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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-16

rest of the Territories. and that we be
given representation. The party which
gives US those two things can command
the patronage of the voters OF the island
when We get the franchise"
Mr.. Latimer comes of American and
Spanish stock. his father having been a
native of this section and the delegate is
related to several families in the neigh
borhood of Baltimore. He is a graduate
of the University Of Virginia, and speaks
English with very slight accent. His
views were naturally a reflection of the
opinions OF his fellov-workcr in the COM
mon cause.
IAN we want" he said. "is free trade
and representation. We are not people
to be classed with the hafbreeds and
Asiatics of the Philippines. We have long
wanted to be an integral factor Of the
United States. and ROW that we have been
taken under the flag. We think We ought
to be given some of the privileges II holds
out to its other children. We do not rec
essarily want to vote at your elections.
Let US have 4 hand in the government OF
our own island and see to 1t that We are
not barred from the only open market
which We have to offer our goods in. That
is really all We want. Do the American
people think that is too much? ! have
always heard that large bodies move
slowly but IL Congress does not soon see
the necessity of legislating for our bene-
fit. there will be small need of II. for
the country will have got beyond the
radius OF its aid"
All the delegates speak the tongue of
their adopted country. and If comparison
were made it would be found that every
one OF them was as well Informed as the
average business man OF high grade in
Ia mi fa1 Srafn - lrat hgf
gress will take decided action at an early
day.
The delegates will be in the city for
some time longer as they do not wish TO
return to Porto Rico until the object OF
their mission has been accomplished.
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CHAIRMAN KNAPP HEARD.


Chairman Knapp. of the Interstate COM
me7ce Commission, was before the Senate
Committee on interstate Commerce yester-
day, TO give an exposition of the bill for
the amendment Of the existing Law. He
said that the powers OF the commission
were so circumscribed at present by da-
cisiuns of the Supreme Court on the exist
ing law that further legislation WIS re-
qulred.
When questioned by Senator woicott as
to the propriety of his Mr. Knapp'hj effort
to secure Legislation while he was an officer
under the existing law. Mr.. Knapp replied
that he considered it his duty 10 make the
statute as effective as possible.
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IN FAVOR OF FREE TRADE.
The Leather Interests Consider the
Needs of Porto Rico.

BOSTON, Feb. 15.-Resolutions demand
ing an open door with Porto Rico were
adopted unanimously by the New England
Shoe and Leather Association at its ban
quet at the Brunswick last night.
Among the speakers were Francis
Batcheller. who presented the resolutions:
President W. B. Rice. Henry Burk. Pres
ldent of :he Morocco Manufacturers Ma
tional Association; J. X. Orr. President OF
the Southern Shoe Jobbers' Association.
of Atlanta, Ca: W. McCarroll. OF New
York; r. L. Magill of Nashville. Tenn:
Godfrey Morse. of Boston; s. NJ. Aldrich,
and B. f. Cole
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Oppose n Reciprocity Treaty.

The Association of American Knit Goods
Manufacturers, of Philadelphia. has sent
a protest TO the Senate Committee on For
eigD Relations against the ratification OF
the reciprocity treaty with France, on
the ground that 1t would reduce the pro-
lection enjoyed by the industry TO less
than that afforded by the Wilson bill.
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MF. Mcmillan introduced In the Senate
Yesterday bill providing that section 4
Of the act of February 2s. 1885. in relation
20 tax sales in the District of Columbia.
be amended by striking out all after the
word sale" in line eight OF said section.
The portion stricken out is as follows:
Together with any tax or assessment
which the holder of said certificate shall
hnve paid between the days OF sale and re-
demption. with Interest on the same at
the rate OF 10 per centum per annum."
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The Anti-PoIygnmy Resolution.

The House Committee on Election OF the
President, Vice President. and Members of
Congress yesterday agreed TO favorably
report Representative Capron's resolution.
providing that no polygamist shall be
elected 10 the House or Senate.
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MUNYON,s DoCTORs ARE FREE.

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n. week days: 3 to p. m. Sundays. The
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Price 25c mt my drug store.

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SPECIAL NOTICES.

