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Show T it " fUlASSCOATED P8SS ttah Weather forecast mnmanL tl aistt Jlmis ird CtVe other f tli NO. 79. VOL L . OGDEN CITY. UTAH, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 1904. 19, PRICE FIVE CENTS, taunt k up E It . IWOVN but?" ilit CAUSES PANIC IN PIT 'tQIai-tidi- rtl ti. UiUilCf Pandemonium Reigns When Announcement is Made Hats Are Trampled and Clothes Torn, du. hs tUMPT inn. ion?'' Ur. Pia Kew York, March 18. Daniel J. month been Soil, bo baa lorinfifteencotton markets tbe the largest figure bulled'' of the world, and who has ration from 7 recta a pound to 17 cent, toda announced hia inability to mate raodMa engagements on the New York Within a few min-Cotton Exchange. coil on fell nearly $13 a bale from Many the highest figures of the day. naebea have been recorded, lint probably none ha been accompanied by aorfa frcnxy and confusion. It'hlle there had been no premonition of the impending crash, no mnrulpg of dethe season had witnessed a more moralized market. In less than three mltrai ra after the opening half a cent, had been taken off the price of cotton 10. 20 and 30 prfrM went up and town, Lota within two and three minutes, war opened r.t $13.23 and sold down to minutes, U75 In less than fifteen while July, opening at $15.22, went Toward the end of the down to $14.86. gnt half hour early sellers started to rarer end there was a rapid advance. There was nothing in the news to It seemed for the excitement. merely a renewal of bear operations and the clinching of further Btop or- m In. I that thin at id of suing re - I. but red mi-VOUld Ur. sk dig. "wa and - H- nt rhott dioa der. after the afternoon aesaion a lull In the pit and at about Ire minutes after 2 o'clock the of the suspension was mart by Superintendent King, who nod from the rostrum this notice: We regret that we are unable to meet our engagements and will therefore have to suspend. (Signed). DANIEL J. SULLY & CO For a few attends there waa quiet or tte'ltoor. Then wlih one tmpuli--e I a mighty shout went np from the wars the and been had Sully fighting rio were bull clique for months. Hals thrown Into tho air to lie trampel upon Coats ia the stampede for the pit. rw tern by frsrtiwerecohere andintorbaire tbe and ramp stools pit. Messengers soon were running in and out of the building with order to ril or buy. Telephone booths were Imirged and telegraph offices were lorded with dispatches. Outside the Cotton Exchange appearances gavetttle Indication of the pandemonium within until the messengers began to rush between the exchange and the brokers' offices. Son the news reached the stock, produce an I coffee exchanges and the traders on these markets hastened to see the panic. But a double guard was placed at the doors and admittance waa refused to all but those accompanied by assy Shortly there was only man 'cop Ur. a to that hoot t h s left I go me dai-he- d era- olv-- I ut tba orta ned, im ttra Ion lima members. It was estimated that like 73t.f00 bales of cotton T. are alar . 19. f me m& aomeihlng were traded In during the twenty minutes of panic that followed the announcement and that of this upwards of 500,000 bales represented forced liquidation" or the wiling out of men whose margins have been nearly or quite wiped out. An tiic market slumped 250 points during this iierlod the loss falling on this element amounted to something more than $1,000,000. The market steadied after about 20 minutes snd then there waa a sudden upward shoot of about 100 points. This harp upward rise was brought alsiut by the buying of broken and speculators who saw that the market ' had A lumped too far and would react part of the excitement on the floor of the exchange was caused by the scramble of broken who wanted iuev such bargains and had to fight to gy get In the ring ing rush waa i r ) th( ro TRUST TO Ml FAR EiST IE NVESMED UTAH OFFICERS China is Getting; Into Trouble Committee of Five Appointed House Committee Says With Russia to Take Evidence. is Not Elected In; hu. port- Ml to get them. The buyalmost as exciting and just m notoy as the selling price. Thn announcement of Sullya stispen-io- n was put on Lhe tlcken everywhere ithin a few moments after It was made and there was somewhat of a flurcy on the floor of the New Y'ork Ptrnk Exchange after tbe news reached there. Ur. Sully ia a member of that exchange. having purchased a seat two