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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-27
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-27

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-27

before the election. why do they vote
against single statehood after the cleo
ton? They must think we are going to
get single statehood ard they want 20 be
in position TO kick and say that their
territorial committee voted against a.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-27

Now is the time to take a good fall
medicine. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the best.
1t purifies the blood
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-27

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-25
MORGAN HARD AT WORK.
He Makes a Report on the Status of
 the Canal Matter.

Washington, Jan. 24-(Special.) )-Sona- tor Morgan Is bending every energy to bring his Committee on 1nter-oceanic Ca nals to a favorable report on the Mica raguan route, and his latest move in this direction is a report he has sent to each member of the committee relating to the canal situation since the Panama Com pany made it's offer to sell their posses stons and concessions for $O,OOO,0OO.
 This report the Senator prepared and had published, and the committee mem bers received it today. It will be con- sidered at the next meeting of the com mittee. which will be held next Monday
 The report takes the position that the Panama Com. npay cannot give to the United States a good and sufficient title to the property and criticises the whole PaLama movement as a job intended to delay canal Legislation.
 Tn the face of the general belief that the report of the canal commission favor ing Panama has complicated the canal situation beyond hope of definite action by this Congress. Senator Morgan firmly believes he can push the Hepburn bill, flvoring the Nicaragua route 10 q sue cessful vote in the Senate.
 AIiIt Saul.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-25
VAUGHAN FOR BURTON
URGING HIM AS SUCCESSOR TO
 BINGHAM.
Present Collector of Internal Reve- nue for Alabama is Occupying
 the Anxious Seattle is in Washington.

Washington, Jan. 2A-(Special.)-J. 1T. Bingham. Collector of Internal Revenue for Alabama. is in Washington, in the interest of his reappointment He is ex- ceedingly anxious since his rival for the place, J. P. Burton. filed his endorse ments. These endorsements, it is said, are of the strongest character. One is by Capt R. F. Kolb, relative of MT. Bur ton.
 Captain kolb came to Washington in person to urge MT Burton's appointment. and he called on the President several times in reference thereto.
 It is said tha: District Attorney Vaughan at Birmingham, also wrote a strong letter urging MT. Burton's ap- pointment. Now it is feared by Mir. Bing- ham and his friends that all the influence which went 10 help Attorney Vaughan in his successful fight will be thrown to MT. Burton.
 Mr. Bingham spent the day at the Cap itol. He talked lorg and earnestly with members of the Alabama delegation and invoked their aid in securing his reap pointment several promised to dc what they could for him. Milt Saul
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-25
: OFFICIALS TO BLAME.
They are Held Responsible for |, Tunnel Disaster.

New York Jan 24-The coroner's inves- tigatfon into the causes of the recent disaster in the New York Central Rail- road tunnel was brought to close to- night when the jury, after being out three hours and five minutes, returned a verdict completely exoneraung John M- Wisker and E. c. Fyler, the crew of the engine that crashed into the rear end of the train. causing the death of seventeen persons. The verdict places the blame oE the conditions leading to the accident on the officials of the railroad Both Wisker and Fyler were immediately discharged from custody.
 After reciting the details of the accf- dent, the verdict continues:
 "We find thAt Engineer John M. Wis ker. owing to the heavy atmosphere due to weather conditions, together with the presence of large bodies of steam and smoke escaping from trains passing on the various tracks in said tunnel, ,obscur- ing said signal, was unable to locate said danger signal.
 We further find faulty management on the part of the officials of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, ana We hold said officials responsible for the reason that duripg the past ten yearss said officials have been repeatedly warn- ed by their locomotive engineers and oth- CT employees of the dangerous conditions existing In said tunnel, imperiling the lives of thousands of passengers. and they have failed to remedy said condi- tions. and also for the reason that cer- tain improve ments In the way of both visible and audible signals could have been installed and the disaster thereby have been avoided; and for the further reason that no regulation of speed at which trains should run in said tunnel has been enforced. thereby allowing en- gineers to exercise their own discretion-@
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-25
coLoN1sTs JOINING BoERs.
News of Burgher Victories Said to Have Been Suppressed.

