Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
ANTITRUST BILL IS READY
House Subcommittee Prepared to Recon-.
mend New Combine Law.
FARMERS SEEK CASH FOR SLAIN CATTLE
wife of Convicted Man VIII he SEM
Home Rs Undesirable Immigrant,
wbiIe Nation Keeps Hus- #
band in jail. %

WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.-As a result OF
! extended consideration Of the various anti
trust bills the subcommittee Of the house
judiciary committee has practically agreed
upon a bill. though 1t has not yet been
adopted formally.
! 1t will be laid before the full COMMITTEES
tomorrow, when. it is said. its features Win
be made public. 1t is understood that no
new commission will be proposed, but the
interstate commission invested
with further powers instead. It is said
the bill covers the administration sugges-
! tions for antitrust legislation. The bills
introduced yesterday will go to the judiciary.
subcommittee under the general rule.
Plan Fight for So,
A delegation from New Mexico consisting
Of Governor Otero, Solomon Luna. national
committeeman; +. A. Hebbel chairman OF
the territorial committee; W. A. Hawkins,
Judge A. b. Face and W. II. Andrews,
members Of the territorial senate, and
Major Llewellyn, member Of the territorial
house, met here today in conjunction with
Delegate Rodney to form plans for making
an active fight for the admission Of New
Mexico to the Union. The committee will
Z Cdh Oh members OF Inb SENATE anu hOubt
tomorrow and present the claims Of the ter
ritory for statehood.
Farmers want Cash.
DR.. Salmon says the foot and mouth dis
ease will be stamped out this winter unless
it. has been carried to some other part Of
the country where it is not discovered, Tine
experts have only two herds on hand, which
were reported within the last two or three
days. The largest of these was to have
been killed today,
DR. Salmon speaks Of the agitation among
the farmers to receive compensation for
the animals killed, but. says the govern
ment methods were Endorsed in a resolution
passed by the Stock Holders Association Of
Massachusetts, at Worcester. Complaints
of damage to the milk supply, caused by.
disinfection, are being filed, and hereafter
barns where milk cattle are housed will be
disinfected in such a way as to leave as
little odor as possible. go.
Courts Destroy Law.
The secretary Of the Interstate Commerce
commission, in a communication to the
house, calls attention to a recent decision
of the United States circuit court of APP
peals for the Eighth district affecting the
safety coupling act. He says: (,
Upheld by the supreme court, it will have
the effect of MULTIPLYING the purpose Of the
statute in a vital respect, the securing of
uniformity in applied automatic coupling.
devices as to permit all the cars in a.
train to be coupled and uncoupled without'
requiring men to go between the cars. q .
Colonel Hayes to He Promoted. {
The president has selected Colonel Ed+
ward NJ. Hayes, Thirteenth infantry, for,
appointment as brigadier general 70 suc~
coed John A. Johnston, upon the retire..
ment Of the latter, which will follow imme-
diately upon his confirmation by the senate.
Colonel Hayes is lying at the point of
death at Fort Meade, S, D. He is the officer
of longest commission in the United States.
army, which he entered as a boy of,,13.
years. ..
Money system for Philippines.
The house committee on insular affairs
today agreed to favorably report the bill
introduced by Representative Cooper Of
Wisconsin,, to establish a currency system
in the Philippines with certain changes.
one being hat gold coin of the United
States and the silver coin authorized in
the bill shall be legal tender in the islands.
The bill. as introduced, provided that law
full money of the United States shall be
legal tender.
Judges Salaries Increased.
A favorable report was authorized on the
senate bill increasing the salaries Of the
supreme court justices and other judges
OF the United States, with certain amend
ments, which reduce the salaries produced
for circuit judges to $1,000 and district
Judges to Sc, 900. A favorable report also
was ordered on the senate bill adding a
Judge to the eighth circuit.
Wife is TO. He DepOrted.
The Treasury department has ordered
the deportation OF the wife and two chill
dren OF Mcqueen OF Paterson, N. j., who
was convicted Of melting to riot and SEN
fenced to FIVE years. The wife and chill
dren arrived in New York within the last
few days and will be deported on the
ground that they are liable to become
public charges. The action OF the depart
ment sustains the finding OF the immigra-
tion ofHciais al New York, from which an
appeal had been taken to the department
Meets the President.
Mgr. Faleoni, the apostolic delegate TO
the United States, was presented today to
the president by Rev. j. 2. Booker Of the
papal legation. He called at the executive
ofices merely TO pay his respects.
President EntertaIns Guests.
Armak Hamburg, the pianist. gave a
musicale at the White House tonight which
was thoroughly enjoyed by a brilliant as
semblage OF the 200 persons, representative
Of ofhcial and residential society. 1t was the
first Of a series OF Friday evening musicales
which Mrs. Roosevelt proposes TO give dur
ing January. The guests were seated in
the East room, which looked particularly
attractive in its new decorations OF white
and gold.
Gets Bids on Guns.
Rear Admiral o'NeilI has received bids
nom the Bethlehem. the Midyale and the
Crucible Steel companies for forgings for
one thirteenth-inch gun, two twelve inch.
six siK-inch, eight hve-inch and eight four
inch guns, The price fixed by each is p
cents a pound, except in the case Of one
Of the twelye-inch guns, which is TO be
made Of nickel steel, at 80 cents II is
probable that the work will be divided
among the three companies.