Youngstown News, 1900-12-14

              THE YOUNGSTOWN NEWS VOL. XX. tfOUNGSTOWN, N. Y., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1900. NO. 45. THE ARMY BILL PASSED Adopted by the House by a Vote o| 166 to 133. THE ABOLITION OF THE CANTEEN Provision For a Standing Army of Approximately 100,000 Hen — Sale of Beer and Liquors at Army Canteen* Prohibited — Age Limit For Officer* Removed—Other Features or the BUI. , Washington. D. C. (Special).—The House of Representatives passed the Army Reorganization bill by a vote of Me to 183. Three Democrats—Messrs. Hall, of Pennsylvania, and Underhill and Clayton, of New York—voted with the Republicans for the bill, and Mr. McCall, Republican, of Massachusetts, with the Democrats against it. Otherwise it wtis n strict party vote. The bill sent to the House by Secre tnry Root was regularly introduced by Mr. Hull. When it was taken up in the Committee on Military Affairs, those parts of It that were'dlsapproved by the majority of the committee were rejected, and the parts approved were assembled and reported to the House n» Senate bill 4300 of last session amended. That is the bill which the House passed. Quite a number of amendments were placed upon the bill before it was passed. The liveliest light was made upon a substitute offered by Mr. Minefield, of Maine, for the canteen section. The substitute absolutely pro hiblted the sale of intoxicants at military posts. Large delegations from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union watched the flght from the an',•* leries. When the vote was taken the prohibition amendment was carried by an overwhelming majority, 159 to si. The amendment reads as follows: "The sale of or dealing in beer, wine or any intoxicating liquors by any person in any post, exchange or canteen, or Army transport, or upon any premises used for military purposes by the United States. Is hereby prohibited. The Secretary of War is hereby directed to carry the provisions of this section into full force and effect." The sections designed to retire General Shafter as a major-general, and Generals Fit zhugh Lee and James H,, Wilson; lis brigadier-generals, were volunteers officers eligible to appointment as lieutenants. A permanent staff, with executive authority to detail line officers in th* minor grades. Power to raise a provisional force of natives of the new possessions. TOWNE ACCEPTS SENATORSHIP. Ills Appointment to Vacancy Caused by Denth of Cushman K. Davis. St. Paul, Minn. (Special).--Formei Congressman Charles A. Towne, Silver Republican, of Duluth, arrived in the city and called on Governor I.iud. He formally accepted the appointment I V:Ho the United States Senate for the " caused by the death of Gush;• */ man K. Davis and received his com{ mision Immediately. He started for Washington to take , ■ ;;,the seat, which he will hold until ths which is overwhelmingly i elects a Senator to the CHARLES A. TOWXE. (Successor to Cushman K. Davis in the United States Senate.) AVIODED MOBS BY NIGHT DRIVE. Ki< ptenturklßii, Who Tortured His Step fcv< , daughter to Death, Captured. Ik" . Ky. (Special).—John Gib K& 'iwu, of Catlettsburg, charged with kill tag his infant step-daughter with a hot Mker, was placed in jail here. A leputy sheriff spent the whole night fciving from station to station along e railway to avoid mobs. He final jf landed the prisoner here. tjOibson, who never has denied tlw Kline, intimates that others were im Heated, for the purpose of collecting 'e insurance on the child. He says: In burning the girl in bo 17 spots was to make it appear she I I town smallpox. | Lb^Lb^B^LbW''' ENGLAND EASY TO INVADE General Mercier's Sensational Speech the Frenoh Senate. Propose* That Plan* For Landing- of Troops on English Soil Be Prepared—Hl* Motion Thrown Out. Paris (By Cable).