text: V^^^Mp^ JwM^Sjjt— "?Jw^ffP^ &&^St£i^^fO&P Tr'Tiar^^^t'sKimi^^ "^^ ■* "P^*~ *^b^^^S^^ss^flr^ZjG^b^P^Jaa^als^^™^ !<"■ LXV111....V- 22J87. BD.N'ETT VOICES ASSEMBLY PROTEST HIS SPEECH EXPUNGED FROM RECORD. 'Jsks 'About Stifling of Bills in Committee and Activity of "Clerk's Desk." By past to The Tribune. ] Albany, April 5 — Pent up protests at the stifling of legislation by chairmen of committees and the activity of the Assembly desk force in regard to legislation burst out tonight without a moment's warning when Assemblyman William M. Bennett, of New York, declared in a caustic speech, which later was expunged from record, that he would object to the advancement of any legislation and fight all along the line until the telegraph and telephone amendments to the Public Service Commission law and other important measures were reported for a fair vote. His protest, the renewal of a similar revolt on the part of some of the members of the Assembly at the end of last year's session, threw the leaders of the Assembly machine almost into a panic. Assemblyman Phillips, chairman of the Judiciary Committee and one of the most active of use anti-Hughes leaders, and one of whose bills served as the excuse for the outbreak, gave a signal, which brought to his aid the majority leader. Mr. Merritt, and others hostile to the Hughes policies. By a vote of 55 to 11, the bill finally expunged Mr. Bennett's speech from record, but he forced the laying aside at the bill to which he was objecting, and later, in a formal statement, he carried the war into the enemies' country, declaring that the time had come for Assemblymen to show they were not merely "rubber stamps for five or six of the old members." The report was circulated by Assembly leaders after the session tonight that a "dean" step was to be made of all Hughes legislation. Speaker Wadsworth's statement of approval of the telephone and telegraph measure was not to be taken for anything more than its purposes on the record, the word went. That bill was to "re slaughtered along with the direct nominations bill if the wishes of the leaders were to be respected." "I don't believe Wadsworth ever was for the telephone and telegraph bill," declared one Assemblyman who will work for that measure. "He killed it last year." and I think this year he feels just the affection for it he felt then." CALLS IT CORPORATION MEASURE. Mr. Bennett's protest was called forth by a bill which he considered a "corporation measure." "Several members," he said, "have made their minds to find out whether there is an ambiguity in the telephone and telegraph companies and the clerk's desk." Kay B. Smith, of Syracuse, clerk of the Assembly, never made a secret of the fact that he had a hand in drafting amendments to the original telephone and telegraph bill last year, which subsequently was reported in such shape that Assemblyman Walworth, who introduced it, found it. Later it was killed in the Rules Committee. "For $0 per cent of the bills thus far reported from committee," said Mr. Bennett in his statement, "there is no general demand whatever. The bills for which there is a state-wide demand for some reason or other are being held in committee." Newspapers, he said, were able to learn the plans of the men in control of the legislature, but in the lower house a member could not learn if a bill on the calendar was considered "an organization measure" until Mr. Merritt rose to indicate his views. "There is a growing feeling of discontent among the members at this situation and at the apparent stifling of certain important bills by chairmen of committees," he continued. "The feeling is growing that certain committees exist simply for the purpose of reporting out bills introduced by or pleasing to the chairman of the particular committee. Further than that, certain persons, not members of the Assembly, seem to have more power than the individual members of the Assembly, or, indeed, than the combined Assembly. For example, 'The Albany Argus' of March 6, 1908, ends an article outlining the proposed plans of the inner circle of the Legislature with the following paragraph: "In hearing will be asked for on the telephone and telegraph bill in either Senate or Assembly. For two years the bill has been killed in the Assembly with neatness and dispatch, and to get the same through this year would mean that the desk force would have to be electrocuted." SEEK light ON "CLERK'S desk" "I know the Speaker well enough to know that the term desk force does not mean the Speaker?" desk, and I also know that it does not mean the force of men that sit back of the members' desk. There is but one other desk in the