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question of the highest privilege. and as
| do not know whether you would recog
niZe me, under the circumstances, | take
this means of asking you to submit my
request to the Senate for permission to do
this. and to give me IN opportunity to
state my reasons for doing so. 50
Yours respectfully,
"B. r. TlLLMAN."
Mr.. Tillman's purpose was to force the
removal of the ban of contempt. He
wished the President pro TEN. to put to
the Senate the question of allowing him
to speak, which, if carried, would in eff
feet remove the ban. He found fault
with Senator Frye after adjournment be-
cause the latter asked unanimous con-
sent. instead OF putting it to vote.
Mr.. Frye. however. said he had carried
out to the letter the request by Tillman.
The latter had asked him to submit it
TO the Senate and he had done so. Ii he
had asked him to submit it to vote of
the Senate that would have been another
thing, which would have required action
by some Senator on the floor Then a
formal vote could have been had on the
motion to allow him to speak. This mo-
Tillman, as he is in contempt, and for
that reason unable to make motion.
His Note Misinterpreted.
Mr.. Tillman, however, contends that the
President pro TEN. nisinterpreted his
note, and even if the request for unani-
nous consent had been granted it would
not have relieved him of contempt. That
ban, ne says, was placed upon him by
vote Of the Senate and could only be re-
moved by a vote. He did not wish the
question put to the Senate in the way
that it was, so that one Senator could. by
an objection, prevent the removal OF the
ban.
The difficulty now said to be chiefly
worrying the Committee on Privileges
and Elections is the question whether the
two Senators from South Carolina shall
be punished equally. Mr.. Pritchard in
sists that Tillman should receive worse
chastisement, and the Republicans gen.
orally seem to agree with him, though
they are not so insistent in their demand.
The Democrats will not consent to this.
Senator Pritchard is under stood to have
consented that neither Senator shall be
suspended If the Senate will censure Till
man severely and exact further apology
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from him. He proposes that Senator Nc
Laurin shall make another apology, but
not be cenSured.
Little could be learned as to the details
of the meeting of the Committee on Priv
ileges and Elections yesterday. The re-
ports of the Wednesday meetings of the
committee WIRE SO full and so accurate
and furtheG!ore they contained so much
as to the troubles of the committee that
some members wished to keep under COW
er. and promised themselves yesterday
afternoon not to talk for fear they might
say more than was intended.
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FELL DOWN THEATRE STAIRS
German Suffers Slight Bruises Through
Accident

Frederick Pfaff, a German, thirty-fiye
years old. last night fell down the STAIR
way of Kernan's Theatre. from the Sec
ond to the ground floor.
His face and head were badly cut and
bruised, but no serious injuries resulted
from his sudden flight through space.
Friends asked the police for assistance
and Pfaf was finally removed to the
Emergency Hospital in the ambulance
The patient remained at the hospital dur
ing the night, and will return home this
morning.
He lives at 1907 Ninth Street north
west.
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DIED.

JORDEN-MRS. 5. +. JORDEN. beloved wife
Of b. F. Jorden. in her siNtieth year Born in
Prince Ann County. Virginia. Residence. 1874
Street northwest. Baltimore and Norfolk papers
please cOpy.) MI
STEVENS-At her home. 20 New York Avenue
northeast, on February p, 1902, at $50 p. M.
MRS. ELIZA T. STEVENS, widow of the late
Capt c. A Stevens, at the age OF fity-two
years. ten months and twenty seven dlys. mi
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SIXTY MILLIONS FOR
RIVERS AND HARBORS
OPPOSED TO THE CLAUSE.
Property Owning Provision in Spanish
Treaty Not Approved.

MADRID. Feb 27.-In conference with
Senators today the Duke of Almodovar,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared that
the Government was opposed to the clause
in the Spanish American treaty prohibit
ing Americans from acquiring property in
Spain and vice versa.
He added that the treaty had not yet
been signed. and he could not undertake
to submit it to Parliament until it had
been signed.
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In the absence of Chairman Babcock.
who is quite i'll. Representative Mudd yes
terday presided over the meeting of the
House District Committee
Only one bill was considered and it
was favorably acted on. The bill ordered
to be reported, with the recommendation
that it do pass. provides that church
property and certain school property
which is exempt from general taxation
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No Politics in Measure.
EX-POLICEMAN DEAD.
E. H. Rinck, Long on the Local Force,
Succumbs.