—General Mercier. who was Minister of War at the time of the arrest, first trial, and conviction of Captain Dreyfus, caused a deep 1 sensation in the Senate in the course of the debate on the Naval bill, by pointing out the ease with which Great Britain could be invaded. He demanded that the Government introduce into the plans for the mobilization of the army and navy methods for the rapid embarkation and debarkation of an expeditionary corps. % In the course of an extraordinary, speech General Mercier said: "In view of the possibility of war with Great Britain, the use of the army is not sufficiently taken into account. The times are not the same as they were a hundred years ago. Steam. ■ the navy, the telegraph, and the railroad have rendered the problem of the invasion of England much easier of solution. "Moreover, England herself is no longer the same. The Transvaal war has shown that the British Army, although brave, is not equal to the task which England expects it to perform. The British Navy is powerful, but it has many coasts to defend. "France, therefore, is numerically England's equal at certain points, and if t ven her superior in the instruments destruction. History furnishes many N instances of mutiny in the English Navy at the moYient of battle. A landtag in England, Is, therefore, not beyond realization. "This is not only, my opinion, but that also of high naval officials. The British Premier recently expressed significant fears, and, if the principle of the practical means oiflHHfrion may be discussed. "I that the work I an army corps a basis for such a project-not be expen—"At were raised and S^^^^^^^^BBftesident • Mercier to the scheme. Mlert that the that the Senate should Invite the Govevrnment to complete Immediately preparations for the mobilization of the ' army and navy by preparing everything necessary to embark and disembark as rapidly as possible an expeditionary corps. Protests were raised from various benches, and M. de Eanessan, Minister of Marine, followed the President's ruling that the motion was out of order in the debate on the Naval bill by declaring, amid cheers, that the Government could not possibly accept it. SHOCKING TEXAS MURDER. Man's Clothes Saturated With Turpentine and Set on Fire. Dallns, Tex. (Special).—Pate Bain, formerly a constable and a respected citizen of the Garland precinct, Dallas County, was burned to death in John Chapman's saloon. In this city. According to his dying statement he was drugged, robbed and then set od Are. His clothes were saturated with four ounces of turpentine and then ignited with a match. His body wus burned to a crisp before the fire could be put out by those who discovered him. John Chapman and E. D. Faulkner, his bartender, were arrested by the police, charged with the murder and ti-ree other men are being looked for. The men under arrest deny any knowledge of the crime, although It wan committed in a back room of the saloon. The awful crime has shocked the entire county. Large official rewards will be offered to help develop the facts connected with the crime. WAR DEPARTMENT ESTIMATES. Figure For 1901 Is 5185.903.551, For 190* It Is •171,773,855. Washington, D. C. Special).— Tha Secretary of War forwarded to the House Committee on Appropriations a comparative statement of War Department estimates for the ttscal years 1901 and 1002, together with a statement of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901. The estimates for 1901 amount to $185,903,- 551, and the estimates for 1902 amount to $171,773,855. The appropriations for the present fiscal year amount to $148,205,934. The annual report of Secretary Root is of more than usual Interest, owing to Its wide scope and the fact that it treats of subjects of such Importance as the Philippine insurrection, the Chinese campaign, tha developments in China and Porto Rico and, finally, with the subject of army reorganization. A LUCKY WOMAN MINER. Former Telephone Girl Brlnga 5400,000 Back From Alaska. Minneapolis, Minn. (Special).—Carrying drafts of nearly $400,000, Miss Margaret Kelly, formerly a telephone girl of Boston, arrived in Minneapolis on her way to Chicago, where she will' visit friends, and to Boston to see her parents and provide for them. I Miss Kelly was one of five women who accompanied their brothers from 1 Boston to Alaska in 1806. „ THE ISTHMIAN CANAL Commission Unanimously Declares in Favor of the Nicaragua Route. —— | FIXES THE COST AT $200,540,000 ; The Waterway li to Be Under the Control, Management mnd Ownership of the United State* — Why the Panama is Inferior to Its Rival — Difficulty of Acquiring Rights Over That Route. Washington, D. C. (Special).