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' ANARCHIST KILLED.; ? Fatal Tragedy in the City of Erotlierly ; Love # i NOTED ANARCHY DISCIPLE IS SHOT Female Teacher of Lawlessness Mor- | tall)' Wounded Bv a Pupil Who Claims She Broke His Heart. Philadelphia. Special.?Voltarine Le Cleyre, a noted anarchist and a teacher of languages, was mysteriously shot and mortally wounded by Herman Helscher. a former pupil. The woman is dying in a hospital and Helscher Is in custody. Unrequited love is said to have prompted the deed. When arrested, Helscher's only explanation was the following: "We were sweethearts, she and I. She broke my hjart and deserved to be billed." Miss I.e Cleyrd, is 20 years of age and her assailant is 24. The shooting occurred on the street in bread daylight and was witnessed oy a score 01 persons. | Helscher. who had disguised himself by means of a false mustache, approached tho woman from the rear and accosted her. Almost at the same time he drew a revolver from his pocket and pointed it at the woman who turned and attempted to run away. She had gone only a few steps when Helscher began firing upon her. After * discharging five shots at the fleeing woman, th-ee of which took effect, he replaced the pis ol in his pocket and ? started to walk away. He made no effort to escape and was immediately arrested. Miss Le Cleyre ran a short distance and then sank exhausted upon a doorstep. She was carried into the house and from there removed to a hospital. In her statement to a magistrate she denied acquaintance with Helscher. ; but when he was brought before her ! minus the false, moustache she at once recognized him. She declined, i however, to accuse him of having shot j her, but asked the police if he had ad- ! mmeu iui\euuer wuuiu sue siaie iue | nature of her relations with Helscher. Two bullets took effect in the wo- i man's right side below the shoulder, j and another embedded itself in the right side of the chest. The physicians \ hold out no hope for her recovery. { Miss Le Cleyre has attained widespread notoriety through her anarchistic utterances and her intimacy with Emma Goldman and other anarchists. She is an accomplished linguist and musician and has written much anarchistic literature and erotic poems. ' Venezuela Makes Answer. Caracas, By Cable.?The correspondent here of the Associated Press has obtained a copy of the answer made by the Venezuelan government to the German note, addressed to Lopez Baralt, Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, by Herr Von Pilgrim-Baitazzi, the German envoy. It is dated Caracas, December 7. This answer was transmitted by the Foreign Office to Herr Von Pilgrim-Baltazzi on December 9, the 8th inst., being a feast day. It is sign id by Lopez Baralt. The Venezuelan note, after replying to allegations as to the conduct of Venezuela in dealing with German claims, declares that abnormal circumstances have paralyzed action relating to claims and that the Venezuelan government was then considering the appointment of a fiscal agent. The note then says: "The imperial government desires that the government of Venezuela immediately satisfy the claims of German successes arriving from the civil war and that the other matters in which the interests of German subjects are Involved be arbitrated. In order that this be dene, it becomes necessary that a declaration be made. "Treatment with the interested parties will facilitate, hasten, or end in cur daipiatuuu ui aaiu uun^aiiuiid. Venezuelan government only awaita uch time when the work of pacification. in which it is earnestly engaged, shall permit it to issue an order re-establishing public credit. The claims arising oat of the present war which still devastates the republic will be treated with all Justice under the laws to be passed to cover the requirements. "Upon the special command of my government, I refrain from replying to that part of your note which relates to action on the part of Germany. A power like Venezuela, which is in need of no stimulus to prompt it to fulfill its legal obligations to its utmost ability. can never expect, In its intercourse with other cultured nations, any course of action which shall not conform to N the principles of mutual respect and the rules of reciprocal cordiality." Get Five Years Each. St. Louts, Special.?The joint trial of live former members of the House of Delegates, which began Tuesday, ended Friday night in a verdict of five years in Ihe penitentiary. The defendants. John A. Sheridan, Charles Gutke. Edmund Bersch and T. E. Albright, were convicted on charges of bribery in connection with the passage of the suburban