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THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY ‘Temporary Business Office, 1189 Pemasyivasia Aveaa> The Star Newspaper Compasy. SH, KAUFFMANN, Pres't New York Office: 126 Tribane Buildtaz Chicago Office: Boyce Building. London Ottice: Trafalgar Buildings, Tratslzar Squarc. ‘The Eventog Star fs served to subsertbers fp the city by carriers, cu thelr own ncevunt, at 10 cents Der week, or 44 cents per month. Copies st the counter, 2 cents cach. By mafl—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—Bo cents ber month. Saturday Quiotuple Sheet Star, $1 per year; with foreign pestage added, $3.08. (Entered ac the Post Oflice at Washington, D. O.. as second: criptions must be paid In ayance. ng made known on applicetion. NO NEWS FROM“BUBS” A POLICY OF DELAY MUNICIPAL BUILDING | Public Interest Absorbed in Attempt to Relieve Mafeking. A CHANCE FOR GEN. METHUEN —— Belief That Roberts Will on Pretoria Seon. Move THE MASHONA INCIDENT LONDON, M Neither the vance by way of Fourteen Streams nor Col. Plumer’s movement has ulted in bringing news of Mafeking’s relief. From Bloemfontein and Natal there are appar- ently no serious developments, and public interest remains centered in Col. Baden- Powell's force, undistracted by events of ter military import However, it s likely that the converging of the toward Mafeking indicates a much us purpose than merely its relief. rom Lord Methuen’s presence at en, and the capture of the near- of the at Fourteen Streams, ers believe Lord Roberts med- in force on Pretoria by might start either or Klerksdorp, and » with an advance and Natal. Thus Lord iven the chanve to Te- s has been done with has accomplished treat from northern ng Rouxville and go- it, where President would probably sloemfuntein coinei AS TO THE MASHONA INCIDENT. British Subjects” € Footing a ims Not on Same Foreigners. LONDON, March 19—In the house of ommons today, in answer to a question regarding the subject of the seizure of the British steamer Mashona, lad. with Amer- ican flour for the Transvaal, by the Brit!sh gunboat Partridge, and whether the govern- ment, through the United States am dor, Jas. H. Choate, had undertaken to for or da sus- vould . Brodrick ment that the prize he en © Col. Schiel TOWN srrelsom) Was Quarreis —Owing te the ‘ol. Schiel Ge he Boer a ry, who i taken prisoner at the he has been re- * camp to a trans- moved from the pri port Change in Canadians’ Orders oT March 19.—Orders 1 heer m the militia department t ny which Was organized ve Pacific coast to go to Halifax for o Esquimault instead. —_+<-<____ VICE PROTECTED 1N BOSTON. Sensational Statement by Rev. F. B. Allen of That City. BOSTON, Marc tin I%—At a public meeting he First Church, held under es of the Watch and Ward So- remarks of Rey. Frederick B. “f the officers ef the society, ation. Mr. Allen declared rs hav during the last dt aters to aracter of suc and to g people who nd out before- th lve plays overn U to the paid in uthor!- Allen continue t Vice 18 protect- ‘There is a ¢ to munieip Mr. No, 14,681. = = — —==— WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1900—-SIXTEEN PAGES. 4& DEMONSTRATED FACT, There is no business that cannot be benefited by ju-. dicious advertising, and there is none that may not: waste money by poor use of - space. rs oft doers, although this legal evid iet in court. ——_+<-___ MISSOURI MOB AFTER 4 NE to ce sRO. Accused of Rape—He Will Be Lynched if Caugh’ JOPLIN, Mo., March 1¥.—A mob of near- sw citizens surrounded the city jail at 11 o'clock last night and demanded a negro who had been arrested in the evening for assaulting a seven-year-old white girl. When the officers refused to surrender him the mob broke the jail office windows and crowded into the office. During the excite- ment the lights were turned out and the «ro smuggled from the building and r for Carthage, ten miles distan mob later learned that they had been led, and started after midnigh bent on lynching the c t for Car- Iprit. —>-+>__ INQUIRY REGARDING WH ELER. Official Report of General's Service in Philippines Not if Yet. DALLAS, Texa rch 19.