The Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
February 17, 1899

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Iftdjite iaxlij dkgk smajlf VOLUME XXX WICHITA, KAfS $lS: FRZDAX MOEOS'G, EEBKUARX 17, 1S99 :sxnsrBEK so Enough is McKinley to Admit That He Doesn't Know, BUT TRUSTS THE PEOPLE Theirs Is the Power and, Col lectively, the Wisdom TO DO WHAT IS BEST Thronsh Congress They 3Iust IIs- charje War-Eu tailed Itespousibill- tiese-Aljrer Jeered in Boston. Boston, Feb. 34V President WilHam Mc Kin.ey arrived in Boston today to be the fe ist of the Home Market club at a ben- jn. ,n his honor at Mecnanics' hall. Messrs. Lon&, Alger, Bliss, Gage and im th of his cabinet accompanied im, to urer -with Congressman Gresvenor of j. The arrival of the presidential train at ae south terminal station at 10 o'clock was the occasion of a great outburst of cnth Osiastn of the thousands of citizens wi lined tire streets on the line of te r ?ss on from the station to the hotel. Cne remainder of the day after the arrival he hotel was spent in quietude by president. At 4:15 he was escorted to Me lanics' hail to participate in the recep t i and banquet of the Home Market club. I' was the largest banquet ever arranged i i this country, the exact number of per s 'a who were served being JbM. Besides there were fully 3.SC0 spectators in t balconies. The presidential party left t e Hotel Touraine under cavalry escort at 4 and proceeded through an immense c t rng crowd direct to Mechanics' hail. 1 1 r-cepuon was held in Paul P.evere I and for over three- quarters of an hour President McKinley and the other dlstin g, -ned guests stood in lone and were in- Ijcod to and shook hands with nearly 2 j"u persons. At 6 o'clock, after he presi c "t had related for a few minutes the jgle sounded announcing that the ban t et was ready to be served and the lm-ir-so company marched into the hall, w -h had been elaborately decorated. 0 er the stage, under an arch of bunting electric lights, were large portraits of WsaIngton. Lincoln and McKinley and lneath" was the word "Liberatdr" in Ia-ge letters. Upon the balcony was a j are of Admiral Dewey, with the motto: '13 the captain of a German ship: 'You riuat not sail by the United States flag xv -lout seeing it' and his famous com ma .d at Manila: "You may Are, Gridley, '-n ready." President McKinley sat at the front of th0 perform end among those at his table i r Bishop Mallalieu, Mayor Quincy of Bfeton, Secretary Long, Secretary Alger, Goiernor Wolcott, Secretary Gage, Post ri'fr General Smith. Secretary Blias, G -mor Rollins of New Hampshire and ex-Mijor Strong of New York. There u is grMt enthusiasm when the dinner had u c oncluded and some of the tables re r cd to make way for chairs. President P --kett introduced Governor Wolcott and T -i Mayor Quincy who made brief ad- --.-9 welcoming the president. Presi t McKinley was then introduced and E. -if as follows- M" Toastmasier and Gentlemen: The .is go quicky. It eeeme not so long. :t is. in fact six years since it was r. "honor to be a truest of the Home Z11 -ket chib Much has happened In the I' t rvening time. Issues which were then t gag ng us have been settled or put by irgr and more absorbing ones. Do r -s- ic condition's have unproved and are i, -er-ally satisfactory. We have made rr.-ss in industry and have realized the jT.ajf-nty for which we have been etriv s We have had four long1 years of r rit which taught us some lessons w "i never have been unlearned and w will be valuable in guiding our fu- a -tion. e have not only been successful in i f. metal and business affairs, but J- neen successful in a. war with a en power which added great glory Arr rlcan arms and a new chapter to A-"- .-an history. uo not know wtiy in the year 1SS9 t r puMic has unexpectedly had placed I to it mijrhty problems which it muse ft. artl meet. They have come and are fcerf and they could not be kept away. 3! a- who were impatient for the con f a ear ago. apparently heedless of v txt results, were the first to cry it itr.Unst the far-reaching consequences c rr own act. Those of us who dread e w most, and whose every effort was t i to prevent it. had fears of new .r-ave problems which might follow a 'i miration. The evolution of events x no man could control has brought nroblems upon us. Certain it is 'hey have not come through any f n our part, but as high obliga r tnd we meet them with dear con- and unselnsn purpose and. with t art, resolve to undertake their so- was declared in AprH. 189S. with 1 unanimity by congress, and. once was sustained by like unanimity the people. There had been many i tried to avert it. and on the 1- ird. there were many who would hi f-oipitaied K at an earner date. I prosecution and condneion the p- najonty of our countrymen of cv-e- tion believed they were lighting in a cause, and at home, or at sea, or tr neld. they had part in the glorious ir.phs. i was ihe war of the undivided aa- E-ery great act in its progress from t a to Santiagn. from Guam to Porto 'mmanJed universal and hearty com '-tioL The protocol commanded the cally unanimous approval of the A -.can people. It was welcomed by e ..v-r of peace beneath the flag. PMitpotaes. like Cuba and Porto a -re intrusted to our hands bv the .r.d to that great trust, under the nc of