—The re| port of the Isthmian Canal Commig] fiion, submitted by the President to i Congress, gives as the unanimous conelusion of that body that "the most j practicable and feasible route for an ! Isthmian canal, under the control, mani agement and ownership of the United I States Is that known as the (Nicaragua I route." The Commission estimates the cost I of this route at $200,540,000. This es- I tiniate is much In excess of any herej tofore made, and Is due to Increased ; dimensions and other features not heretofore considered. The Commission also estimates the cost of a canal by the Panama route at 5142,342.570, according to one route, or 815(i,378.2r>8a(jcording to another route. As between the Nicaragua and Panama routes the Commission sums up a number of advantages favorable to the former. It states also that under the concessions given by the Govern- I ment of Colombia to the Panama Canal Company that Government is not free 1 to grant the necessary rights to the United States except upon conditions made by the cdmpany. A thorough investigation has been made not only of the Nicaragua and ! Panama routes but of other possibly j routes, tlie Commission keeping in [ mind the industrial, commercial and 1 military value of an lnteroceanlc can- ! al, nnd also the rights, privileges and i franchises necessary to be secured for the construction of a canal under the : control, management and ownership ft the United States. 1 After going over the several routes /the Commission considered the dimensions of the canal to be built Having , the increasing site of tbe ' "at mefln low "water and a bottom I width of 150 feet, with some Increase j of dimensions at certain points. .Taking up the Nicaragua route in ! detail, the Commission says that the route adopted follows essentially the lines laid down by the Nicaragua Canal Commission In Its report of 1897-1899. It begins near Greytown on the Atlantic side, following the I San Juan River, enters Lake Nicara- j gua and terminates at Brito, on the 1 Pacific side. The distance from ocean to ocean is about 186 miles. Plans are given for the great harbors required at Grey town and Brlto. The most difficult en- j gineering feat is the dam. Referring to the commercial advantages of an isthmian waterway, the report says: "As compared with Europe, the Unit- j ed States will derive from the canal far greater benefits, both commercially and industrially. The canal will aid the United States in securing and maintaining a position of primacy in ! the international trade of the world." I FOR A SOUTHERN EXPOSITION. State and Federal Aid to Be Asked For a Birmingham Project. Birmingham, Ala. (Special).—Plans for holding an international metallic nntl industrial exposition in Binning' ham in 1904'05, are rapidly maturing, A bill to incorporate the association has been prepared for presentation to the State Legislature. The association will have an authorized capital of $1,000,000, but will probably be organ ized with a capital of $250,000. A bill has also been prepared for presentation to the State Legislature providing for an appropriation of $100,00 C to aid the project, and a similar bill has been prepared for presentation tc Congress providing for an appropriation of $500,000. If State and Federal appropriations are obtained, and strong pressure will be brought to that end the exposition is assured. The date agreed upon for the opening Is November 15, 1904, and the exposition will run until May 15, 1905. REPORT OF SECRETARY CAGE. A Surplus in the National Treasury Indicated For Two Years. Washington D. C. (Special).—The annual report of Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, begins with a statement of the total receipts and expenditures of the Government for the list-al year elided June 30, 1000, us follows: Keceipts, $600,505,431.18; ex penditures, .$500,068,371; surplus, $70,- 527,060.18. There was a decrease ol $117,358,388.14 in expenditures as compared with the preceding year. The revenues for the current fiscal year are estimated at $687,773,253.02, and expenditures at $607,773,253.02, showing a surplus of $80,000,000. Thf! estimates for the fiscal year are: Keceipts, $716,633,042; appropriations, $600,374,804.24; surplus, $26,258,237.76, Almost the last thing it) the report is the recommendation that Congresi reduce taxation by $30,000,000. Dewey Arch Idea Given Up The Idea of perpetuating the Dewey arch in New York City, has been glv« en up, and the subscriptions will be rm turned. .. _y. Y SEIZED FOR TOWN DEBTS Prorate Property Taken in Otis' «k, According to Law. 2f» Money In Public Treaonry to Pay JndgmenU. an Attorney Takes '■-. Property of the Citizens. Otlfc Me. (Special).