NOT \ BoYCoTT.-simpiy n request to
the public to help the clerks to shorter
hours by making their purchases early on
SATURDAYS. 1t
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Stops the Cough
aud works OF the Cold

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G. A. WNKER, President
JAS ". PEGRAN. Secretary.
CITY Of Richuuud state OF Virginia:
Subscribed and TO beiorr INC this 1fth
day OF February. 1900.
J. T. LAWRENCE. Notary Public.
T. A. LEE. Superintendent tor Tire Districf OF
Columbia, :s3 7th ST. nv. II
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

NOTICE-Annual meeting of the stock
holders of the CROSS MANUFACTURE
ING C0MPANY.-The annual meeting OF
the stockholders of the CROSS MANUFAC-
TURING COMPANY will be held at the
Hotel Fleischmann. Alexandria. Va. st
O'CLOCK r. NJ. on THURSDAY, MARCH
1, 1900. By order OF the President and the
Board of Directors. HENRY F. GETz.
Acting Secretary. fei5-l4t
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LADIES BLACK and CER.SE sATiNE
WAISTS. with yoke hack. corded and tucked
frouts-high collars. Always sold for SOr
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CHILDREN'S AND MISSES REFERS. sizes
6 10 II ycgrs-msde Of Astrakhan and Kelsey
cloths. in bluc. black. and maroon shades
prettify trimmed with colored braid-syiloI and
pointed collars and finished with Ct 40
fancy buttons. sold up to s69s.. WIZ
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-04
Gems. FRENCH ANDCOLVILLE

him as possessed of more of the
elements of greatness than any man
ever met.
"At Is wears of age he is as full of
vigor that the average man owns up to
at 20 years less. His versatility impress
sed me deeply. have it on unimpeach-
able authority that the battle of Colonso
where Butler was crushed by the Beers
was planned entirely by this old man.
Joubert carried out Kruger's instructions
to the letter and won that signal victory
by the directions of an old man away up
there in Pretoria.
II was present at the battle Of Spion
Kop and saw a thin line Of Beers drive
am army before them. After the fight I
walked over the field and counted the
dead bodies Of 125 Englishmen in one
trench where the Beers had placed them
for burial. During my stay in the neigh
borhood visited every laager in the
line surrounding the city and talked
with scores Of officers and men. / visited
the lines along the Tugela river where
Butler and his 10000 men We're held at
bay, and I speak from the most positive
knowledge when say that all Of the
1000. With this force Joubert and Botha
held back Butler. and kept White with
his $4,000 men corralled in the town.
when Cronje was threatened 5000
men We're sent to him from Ladysn1ith
leaving 1000 to face the $500 men Of the
enemy.
"At the battle Of the Little Tugela.
when Butler was again driven back upon
Chieveley, ] saw General Louis Botha in
action and consider him the greatest OF
the Dutch commanders. When the fight
ing began Botha was sauntering along
behind the line Of trenches watching his
men taking careful shots at the advanc-
Ing British force. For an hour after we
could first detect that there was but lit
tie excitement but all at once there was
a rush of cavalry and artillery and the
double quick of infantry in open order.
The bullets began to patter around us
and two burghers were hit close beside
Botha. He seemed to awake instantly,
and sprang down into the trench, ex-
claiming: Shoot! Shoot" in Dutch
LAS the word was carried along the
lines he caught up the rifle from the
/ ing quick but careful shots at the foe.
"F'ive minutes and it was all over, as
quickly as the rush had begun. From
the Boer side. like the Kipling descrip-
tions 1T was fight with the fuzzy wuz-
zes in the desert.
AT Pretoria I met President Steyn. ]
! also learned that there is no truth in the
report from English sources concerning
dissersions between the two presidents
They are in perfect accord. As l sai6
before, l do not believe the British will
ever enter Pretoria. Even the womer
of the town are supplied with rifles, and
are daily practicing in craftsmanship
Some of them are very expert and theil
average shooting is good. The strength
of Kruger and his burghers lies in thu
/ belief that God is with them.''
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-04
WORK OF THE SENATE.

Washington, April 4.-Stewart present
ed a petition from the citizens of Cuba,
representing $3.50, ,OO0. 900 capital praying
congress to enact a law prohibiting the
use Of the United States military power
to prevent the landing of competing ca
BILE from the United States" Morgan call
ed the attention to the rule of the senate
that provides that no petition should be
offered from citizens of a foreign country
except through the state department. He
did not object to the petition because he
believed Cuba had such Il relation to the
United States as could be dissolved only
by congress. Spooner said the rule was
founded in good sense and he believed the
petition ought to come through the state
department
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-04
Will Make Test Case.

Chicago April A test is to be maze
~ the treasury department Of the case
of Archibald D. Cannon, who was arrest
cd by government officers yesterday on
the charge of having in his possession
plates and counterfeit stamps Of foreign
countries. The arrest was made on IN
structions from Washington and on the
investigation furnished by officials at De-
troit. where Charles Clark was recently
taken in custody for selling similar
stamps as genuine. AT hearing before
United States Commissioner Humphrey,
Cannon was held to the federal grand
jury in $1,000 bonds.
Cannon was arrested by Secret Service
Agent Porter and Postofflce Inspectors
Farrell and Townson. A trunk which was
to have been sent to Clark was seized by
the officers and complete outfit and
hundreds of stamps, counterfeit and gem
uine were confiscated. The counterfeit
stamps were Of all denominations and
there were many rare issues in the lot.
The originals of some Of these valued at
| $75 each and there were others almost as
costly. There were also electrotype cuts
for printing stamps and postmarks.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-04
An EXCITING
CONTROVERSY