God aad in the name of hu r -.Teess and civilisation, we are c -1-! .tt It Is a. trust we have not t it is not a trust from wb:ch we i ch The American people will aoW i. h. nds of their servants at home -m -mmit Its execution, while Iw v an it. ard the brave men whom t conm. i i w,. have the support cf t mr. ".pholdinc our fiax where I w fto -n mboi and assurance erty a- .us' ce. Wtkul t rr. accura't i it w i a ivanc can t was ever able to wrte r 'zn of the war upon 'rimx. much leas decree scope of Its results? Cco- .iare wr. baca higher power. titcrevs i(s bounds and ftxae Its reietkwe and responsibilities. The president can direct the movements of soldiers on the field and fleets upon the sea, but he can not foresee the close of such movements tftr prescribe their limits. He cannot an ticipate or avoid the consequences, but he must meet them. Xo accurate map of nations engagedjn war can be traced un til the wax is over, nor can the measure of responsibility be placed Until the last gun is flrel and the verdict embodied in the stipulations of peace. We hear no complaint of the relations created by the war between this government and the is lands of Cuba and Porto Rico. There are some, however, who regard the Phil ippines as m a different relation, but whatever ariety of view there may be on this phase of the question, there is universal agreement that the Philippines shall not be turned back to Spain. No true American consents to that. Even If unwilling to accept them ourselves, it woulJ have been a weak evasion of duty to require Spain to transfer them to some other power or powers, and thus shirk our responsibility. Even if we had had, as we did not have, the power to compel such a transfer, it could not hive been made without the most serious inter national complications. Such a course could not be thought of, and yet. had we refused to accept the cession of them, we wouH have ad no power over them, even for their own good. We could mt i.'s cberge the responsibilities upon us unW these islands became ours, either o con quest or treaty. There was' but one al ternative, and that was, either Spain or the United States in the Philippines. The other suggestions offered, first, that they should be tossed into the arms for the strife of nations; or, second, be lost to the anarchy and chaos of no protectorate at all, were too shameful to be consid ered. The treaty gave them to the Uni ted States.. Could we have required 'ess and done our duty? Could we, after free ing the Philippines from the domination of Spain, have left them without govern ment and without power fo protect life and property or to perfo.-m the interna tional obligations essential to an independ ent state? Could we have left them in a state of anarchy and justided ourselves in our own consciences or before the tri bunal of mankind? Could we have done that in the Fight of God and man? "Our concern was not fjr territory or trade, or empire, but for the peop'e whose interests and destiny, without our willing it, had been put into our hands. It was with this feeling that, from the first day to the last, not one word or line went from the executive in Washington to fur military and naval commanders at Ma nila or to our peace commissioners at Paris that did not put as the sole pur pose to be kept in mind foremost, after the success of our arms anl maintenance of our own honor, the welfare and hap piness and the ngnts of the inhabitants of the Philippine islands. Did we need their consent to perform a great act of humanity? We had it in every aspira tion of their minds, in every hope of their hearts. Was it necessary to ask their consent to liberate th&m from Spanish sovereignty or to enter Manila bay and destroy the Spanish sea power there? We didnot ask these; we were obeying a moral obligation which rested upon U3 and which did not require anybody's con sent. We were doing our duty by them, as God gave us the light to see our duty, with the consent of our own consciences and with the approval of civilization. Every present obligation nas been met and fulfilled in the expulsion of Spanish sovereignty from their islands, and while the war that destroye it was in progress we could not ask their views. "Xor can we now ask their consent. Indeed, can any one tell me in what form it could be marshalled and ascertained until peace and order, so necessary to a reign of reason, shall be secured and es tabtished? A reign of terror is not the kind of rule under which right action and I deliberate judgment are possible. It is i not a good time for the liberator to sub mit important questions concerning lib erty and government to the liberated, while they are engaged in shooting down their rescuers. "We have now ended the war with Spain. The treaty has been ratified by more than two-chirds of the senate of the United States, and by the judgment of nine-tenths of its people. Xo nation was ever more fortunate in war or more honorable in negotiations in peace. Spain is now elimina.ted from the problem. It remains to ask what we shall do now. I do not intrude upon the duties of con gress or seek to anticipate or forestall its actions. I only say that the treaty of peace, honorably secured, having been ratified by the United States and, as we confidently expect, shortly to be