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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
IN THE INTEREST OF BREWERS


The Senate Finance Committee
FavOrs AbOlishing Small Kegs.
The Senate Finance Committee yester-
day favorably reported a bill in effect
abolIshing the sixth barrel and eighth
barrel as packages for beer. leaving the
quarter barrel the smallest package for
fermented liquors. The committee post
poned for one year the date at which the
law will go into operation, fixing it at
July 1, 1901.
The bill is being urged. according to the
report of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, by the United Brewers Asso-
citation. representing eighty-five per cent
of the output of fermented liquors in the
United States. and is opposed by the small
brewers not members Of the association,
who claim its passage would seriously
affect them and benefit the beer trust. In
their protest against the bill the individual
brewers alIege that it is only in the
smaller packages that they are able to
compete with the great breweries, and IL
the use of kegs is abolished that competi-
tion will be destroyed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
TWELVE DEAD FROM POISON.
A Negro Cooks Trick to Stop Thcfts
of Provisions.

NEW YORK. May ga despatch from
Montgomery. W. Va. to the Press" says:
Twelve men dead from eating poisoned
provisions they had stolen is the dreadful
result of what negro cook thought was
q clever bit of strategy. The dead were all
members CT relatives CT one fani ).
They had broken into ard robbed a con-
tractors storehouse of packages of dri d
meat and sacks of -four. They went with
their booty TO a cave several miles away.
There each partook CT the food. There was
enough poison in the lot to kill regiment
So sparsely settled is the country in ttat
section the bodies might never have been
found if buzzarGs had not scented their
prey and led a curious backwocdsmaa to
investigate.
Hamburger G. Matscn. who have the
contract for building big section of the
new Paint Creek Railroad. took over 200
Italians forty miles from the Kanawha
River to work on big cut The cen
tractors took with them enough provisions
10 last the entire party. horses and all,
for three months.
Near the centre OF the work a Zig
storehouse was erected and this was robbed
several times. The negro cook placed a
couple Of boxes of rat poison on lot of
meat and mixed 1t well into a couple of
from which the marauders previously had
taken their plunder. Within a few days
the storehouse was robbed again and the
negro cook told the foreman it would be
the last time, for the thief had got the
poisoned -four. The foreman denounced
the cook for what he had done, and sent
a party Of searchers to find the poisoned
stuff. but they were unsuccessful.
Frank r. Gibson, who came here to-
day from Paint Creek. told the story and
said mountain hunter named Addison
was attracted last week by a flock of
buzzards. and went to the spot over which
they circled and found four dead men lying
on the ground. Inside cave nearby he
found eight more and lot of -four. bacon,
and provisions. He informed mountain
eers who live near the place and they
buried the dead and told the contractors
Of the deaths. The twelve men were
brothers and cousins. and for years Lad
borne bad reputation
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
Presidential Nominations.

The President sent the following nomi-
nations to the Senate yesterday: Capt.
Robert Burns, assistant surgeon, Forty
ninth Infantry. to be surgeon, with the
rank of major; First Lieut.. William C.
Warmsley, assistant surgeon, Forty-ninth
Infantry. to be assistant surgeon, with the
rank of captain Second Lieuts. William F.
Gwynne. Thirty-sixth Infantry and Alvin
X. Baskette. Thirty-seventh Infantry, to
be first lieutenants; Quartermaster Ser
geant Elmer B. Gavett, Company H, Thir-
ty-ninth Infantry. to be second lieuten-
ant: Thomas H. Norton. of Ohio, to be
United States CSlsul at Harput, Turkey.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
THE GAYNoR ExTRAD1T1oN.
Believed Thnt the Proposed Bill I
Dead for This Session.

Believed That the Proposed Bill Is
Dead for This Session.
In the House Committee on the Judiciary
yesterday an attempt was made to take
the consideration of the Gaynor extradi-
tion law out Of the hands OF the SUBJ COM
mittee and have 1t acted upon by the full
committee.
Representative Fleming of Georgia, rep
resenting the State to which 1t is desired
to remove the Gaynors for trial, moved
that the rules be suspended and the SUBJ
committee be discharged from the consid-
Grafton of the bill. The motion was lost
by n vote Of to Z. Representative Kerr
of Ohio, a member Of the subcommittee,
has been absent for some time. Should
he return it is possible the bill may be
reported to the committee. This is not
regarded as probable, however, and 1t is
thought the bill is dead, for this session
at -ipaSt
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
MUM IS THE WORD.
The Census Mnn Will Soon BE Around
to Ask a Few Questions About
Yourself.

