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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
eI.AIM Bills N TEE sENATE.
Favorable REPORTS made on Meas
- - .,l.., .,oo.

Favorable Reports Made on Meas
nres Agpreeas E39,s ss2s, 100000.
Senator'S and Representatives. interested
in keeping the expenses Of the Govern
ment down. have discovred that claim
bills aggregsting Sz5.o0e.so0 have been Ia
sorabIy reported in the Senate These bills
are principally Tor propas1y alleged 20 have
hren taken or destToysa by the armies Of
the United States durssg the civil war.
There is some merit it is said. IN few
Of shem. but the great majority nave been
knocking about Congress for many years,
and it is believed they are pushed simply
on account OF the large contingent fees
which viii go to lobbyists If they become
lave.
The Senate is the fayorite body Ia which
to start these bills. partly for the reason
that it is comparatively small. and it is
easier to work Up combinations Of enough
men Interested in different measures 70
carry through q whole swarm and partly
because of a peculiar rule in the senate
Committee on Claims by which any bill
that has ever been reported favorably from
that committee can be reported in sub
seQueut Senate by a single member with
cut consultation with his colleagues
The first open effort 70 press one Of these
bills ahead of the pending business Of the
Senate was made or Friday last, when
Senator Money Of Mississippi moved to
take IN what Is known as the Cotton Claim
bill. ~hich it is estimated. would cost the
Government about So 90e. e0e He was at
once antagonized by Senator Lodge with
motion that the Senate go Into secret ses-
sion tc=eoHsiSer the Hly-P auncefote Trea-
~, Senator Money protested. but did not
force the ight at that time, contenting
himself with serving notice that he would
call mp the claim biz az the first opportu-
Is..tsy. and would continue to press its pas
sage.
the evident intention of Senators behind
these elasnn bills to hold up the business OF
the session il they are not allowed 70 come
TO a vote was the subject OF conference
between several Senate and House leaders.
1t was concluded that Il would not be wise
10 let them slide through the Senate and
trust TO tie House TO hold them up. for it
might be possible TO make a similar COM
bination in the House and their mere pas
sage through the Senate would give them
additional prestige in future Congresses.
Il was decided that the bills should be
opposed to the utternost Ia the Senate,
even II their Supporters carried cut their
threat to force an extra session. as the ex-
pense of an extra session and the incon
venieuee IL would impose on Senators aad
Representatives would be preferable 10 al
Loving a wholesale raid 10 be made upon
the Treasury
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
ILLINOIS SENATORIAL FIGHT.
Politics mt Fever Heat In the Capital
OF the state.


The members CT the Illinois delegation
in the House are deeply interested in the
Senatorial contest which is to be settled
when the State Legislature meets IN
Springfield next month. For the first
time In many years Senator CuIlom. who
rants 10 succeed himself. will have decid-
ed opposition.
The entries for the Senatorial sweep
stakes" remarked 4 H Lawrence
prominent lawyer from Kansas City. No.
al the Capitol this morning. embraces
some Of the best known men in Illinois
politics. have jast arrived from Spring
field, the State Capital, where I've been
on legal business and fond the politi-
cal pot at The boiliag Peis5s TIE aa-
nouncenent the other aSo4 Represents--
tive Hits candidacy has stf9Esd things
up and has increased the activity Of the
CuIlom and the Tanner forces
Representative CannoR,7I heard. is 70
be in Springfield Just after Christmas and
win open up lsadquarteFs- Cannon has
quite few friends in the Legislature who
have promised to stand by him as long a S
he Is in the race. aud they say the states
man from Danyiiis IS no gutter. Then
there is in the field Representatives Yes
pasian Warner anc Albert J. Hopkins.
They are spoken OF as receptive candi-
dates. Occasionally heard some talk OF
Representative George " Smith He was
spoken OF as the unhzndieapped candidate
who. when the mix-up came. would re-
ceiye the support of the CullOm and the
Tanner forces. Smith. ] was told, comes
from the far southern section Of the State
and his friends are IN control down there
and IL is said that part OF the state claims
the Senatorshsp his time He is the di-
plomat in the race ard stands well with
all the candidates. 4 member OF the Ilii-
nois delegation said TO me last night that
nothing had occurred ii recent years 20 SO
interest the delegation as the Senatorial
fight which Is now on and growing IN in
teDsity every day. The impression pre-
walls among them that the Administration
viii be drawn into the contest before the
Legisls ture can agree on whom it viii
bestow the Senatorial toga.
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HarPaaneefote weels.