ratified in Spain, congress shall have the power, and I am sure Che purpose, to do what in good moral sense is right and just and humane for these peoples in distant seas. "It is sometimes hard to determine what is best to do, and the best thing to do is sometimes the hardest. The prophet of evil would do nothing, because ho flinches at sacrifice and effort, and to do nothing is easiest and involves the least cost. On those who have things to do there rests a responsibility which Is not on those who have no obligations as doers. If the doubters were in a major ity there would, it is true, be no labor, no sacrifice, no anxiety and no burden raised or carried; no contribution from our ease and purse and comfort to the welfare of others, or even to the exten sion of our resources to the welfare of ourselves. There would be ease but. alas, there would be nothing done. But grave problems come in the life of a nation, how. ever much men may seek to avoid them. They come without seeking why, we do not know, and it is not always given us to know; but the generation on -which they are forced cannot avoid the respon sibility of honestly striving for their so lution. We may not know precisely how to solve them, but we can make an hon est effort to that end. and if made in conscience. Justice and honor, it will not be in vain. "The future of the Philippine islands is now in the hands of the American peo ple. Until the treaty was ratified or re jected the executive department of this I government could only preserve the peace and protect life and property. That treaty now commits the free and enfranchised Filipinos to the guiding hand and the iib erahzinir influences, the generous sympa thies, the uplifting education, not of their American masters, but of American eman cipators. No one can tell today what is best for them or for us. I know no one at thfe hour who is wi&e enough or sufficiently informed to determine what form of government will best subserve their interests and our interests, their and our well betas. "If we knew everything by intuition and I sometimes think there are those who believe that if we do not. they do we Hbotrid not need information, but unfort unately most of us are not hi that happy state. The whole subject is now with con gress, and congress if the voice, the con sctrace and the Judgment of the American people. Upon their judgment end con science can we not rely? I believe in them; I trust them. I know of no better or safer tribunal than the people. Until eor.rre-s shaB direct other wt r wf!l be -he duty of the executive tn p. e-s and hold the Philippines, givtog to ih rc-pie thereof peace and beneficent government, affording them every opportunity to pros ecute their lawful pursuits, encouraging them in thrift and industry, making them feel and know we ir- their friends, not their enemte. that Hr good Is our ami. that their welfare is .r welfare, but that neither their mpiratk-s nor ours can be reaUsea untn our authority os acknowl edged and unquestioned. That h:e mha feaats of the Phaipptaes wft! He benefits! by thfe republic is ins unhaken ief Oaatlaeed ec Sead Page.) WIDE Apart in Their Testimony are Principal Witnesses, MRS. HOVEY'S TESTIMONY Occurrences at the Death Scene Now Being Weighed. New York, Feb. IS. The most important feature in the inquest In the Adamsrpois oning case yesterday was that the testi mony of Dr. E. F. Hitchcock, who attend ed Mrs. Adams in her last moments, was in direct conflict with the testimony of Harry S. oCrnish and Frederick E. Hovey, both of whom were in Mrs. Adams' flat when she died. Dr. Hitchcock testified that the boy who summoned him told him he was wanted immediately as a "party had been poisoned. The witness aiso stated that in the hearing of Cornish and Mrs. P.ogers, the daughter of the mur dered woman, he said that "a diabolical crime had been committed." Cornish re peatedly stated while on the witness stand that no suspicion that a crime had been committed had "been suggested to him until two or three days after the death of Mrs. Adams, and Hovey also Insisted that no suggestion that a crime had been com mitted was made on the day of Mrs. Ad ams' death. The doctor also testified that he asked Cornish, repeatedly if he had enemies who could have designs on his life and Cornish assured him that he had no fears and suspected nobody. Dr. Hitch cock further said that he had a talk with Dr. Potter, who was also in attendance, on what the poison ibottle contained. While they were talking Cornish, Mrs. Rogers and Hovey entered the room. One point on which Dr. Hitchcock con tradicted the testimony of Hovey related to the condition of the bottle of poison. The doctor stated hat he saw no paraffic abou the cork or mouth of the bottle, while Hovey, in his testimony, said the cork was covered with paraffic. Dr. Hitchcock described how Cornish was taken sick with symptoms similar to those shown by Mrs. Adams. Cornish asked: "Can it be anything else but bromo-selt-zer?" and the doctor replied that it cer tainly could. Mrs. Bertha May Hovey, the wife of the witness who was examined yester day, was placed on the stand today. The questions of the assistant district at torney brought out the fact tha Cornish had separated from his wife and that Mrs. Adams was living- apart