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leries Joined in the outbursts Suddenly
some members began singing and above
the din arose the strains of My Coun-
try 'Tis of Thee The air was taken up
the galleries caught the inspiration as
one man and everybody rose and joined
in the singing until in one grand chorus
thousands We're voicing the beautiful
words Of the national anthem. It was
a scene to live a lifetime to witness, and
a fitting and patriotic climax for the
great war congress.
When the anthem was concluded
General Henderson started Aud Lang
Syne," and it was also sung with a VIII
Suddenly John Murray Mitchell waved
aloft small American flag and mem
bers and galleries went wild joining
in singing THE Red. White and Blue"
While the singing was in progress. Mr.
Hull of Hull bill fame, jumped upon a
desk with a large red, white and blue
streamer, waving it to The rhythm of the
air and redoubling the tumultous nat
ure of the demonstration. 4 voice
in the gallery shouted Three cheers for
Dewey" and they Were given with vol
canic and explosive vigor. Then came
cheers for the army and navy. and fin
ally for Joe Wheeler. This ended the
demonstration. which was concluded
with singing of the .Doxology"
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Washington, March 4.-Among the most
important nominations that failed of con-
frmation are the following: Senators
Morgan and CuIlOm, Representative Hit
Sanford B. Dole and Walter f. Frear, to
be Hawaiian commissioners: Martin ].
Carter of Pennsylvania, to be consul at
st. Johns, N. F.; the naval advancements
for conscientious conduct in battle sent in
with the Schley and Sampson nomina-
tons; ii. G. Ewnrt of North Carolina. to
be United States district Judge Eastern
district of North Carolina; Samuel j. Bar
rett of Massachusetts. to be librarian of
congress: George W. Garrett of Arkansas
to be commissioner to examine and class
ify land within the land grant limits of
the Northern Pacific Railroad company
Missoula land district in Montana. All
of the army breVet nominations sent to
the senate were not confirmed These in
clude men nominated for gallant action
in the Spanish war
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WHEELER EXPLAINS
Why He Asked Permission to Address
the House.

| Washington. March 4.-With refer
ence to his attempt to-day to secure
| recognition for the purpose of address
| ing the house, General Wheeler said
tonight:
| Seeing there was nothing to be done
! in the house | asked unanimous con-
sent to speak for five minutes. | was
not recognized but Mr.. Payne was no
| titled to move a recess for five min
| utes. | then asked that before that
motion was put l be permitted to ad
| dress the house for three minutes If
the speaker had submitted my request.
| l am confident that no member of the
house would have objected. What in
tended to say was as follows
No one reVereS the constitution more
| than myself and l could not be induced
to advocate a construction contrary to
| the intent of its trainers.
when | received the appointment as
major general of volunteers last May
! was requested by persons whose de-
sire could not disregard, not to resign
my seat in congress. l found in the
present congress SO members had been
appointed to offices and that none of
them had resigned their seats in con-
gress. | examined the decisions and
precedents on the subject and founG
that during the 10 years of the exist
ence of our government, hundreds and
! possibly thousands of members of con-
| gress had accepted offices during their
| terms. and none of them holding tenn
| porary offices like mine had ever been
unseated.
Il found that decisions of courts. even
including four decisions quoted by Cen
eral Henderson in his report. took the
| ground that inhibitions found in
the constitutions with regard
to offices referred to. offices
of permanent character, and
| not of a temporary character. I al
so found that the attorney general of
the United States had rendered an eab-
orate opinion on the subject, in which
| he took precisely the same ground, and
held that an office in the volunteers
was not such an office as was inhibited
by the constitution.
Il was anxious for the matter to be
| brought up in the house and fully dis
| cussed, so that the decision would be
| in harmony with the spirit of the con-
| StitutiOn. ."
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the war commission will, of course, not