—M. B. Da who served with General Wheeler in the confederat: recently wrote to the War Departm oneerning the reports that General Ous had intentionally ignored al Wheeler in hts reports he fighting in the Phillppin has received a long reply from ton, assistant adjutant gen- . In which he says: “It has not been al for General Otis to cable to this de- partment the particular service of individ- ual officers unless they were operating in- Gependently. General Wheeler's brigade _ attached to General MacArthur's divis- lon.” The letter then names engagements in four campaigns from September 9 to Now vember 1H, in which Wheeler's brigade was tr action, and concludes: “No official re- porte of these engagements in which the special performance of brigade command. ers are likely to have been mentioned hava as yet been received at this department" —_~+--___ ‘Two Negro Soldiers Shot. RATHDRUM, Idaho, March 19—A row cecurred Sunday in a saloon in Coeur @ Alene, in which two colored soldiers, named Hayes and Hayden, were fatally shot. Hayes was shot through the lungs and Hayden tn the breast. the bull entering near the heart and ranging upward. ‘The man who fired the shots has uot been Iccated. A. Jol Plan of Manipulators of the Porto Rican Tariff. Prefer to Let the Matter Go on With- out Action Ustil Islanders Petition for Relief. < The plan of the manipulators of the Porto Rican tariff scheme is to let the matter hang on without legislation, the Dingley tariff rates meanwhile being in force against Porto Rico, until the people in the isalnd, despairing of relief, cry out for the 15 per cent tariff rather than have the more oppressive rates continue indefinitely. They propose to starve the Porto Ricans into submission, and, after petitions pray- ing for relief, even on the 15 per cent tariff basis, secure the passage of the bill on the plea that the Porto Ricans themselves favor it. Delay of action is in the interest of the traff advocates. The sugar people are quite as well satisfied with the contin- uance of the Dingley law as they would be with the passage of the Foraker bill with the House provision; and, moreover, they have before them the prospect of the adoption of their measure if they simply hold out against more just legislation. The steering committee have made no apparent progress, and the whole matter is now being conducted in a manner to in- dicate that there is no need of haste in legisiation. It is extremely probable that if a vote could be had now squarely on the proposi- tion to amend the Foraker bill so as to provide for free trade with Porto Rico the Proposition would have a majority in the Senute, but the approach to a vote of this sort is held off by the proposition for re- publican senators to wait for a compromise to be ‘Red out. Mr. Beveridge for Free Trade. Senator Beveridge today offered the fol- lowing substitute for the tariff section of the Porto Rico government bill: “All articles coming into the United States from Porto Rico or going into Porto Rico from the United States shall be ad- mitted free of duty, but this act shall not be construed as extending the Constitu- tion of the United States or any part thereof over Porto Rico, and it is hereby declared that the Constitution of the United States is not extended over Porto Ric Differs From Mr. Davis’ Amendment. Speaking of the amendment, Senator Beveridge said: “We have followed the President's suggestion appropriating $2,000,- 000 for the Immediate relief of Porto Rico, which is more than the House bill would given the island in the entire two s of its life. This removes the rea- sun which members had for voting for the bill, and restores us to the position first nounced by the President. On the great involved we are in entire har- h the President. The object of is the same as that of endment, but the latter c te n and revenue itution over Porto part of the Consti- is extended, it is there forever. It be that fence will demonstrate we shall want to change the laws of so, I fear t the extension of the taxing provisions stitution would prevent us. On ns of power Congress should b solutely free and unshack- 1 ques) left with eled hand.” WILL BEAR BENTON'S FACE. Features of “Ojd Bullion” Will Be on New #1,000 Bond: The head of Thomas H. Benton of Mt will decorate the new 2 per cent bonds for $1,000, The selection fs peculiarly appropriate, although Benton was a demo- erat, because he was one of the first gold standard men in the United States, and by his persistent opposition to paper and silver and demand for the single gold standard was given the soubriquet of “Old Bullion.’”” The new registered bonds will all bear draped figures on cach side, one represent- ing the law and the other the genius of war. The first will hold a tablet bearing the word “Lex.” The other figure will hold a firebrand aloft and will have a battle scene for a background. Different portraits will decorate bonds of different denominations, but the portrait ef “Old Bullion” was the selected by Secretary Gage and is for $1,000 will be the first ones ed. The coupon bonds wi!l differ from nt form by being issued in books of three leaves of coupons instead of a sin- gle sheet. These books will contain forty coupons for each leaf in five rows of elght coupons in a row, representing the 120 cou- pons required for quarterly interest pay- ments for thirty years. The printing of the new bonds will be pushed as rapidly as possible at the bureau of engraving and printing, but dummy bonds printed from ordinary type will be used for the present. $+ +_____ PEOPLE