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The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23
THE PEACE TREATY.
Senator Davis VIII Not Consent to a
Vote Now.

Washington, January 81. Senator
Davis, in charge of the peaos treaty. to
day told delegation from the opposi-
tion that he would not at present consent
30 a vote on the treaty nor until he was
satisfied that it could be ratified. This
statement was made in response to repre-.
sentations by o delegation authorized by
the leaders Of the opposition to confer
with Senator Davis. Tho Senator said
that he did not accept the statement that
there were sufficient votes to prevent rati-
tioatiou. He asked for list of the names
Jf opposing Senators and was given the
names of Sc Senators who 1t was declared
would vote against ratification. Senator
Davis was further told that the defeat or
postponement of the treaty could be pre-
vented by agreeing to an amendment or
even to a resolution declaring 1t to be-
not the purpose of the United States TO
maintain permanent sovereignty over the
Philippine islands. Senator Davis do.
olined to acoede to this proposition, say
ing that he would prefer to have the
treaty go over until another session.
When his attention was called to the fact
that an extra session of the entire Con
grsss and not Of tho Senate alone would
be necessary in order to appropriate the
$50, ,oOo, 900 made payable to Spain, he SAID
this was not true. as the terms of the
treaty did not require the payment of the
money until after an exchange Of ratitica-
tions 1ha opponents of the treaty also
state that there will be no objection to
law which allows the regular army to
consist of $1,000 men. This proposition,
it is said, viii be placed upon the army
appropriation bill as an amendment an
relieve any necessity for an extra session
to pass an army bill.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23
AN ARTIFICIAL FOOT PICKED UP.

Chatham, Mass, January 2l.-Surfman
Gill of the Nauset life saving station
picked up cork foot in the surf this
morning. and later in the day it was sent
to DIR. ). L. Davis, the medical exani-
ner in this town. Dr. Davis, after max
ing n careful examination of the foot,
said that it was probably made for and
worn by woman who was afflicted
with hip disease or perhaps had a short
leg. At the time of the wreck Of the
Portland 1t was reported that one OF the
female passengers on the steamer had
this pedal appendage, but ali the bodies
of women picked up were perfect as to
feet
AS the cork foot would naturally have
hoated on top of the water for quite a
while, it is thought that is has only re-
Gently been released from the leg of the
person who wore 1t. and that the body
is either buried in the sand somewhere
along the shore or possibly If the body
was that of II victim OF the Portland dis
aster it is still held down in the wreck
Of that steamer somewhere off the Cape.
1t is a singular coincidence that the
cork loot was picked up at nearly the
same time that human foot was re.
covered at Chatham, ten miles to the
southwark. The foot is at the Office of
DIR. Davis and any information regard
ing ii may be obtained from him.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23

After Major Daly's statement that he
detected borax and salicylic acid in beef
sent to the army. there ought to be a
thorough investigation to determine
where it came from The great packing
houses have testified that they furnished
no beef SO prepared, BUT this beef could
not have got among the army supplies by
accident If somebody was trying an
experiment it is only just to the contrao.
tors who dealt fairly with the government
to have it known who this person or firm
WAS.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23