street car bill, to accomplish which it was charged, $7J,000 had been placed on deposit to be used as resuired. The five defendants, after hearing the verdict, filed motions for a new trial and eahc was released on bond. Large College Endowment. Knoxville, Tenn.. Special.?President Lary. of the Lincoln Memorial University. at Cumberland Gap, Tenn.. an- 1 k counced that he has secured from Northern sources an endowment of , $200,000 for that institution, also a . number of scholarships. He stated that irore money for the endowment is secured. The benefactors arc not made 1 known. The Lincoln Memorial Uai- j vcrsity was founded largely through ; i the efforts of General O. O. Howard. It , & ju for tfce'mountain poople. , i . OPERATORS OPEN CASE j Some Testimony of a Sta-t'ing Nature Brought Out. Scranton. Pa.. Special.?The anthracite coal operators opened, their side of j the controversy with the mire workers I Wednesday before the strike commission and the attorneys who are on record before the commission as rcprc scntmg tne non-union men, wuu nn?v , been admitted to the arbitration ] sc heme, began calling witnesses. The j sessions today were probably the liveliest yet held by the commission. At the morning session the miners' lawyers challenged the fairness of certain wage statements handed to the commission by the Pennsylvania Coal Company and in the afternoon Lawyer Darrow had a spirited discussion with Chairman Gray as to whether or not the miners had a right to know vho is j paying the lawyers representing the non-union men before the commission, j Mr. Darrow asserted they were employ- | ed by the coal operators. Preceding j this, Simon Silverton, counsel for the < Reading Company, who delivered the opening address on behalf of all the large coal companies, made the point in his address that the recognition of the union is not an issue before the commission, which brought out a protest from Mr. Darrow. The latter claimed that if it were not. then the operators should be forbidden from presenting testimony mat iemi >u iu show the union was responsible for nil i the alleged violence committed during : the strike. The alleged unfairness of the wage statements came to the notice of the commission as a result of its inquiry j into the child labor question in this vicinity. Several little girls testified on Monday that they worked all night in a silk mill in order to help their fathers along, who were employed in the mines and received poor pay. Yesterday Everett Warren, who represents the Erie Company, which controls the Pennsylvania Commercial Company, in whose mines some of these fathers worked, handed to the commission a memorandum showing that one father last year received $1,400 for himself and laborer, and that the other father received $1,600 for himself and laborer. At the opening of the session the miners placed the two parents on the stand, and they swore that the earnings mentioned was divided among from four to six men. Thjs testimony surprised the commissioners. Chairman Gray asked that counsel for the company indicate in th wage statement whether the figures were for one or two or more men, bat General Manager May said that he did not know whether two, four or six men divided the money. He admitted that two and four men worked In a place, but Said that the company only paid one man. After hearing two mine inspectors the miners rested their case, and Mr. Wolverton formally opened the operators' side of the controversy by reading a statement which represented the views of all the large coal companies. Mr. Wolverton contended that the powers of "the committee are confined to the questions affecting the rates of wages paid and the reduction pf the hours of labor, and in no way involve the question of recognition, or the entering into any agreemene with the miners' union. He declared that the rate of wages in tne anthracite region is not 40 or 60 per cent, lower than in the soft coal region, but actually higher, and maintained that the present system of weighing was the best that could be had. Ira K. Burns, of the attorneys from the Independent operators, presented the statement of the Individual companies. This statement asked that if the commission's award favored the mine workers the latter should give some assurance that they would not interfere with non-union men. End of Famous Cherry Tree Case, Charlotte, N. C.f Special.?Sentence was passed in the Federal Court on' those who were connected with the Amos Owens Cherry Tree Company at the time the law took hold of the company. The sentences were as follows: Rev. T. Bright: To pay a fine of $1,000 and four months