Severe penalties are established for the pun
ishment OF any betrayal OF information received
by the enumerator. Whatever you tell him
Is a confidence between you and the Government,
and he is merely the apparatus through which
the desired information passes. II he is false
to his trust and repeats to any person any in
formation received in the performance OF his
duties he may be fined $500 upon conviction. He
cannot even take anyone with him while making,
his rounds except another census ofice en-
ploye. Every precaution to protect the public
has been taken. The census man will soon be
around, and ii he asks you if you drink beer
tell him yes: do not hesitate to let him know
that it is Heurich's Maerzen, Senate, or Lager
You need not hesitate also to acquaint your
friends OF the fact that you drink Ieurich's
because Macrzen. Senate. and Lager are the purest
and most wholesome beverages brewed in the
United States, and they have the best analytic
record at the Agricultural Department of all
beers. Phone 63i. Arlington Bottling Co.. for
a case ani drink real good beer.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
. AN ADVERSE REPORT.
Election of senators by Vote of thu
People Opposed.

Election of senators by Vote of the
People Opposed.
An adverse report was made to the Sem
ate yesterday from the Committee on
Privileges and Elections on the House
joint resolution, proposing popular election
of United States Senators, and favorable
report on the Joint resolution introduced
by Mr.. Hoar providing that after seven
ballots for Senator in a Legislature plu-
rality shall elect. Both reports were
placed on the calendar. ri
The Hoar resolutions add to the law
prescribing the manner of electing Sen
ators by the Legislature the following:
.'If no person shall have received such
majority after seven separate ballots in
such joint assembly. one OF such ballots
at least having been taken on each of
seven separate days, the person who re-
ceives a plurality of all the votes cast on
the next ballot. or If there be no plurality.
on the first subsequent ballot where any
person shall have a plurality. a majority
Of all TIE members OF both houses being
present and voting, shall be declared duly
elected q"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
THE TELLER BoER RESOLUTION.
Goes to the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee After ODnoSitiOn.

|
| The Senate yesterday. by vote of AZ
to 26. practically killed the Teller resolu-
tion extending sympathy to the Beers. by
| referring it to the Committee on Foreign
| Reiations, where three similar resolutions
nave been buried for several months. The
Teller resolution will not be reported at
| this session.
Mr.. Bacon addressed the Senate on the
resolution yesterday and in the course OF
his speech favoring the resolution said
1t is impossible for me to realize that
any man should fail to sympathize with
the Beers in their struggle 1t is a case
of two of the smallest. most feeble Repub-
lies in the world fighting with one of the
greatest and most powerful nations on
earth. 1t is, said to be a question of our
violating any international relations should
We adopt these resolutions, therefore l
want to read some precedents in this line
which are safe to follow and which show
conclusively that We should adopt these
resolutions"
The Senator then read the resolutions
adopted by Congress Offering sympathy to
the people Of Greece in their struggle with
Turkey. when Webster had addressed the
House on the matter. He read this speech
and stated that 1t was applicable to the
Beers today.
What action did the House take?" aske
Mr.. Lodge. '-'
Why said Mr.. Bacon, there were
even then In Congress such men as the
Senator from Massachusetts, who feared to
say single kindly word or even stretch
OUT hand to save n dying man.
no1,
on the question of Offering sympathy and
aid to kossuth and his followers.
He followed this by reading Webster's
speech delivered, in this city at the ban
quet given to Kossuth.
We will violate no obligation If we
adopt this resolution. Webster was Sec
retary OF State when he spoke and he
had no fear" said Mr.. Bacon. Il will
insert in the Record the plank from the
Republican platform Of the last National
convention. which relates to the recog-
milton of suffering and oppressed peoples"
When he had concluded Mr. Davis moved
TO refer the matter to the Committee on
Foreign Relations. Mr.. Teller objected.
buried until next. session. On vote the
resolution was sent to the committee
yeas. 40; nays. 26, as follows:
Yess-Aldrich. Allison. Bard. Bcveridge. Bur-
rows Carter, Clark. Cullom. Deboe Depew. Elk
ins, Fairbanks, Foraker. Foster, Gallinger, Hans
brongh. Hawley. Kyle. Lindsay. Lodge, Mcbride.
McConss, McCumber, Mcmillan. Penrose, Perkins,
Pettus. Platt Of Connecticut. Platt of New York.
Proctor. Quarles. Ross. Scott. Sewell, Sfoup ST.
mon. Stewart, Thurston, Wetmore, wolcott-.0.
Nays-Allen, Bacon. Bate, Butler. Cafery.
Chandler, Clay, Cockrell. Cul5erson Daniel, Hale.
Harris. Heitfeld, Hoar, Jones OF Arkansas. Ken
ney. Mallory. Martin. Mason. Money, Psttigrew.
Rawiins, Teller. Tillman. Turley. Turner-e6.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
RISK ENHANCES WAGES.
Baltimore Lincmen Make Demands
for Higher Pay