from her hus band. When Mrs. Hovey reached the Ad ams flat she was admitted by a policeman. She met Assistant District Attorney Mc Intyre there. Irs. Rogers seemed heart broken. She told witness that Mrs. Ad ams had taken bromo-t;eItzer, but never mentioned poison nor did she say that her mother was the victim of a plot. The fact that Cornish had given the bromo seltzer to her mother was not spoken of by Mrs. Rogers. "When was the first time you discovered that Mrs. Adams had 'been poisond?" was abked. "I don't know. I did not discover it; I read it In the newspapers." Mrs. Hovey said that she remained in the Adams house until Saturday, Decem ber 31, the day of the funeral, when she went with Mrs. Rogers to Hartford, where the 'body was -buried (Mrs. Adams died on Wednesday, December 2S.) Witness said she had talked with oCrnish about Mrs. Adams' death, but she could not re member that Cornish said to her: "What a fool I am that I should have received that bottle and given some of its cantents to Mrs. Adams." Coroner's Physician Weston took the stand. Dr. Weston testified that he per formed an autopsy upon Mrs. Adams' body. He at first formed the impression that Mrs. Adams came to her death from taking cyanide of potassium, from the odor of the bottle and from his diagnosis at the autopsy. Subsequently a chemical analysis showed that death was due to cyanide of mercury. The bottle was wrap ped In a piece of "brown paper such as lawyers use for their notes. The bottle was three-quarters full when he saw it. The policeman gave it to him and said he got it from Dr. Hitchcock. Witness talk ed with Hovey on arriving at the' flat and Hovey told him about the case. He smail ed the contents of the bottie and told Ho vey he thought it contained cyanide of potassium. No one else was present at the time, but a little later he saw Mrs. Rogers and aeked about Mrs. Adams' age, etc. so as to fill out his report. He told Mrs. Rogers that her mother had died of poison and that he would make an au topsy the following day. Witness was asked whether anybody could have smelt ed the substance in the bottle witnout putting R to the nose. He answered that he hocgiit he odor could have been de tected, Hlthoosrh it would not have been so marked. The cork in the bottle pro truded about three-eighthe of an inch. Witness asked where the box wits in which the bottle came through the mail and was told it bad been thrown away at the Knickerbocker ehib house. Cornish was not at the flat when witness was there. Witness did not see the glass from which the poison was taken, although Ho vey told hfan it was somewhere about the fiat. He could not recall having said any thing about who might have sent the bot tle. He was under the impression that something was said about the probability of a mistake having been made in the preparation of the broMO-ertzfi-. Frederick Hovey was recalled to the stand wan Dr. Weston finished and Mr. Osborne asked him: "How soon after year caBverf&tloe with Dr. Weston did you see Cornish T' "Next morning." "Dr. Wsm told yoe the waaas had been poisoned T "I hare Jnst heard bus say so." "You told n sTttMerday sat it was three days later when yea first heard of potsoa." "Ye. Dr. Weston said he told yoa, and Dr. Hitchcock S4js ti sante I Act', recai: 5: "Y a a" -ne -ir.- luw ii "m i, iiert a ssiali impreii-rL t, 3 "Yes." "WIS yoa krnds ten the jjrj- way after .ne docijto had ;cld .h; st was pefaan lid you had s?a on pr-s--n faSi oowa and d:e ar, me -.tier z.a.m .ni l&n. Os- 1 borne put a strong emphasis on the word) to be HI, it did not form a great impres sion?" Hovey replied: "We all supposed it was an accident." "You said yesterday you examined with the greatest possible care the' package that contained the poisoned bottle, the wrapper, seal and wax. aad expressed an opinion that it was done so well that it would take an expert to discover that it was not the original package. Then you swore there was no wrapper." "I was mistaken." "Is It not true that there were two bot tles, one with a wrapper, one without?" "Not that I remember. I did not- see them, anyhow." "Did not Cornfeh show you a bottle with a wrapper?" "No; I was perfectly willing to make my statement here and have corrected the incorrect statement I made. I made the mistake perfectly conscientiously." That cbncluded the examination of Mr. Hovey and Mr. Osborne called Dr. F. Stiles Potter, who was called by Cornish to assist Dr. Hitchcock at what proved to be Mrs. Adam's death bed. Mr-JPotter said that when he arrived at the Adams fiat Mrs. Adams was dead. There were present Dr. Hitchcock, Mr. Cornish, Mr. Hovey and Mrs. Rogers. The last named told him that upon her advice Mr. Cornish had given er mother a dose of bromo seltzer. Mrs. Rogers was crying and hys terical. Mrs. Rogers expressed a desire to have the matter kept from the papers. She suggested to Dr. H'tchcock and witness to delay the notification of the coroner i-util she had an opportunity to see District Attorney Mclntyre. as he had charge cf her affairs. As witness left the room there was a remark made by Mrs. Rogers to Cornish to this effect: "You know the rea son wny." It was said in an undertone and not intended for witness to hear. Cornish told witness how Mrs. Adams had taken the bromo-seltzer and haw