Assembly, and the various articles which appeared day after day in the papers in May of last year with regard to this same bill, under the title "Assembly Clerk of the Governor," show clearly what is meant by the term 'desk force.'" "Several members have made up their minds to find out whether there is an umbrella cord between the telephone and telegraph companies and the clerk's desk. From what I know of the temper of the members of the Assembly and of the citizens of the state, I shall be very much surprised if within the next ten days certain members of the Assembly are not deluged with such a demand for the reporting out of committee and the passage of this bill to put the telephone and telegraph companies under the Public Service Commission that the connection, whatever it is, shall be cut." Mr. Bennett said the Phillips bill was a good example of the way "certain bills, favoring corporate promoters and dishonest directors can be established out of committee, not necessarily with intent, but with ease. It is easier for a camel to crawl through the eye of a needle than for a telephone and telegraph bill to get out of committee." "RICHARD CROKER AT WHITE HOUSE. President Asks About His Horses, and Both Chat About Golf. April 5. — Richard Croker called on President Taft at the White House this afternoon. Principally, Palm Beach, Fla. His call on the President was purely a social one, this home of the President was the most important office. The two chatted in the offices principally of horse and golf. Mr. Taft asked about Mr. Croker, one of which was the Englishman. Mr. Croker is an intermezzo-dramatic golf player, and on the other hand, he and the President were at the White House. Mr. Croker will be in the city a couple of weeks, and Mr. Croker will be in the city a couple of weeks. To-day, cloudy; south winds. To Give Mr. Taft $25,000. Effort to Get Travelling Fund for President. [From The Tribune Bureau] Washington, April 5. — Western Senators and Representatives are so anxious that President Taft shall visit the Pacific Coast states this summer that they have started a movement to have passed at. This session, a bill providing for a fund to defray the President's traveling expenses. The last Congress increased the President's salary to $75,000, but made no allowance for traveling expenses. Mr. Roosevelt's salary was $50,000, with $25,000 for traveling expenses. Senator Bourne and others sought to have the President's compensation increased to $100,000 and the $75,000 provision was a compromise. The Pacific Coast Senators and Representatives have been urging Mr. Taft to arrange his summer plans so that he may attend the Alaska-Yukon Exposition in Seattle. Mr. Taft would like to go, but he is not sure that he will be able to spare the money necessary for the journey. Senator Jones, of Washington, who is chairman of the Committee on Industrial Expositions, introduced a bill today to authorize an appropriation of $2,000 for traveling expenses of the Executive. A similar bill will be introduced in the House by one of the California Representatives. While the business of Congress has been confined to the tariff bill and the census bill, the Western men will make an effort to have the leaders consent to relax the rule so that it will be possible for them to get through their bill, and thus insure to the Pacific Coast a glimpse of the President of the United States. IN FLAMES WITH MOTHER. Children Cling to Burning Skirts - Woman and Girl Dead. Mrs. Grazia Pettinato, who lived with her husband and five children on the first floor of No. 41 East 114th street, and her daughter, Leah, three years old, were burned to death last evening. Her youngest son, John, five years old, is dying from burns in the Harlem Hospital. The fatal fire was started when Mrs. Pettinato poured kerosene on the wood in her kitchen stove, preparatory to getting dinner. She poured the oil on the flame from a three-gallon can. An explosion followed, and the mother was enveloped in flames. John and Betty, playing in the kitchen, became frightened at their mother's scream and the sight of the flames which covered her, and they rushed to her side, clinging to her skirts. Before rescuers arrived, the little ones had terribly burned. Neighbors rushed into the bath and threw blankets and rugs over the three sufferers, but the mother was dead when the fire was stamped out. The children were rushed to the hospital, where Leah died late last night. The boy is in a critical condition. PNEUMONIA ON INCREASE Prevalence of Grip Causes of Higher Death Rate. Official Says. Deaths from pneumonia showed an increase in the week ended Saturday of 133 in the