the war commission will, of course, not
be available for us
Witness said his experience at Jack
sonville had been very satisfactory He
had personally inspected many cars.
finding very few sides of beef to the
whole of which any exception could be
taken. OF the canned roast beef. he
had unoflicially condemned 42,000
pounds. which had been trans shipped
from New Orleans before it was deliv-
cred to the army in Jacksonville. He
explained that "A large shipment of
canned roast beef had arrived at Jack
sonville in very offensive condition. He
had picked out offensive smelling cases
amounting to 1000 pounds and called
in the Jacksonville health officer. who
condemned it as a public nuisance. thus
giving him the right to destroy it at
once in the public crematory. Armour's
agent VINO was on the ground, asked
leave to telegraph his home office and
quickly received word from his firm that
it would be very glad TO take back the
whole shipment and furnish good beef
IN its place. This was done. The beef
had been sent to New Orleans by Major
West, the commisSary, but there was
no stamp or other means on the
packages to tell by what army officer
the beef had been inspected and ac-
cepted. 1t was stamped by the bureau
of animal industry. Witness had sub
sequently made inspections of Texas
beef killed in Cuba in the past few
months, reports on which are on file In
the war department. He had made
chemical analyses and archaeological
examinations of the canned roast beef
made in Cuba and had made personal
comparisons between refrigerator beef.
native Cuban cattle and Texas cattle
killed in Cuba. which had and had not
been in cold storage. His experiments
had been exhaustive and conducted as
fairly as possible with reference to prac-
teal conditions. His own opinion was
that the best meat our troops could get
in the West Indies was American cat
tie killed and refrigerated in Cuba as
near as possible to the spot it was to
be used
Quartermaster Sergeant Sullivan of
the 9Th Massachusetts had been through
the Santiago campaign and came to the
stand full of memories of the canned
and refrigerated beef. The former. he
said. the men barely tasted. The latter
he started in to describe as stranga
and gruesome article, unlike anything
he had ever seen. He said it had a
"deathly smell" Here he collided with
the recorder who insisted on having a
strict definition of 'deathly smell"
Witness got rs far as saying that the
"deathly smell was different from the
smell of a decompos;ng body, but there
the recorder demanded n statement of
the mechanism of decomposition and
list of the gases which would be evov-
ed. The witness thereupon went to
pieces and reduced the whole state
ment to saying that 1.-The beef was very
bad" and on this he refused to be
shaken.
The list of witnesses having been ex-
hausted the court adjourned until 10
o'clock Monday
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CAN'T KEEP II A SECRET
Cuban Deputies Quarreling
Among Themselves.
INSULTS FOR AMERICANS
Absurd Suspicious of Gomez-The AS
sembly Is the Joke of Havana-A
Baseless Fear of Annexation
by America.

Havana. March 4.--The Cuban as
semby has requested the newspapers
men of Havana upon their honor as
journalists and good. patriotic ci.i-
zens,' not to publish anything they
may learn regarding the assemblys
secret session, thinking that public
knowledge of what is doing may be
used against the assembly in its subse-
puent dealings with the United States.
lhiN, it is claimed, shows that no in
dividual member of the assembly
trusts another 1t seems that a cons!d-
cradle portion of the time during the
sessions of the assembly is spent in in
sultins Americans and General Gomez,
and personal collisions between the
members. They also, it is added. ac-
cuse each other of accepting bribes
from the United States which accusa-
tions were followed by threats of duels.
In addition to this the Cuban assem-
blymen consider that the planting Of
General Fitzhueh Lees tagstaff four
meters deep in the ground is sure
sign OF the continuance of the Ameri-
can occupation Of the islands. These
reports arising from the prolonged and
bo.sterous secret sessions have made
the dOines of the Cuban assembly tho
joke of Havana.
La Quasima issued an extra based on
the speeches OF Messrs Sewell and
White in the senate declaring the event
ualities of the war between the United
States and Cuba. 1t says: 1T is omi-
nous that the senate has decreed to eX-
terminate the Filipinos The United
States. encouraged by the asserted vic
tories in the Philippines. may inaugur-
ate the same policy in Cuba. 1t be-
hooves all Cubans to be on the alert.
Let the watchWord be Alert. "
Any rumors dscreditable to the
American military authorities are
quickly repeated An example cited is
that General Ludlow commanding Ha-
vana, has just bought harness valued
at $1,000 for his personal use. chargea-
bic to the, Cuban taxes. Obviously this
is untrue. Still It is averre9 that the
army OF occupation is paid for by Gu
ban customs
The United States battleshp Indiana
sailed yesterday evening. The flagship
New York is expected to sail to-day.
1t is said they are both going to Key
West for coal.
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HAGGARD SENATORS,
All Attempts at New Legislation Were
Unsuccessful.