she had taken sick a couple of minutes later. Cor nish further stated that when he mixed it it did not effervesce, as ,t usually does. and after Mrs. Adams had taken her doss he mixed a small dose for himself to see If it really tasted bitter, as Mr3. Adams said it did. The dose, Cornish sa'd, made him very sick. Witness said there wore two glasses standing on the table. "Was there something in each glass?" "Yes; I am very positive about th:- fact. I am sure there was a solution in each glass." Witness 5ad that the bo:t!e was 5up posed to hold only two regu'ar doses of a teaspoonful each dose. About one-eighth of the contents had been taken out when he saw it. Witness heard Dr. Hltcaoock say that a diabolical crime had been com mitted. He thought Cornish and Hovey were both present at the time. Witness said he asked Cornish who could have sen; him the bottle and Cornish said he knew of no one. Cornish said that he had Jieen watcnlng addresses to see who spelled "forty with a "u." (It was spelled in'this' way on the package received by Cornish.) He had not found the word spelled with a "u" up to that time. Witness told Cor nish that he thought Mrs. Adams death was caused by cyanide of potassum. Wit ness did not see any sign of sickness on the part of Cornish; he was not callefi upon to treat him. Cornish had not vomit ed in his presence and his impression is that he was not sick. Mr. Hitchcock had complained of having been made sick by tasting the contents of the bottle. He did not know what became of the two glasses. It occurred tc him after he left the house that th-ey should have taken the glasses away, but then it was too late. Assistant District Attorney Mclntyre was called -to the stand. Ti3 testimony was not important. He told of Harry Cornish's visit to him on the day of Mrs. Adams' death. After he had heard Cor- nish's statement he told him that It was necssary to inform te district attorney of a death under such suspicious circum stances; that it looked like murder. Precinct Detective William F. Maher. who was detailed on the case, also gave some unimportant testimony. George A. existed between Cornish and Barnet was common talk among the members of the club and it was common talk that Cornish had accused Barnet of improper relations with a woman. Witness said he had talked with Cornish about Mohneaux, but that he could not remember what was said dur ing those talks. From the remarks Cor nish made. Mr. Salmon judged he thought he and Barnt "were in the same box." At the" conclusion of Salmon's examina tion an adjournment was taken until to morrow. PANA EDITOR ASSAULTED By a Union Miner ou Account of Anti Union Attacks. St. 'Louis, Mo.. Feb. A special to the Post-Dispatch from Pana, 111., says: Ed itor William S. Childress, of the eBacon Light, and correspondent of St. Louis and Chicago papers, was assaulted today by Wesley Pope, a union miner. Childress, through his -paper, had repeatedly bit terly assailed the union miners during their recent strike and this led to the murderous assault today. The editor's injuries are very serious and even if he does survive be will be dtetigured for nfe. Childress bavins: advocated the side of the negroes and operators. is feared that more trouble may follow. Captain Couch has placed all the military in Pana on provost duty. A stock company consisting principally of Taykrvir.d men, has been organized for the purpose of buying the Penwell ano Springslde coal mines at Pana. The oper ators. It b understood, ask $U.6t$ for th? auaes, and the company have offered them IJW.O'X Judz: Colgrove said today that there is but little doubt that the deal will be made. He says that the state United Mine Workers association ha agreed to pay $S5S.C if the mines can b purchased for a reasonable mount. If the proposed deal Id consummated the negroes will b dis charged and wai'e ra.ners substituted. TWO-MILLION-DOLLAR DEAL Xesrotlationo on for the Transfer of rueltei-M at Iola. Kan. St. Louts. Feb. K. A special to the Post Dispatch front JopRa. Mo says: At Iola, Ken., the center of the natural ?as belt of Kansas, a deal wtQ be closed this weey. prorubty today, by which tho big zinc smelters of "fc. )t J. L. Larryoa aad of Robert Lrirryon's Sous will be sold to the Palmyrla OU coiapauy. which Is the Kan sas branch of the Standard OU company. The cocr4oeraxlott win aot be lees taaa 00,Cj9 cash. These are the largest nat ural gas smelters m the world. WashinsTTon. D. C, Fen. It General Pr-ke ioay cabled the foflowter trozK. Hi.ri I.,:: resort February II: A: sa At P Charles CaaspfceU. cosn-r-i J. F-..1S vwiaaxeers. perfeeaJti from wurc" hi abdomen. Private George Garr. nipun E Twenrv-third Kansas dTa tn Fruirj 11 A: Havansr Private I'--- k J sm!:s. -jmpany 3. SiSVi izn .r, i aa-ana. ftrtr. TWENTY Million Dollar Appropriation Stricken Out OF THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL One Last Desperate Effort for the Canal Today. Washington, Feb. 15--Two very sensa tional and unexpected things happened in the house today during the consideration of tits sundry civil bilL The paragraph carrying the appropriation of J3),W0.X) for payment to Spain under the terms of the peaee treaty was stneken out upon a point of order made by Mr. Wheeler, Kentucky Democrat, who declared that he opposed