DEFEAT FOR LEADERS
Ruling of the Chair Overthrown By
Aid of Republicans. '
PAIfiF OF RECIPROCITY BILL,
The Alleged Barcain of the Republi-
ns to Sacrifice the crumpacKer
Cans III aan iiivv
Resolution.
Washington, Special, The Demo
crats and Republican insurgents rod
roughshod over the House leaders Fri-
day when the voting began on the Cu-
ban reciprocity bill. They overthrew
ha ruling of the chair in committee
of the whole on the germaneness of
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an amendment to remove tne amer
ential from refined sugar during the
existence of the reciprocity agree
ment provided for in the bill. The
vote to overrule the decision of the
hoir made bv Mr. Sherman, of New
York was 171 to 130, Republicans to
the number of 37 joining with a solid
rwmonratic vote to accomplish this
T;nlt Having: won this preliminary
victory, the amendment was adopted
in committee. 164 to ill, , ana later m
the House by a still larger majority,
1&9 to 105. On this occasion 64 Re-
nublicans VOtea Wltn m ,Lemocraus
U1 A f- A. .
for the amendment. The bill was then
passed by an overwneiming majoiiiy,
247 to 52.
An analysis of the vote shows that
124 Republicans and 123 Democrats
voted for the amended bill, and! 42
Republicans and 10 Democrats against
it. Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, was one of
those who voted against the bill. The
voting on the bill -was the culmina-
tion xf a long struggle which began
almost with the inception of this ses-
sion of Congress, and after two weeks
of continuous debate,,? during rwhich
much bitterness was aroused.! The
day's debate was of an exceedingly
livelv character, the feature, being
thp echoes of last night's Democratic
caucus. To that caucus the defeat Of
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the Republican leaders who sought to
pass the bill without amendment was
attributable. Previous to the holdinj
of the chair, the Democrats ' were di
vided and the opposition of the beet
sugar men showed signs of disin
tegratmg. To-day when it became ap
parent that the Democrats would act
together, the beet sugar men decided
at a meeting attended by 32 to take
the bit in their teeth and overrule
the chair. As soon as this combina
tion was effected the Republican lead
ers realized that' they would be de
feated, so far as the removal of the
differential was concerned, and Mr.
Payne, the Republican leader, ;on
tented himself with warning his beet
sugar colleagues that in removing the
differential they were taking off a bit
of protection ' placed in the Dingley
bill especially for the benefit-of the
beet sugar producers.
Mr. Richardson; of Tennessee, the
Democratic leader, was the first
speaker. He stated frankly that he
doubted whether the enactment of the
bill would do much to bring about the
reciprocal trade relations between
Cuba and the United ' States which
was 'earnestly to be desired, but he
had voted for it in the hope that he
might n accomplish something. V It
would at least reduce by 2Q per cent
the outrageously high rates of the
Dingley law so far as Cuba was con
cerned. Those high rates could not
stand and he said that Mr. Gros
venor's speech a few days ago was
a warning of the coming storm. He
thought the time for a revision of the
tariff was at hand and the fact that
the pending bill was so in a modest
way commended it to him. Mr. Rich
ardson called attention to the district
of Mr Babcock, of Wisconsin, ; en
dorsing the latter's bill to remove the
duties from steel and amid . Demo
cratic applause ; said 1 that the Demo
crats proposed to give Mr. Babcock
an opportunity, later on to, vote for
the bill 4-his constituents had en
dorsed. v;-, . -i-..' -;V ;-
Just before Mr .Richardson took his
seat, Mr J Bromwell, of Ohio, asked
him this question: '.'Does the gentle-
man from Tennessee know anything
of a reported bargain between the
leaders on this side and the Demo
crats on that by which the Crum
packer resolution is to be smothered
in order to aid the passage of ' the
pending bill?''
"Absolutely nothing," replied Mr.
Richardson. ' f;
Strike Settled.
Roanoke,' Va., Special. The differ
ences .between the machinists 7of the
Norfolk & Western Railway shops at
Bluefields and the officials of that roail
have, been, amicably settled. It is not
known what concessions were made on
either side, but it has been given out
that there will be no ' strike, the com
mittee which came here "from Blue
fields to confer with the Norfolk &
Western officials having reached that
conclusion '' 1
southern industrial
For Practical Education.