corresponding period last year. This was said yesterday by Dr. William H. Guilfoy, register of records of the Health Department, to be due largely to the great prevalence of grip. No record of grip cases or deaths is kept by the department, hence the number of victims of this disease cannot be given; but the results of its prevalence were said to be shown always in the increased deaths from pneumonia and tuberculosis. The total deaths from pneumonia last week were 378, as against 38 last year. There was also an increase of deaths among children under one year old, 334 for last week to 26 a year ago. The total deaths were 1,731, as against 1,841 a year ago, and the death rate for last week was the greatest since February. 15 of last year, when the rat was 50,000. Dr. Guilfoy said that the greater death rate was possibly due to the frequent and great changes in the weather. NICARAGUA WILL SETTLE Commissioner Coming to Reach Agreement on Emery Claim. Washington, April 5.—The gratifying information conveyed to Secretary Knox today that the Colombian government would make an early effort to settle, either by compromise or Arbitration, the claim for damages of the G. D. Emery Company, whose concession for cutting mahogany was cancelled about two years and a half ago, for an alleged violation of the terms of the concession. Through Minister Espinosa the Secretary was told that a special commissioner would leave Nicaragua immediately for this city, carrying full instructions, which would empower Senor Espinosa to reach a settlement. If a compromise is not reached, the minister will sign a protocol submitting the case to arbitration. WOMAN BREAKS SHACKLES; ESCAPES. Kate O'Dwyer Had Been Sentenced to a Year on Georgia Chain Gang. Athens, Ga., April 5. Kate O'Dwyer last night broke the shackles that forced her to work on the chain gang and escaped by sawing the bars of her cell. She had been sentenced to the gang for twelve months for disorderly conduct. The sentence was suspended on condition that she leave the country and never return. She returned a month ago and was arrested. She was ordered to be shacked and chained day and night, as desperate men convicts were. Her treatment became public when an attorney asked for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that no one can be condemned to infamous punishment except by a jury. Governor Smith took up the case, and the prison commission. issued an order that no Woman prisoner was ever to be shackled hereafter. CHICAGO SUFFRAGIST GOES TO JAIL. But She Is Martyr in Dispute with Neighbor and Not for Women's Cause. April 5, Mrs. Krima E. Kershaw, a wealthy businessman and wife of Otto Kershaw, a wealthy businessman, is in jail; because she refuses to pay a judgment of $1,000 obtained by her neighbor. Miss Belle McClellan, who alleged that Mrs. Kershaw had attacked and slandered her following a dispute over a living apartment owned by the Kershaw and occupied by the McClellan. Mr. Kershaw, fully in sympathy with his wife, planning to stake his incarceration as comfortable as possible. AT WORK AFTER WEARY SEARCH. (By The Tribune.) Wilmington, Del., April 1.— After finding his wife and four children in a pushcart one thousand miles, starting from Wilmerstown, N.Y., last September, going to Winchester, Va., and then coming here, William W. Bishop obtained work in Wilmerstown today. It was lack of employment that made him begin the weary trip. The total weight of the pushcart, with two children, was four hundred pounds. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1909.— TWELVE PAGES. CM. CRAIG FOUND DEAD RETIRED ARMY OFFICER ENDS HIS LIFE. Leaves Letter Telling Wife There Was Not Enough Money for Two Friend Finds His Body. Captain Chambers, Craig, said to have been a retired army officer, shot and killed himself last night in the apartments that He had occupied for the last four years in the Hotel Barnett, at No. 27 Madison avenue. The body was discovered by Hugo Alfano, of No. 427 West 27th street, when he went to fill Captain Craig's dinner. The door of his apartment was not locked, and, receiving no reply to his knock. Alfano entered. The lights were up, but the front room was vacant. Passing through to the rear room, he saw Captain Craig sitting in a chair with a revolver in his hand and a wound in his temple. When Coroner Acritelli arrived, Alfano told him the circumstances of the suicide. He said that he had met the Craiges in Italy last summer and had been a frequent visitor at their apartment during the winter, said he was assistant manager of the Barnett, but Troy Alexander, the manager, said that Alfano had no connection with the house. Coroner