in the county jail of Rutherfordton. C. D. Wilkie: To pay a fine of $1,000. C. F. Geer: To pay a fine of $500. G. W. Rollins: To pay a fine of $500. M. C. Padgett: To serve three months in the county jail. As to Dr. Frank Bright, the court was appealed to by Mr. Thomas 8. Rollins to show mercy on account of extreme illness of his wife., Mr. Rollins stated that he had in his possession a certificate from two reputable physicians of Rutherfordton that Mrs. Bright was in the last stages of consumption and that her death was daily expected. He exhibited this certificate and read it in the court's hearing. Judge Boyd continued the case as to Dr. Bright and ordered that he give a justified bond tor bis appearance at the May term of court in the sum of $3,000. Dl? niamA?t/f Hftlfll Washington, Special.?Special Agent J. F. Evans, stationed at El Paso, Texas, has reported to the Secretary of the Treasury the seizure at El Paso of dia. monds said to be worth $24,000 and which, it is claimed, were smuggled from England. The Jewels have been placed in the custody of the collector of customs at El Paso pending a hearing of the case. One of the pieces of Jewelry was a diamond neckless , a ! brooch containing about 600 small dia- j monds. It is. said a wealthy lady of El i Paso, and a vounj? man. a professional I palmist claiming to be from India. ar-;! connected with the case, or at least know the history of the gems. , Whole Town Destroyed. j Ashkabad, Russian Turkestan, By Cable.?The town of Andijan, Ferghana. was totally destroyed by an earthquake Wednesday. The number of fatalities is not yet ascertained. The copulation is threatened with starvation. Shocks were felt in New Marghelan and surrounding villages and a railroad at Andijan was destroyed for \ considerable distance. Food and clothing are' being sent to Andijan. KILLED IN COLLISii Ei<r'itee:: Pcrple Meet a Sudden and Tragx I'eath WRECK CF TiiE STOCKTON FLYER. Seven oi tire Deed Identified ? flar.y Killed or Seriously Wounded ? A Church Turned into a Morgue Byron. Cal.. Special.?Eighteen persons were killed and -7 injured in the collision Saturday night between the j Southbound Los Angeles "Gv.T" train and the Stockton flyer. It was a rearend collisior. the engine cf the local plowing its way into the rear-coach cf the "Owl." which was filled with Presno people. The passengers who : escaped death were hurled to the forward part of the coach and crush'.d in the mass of debris. Their sufferings and danger were intensified by | the clouds of scalding stcarn that poured out from the shattered boiler [ of the Stockton engine. After the "Owl" left the Oakland Mole it was noted that there was a leak in the flu? I of the engine. This increased to such an extent that it was deemed advis! able to stop here and take a freight engine for relief. The train officials knew that the Stockton local train j was following a half hour behind and i a flagman was sent back, along the i track to give warning of the presence of the "Owl." It is said that the Stockton train. ! In charge of Engineer Maguire and Ffreman Joyce, get the warning signal I in due time and gave the signal, the '" ""I with whisllo hlrs, s. I Why the following train was roi i. checked, however, has not bovn explained thus far. the men who coul l give the facts being among the badly injured. So forcibly did the local me: c the roar of the "Owl'' that the en*! of the second car. the dining car. was smashed In and the three cooks vc seriously hurt. The horror of Are war. r.ot added to ike disaster and tl1" penned up victims were spared fro:;: j flame, for the oil burners were cxtin| guishecl when the crash came. Relief quickly came to the injure 1 passengers, axes and saws being brought into play. Messengers wore i sent to Byron and Hot Springs, a short distance away, and physicians came I quickiy to the station. Every effort | was made to alleviate the suffering and those w-ho were finable to proceed j cn their journey were taken to the i Springs Hotel or the churc h in Byron, j which temporarily was transformed! into a hospital. Ten persons were killed outright and the other two succumbed to their j injuries. Seven of the dead have been j identified as follows: Elizabeth L.1 Smith. Fresno, Cal.. aged 38; Clarence P. Oluffs, Fresno, aged 22: Miss Birdie Elliott. San iS-ancisco. aged 22; Mabel Vezey, Modesto. Cab, aged 19; George Sessions. Oakland. Cab. aged 50; Charles Owens. Fresno, aged 50; Miss Myers. Fresno: Robert Renlck, San Francisco: Len Irwin, Oakland; W. A. Temple: Lung Tia Gong, a Chinese girl of San Francisco. The unilentified dead include one white man. evidently a