WELL SATISFIED. Gen. Wheeler Tells About Conditions on Guam. General Wheeler called at the Navy De- partment Saturday afternoon and talked with Secretary Long and Assistant Secre- tary Allen in regard to his recent visit to the Island of Guam, under the administra- tion of Captain Leary, the naval governor. He said he found that the island was weil favored climatically, that it was of strategic importance to the United States, was espe- clally valuable as a midway coaling place In the long run from Honolulu to Manila and that the people were well satisfied with the change in their condition. They were of a docile, pleasing disposition, and those of the inhabitants who preserved the traits of the original owners of the soil were of fine phy- stque. Considering the extensive reforms Captain Leary had been obliged to inaugu- rate, he had succeeded very well in holding the regard of the majority of the people of the island. —______+ e+_____. Personal Mention. Mr. William Mackay Butler of Danbury, Conn., is visiting friends at 1916 H strset. M. E. D. Sperra and Fred Jewell of Dun- kirk, N. Y., are spending this week with Mrs. P. L. Keeler of H street. Captain Cassilly Cook of the 1st Ohio In- fantry is registered at the Raleigh. Cap- tain Cook is a we2li-known buckeye state politictan. He was invalided during service in the late war by reason of fever, from which he has but recently recovered. . Rev. M. P. Sullivan, pastor of St. Teresa's Church, Anacostia, has returned from a visit to his former home in Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Patrick Connors, formerly of St. Eliz- abeth’s, who has been spending several months in Ireland with his wife, has re- turned to Washington. —_——_--+_____. The South Atlantic Squadron. Word has been received by the Navy De- partment that the Chicago and Montgomery Sehley’s squadron have left Montevideo for Bahia, Brazil. The Wil- mington will join the other ships as soon as she is out of quarantine. The ships are go- ing to Bahia to avoid the bubonic plague, of Admiral which has appeared on the Platte. ee Senators Taken to Havana. The Dolphin arrived at Key West yester- day and satled for Havana, with the Senate committee on Cuban affairs aboard. Bill to Provide One for the City of Washington. THE COS? NOT 70 EXCEED' $2,500,000 Provisions of the Measure Intro- duced in House Teday. CHAIRMAN MERCER’S VIEWS gees Mr. Mercer of Nebraska, chairman of the committe? on public buildings and grounds, today introduced tn the House the bill for the acquisition of a site for a municipal building for this city. “I shall ask the committee, on an early date, to consider the bill,” said Mr. Mercer to a Star reporter. ‘I hope to secur2 its passage at this session, for it is a worthy measure. I think the sentiment In Con- gress is favorable to providing the national capital with a municipal building, and tak- ing the city government out of rented quar- ters. “The plan proposed in this bill commends itself as a good one, and I think will be favorably received.” Provisions of the Bill. for the creation of a , consisting of the Secretary of sSury, the Attorney General and the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia, who are authorized and di- rected to purchase or otherwise secure for the joint use of the United States and the District of Columbia, for the erection there- on of a municipal building, one of the fol- lowing named squares of ground or reser- vations: Square 226, square 255, square 256, square 292, square $49, square 380, square 381, square 461, east half of reservation B, west half of reservation B, east half of reservation A, west half of reservation A, square A commission fs authorized and directed by the second section to purchase or other- wise secure one of the squares named as seon as practicable at such price as may be agreed upon between the commission and the owner or owners thereof, the price not to exceed the actual sh value of the property, and the average price per square foot not to exceed the average price per » foot at which any other square or ation above named is offered for sale nmission. All offers of sale shall in writing, and no payment shali be made to any Owner or agent of the property involved on account of the land proposed to be sold or purchased Ulla written opin- ion of the Attorney Genera! of the United States shall be had in favor of the validity of the title of the squa greed to be pur- chased by said commission. Bids to Be Solicited. It is further provided that the commis- sion shall advertise in three daily news- papers published in the clty of Washington for bids {rom the owners of lots In the squares and reservations ‘before enumer- ated. The bids must be in writing and must ate the lowest cash price at which the lots or squares will be sold. And a proposi- Uon for the sale of any one square shall not be entertained unless the owners of at least per centum of the land contained in the squire or reservation,or half of reservation, as stated in section 1; shall have filed with the commission a written proposition of sale in accordance herewith. Nor shall any tion for the sale of property In any quare be accepted by said commission until the owners of at least 75 per centum of the Jand in at least three squares or rez ervations named herein shall haye submi' ted propositions of sale to sald commission: I ever, that for the purposes halves of reservations named in section 1 shall each be considered as a square. 