Acritelli took of Craig's effects. The revolver was an old-fashioned dueling pistol. Several letters had been written by the suicide bearing the name of March 15. Showing that Captain Craig had deliberately planned self-destruction. According to Mr. Alexander, Captain Craig must have tried to take his life by poison on the day he wrote the letters, for he was ill at the time and required the services of a physician. The Coroner said that the man had been dead about two hours when he arrived. Among the letters found was one addressed to Mrs. Rain, who has been in Atlanta for four weeks. It ran: Dear Annie: The inevitable smash which ways follows living beyond your means has come. It has been delayed somewhat, and might have gone on for some time but for the present hard times. I have left enough for you, but there is not enough for both of us, and you will go better off without me. I wish you had remained with me. In the letter, Captain Craig, of several trinkets to friends, Lieutenant Colonel, a Major Edward G. Craig, of Albemarle, Va., evidently a brother of the dead man. A book, and directed in Major Craig, marked, "The Life of Major Craig." Memorial to the estate in Atlanta were found at the corner of Fourteenth Avenue. The letter said I would be in some of at least $75 a month for Mrs. C. The judge that I am prominent in Pittsburgh family. There is a note, which will us as you think best, for I from Alfonso has no legal value, but he will promptly pass it on him. FIRE WIPES OUT HOUSES. Six Horses, $100 Chickens and Lumber Piles Destroyed. Several small frame houses, including horses, 1,300 chickens, and 800 feet of lumber, were destroyed in a $15,000 tattered last night in a ragshop adjoining the Harlem Valley freight depot at 114th Street and the Harlem Railroad. The fire had swept through the ragshop, the chicken market, owned by H. I. Goldberg, at No. 11 East 124th Street, and the Westproofing Company's building at No. 111 Canal Street. The fire was quickly extinguished. When Acting Battalion Chief Lawlor arrived, he summoned the fire department to the fire department, George B. McClellan, Chief Croker, and Chief Croker. The fire was quickly extinguished. Before the fire was checked, it had eaten into the yard of the Herrmann Lumber Company, where the six horses were burned, eight animals being saved. The fire also damaged the buildings at No. 407 East 124th Street, which was occupied by Andrew Martoni, a carriage dealer. MICHIGAN DRY VICTORY. Nineteen out of twenty-seven counties voted out liquor. Detroit, April. Definite returns at midnight tonight show that of the twenty-seven Michigan counties which voted today on the question of abolishing the sale or manufacture of liquor in their borders, nineteen had voted "dry," seven had gone "wet" and indications were that the remaining county would vote for prohibition. Jackson, had voted for prohibition by the slender margin of thirty votes. Before today's election, eleven of the eighty-three counties of the state were "dry." Following are today's results: "Dry" Allegan, Allegan, Benric, Branch, Calhoun, Clare, Eaton, Emmett, Genesee, Hillsdale, Ionia, 105c... Isabala, Kalkaaka, Livingstone, Newaygo, San Jac, Tuscola, and Charlevoix. "Wet" Benien. Huron, Montcalm, Mecosta, Ottawa, Washington, and Monroe, Allegan, Berrien, and Ottawa in summer resort towns, and in the former which voted "dry." The business will be handled appreciably. The University of Michigan is situated in Washington County, which remains "wet" HORSE HAS SLEEPING SICKNESS. In a Trance for Two Weeks, but Shows Indications of Awakening. Ban Bernardino, Cal., April — Charles Mulr, a mine owner of Wild Rose Canyon, has a queer equine case on his hands. His horse went to sleep two weeks ago, and despite his most strenuous efforts to arouse it, has remained in deep slumber ever since. That it is slowly coming out of its quiet repose, Mulr says, is evident by its increasing susceptibility to the repose of a shotgun, with which he has daily tested its power of hearing. TIDAL WAVE SWEEPS ISLAND. Eddy, N.Y., April 5 — A cyclone on March 29 swept over the New Hebrides, according to news just received here, and the Island of Teouma was inundated by a tidal wave, which destroyed the crops and many of the buildings. A number of vessels were stranded on the shores of the various islands. CRAZY SNAKE'S SON ON HIS TRAIL. RUSKEGEE, Okla., April 6 — Crazy Snake's son was taken from the federal prison here this afternoon by United States Deputy Marshal William Martin. On the promise to lead the officer to the hiding place of Crazy Snake, who has been sough for the last week by "state militia." GOSSELTOWN