Ex-Pol!ceman E. II. Rinck died yester-
day at his home, near Lakewood, Md. For
many years he was member of the local
Police Department. No funeral arrange
ments have yet been made
While on the active list of the police
force Rinck was attached to No. sta
ton, where he was in charge of the pa
troll service for fifteen years.
He also did street duty in that precinct
for several years. The dead officer was
well known In the department, from
which he was retired several years ago
because Of i'll health.
Rinck was about forty-fve years old.
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shall not be exempt from special taxes for
water mains and other improvements.
Assessor Darneille explained to the COM
mittce the necessity of the measure, and
stated that the bill had been drawn ac-
cording to the suggestions of the District
Commissioners
When the Commissioners have ordered
happened that a church or school house
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GOV. TAFT CONCLUDES TO-DAY.
Continued Testifying Yesterday Before
House Insular Committee.

Governor Taft. of the Philippines, was
before the House Committee on 1nsuar
Affairs yesterday, and continued his tes-
timony relative to the affairs in the is-
lands and the commissions recommenda-
ton for legislation for the Filipinos.
Because of the Mckinley memorial ex-
ercises Governor Taft did not complete
his testimony.
He will conclude today.
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THREATENED TO KILL WIFE.
Colored Woman Brings Charges Against
Former Convict.

Jennie Cray. colored. has brought a
charge of threats against her husband,
James Gray. who was arrested yesterday
afternoon by Detectives Miller and Peck
on a warrant sworn out by the woman.
Gray was locked up at No. l station.
where he has lodged before. Two months
ago he was released from the penitentiary.
after serving term for grand larceny.
The prisoners picture is in the local
rogues gallery at headquarters.
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SEEKS HELP AGAINST
MEXICAN COURTS
DR.. Scott Makes Appeal to the
State Department.
Claims Judgment Is Illegal Requiring
Him to Pay $4,000 Commission for
Sale of Property.

DR.. s. W. Scott. formerly OF Texas, but
now of Monterey. Mexico, personally APP
piled to the State department. yesterday
to help him in preventing the Mexican
Government from taking $4,000 of his
money, which he claims is to be Illegally
secured under a judgment of the Nexi-
can courts. DR.. Scott was accompanied by
two attorneys.
According to the papers fled by him at
the department. the case concerns the
sale of large tract of land in the Prov
ince of Nuevo Leon.
Status of the Case.
DR.. Scott secured an option on the prop
erty and arranged with certain Mexicans
that if they secured it's sale to other
parties he would give them a commission.
These Mexicans failed to negotiate the
sale, but DR.. Scott managed to dispose of
the property.
In his contract with the Mexicans it
was agreed that they should receive s40.-
coo if the sale was consummated. but it
was not stipulated that the money was
to go to them only in the event that their
attempt to sell was successful.
Dr.Scott declined to turn over the money
to the Mexicans, who accordingly entered
suit against him and secured judgment
for the amount named. The case was APP
pealed to the highest legal tribunal in
Mexico. which affirmed the decision of the
lower courts.
The State Department promised to take
the matter under consideration.
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Marine Band was stationed, and under the
direction of Lieutenant Santelmann rem
aered an appropriate musical programme.
winch included the following selections:
Overture "Stabat Mater Rossini.
Intermezzo, "Cavalleria Rusticana,"
Nascagni.
Song. Lead. Kindly Light
Song. Lost Chord" Sullivan.
Nearer, My God, to Thee" Adams.
Largo Handel
This included two favorites OF the late
President-Mrs. Adams Nearer, My God.
TO Thee" and Newman's Lead. Kindly
Light"
The justices Of the Supreme Court Of
the District were among the first of the
invited guests TO arrive and be assigned
seats on the floor.
The members of the Diplomatic Corps
assembled in the corridor in front of the
Speakers room and entered the House
in a body, just before the session was
opened. they occupied seats in the sec
ond row on the Democratic side, imme-
diately behind the justices Of the Su-
preme Court.
Summoned to Order.
hum of suppressed excitement and
buzz Of conversation sounded through the
chamber as Speaker Henderson entered
at five minutes before - o'clock noon.
mounted the rostrum, and let fall the
gavel which summoned the House to or
der. Immediately nush fell over the
chamber.
In accordance with the usual custom.
Chaplain Couden was brought in and
opened the session with brief prayer
The Journal was then read and approved.
Speaker Henderson then directed the
reading by the Clerk Of the report of the
joint committee of the Senate and House
upon the memorial day exercises.
While these few formaities were in
progress the Senate was in session at the
other end OF the Capitol building and
taking an adjournment to meet in joint
session with the members of the lower
body. Headed by Senator Frye, the Presi-
dent pro TEN. OF the Senate, that body
marched through the long main corridor
and stood in waiting at the main en-
trance to the floor OF the House.
Senator Wellington. Of Maryland whose
luminosity TO President Mckinley was the
cause of his quarrel with his colleague
Mr. McComas, and his party was one Of
tho very few Senators absent from the
memorial services in the House of Repre-
sentatiyes today. Senators Tillman and
McLaurin were present
In the meantime the President and his |
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greatly loved and deeply lamented Presi-
dent. William Mckinley. You will now
unite n prayer with the Rev. Mr.. Couden.
Chaplain of the House of Representatives.
The ChanIain nrayed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-03-01