the appropriation on principle and would resort to any technicality to defeat it. The point of order was debated for hours, its determination hinging upon the question of whether the ratification of the treatv by the senate and lis signing by the presldest vitalised it without the action of the Spanish cortes. Warrant of law was necessary to make the appropriation in order. Mr. Hopkins (Rep.. 111.), who was in the chair, sustained the point of order against it and upon an appeal his decis ion was sustained, H9 to 56. Mr. Cannon then attempted to have the appropriation inserted by unanimous consent but Mr. Wheeler again objected. A strong intima tion was given by Mr. Cannon that a way would be found within the rules to make the appropriation before the ad journment of congress. He referred un doubtedly to the probability that the ap propriation would be placed on the bill by the senate. After the sundry civil bill had been completed and reported to the house, Mr. Hepburn of Iowa, the champion of the Nicaragua canal bill, moved to re commit It with instructions to report U-. back with the canal bill incorporated in it. This was an unexpected move, as it was generally understood that Mr. Hepburn had abandoned all hope, after his defeat yesterday. But he believed that his mo tion would have additional strength In the house, where members could be put upon record. The motion was promptly declared out of order by the speaker, whereupon Mr. Henburn appealed and Mr. Payne of New York, moved to lay the appeal on j t rho mer motion the the table. vote was taken and the result was ai av5 to 67 noes. As no quorum was de veloped on the vote, owing to the lateness of the hour, they managed to carry an ad journment until tomorrow. This gives them a breathing spell In which to marshall their forces for the final encounter, and tomor row as soon as the house meets the vote will be taken again. Early in the session the senate amend ments to the agricultural bill were non concurred and the bill was sent to confer ence. Messrs. Wadsworth (Rep., N. Y.), Warner (Rep., IIU. and Williams (Dem.. Miss.) were appointed conferees. Without further preliminary business the house went Into committee of the whole and re sumed consideration of the sundry cmi -biu klr. Bartlett (Dem., Go.) speaking to a fnrrnn ?mnrinient. challenged some statements recently made by Secretary of the Treasury Gage to the effect that the fear of the administration of the Philip pines costing enormous sums of money was all "moonshine." and ild that the recejpts would at ail times exceed the ex penditures. Mr. Bartlett oeciareu uiai mc crpatest revenue Spain had ever been able. j to 0btajn from the Philippines under the heaviest system of taxation was J12,000.0). We now had 20A,o soldiers in these islands. Within a short time there would be 3.CC0 This army of soldiers would cost at 7eat JS.0.O.OOO, so that if we were able to ex act as much tribute as Spain we would still be losers by the holding of the islands to the extent of tta.WO.000 per annum. Mr. Bartlett aVo an-mpted to show that in eight out of ten cases Great Britain's col onics cost the British government more than it obtained. When the paragraph appropriating J2), CS,0CO for payment to Spain under the treaty of Paris was reached, Mr. Wheeler (Dem., Ky.), made a point of order against it. His point of order was that the para graph was obnoxious to -ule 21. invoked yesterday against the KIcaragua canal amendment. If the treaty of Paris were complete. If It were vttalixtd by the rati fication of the Spanish cortes, aad the exchange of rattOcaUoos had taken pteee. he c3Bftse dthat the trea-ry would be the law of the laad and the amendment would be in order. He cited numerous decisions of the supreme court in support of te position. Mr. Hopkins (Rep.. 111.), who was In the chair, called the attention of Mr. Wheelar to the fact that the treaty bad been ratified by th senate and gnd by the preaidont. What ele, be asked, was necessary to create a liability upon the part of the United States. la reply. Mr. Wheeler said that the Spanish cortes might refuse to ratify the treaty aad it could not become law until the other high contracting party bad consented to It. He was opposed to the approprUUon oa prfav ciple he said, and he proposed to take ad vantage of every technicality to defeat B. Mr. Ball (Dem.. Tias supported the point of order. He admitted that he had himself yesterday voted to overrule she chair, hot his zeel for a great eaterprVe and his unfarainartty with the rule ted hits to do that. In the coarse of Mr. BslTs remarks Mr. Cannon saM that he tougat the potat of order ms wen taken, but he appealed to Mr. Sell not- to prts the potat of order, and scored biea for taking r"fug behtad a rule which he yesterday tried te override. He called aefotloa to the fact that ao dollar of this appropriation could go out of the treasury until th exchange of ratttoatioxe? had broa made- Mr. Lacey (Rep.. Ohio) argued that the paragraph was In order; that there at present a coudltloa of war aad the appro priatfen was necessary to ierataase a. Beddes, any treaty requtrhig a paymect of mosey oMdrt aot be coapet4 until the IVgiiiatlos appropriating that aoay made Thar must go together. Mr. C packer Rep lad teo& a jtonfiar vj-w Mr. Gentoer p.. X. J. argsJ taat the senate aad the presuiss: wr- -be trry aaakteg pow aad th n-. i v, a-as f hs rates eouid in any wy 5-. k -oi- stUaflonsl prerogative j Mr. Koa'sias. ta -he chair at this point j annmiaptif that was rt& rue-. The j T,rHy I -i app"opria. d. I ltd no ane aa- after -h -xi.S .