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SENT TO THE SENATE.
correspondence of the United states
of Colombia On Panama CannI.

correspondence ei the niteu sthteh
of Colombia On Panama CsnnI.
The President yesterday sent TO the
Senate. in response to a resolution, the
correspondence between the State Depart
ment and the United States of Colombia
in relation to the Panama Canal and to
the treaty between the two Governments.
signed In 1886 under which the United
States undertook to guarantee the neu-
trality of the Isthmus OF Panama and the
sovereignty Of the United States Of Co
lombia The correspondence comprises
more than a thousand pages Of printed
and typewriter matter. nearly all Of
which has been published heretofore. either
by the Senate as a document OF by the
State Department in its annual issue Of
foreign relations.
One Of the most important documents
not before made puplic is a strong argu-
meut by Secretary Evarts against per-
hitting the Panama Canal to be used by
an enemy Of the United States in time of
war which has a direct application TO
the present Hay -PauncefOte convention.
II is q communication from Mr.. Eyarts to
United States Minister Dchman at Bo-
gotta. dated April J9. 1850, Immediately
after the former concessions for the Pan
anna Csusl had been transferred tc d. de
Lesseps, This action was token wi bout
consultation with th~ lmeriesu Govern
ment. and A' .srts directs Minister
Dich- a. ll express 20 the Colombian
Government the surprise Of be President
that in view Of lhe existing treaties the
Boz0ta officials had not deemed-,l nat
ural and suitable 10 inform Inc state De
parimeut By she treaty o. 1876 The
United Sisies were the guarautors Of the
Neutrality o. any inter oceanic canal
through the T-thmus of Panama sad Of
the ssvereiEB.5 of Colombia over the ter
ritory through which it passed. If We
are lghtfully informed. " the Secretary
continues. no other Government has
been willing TO come into any such treaty
relations with Colombia. and today such
a canal. by whomsoever completed, would
need rest upon the stipulated protection
Of the United States.
The treaty Of 1876 is sliu iu force And
IL the language OF the eighth article Of the
Clayton -Bulwer Treaty OF 1880 between the
United States and Great Britain be ac-
cepted as indicating he Willingness Of the
United States that other nations should
share the rights and obligations OF the
guarantee Of the treaty Of 1876. it is
equally clear that such participation could
only be attained by some new diplomatic
engagements in which the United States. a.
contracting party Both the treaty of 1916
and the Clayton Bulwer Treaty Of 1850
would Judge Of and define the circum-
stances and stipulations under which i,
would accede TO such new engagements"
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he wanted to denounce the statement as
an unmitigated falsehoOd. He expressed
surprise that an amateur in the House
should make ths charge. Mr.. Lentz said
he did not know how a man was to pro-
tect himself in the American Congress,
but he desired TO say in the teeth OF any
man who asserted that he fLentz) was
the attorney Of a lobby that he was un-
doubtedly the agent Of the express COM
panies.
Nj Payne Of New York called Mr.. Lentz
to order for this statement to which MI
Lentz retorted that he intended to resent
the imputation of the gentleman from
Iowa that it could not be expected that
he would be more parliamentary than
was that gentleman
The Speaker pro TEN called Mr. Lentz's
attention to the fact that he had UNDER
stood Mr.. Mcpherson 10 have Withdrawn
the epithet.
Mr.. Lentz-'I was told that he had done
so humorously.''
Mr Mcpherson said he would not have
spoken again had it net appeared that his
withdrawal was not to be allowed to
stand The speech OF the gentleman
when it appeared. unless il was very care
fully revised. would show that he was IN
such intimate relations with Chicago
firm opposing the pending bill as To be in
telegraphic communication with it.
Mr.. Lentz stated that that correspond
ence was held two years ago, and con-
sisted OF a single dispatch sent in answer
to the question. How much postage do
you pay?" The firm was in commercial
business not the publishing business, and
it paid S297.O0 postage in the year pre-
vious to the one in which the dispatch was
sent
Mr.. Burke Of Texas also spoke in sup
port of the bill. Two out Of the 200 news
paper publishers in his district had writ
ten asking him to oppose the bill. II
every newspaper publisher in the State Of
Texas was opposed TO the bill and l be
lieved it to be right and proper l would
vote for it"
The bill was opposed by Messrs. Snod-
grass Of Tennessee and Vandiyer Of Mis-
souri,
The passage Of the bill was further ad-
vocated by Messrs. HeatwOle Of Mime
sofa. Bingham Of Pennsylvania, and Lati-
mer of South Carolina. 1t was opposed by
Messrs. Cochran of Missouri and Neville
of Nebraska.
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THE TELEPHONE ENQUIRY.
4 Resolution to Probe the Present
Company FnVorabiy Reported.