Mr.. Chiffon objected TO the considera-
tion of the House bill. whereupon Mr..
Woicott moved to take up the snti-scalp-
ing bill which had already been reported
from the committee.
AT this juncture Mr. Vest entered the
chamber, saying he had been absent when
the vote was taken on the Nicaragua hill
and that he thought so important a meas.
ure should not be passed without q call
of the yeas and nays 1hereupon Mr.
Morgan moved a reconsideration and an
yea and nay vote was taken. 1t resulted
in the passage OF the bill As 10 6. The six
votes against the bill were cast by Sena.
tors Bate, Caffery, Mantle. Cockrell
Martin ana Smith.
Mr. Wolcott then renewed his motion
20 take up the anti-sealping bill The
motion led to no little oross-hring and
controversy. Messrs. Chandler and TIL
man desired to make statements, but Mrl
Sewell objscted. They found opportun-
iIy. however. to say that the committee
on interstate commerce has agreed that
the anti-scalping bill should not be taken
up except in connection with the bill to
strengthen the interstate commerce COM
mission. They insisted that this agree
ment should be observed.
Mr.. Sewell replied that a committe ee
lost all control of the matter when it was
once reported and said that furthermore
the Senate could not afford to permit a
committee to smother bill which had
passed the House.
A vote being imminent, Mr.. Chandler
moved an executive session. The ayes
and nays were called for, resulting ayes
20, nays 80. The Senate then decided by
vote of SO to 81 to take mp the anti
scalping bill. The vote in detail was as
| follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allison, Burrows. Car
ter, Cockrell Cullom. Davis, Deboe,
Elkins, Fairbanks. Frye. 1allinger, Gear,
Hanna, Hansbrough, Hawley, Hoar.
Jones of Nevada, Mcbride. Mcmillan,
Mitchell, Money, Murphy, Penrose. Proc
tor, Quay, Rose, Sewell. Shoup Simon,
smith, Spooner, Ihurston, Wolcott-3S.
Nays-ba e, Berry, Butler, Caffery,
Chandler, Chiffon, Clay. Heitfel, Jones
of Arkansas, Lindsay, Mallory. Mantle,
Martin. Morgan, Pettigrew, Pets~s
Rawlins, Sullivan, Tillman, Iuriey,
White 81.
The purpose OF the friends of the bill
was to make it the unfinished business
and they did not press further consider
alton.
Mr.. Cullom gave notice that on Friday
he would ask the Senate to consider
resolution in honor of the memory of the
late Hon. koward ID. Cook, member of
the House from Illinois. who died last
session.
The Indian appropr iation bill was then
taken up, and the reading continued
under an agreement that amendments
which excited opposition be passed over
After the reading hGd been completed,
| the bill was laid aside until next Mon
day.
a bill for the relief Of Oliver q, Bosby-
she'll late director of the mint. for liabil-
| ity for some gold bnrs stolen by Henry
| Cochran, a weigher, was pa assed on mo-
tion of Mir. Penrose of Pennsylsania
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23
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The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23

The New York Herald processes to have
information that as result Of the inves-
tigation by the war commission, Alger
will be removed and Gen. Miles dis
missed. The Herald claims that the rea-
sons for Miless dismissal will be two,
first, thnt when he found tho bad beef he
did not immediately notify the war de-
partment, and second, that he does net
work harmoniously with the admins
tration. If Alger has to go 1t will relieve
his feelings very much to have Niles go
too. But the probAbilityis that the Herald
has been misinformed provided it has
been informed at all.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23

Senator Frye is undoubtedly correct in
saying that we have no right to extend
cur occupation of the Philippine Islands
beyond Manila until the treaty of peace
IL ratified by our Senate, and also, we are
inclined to think, by the Spanish Cor tes.
AT the present time we have only the
rights acquired under the protocol. and
that gave us only the right of occupying
Manila and the immediate vicinity. If
we should take Iloilo before the treaty
has been concluded, and that will not be
until 1t is ratified by our Senate at least
Spain could with good reason complain
that we were not living up. to our agree
ment.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23
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The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23

as certain as anything can be In the
future. The wage earners and the men
Of small means win never permit the
burden of the expense OF governing those
islands to be saddled upon them without
some vigorous Kicking" They will
point out that England pays good part
o, the expenses entailed upon her by her
colonies through an income tax. and they
viii demand the same thing in this
country.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23

Much of the trouble in the army has
resulted undoubtedly from the propensity
OF the officers to get them selves inter-
viewed by the newspapers, and there vent
their grievances Instead Of making their
complaints through the proper channels.
and IL the Secretary of War had been the
right man for the place at the very first
sign Of disposition on the part OF the
army officers to resort to this methoa he
would have put his foot down and Il ere
would have been very quick
end TO 1t. There were jealousies
among tine naval officers, quite
as many and serious as among the
army commanders, but no naval officer
even got himself interviewed to crafty
them Not only did the Secretary of
Wnr not restrain the officers but be set
them bad example by rushing into print
himself ostensibly to defend the volun
teers, but really to get chance to parade
a private letter of Col Roosevelt's which
he thought might injurously affeot his
chances for being selected as the candi-
date Of the Republicans of New York.
II John D. Long had been Secretary of
War there would have been no EHgau and
Miles scandals
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23

The next time the income tax comes up
IN Congress its friends will have plenty
of answers ready to the claim that it is
unconstitutional, all of them furnished
by the imperiaiists That it will come up
again, and that not many years hence, If
re have the Philippines on our hands. is
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23
GEN. WOOD SAILS.