sailor; two Chinese, one Japanese woman and a Japanese child. Methodists to Confer. Pittsburg, Special.?For the first time in the history of the Methodist Episcopal church since the civil war imnortant commissions from the church North and South have arranged to bold a joint meeting in the interest* of like impcrtantce to both branches. This will occur on the 10th of next month, when a commission of the church North of eleven members who have in process of preparation a now hmynal for the denomination will meet with a similar commission of eleven men from the church South at Nashville. Tenn., for the purpose of considering the adoption of the same book for both branches of the church. The general impression is that a compromise will be made, and some of the best hymns of the two branches be placed in the new hymnal. For Extradition, Paris, By Cable.?A special messenger has left here for Madrid with all the documents connected with the extradition of the Humberts. Tbe prisoners are expected to arrive here Wednesday. Parayre, a former steward of the Humberts, who was arrested at Rouen, was brought here today. It is said that voluminous correspondence between this man and the Humberts have been seized at his home. Killed By Tunnel Explosion. Cleveland, Special.?Two men were killed, two others perhaps fatally burned and a number of others less soKt,nnA/l !? OW Avnlnelnn of trnC atuuuai^ uuiuci' iu au ca|/ivojuu v/* o-in the water-works tunnel. 100 feet below the bottom of Lake Erie Sunday. The dead are: Ben Rurner, Rochester, N. Y.. aged 21; Arthur Beeglcs. Canton, 0., aged 24, unmarried. The injured are: Wm. Knox. Brooklyn. N. Y., civil engineer, seriously burned about the head, face and body, will probably die; James Ossrnan, Williamstown. Pa., burned about tno km:! and face, serious. Several ethers .vc v less severely burned. The cause the explosion, it is believed, was a spark from an electric light wire in the tunnel. A Serious Accident. Warsaw, Special?About noon Saturday at Montross. his home. Mr. Wil-" liam Walker, who represents the Hardware and Supply Company, of Baltimore, in this section met v/ith quite a serious and painful accident. He was driving a pair of horses when the reins broke, and. finding that he was then unable to control the animals, which by this time were on a dead run, lie jumped from the buggy. In doing so he broke his legjust above the ankle. 1 MARCONI ACHIEVES SUCCESS ! ! Practical Tests In Wireless Telegraphy Prove Satisfactory. New York. Special.?'The following dispatch from Marcor.i. <iate;l Glace Bey. p.. December 21. has been re- j ( ivod by the Associated Press: "I bee ! t;> inform, yen for circulaticn that 1 have established wireless telegraph communication between Cape Breton. Canada an i Cera vail. England, with , complete siu-'-ess. lr.au juratory roes- j sagts. including one from the Gove:nor General of Canada to King Edward VII, Lave already been transmitted and forwarded to the King of England and Italy. A message to the London Times has also bean transmitted in the p < senc of its spe-ial correspondent, D. Parkin. M. P. (Signed.) "G. MARCONI.** , The London Times confirms the receipt of a message by wire:ess te!"graphy from Marconi at Cape Breton, X. S. The lest of the wireless message ! front the Times correspondent, which , was tr :nsmi.ted from Glace Bay, X. C.. to Bo'dhii, Cornwall, is as follows: "Being present at its transmission in Signer Marconi's Canadian station, i have the honor to send through the Times, the inventor's first wireless fans-Atlantic message of greeting to England and Italy." Ottawa. Ont.. Spe lal.?'The follow1 at: message, received by Lcr:l Miato, gov- j eraor general of Canada, from Marconi j shows tiiat wiraless trans-Atlanta"' telegraphy has been a success: "Glace Bay. N. S? Dec. 21. "To His Excellency, the Governor General. Caverinc nt House: "Have the honor to inform Your E::i 'limey that your message has now been transmitted by me from Cape Breton to Cornwall, by wireless teigraphy a id has been forwarded to its; destination. (Signed) "MARCONI." j Loi 1 Minto telegraphed Marconi as > foiiows: "Delighted at year message, ! just received. Warmest congratulations 1 cn your splendid success. (Signed) "MINTO." j ! Hen. V.