HesOlnttOn to frobe the fTtHtht
Company Fnvorabiy Reported.
The Committee on the District Of Co
lumbia of the House agreed yesterday to
make formal report on the following
resolution introduced by Mr.. jenkins on
March 20:
Resolved, That the Commissioners OF
the District of Columbia be. and they are
hereby, required and directed TO forthwith
communicate TO the House of Representa-
tives full specific, aud definite information
as to all telephone companies doing busi-
ness in the District Of Columbia. includ-
ing the name of each company, by virtue
of what authority any telephone company.
or companies. are occupying the streets
Of the city OF Washington and doing
telephone business in the District of Co
lumbia, what written authority. if any,
has been given any such company or COM
panies and a full and complete copy of
all information on file or known to the
Commissioners relative to the right Of any
telephone company or companies to do a
telephone business in the District Of CO.
lumbia."
F. r. Noyes appeared before the com
mttee in support Of the bill granting per-
mission to the Metropolitan Railroad Com
psuy to extend its tracks on Sixteenth
Street.
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TO ELEVATE THE B. & o. TRACKS
4 Delegation of Citizens Discuss the
Proposed Changes.


The subcommittee on railroads Of the
Senate District Committee yesterday gave
a hearing 20 = delegation representing the
North Capitol and lexington Citizens AS
s0cistion. who appeared for the purpose Of
arguing in favor Of changing the location
OF the tracks Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company north OF Florida Ave
nue. as provided for iH a bill nov before
the Senate. The delegation was composed
OF Irwin b. Linton President OF the asso-
citation. Mr.. G. Henderson. A. r. Se-vln,
and W. .. Chase. Mr.. Minuegerode. a
civil engineer. who has assisted In the
preparation o. the plans submitted by the
association, vas also present The COM
mlttee was represented by Senators Ne
MILAN. Kenuey. and Martin The members
q the delegation stated that the North
Capitol and lexington Citizens Associa-
tign was not opposed 10 The Baltimore ana
Ohio Railroad bill 10 abolish grade cross
sings as a whole, but III merely wanted the
bll modified 10 the advantage Of she
homes og members of the association TO
avoid the closing Of streets and the l0elt-
ing of machine shops ard round house just
east OF lexington.
Their general plan as explained lv them
was substantially the same as The one
which has been considered by The Board
o. Trade. blt which was not approved
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PUNIsHTNG IDAHO MINERS.
Workings OF the Commitment Proc
cSS Detailed at the Enquiry.

