter lilt number of colonels of artil-
lery shall not exceed thirteen TJie amend-
ment takes effect August 13 HW3
The bill tin n pasted
liir Uonr culbid up the conference re
poit 011 the idll to protect the president of
the United States Mr Hlackbiirn pressed
the Uttlvtleld autltttwt bill and demanded
u vote on lit question
Thu senate retused to take up the Ltttle
tleld bII to US
At 143 p iu tpo doors were reopened uo
the senate passed the house bills allowing
freo Importation of British breedlug
anlmuls iiloniu tho eouitrugtlou of a-
bridge uerwis the St Francis rlycr pt Sao
Francis Art mid prmldlng for courtsu
scveiul towns In Indian Territory
Mr 1oriiker called up 11 senate > lll pro-
viding for the government t the islaud
of Gnnni placing the lland under the
control of the president through the navy
department
Mr Hoar criticised thu policy of at-
tempting to govern dlstaut Islands He
took occaiilon to highly praise Mabini
The bill was passed uMo a similar 11
for the government ot Tutulla
Mr Fairbanks called up the iihmlgratloa
bill Unction a proildlng for an educa-
tional test w s stricken out and the head
tax was icducfd from 3 to v
Provluton for the dportatlou of Immi-
grants who boeomo liwaue within tjvo
years l n ivas stricken out
Mr Kalrtmnks asked or uuan ttneus w > u
sent to vote Oil thu bill ut i oclock to-
morrow Mr Jloar obJeitd ottd iffc Pslr
batlks gave notice that he would n k the
senate to ttiku the bill up linmedtoiely after
the cfltieliuilon of the morning business to
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