\ S. ridding sent a telegram I of i onarat"!'tion to Marconi and Sir ! Richard Cartwrisrht. acting Premier, i has cable ' to England congratulating; i the britirh people between the tw: countries. HISTORY OF MARCONI'S IN YEN- , TION. Halifax. N. S., Special.?After eight' experiments conducted wilh the great- i est secrecy. Marconi announces that1 he has solved the problem of wire less I trans-oceanic communication and lias1 successfully transmitted wireless mes- ; sages from the shores of Canada to the coast of England. The formal announcement of this achievement was made by the inventor himself, today, when he stated that the wireless mc-s1 saeps had bean successfully transmit tf-d and forwarded from the Governor | General of Canada to King Edward VII, of Great Britain, and to the King of Italy. Dr. Geo. R. Parkin, principal of the Upper Canada College, trustee of Rhodes' scholarships, was present | when one of the successful tests was made. Prior to December, 1901, the greatest distance covered by wireless telegraphy scarcely exceeded 100 mile?. Early in that year Marconi visited New England and from Signal Hill commenced experimenting with Cornwall and on December 12 and 13, of that year, faint signals of the letter "S" repeated several times were caught by ear only with the aid of telephones. Later on, Marconi, on board of the steamship Philadelphia, bound for America, succeesed in establishing communication with Cornwall, a distance of 2,100 miles. Trans-oceanic messages also were received on beard the Italian warship Carlo Alberto, while the vessel lay at anchor in Sydney harbor, on October 31, and since * -? * t i i men Marconi nas oeen penciling m? apparatus at Table Head. He met with innumerable difficulties there, but at last has succeeded in sending a transoceanic wireless message from Canada to Cornwall, a distonce of 2,300 miles. The Carlo Alberto some days ago was ordered to proceed to Venezuela, but as immediate departure would seriously retard Marconi's operations, the order was modified and .*he was held at Sydney until trans-Atlantic communication was successfully accomplished. She has sailed for Venezuela to take part in blockade operations. Stocking Streams With Trout. Ashevllle, N. C., Special.?The cans containing thousands of California trout from the United States hatchery, were taken to Craggy Mountain Wednesday by the Asheville Dray Company. The fish were sent by Mr. Bailey, of Waycross, Ga. owner of a large tract of land on Craggy, to W. C. Car. micbael, to be liberated in the headwaters of Reems' Creek and Bee Tree Roosevelt's Answer Sent London, By Cable.?It is believed that President Roosevelt's answer to fh? nronosal made bv the allied nowers that he arbitrate the Venezuelan issues has been receives in London. The strictest secrecy with regard to every phase of the negotiations is preserved, however, but such indications as are obtainable point to President Roeoevelt's acceptance of the cilices of arbitrator. A constant interchange of cablegrams is proceeding night and day between the T'nitcd States embassy here and the State Department at Washington. It is believed that the P-.'csidc-nt's answer will be submitted formally to the Foreign Oflico. by Wednesday. unless 30me unexpected complications arise. News In Notes. Tariff reductions made under the Cuban Treaty are found to be more liberal than was generally supposed. The Treasury Department prepared a statement showing the value of American goods to be affected by the new German tariff. Seven thousand persons followed the heroine of Gen. Francisco SaaehczHeckavarria at Santiago, Cuba. Reports from the earthquakes at Andijan, RussianHdentral Asia, say that 1,000 persons were killed. ' . A I. * LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS, j ? MUtey Abetters of General Interest la j ill', rt Paragraphs. The Sunny South. The4 famous cherry tree sv:ir.T!c ; was finally disposed or at unariotte, NT. C.. Wednesday by Judge ?3o - -i. Fines and imprisonment were imposed upon several. The money will aot be refunded to the duped worn.a. Lov/rence Pulliam, one of the Ashe ville bank wreckers, gets five years in the federal prison at Atlanta. Ga. H" ru tried and convicted in Charlotte, N*. C. At The NaFonal Capital. The United States has intimated to Clrvr.t Britain and Germany that it approves the arbitration proposal of ; President Castro. Germany was notified that interference with American skipping will be viewed with disfavor. The Congregation cf the Propaganda nominated Bishop James C. Qnigiey, :f Buffalo. to be Archbishop of Chicago. T'.ir tJe of the S.-nate wps devoted largely to discussion of the Mitiiia ana Statehood bills. The House passed the Senate bill providing for the erection of a $4,000.0,0 union railroad station in Washington. A minority report filed by Democrats of the Senate committee oppose admitting Oklahoma and the Indian Territory as one State. Representative D. A. De Arinond offered a sweeping bill declaring cor eon-Rons bank:upt under certain conditions. Senator -T. C. Pritchard. of North Carolina. declared Iiiraself in favor cf reducing Southern representation at Republican national conventions. | Smi-c-Ecial advices state that Co-!1 !