NAPLES ALL CASES WELCOME THE EX-PRESIDENT. Visit to the Duke and Duchess of Aosta - Party Boards the Steamer Admiral for Mombasa. Naples, April 5. Ex-President Roosevelt spent several hours in Naples today, and in that time many marks of his personal popularity with the Italian people and of the admiration which they have for his services to his country were shown. The steamer Hamburg, on which Mr. Roosevelt was a passenger, arrived here soon after noon. She was greeted on her way to her anchorage with the blowing of whistles, the fluttering of many flags and the playing of bands. Italian warships in the harbor, steamers of various nationalities, including yacht and craft of all kinds, dressed in bunting and signal flags from stem to stern, added to the picturesqueness of the scenes which Mr. Roosevelt himself characterized as "magnificent." Great crowds waited for him on the streets, and when he drove along in an automobile he was presented with enthusiasm which astonished him. He received numerous official delegations at the Hotel Excelsior, where apartments had been reserved for him, scores of prominent Americans and the representatives of other countries, and to them all he expressed his warmest thanks for the welcome which he had received. He visited the Duke and Duchess ofosta at Capo di Monte, and later dined in private at the hotel. On board the steamer Admiral about 10 o'clock in the evening. The Admiral, which will convey Mr. Roosevelt to Mombasa, was read to sail at midnight. The ex-Presidents were present. Arrived were filled with flowers, which had come from admiring friends. Chief among the bunches of red, white and black carnations from the German Emperor and a great blossoms from the Empress. Emperor William showed particular interest in the forme. President. The German General, in the name of the Emperor, carried to Mr. Roosevelt the warmest greetings and a letter in which the Emperor expressed the hope that Mr. Roosevelt in Berlin on his return in reply to this Mr. Roosevelt told the Emperor that he would certainly go to the German capital, and would tell his majesty how the white man can and lie in Africa. The Emperor closed his letter with "Weldman's" (Hail to the huntsman), Mr. as particularly touched by this, and pressing his thanks said: "In a year from now in a position to see whether I deserve such a position." POSSIBLE VISIT TO THE POPE A letter was received by Mr. Roosevelt during the afternoon from an American prelate who lately was in Rome. The writer said that he had gained the impression that the Vatican would have great pleasure in receiving Mr. Roosevelt, because of the admiration and high esteem in which he was held there. Mr. Roosevelt told the American Ambassador that he would surely go to the Vatican to see the pope if he visited Rome. Three hours elapsed between the arrival of the Hamburg and the landing of the ex-Prest, as Mr. Roosevelt wished personally to superintend the handling of his baggage, of which he had a large quantity. Meanwhile, he continually received by the Italian consignees. Nu steamed into the harbor, the Italian men of war, German ships, and large contingent of yachts and craft of all kinds ran up their bunting, which fluttered in the high wind. The sun succeeded for a moment in piercing the clouds and heightened the bright colors. The bands on the various ships struck up the American national anthem, and as Mr. Roosevelt stood on the bridge, he remarked that it was somewhat embarrassing, but picturesque and magnificent. The great crowds ashore, awaiting for hours the arrival of the ex-President became impatient at the delay, but when the Scorpion's launch, with Mr. Roosevelt aboard, did come ashore, they were ignorant of the fact, and Mr. Roosevelt reached the landing stage, practically undiscovered. When, however, he appeared in an automobile and started for the Hotel Excelsior, a great roar broke from the crowd, and he was cheered continuously all along the route. The ovation moved Mr. Roosevelt to remark: "It seems that the Italians make as much noise as the Americans, after all." AMERICANS GREETED AT HOTEL. Arriving at the hotel, the ex-President received with the greatest cordiality the Americans and foreigners who had gathered there to welcome him. He spoke for some minutes with Guglielmo Ferrero, the historian, who had recently returned from an extended visit to the United States, and whom Mr. Roosevelt recognized immediately. Many of the visitors, however, could receive only a smile and a handshake. As there was little time for words, it being then nearly 8 o'clock. Luncheon was served at the hotel, among those at the table with the