Washington. April 4.-The cross-exami-
nation of Frederic Burbridge, manager
OF the Bunker Hill mine was continued
in the Occur d'Alene investigation to-
day. There were frequent and animated
controversies between members of the
committee. One of these occurred over
the authority of Mr.. Crosthwaite, one of
the private counsel, to appear He de-
MED that he represented the Bunker Hill
mine or General Merriam and said he
WAS retained and paid by Governor
Steunenberg.
Representatives Hay and Dick also
1oined in an issue over the extent Of the
inquiry, Mr.. Hay contending that it was
being curtailed to the prejudice of those
making the charges. while Mr.. Dick in
sisted that some limitation was essential
in order to get through.
During Mr.. Burbridges testimony he
stated that he was not United States
citizen when he became manager OF
the mine but was admitted to citizenship
the following year.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-04

Kansas City. April 4.--The mammoth
and superb Auditorium in which the
convention was to have oeeh
held July 4th was burned to the gfo"ho
hv a fire that started at 1:10 p. m
Within a few minutes after the hfe
caught the whole structure, taking IN nan
a block each way on Thirteenth and Cen
trail street was mass of flames and ~
minutes after the first alarm was turned
ins the mammoth roof fell with a crash'
throwing showers of burning embers In
every direction.
T.he fire started over the furnace room
in the rear end of the building. Before
the first engin. had arrived the fire was
beyond control. within twenty minutes
etery engine in the city was at the scene
hSt the work of the firemen proved Of no
avail and efforts We're directed to saving
the surrounding property.
At 80 p. M. the FIRE jumped two ways
attaching half block of three story resi-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-04

The chair held that the petition could
not be received if objections We're made.
Stewart urged that the petition did not
come within the rule. The Cubans havin;
no other alternative, appealed to con
gress. The petition finally was read an
ordered printed.
At the conclusion of the morning bust
ness the chair laid before the senate
resolution declaring that Hon. M. S. Qua
was not entitled to seat in the senat
from Pennsylvania. That the questio
might be brought to a direct issu'
Chandler, chairman of the committee o
privileges and elections moved to strik
out the word mot in the resolution
Speaking to this motion Burrows sal
he would be glad to proceed with the
case today, but a very important matter
involving the seat of a senator was under
consldera ton by the committee on priv
ileges and elections, and full attend
ance in the committee room of the mem
bers was necessary.
II ask, therefore," said Burrows, "tha1
the present order be continued until next
Tuesday. We can then proceed with the
hope of no interruption"
Stewart protested that the case OF
Quay had already been too long delayed
After an hours debate the case Went
over until tomorrow.
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ARE
IN INSTITUTE

New York, April A special to the
Tribune from Washington says: Admiral
Dewey's decision to deposit his trophies
in the hall Of history in the Smithsonian
institute is attributed to his recognition
OF the disappointment manifested by the
great crowds Of sightseers visiting Wash
ington who were compelled to 'forego the
pleasure of seeing the collection which
for lack of space cannot well be display.
ed in his own home and which is really
too valuable to be properly cared for in
q private house. He also has been in
fuenced by the fact that the articles
which aggregate in intrinsic value about
100000 will not be safe when his home
is closed this summer. Under the cir
cumstances, he has readily accepted the
offer of Secretary Langley of the nation-
al museum to become responsible for the
safety of the collection.
The officials are having two cases spe>
cially prepared for the collection, to ba
placed on their right and left sides OF
the main entrance of the museum in so
prominent a position that they will not
escape the eye of the most casual visitor,
They will be surrounded by the cases
containing relics of George Washington.
General Hancock and other famous AM
erican statesmen and soldiers and direct
ly in front of the case assigned for the
uniform and relics of General Grant.
Admiral Dewey will have the distinc-
ton of being the only living American to
whom a historical case in the museum
has been assigned. The collection will
be deposited in accordance with an un-
written rule of the museum that no con-
tribution can be accepted for less than
two years, SO that it will be on exhibi-
ton for at least that time with the likeli-
hood of never being removed. The ex.
hibition will be in place by the end ol
this week.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-04
Girls Disappearance

Chicago, April 4.-The Tribune says:
Police Inspector Headelmeir and the po-
lice Of the east Chicago avenue police sta
ton are investigating what they assert a
peculiar circumstances surrounding the
disa appearance of Mellina Kuehl the Ia
ar-old daughter of Otto kuehl, Is Wells
street. kuehl is baker and lives with
his wife at the address given. The girl
disappeared three weeks ago and it is as
serted that her absence from home was
not reported to the police until a week
later.
"We have found some peculiar evil
dence." said the inspector, land ] am not
sure what the outcome of our inspection
win be. 1t may be that the girl ran away
from home. We will investigate the mat
ter and find out. The fact that the girl
has been missing for so long time, in
addition to the evidence we have secured
leads me to fear that she may have come
to harm."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-04
Dady Turned Down.