The Coeur Alene enquiry occupied the
House Committee on Military Affairs yes
terday and strong evidence in support Of
the complaint OF be- union miners was
prod ccd. There was presented for the
con Iteration of fhe Commi ee the form
of commitment under which men were
held iu jail at Wallace and by authority
OF which some we're r'sce# H the bull
pen. Men held under ,arm Of com
mi na~' .ould not he brought into court
g. a writ Of haogas corpus The process
resembles the icttre de- a.Gat which
Louis XIV sold go members of ths nobility
and under which thousands Of innocent
persons we're thrown into the Bastile. Il
contains no specific charge against the
man arrested.
It is signed in blank by the issuing
magistrate and given TO "A constable. who
fills in the blank with the name Of the
man he elects 70 take into custody This
form Of warrant was served on men who
were found working without a permit
from the military authorities.
The form Of commitment follows:
To Angus sutherland.
Sir: Nou arg hereby requested 60 take and 20
hold 100 your custody uuc # who has been
arrested for violating tao proclamation of tAe
Governor oT Idaho. declaring martial law, and
the ulcs and regulations OF the military district
established hereunder slld -- t0 or held by
you as such military prisoner urt'l iurucJ orders
IA CU FRANCE.
State RDprr-, uiItiye.
Wsrduer Idaho
The subject of the permit system gov
crning miners which prevails in idaho
was gone into at length by A f. Gill,
master mechanic OF the Tiger and Poor
Man mines. He explained that no one
bfa arnRfnrrad - mines 1Inla=. ha
presented permit signed by Bartlett
Sinclair. State Auditor. Should this Off
Ger refuse to issue the permit there is
no power in the State which can compel
him TO- and without this permit the
miner must either leave the State, beg,
or starve. The application for a permit
contains clause which the applicant
must sign that he is not, and has not
been a member Of a miners union. We're
he a member of such a union he could not
get a permit to work. and without a per
init could not get employment. Sinclair
is charged by The union men with being a
tool Of the Standard Oil COMPANY which,
it il claimed. owns the Bunker Hill and
sullivan properties.
The witness said he had refused to
sign the application for permit to work.
because ne considered IL IN American.
unjust an attack on organized labor, and
gross presumption on the part Of the
mine owners. He thought it was opposed
10 the spirit Of American institutions
that a man could not get employment eX-
cept under a permit from a State officer
representing trust
The matter of arrests made by Federal
troops in Montana was gone into at some
length by the next witness, William K.
Shields. commercial traveller. He was
At Mullen on April % and the next day
he went to ST. Regis. Mon. thirty-twO
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miles east of the Idaho line Tsere he
saw colored soldiers under command of a
white officer arrest Charles Francis,
whom the witness knew and who had been
at work in Montana for six months before
MS arrest and could have had no partici-
patton in the destruction Of the Bunker
Hill property He was secured by the
soldiers and taken to the bull pen at
Wardner, Idaho.
The enquiry will be continued today.
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TAKING INSURANCE CONCERNS.
Arguments Before House Commit
tee on Pending Bills

\ hearing was given by the House Com
mittee on Ways and Means yesterday on
three bills, all designed to change the
system Of taxing insurance companies
under the war revenue act from stamp to
direct taxation. The bills all propose to
tax the companies at the same rates for
each 800 OF insurance. but differ some
what in the method proposed to subst-
tute for the present plan. Arguments we're
made by representatives. from insurance
companies in all parts Of the country. It
was represented that the practice Of
stamping policies caused considerable
trouble. and because of the mutilation OF
stamps, their destruction. etc, quite a
loss was often eutailed on the companies.
They were willing to pay the same rate OF
tax. but thought the payment should be
made in the most convenient form. Those
speaking were c. II. Woodward. of Buff
falo; L. o. Delashmut. Of Washington,
for surety companies; j. VI. LamfOrd, for
the casualty companies; Ralph Butler. Of
Pittsburg; NJ. a. Brosmith. Of Hartford.
and John W. Patterson, of Cincinnati rep
resenting the life insurance companies.
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PRESENTS FROM GERMANY.
4 Bill to Authorize Government En-
pIoycs to Accept Gifts.

8Ir. Davis. Chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Relations. yesterday intro
duced in the Senate bill TO authorize
Commander James " Miller L. s. n.
Surgeon Oliver ID. Norton L. ). y. and
Edwin v Morgan. formerly Secretary Of
the Samoan Commission, and now Sec
retary OF the United States Legation at
Seoul. Korea. 10 accept presents rendered
10 them by the Emperor of Germany
The presents which they are, respective
ly. TO receive are in the possession Of the
state Department I'd consist OF a gold
watch and chain. d marine glass, and a
silver writing table
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~ Nr. Mcmillan yesterday introduced ia the
Senate an amendment 10 The District Ap-
propriatloG bill. appropriatiug 81. coo for
grading and paving Connecticut Avenue
textendell between Columbia Road and
Kalorama ANeuuc
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Distribution or Public Documents.

