The Somerset reporter., 1902-05-01
AT Washington.

The Attorney General has taken steps
to prosecute the Beef Trust. Action Is
brought in the United States Court at
Chicago.
Senator fernando De Soto Money of
Miss, on Friday was placed in custody
on information sworn out by Orpha d.
Shaner the street car conductor who
elected the senator from his car the day
before. The information charges the
senator with assaulting the conductor,
during the disturbance and the conduc-
tor produced witness who corrobo-
rated his version of the story. Senator
Money, Conductor Shaner and James E.
Hooper, the truck foreman of the fire
department who assisted the conductor
were arraigned in the police court later
and their trial set for Thursday morning.
The proceedings of the court-martial
trying Gen. Jacob Fl. Smith at Manila,
upon charges of issuing orders to Maj.
Waller of the marine corps to kill and
burn in Samar, are being closely watch
ed by officials of the war department.
The admission by counsel for the gener-
al, Friday, that the latter gave such In
struotions, bears out the testimony of
Mai. Waller, which was to the effect
that he received explicit orders from
Gen. Smith to make Samar bowling
wilderness and to kill all natives over 10
years Of age. Gen. Smith is expected to
put in as defence that he acted under
orders from superior officer, which
could be no other than Gen. Chaffee,
commanding in the Philippines. Gen.
Chaffee, it is stated at the war depart.
ment, has never been instructed from
Washington to recognize the methods of
warfare said to have been practiced In
Samar, and it Is not believed here that
he could possibly have given Gen. Smith
such orders.
Two high officials of the navy depart
ment left that department, last week
John ID. Long, who for more than five
years has administered the affairs of the
navy, and Rear Admiral A. 5. Crownin-
shield, who during the same period has
served as chief of the bureau of naviga-
ton. They will be succeeded. respec-
lively, by William H. Moody of Massa-
chusetts, and Rear Admiral Henry Tay-
lor, who relieved Rear Admiral Crown
inshield, Monday.
Secretary Shaw says that on May l,
he would increase the deposits in Ma
tlonal bank depositaries by three or four
million dollars. He also will designate
few additional depositaries. 1t is un-
derstood that no further increase in de-
posits will be made after May l, as the
repeal of the war revenue act is expect
ed to result in a sharp decrease in the
government receipts from the beginning
of the fiscal year when the law will 60
into operation.
Representative Powers passed bill OF
great Importance to the Hawaiians In
the House of Representatives, recently,
and with such tact that there was al
most no debate. 1t was a bill for the
apportionment of long and short term
senators in the territorial legislature and
bill, practically drawn by the governor
as compromise in a bitter territorial
fight. The Kanakas got in such tangle
in their legislature that they failed to
agree as to which senators should serve
two years and which senators should
serve four years. Unless Congress had
come to their relief there would have
been serious trouble in their elections,
this fall, and probably there could have
been no legislature, this winter.
The Fourth district representative is
much pleased at getting an appropria.
ton of $4,000 for the site of a public
building at Calais. He and Gov. Bur-
leigh worked shoulder to shoulder for
the appropriation and got what they
asked for.
Sol Smith Russell, the eminent actor
and native of Brunswick, Maine, died
at the Richmond hotel, Washington, d.
c., on Monday afternoon, of perpetual
hiccough. Mr.. Russell had been Ill for
some time from the malady, but during
the past few days the disease took Sc
rious turn and after early morning the
end had been hourly expected. Those
present at the bedside of the veteran
actor included Mrs. Russell and Mrs. l..
Alice Rpssell.
The House passed the appropriation
for public buildings aud sites, Tuesday.
IL carries eli, 405, 450. The House pass
ed the Agricultural appropriation bill,
Wednesday.