London, Jan. 25.-The Daily News has published from It's correspondent at The Hague, who it claims is very accurate, the following dispatch taken from private advices:
 News from South Africa has reached military circles here that the power of the Boers over Cape Colony is increas- ing daily; that the rebellion is constant ly spreading and that the colonists are joining the Boers in steadily increasing numbers. The executions of Comman- dant Lotter (Oct. Il, 1s0D and Comman- dant Scheepers Gan. IS, 1902) have had the result of deciding the loyalists to join the Boers. whose position is persis- tently reported to be more favorable than ever"
 The same private advices assert that the British suffered dozen defeats from September to November. 1901. of which no mention is made in Lord Kitchener's s reports.
 The Daily News commenting upon this dispatch, confesses that its statements are probably exaggerated. but is of the opinion that the denials of MT Balfour, the government leader in the House of Commons, that there had been any Boer Qvertures for peace. points to the fact that the Boers believe their position to be less desperate than is generally supposed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-25

was held
 The interest taken was shown in the large attendance, 13s Democrats out oi the total of I5s being present Represen- tative Hay of Virginia occupied the chair and by his rulings endeavored to aliay the friction which has occurred at times during theI discussions.
 z Mir Richardson presented the majority report, corcurred in by all the members of the special committee except MT Hen ry It recited the work of the commit tee and closed with the following recom- mendation
 We are of the opinion that as the rep resentatives of our various constituent cies. and as members of the caucus made up of such Representatives. We have no power or authority to construct or pro- muIgate a platform of principles for our party; that we cannot increase or min imize the binding effect of platforms or the party heretofore regularly made an 4 adopted by the people in convention sembled for that purpose.
 That in the House Of which we are members, we should vigorously and az gresiyely battle for Democratic principles and with equal vigor and aggrAssiveness we should oppose everything con trary in substance or method to those principles, and should meet each question as It arises with full confidence and solid and undivided front"
 The minority report of MT. Henry Of Texas proposed the following declaration in place of the Mcclellan and Fitzgerald resolutions heretofore referred to:
 'It is not within the province of a Democratic caucus to promulgate or re- verse Democratic platform but it Is the duty of every Democratic representative to adhere to the national Democratic plat form until the succeeding convention adopts another platform"
 Mir. Henry also proposed that the caucus action should govern every repre- sentative when the same accorded with the declarations of the last national plat form.
 The vote was taken first on Mir. Henry S minority propositions and they were de- feated by vote of 17 to 92.
 The majority declaration was then adopted without dissent.
 Before the vote was taken several short speeches were made on the two propositions. Mir. Richardson spoke on the desirablity of getting together and of harmonizing differences. This was the only speech for the majority proposi- ton us it was deemed desirable to avoid long discussion.
 Messrs Wheeler of Kentucky and Burle- son and Henry of Texas supported the minority plan, urging that the Kansas City platform should be specifically re- affirmed as the. policy of the party until the next platform was made. The debate lasted less than an hour. The Fitzgerald. Mcclellan and other resolutions were laid on the table. thus leaving the majority declaration as the unanimous sense of the Democratic mem- bers of the House. The caucus also adopted the following: , ..>. Resolved. That the territories of Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mexico are entitled-to statehood and should be ad- mitted to the Union ion equal footing with the balance of the States, and we pledge the support of the Democrats in the House of Representatives to such a bill.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-25
EXCHANGES WERE SHARP
Decision to Stand by the Kan
 sas City Platform.
Representatives in Congress Decioe They are Without Power to over- ride the National Conven-
 tion of the Party.

Washington. Jan. 2.-(Special. 1.-The Democratic caucus held tonight was not the harmonious event wished for by House Democrats. It was expected py many of the members that the caucus would meet and soon adjourn, but II lasted nearly two hours, during which time there were sharp passages between leader Richardson and gentlemen of the caucus.
 The minority report submitted by MT. Henry of Texas was supported by several members as follows Messrs. Henry, Ball, Burleson. Sheppard, kieborg' stephens and Burgess of Texas; Henry, Mississippi Robinson, Nebraska; shailen- berger. Nebraska: Cochran, Denton ana Clark, Missouri; McDermott, New Jer- sey; Little, Arkansas and Kitchen, North Carolina.
 Representative Burleson attempted to get action on his resolution protesting against Democrats seeking patronage al the hands of the administration, but was prevented by Mir. Shackleford of Missouri and MT. Livingston of Georgia who insisted loudly for adjournment
 Messrs Burleson. Wheeler and Henry spoke for the minority report of the com mittee. At one point in his speech MT Burleson was interrupted by leader Richardson, who expressed the hope thai .inasnuch as the gentleman from Texas had not been heard from in four years the Democrats would not have the henehi of his opposition to Republican policies in the future"
 stI stand ready to furnish the gentle man from Tennessee with backbone ana with brsins. too, if nscessary. th' Texan retorted.
 Sheppard of Texas did not introduce hi Sehisy resolutions at the caucus, because he expla ned afterwards the AdmiraP' appeal was now in the hands of tht Presidennt.
 MT. Henry of Texas, in the course oi his remarks. said:
 .I would rather go down in defeat ad' vocating platform of conscientious prin' ciples with an honest man at the head of the ticket than to win with can didate standing upon platform oi equivocatIon and doubt"
 Mir. Cochran remarked at one point 1T his address that harmony could only bt obtained thorugh the strangulation oi Democratic principles.
 Several of those who voted for the minority report of the committee de cIared for Bryan for President in 1904 Among them were Henry, Burieson and sbenpard of Texas and Cochran of Mis-. souri.
 Just before the vote was taken on tht majority report of the committee, Mir Sheppard asked MT. Richardson what disposition would be made of the Mo ClelIan and Fitzgerald resolutions in the event that the majority report was adopted.
 Richardson answered that no action would be taken, whereupon Henry oi Texas stated that if the majority of the committee had agreed to table those resolutions and had agreed to be bound by that action of the caucus. he would not have brought in a minority report. - After some discussion, Richardson agreed to accept an amendment to his resolution to table the resolutions named lie subsequently, made the necessary mo- tion and the resolutions were tabled.
 Afilt Saul
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-25