President being his son, Kerrai, Ambassador Griscom, Consul Crowninshield, and Mrs. Crowninshield, Lieutenant Commander Logan, John W. Garrett, secretary of the embassy; Winthrop Chanler, Mrs. Garrett, and Miss Cartright. The party was a merry one, frequent outbursts of laughter being heard as Mr. Roosevelt described his adventures aboard ship, seemed to be in the best of health and spirits, and expressed himself as looking forward impatiently to his arrival at Mombasa. After luncheon, Mr. Roosevelt drove in a motor car with Ambassador Groseo to Cape de Monte to meet the Duke and Duchess of Aosta at their palace, which is the finest in the Neapolitan provinces, with its extensive gardens and splendid views. On the way to the palace, Mr. Roosevelt said that this visit was intensely interesting to him, not only because of his desire to meet the duke and duchess personally, but because of the official nature of the meeting, the duke representing King Victor Emmanuel. Mr. Roosevelt was warmly welcomed at the palace entrance, and the duke received him in private, the two conversing for a long time concerning affairs in the United States, the duke's prospective hunting trip, and the experiences of the Duke of the Abruzzi. The duke expressed the hope that Mr. Roosevelt would meet the Count of Turin, who is now on a shooting expedition in Africa. Later, Mr. Roosevelt was presented to the Duchess of Aosta, and they talked for twenty minutes, their conversation dealing almost entirely with hunting in Africa, where the duchesa has spent some time. She gave Mr. Roosevelt many hints, which he laughingly promised to carry out. The room in which the meeting occurred contained two rooms. Continued on third page. TABRIZ TRAGEDY SEAR. Starvation of Massacre Among Inhabitants. London, April — A dispatch from Tehran to "The Times," describing the situation at Tabriz, says there is no doubt that a great tragedy is close at hand. If Tabriz holds out against the invaders, the dispatch says, thousands must die of starvation if Tabriz falls, probably tens of thousands will be massacred. The rest of the country, however, looks on with traditional interest. A BRITISH AIR FLEET. Government Urged to Adopt a Two-Power Standard. London, April — Great Britain seems to be waking up to the fact that the other nations of the world are leaving her behind in the race for command of the air. While the members of the House of Commons were this afternoon drawing the attention of the government to the fact that Germany has built or is building a dozen dirigible airships and urging the government to take up with energy the construction of a British air fleet, a meeting was being held at the Mansion House under the chairmanship of the Lord Mayor of London in support of the same object. Among those present were Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Lord Cronon, Sir Hiram Maxim and Admiral Sir Percy Scott, all of whom heartily supported energetic action. Admiral Scott advocated a two-power standard in airships as well as in Dreadnoughts. and mentioned incidentally that the navy had designed a new gun which, at a distance of six thousand feet, could be exceedingly destructive to airships. ZEPPELIN'S TEST FAILS. Weather Prevents Attempt to Remain. Hours in Air. Friedrichshafen, April 5.— The twenty-four hours' endurance trip of Count Zeppelin's airship, which started from here this morning, failed, owing to unfavorable weather. The airship ascended at 9:15 a.m. and the voyage was abandoned at 7:25 o'clock this evening. During this time the airship descended twice to the surface of the lake to the water for ballast. Major Sperling, who acted as pilot in place of Count Zeppelin, finally decided to return to the ball to refill the balloon with gas. The destruction of the trip, which was made purely for military purposes, was kept secret. The balloon traveled as far as Bibera and then returned to the lake, where it engaged for a long time in maneuvers. A strong easterly wind sprang up early in the evening, against which it was impossible to make headway, although the motors were working well. Major Sperling feared that he might be driven into the mountains, and decided to seek shelter in the floating hall. FRENCH AERONAUTS MISSING. Turin, April 5.— The "Stamps" says that a big balloon, flying the French flag, but with no one aboard, has descended at San Dalmazzo. It is feared that the aeronauts have perished. GOVERSOR LILLET WORSE. Affection of the Serves Appears to Have Attacked His Heart. Hartford, Conn., April 5.