-at-.-! hai J caiet: pe. He wii, -.htrslsre. re.-cust- i BULLETIN O; efye JBicljita Baihj agla Weather Fer Wichita Todays .Fair; -warmer; variable wiads Wichita, Pridar, February 17, 1899 IMPORTANT NEWS OF TODAY. 1. McKinley Trasta the Pcepte Adams InquVst's Progress House vs. Treaty and CaHal Death orPreaidcat Faure 2. Stanley's Appointees Confirmed. Investigation at l.uthrle 3. Close or Cattlemen's Convention limitary Bills in the Senate 5. Morris Block Is Sold Grlsirold Park Has Been Deeded C. Second Day of Shea Case Refuse to Give Street Xnmbcr Sweet1 Alice and the "400'' 8 Polygamy as It Beally Is Mr. French on the Arkansas ly compelled to sustain the point of order. Mr. Williams (Dem., Miss., thereupon ap pealed from the decision. A spirited and comewhat acrimonious debate followed upon the appeal. The chair was sustained, 14S to 55, and the paragraph went out. Thereupon Mr. Cannon asked unanimous consent that the paragraph be consid ered as adopted. This was for the purpose of locating definitely responsibility for failure to get the appropriation In the bH. Mr. Wheeler promptly objected. After the reading of the bill had been completed, and the committee-had rum. Mr. Hepburn, (Rep., Iowa), moved to re commit te bill with lastruotteas to report back the bill with the Nicaragua canal bill incorporated in it. Mr. Cannon ruls-dd the point of order that the motion was out of order and was promptly sustained by the speaker. "On what ground?" asked Mr. Hop bum. "Upon the grounds that it seeks to ac complish indirectly what could not be done directly in committee of the whole." Mr. Hepburn appealed from the decision and Mr Payne iRtp N. Y.). moved to table the tpeal. The yeas and nays were demanded tnd the roll was called. This motion was made by Mr. Hepburn to force the members upon record. The vote re sulted: Ayes 37. nays 67. present S. A Quo rum not having voted, the speaker, under the rules, ordered a call of the c. ie. Pend- ing that. Mr. Underwood rtn Ala.). moved an adjournment. This motion was resisted by those who were opposing the incorporation of the canal bill in the sun- do civil bill. The canal bill supporters wanted a breathing space until tomorrow. The motion was carried. 71-65, a?d at S:M p. m. the house adjourned. EXTRA SESSION7? LEGALITY Is Settled Affirmatively IXy the Htate Kapreiac Court. Topeka, Kan.,Feb. 15. The state supreme court today h'd that the extra seaslon of tho legislature, called by ex-Go vrao. Leedy in December last, waa legal. ENGLAND WON'T ALLOW IT Xo Twopenny Votentate Can Sell Ooaltnir Station to France, Bombay, Feb laThe Pernian gulf mall steamT. which ha just airired here. brings news that a British ultimatum wa presented to tha Sultan of Oman oa Sat iirilar. owinar to his havniE leased to France a. coaling station on the coast of Oman, which Is a sera-independent state in southeast Arabia. Oman is considered to be under British prottetion. as th sul tan had been receiving a subsidy from Great Britain. London. Feb. 1C in the bono o com mons today, replying to a quastkm on the subject, the Right Hon. William St. John foreign affairs, said that so far as her majesty's government knew, the uitan of Oman had not ceded nor was he about to cede to France a coaling station or harbor on the coast of Omaif. Inquiry made in ofiteia! circles h?re show that the under-secretary of state for for eign affalra appears to have been juggling with words la the house of common today when he answered the question regarding France and Oman. As a matter of fact the sultan of Oman allowed Franc to es tablish a coaling station on his easat a month ago. although perhaps there has been no lease or so ccrsJos of territory. The officials here also ay the word "ulti matum" In the dispatch from Bombay to day, referring to Oman, as "to stroog." It is understood that the British "note" informed the sultan that "If a favored other nation .the Britten subsidy of MOt pounds (U9.W)) would be stopped." MILES EVADES THE QUESTION But Wake His Usual Play a -the Moldler' I-'rlf nd." Cincinnati. Ohio. Feb. It A local paper telegraphed Gnrrai Mild; today for a re ply to the address of Dr. P. S. Connor at the tfttimonUl banquet ut this city oa last Tuesday niht. The rommsnding genera i repned without mentioning th Baas f Dr. Connor or any other member of the war investiatinc commstoa or even re ferring to the speech of Dr. maor or any charx about whirh inquirr has been made of hhn. Tho following l th temgracs from him: "UTasaiBarton. It .C Feb U. Mm ttt thirty-six years' coottnewis srrle I am auconsdoue of basing ngSetd or ex ceeded ay duty to smjwrtom hi nev inmsrt. to the brave men under my command, or to my country. I smdt eontmM to do what I better to be for the bast mtrts f oar comrUT and, I hope, protest th hearth. Uf e and honor of those who risk, aH er their country and Us peopi cas-- NBLBOX A- Xr.HB,"' Wahnrf'L Tj C. F. 14. la am btrs nf the MO csort -it isry br4 aa Informal confreace sad on t coosrst" Coionei