At the annual meeting of the Texas
Cotton Manufacturers' Association last
week at Dallas resolutions were
adopted calling for a legislative appro-
priation sufficient to establish and on-
erate a textile school. The adoption of
wuiuuuus umuwea an aaaress
:rt rrr' v,,
attention tn thft nwpgsitv -whPTinvor a .
new cotton mill is organized in the
State, for superintendents, overseers,
engineers,, machinists and electricians,
and the present custom of sending out
side of the State for such labor. He in-
felted that the greatest cotton errowine
gtate in the unionWht to provide the
means' for emiimiinfr nnd mmllfvinir
natives of the State for these lucrative
rxr o -a o
positions, especially as the time is not
iar aistant when the bouth will be
""M,:r::;;r
South widens, it is natural that, it
should have its inspiration in the tex-
tile industry. But it should not stop
there. It should extend into all lines
in which the rising generation of the
South may learn to labor confidently.
Appalachian Park.
The bill for the establishment of a
national forest reserve in the Southern
Annalohin hns hpon rnnrtPri favnr-
ably in Congress. Nothing should the
permitted to prevent its becoming an
act. It authorizes the purchase of
4,00,000,000 acres of land in the moun
tain 'region extending from Southern
Virginia and West Virginia: to North
ern Alabama and Georgia, touching
South Carolina and Tennessee and con
taining not only the greatest variety
of timber in the country, but what it'
of equal importance, the head springs
of more than a dozen important rivers
emptying into the Atlantic ocean, the
Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi and
Ohio rivers. The passage of the bill is
of prime importance to secure condi-
tions whereby, the value of- these
streams for transportation and imga-
j r" . . : j l j t
uon, ana : as sources oi maustnai anu
commercial power, may be maintained,
if not increased, and to give practical
encouragement to fthe development of
scientific forestry, the necessity for
which is becoming: every year more
recognized.
From Wadesboro to Winston.
Representatives of the Winston-
Salem fN. C.) Chamber of Commerce
recently appeared before a special com-
mittee and a number of members of the
Charleston (S. C.) Chamber of Com
merce advocating the construction of
the proposed Wadesboro & Winston
Railroad, which would give a. direct
Toute from Charleston via the Atlantic
Coast Line or the Norfolk & Western
railroad to coal lands in Virginia and
West Virginia. It was stated;. that-the
financial plan of the -proposed con-
etruction was well advanced. The dis-
tance from Wadesboro to Winston-
Salem in a direct line is about seVenty-
five miles, and aUlne so constructed
would rtm! throueh Anson. Stanly.
Davidson and Forsyth' counties, in
North Carolina. It might also touch
Rowan county.
Big Oil Contract.
It is announced that the United Gas
Improvement Co. has awarded to the
Lone Star & Crescent Oil Co. a con
tract for the delivery of 1,500,000 bar
rels of crude Texas oil per annum for
five years. The oil is to be used in the
manufacture of illuminating gas,- and
is expected to insure a saving in ex
penses of about $750,000 a year. This
contract,
involving an expenditure of
more than $2,000,000; becomes effective
at Once. The on win be sent irom tne
Lpne Star & Crescent gushers in: the
Beaumont; field by pipe line to Sabine
Pass, and thence by steamers to New
York and Philadelphia.
To Irrigate Rice Lands.
Charter has been filed by the Cal
casieu' & Mermentou Canal Co., with
capital stock; of $25,000 for the con
struction of an irrigation canal.', The
canal will connect the Calcasieu and
Mermentou rivers, and by ; taking ad
vantage of natural water-courses its,
leneth will be reduced to ten miles.
This canal will reclaim thusands ; of
acres of overflowed lands and enable
the rice-growers to send their products
to market at cheaper rates. L. Kauf
man is president; J. A; Bell, vice-persi-
dent; H. B. Milligan, secretary, and H.
C. Drew, treasurer, all of Lake Charles,
La.
Heavy Damage Awarded.
New York, Special. Mrs. Lottie G.
Dimon, widow of .Henry GDimon, who
was killed in
the Park Avenue Tunnel
the New. York Central
accident on
Railroad several months ago, w
awarded : $60,000 damages against the
Tailroad company by a jury in White
Plains, Nr Y., Friday.
a STEAMER BURNED
AwfoT. Scenes On Joard a
Fated
River Boat 7
SIXTY PEOPLE REPORTED MISSING
' " .