— The illness of Governor L. L. Lilliet from a wound. In the case assumed a serious aspect, and tonight his condition is the cause of much uneasiness. The affection of the nerves, which has been most pronounced in his stomach, appears to have gone to his heart and kidneys, the change being evident late today, although there were symptoms of this nature present since Saturday. During the day, the Governor appeared to be living well and he had a comfortable night last night. A number of state papers were sent to him to sign, as he has exercised the functions of his office since early last week. The change in his condition therefore comes as a surprise, and to those close to him it has brought a sudden realization of his extremely serious illness. Governor Llewellyn has been a vigorous man during the years he has been in public life, and if the hope that this stamina will tide him over the crisis. It was said tonight that while the Governor was critically ill there was no immediate death. DISABLED BOAT IS TOW. Steamer Priscilla Joachim Bringing Schooner A. and M. Carlisle Here. The three-masted schooner A. and M. Carlisle, which has been drifting about the Atlantic coast, disabled for nearly eight days, was taken in yesterday by the Steamer Priscilla Joachim, of the Atlas service of the Hamburg-American Line, and is now on her way to this port. The news was received by wireless from Captain Van Leltner, commanding the Priscilla Joachim, who reported that when he sighted the vessel her mainmast was broken off near the deck and net mizenmast was gone. The A. and M. Carlisle was reported by the steamship within the last three or four days, and it is believed that, inasmuch as she had refused assistance, her master was making an effort to patch up his sails. and make port without a tow. The Carlisle, which was bound for Charleston, S.C., from Norfolk, is owned in Philadelphia. MEDAL FOR PROFESSOR AGASSIZ. Geographical Society Awards Special Honor to Lieutenant Shackleton. London, April. The Geographical Society has awarded the Victoria's starch medal to Alexandria Agassiz, of Cambridge, Mass. The so-called bazaar has also awarded a special medal to Lieutenant General Bruston, who recently returned from an expedition to the Bouts Pasha. SAYS FILIPINOS WILL NOT WORK. Insular Official Comes to Urg Admission of Chinese Into Archipelago. San Francisco, April 5.— Alexander Sidney Lauer, Assistant Attorney General of the Philippine Islands, arrived here today on the steamer Chiyo, on his way to Washington to arrange the admission of Chinese labor into the islands. He is quoted as saying that the Filipinos are not inclined to work, and asserting that the Chinese are the only people who will prove of real assistance in the development of the country. DEWEY'S PURE GRAPE JUICE. Purities the Blood and Is Seen Nourishing H T Dewey a ous "-»*, *•» k'uilon St., New York. — Advt PRICE THREE CENTS. HOUSE TO VOTE ON TAXI BILL FRIDAY SOME SCHEDULES LEFT OPES FOR CHANGES, Lumber, Hides, Tea and Coffees Among Them To Bimetallon on Ad Valorem Oil Duty. From The Tribune Bureau. Washington, April.— The Payne tariff bill will be voted on in the House at 8 o'clock on Friday afternoon. This was decided today, when the House passed a rule which allows a separate vote on lumber, hides, oil, barley, barley malt, tea, and coffee, closes the general debate and provides that the bill be taken up under the five-minute rule for amendment tomorrow. The previous question on the rule was ordered by a vote of 18 to 18, while the rule itself was passed by 18 to 18. As a last concession to a number of oil "insurgents," the rule provides that a vote shall be had on the proposition to substitute for the countervailing duty on petroleum a specific duty of 20 percent ad valorem. Although it was tanned by the House leaders to bring the rule in at noon, they were not certain of their forces until 8 o'clock, and then only after they had made the concession mentioned on the petroleum schedule. Soon after 12 o'clock, Representative Dwight, the Republican whip, announced that he had a sufficient number of votes to issue the rule, but a little later the report was circulated that the organization lacked seven votes, and at a hurried meeting the Rules Committee changed the paragraph in the House's petition. The Iowa delegation held out for a reduction of the duty on gloves and hosiery, but Representatives Payne and Dalzell refused to permit this concession. As a result, all but two of the Iowa men voted against the bill. Rule. The roll call displayed twenty-one Republican "insurgents," chief among whom was Representative Herbert Parsons, of New York, who said later that he favored a more thorough consideration of the measure by the House and that he advocated the same minute scrutiny of