ale yesterday providing that whenever
there shall be q surplus Of public docu-
iaeuts or other works uEdi~tributed. upon
direction OF members OF Congress they
shall be distributed among the various
State asylums for the insane in which in
dieent patients are confined. Tho distri-
button is 20 be made IN numbers proper
toned 60 the number Of patients Tor whom
the asylums may have accommodation.
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The condition Of Representative Galusha
4. Grow OF Pennsylvania continues to i'm
prove. and hopes are entertained that he
will soon be able 10 again follow his Of
fetal duties
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THE NAVIGATION CONGRESS.
BiII Providing for the Entertain-
mend OF Delegates.

ment Of Delegates.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
iions yesterday ~ favorable report on
a bin. authorizing fhe President TO extend
an invitation 20 the International Con-
Press Of Navigation 10 hold its ninth Con-
gress in Washington. in 1902.
The bill authorizes the use OF suitable
halls or rooms IN the Congressional Lii
brary by the Navigation Congress and ap-
propriates 81. GOO for the entertainment Of
the delegates.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-22

Take Laxative Brom0 Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund TIE money IL it fails to cure.
l. W. Groves signature IS o. each box. 25c.
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ALASKAN MINING CLAIMS
The Senate Enquiries Into the
Grant Of Concessions.

: Resolution Adopted Calling Upon
the Secretary OF War to Explain
Cane Nomc-QuHiiiications of Gu
ban NotcrS-Porto RicHn Relief HiIi
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DIR. CLEMENS HAS REMOVED FROM
i4il Fl ST. NV. TO 511 18th 81. nv Thl
electrical a1d Sprague hot-air apparatus
are installed. By special arrangement wi,l
the Sprague Company charges reduced to
Sc. Skilled uasssur in attendance. sep
arate hours for ladies. Ofiee hours. ID
a. II. 20 p. III. mhi6-lmo
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Is a deceptive disease
thousands have il ana don't
know it. n you want quick
results you can make no
-nistake by using DIR. Kill
the great kidney remedy.
cent and dollar sizes. sam
&c: also pamphlet telling you
Iou have kidney trouble.
& Co.. BinEhamton. n. Y.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE. COMMISSIONERS
OF THE DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.
Washington March 90 1900.-SpeClal No
tice-Al paper and other combustible
waste should hereafter be hauled 10 and
delivered for burning at the crematory
at the foot Of South Capitol Street which
has been secured for such purpose until
July /. 1900. and is now in operation. The
deposit OF combustible materials OF any
Kind upon public dumps or vacant lots OF
the city Is prohibited. JOHN p. WIGHT.
JOHN ". ROSS LANSING f. BEACH.
Commissioner. II. q. fnh23-st
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FINANoI1L STATEMENTS.

STATEMENT of the condition Of the WESTERN
INsi RANCE COMPANY. Of Pitt-burg Pa. On
the 3l7t d1y % December. 1Soo as required by act
Of Cousress approved July -. Is73:
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KIDNEY
TROUBLE

ners Swamp Root.
At druggists in fifty
pie bottle by mail fr,
how TO end out II 5
Add Cas- Dr. Kslmer
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GEO f. SEWARD. President.
HENRY CROSSLEN. Acting Secretary.
| City ot New York State OF New York
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me tins 9TH day
Of Marrh. 1900.
CsesiJ GEO. W. VARIAN.
1t Notary Pebble.
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statement af expenses for six months
ending December 81. ls99. -
tufrsn, expenses $3.50 %
v A MCNEIL. Vice President.
K. G.. SHAW. Assistant Secretary.
subscribed ami sworn TO before NE this 18th
dly ut NJrch. 1890
t>s4Il H. T. FRANCk.
Notary Public King, County.
II Ccrtif.4t. filed iu New ork GO.
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Nj Lent replied 20 the assertion by
Mr. Mcpherson that he was the attorney
for lobbyists Tie recited the circum-
stances surrounding this distribution Of
the magazine. they had been handed 10
him by young man in the corridor
whom he NJ not know and would not know
now he did not know the publishers and
did not know before that such a maya
zinc was published And it was upon
such fimsy evidence he continued. that
the gentleman from Iowa with his limited
experience with the rules OF decency. had
charged him with being the attorney Of
a lobby. II it WAS not uuparlidmcntary.
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CIIAS. ROBERTS, President.
CLARENCE T.. PORTER, Secretary.
subs, rihed and affirmed 20 before me this 20th
day OF February, 1860.
j~eIlJ II. f. REARDON,
lL Notary Public
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Cash 'n Iank ......................... Slj,G5l o.
Bonds and mortgages lfir-t lien cu real
esiate) ............................ 1000 %
Sioeis and bonds tmarket vsiue) ....... g,s3il s.
Bjl!s receivable aud collateral loIu,.... 2,j5J -
Premiums unlolIe-red and ia hands u
agents Observation-Disclosures. I79.g9l So
Irtcrosj due and accrued uu December
81, I-gg ............................ 9.Gj2 81
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-12
COOPER ON KAUAI