was very sorry we had not paid the check; it was Mir. Rice's mention to have the check paid. 1 told him we would not pay the check as we had knowledge or Rice's death and that an administrator must be appointed. He said no admin istrator was needed. that Mir. Rice had no property here and he. Patrick. held an assignment of his securities and had. an- other check for the balance of MT. Rice deposits in bank"
 The witness swore that Patrick told him that Rice had eaten nine bananas and had probably died from the effect. He said he consulted his lawyers, Bow CTS & Sands, as soon as Patrick left him. He was positive that Rice did not siga either the check or the assignment.
 Harold s. Acheson of The Houston Post told of an error made by the ac- cused in the Rice death notice. |
 James W. Girard of the firm of Bowers X Sands testified that he went to Pat rick's house with central office detect i've the day the disputed check was pre- serted to Swenson He said he told Pai. rick they came from Swensons bank and the accused replied that he was going to do business through the bank ana thought relations should be amicable The detective asked Patrick why he wanted an assignment if he had Sa will and Patrick replied: That is a secret.
 Girard testified that he asked Patrick what had caused Rice's death and Pat rick said that a woman had given him lot of bananas. and he had eaten nine of them.
 The trial goes on tomorrow
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-25
HE. HAS DECIDED VIEWS
Says. Competition Does Not
 Lower Freight Rates.
Believes That the Public is the Deus- ficiary of the Community of Interests Plan--Northern
 Securities Company.

Chicago. Jan 24.--James J. Hill. Presi- dent of the Northern Securities Company and President of the Great Northern Railway, testified for three and one-qnar- ter hours before the Interstate Commerca Commission here today. In answer to questions tending to show the effect of the community of interests plan ou rafess he declared that competition does nos lower rates. but. on the contrary, he oe- iiexcd 1t advanced them. He declared that in the Northwest. where for twenty years the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern have been at peace. where ono road has agreed with the other on ratea and maintained the agreements, rates were lower than in any other part of tha country.
 In regard to the purchase of the Burr lington by the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern, MT. Hill declared that the. purchase was q matter of necessity and was not due to "a movement in lifa with the trust idea
 He testified to the formation of the Northern Securities Company and In dos ing so, gave a reason far more sirnpI4 than has generally been conjectured.
 There are some old men--some very old mcn-interested in the management rs the Great Northern" said he. Two them are over eighty and several ovs seventy years. They wanted to form close corporation into which they coui confide their interests with the assurant
 that the road would be managed alon
 the lines which have managed 1t wit success. It was to have taken over ons third of the stock of the road. The pla seemed to be good one, and then was proposed to let all the stockholdef in-not alone the few owners of the ons l third, but all of them. The plan me | with approval and then it broadened into
 the idea of taking in the Northern Paeifie
 also. The roads had worked in harmony ! for twenty years, and to the chance- holder of the securities 1t would make no difference. It can make no difference and will make no difference"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-25
NEW TREATY IS SIGNED
cEssroN OF DANISH WEST INDIES TO UNIFIED STATES.
Many Strings are Tied to Transfer. Senate, House, Rigsdag and ! Inhabitants of Island All
 Have a Say.