—This small town Is In • tsnnoll because of its numerous j debts nod the failure of the taxpayers-; to pjJfv up enough cash to liquidate i them 'Honorably. Under a State law a j person obtaining a judgment against j any fe vu, if the town Is unable to I pay, taujr seize the personal or real property of any of Its inhabitants and i «PPttjte']h property toward satisfying the'lufflwrent. and It Is this law tha* Is OM ling all of the trouble. A flaasor attorney had bills amount Inßtygfcnethlng like $190 against thf *ownlaotl8' on whl<'n ne obtained j judgnjmt. nnd upon which execution «'»* **«J*d- Accordingly. Deputy : Sheriff 3rosby, of Amherst, came t'c ' I tow2_ *^-I^l'loo' "le money or take i men H* found the treasury empty ! a S£R8Ply wen' fo work gathering up *ufllc*iit personal property from j n>sfc to ikrloss. The deputy sheriff dro* Is best pair of oxen and Mr. were gathered In by and the collection and sold at public l(4 the total amount real!zed sale amounted to only *180. to satisfy the Judg- The Eg of the citizens will not *'3d %aKp settlement of the Bangor ' 1"wy*r*PHment- Other creditors of the ts«Mre pricking up their ears to the same process, i X*>e3SaavSer already seized the *lxt'»^aHptm °'- Frank W. Fogg, ; nndJ I?8 t0 scll lt at auction to ; foment against this town ! obtaWßra* Matthew Lnughlin, of Bnn*4BMB»V claims against the tOV^BHPe pressed, and the clti- ! *en y deprived of all their : some way out of the have redress in case r taken, regardless of the r «moUßjßM%h!eh lt was sold, with in- : teres* I twWve per cent. To satisfy such leiMg they, too, will have to ' resort MJtbe saW process employed by the men] who look their own property and.sejje and sell enough of their neigflborr* land or cattle to settle their own bin, :  ESTIMATES FOR 1902. Secretary Gage Think* the Expenditure! Will Be «056.741,?U3. Washington, IX C. (Special).—The estimates-of expenditures of the Government during the fiscal year beginning July 1 next, were transmitted to Congress by Secretary Cage. The total Is $620,741,702, against estimates of $031,681,994, and appropriations of $58(5,055,302 for the current iiscul year, The amounts asked for the various dopartments are: Legislative, $10,950.- - 700, an increase of $1,308,873 over the appropriations for the current year. Executive. $283,400; Increase, $71,898. State Department. $2,125,148: Increase, $100,010. Treasury Department, $158,- 809,138; Increase, $7,080,854. War Department, $170,658,345; increase, $29,- 3-17,433. Navy Department, $88,913,- 248; increase, $7,657,024. Interior De | parment, $170,799,705; decrease, $3.- 849.472. Postofflce Department, $((,- 295,877. Department of Agriculture, $4,609,060; Increase. $045,550. Depart- . ment of Labor, $177,980; Increase, $500 i and Department of Justice, $0,993,170: increase, $753,052. IMITATION BUTTER TAXED. I The Groitt Oleomargarine Bill Passed by j the House. Washington, I>. C; (Special). — The ' House passed the Grout Oleomargarine I bill by a vote of 19(5 to 02. The bill as | passed makes all articles known as j i oleomargarine, butterine, Imitation butter or imitation cheese transported into any State or Territory for consumption or sale subject to the police power of such State or Territory, but prevents any State or Territory from forbidding the transportation or sal" of such product when produced and sold free from coloration in Imitation of butter. The bill Increases the tax on oleomargarine colored In im itatlon of butter from two to ten cents a pound, and decreases the tax on oleomargarine unooiored front two cents to onequarter of a cent a pound. A long and Interesting debate pre- : ceded the vote. —  WEST FLORIDA WANTS TO SECEDE Movement to Join It to Alabuma if the Voters Bo Choose. New Orleans, La. (Special).