Passengers Iwoke to Find Them-
selves Surrounded By Smoke and
Flames. ' . L '
roi m cit ' ,
L. 7.7 i"" . 7 -wneei
steamer City of Pittsburg, from Ckn-
uau.u jviempnis, was burned to the
1 , . . , ;
water's edge early Sunday morning, at
Turner's Landing; 24 miles from this
ty. The early reports stated that 65
"vca were iosi ana mat many were
oaaiy burned and otherwise injured.
but the list of casualties is not yet defi
nitely determined. Two boats and all
available craft from this city went to
the scene for relief. Efforts were made
to catch the New , South, of the same
line at Paducah, and have her steam
back for relief, but the steamer had
passed Paducah, upward bound, before
the telegram was received. Most of the
passengers were still in bed when Sec
ond Clerk. Oliver Phillips eave the
alarm. The' engineers at once started
all the pumping engines, while the
crew had broughtt all . the hose .into
play. Amid the streams of water on all
sides, the flames from the lower deck
and dense clouds cf smoke, the passen
gers rushed from their state rooms and.
a frightful panic ensued. The appeals
of the officers and crew could not ap
pease the terror-stricken crowds that
Interfered with those throwing, water
on the flames as well as with those
working with the life boats. Few could
adjust life preservers or do anything
else for themselves. The smoke was
suniing, ureat ciouas noatea tnrougn
me uiazing steamer,, cuunmg vue pas-
i l t x iv. .
sengers, and adding to their terror.
children cried puuuuy. begging that
they" be saved. Lire'Tjoats were iHanned
and every effort was made to save the
passengers from the floating furnace of
flames. From the river banks the
sparks from the burning craft and the
dense clouds of smoke, tinged with
flames, made a most impressive , and
weird spectacle. Boats were sent from
shore -to help in the work of
rescue.
The steamer was quickly headed to the
bank, but passengers were forced to
jump from the stern and tried to swim
ashore through" the swift current and
many were drowned. Many also per-
ished in the flames. Only one yawl was
saved, without oars, and about 20 or 30
women were taken off in the yawl. The
rest were picked up out of the water.
Help, except from people living near by
not arrive until 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon, and passengers with only
niht rlnthea and without food suffer-
terribl v. Among the missing are a
child of Pilot -Al. Pritchard, and Clay
Breeze, his wife and son, and a son of
Archie M. Allen, of Pittsburg. , l
Captain Philipps says 20 or 25 of the
passengers are missing and the same
number of the crew. Two women pas-
seneers were severely burned, but will
recover. They are Mrs. S. R. Leach, of
Bridgeport, O., burned about the hands,
and Miss Ellen' Fenmore, of Arbuckle,
W. Va.. severely burned about the
face. Mrs. Fannie McCullum, ot Leav
enworth, Ind., lost ; three children. Pat
Burt, of Owensboro. Ky., his wife and
six children, were all lost. The body of
a child dressed in night clothes, was
taken from the river at Mound City.
Amone the first bodies recovered wera
those of Cantain Wesley Doss, of.Cin
r.inoi Miss Marie Tlssim. of
viuuiwbiy . ,
Can el ton. Ind. - ,
Miss Marie Lisler, of Carrollton, rO.,
died after being brought on shore.
Q-triiroetM TinRs died after getting to
shore. ' . . .
The following is a partial list of those
lost: Mr. Adams, of Ohio, bound for
St. Louis ; Mr. Downs, of ; Memphis;
Tom Smith," steerman, of Memphis;
Pofri nr Burraf e. of Owensboro, v Ky. ;
Tnn TirrHn and Lud Jones, 'strikers'
J WO M.V..0
nfrnATa rf rinfinnati: Wm. iJ. otU
mn'MTirmH' a little cirl named
Sweenev. of Owens ourg, vy ,
l;
Hunter; of Litinti, Pa.; twp cooks and
VioTniormaifia ana most ni luc
deck hands.
T'Vi o flrfl WAS discovered at 4 : 05 a, m
There were 60 passengers and 70 in the
crew.
British Consols in Demand.
London, By, Cable. There was a tre
mendous rush to subscribe to the new
loan of 32,000,000 ($160,000,000) Wed
nesday. At the Bank of -England: it
was estimated in the evening. the, loan
had been ten times over-subscribed.
The-subscription lists willclose prob
ably Thursday.
IN CONGRESS.
Detailed Doings of Our National Law-
.makers.
HOUSE.