Washington, Jan. 2l--The treaty of ces- sion of the Danish West India Islands from Denmark to the United Stutes was signed at the State Department today by Secretary Hay and Constantine Brun. the Danish Minister.
 In December, 1901. reports from Copen- hagen, confirmed at Washington indi- cated that preliminary agreement had been reached between Denmark and the United States for the sale to the United States of the islands of St. Thomas and St. Johns, in the Danish West Indies, for $4, 500, 900. Santa Cruz, the largest of the group, it was stated, would remain under the Danish flag. The islands are between thirty and forty miles east of Porto Rico. The population Of St. Thomas is 12.000, and of St John less than 1000. The area of the two islands are twenty-three and twenty-one miles. respectively. t ....
 The population of St. Thomas is mainly in the town of Charlotte Amelie, which is d free port, and this probably is the only feature which makes the island of much value. The soil Is mostly unproductive and but little cultivated. The best prod ucts of the island is St. Thomas bay rum, the ingredients of which are largely ob- tained in Porto Rico. Cattle are also raised.
 Cruz Bay is the chief town of the island of St. John. which is northeast of St. Thomas. The industries of St. John are much like those of the latter island. The population of the entire group Is chiefly negro.
 Santa Cruz. or Saint Croix. has an area of no square miles. Two-fifths of the land is in sugar plantations. but cotton, cof- fee, indigo andscattle are raised The chief town of the island is Chrstiansted. The population of Santa Cruz is 1s,000.
 Following the inYariable rule in such cases, the State Department officials de- cline to make public any of the details of the treaty.
 The price is believed to be in the neigh Dorhood of $5,0O0.000.
 It Is known also that Denmark has abandoned the position she was inclined to occupy toward the conservation of the political rights of the inhabitants of the island. and leaves the United States a free hand to deal with themv without pledge of American citizenship or of free trade privileges.
 So it is assumed that the status of the Danish West Indies, politically and com mercially. should the treaty be ratified, will be similar to that of Porto Rico.
 The State Department officials believe that the treaty is certain to receive the approval of the United States Senate.
 The new treaty Is peculiar in that 1t will require action, not only by the Sem ate and the Danish Rig dag but by the United States House of Representatives as well and 1t will be necessary for the House to supply the needed appropriation to defray the expense of purchase.
 The Danish Government has given mo- tice that before it ratifies the treaty it will submit the question of cession to the people of the islands.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-25
schley En Route to Chicago.

Pittsburg, Jan. A.-Rear Admiral w. S.. SchIey passed through the city tonight en route to Chicago, where he Is to be the guest of the Hamilton Club. The train Nas delayed here thrty-hve minutes, and during that time the Admiral shool; hands with about 5OO people. made q nice little speech. waS cheereG vocif trously and ap- peared to enjoy himself immensely. The ere wd gathered at the Baltimore and Ohio station numbered nearly 1000, and it was dern0nstrative to a degree. Reports from along the route from Baltimore to Pittsburg tcil of succession of oVauohs at all places wher the train stopped Cumberland. Conucllsville. Nest Newton and .1cKnespnrt viein& wi-h each 1ther in the heartinesg of their receptions Of the Admiral
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-25
SPIRITED CONTEST.
The Democratic Caucus Not a liar
 monious Affair.

uOAAAONS AAoA4s
 Washington, Jan. 2-The Democratic members of the House met in caucus in the hall of the House at o'clock this evening, and. after a spirited contest. adopted resolutions declaring that they are without power to promulgate a plat form of principles for the party owing to the binding character of the party plat form heretofore regularly made at na- tional convention.
 The contest occurred over a substitute rescIution proposed by Representative Henry of Texas, more specifically declar- ing it to be the duty of every Democratic Representative to adhere to the national Democratic platform until another Demo- cratic convention adopts new platform. The caucus was the outgrowth of ani- mated discussion among Democratic members ever since the present session of Congress began, the chief issue being as to the extent to which the Kansas City platform should be reaffirmed or should be superseded by d new declara- tion of policy.
 The plan of an entirely new declaration toog form early in the session in resolu- tions by Representative Mcclellan of New York. setting forth numerous blanks but emitting the financial declarations uf the Kansas City platform
 Mir Fitzgerald of New York also pro- posed resolution declaring against any interference with the existing standard ut values.
 on the other hand, Representative Ball of Texas proposed a specific reaffirmation of the Kansas City platform
 These and several other resolutions of onii,.y wore referred to special commit ,cc of twelve leading Democratic mem bors. hcaucd by Representative Richard son of Tcnnessee. the Democratic Hoor leader It was to receive the report uf khls eoaazslttsS that the caucus of tonight