New York, January II General
Leonard Wood, military governor of San
tiago, sailed for Havana To-Day on the
Ward liner Conoho. The vessel was deco
rated with flags in honor of her distin-
guished passenger General Wood while
in Havana will consult with Ge,eral
Brooke.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23

The kennebec Journal thinks it will
be we'll If the resolutions anent the Phil
ippines adopted by the Maine Legislature
lind their way to the people of those
Islands land counteract the erroneous
impression received there respecting
certain speeches in Congress. How the
speeches referred to have reached the
Philippines we do not know
but correctly represented their
sentiments were not materially
different from those contained in the
Maine resolutions. If we understood
Senator Hoar Alright his speech was plea
for allowing the Filipinos to govern
themselves as soon as they were able, and
that seems TO be what the Maine resolu-
tions aim at
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23
During his life time Keeley of motor

During his life time keeley of motor
fame was looked upon generally as a
&ssak, though there were not wanting
people who were ready TO claim that he
was fraud, and that the mysterious
effects ne produced were not due to the
agency of some new force as he claimed
but to sly use of an old anu well
known force. The di sooveries of the
Philadelphia Press go far to prove that
this uncharitable view of kesley was the
correct one, and that he obtained thous-
ands OF dollars from his trusting stock
holders by false pretences. in short that
he was not dreamer as most people
thought. but cheap swindler.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23

1t is gratifying to know that the Var
mouth electric road has fallen into the
hands of home syndicate, which must
by the nature of things understand the
wants of the people of Portland and
vicinity better than any foreign syndicate
could, and hence will be more likley to
manage along lines that will be of the
most benefit to the city.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23

There is very little important business
In sight for the Maine legislature. and
1t looks as if the session might be made
considerably shorter than usual There
will be some saving in that, not only to
the state but to this members per sonally.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23

North Carolina is now struggling with
the problem how to disfranchise the
negroFs without disfranchising the whites
also. That they will discover way
is altogether likely. Since the Supreme
court decided that the Mississippi plan
was constitutional there is no insuper-
able Obstacle to the accom- plishraent OF a
purpose Of this kind in any state. though
the conditions vary somewhat in the
different states and for that reason one
plan cannot be used in all OF them. At
the last election the North Carolina
negroes were pretty effectuslly disfran-
chised by vigorous use OF the shot gun.
tut that process is somewhat dangerous
to the whites, and hence is not altogether
satisfactory.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23
poHrl ann ann oeosNsBuRe RAIL WAY.

The adjourned annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Portland and Ogdensburg hail,
way will be held al the ONCE of the Mayor OF
Portland on Wednesday. the first day OF Feoru-
AIRY, 1899, az ten O'clock In the forenoon, for con-
sideration and action upon the question OF re,
the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad Company
anisd3w JNO. W. DANA. Clerk.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23
rHE PRESS.
MONDAY, JANUARY %.

The Samoan trouble constitutes a
pretty strong argument aaginst joint
protectorates.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23

without objection.
At 4.80 p. IN. the Senate went into
executive session and 4.42 adjourned.
The Portland daily press., 1899-01-23


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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-14
ROBERTS SAYS IL|FF
STEALS HIS SERMONS
The Congressman Also Pays His Compliments to
Governor WellS--Mr Lannan to Testify
Charles Mostvn Owen the Principal Witness Before House
investigating Committee Yesterday.
Especial to The Herald.)

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of relied demon
according rules of evidence 1t was an
half
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ers.
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which
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-14

votes in Utah. Brigham II. Roberts was
elected to a seat in congress. By the
influence of women without votes out
side of Utah he is prevented from TAX
ing his seat. There is charm and
peculiar beauty about such a system
that must excite the wonder and ad-
miration of the world. The work of
the women who vote frustrated by the
women who d6tl't vote. When will our
congressman realize that the sensation
al rot of yellow journalism and the
prudish rights of old women of both
sexes don't depress the sound. healthy
sentiments of the American people?"
Ex-senator Brown holds Lindsay
Rogers proxy and will sit as his rep
resentative at the forthcoming meeting
of the Republican national committee.
thus cutting the Lannan wing of the
Mckinley party in Utah out of much
coveted honor. There promises to be
quite a sharp contest at the meeting
between Chicago. and Philadelphia for
the location of the next convention
The other point of contention is the
proposed alteration in representation
which Senator Brown is inclined to op-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-14
WAS A MURDERoUs FIRE.
Julian Ralph Tells of the Battle In
London Daily Mail.