Beginning with the executive session to-
t.ay, it is expected that the Senate viii
spend as much of the week as may be nee
essary-perhaps all of it-in wrestling
with the -Pauncefote Treaty What
the ultimate fate Of the eviscerated, patch
ed. and battered convention may be in the
end. it would be premature to say. But
the chances seem to be that. after it has
been amended substantially in accordance
with the Foraker and Teller propositions,
it will be ratified.
BY that time 1t viii look as much like
the original draft which was hauled about
the Cabinets of Europe for their approval
before any member of the Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Relations ever heard Of its
existence. as the Hon John Hay resem-
bIes ! baId-headed American eagle. Per
haps this viii be well enough, although We
are not convinced that simple rejection,
Immediately followed by passage OF the
Hepburn Morgan Canal bill. ana joint
resolution denouncing and abrogatins the
Clayton BGlwer Treaty, would not De the
more direct. prudent. and dignihed way to
attain the result demanded by the country
However. if the -Pauneefote Conven-
ton shall be SC changed that il will pro-
vide for q strictly and safely exclusive
American waterway, to be constructed,
owned, operated. and defended by the
United States without the partnership,
assistance, or interference of any Euro
pean power, possibly it may serve 4 good
purpose in the notice of our intentions and
determination it will convey to Great
Britain. That it will be accepted. N the
form the Senate will return it to the High
Contracting Parties" bg Lord Salisbury
there is not the smallest reason for ex-
peeting; and the course which might now
he taken alternatiEeIy. viii have to be ia
ken any say. The delay involved might be
avoided. We may be reasonably sure that
the British Government VII not be over
anxious TO make il a short one.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
SPECIAL CHURCH PROGRAMME.
New Century celebration in the
Archdiocese of BaIsinaorc.

New Century Celebration ia the
archdiocese of Baltimore.
BALTIMcaE. Dee. 1z--Impre sac 5er--
vices will be held in the Catholic church
es OF the archdiocese of Baltimore TO
commemorate the close OF the present and
the advent of the twentieth century
By direction of Cardinal Gibbons a cir
cuIar Iettes has been sent by Rev Joseph
T. o'Brien. chancellor OF the Cathedral
&C the pastors 81 al the churches, re-
quesiing them &c honor the occasion Tie
letter is as follows:
Baltimore. Nd. Dec II. 1893.
Rev Dear Fssher: ! beg leave e notify you
tilat our Most Holy Father Leo MI has Eraeiolsly
coTicetled the following privileges to be used az
co-diHg u the prHdeBs judgment OF the Ordinary
on December 81 u the year 1909 AZ midnight. n
churches ami cisspels ahege the BltsSsi sacra-
nent IS kept
Firsl-Tbc Most Holy Sacrament IS te be *
rosed Cor adoration- secondly Owe siass Of siie
CiTc,lHlcisio Of oar Ie5F! ans she octave 0f zte
Nativity Is 70 be read sung IT the same hour
TEirdly-Tae faithful nay receive Holy Con-
TaJIHign.
A sermon sa-ropsiate 70 the occasion would be
desirable and after tie mass se benc,lietion &
she Most Blessed Sacrament W5ll be given and ths
Te Degm sung
You are earnestly ezhorted 70 leave nothing ufl-
done 10 zssake This service as solemn ans. I'M
p-es~sve a. possible and yrhen announcing Z
please to remind yeur people Of the deep debt OF
gratitude they owe the sovereign ponjia Ter Plae-
ing within their reach such extraordinary spirit
ual faFors.
please 10 read tbs circular at al .hc masses
Of Christmas Day and q the sunday following
b. erder OF His Egaineaee the Cardinal
JOSEPH J. e'BRTES, Chancellor
Elaborate arrangements are being made
for the celebration. At the Cathedral at
the close Of the year 1899 and the begin
ming of 1900 Cardinal Gibbons gave he
benediction and then said that at the end
OF the century he would pontifcate and
ask the Rev DR. a L Magniel, President
! of St. Mary's Seminary. and all o. The
seminarians to be present as officers OF
| the mass
Promptly at u o'clock fmidnight) Mon
I day. December 81. a solemn high mass
/ viii be started in the Cathedral Cardinal
Gibbons will pontifcate and make an sd-
{ dress. Rev. William T. Russell the Car
dinaI's secretary, and one Of the priests
/ of the Cathedral. viii preach. Rev VIII
/ IAN 4. Fletcher. the pastor, Rev Louis
/ O'Donovan. assistant priest. Rev Father
/ O'Brien- chancellor of the Cathedral. and
| probably some other priests viii be In the
! sanctuary Rev. DR. MAJ nien viii be as
sistant priest to the Cardinal and other
officers of the mass will be senin1rians
vet to be selected The mass viii not be
! concluded until about $50 O'Clock Tues
/ day morning, January I.
An elaborate musical programme VIII DC
| rendered by the choir with orchestral ac-
| compartment, under direction Of Mr. F.
/ Y Hale
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
No I0oTING BY YANKEES.
Chinese in Rekin Protected by Amer-
leans Against other Troops