BALTIMORE. May 29-while the strike
OF the electric light linemen and trimmers
appears to be approaching settlement, 1t
is having its effect upon other climbers
here. Their efforts are rather enhanced by
several accidents. one OF which proved
fatal. On Saturday Foreman Bobst, Of the
Western Union force. was shocked by an
electric light wire while on top OF sixty
foot pole. He fell to the ground and Twas
killed. Today Lineman John Nicholl, OF
the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company. was shocked by an electric light
wire while high in the air. and fell to the
ground badly injured
This morning committee representing
IS per cent Of the telephone linemen called
upon the management and demanded an
increase. pointing to the fact that while
at work they carried their lives in their
hands. This demand is expected to pro-
duce another strike.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
DIED.

KOoNCE-Thc funeral OF MRS. ALICE HARRIS
EOoNCE. wife Of Jesse S. Koonce, proprietor
DcImo. Kooncc Cafe. will be held today from
Shiloh Baptist Church at O'Clock. Rev. ]. Ander-
ssn Taylor. officiating. 1t
PFE1I-CATHERINE PEEL, wife of Daniel
pfeil. in the sixty y-ninth year of her age, at
Colonial Beach.
Funeral from 2SIT Brightwood Avenue Seventh
Street, northwest Wednesday. May 30, at p. IN.
Friends and relatives invited. 1t
LUKE-On Wednesday. May 90. 1900. at the
residence Of his daughter. Mrs. George N. Lowrey.
5sl Third Street, Brooklyn. N. Y, DANIEL ID.
LUKE, husband OF Elizabeth J. Luke.
Services Friday evening at O'Clock. Inter-
ment private. my293t
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
THE SENATE ROUTINE.
Two Resolutions Agreed to n
Three Bills Passed.

Two Resolutions Agreed to and
Three Bills Passed.
In the Senate yesterday resolution
calling on the Secretary of tie Interior
for information as to the leases Of Usage
grazing lands in Oklahoma and as to other
Indian matters was offered and agreed to;
also similar resolution as to Crow Creek
Indians In South. Dakota.
House bill permitting the building of a
dam across New River. in Grayson Coun-
ty, Va. for water-power purposes, was
passed.
Also the House bill to authorize the
Commissioner of the General Land Office
to dispose OF the Choctaw orphan Indian
lands in Mississippi.
Also the House bill granting certain
land to Silverton. Col, for cemetery pur-
poses.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
THE ExTRADITIoN BILL.
An Effort to Take 1t Up I'm the Senate
EMIL.


In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Fairbanks
asked for consent to bring up the bill pro-
viding for the extradition of Neely, the al
legged Cuban defaulter. which was favor
ably reported by the Judiciary Committee
yesterday. The bill. while general ex-
tradition act. is directly aimed at Nicely.
and will be accepted by the House.
Mr.. Allison objected to its consideration
until the Sundry Civil bill was passed. 1t
will then be taken up.
The bill provides for the surrender of
any fugitive from justice charged with
any offence mot politicaD committed in
Cuba after a hearing before a Judge of
the United States circuit or district court,
The bill also names the offences for which
extradition will be granted. and limits the
life Of the act to the period in which Cuba
shall be governed by the United States.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
Railway Extension hills.