or three months ago. Stocks went off from half a point to a point and one-ha- The weakness was only mo- on the floor on lailiim might bring lf the fear that the a rush of stock mentarily for word was passed around that Sully had not been trading in forks and that the clearing house beets had never shown a single transition by him. The market was rei- nsured and storks went np again. Ur. Sully shut himself up his office refused to publish a statement. Rlni'-i.lafter 3 o'clock Sully went 4nto ronicrence with counsel and later Ed-i- n Hadley. Jr., of Providence, R. I.. ember of the firm, sent out ihis n-- r : No statement, of any kind or de- but. Mr. Stilly direct me to say. given out from this offline a statement will be i - .. early Saturday morning." Mr. Hadley was later quoted a say Ir.a that the firm would pay ita debts in full and the suspension was due to the impossibility of meeting demands tor large sums of money due to the R'ly firm from European sources, furs that the quirk slump In the mar-hmade pnyaiile too quirk for them to able to meet. Yr. Sully left hl ol!!re at 4 o'clock. A'l si rt of explanations were made ,rr the Mtepenshin. One of the rra-oi- s given was thst the New Orleans hull party bad sold cotton while Sully waa bulling It In the confidence that Another they were supporting him. M that Sully' following in the market hal sold their long cot ton without well 'ng with him. Froim-twM came a denial that' leans. A col ton operator with New there was any treachery from New connections said that the bull party there was still bullish in cotton. Another account that came from one of the six or seven best known cotton operators in this country was that the bear party had made a deliberate and well planned attack to overwhelm Sully and had succeeded. The bears, according to this authority, had figured out the weakness of Sully' position due to immense holdings of siKit and contract cotton and to his ojie rations on the market and planned an attack on the market that would carry It down Just far enough to make it impossible foe Sully to meet hia margin calls, knowing that his failure would scud the market so much lower that they could cover at figures to recoup them. No definite idea of Bullys commitments In the cotton market could lie obtained from other houses In the cotton market. One estimate was that ha was "long" 300.000 bales of May cotton alone. A good authority said that he did not believe that Bully was long" more than that in the whole market and a conservative estimate made In another source was 400,000 1 tales. The losses by Bullys failure, in case he cannot settle, it was said, would lie divided among nearly all the brokers on the exchange. One estimate was that Bullys owings after a settlement under the rule of the exchange would not sucreed $3oO,(hX). What Bully has ltersonally lost or what hia backer have lost In market o iterations ia not included in ibis figure. What Sully will owe will be found hy deducting the average quotations of cotton today from the figure to which his accounts were margined down to the last call. This will be determine! tomorrow. no iber .4 iXeic nejiiH of failure and leading men in the cotton market declared that there need be no fear, of trouble. In attx-- exchange circles the failure of Bully was at first taken as a sure aign of the cnllapseof the cotton boom. Ijttcr there was some apprehension leet the failure might bring down a string of banking institutions In. tbe south. Bully & Co. had deposits with several banka One of their most active accounts waa with the Corn Exchange bank. The account was opened about a year ago and the firms balances were often large. President Nash said: All we know at this time Is that Sully & Co. have suspended and that their account with ua is all right I have been told that their HabilltiF) may be large, but 1 have no personal knowledge. Their relations with us were exactly the same as those of many other cotton brokerage firms." Daniel J. Bully became a factor in the cotton market in January. 