Chinese in PekiH Protected by amer
leans against other Troops
CLEVELAND. Dec. lex President
Hayes son. Coz Webb C. Hayes. home
from tie China war, talks Interestingly Of
the wholesale looting Of PeHin By the allied
armies of Europe. IN which TIE American
soldiers had no part. he says an order OF
the War Department kept the Americans
from getting their share Of the SPOTS
On 1864. says Colonel Hayes, General
Order No. lao was issued by the War De-
nartnlent at Washington, ordering that
United States soldiers must have nothing
IN their possession not Issued to them by
the Government or tt0S--ghich they could
not show a receipt This order was read
in Pekin. Captain TfisoR. as soon as he
was In command. Issued an order TO the
merchants that they should take down the
brick barbados from their places OF tusi-
less and resume trade. ard this was the
aaly place in the entire city where this
was permitted
The policy OF the English Government
IS. you know, to loot everything IN sight
squad WIS sent out by the commanding
tffiees, in charge Uf a lieutenant or a cap
tan, to take everything available and
DfiIR Il INTO tlelf f0Ii4ttuifSs 46l AZ
auction is held at + O'Clock each afternoon,
and the SPOTS money is distributed much
after tie fashion Of the prize money sys-
TEN which used to prevail in the United
States Navy German squads did the same
thing. as did the French.
When the Germans came IN they in
sisted on having share Of the city over
which they should nave supervision, ard,
while some thought that only those VINO
had done lighting ought to be altered to
govern, some territory was allotted 70
them. They had strip just north OF
the American preserves, with the dIyisi-
ion line in the centre OF q street. One
afternoon l took number Of officers down
there to see what a model government
Captain Tilson had created. AS we came
up flock Of Chinese came running 70
meet Captain Tiison who was with Us,
with their arms extended. It seemed to
me like lot of children running TO n eet
their father They implored him 70 Felp
them. Captain TfIson saw a German sol
der who had been patToliing the opposite
side Of the street helping himself 10 some
fruit and other small articles. and took
him by the ear and put him where he be-
Ionged
'.The American soldiers were the hest
shots IN the field. The other soldiers
could not hit the side OF = barn. The
{ Chinese have no warifke instincts They
are not a nation of warriors. but II they
should ever be trained they would make
the finest soldiers in the world. They do
not know what fear means, and they s-b--
soIately disregard death Our cavalry
made al attack upon a mob Of Chinese
one day, and they quietly laid down upon
the ground and waited the advance Of the
elumn They knew they would all be
I killed. but did not seem 10 care. They
struck al che horses with pixies and some
thing that looked like forks The idea OF
trying TO disenbowet horses and fighting
cavalry by sitting upon the ground wss
something new for modern soldiers 70
f..
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17
ART OF PLANTING TREES.
study of Great Importance 10 the
Western Farmer.