Washington. March i.-Eice President
Hobart declared the senate of the Fifty
nfth congress adjourned without day
eight minutes after 12 o'clock to-day. 1t
was after a continuous session beginning
at II O'Clock on Friday, with the exception
OF one hours recess during the forenoon.
The day of final adjournment broke with
the senate in executive session disposinc
OF large number of nominations. When
the doors We're opened there was on hand
but handful of tired and haggard-look-
ing senators who Were waiting for the
maj reports from the Conferees on the
two bills yet in dispute Finally, Mr.
Hale appeared with both
The deficiency bill was quickly passed
and then came the final and closing fight
on the naval bill and the price of armor
plate and for an arlnor plate factory
This was finally over and the weary SEN
ators took short recess. I'pon reas-
sembling the senate took on Il new an
pearance. The chamber had been cleaned
ur and the senators came back to the
closing meeting with more spruce an
pearance. Some few attempts at legisla =
tion were made, but all were unsuccess-
ful Then the galleries filled with gailv
dressed visitors. who were there to see the
final ceremonies. They We're not long per
mitted to enjoy themselves. as an execu.
tive session drove them into the corridors
Where they patiently waited for the doors
to be opened. When this was done onlv
five minutes remained of the congress. but
the hands of the clock We're turned back
10 minutes to give time for the usual com
plimentary resolutions and the address of
the vice president
President Mckinley and his entire cabi-
net had come to The uap4o and We're in
the presidents room. back Of the senate
chamber, where the various bills were
hurried for signature. Finally the last
big appropriation bill had received the
presidents approval and everything was
ready for the close. The resolution thank
ing Vice President Hobart and President
Pro Tenn. Frye was adopted. and the vice
president RESPONDED in an appropriate ad-
dress. and the SENATE which had been in
a turmoil for several days, quietly came
to an end
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Nominations Confirmed.

Washington. March 4.-The senate spent
an hour in executive session to-day and
cleared a large number of nominations
Senator Pritchard made an attempt to get
a vote on the nomination of Hamilton G.
Ewart to be district judge for the Eastern
district of North Carolina, but Senator
Butler talked out the time until the doors
We're again opened. Confirmat tons: Harry
/" Reese of Oregon, paymaster in the
ai my. with rank of major. Postmasters:
Oregon-C. e. Harmon. Grants Pass; r.
r. Riddell. The Dalles. California-Asa
Crocker, Suisun City. Also Edwin A.
Jones of Ottumwa, Iowa, to be a COM
missioner to examine and classify lands
within the land limits of the Northern Pa
citic company in the Helena, Mont, dis
trict
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Chicago, March 4.-The mystery sur
rounding the $4,000 worth of deeds.
bonds and negotiable paper which was
found in an alley last night was solved
to-day when it was discovered that
the papers had been stolen from the
waiting room in the Dearborn street
station. j. r.. Sieafus, the owner Of
the papers. while in the depot last
night to take Santa Fe train for Cal
fOrnia left his valise containing the
seat. When he returned the Valise was
gone. AS Mr.. Sigafus could not delay
his trip and did not have time to report
the matter 10 the police before his
train pulled out, he left instructions
with the railroad people to report the
matter to the authorities this morning.
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No Foundation For 1t.

Seattle, Wash, March 4.-Advices re-
ceived from Alaska to-day say there is no
foundation 70" the recent reports that Ca
madam customs officials had traspassed on
American territory at Huines' Mission.
An unContirmed report had reached Ska
quay that Canadians have jumped all the
claims on Pine creek in the Lake Atln
district. with the expectation of wearing
out the American owners by long liti-
cation.
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Money Order Omces.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Washington, March 4.-Postoffices at
Hecla BeaVerhead county. Royal.
Granite county, and Wolf Point V alley
county, Montana, will be made money
order offices April l.
Civil service examination will be held
April l, where there are applications, to
fill vacancies in the postOf1ice of Butcher.
Crow Agency, a 5000 per annum.
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Washington, March 4.--Secretary Alger
to-day received the following cabiegram
from Major General Otis at Manila in
acknowledgement of the secretnry's con-
gratu.a lions. sent him yesterday on his
confirmation as brevet major general:
"Sincere thanks for recognition and con-
pratlllatiOnS"
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Office Incorporated,

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena. March fright Rev. Bishop
3. John b. Brondel to-day took advan-
tage of the law enacted by the last
legislature to incorporate his office.
The property of the Roman Catholic
church in Montana is now held in the
name of the corporation, but under the
old law it was held merely in the name
of the bishop, and in case of his death
the courts would be compelled to ad-
minister upon it.
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Another Tobacco TrMst.

Trenton. n. j., March l.-Articles of in
corporation of the Havana Commercial
company. with "A paid up capital of 500
600, 600 were filed to-day. The company
is organized TO purchase, manufacture and
deal in tobacco and to do general busi-
ness. The nCorpOraturs are Isador L..
Carroll j. V. H. Lawrence and Charles L..
Horton
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Seattle WASH, March A Post-ln;rlli-
gpnccr special from SedrO- WOoley says
taree small children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rhinehart of Walkers Valley were burned
to death yesterday. The children had been
locked up in the house while the parents
were at work in the woods.
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Seattle. March i.-Presldent James J.
Hill of the Great Northern, accompanied
by eX-GOvernor Clough of Minnesota and
A. B. Walrin, left for the East this after
noon. Vice President Miller and the re
mainder of the party will leave next week
by way of Portland.
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Washington, March 4.-The veteran
preference in employment measure.
senate bill No. 3,256. failed to pass the
house This bill had the approval of
the national encampment, G. A. r.
1t sought. a3 years after the civil war.
to do justice to hOnorably discharged
soldiers and sailors who served out
their terms of enlistment.
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Failed of Confirmation.