New York, April 4.-Michael ]. Dady,
the Brooklyn contractor, who obtained
from the Spanish city government Of Ha-
vana a $12,o00,0OO contract for sewering
and paving has received letter from
Governor General Wood informing him
that his plans for the construction Of
sewers and paving of the city Of Ha-
vana is disapproved and rejected. The
firm are remitted to such rights Of COM
pensation as they may have arising from
the proceedings heretofore had in rela.
tion to the said plan. If the firm desires
it, a commission will be appointed to de-
termine upon and estimate such compen-
satiOn.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-04
DISASTROUS KANSAS CITY FIRE.

dences in the rear of the hall on 18th
street and across Central street where it
first caught the Second Presbyterian
church. one of the finest edifices in the
city, and then the Lathrop public school
which was partially destroyed by tor
nado in 1888. the residences on Twelfth
street, together with both church and
school are a total loss At 2.25 p. M, the
fire was pronounced under control, the
flames having been confined to three or
four small residences outside the hall,
church. school and the 18th street row.
The total loss is roughly estimated at
from $35O.OOO to $45o.000 with insurance
about half the loss. The convention hall
is well insured and will be rebuilt in time
for the democratic convention; fifteen
minutes after the hall was known to be
doomed. members of the commercial club,
through whose efforts the structure was
built. began soliciting funds to begin re-
building. The foundation remains in
tact.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-04
Trouble Report a Canard.

New York, April A special to the
Herald from Washington says: Dis
patches received by Acting Secretary AL
len from Captain W. w. Meade, COM
manding the cruiser Philadelphia and
Commander Duncan Kennedy, command
ing the Detroit. report that no trouble
exists in either Nicaragua or Costa Rica.
The news confirms information received
by the state department showing that
Minister Merry has been successful in the
use of his good offices in avoiding war
between the two republics.
While Costa Rica is still prepared for
defense, she is not making any hostile
moves against Nicaragua. The Phila-
delphia will be kept on the west coast
and the Detroit on the east coast until
the authorities are fully satisfied that
there is no further danger to be appre-
hended.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-04
Afraid Of the Plague.

New York. April A special to the
Herald from Washington says: Commits
sioner Peck has suggested to Secretary
Hay the advisability of excluding the
American independencies from participa-
ton in the American exhibit at the Paris
exposition. Mr.. Peck bases the exclusion
upon the prospective delay in the Install
alton of exhibits from these several is-
lands and in the case of Hawaii and the
Philippines. intimates that fear of the bu-
bonic plague may cause the French gov
ernment some uneasiness. 1t is likely
that the department will concur in Mr..
Peck's suggestion.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-04
The Sound Money League.

New York. April A majority of the
executive committee of the Sound Money
League are in favor Of continuing the
league and of taking part in the national
campaign in case the democratic plat
form continues a free silver plank. It
was the wish of J. Sterling Morton, for
merly secretary Of agriculture and until
recently the president of the league, to
close up the organization and to have the
balance in the treasury. amounting to
something over $4,000. devoted to the
continuance Of publishing sound money
arguments in a paper, the Conservative,
published by him in Nebraska. The
other members of the executive commit
with Mr.. Morton, either With his idea Of
closing the league or his plan for dis
posing of the treasury balance. and these
differences of opinion are it is said, re-
sponsible for Mr.. Morton's decision to re-
fuse reelection as president of the
league. He was succeeded last week as
president by Mr.. Cowen, president of the
Baltimore & Ohio. Aside from Mr.. Nor
ton. the members of the executive COM
mtttee believe 1t is yet too early to give
up the machinery which was created
during the active work of the league. If
the Kansas City convention nominates
Bryan ON the Chicago platform, it WILL
the committee argue, be necessary to
have an effective organization to coun-
teract the efforts of the free silver peo-
pie, in order to prevent the latter from
making decided progress.
A. Barton Hepburn. a member of the
executive committee of the league, said:
1.-The Sound Money league is not to be
dissolved. The election will also involve
the election of many United States sena-
tors Two Of these senators will repre-
sent Nebraska, one in West Virginia and
one In Montana. There Is a great field
for effort In the south. IN the states
which have gone 30 heavily into cotton
manufacturing. In fact. the league may
do hard work In distributing sound
money literature in these states in which
the progress of the manufacturing indus
tries and the subsistence OF the race issue
give an opening through which they may
be captured for sound money"