Davis, th jeordr. areooa d that th formal msstlii of tt- "ri wu.. be deferred ants tomorrow mo" 'i Tin Ftjrr- and hpoat Tra( PV.wburg. Fa., Fro It-Th P- M. j chtoe aad Xaanfacantng compear. "S i tbe ie'esc combinations among ire-- and r J" mntmfaetarr w org tl j hr i e r i '-K Borresroa, r. ek T Botha-. Coptaa Wrr. raarrer-d V? Ssria zveroaurtt W a Tsoce. ai.4 ?r-m Cter.t wx M m. T'r .arr wvt -t" !mt2, arrived fcert iy. FAURE President of France, Dies of Apoplexy. STRICKEN AT HIS DESK Conscious for a Time, But Is Dead in Four Hours. QUESTION OF SUCCESSOR Has Every Startling Possibility la Ik End of a Commoner of Im perial Tastes. Pads. Feb. 15. President aFure dled'to- 1 ntBj at o'eJcek. from a stroke et apo- pMfr- 3t "3" bean known xor some time tn&JMfe heart vfus weak, but the ttest ln tird&feoa that he was sick was give at half vast S this afternoon, when a mes sage was dispatched to tha premier, M. rfspvjr. announcing that the presMedt wu UL M. Dupuy immediately repaired to tho Etyaee. All medical efforts prevail fuifto and the president died on the stroke Of Id. The Hag on the Blyste was immediately lowereujo hslf-rrMst and tho news waa dispatched -to all officers aad members of the"caWnct. General ZurMndcn. mWtiry governor of Parts, the graud ohnuott. r of the Legion of Honor, the prefect the Seine, rhe prefect of the police f Paris and the presidents of the sonato and chamber of deputies promptly arrived at the Etysoe. The report spread raj. v through the city and large crowds a-1-a assembled la the vicinity of th palace At about 6 o'clock M .Faure, who was then In his Mudy, went to tho door f the room of M. Legal!, hto prtvat oec -tary, which is coatlicuous to the i il' aad soid: "I do not feel well. Come .n M. Legal! Immediately went to the una -dont's aid. led him to a sofa and cai-l General Balllound. general secretary of t president's household; M. Blonde. naAtr privato secretary, and Dr. Humbert, a happened to bcxat the Blyaee attending a relative. The president's condition ltd r-t appear daageroua; but Dr. Humbert, on percelvtag that he aa rapidly geltirg wora, telephoned for Dr. Lae-Loait aad Dr. Sbeurlet, who arrived with Mr Dupuy and were jetaed later by Dr. Br gerey. Though M. Fauro ft till rcmntr d consdotts. tho doctor rn recojcatrad rr the ease was hopeless, hut It was not un nearly 8 o'efoek that the member? of -family were Informed of the real ststf affair. ThepJen oarno to tho aofgh tr the preoiient lay. Soon1 after rw'bfgan o kve coasdousoeas aad. despite all rors, expired at le, in the preieoeo of the Cam y and M. Dupuy. M. Dupuy oommualcatod the sod mtr' i- gene to M. Loubet, president ot to n- te: M. Paul Dchaal, jtevHfmt cf e ehamoer of deputies, the mwubori of te cabinet and other hp fuarttoaaiVs which he addressed rhe foUnwiatr dfeptt i to all pref-M ana eub-prfeots n Fran' "I have the ned task to aasounce o o( tho death of the pcesldeM. whlea o urr-1 at IS o'clock tMd rrenlUK aa th ru t j ot an apoplectic rtrofc. Tnko the nr. aury -aeaaore to mrorm we popuvt-toi n mediately of tho mourning that ass ai.n upon the rtpubUc The go moment de pends upon vour aethro -rvplano at tfc, painful juncture." It wsor not until 11 o'clock tha the nwi began to become know o tho zrn public in Pari. From tmw time began a couthUMetts arrival of puttie moa Hr t order, however, wore Issued aad r members of the cabinet wre a4n.ed th Stysee. The prealdont of the eooacl anl sin ister of th tatormr M. Dvpup, has re quested aH preXeets am) ub-?raff-' nt to leave their post, aad dtroct ?n o who are afceoat to return immodUteiy Parts. Feb. M. Tho eaWwt will t this mormhit (Friday) after tho etr.h n Ing of tho remain, which lt take pUf at 9 o'clock, to ha aat fjr eoaves.'-g the naUonai ajwomhty at Vrw n f t elect M. Faurc'a successor. Th bM i sAtetaoly. eoaatxltax of th sesat chamber of oeputlos. usuTeS In coarr wW probnhiy meat tomorroa tfiMiurj Hmile LoulbH. x prislaint of tho a becomes rsmmt of tho eoueaas. It exported that th ntrugzki for DM pr -dency wlB b very fcosn. L Du?y, t premier, iff wipposod to bav Um Ur chase sb J the contest In regirued aa Irmg between Mm. M, Bart Bmeu ul M Alubet. Other pant j Mo oa&4matej a U De rreyomot. mlafeter :r war; God-'-" rvaigae-. rrmr mlr. ear for mr. m 1 Q?enay De BeaareTvi're Jt t repr that tfee renry form! 'it ivs La Pair. Francs e frr!y p M. V Bauropi"e 'i- itr. V- i ttt present ea-pt ?na.5r r jt,,j r i-n nyhing may a cap J n Much depends open what 0?a' 7,. dee, military govmor ot Prs a 5 of th mfBtnry cttsnent. may orZ- Softer Parts remain traajqnti. Bj oos eolBetdenee. M Dupuy script-! same pwStvon-Aji b nlo when P- dnt Cornet was amamtnofeo" on 3 :i InK. 5C. Do ho w)r4 s troops cupfined to barracks today. WHAT REALLY KILLED FA8BE Hanliy Crawrrf TelU What Jlasr ofTfaa He W fOprrteht. Met. by rho XmorxuAVt Purls. PV st-froisoVnt Four il odviMtry lonhsht wf opoowxy.' srt h bu3etta. but it r!nJr of worn -ypsmmrkm ami thusr hi be. of tho teunrtmthm ot tnm3aA iom tA imperia royal frtetiO ill 4- had tg anpta gnari p- rv- -KtbV. Vmm-;' f "T ssty a-! th; trT V fm rtdJr-ii--: TL fV-. fi Oimwcs1 I j furb tjisw airt" JW tt ft 7 SCO .ttijr f K F f al r. s-.gi. th r-4 J"- saw ..-r f N oar j -en a apnty or a i si w omrti en j ism wrat ec nrt apkes t r- F'-J- ulp--mt --w y a I- t re- -1