Ninety-fifth Day With the close of
the Cuban reciprocity debate in the
House, the leaders announced, that' all
danger of the bill being weighted down
with undesirable amendments was over
and that they felt assured that the hill
would pass in the shape which it ciine
to it.It was announced that the: entire
Republican delegations from Michigan
and California,, who constitute the head
and1 front of the opposition, had
agreed not. to vote to override the rul
ing pf the chair. Mr. Wilson, of Indi
ana, who is acting as the whip for jth&
majority, does not believe over a dozen
Republicans at the outside will )c-in
the, Democrats upon the proposition, it
would require more than 20 Republican
votes to place upon the bill the amend
ment which might endanger its ultimate
passage, as several . Democrats it! is
said, have also declared their intention
to stand by the chair. An unsuccessful
effort . was made again today by jMr.
Payne to secure an agreement to post
a limit upon the general debate. Wben
the House adjourned today there' re
mained 35 members who desired to
speak. : v:v--- j':
The debate was without particular
interest.! The speakers were I Messrs.
Swanson, of Virginia, for the bill,! and
Smith, -of Michigan; Dayton, of West
Virginia; Burgess, of Texas ; Meyer, of
Liuisiaria, and Southerland, of Utah,
against it.
Mr. Swanson argued that the Si bill
was in line with the Democratic r6licy
of tariff reform. That statement made
him a target for the questions of some
of his Democratic colleagues who dif
fered with him, and he had sharp
clashes) with Mr. Bartlettof Georgia;
Mr. Wheeler of Kentucky, and j Mr.
Cooper of Texas. Mr. Tawney, of Min
nesota, asked Mr. Swanson whether
the proposed legislation would not' force
Cuba to enact our immigration jlaws.
In repljy Mr. Swanson declared that the
question showed; the inconsistency oi
the opponents -of, the bill who on ; the
one hand claimed that this bill would
dragoon poor, distressed Cuba into ac
cepting something she did hot 1 want
and on the other hand insisted; that
Cuba was prosperous and did not need
the contemplated relief. Mr. Swanson
argued that with 20 percent, preferen
tial duties in our ravor we should be
able tj monopolize the Cuban markets.
He declared that the American people
w:ouldl tolerate no person or j party
which asserted, that we owed nothing
to Cuba and that our trade relations
with lier should be no closer than those
of othjer' countries. Personally, he said,
he would hail the day when Cuba be
came ja part of the -United States!
"Have you begun your propaganda
for free trade with the. Republican ma
jority V asked Mr. Littlefield, " of
Maine
"We have," replied Mr. Swanscn
We have infused the. majority with
20 per cent of our views and we are
encouraged." (Laughter.)
Mr. Meyer laid stress upon the hard-;
ships
which the1 ruin of the sugar, in-
dustry would entail upon the black la
borers of Louisiana, who, he continued,.
would be entitled to as much c
eration as the laboring men of Cuba
senate;
Ninety-fifth Day The debateV6h?tt
Chinese exclusion bill was practically
concluded in the Senate and voting on
the bill and amendments willberst
1 o'clock tomorrow. By general consent
a vote was taken today on two amend
ments offered by Mr. Fairbanks, pf In-
diana Btriking out the definition
Chinese students and teachers,
asto
'ahd'
they were agreed to without discus
sion. These changes were made with a
view to' reconciling some of the -opposition
to the measure, which has- been
directed against the rigid restrictions
iSon students and teachers, and tlie un
necessary convenience, this wouJda im
pose . ion the edueateilJChinese classes
coming' to this country. The dtbate to
day was participated in by - Senators.
Heitf eld, x of; Idaho ; Penrose,; of Penn
sylvania, and Turner, of Washington;
in favor of the bill, and Senators
JPritchard, pf North Carolina and
, Spconer, 5f Wisconsin, in opt ositloh-. ;
Mr. Turner made. theA assertion - that
polidcshad crept into the discussion
and that most of the members of the
majority were opposed to the bill. This;
brought out a sharp rejoinder j from
Mr. Spooner, who maintained that pol
itics! had not figured in the discussion
and that the opposition to the present
bill was due entirely to its conflict with
the- treaty and not because of any bp
position to Chinese exclusion, j which
was an established doctrine of tle gov
ernment. ' Mr. Pritchard opposed the
bill mainly on account of the injury it
would cause the South in reducing the
cotton'. exports to China, Mr. Mallory,
of Florida, expressed surprise at the
amendment proposing to strike Out the
seamen's clause so-called. He said" this -was!
one of the most salutary features'
and should be retained.
