The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-29
GONE D IHE FUNERAL
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES ARE
NAMED TO ATTEND THE
LAST RITES
TO leave WASHINGTON Toby
ARRIVING IN ST. PAUL AT Z
O'CLOCK SATURDAY
MORNING
TO LEAVE WASHINGTON TOaAI
MANY ARE UNABLE TO ATTEED
Foreign Relations Committee of the
Senate Was Appointed, but Not
All Members Could
He Present.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-It was the
expressed wish of Senator FRYE nresi-
dent pro TEN of the senate. that fhe COM
mlttee to attend the funeral of Senator
Davis should be composed of the com
m1ttee on foreign relations of which Sen.
ator Davis was chairman, and its mem
bers were appointed and notified ac-
cordingly But for various reasons. sick
ness and otherwise, it was found that
only lew members of the committee
were able to attend and other senators
were substituted. The committee now
consists of Senators Nelson. Oullom
clark, Of Wyo.; Bacon, Hansbrough
Spooner, Pettigrew, Carter and Foster,
The two committees of the house and
senate, in charge of the sergeant-at t-arrns
OF the senate, will leave at $3.50 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon arriving at ST. Paul
saturday morning at o'clock The
funeral occurs at IL o'clock. The COM
mittees will leave st. Paul at SIS Satur-
DAY evening and arrive in Washington
at o'clock Monday.
speaker Henderson, of the mouse OF
| representatives, today appointed the
members of the committee to attend. on
the part of the house, the funeral of the
late Senator Davis, of Minnesota The
committee includes the entire Minnesota
delegation, with Mr.. Tawney as chair
man; Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois; Mr.. Gros-
NlaSSd-
chusetts; Mr.. Jenkins of Wisconsin; Mr..
W. A. Smith, of Michigan; Mr.. Richard
son. of tennessee; Mr.. Bailey, of Texas;
Mr.. Clark, of Missouri; Mr.. Burke, OF
Texas; Mr. Underwood, of Alabama
Owing to the near approach Of the
conVen2ng of congress, many prominent
senators cannot attend the funeral of
Senator Davis. The members of the
ways and means committee will meet on
Saturday, probably to act on the war
revenue reduction measure, so they can
not attend. Mr.. Tawney, of Minnesota,
though one of the committee to attend
the funeral, may be unable to go to ST.
Paul as he is a member of the committee
franing the war revenue act amend
ments. There is one vacancy and Gen.
Grosvenor is absent, SO upon party lines
the committee would be a tie if Mr.
FaWney should be away, unless a pair
could be arranged with one of the mi
! nOrity.
the seat formerly occupied by Senator
Davis will be taken by Senator Hanna
| hereafter he having applied for it some
time ago when Senator Davis sought
seat not yet vacant
To director of the census. Merriam
who was one Of the presidents callers
today, the president spoke feelinglv of
the death Of Senator Davis and the great
loss which the senate and the country
had sustained Director Merriam mas
not yet decided whether he will become
a candidate for the vacancy created by
Senator Davis DEATH
COMMERCE. WITH GEROrANY.
Consul General Mason at Berlin, has
submitted his annual report for 1850 to
the state department. in which he COM
| bines a comprehensive review of COM
mercial and Industrial conditions in Ger
many during the past year., with an
i1i11 a111io oh cd
justment of the many vexed questions OF
trade and mutual resentment existing
between the empire and the United
States.
MIR. Mason says that a notable increase
in the imports of American corn and
oats has inspired great uneasiness among
certain German economists of Agrarian
| tendencies Who hold that in respect 10
food products, forage grains and Ger
tain other materials Germany is becOm-
ing altogether too dependent upon the
United States. lie points out that in the
reciprocal trade between the United
| States and Germany for the past decade
! a balance of over $500, coo rests with
the republic against the empire.
Germany he says, is still poor in
accumulated wealth in comparison with
| France and England. Writers in other
countries have painted the situation in
| Germany in solnber colors and have pre-
| d
German industries in the shape of the
| increased cost of fuel and the over
| shadowing competition Of the United
States. While these general aspects OF
! the situation are fully recognized in
| Germany there is no outward symptom
of trepidation or panic and business men
! of all classes face the future with appar-
ent confidence"
The condition of German agriculture is
/ said to be still unsatisfactory. The most
important agricultural product, in u
+ commercial sense, beet sugar has suf-
fered on the whole, although. its eX-
r portation to the United States has in
! creased of late.
! Consul General Mason says:
'"The time is ripe for q calm, deliberate
! and scientific revision Of the present
/ obsolete and imperfect treaties between
! the United States and Germany"
AsIATIC NAVAL STATION.
Secretary Long said today that no
/ change is contemplated in the command
! of the Asiatic station and that the de-
! tail of Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers
/ to duty on that station vas merely fol
! the purpose of giving Rear Admiral
| Reney, the conn1andant of the station,
/ mI Oh needed assistance. Owing to the
large size of the Asiatic squadron and
the important duties devolving upon it
at present in consequence of the troubles
| in emma ana the 1nl1ppllieS, 1t mas DEGn
thought expedient to divide the re-
sponsibilities of the navy in that quar-
ter ainong three admirals, instead Of
between two, as at present. Rear Ad-
niral Remey as the senior officer, will
! continue in supreme command of the
naval Offices and viii act in the char
acter of general mana ger of the opera
tiCns of the fleet which viii be divided
into two divisions, one operating in Chi
nese waters and the other in the Philip.
pine archipelago. Admiral Rodgers un-
doubtedly will be placed in command OF
the China fleet
CHANGES IN POSTMASTERS
While the postoffice department has
not made announcement of policy to
govern changes of fourth-class post
masters during the next four years it
can be stated tcat the department pre-,
fers that there be no more
changes than the interests of
! the service require and that
espe cially in the Southern states fourth
class postmasters will continue to
serve during the next four years
| of the administration until there
is some good cause for max
| ing change. 1t is understood that no