Washington. March 4-The nomination
OF Representative Barrows of Massachu-
settS to be librarian of congress failed of
OpDCSing him.
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San Francisco, March 4.-When the
transport Valencia sails for Manila to-
morrow she will carry away million and
a half dollars intended for the payment
OF the troops now in the Philippines.
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Washington, March i.-rie war DEPART
menr received the following Cahlegram:
''Gihraltar March 4.-Surgcons report
no smallpox on Sheridan, SMITH"
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FIRING ON
FORT SUMTER.
Experience of a Northern Ne
chanic in Charleston.
PART III
by " MALLET."

We will now return to Comrade McKoy
and our scheme for reaching the fleet. We
would get up very early in the morning,
while it was still dark and the tide was low,
to scour the beach for wreckage. One
morning few days after the fall of Sumter,
my partner was successful in finding light
and nearly new Sklff, an unusual amount
of wreckage having drifted in the previous
night.
We hauled the'skiff in, doctored some
cracks and rents she had received in her
wanderingS, and soon had her in good sea-
worthy condition. Oars were the most
difficult TO procure, as they were seldom
found among wreckage. However, we
shaved out a couple of "makeshiftS,' de-
termining to test her strength by a trip to
Fort Moultrie, which We were all anxious to
see after the fight, as the idea prevailed
suffered notwithstanding the declaration
of the officers and Charleston papers that
nobody was hurt OF their side.
The next day was set for our trial trip,
and as we retired that night we took a last
look at the silent mastS which stood out
over the bar.
The next morning arose rather late and
as met Coalrade Mckoy and looked in his
face | was surprised at the sadness de-
picted there, and When ] asked the cause,
he said: Look out at the bars AS | turned
and looked my heart almost sank-the
lIett WAS gone. Id seemed UldU our laSJ
hope was gone also. The ships had spread
their wings and while we slept had bid
adieu 10 tire land of secession.
VISIT TO FORT MoULTRIE.
We resolved, however, to visit Sullivan's
Island that day and see Fort Moutrie for
ourselves. AS soon as breakfast was over
we pulled out for the fort, not stopping to
ask for permission, as discipline was very
slack at this time. After two miles hard
The National tribune., 1899-06-29

on behalf of the ladies of Augusta pre-
Sented the Captain with a beautiful silk
| flag which represented the Stars and Bars
of the Confederate States.
The Captain responded in a rich Irish
brogue with some humor, and we were then
marched aboard the cars amid the shouts of
the populace and booming of cannon, and
started on our way to Macon. The Irish
boys We're very happy. seemingly; they
sung all the songs of Erin, and little sleep
was had that night. as we did not arrive at
Camp Oglethorpe until morning.
This was beautiful camping place, and
many companies from all parts of the State
were there awaiting to be assigned to regi-
| ments. Early the next morning l secured
n pass for the purpose of visiting the city,
| about mile distant, to look up Yankee
friends and get information that would help
me on my way North. i was not long in
discovering three Yankees-true at a car
riage factory. They were John Wilson,
Jack Trimbie and George Fox, all of Rah-
way, n. j. l introduced myself and told
them of my plans and methods of travelling.
After had undergone the proper amount of
investigation they gradually thawed out
and took me in on the ground floor as
sisting me in maturing plans for extricatlng
myself from my, unpleasant connections
with the proposed Army Of the Gulf.
Mr.. Fox, who was single man, gave his
personal attention to me in carrying out the
plans. 1t was known that the regiment to
which had been ASST igned was TO take the
train at II o'clock that night for Columbus,
thence to Mobile, Ala, thence to Pensacola,
where Gen. Bragg was concentrating a
large force preparatory to an attack on Fort
Pickens.
Our regiment-I was not enough in
terested to remember its number-was
marched into the cars in the Union depot,
and guards were instantly placed upon
each side of the train to prevent any from
struggling. Taking my knapsack, in
which was a suit of civilians clothes, |
Immediately repaired to the water closet.
and to say that made lightning change
of clothes from the military to a citizen s
suit, is putting it very mildly. 1 stepped
quickly OF the train, passing the guards
unnoticed, and was soon joined by Mr.. Fox,
who was waiting but few feet away.
In few moments the train showed out
amid cheering and rejoicing from the multi
tude that had gathered to see the soldiers
off, and cannot say but what shared a
little in their joy at the departure of the
train; at least, felt quite comfortable with
their absence, and especially SO, as the
northbound train was already making up
and in position in the depot for start in 15
minutes. AS we walked towards the train