study OF Great Importance 10 the
Western Farmer.
George B. Ludwofth. Dendrologist in
the Division OF Forestry Of the Agricul-
turaI Department, in speaking of The
Forest Nursery" says: The ART Of rails.
ing forest tree seedlings and planting
trees Is but little known among farmers.
for whom it has very great economic in
terest.
.'For the farmer CT the Eastern wooded
country, the study Of how to grow trees
has not yet reached, nor is 1t likely to
reach, the same degree OF Importance as
for the Western farmer The Eastern far
mer has often 20 consider only what
trees shall be allowed TO grow up and
what shall be introduced. while the West
era farmer has to consider what may be
grown and how The greater interest CEN
tres about the Western nIanter because
OF his great need for wood material and
aIs.: because the growth of trees under
his conditions is most difficult.
THE Importance OF establishing wood
lots or shelter belts on farms that lack
them is no less obvious than the neces-
city of raising the staple crops. The prov
ident farmer cannot afford to buy Ere
wood fence posts. or building timber any
more than he can AFFORD TO buy corn and
wheat. A part. Il not all. of the wood
material used on the farm can and should
be grown there The profit on this tim
Der rightly belongs to- The farmer, ard
it is therefore one which economic ag-
riculture cannot neglect.
"The relative value of wood lots in the
prairie region and the wooded East IS,
of course, different. TO the prairie far
nler the possession OF q wood lot affording
posts. rails. poles, and frewood is Of very
great Importance. since. being in tree
less region and distant from the sources
OF wood supply he would otherwise he
compelled TO pay high prizes for such ma
teriaf The F~stern farmer is less de-
pendent. even If ouyh bis wood lot has
been eut of. for he lives in a wooded
country where posts, fuel, and lumber are
comparatively cheap.
The efforts under the Timber Culture
act TO establish forest growth in the
plains region of the West can hardly be
said to have been q successful beginning
in forest planting; they were. however
attempts TO meet the great necessity for
timber in that region. Their failure has
not demonstrated that trees cannot be
grown there. but rather that there is need
of a better system and a more intimate
knowledge o. the special requirements OF
trees under trying conditions For how
ever little evidence there is now that fer
ests once existed to any extent on the
Western plains. It is believed that trees
can be made TO grow IN that region. :,
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PATRONAGE IN FLORIDA.
Republican Factions Likely TO Fight
for Federal omees.

for Federal Offices.
TALLAHASSEE Dec. 17.-Mueh activity
is noticeable in Florida Republican CIR
cles since the reelection of President
NJ tKinley. 4 fight is on between the
outs and the ms for the distribution
OF Federal appointments in this State.
Col Matt MacfaTlane. OF Tampa, the re-
cent Republican candidate for Governor
received only e.4SS votes in the whole
State In the recent election: still he led
the State ticket as vote-Eetter- Mr..
Mckinley received ,49S votes. against
II .2SS in 1895 1t is said that the de-
creased Republican vote this year does
not mean so much that there are fewer
Republicans in The States as 1t means
general apathy in the rank and file Of
the party owing to the close corporation
nature OF the State organization
Judge John G. Long of St Augustine
and Washington, D, c., is in control OF
the Republican organization in Florida,
and jos sph E. Lee, the colored Collector
of Internal Revenue, is his assistant.
Judge Long is United States Consul Cen
eral at Cairo, Egypt, and is now at his
post. He writes mis- florida friends that
he will be with them some time next
summer, which they interpret as meaning
that he is then coming home to fix up a
new slate for the Federal offices in Fiori-
da to present TO the President Until
that is done present officials will all paob-
ably hold on Only a few important
changes are expected during the next four
years.
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TOO COLD FOR FRENCH MONKS.
DomInicans Close Their Monastery
in New York.

NEW YORK, Dec. 17-Because they
were not able to endure the severity OF
the climate of westchester county. the
French Dominion monks who have had
church and monastery at Sherman Park
for the lasts six years have returned to
France They have taken Their students
for the priesthood with them
The community at Sherman Park. in
GLIDING priests and noviees, numbered
about Fifty. Now there are oaly half
dozen of the Fathers left. and they are
engaged in parish work only. The Do
zninican novitiate is closed. It IS the IN
tention OF the Fathers to sell the insti-
tuition TO some religious order OF men or
women who would like TO have a commu-
nifty house near New York.
The French Dominicaps and their stu
dents were accustomed 10 q warm elk
mate before they came here IN 1929, and
the change was particularly trying to
them This was especially so in the cese
of the novices VINO we're studying for the
priesthood They had TO arise at mid
night and in the early morning hours 10
participate IN religious exercises. and, ac-
cording to the rules of the order, ihsx
had to fast great deal
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mR. BRYAN,s NEW VENTURE.
on All sides Upon
Entering journalism.