1903. when he took up the bull movement that Theodore H. Price had dropped. He was thought to have done a great thing when he bulled May cotton of 10 cents. Bully ha! been m cotton buyer for New England firms. He bad made a study of crop conditions and foresaw tbe short crop of that year, as well as the short crop of this season. It waa said that a clique of New England mill owners backed him in his first ven- Relations Art Strained Over the vance of Celestial Troops Be- yond Great Wall. Ad- London, March 19. Again there ia no new from the Far East with the exception of vague rumors of un-u- cr cessful attempts of the Port Arthur and Vladivostok fleet a to Join forces. The Standard's Tien Tain correRusspondent says that Paul sian minister to China, has renewed hia protest against the dispatch of Chinese forces out-i- d e the great wall and has intimated that unless they are withdrawn Russia may be compelled to act on tbe assumption that. China is abandoning her neutrality in favor of Japan. The minister is al-- o retried to have renewed his threat that on the slightest movement on China's part Russian troops will march on lekln. It la aald that in reply to this the correspondents adds China refused to recall her troop. A Nieuchwmnw correspondent of the Times, cabling under yesterday's dale, asserts that there are no Japanese north of the Yalu river, and that none of their scouts have been seen there since the beginning of March. On tho other hand, tbe corresiiondcnt says, the Russian are reported to have crossed the Yalu to the north, leaving a small force to guard the river. 's Paris, March 18. The Petit St. Petersburg correspondent Stark, sends a rumor that who has been relieved of the command of the fleet at Port Arthur, ostensibly on account of 111 health, has attempted suicide. There is no confirmation of this rumor. Parl-senne- Vice-Admir- Bt. Petersburg, March 18. Concern- ing the loss uf tne cruiser Boyaran at Port Arthur, a private letter says that the vessel u'uck a lioatlug tenut u. upped by the 'Japanese. Naval engineers are preparing to raise the Boyaran, though it is thought doubtful whether it will be fit for fighting purposes, as it is feared that the tremendous more than likely has strained the frames. St. Petersburg, March IS. Viceroy Alexieff today cabled to the czar from Mukden as. follows: "Our patrols discovered the presence of the enemy on the banks of the Cheng-Chenriver about three miles from Anju. The enemy opened fire and killed one of our horses; "General Miahtchento reports that Ping Yang is occupied by Japanese in fantry with some guns, and that Korean carts are carrying their supplies. The enemy's cavalry is not visible in large bodies and only isolated horsemen are seen. Their horses are poor." g He rat introduces P.etr.tLtion Containing Damning Indictment of Combine Washington, Mann Hearat of New ' today Introduced a resolution urmiding for an Investigation of the trin question by a committee of flv n, embers of the House. The resoiiiilon (ou tains ten clauses reciting the c .11 rffra-of trusts on the country, among them bring the following: Numerous illersl combinations known as trusts hac been formed to absorb or eliminate unHUition and establish virtual lui.uoiNdlcs with a view to controlling production and raising the price of flicir products. Such extortionate as the beef trust an! the coal trusts and the Ice trust have arbitrarily increased the cost of the tierces; tire of life to the public. Such speculative I nuns as the ship yards trust and the xi.i trust have inflated tlieir stock to many times Its mutual value ami sold to the public, transferring tho ien;dc's money from banka and legitimate investment Into the pockets of irust promoters and speculatora. Industrial unre-- t baa lieen fomented hy the increased cost of living and by the con sequent necessary efforts of labor to make ita wages keep pace with the increased cost of living. "Such trusts ae the steel trust, la cost of living, apile of the have ruihleaaly cut down the wages of hundreds of thousands of employes In order to pay dividends on watered stork, and other irona have wholly collapsed, throwing hundreds of thousands of workmen out of employment Thn purchasing poser of the com-pH- 7 ja,Ui;-1u- :r h 4-- I by V e Increasing demands of the trusts, by unsound and .reprehensible methods which have misled the people, swindled them and robbed them of their savings. All clawes of the community are being made to feel the evil in the greed and lawless practice of the truda. The committee Is directed to inform the. House fully on the trust situation to the end that more effective laws may be prepared and passed by Congress. regulating and restricting combinations. The committee is empowered to send for persons and papers. An