Knitting is declared by specialists
in the treatment of rheumatism to
be a most helpful exercise for hands
liable to become stiff from the COM
plant, and it is being prescribed by
physicians because of its efficacy in
limbering up the hands of such suf-
ferers. For persons liable to cramp,
paralysis or any other affection of
the fingers of that character knit
ting is regarded as a most bene-
fetal exercise. Besides the simple
work is said to be an excellent di-
version for the nerves and is recon-
mended to women suffering from in
somnia and depression. In certain
sanitariums patients are encouraged
to make use of the bright stee1s, and
the work is so pleasant that it is
much enjoyed by them.
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ed in stopping him. The young assist
ant lost his nerve when he saw the
condition of the arm that had been
driven through the shop window, and
bungled the job of dressing it to such
an extent that three days later the
doctor, white Tipped with remorse, was
speeding toward Hillside cottage
haunted by such grewsome words as
blood-poison and amputation. He
thought of her as he had last seen
her, flushed with the strength of her
perfect womanhood, and broken
prayers mingled with the impatient
exhortations he urged upon his speed
ing horse.
Helen was reading when he entered,
but there were marks upon her face
that told what the calm was costing.
The cords of the doctors throat tight
ened suddenly and stified the words
of useless regret. Silently he bent
over the arm on the pillow and began
to undo the wrapping.
sit will have to come off, think"
Helen remarked as he barred the fierce
ly infamed wounds.
No. ne said, quietly, ST think not"
The job had been horribly bungled,
but this was no time to waste ones
energies upon empty regrets. Re-
morse dashed him fercely, but the doc
tor scarcely needed her blows. Helen
felt the soul of the healer in his as
sured, tender touch. She resumed her
book though the pain kept her color
less.
You are brave woman" Albain
said, gratefully, when the dressing was
done; the bravest 1 ever knew"
For an instant the gray eyes met
his and he turned away surprised and
stung by their pity. He almost ran
over Mrs. Marston to whom the maid
had just refused admittance.
why should she pity him? Why?"
During the next two weeks the doe
tor made good the slight he had put
upon the road that ran past Hillside
cottage. Morning, noon and night he
travelled it. Though he could do moth
ing after the arm was dressed until the
time came to dress it again, anxiety
drove him back to the cottage. He
and his patient did not get on well to-
gether. Under her perfect courtesy
lay ever that touch of still disdain.
Albain had ceased to wonder why. He
knew that justly or unjustly she held
him guilty of having INDUCED his petty
spite at the cost of his professional
responsibilities. For a time this did
not trouble him. If he saved the arm,
made good the criminal carelessness,
her opinions might go hang. Grad
ually, however, as his anxiety grew less
fierce, his independent attitude weak
ened, and on the day that her case
was dismissed it deserted him ut
terly.
Before we say good-by, I should
like to make an explanation he re-
marked, grimly.
What about?' she questioned,
calmly.
"About some actions of my own"
Don't do it," she advised. Moth
ing on earth belittles a man like ex-
planning his actions. The philoso-
piers are right: IF man in himself is
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MnrrIage bx Phonograph.