LINCOLN. Neb.. Dec. I7.-All the news
papers of the city make kindly msHt ion
Of William J. Bryan's proposed newspa-
per eentuss. predicting that The Com
rnoner'' viii be financial success and an
excellent vehicle in which its editor Ray
advance his political and economic ideas
M. Bran himself is enthusiastic over the
enterprise and he talks with the utmost
freedom and pleasurabIe anticipation OF
the publication,
Mr.. Bryan viii De the sole proprietor,
or very nearly so. and the leading spirit
in ali departments except the purely ne
chanicaI The outlay of capital in the
absence OF printing plant need rot be
large at the outset, and Mr. Bryan viii
foot all the bills.
The Comnoner viii be issued hTst
from the Office of a friendly newspaper CT
a JOB printing establishment. Mr.. Bryan
viii not discuss the makeup Of the staf
further than to say thai he has already
arranged for such editorial assistance as
he will need He has received kilograms
from friends over the country eongT2eu-
lating him on the venture, asking to lie
listed as subscribers OF The Commoner.' .
and predicting its success.
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IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

J. Wilson Hendricks Of Manchester.
England. is registered al the Arlington.
In what are our people most interested
At this timer he said this morning. 81
viii tell you II is beer Beer is the only
thing in which We are interested. We
have good cause tc be worked up over this
proposition Two thousand eases OF ar
senieai poisoning from drinking beer have
been reported to the health efice An
Investigation showed that the beer Of six
breweries in Manchester contained arsen-
ic. Nearly all the poisonous beer has
been Withdrawn and run away into sew
ers or otherwise destroyed, and t4e brew
ers are now busEing themselves 10 have
their duty money repaid by the excise au-
else authorities. The local officials of the
/ inland revenue have laid the matter be-
fore the London authorities Whether the
brewers will get their money hack IS an
open question. The beer poured into the
sewers alone amounted 10 about 10000
in money value There is no way OF learn
ing how the beer became poisoned, but It
has resulted III more careful inspection
by the authorities The Manchester Brew
eEs' Association has taken mold OF the
matter and intends to make an examiRa-
tiun OF all the breweries and q thorough
inspection OF al beers sent cut BY the
brewers in our city.
There was q time when 81. Louis would
talk Of nothing but her hardware trade, .
said John T. Harrison, Of that city, at the
Arlington. this morning, but that day
has passed. Now the city viii talk Of
notbiug but her exposition. The hardware
trade was good proposition, and it IS
fact that we do more wholesale and job
hing il hardware thar is done in any other
Western State, but sur exposition viii
knock everything else into cooked hat
Buffalo won't be IN it with US Our people
have started ont TO make the exposition
one OF the greatest this country has Wit
messed and We wiu do IL, too
Here is new job Tor the Porto Riean, !"
said Thomas J. Tenney, OF New York, at
the Raleigh today. "He can be employed
as iaborer IN the sugar. coffee. and rice
fields Of Hawaii He not only can be thus
employed bur he is finding work. have
just returned from the Coast and while in
San Francisco saw fully zoo Porto Ri
cans who were en- route for Honolulu
don't think his is fair deal to the Ha-
: waifaB The latorsr in that place now re-
reives about $50 month. This Is bet
ter salary than he ever received before
The importation Of the Porto RIcaGs VIII
make vast difference in the demand for
I9bor, and wages viii go down The sugar
planter can well afford &c pay good wages.
but he went do SO Il he can get cheap Ia
Dor. There IS nothing else for the new
ecner in that land The sole export trade
Of Hawaii s II sugar, coffee, ana rice The
tine may come when other lines CT Dusi-
/ ness viii De established. bot until that
time arrives the Porto Rican should re-
main on his oNn island Hs viii be BET
ter of II he does 90
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a PREACHER as AN EDITOR.
Dr.. PARKER to Conduct the Evening
sun for SIX DAYS.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE Rev. Dr.. Joseph
Parker. the venerable pastor Of The City
Temple, took possession of the editorial
chair of the Evening Sun" this morning,
and for period of six days VIII try to
show what the Rev Mr.. Sheldon. of To-
peka. kan. might have done. according 10
the Parkerian idea. Dr.. Parker says:
Il intend to make the Sun newspaper
for all time and not a tract. ny leading
articles Will be editorials. not sermons
Ny Office will be workshop. not a house
Of prayer My aen may smoke If they
like and pray If they must The only or
der which am going 70 enforce with IN
iron hand is to get news and TO tell i
fully. eourageously, and truthfuliy.