additional resolution states that it ia the sense' of this House and it doea recommend that the laws already existing against the trusts be in the meanwhile enforced by the executive branch of this government and the legal representatives thereof. The resolutions were referred to the committee on rules. im-rra- ture. His May campaign was a success and It was estimated that he personally cleared more than $1,000,000. He established a cotton house of his own last year under the name of Daniel J. Sully 4b Co., but when his operation in cotton became so successful, the cotton market having been pushed up above 17 cents a pound early this year, he widened the scope of his firm's business, bought a mat on the New York Stock Exchange, went Into the coffee business, bought a membership on the Chicago Board of Trade and. It was said, made connections with other prominent exchanges throughout the country. The members of the firm were Daniel J. Sully. Colonel 8. F. B. Morse of Houston. Tex., Walter 8. Cnuidcll and EJwtn Hadley, Jr. Recently William R. Fagan, manager of the firm's New Orleans office, was taken into the firm. PORT Legal Com- plication. Washington, March 18. In making today in favor of Mr. tever in the Duntzler and Lever contest from tbe Seventh South Carolina district, Hoiiae committed on electloua No. 1 takes the ground that the investigation shows that Danuler, a negro, waa not elected. At tho same lime the committee refuses to say that Lever waa elected; the report leaves him in the same position as If no contest had burn made. The committee draws the conclusion that If It advanced a ruling on tha disfranchisement of the colored vote and declared Lever not elected on that ground the decision would be a precedent for unseating nearly every memlier in the lloti.e from several Southern states which It names. The bants of Dan tiler's claims was that tbe constitution of Sooth Carolina adopted in 1896 was contrary to the reconstruction act of June 25, 1868, readmitting South Carolina and other stales to representation In Congreca, which contained no provision as to educational and property qualifications as fixed In the present state constitution and laws pasxed uader it. He averred that If certain citizens of hia district lia! been allowed to vote tinder the provisions of the act of 1868, he would have been elected. The report of the committee passes over this claim by declaring It to be plain that Dantxler waa not elected, but It goes on lo say that If the House should declare there waa no valid election, then there could he no one chosen lo fill the vacancy thus created under the constitution an! election laws of the states should be changed. If the House should declare the acat vacant and thua art a precedent, lhe report goes on to any. then aa the same a. fundamental conditions" exist in North Carolina, Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,' Loubusua. Texas and Arkansas, tbs House would be obliged to uneeat almost all of lhe member from those state until their constitution should bo change! so as lo comply with the reconstruction art. Continuing, the report says: However desirable it may bn for a legislative body to retain; control of tho decision as to the lurtton and qualifications of Ita members, it Is certain ideal that a legislative body la not-tconbody lo parts Judicially upon tha stitutionality of tha enactment of other bodies. If any cMn of South entitled to vote unrfoiwUiia who-wa- s der tbe constitution of that state In Its report Vlr-g'ni- he 1818 to no deprived by of the present coturtltntioirfrom voting for be ha the right to tender himselfcase an in registrat ion and for voting, hia right la denied to bring suit In purpose of ena proper court for therecover damages forcing his right, or for Its denial 7 HR (Special to the Examiner.) Stockton. Utah, March 18. Mllanka Marsncic, a Greek laborer, who was raptured by Deputy Sheriffs Steele of Salt Lake and Ucrhstead of Bingham near hero yesterday afternoon. Is declared by the officers lo have lha sin uf four murders upon his head. Sheriff Eiuey to said to have conclusive evidence of all the crimes charged to Naranete and it was reported from Salt Lake tote last night that the prixoner bad made a confession virtually admitting that he to the man wanted. Naranrlc has been working in the Frisco mne at Stockton for several weeks. In some unaccountable manner he received a tip