such a bill as was accorded to the great appropriation measures. The other "insurgents" were Messrs. Austin, of Tennessee; Cary, Cooper, Kopp, Lenroot, Morse, and Nelson, of Wisconsin; Dawson, Hubbard, Good, Kendall, Pickett, and Woods, of Iowa; Hinshaw and Norris, of Nebraska; Lindberg, of Minnesota; Murdock, of Kansas; Poindexter, of Washington; Wilson, of Illinois, and Young, of Michigan. Represents, Austin voted with the Democrats to express his disapproval of the coal and lumber duties; the Wisconsin delegation because they want free petroleum, and the other 3 because of the hosiery and glove schedules. The following Democrats voted for the previous question: Broussard, Eaton, Pujo, and Wickliffe, of Louisiana, and Fornes, of New York. Representative Young voted for the previous question, but against the rule; while Representatives Kupp and Wilson reversed the course. The reading of the rule in the House was greeted with cheers in the debate which followed. Representatives Cushman, of Washington; Ford, of Michigan; Payne, of New York, and Dalzel, of Pennsylvania, spoke in favor of the rule, and Representatives Pou, of North Carolina; Randall, of Texas; Fitzgerald, of New York; Underwood. Of Alabama, and Clark, Of Missouri, opposed it. Mr. Payne was particularly vehement in discussing the grave and hosiery schedules, which, he said, were entirely justified. Mr. Fitzgerald, who was unable to get time from the minority leader, spoke in time granted by Representative Dalzell. He said he would settle any differences which he might have with his colleagues to his own satisfaction, and further emphasized the split which has arisen between the Bryan and the anti-Bryan inc. of the Democratic party. While the House was waiting for the rule to be brought in, Mr. Clark, of Florida, denounced Bryan and Bryanism. Populism and Populists, and the antiquated issues of the Democratic party. An spectator throughout the session was Mrs. Taft, who was accompanied by her two sons and Captain Archibald Butt, the military aide. CLOSURE REPORTS ADOPTED. Stirring Debate Attends Passage of Resolution. Washington, April 5.— The House today spent the first part of the session in considering routine business and in further general debate. Following a motion by Mr. Payne to take up the tariff bill, Champ Clark made a parliamentary inquiry whether general debate on the measure could not be dispensed with and its reading for amendment began. He wanted the whole bill considered paragraph by paragraph. While the Chair was ruling that the question was not a parliamentary one, the Republicans shouted for "regular orders" and the House was in great confusion. The first speaker was Mr. Bartlett, of Georgia. Who advocated free lumber and who charged that the bill discriminated against the South in favor of New England. Mr. Calderhead, of Kansas, a member of the Ways and Means Committee, denied that special privileges were granted to anybody by the bill. He contended that the laborer and the farmer were the principal beneficiaries. Messrs. Hobson, of Alabama, and Gillespie, of Texas, defended the South against a charge by Mr. Calderhead that that section had not taken proper advantage of its opportunity to progress. Mr. Stanley, of Kentucky, said that the Ways and Means Committee had in an amendment taking the tax off the tax to accrue in the hands of the farmers. Mr. Clark, of Florida, got a round of Republican applause when he said that incidental protection was absolutely necessary in certain cases. Mr. Clark declared: "I am in line with the Democrats party, but I am not in tea with the Populist element that has controlled it recently." Mr. Clark called attention to memorials of the Florida Legislature asking for a duty on long staple cotton and on citrus fruits, etc. "I am instructed in that regard," he exclaimed, "and no hawkers and opinionated Democrats can make me violate a solemn obligation I owe." "We don't intend," declared Mr. Clark, "so far as I am concerned, and, I believe, the people I represent, to follow your Nebraska Populist leader any more. The Democracy ought to be progressive, if it's anything. I do not consider that you gentlemen (looking around on the Democratic side of the House) represent Democracy any more than I do. We will meet at the next national convention, and we will then see who is to control and who will represent the Democratic sentiment of this great Republic of ours." Mr. Clark, the minority leader, moved that the committee of the whole House, under which discussion was proceeding, rise. This was designed to put an end to the debate in committee and to the whole proposition in the air. He was voting. 