Miss Nellie Stone was married by
photograph the other day to j. F. Dun
can in Oswego, N. Y. The regular cere-
mony could not take place because the
house i'm which she was living was
quarantined for smallpox, and the de-
lay made her so nervous that her ply
sicians advised a photograph mar
riage, which is asserted to be perfectly
legal. In her room at the house where
she was quarantined Miss Stone, in the
presence of witnesses, repeated into
the photograph the words: 81, Nellie
Stone, do take this man, James F. Dun
can, to be my lawfully welded husband,
for better or for worse, till death d us
part" The register was then removed,
fumigated and taken to the Duncan
residence, where the bridegroom and
clergyman performed their part of the
ceremonV
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mflI TiS1Al
457I9HlSSSI5g)
HEALTHFuL WOMEN.
10 others Are Prepared, Physically
and Mentally, for the Duties In
cumbent Upon Them.

No woman can be considered
beautiful unless the tint of health
CLOVIS on her cheeks. Despite the
volumes that have been written, and
the efforts of distinguished lecturers
to make our American sisters a ro-
bust, healthy set of beings, physical
1y and mentally prepared for the
varied duties of wife, mother and
friend, the means of the invalid still
greet our ears, and the numbers of
pale, emaciated females about us give
evidence that the field is large and
that workers are still needed.
What can we do with this genera
ton but administer to their woes,
and trust to the endeavors of the
wise to effect change in the daugh-
tiers who are to fill our places in the
future.
How few young girls realize that
if they would devote some of the
hours which they spend over the de-
cision of the fashion and style of
new robe, to the study of hygienic
laws and the necessity of dressing
warmly in our variable climate, that
the attractiveness they so much
covet would crown their labors, and
that not only in freedom from bodily
suffering would they reap their re-
ward, but the sparkling eye and
blooming cheek would exist no longer
in the poets Imagination, but become
a reality.
What mortal woman can smile and
greet with laughing face her friends,
when, perhaps, neuralgia pains, the
result of some imprudence in dress
ing, are racking her frame, and induc-
ing a condition of the system over
which medicine has no control, and
the most skillful physician fails to
relieve. One of our most eloquent
divines remarked recently that a
sound liver and a sound stomach
were the forefathers of a sound head.
He might have added that well-pro-
tected feet, thoroughly clothed bod
les and a sensible appreciation Of nat
trial laws would insure sound ivers
and sound bodies.
The girl of the period (and, alas!
her mother, too;) is SO intent upon
the scantiness of the dress and so
anxious lest the skirt should have
one inch of width in excess, that she
QlSpenSeS WIN garments necessary
to healthy circulation of the vital
fluid, and promenades the highways
a walking advertisement for the
chemist of the cosmetics with which
he attempts to initiate nature in her
behalf.
Having gained so high position in
the worlds vision by the brain power
broadcast through every department
of science, let the American woman
determine by knowledge of herself
and the laws governing her being
that the race shall not deteriorate.-
N. Y. Weekly.
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what calves rather Said.

pretty story comes from Rodez,
in the south of France, where lately
a banquet was given in honor of Nine.
CaIve, who was born in those parts
Some one took it into his head to in
terview Nine. Calves father, hale and
hearty old peasant of about so years
of age, who is immensely proud of his
famous daughter. In speaking of her
to the interviewer he pointed to the
rose trees in his garden. 'Look at
these" he said; most of them are
covered with blooms, but here is one
tree which has borne only one rose.
It has spent all its strength in pro-
ducing a perfect blossom. That is the
history of my daughter and her an
cestors. She is the supreme flower
of hundred forgotten generations"
Foreign Letter;
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A ToILER's SONG.