that the officer were after him and yesterday morning, quitting hia work, he si ruck out over the hills and had made about thirteen miles before he waa overtaken. When he sighted the officer in pursuit on horseback he ran for a long distance, cumbered as he waa with the heavy rubber boots that he bad worn In the mine, and only gave up after he had RUSSIA IS F1NANCULL! SOUND Donal Currie Liner, Which Does Mischief, Thinks She Hat Struck Dwellers In City Ars Getting Indifferent to Japanese Bombard-menh (Continued on Page 8.) St. Petersburg. March 18. A correspondent of the Associated Press who just visited Port Arthur telegraphs from Mukden today as follows: Despite the various bombardments at Port Arthur the external aspect of the city remains unchanged, although the enemy fired an enormous number of projectiles. The battleships and cruiser bear marks of fighting. The black clouds of smoke from their stack overhang the town. The cruiser Pal lad a stands almost repaired In the dry dock. 'Near the entrance of the harbor can be seen the charred wrecks of the Japanese fire ahlpa. Aboard one of these farthest out was found a Japanese officer who bad shot himself. Besidi him lay a chart showing the course ct the fire ship anl the spot where they sank. Six hours of firing by tho heaviest guns during the last bombardment did not demolibh a building, 1t cost a few live. The husband and children of Baron xa Frank, who waa decapitated by fragments of shell flying in through a window, were unharmed. 'The enemy in endeavoring to stand as far ss nosribl0 outside the range of the Russian bakeries rendered their The people are own fire IneffciHve. bombardments and becoming uil in tbe the Japane-- e squadron offing caue.m little alarm. Occupation are resuming their wonted course and many stores have reopened. Not a few women heroically refuse to leave Port Arthur, regardless of the tragic death or Baroness Frank. Dur(Continued on Page I.) tbe Metropolitan church. The ence Included a number of white peowere seated ple. and on the platform and negro citivhlle representative zens of Washington. Music was played by the marine band. InvocaBishop Arnett delivered the tion. Commander Henry B. MacFar-lan- d delivered an address of welcome. Representative James E. Watson of Indiana Introduced Mr. Washington. The benediction was delivered by Dr. Edward Everett Hale. Dr. Washington sjioke of race development and of the negroes relations with the white people of the south. He eald he bad the most profound belief that no race in ancient or modern history had ever equalled the American negro in development In all directions. I further beUeve, he said, that In the fullnesfc of time we shall demonstrate to the world that we can become a potential and helpful part In the highest and beat civilisation. One of the most Important sources of protection that any race can have to their usefulness to the community in which they dwell Service la the secret of sovereignty. There are bad white men in the south; there are good white men In the south. All of them are not our enemies. We should do all in our power audi- (Continued on Page 8.) Chicago, March 18. The Chicago police declare that tbe man arrested in Salt lake ia known under tbe name of Guauulna KornuntxoH. He Is wanted for kilting Chririnph Skouris during a card game a year ago. Parle, March 19. A Petit Partolenne Petersburg oorreepondent telegraphs: I learn from a sure source that thn Russian Vladivostok squadron left port 72 hours ago. The officers refuxa to discuss tha destination of tha squadron." Tha correspondent has had an interview with th finance minister, who expressed surprise at. the raAt jisonj on t do I'arto bourne, adding that Russia had profited by buying The Russia storks at button prices. minister declared that the gold reserve in tbe bank was actually increasing, and that If any metal was lo he sent to lhe Beat of war It would be silver, to tho uso of which the Orientals were accustomed. He eald the Russian mint was canting silver bar similar the to thpse employed In Manchuria forFinuse 6f the Russian office ra there. all knowledge ally the minister denied to of any purpose on Russia part float a loan In France. FOR GEN. WOOD 8L Five Democrats Were in MajoWas 45 to J9 rity-Vote ff. CZAR INSPECTS CRUISERS. emSL Petersburg, March 18. The dock peror. visited the new admiralty but yard today, lle'was looking pale, was cheerful