The people of Kauai are indignant
that II. Z. Cooper should have been
permitted to leave here for that island
without undergoing the quarantine
which he and his fellow-members Of
the Board Of Health'impose upon other
people. It is a feeling, we are bound
to say. that many Honolulu citizens
share. SO desirable Is It that the
plague should not get Judgement among
the other islands, where Aslatlcs are
many and medical men few. that moth
ing but supreme necessity should lead
the Board of Health to permit a single
instance Of personal inter-communica-
ton without quarantine restri. lions
and safeguards. Furthermore it is. not
for that body to set an example of dis
obedience to its own rules. Possibly.
in the case Of Mr.. Cooper. the supreme
necessity existed, in which event. no
double, he will come to the rescue Of the
Board with public explanations. We
lave read that Mr. Cooper. some DAYS
before he left for Kauai on his mys-
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terious errand, tried to have the quar-
antine modIned SO as to cOnhne only
laboring men within its limits while
giving what he described as the best
people" or the better class OF people
freedom of movement. If that rule
had been adopted Mr.. Cooper could not
now be justly criticised for going to
Kauai, but it was rejected, anu dnder
sucn circumstances the only excuse for
MIR. cooper is the supreme necss- ity we
have re-erTed to. Did such necessity
exist? Was there any mandatory pub
lie need which required the immediate
presence OF Mr.. Cooper on the Garden
Island? People living there seem to
be increduIous on that point. some go
ing so far as to impUte speculative or
political motives to the visit. Upon the
justice of this view we cannot presume
to pass but if it is not the proper one
surely Mr.. cooper owes the reputation
OIL the Board of Health and the natural
solicitude of the public an explanation.
The injurious theories raised ought to
be explained away il possible and Mr..
Cooper now has the floor, if he desires
1t, tor that purpose.
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REAppEAkAhCE or PLAGUE.

The anticipations of the Board Of
Health that there would be more
plague cases were realized yesterday.
A Chinese victim was found in the sta
bles located makai of the Oahu jail on
the road leading to the slaughter
houee. Sanitary conditions there are
most unsatisfactory, the stables being
carried on by Cinnamon in the usual
filthy way. Opposite is a large shack
used as a gambling den and for worse
purposes. AS people from the stables
visit the den and people from the den
return the calls. II is not improbable
that new center of infection has been
developed which Will soon call for the
remedy OF fire.
1t must have long since occurred TO
the general public that there is immi-
nent need of special laws governing
the construction and location Of stables
in this city. AS plague center the
average Honolulu stable belongs to
the most serious type. For want of
concrete floors, drains to carry away
liquids and some proper and immediate
disposition of manure, and because of
attractions such places have for rats,
both brute and human, livery stables
and barns require a classification of
their own in the building regulations
of Honolulu. Without attempting to
80 into all the details, we think II
would be practicable to Danish public
stables to the extreme outskirts OF the
city and require them to maintain GER
tain standards of cleanliness. Owing
90 the telephone and the ease with
which stables may maintain offices in
the heart OF the town, no injury need
accrue 70 the business of liveTymen by
compelling them TO take their barns
and stock into the suburbs. In the
case of the Chinese stables, now il
quarantine, their location would hav,
been fairly suitable, save for the prox
Unity to the jail; but with the ayarag.
livery stable the position is quite diff
ferent.
IL Is, OF course, matter OF the deep
est regret that another plague case hag
cut the record Of clean days, but
study Of the schematic chart publlshe,
in these columns last week shows tina
the pestilence Is really at a low ebI
and may soon be expected to disap
pear. The only thing to do is to con
tinue the fight. remove possible center