MALVA SURRENDERS
Insurgent Commander Tires of Fight
ing Our Soldiers
HIS FORCES LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS
The Insurgent Leader Also Ordered
the Complete Surrender of All His
Men to the Nearest Force.
Manila, By Cable.-General Malyar
has unconditionally surrendered to.
Brigadier General J. Franklin Bell, at
Llpa, Batangas province,' with the en
tire insurgent force of the provinces of
Laguna and Batangas General Bell
says his (Bell's) influence is sufficient
to quell the insurrectionary movements
in Tayabas and Cavite provinces and
capture all those In the field who have
not yet surrendered, but Malvar has
ordered the complete surrender of ev
ery insurgent to the nearest force.
General Wheaton, reporting to the
division headquarters, says that all-re- ;
sistance in his department has ended
and that the surrenders just announced
mean that the ports will be epened and
that the Filipinos in the detention
camps can be allowed to return to their
home in time to plant the crops.
General Wheaton is especially pleas
ed, with General. Bell's care of the na-"
fives ? confined in the camps. The bffi
cers in charge are held personally re
sponsible for the quality and quantity
of the food served out. and'for the gen
eral welfare of the occupants of ' the .
camps. After securing-the mountain
passes General Bell employed volunteer
bolomen for protection against ladron
ism. Numbers of Filipinos volunteered
and expressed, the liveliest satisfaction
at the treatment accorded to . them
selves and to their families who were
in the concentration camps. - ,
' General Wheaton gives . General Bell
great credit for his indefatigability in
conducting the campaign. He was in
the field o n horseback, . day and night'
personally superintending the arrange
ments. - The people of Manila are de
lighted at the prospect of a resumption
of trade with the pacified provinces
and are anxious to show - Generals
Chaffee, Wheaton and Bell their appre
ciation of the fact that the insurrection
is really oven. '
About 3,300 rifles have been received
hy the American officers, in Batangas
and Lagiiha provinces during the past
four months.
General Malvar personally requested
an interview with General Bell in-order
to make his complete submission,
flassacre of Soldiers.
Washington, Special. The following
cablegram from General Chaffee, dated
at Manila, was made . public at the
War Department: "With reference to
my telegram of 23rd ultimo, reporting
attack by Moros, reconnaissance under
Forsyth, -March 15th, soldier of Twen
ty-seventh Regiment, United States ln-
J-fantry, murdered by Moros in the; vici
nity of Parang, March 30th two sol
diers of the Twenty-seventh Regiment,
United States Infantry, having one gun
were approached with semblance of
friendship by six Moros, near- Mala-
t bang. The rifle was seized, one sol
dier was billed and other severely
Wounded but escaped. The murder was
L without provocation or justification in
any way. The murderers are known
and demand has been made for sur
render. Thus far dattos have refused
to deliver them. Have been to Mala
bang and tried to confer with them.
Waited three days. Dattos refused to
come in. Expedition of 1,200 men un
der Colonel Frank D. Baldwin, cavalry
and artillery, beforeL'formed, leaving
for Lake Lano about. April 27th, pur
pose to arrest the murderers and pun
ish the dattos. Every care to be tak
en not to bring general ywar wl th Moros ;
about the lake, , absolutely important.
Scouts say reported by these that sov
erelgnty Uhited States fully acknowl
edged. Have addressed letter; to this
effeet dattors at the same time inform
ing them of friendly disposition of gov
ernment to punish only those giving
i3ffense;:that government claims right
r- w
explore country netween liamar Bay
and Ilantia, and that the purpose Is to
do so now and at any other' time. ' Ac
complishment, this . object . necessary;
retain battalion 17th two months long-
er. ; By belief present - time is that a
i large ma jority of the dattos Would sup
port those implicated jrf the murders.
' Americans Want Bonds. -
i New York, Special. -It was an
nounced In I Wall street that J. P. Mor
gan & Co. and Baring, Magouan & Co.,
of New York; Drexel & Co., of Phila
delphia, and Kidder, Peabody & Co., of
Boston, had been authorized to forward
applications for allotments to the is
sue of 32,000,000. British consols of
which 16,000,000 have already been
placed. The price of ; issue was fixed
to the British Treasury at 931-2.