The conference reports on the Senate
bills to extend the lines of the Metropoli-
tan Railroad on old Sixteenth Street and
to extend Columbia Road were presented
to the Senate yesterday. Mr.. Mcmillan in
sisted on the Senate amendments and an
other conference was ordered Messrs.
Mcmillan, Proctor, and Martin were ap-
pointed conferees on the part of the Sem
"a 10
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
DONATION TO A UNIVERSITY.
The sum of s3.OOO,OOO Given to .
st. Louis InstitufIon.

ST. LOUIS. May 2s.-samuel cupples
and Robert S. Brookings, Of the Cupples
Woodenware Company. today presented to
Washington University 1900 shares of
stock each in the Cupples property at Sew
enth and Spruce Streets, better known as
Cupples Station. The 30.oC0 shares are
valued at SS.O00,000. The only condition
attached to the gift is that twelve free
scholarships shall be maintained in the
manual training school, This makes the
total gift OF Mr.. Brookings TO the univer-
sity $1,000. 600 and OF MIR. Cupples ST.
750. 900. and the total endowment OF the
university about Sc 600 600
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
The McGoxnn Court-MnrtiaI.

The court-martial to try Captain Nc
Gowan, formerly of the Monadnock, con-
vened yesterday at the Washington Navy
Yard. The court-martial organized and
then adjourned until today. Captain Nc
Gowan is charged with having shot Fill
pino from the deck Of the Monadnock and
then failing to report the matter to his
superior officer
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
MAGINNIs IN THE SENATE.
Accorded Privilege of the Floor o
Mr.. Chnndler's Motion.

Mr.. Chandler's Motion.
Mr.. Chandler. Chairman of the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections, yesterday
asked unanimous consent Of the Senate
Governor Smith Of Montana. be admitted
to the privilege OF the floor OF the Senate
pending the decision in the case
docs that include the other man, Mr.
Clark" asked Mr.. Tillman.
why Mr. Clark has that privilege as a
former Senator" said Mr.. Chandler.
The motion was agreed to and Mr.. Ma
ginnis spent about an hour on the floor
greeting the Senators to whom he was in
troduced by Mr.. Carter.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30

Mr.. Martins Credentials Presented.
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Daniel pre-
sented the credentials of Mr. Martin as
Senator from Virginia for a term Of six
years, beginning March 4, 1901. The GER
tifcate was signed by Governor Tyler
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
The Warren mt Manila,

A cablegram from General Macarthur to
the War Department yesterday announced
the safe arrival OF the transport Warren
at Manila. The boat carried sixteen Off
GERS and 407 men. largely recruits for the
signal and hospital corps
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
SPECIAL NOTICES.

CONFEDERATE VETERANS. THEIR
families and friends, will attend memo
rial services at Grace Church. Woodside,
Nd. May 80. at 2.30 p. m. Bring flowers
II possible. By order
Item w. A. GORDON. President.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-30
oti. Nominated for Promotion.

Among the nominations sent to the Sen
ate yesterday by the President was that
of Brig. Gen Elwell s. Otis. U. s. A.. to
be major general. June 16. 1900. vice Mer-
ritt, to be retired on that date.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-14
ShinYartis Gnssil,.

The torpedo-boat Stockton built by the
William r. Trigg Company. has been ac-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-14

laying Webster says: He CWashing-
tom heads procession over these then
naked fields he crosses yonder stream
on q fallen tree; he ascends the top OF
this eminence, whose original oaks or
the forest stand as thick around him
as if the spot had been devoted to Druid
ical worship: and here he performs the
appointed duty of the day President
Adams route in his coach from the White
House to the Capitol on November =.
1850, to meet Congress and deliver his
inaugural was on the high ground along
+ Street, for Pennsylva MIA Avenue was
Il deep morass. covered with alder bushes.
AS great as was the change which had
taken place in the fifty-eiSht years be-
tween the laying Of the cornerstone OF
the old Capitol and the laying of that
of the EeW extensions, it was not so
great as the change between that last
event and the forty-nine years that have
since elapsed. According to rhe censts
the population of the city had grown
from 300 or $3.50 in 1888 to 1000 in 1850.
The population has increased from 40,c0l
in 1880 to almost 100000 at the present
time And. then, with it's marble pal
aces public and private; lis spacious parks
and broad and smooth streets and ave
nues: its art galleries and institutes;
and that dream of beauty almost divine
the Congressional Library-it has become
one OF the most beautiful capitals this
earth has ever tbeheld.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-14
STILL UNCLAIMED.
The Body Of Dan Carney Remains at
PecrnSN'S.