and smilingly greeted the 17.000 dock workers who turned out to welcome him. The emperor went on board the transport Ksmtohatka s and Inspected the vessels arrange-mtfor accommodating 1.000 men. She will be ready In a few months.s The emperor then boarded lhe cruiser Oleg. The Olegs engines are ready, but her turrets and conning tower are not yet armored snd her guns are. nut in position. Ills majesty asked a number of questions and at what he had seen. first-clas- HOUSE HASJH9RT SESSION Rulea of Department for Mail Separation to Be Published. an early adjournment beAt a Recaption Given Him by Negroes, hours today, to permit olcmlier to make taken of ing He Asks for Friendship the Washington, March 18. A reception Washwas given tonight to Booker T. of District the of negroes by ington Columbia. The reception waa held In es ha Mad Profit Out of Paris Panic by Buying Har Own Stocks. looked-pl- Whites. Torpedo. to the ground utterly exhausted. The story uf Narancic'a crime, a. it has gained elrniiaiton here, to that four yeare ago he. in a Inver 'a quarrel, slabbed bis sweeibeart in Austria, llo then, it la declared, fled to Chicago, where, ill roe years ago. he killed a comimnion in a street brawl. Fleeing back tu Kuroiie he Is charged with the crime of shooting his brother-in-law- . Again It to said he retuniel to Chicago, where lc last fall murdered another man whnse name and tho circura-aiancof tha crime cannot be learned here. K'aranric wa taken to Salt Lako last evening and placed in the county jail. It I understood that an officer from Chicago will take him lwek to stand trial for thu two murder in that city with which ho la charged. fallen AYES AND NAYS Washington, March 18. The house waa in session a little more than three (Continued on Page 8.) It. ua Eleven Persons Are Drowned Women Walk Streets With Booker Washington Sanguine in Seven Fathoms of Water. About Their Future. Dressings for Wounded. was rot uni 11 the brokers found their books well clear of long cotton that they paused and allowed the tumult to subside. At 1:40 o'clock the panicky feeling had ceased to eome extent and brokers were able to extricate themselves from of It. Bettcre-Curio- had Killed Four Persons and Tried to Escape When he Saw Officers Approaching. eased Portsmouth, England, March 18. British submarine boat No. 1 A was run down snd sunk off the Nab lightship today by a Donal Currie liner and eleven persons were drowned. Including Lieutenant Mansergh, the senior officer engaged in the submarine work. Tbe liner passed on and reported bhe had struck a torpedo. At the time she was struck tbe submarine was oft the lightship engaged in lhe maneuvers and was lying in seven fathoms of water waiting the approach of a battleship. The boat was one of the newest of the fleet of submarine vessels, and was built from the latest modpls, but sbe has always been a bad diver. She was Inspected recently by both King' Edward and tbe Prince of Wales. The name of lhe Donald Currie liner which struck the submarine boat la the Berwick Castle, from East London. South Africa. The loss of tbe boat was not known for several hours after tbe liner bsd reported to the maneuvering fleet that she had struck a torThe officer of the liner pedo. y that they saw a glittering torpedo like In' the water snd If Is supposed, shape therefore, that the submarine host rose Just before she was -- truck. The officers of the fleet dtd pot siinpr'se for tbe moment that the submarine boat hd been struck snd continued operations, expecting tbe vessel to reanpear at some other point. Finally a search w made snd thn hreatriny tf tbe waves revealed the presence of the sub. marine boat. New Orleans. March 18. Announcement of the failure of Daniel J. Sully Jb Co. created a panic today on the floor of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Prices melted away until they were $9 and $10 a bale lower than yesterday's close. When the panic waa over the commercial integrity of the local cotton trade was found Intact although scores of small operators were wiped nut snd heavy longs had lost fortunes. Trices tumbled 10 and 20 points t a time an! still the selling continued. Coats were torn, hats smashed, chairs and stools about the ring were demolished. So great was the roar from the ring that It could be heard for blocks. The ring had the appearance of being the object of attack of about 200 men, who plunged over