London, Dec 14-Julian Ralph, de-
scribing the battle at Magerrontein
in special dispatch to the Daily Mail
says:
The Beers were eirtrencheG at Ma
gersfontein, fcJr miles north of Mod
der river. At dawn Monday the High
landers, advancing across the veidt,
were suddenly subjected to a murder
Gus fire from the trenches about 200
yards in front. The greater part Of the
fearful loss of the day was thus suffered
in a single minute.
Startled and overwhelmed the bril-
gade retired quickly. but soon rallied
and retained their position This was
on the left. On the right the guards
brigade advanced across the veldt
against other trenches and fought an
invisible foe for fifteen hours.
AT IL in the morning the Gordon
We're sent forward The
Beers allowed them TO pass one line Of
trenches and then eTafiladed them We
raked the Beer trenches with artillery
throughout the day. The fighting only
ceased with nishtfau"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-14
SALT lake SHAKEN
BY AN EARTHQUAKE
Doors and Windows Rattle and Houses Sway On
Their Foundations.
Many and Varied Sensations Experienced BY People Who
Were Awakened By the Shock.

up, said: IT was sitting in the office
when the shock came suddenly and
perceptibly. 1t was about ten minutes
before Z and the motion was from wesa
northwest to east southeast, as nearly
as ] was able to determine. Following
the vibration was a noise like the rush
ing of heavy gust of wind. l have
experienced a number of earthquake
sensations during my official expert
ence but this one was different from
any that l had before felt. 1t was sug
gested by some enc that the motion
and noise were caused by a big explo-
sion in the mountains near by. but the
fallacy of this was soon established.
The shock lasted for several seconds.
and caused the building to rock and
windows to shake
DR.. j. E. Talmage. professor of geol-
ogy in the University of Utah. was as
pleased over the earthquake as if he
had made it himself. Quite lately he
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-14
Special to The IIerald.l

Price. Utah. Dec. 13.-The fourth fire at
Fort Duchesne. Utah. in four months,
and the second one within the last week.
occurred tonight about O'Clock. when
the barracks occupied by troop | of the
Ninth cavalry were burned 10 the ground
The first of the series of conflaerations
wiped out the quarters of troop and
the second the quartermaster stables,
enrailing a loss of something like $4,000
Troop was later sent TO Salt Lake City
and troop | was left to garrison the post.
which is between the two Indian reServa-
lions of the Uintan and Uncompahere
Utes.
on the last day of November troop K
reached the post and had just gotten into
quarters when IT'S double barracks we'-e
last Friday burned. This loss footed up
somewhere near $500. The quarters
burned tonight are Of about the same
value.
While these fires have destroyed toe
better part of the barracks at Fort Du-
chesne. there is left sufficient room. BY
moving the canteen. 10 house the two
troops there Captain ]. A Gu.lfoyie,
commander at the post. arrived here to-
night from Denver where he has been
FOR ten days
The first two fires were undoubtedly
.ncendiary in their origin, aald he but
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-14

Tompkins, Rucker, McClelland and
Power and 125 men. is about starting
for Bonto the principal town in the
province of that name to the east
through an absolutely desolate coun-
try and over a mountain 10000 feet
high. He is pursuing Aguinaldo. whose
escort, now reduced to fifty men, is
known to be there. According to the
natives, Aguinaldo intendn to disguise
himself and to take a circuitous trail
toward Bayombong, province of Neuva
Vizcaya-
Major March. with 300 men, arrived
at Cervantes, in the heart of the
Tilad mountains on the evening of
Dec. 3. about twenty hours behind
Aguinaldo, who had believed he had
found an Inaccessible refuge On Dec.
.. the American commander had
wonderful fight in a cloud enveloped
mountain pass 1900 feet above the
sea. completely routing General
Gregorio del Pillars force of 200 picked
men in position abmoot strong enough
to rival Thermopylae.
How Pillar Died.
General Pillar died at the front of
his men urging them to make a stand
until the ball of sharpshooter pierced
his head His followers tried to carry
away the body, but were compelled TO
lay ii down. Two of the Americans
We're killed and were buried by their
comrades where they fell. The others,
carving nine wounded. camped for
the night on top of the mountain, an
eminence of 1000 feet, suffering great
" from the cold blasts.
I'm the morning they moved down
the trail to Dugaqui, where they
learned that Aguipaldo, with a few
men, and three women, all carried on
iitters borne by Igorotes, had passed
along the same trail to Cervantes,
where he was during the fight. A
runner had brought him the news of
the death of his chief of staff. He
was greatly affected and prepared in
stantly for flight
General Conception, with six of
ficers. who had deserted Aguinaldo,
when Major March reach
ed Cayan. province of Lepando.
Suffering of Troops.
ION arriving at Cervantes. Major
March's battalion was without food
except rice. and had only a small sup
Div of ammunition Major March Sc
cured five days rations, made arrange
mepts for his sick and wounded and
choosing twenty-five mounted and 100