Dan Carney's remains lie unclaimed at
the Peerman undertaking establish
ment, where they were taken on Wednes-
day
Every effort is being made by Mr.. Peer
man TO locate relatives or friends OF the
dccca sed. lie has been in communicated
with Portsmouth .9rtes and with city
officials OF various other cities.
\ letter received fro:r Mr.. II. a Brink
ley. d lawyer of Portsmouth. states that
he had recently worked a claim against
the Government for Carney. for services
in the United States Navy. He secured the
sum of SO for Elm some While ago, and It
was learned that Carney left Portsmouth,
some days ago with a man who said he
lived in Richmond He minated that he
intended to re-enlist in the navy
Mr.. Peerrnan has learned that Carney
enlisted in st. Paul as q tirst-ciass fire
man on beard the United States ship "a
turne. and served through the Spanish
War.
Mr.. Ernk!ey, wrote that Carney was 4
native of Albion. y. y. Mr.. PeerEan
commun Gated with the Chief Of Police OF
that place and received 4 telegram yester-
dav. saying that no one of that name
is known there. but that there are such
people. in the town of Medina. about ten
miles west of Albion. Mr.. Peerman has
wired the Mayor of that place.
The body has been enbalned and viii
be kept as long as possible.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-14

federation, in session in New York, on
the motion of Mr.. Lee, OF Virginia, pro-
posed to take up a. resolution Tor me
erection of public buildings at Georgetown
for the seat of the government, PROVIDED
Maryland would cede jurisdiction. Ihls
resolution received the votes OF tour
Staie-zamely, Massachusetts, New ork
Virginia, and Georgia The five States
OF New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Delaware
MARYLAND and North Carolina voted
against it The truth is that the Con-
sress and 1.-The government" had since
the first Congress OF 1Ili led such a
pera mbulating life that there was q
strong sentiment in favor OF per1na-
,,ent residence" There had been NO less
tban ten removals of the seat of Govern
men1. Three times it had taken up its
abode M Philadelphia and once at Bal
ti,nore. Lancaster. Yorktown Pa), Prime
ton Annapo is, Trenton. and New Hcrk.
And now in the first Congress under the
Constitution came on the final decisive
contention between the rival iocailties,
a contention marked with a bitterness
of sectional antagonism that brought the
Union TO the. brink of disruption.
On The sd of December. llSS. Maryland
authorized her representatives IN Con-
Eress to cede to the United States any
district not exceeding zen miles square;
and early in the following year GlS9) the
Virginia Legislature raised 4 similar act.
based upon location upon the banks
of the Potomac.
And now. In the closing act Of tie
exciting drama. Mr.. Scott. OF Penns%,-
vania, first appeared upon the scene
when. on August q, 1853, he moved for.
a permanent seat Of government at
some convenient place. as near the centre
OF wealth, population. and extent Of ter
r;tory as may be consistent with con-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-14

less ugly and less angry than that occa-
stoned by the assumption act: and the
feeling was even more sectional in its
display The New England members
contended that the explicit consent OF
the Eastern States ought TO be obtained
before they dragged still farther south
than the Susquehacra or the Delaware.
Mr.. Livingston of New York. said that
80 southern a situation as the Potomac
would -disquaify many northern members,
as they would forego their election rather
than attend the national legislature on
that river" Hamilton was tremendously
exercised over the assumption act and
made a passionate appeal TO Jefferson
TO aid in its passage. representing that
the Union would probably be disrupted II
that measure we're defeated. Even the
imperturbable Madison lost his equaniul-
ity, and during the bitter expressions
against the selection of the Potomac.
looking Fisher An1es full in the face he
said that he felt bound to declare that
Virginia never would have entered the
Union if the, events OF that day could
have been foreseen. He said this IN a
deliberate and audible tone, and y pro-
ducd a great sensation, for it was known
that Madison was not wont 10 indulge
in personalities Hamilton was In
despair says Jefferson in his Ana AS
I was going to the Presidents one daS
7 met him CHamiiton) in the street lie
walked with me backwards and forwards
before the Presidents door for half an
hour He PAINTED patheticai!y the tenn
per into which the Congress had been
bought. and the danger OF secession of
the members Of the creditor States if
the debts Of these States were not
assumed. and the separation of the
states" Jefferson invited Hamilton to
dine with him the next day. and there.