a toiler I, and still must be
For many a day to come;
No "lordly acres stretch for me,
Scant is my boarded sum
And yet am not poor, by far;
And, what may seem more strange
With none of those who round me are
Would I my lot exchange.
A daily task that ever makes
Food sweet, enhancing rest;
While evenings coming cheer awakes
Glad purpose In my breast;
Some friends whom I as friends can class
Whatever may befall;
The smiles of children when I pass,
Respect, trust, of all;
A simple home where love abides
With health for me and mine;
Where at the board content presides
And leaves no wish for wine;
Such is my life, and few, trow,
Are better off than I;
While surely this, at least, I know,
Gold ne'er my wealth could buy.
Philip 3. Strong. in Young People.
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not a sufficient guarantee for his
acts, his words will never justify
them.''
(Which is polite way of saying
that you would rather condemn me
unheard," Alban reflected, gloomily,
conscious that she was hurting worse
than he had imagined possible.
''No doubt you and the philosophers
are right he replied. But the look
in his eyes betrayed what his words
strove to hide.
Now the antics a sane man will cut
when he upsets an ink bottle are only
equaled by the undreamed-of i'm
pulses that will master a sensible
woman when she finds that she has
hurt man who cares for her. So it
happened that as their eyes met,
Helen, the brave, cool woman, started
impulsively to her feet.
''Wait," she exclaimed, incoherently.
81 didn't mean" then impulse de-
serted her. She would have given all
she possessed to be back in her Of
flee chair and her dignity. And there
she was with her hand on his sleeve
and pair of eyes fastened upon hers
that were rapidly changing from in
quiry to eagerness.
81 haven't any sense" she ex-
claimed, clenching the offending hand
with a vindictiveness that evinced her
willingness to cut it off and cast it
from her. 1t was the doctors turn to
laugh, but the humor of the situation
did not seem to appeal to him. In
stead he took the small fist and I'M
clenched the cold fingers.
"Once," he said, slowly, 81 told my
self that all the ground upon which
we might have formed a friendship
was preempted. I was angry at the
time, and did not know how truly 1
spoke. see now that even then love
had staked out his claim. have treat
ed you pretty rough. Being laughed
at by the woman he loves will make
a man madden than anything on Garth.
I never realized how mad was until
I saw what brute had been. Do
you suppose you will ever be able to
bring yourself to recognize this claim
of Cupid's?''
Helen's hand moved uneasily in
his.
at seems to be pretty well estab-
ished,' she grumbled. Gwen my COM
mon sense is preempted."
And this time the doctor had his
laugh. A low, tender laugh.
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etchings, water colors or photographs.
At each end artistic corner shelves are
added, which make excellent recep>
tacles for curios, china and such like.
a shelf along the top of the back gives
some more opportunities for the dis
pay of china. The seat itself need not
be upholstered if a fiat cushion to fit
the size be made. All the little turned
wood rails can be bought ready made, so
the most difficult part is easily sur
mounted. When finished the structure
should be enameIed in white or cream,
and a really charming piece of furni-
ture will be the result.-Chicag Daily
News
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started a New worry.

Some one at Salina has started a
new worry-to the effect that if wheat
and corn turn ont well this season
there may not be enough horses in
Kansas to do the necessary work. The
ice worry is out of the way now, you
know, and no one will worry over the
condition of the wheat. Therefore, it
was necessary to dig up an absolutely
new worry; one that was never heard
of before.-Topeka Capital.
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The Best Kansas News.
wan There Be FusiOng

The populists of Kansas at the To-
peka conference decided that there
would be no afiliation between the
populist and democratic forces In
Kansas this year. A strong faction,
ed by ex-Congressman Ridgely, IA
vored absolute surrender to the DEM
ocrats, but there were enough of the
old-time populists to defeat this plan.
By a vote of 1857 to 1851 the fol=
towing resolution was adopted: eve
recommend that a state convention of
the peoples party of Kansas be
called for the purpose of nominating
a state ticket. We demand a vigor-
Gus campaign in favor of our state
ticket and for the PRONUNCIATION of
the principles of the peoples party
The first test of strength came up
over the election of temporary chair
man. Edwin Taylor nominated Grant
Harrington, of Brown, for temporary
chairman, while w. J. Babb placed
the name of Walter n. Allen before
the convention. When the ballot was
taken it was found that Allen was
elected by vote of 213 to LOG. Allen
was the choice of the middIe-of-the-
road crowd
Grant Harrington believes that
fusion will yet be effected between
the populist and democratic parties.
''Fusion will yet be effected between
the democrats and populists," said
Mr.. Harrington. "The populist state
committee viii call the populist state
convention to meet at Wichita on the
same date as the democratic state
convention. know what I am talk
ing about"
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Big Increase of Masons.

The report of Secretary Wilson to
the Kansas grand lodge, A. F. & A. NJ.
in session at Fort Scott, showed a
total membership of 22,386 in the
state, with over $500 limitations the
past year.