—IThe question of the annexation of West Florida—that is, all of Florida west of the Chattahoochee Itlver, or about onesixth of the State—to Alabama will be submitted to a popular vote of the poo- 1 pie of the district at an early date. 1 The Alabama Legislature has passed resolutions for the appointment of a committee to visit Florida and ascertain from the Legislature and Governor what consideration would be expected for that part of the State known af West Florida. TELEGRAPHERS STRIKE Nearly All the Operators on the Santa Fe System Quit Work. THEY AID GULF DIVISION MEN The Head of the Telegrapher* Tell* Why the Strike Order W» Waned — Railroad Official* Say That They Will Kanlly Fill the Vaeant Place* _Train* Run Irregularly — The Men Are Firm. Wichita. Kan. (Special).—General Chairman ,T. A. Newman, of the Santa Fe division of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, who issued Saturday's strike order, said: "We were compelled to take this step to see that Justice Is done to the members of our organization on the Gulf system and ns a matter of protection to ourselves. If m* Santa Fe Company cut wages and Imposed other ourdens upon the operators on that system, what is to prevent them from doing the same thing'here?" CLAIM OF RAILROAD OFFICIALS. They Say That. They Have the Situation Well in Haiul. I Chicago (Special). — At the general offices in this city of tho Atchison. Topeka and Santa F<> Hallway system, It Is claimed that tho offjrts of the striklng telegraph operators to tie up the business of tho system are being overcome. J. M. Ban-, Third Vice-President of the company, made the following statement: "Somewhat less than forty per cent, of the operators employed responded to tho strike order, nnd some of these have applied for re-employment. All passenger and freight trains are moving without Interruption. As the strike has not reduced the volume of business moving, the normal forces of men in all branches of the service will bo worked." One hundred operators were employed Saturday, It was said at the Santa Fe headquarters, to take the places of strikers. The now men being hired, it,ils saldjare from <ill sections of the ttountry.i , CTOcago, (Special—More thirl 130(F telegraph operators, practieaWy the whole telogrnpltfr force on lines of the Atchison, Topeka and/Santa Fo Uallway system, went on strike Saturday, in support of the strike Inaugurated on the (Julf and Santa Fe division Thursday. Orange Groweres May Suffer. San Bernardino, Cal. (Special).—The telegraphers' strike has caused consternation among the orange growers nnd shippers of this city, as. If the strike Is continued, it will undoubted' ly result In a heal / loss to tnem. An average of 100 cars of orange! is being shipped from this vicinity dally. Nearly the entire crop is ready for shipment. Trains Tied Up in New Mexico. Albuquerque, New Mexico (Special). —The strike of the Santa Fe operators Is beginning to be felt here. While there are plenty of operators here.- freight trains are tied up waiting for orders at several stations where men have gone out. PLEASED HIS ROYAL MASTER. Turkish Minister n< Washington Commended by the Sultan. Washington, D. C. (Special).—Some days i.go All Ferrough Bey, the Turkish Minister, received a telegram from the private secretary of the Sultan stating that, the Sultan was much pleased with his administration oi Turkish affairs at Washington. The same telegram Informed the Alinister that his services were so highly appreciated that the Sultan had determined to renpi>oint him to the Washington mission AM rERBOtIOU I!KV. (The Kultim will reappoint him to the Wiislilugton mission.) A Dukedom For Lord Roberts.  It Is reported that Queen Victoria has decided to confer a dukedom on Lord Roberts and that Parliament will be asked to vote him $500,000. STATE NEWS. Bfooftr In the Adirondack*. At the regular monthly meeting of the Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission n oommunlcntlon was received from William C. Whitney, of New- York City, expressing a lively Interest In the proposition to Introduce moose Into the Adirondack forest, and offering to render any assistance possible to secure a successful result. Mr. Whitney advised the commission that he would very much like to see elk also introduced Into the forest, and offered to give a number of these animals to the State for the purpose of beginning the experiment. The elk which Mr. Whitney offers are now n purt of the herd quartered on his Lenox farm. The commission