~r.t;::a is preparing to invade Nica- j in order to keep her troops en- j gaged and to _apture both canal j r-UuS. ' At Tiia North. The miners closed their ease before t':e Anthracite f'^al Strike Commission i in v educing evidence to pro,-e the ownership cf coal mines by the railroad companies. A number of New York banks, including that of J. P. Morgan & Co., have formed a pool of $30,000,000 to lend in the money market in the event of actual emergency. Richard Canficld, the alleged New York gammer,. nas suea jjisitici ai* to.ney Jerome and police officials for 56,054 worth of property destroyed in the raid on his house. Twenty workmen and 31 engines were caught in the collapse of the roof of the Pennsylvania Railroad round- | house at West Philadelphia. Dr. Adolf Lorenz strained his wrist and was compelled to suspend an operation at a New York clinic. From Across The Sea. Though M. Seneque Is In the lead for President of Hawaii, General Nord, 1 with his army, may secure the prize, j Reports from Martinique state that ( the Blanche river has been obliterated ( by lava and ashes from Mount Pelee. According to Berlin reports. Emperor William will make Chancellor von Buelow a prince. Gen. Maximo Gomez and a delegation requested President Palma not to fur- J ther prosecute the Havana strikers. J Many Marseilles strikers have al- ( ready returned to work. , i Miscellaneous Matters. I ] Admiral Dewey began maneuvers i ( with his battleships off Culebra Island. 1] Reports to the Young Men's Chris- \ tian Association international com- j mittee show that there are 1.375 asso- \ ciations, with 323,234 members under 1 its control. I Gabriel Harrison, an old-time actor, j the friend of Aaron Burr and Edgar ! Allen Poe, is dead. 1 Gen. Tasker H. Bliss is expected to arrive from Cuba today with a drafl of the new treaty. The President nominated Brigadlet General Commandant Charles Hey wood, Marine Corps, to be & majoi general. According to dispatches from Hun gary, 62 persons were frozen to death there during the last three days j Wolves are devastating the sheej < folds and have devoured three shep- j herds. 1 N*ew York exchange premium in 1 Mexico City declined to 165. At a meeting of t?e board of direc ( tors of the American Locomotivi , Company, in New York, the officers , were re-elected. A dividend of 1 3-4 1 per cent, was declared on the prefer- , red stock, payable January 31. 1903. 3 The earnings for the six month3 ending' December 31, 1902 (partly estimated), were reported to be $15,165,- , 352, an increase over the same period j in iyui or Mrs. Mary E. Bulloch, widow of the ' lare Dr. W. G. Balloon. who was a ' relative cf President Roosevelt, died 1 in Savannah cf pneumonia. It is announced in a special dis patch from Seoul, that the United Stares minister to Corea has demand ed the payment of $1,500,000 due tc the builders of the electric railroad. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, gave 1 notice that on Saturday he would ad- 1 dress the Senate regarding the coa struction of the isthmian canal. 1 Franchise Granted. New York, Special.?The board ol aldermen Tuesday afternoon ratified , the Pennsylvania Railroad franchise , for a tunnel by a vote of 41 to 35. Im. mediately after the granting of the , Pennsylvania franchise, the New York & New Jersey Railroad tunnel franchise, granting the privilege of entering Manhattan in West street, was taken up and paaeed by a vote of 45 to X5. | I ; .V y DOINGS OF CONGRESS. ? 1 The Omnibus Statehood Bill?Other 1 Hatters. Senator Bate presented in the Senate the minority report from the committee cn territories favoring the immediate passing by the Senate of the omnibus statehood biil without amendment, as it came from the House. The report argues for the admission of Oklahoma, Xew Mexico and Arizona and * opposes the uniting of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory into one State. * It shows minutely the conditions of each of the three Territories as to population, wealth and genera! features of the Territories and says that these are sych as to call for immediate statehood. It criticises the majority report and ^ shows that both the Republican and Democratic parties, in their last -national conventions, adopted with perfect unanimity a plank in their respective platforms recommending each of these Territories by name for statehood. Such expressions should, the ronort continues, be respected by both parties. The report