one another to get nearer the small pit that Is the center Hie White Opponent, Lover, Faroa no NEGROES 'JURE 1903-t- Dant-zlc- r prupuxi-a trip to the site of Although the Jamestown exposition. postoffice appropriation bill was under discussion tbe entire time, only one page was completed, making eleven pages In all disposed of. Several amendments were Introduced. to required Tbe postmaster-genera- l to make public the regulations under which tbe allotments are to be made before using any part of this amount, and a similar requirement was imposed in tbe case of the expenditure of thn $1,000,000 for seiwruting mails at third and fourth class post office. By an amendment offered ly Mr. Burleson of Texas, and which was Is agreed to, the postmaster-genera- l not permitted to expend any part of the $1,000,000 appropriated for separata Ing malls at third and fourth class postofflees until he shall publish tbe rules and regulations governing the department in the allotment of the tame. Adjourned until Monday, t MAYFLOWER ARRIVES. Washington, March 18 The Mayflower arrived in Washington today af- ter a trip of several thousand miles to and from the West Indies, having on board Admiral Dewey. Rear Admiral Taylor and other members of the general board of the navy and- Assistant Secretary Loomis of tbe state department. - APPROPRIATION SIGNED. March 18. General Washington, Leonard Wund today was confirmed to bo a major-generby the senate, tbe vote being 45 to 16. The rank dates from August 8, 1903. the day President Roosevelt made the promotion. Tbe contest against his confirmation began on November 19, 1903, soon after congress convened In special session and continued throughout the present session. When death removed Senator Hanna from the oppusers of General Wood, ouly two republicans remained In the minority. They were Senator Scott, who opposed tbe nomination while It waa pending In committee, and Senator Klttrcdge. Five democratic senators voted with the majority in favor of confirmation. They were Senatohi Cockrell and Pettits, members of the military affairs committee, and Senators Pait(sont Clark of Arkansas and Dubois. The negetlve vole on the confirmsikm waa as follows: Bacon, Berry, Blackburn, Clark of Montana, Culberson, Glbbson, Lattl McLattrin, Mallory, mer, McCreary, Marlin, Money, Newlands, Simmons, all democrats, and Klttrcdge and Scott, republicans. Senator Fnraker moved lo make the vote public and Senator Blackburn moved to make public the testimony had before llie committed ou military affairs. Publishing of tbe testimony was voted down and a general understanding prevailed that the vote wan to be given out. When the senate convened today. Senator Foraker was approached by the onponents of General Wood. It was admitted that that the contest ssstnst confirmation was lost and there was nothing to be gained to carry the case over. An agreement wa therefore reached whereby no more speeches were to bo made. Depending on the confirmation of General Wood wer ifi7 promotions. These have been held tin store tho nominal Inns were made by the President. but will now he confirmed without opposition. They Include twenty colonels promoted to he brigadier-general- s on the retired and one hrlgadler-generon the active list, and officers ranking from colonels down to second lieutenants. All there nominations, aa well aa that of General Wood, were sent to the senate at tho beginning of the special session In November and lapsed when that session closed. They were sent to the senate at the beginning of the present session. A controversy arose as to whether they were reappointments and as to whether the promoted officers were entitled to the rank snd pay of tbe grade to which they were nominated. As all no doubt will be sjieedily confirmed, according to military authority, tliy will take rank and pay from the time they were first appointed to fill vacan- al RATES FOR KL0NDIKER8. Seattle. Wath.. Steamship 1. The M-r- -b laska errred upon a of rate to Nome and the Kt'ir;the Rcxwin of 19,.'lt. a f first otor. nope. A- fcslry - f .r -- mein (!(V-V- . steerarr. ft. 87:5; Washington, March 18. The presiTo KIotHI;. dent today signed the legislative, ex- Kloidifep. ino. ecutive and Judicial appropriation bill. ri-- f Tbe fvrt-This to the second of the big supply rer'cln piacLb.T.lly bills to become a law. year. p- iptni-.lj-- t g 87n; to il; cl i. i frm !i t last 4 I |