adopted a resolution thauktng Mr. Whitney for his Interest In the matter, and Messrs. Wadsworth, Wood and Mlddleton were designated as a special committee to confer with him. Rich Miser a Farm Laborer. Victor Williams, an eccentric miser, aged elghty-flve, was found dead lr» bed, nt the bouse of Clarence Whittler, In Depnuvllle, where he had been staying for the last few weeks. In his young days Williams, disappointed In Ills one love affair, devoted himself to accumulating money. He worked all his life as a farm laborer and loaned his wages back to his employers, taking notes and mortgages as security. Presently he owned the farm on which he was enip'oyed, and by degrees he ~imo into possession of dozens o? [ fliem, but he contluued»to work as a hired man for his tenants, boarding | and lodging with them. Condition of the State Treasury. The most notable fact in State Treasurer Jacket's annual report is a gain it .$2,000,1KK) In inheritance tax collections over those of the year preceding. Revenue was received as follows: —Fiscal Years.— 1898-99. 1899-1900. Department of Exci5e.84,231.229 $4,235,370 Corporation tax 2,260,650 2,024.508 Organization tax 474,007 356,778 Inheritance tax 2,194,612 4,334,803 Public office fees 356,485 40,5,248 Public instruction fees. 133,065 395,438 The balance In the Treasury October 1, 181)9, was $4,504,814, and receipts to October 1, 1900, $:«2,00a,883. making a total of $30,511,008. Payments of (29.- 221,89.5 were made and on October li 1900, the balance on bond was $7,280,*  W. Hebberd, Secretary of rte Stats Board of Charities. The report says that the trustees selected a site at the west end of Lake Clear, Franklin County, which Is subject to the approval of the State Board of Health and the Forest Preserve Board. The trustees hope that the site may bo purchased at from $10,000 to $12,000. They nre of the opinion that a hospital cannot be built and equipped under $200,<KK). Governor Appoints an Indian Commission (iovernor Roosevelt has appointed the following committee to Investigate the Inillnn question relative to the abolition of the Indian State reservations, the Investigation of the land titles of the Indians and their elevation to citizenship: Philip C. Garrett, of Philadelphia, Penn.; Darwin 11. James and Oscar S. Straus, of New York City:D. C. Mlley. of Lake Mohouk, and the lilght Itev. W. D. Walker, of Buffalo.Would Segregate Murderers. Superintendent of State Prisons C. V. Collins and the friends of prison reform will make anoth'r earnest effort to pass a bill In the next Legislature for the erection of a separate prison for criminals under sentence of death. The estimated cost of such a building Is placed at between $30,000 aud $40,000. Killed For Courting His Half-Sister. Enraged because Albert Lane paid attentions to his own half-sister, Janus Hanley, who was In love with the girl, killed Lane In the woods at Frost Valley, in the Catskllls. Later Hanley swore out a warrant for the arrest of a boy named Joslyn, to whom he had admitted his crime. First Sleighing in the Catskills. The flrst heavy snowfall of the season linn occurred In the Catskills, an<l the mountains are covered to a depth of over one foot. Tannersvllle anil Hunter are enjoying their first sleighlug. All Around the State. Rural free delivery has begun In Albion.Hornpllsvllle's police force consists of eight inen. Fishing traps are reported to bp numerous In Niagara River below Lewlgton. Fruit trees In the southern tier counties suffered from the effects of the recent storm. Charles Ingersoll, of Ithaca, who was serving a sentence of four years in Auburn prison for having defalcated fuuds of Tompkins County, while acting as its treasurer, died recently In that institution. Frankllnvllle's canning factory pavf out In wages each year over $-12.00<>. The largest portion of this sum 1» earned by permanent residents of that village. Thomas H. Ferry, the coachman wlic held up and robbeu Mrs. Catherine Hemingway, at Blnghamton. was captured near Owego, after a hard chnmi Kerry fought desperately and fired several shots at the officers, none of wjilcb took effect Ai Independent Re-J pnblieu Paper, i fi. OUTER FRICKt - Editor, f The Brightest and Best J County Paper. ? 91.00 rer Year la Uthm, # AdvwtiatagßaUaoeappaaatkkm, A