says amcng other things: it was never intended that Congress, should bar by party objection admission when the population, wealth and institutions were the same as in the ease of other States found." With reference to the question of the Territories, thereport contends that it "ought to suffice that 95 per cent of the population are white in Oklahoma and the 99 per cent of the population in Arizona and the 122,COO white population in New Mexico are quite sufficient to leaven all the foreign-born in ea^h of those Territories." Libera! quotation is made from the report of thfr ^ majority upon the statehood bill. cf the portions or.oted is that referring to a statement made by a witness that some of the white people in the Territories are "like the riffraff which fol low the construction of railroads. Commenting upon this, the minority says': "The ri it raff who follows the railroads have been the sturdy Irishman whosepick and shovel and spade and labor have built the 100.000 miles of American railroads. "Why that 'riffraff* rhould not be a3 good citizens in Mexico as they are in every other State A and Territory, the report dees not advise the Senate." - , The report is signed by Senator* Bate, Hayfield. Bailey and Patterson constituting the Democracic membership of the committee on Territories. ? For a Union Depot The House has passed the Senate bill for a union railroad station in thfs city to cost $4,000,000. The station Is to be altuntd nnrth nf th<? nrpspnf fiitfl of the Baltimore & Ohio depot at Delaware and Massachusetts avenues, and In front of it is to be a large Plaz:i. ~~~~ Park. The Pennsylvania Railroad, by the terms of the bill, is to remove its tracks the mail and reach the site or the proposed station through a tunnel to run between the capitol and library buildings. The government is to pay the Pennsylvania Railroad $1,500,00<* and the Baltimore & Ohio $500,000 in addition to providing for the Plaza. Park. ? nilitia Bill. The Senate discussed the bill to promote the efficiency of the militia and also the omnibus statehood bill. After agreeing to the concurrent resolution af House for an adjournment from December 20 to January 5, Mr. ..Proctor a called up the militia bill. An amen&^^^L| ment by Mr. Pettus, striking from the^^^H bill section 24, having particular refer^H^fl ?nre to the reserve force of trainet^HflJ men nrovcked some discussion. Pcttus raising the point that the sec-^p|H tion, If enacted into law, would be an infringement of the constitutional au- t thority pf the States and put the control of the militia of the several States into the hands of the general government. The till was laid asld.* lor the omnibus statehood bill, Senator Dillingham, of Vermont, who is opposed to the bill, occupying the time o' the Senate for the remainder of the jay in rehearsing the testimony taken by the sub-committee of the committee on Territories, during its tour of investigation in New Mexico, Ariaona and Oklahoma. After a brief executivesession the Senate adjourned. rioney to Fight Trusts. Unexpectedly and without warning In the House, during the consideration of the legislative appropriation bill. Mr. Bartlett, a Georgia Democrat, sprang an amendment to appropriate {250,000 to enforce the Sherman antitrust law and to direct the Attorney-: lienerai to proceed to tne prosecution af all violators of the law. Although. 3uch a provision was plainly amenable to a point of order, not a member on either side of the House raised objection. Indeed both sides wheeled into line. All agreed that some such action was advisable. Some of the Republicans, however, raised objection to the looseness of the language of. the v amendment and Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, offered as a substitute for it tii^ language of the bill he introduced on the ,4 opening day of the session to appropriate $500,000 for the enforcement cf the * measure. Fowler's Currency Law. Representative Fowler, chairman cf the House committee on banking and currency, introduced a bill which was drawn by him in accordance with the views of the Republican members expressed at recent conferences and which ' will be urged instead of the currency bill reported to the House at the last session. The bill provides "that any * national bank may. with the approval M of the Comptroller of the Currency, - ^ take out for issue and circulation an ^ amount of national bank notes ndi exceeding 25 per cent, of it3 paid up and unimpaired capital, without depositing United States bonds with the United States Treasury, such notes to be in denominations of $10 and multiples thereof." " \ ' i . I . * 3 . / :