1f the commission shall not be able to pur- chase the whole of any square, reservation or half of reservation named in the first se tion of the bill, by agreement with the own- ers thereof, in accordance with the terms and requirements of this act, then the commission shall proceed to acquire by con- demnation the remainder of such square, reservation or half of reservation as may be selected by it, such proceedings to be in accordancegwith the provisions of the act of Congres$ approved August 30, 1890, pro- viding @ site for the enlargement of the government printing office (U.S. Statutes- at-Large, volume 26, chapter &! When the commission shall have com- pleted the of the necessary site, its dutics and determine, and the Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia shall forthwith take charge of the site and proceed at once to have construct- ed thereon a fireproof building for the ac- commodation of the municipal offices of the District of Columbla, the total cost of the building, including site, not to exceed $2,500,000, one-half of which shall be charge- able to the revenues of the District of Co- lumbia, and the other half to be paid out of any money in the treasury not other- wise appropriated. Competition in Submitting Designs. It is provided that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall invite six architects, or firms of architects, of con- spicuous ability and experience, to submit competitive designs for the building, upon a carefully drawn program, the competition to be adjudged by the Commissioners act- ing with two other persons to be selected by the competing architects. The architect or firm of architects whose design shall thus be adjudged most acceptable. shall be employed as architect of the building, to act under direction of the office of con- struction hereinafter provided for, and shall furnish all designs and drawings re- quired for the construction of the building: and necUful for its artistic completion. The architect shall receive as full compensation for the designs, drawings and personal ser- vices the sum of 3 per centum of the total cost of said building, to be paid from time to time, as the work progresses; and all de- signs and drawings shall become the prop- erty of the District of Columbia. ‘The other architects competing by invitation shall each receive not to exceed $500. Matter of Construction. The construction of the building shall be placed in charge of an officer of the govern- ment specially qualified for the duty, to be appointed by the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia, who shall receive for his additional services an increase of 40 per centum in his salary, to be paid out of the appropriation for said bullding; he shall make all contracts and employ all neces- sary personal services not herein otherwise provided for, subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and the funds shall be disbursed as other funds of whe District of Columbia are dis- bursed. If said commission shall purchase a square of ground containing bulidings, the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia shall be authorized te rent such of said buildings as they may deem desirable, at a fair rental value, the proceeds ta be de- posited in the treasury of the United States, one-half to the credit of the United States and one-half to the credit of the District of Columbia. ‘The commissiorf&na the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall submit to Congress annually, at the beginning of the regular Sessions, a report of their official doings, under the authority of this act, until théir duties thereunder shall have been completed. A sum sufficient for the purchase, in ac- cordance with the provisions of this act, of @ municipal building site and for obtaining plans for @ municipal building, and for ex- penses ineidental thereto, be, and it is here- by, appropriated out-of any money in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, one-haif€-thereof to be charge- able to the revenues ef the District of Co- lumbia, 5 ‘. Congress reserves jthe right to alter, amend or repeal this aet. Area and ¥nlustion. The squares mentioned in the foregoing pill were those on the south sige of Penn- sylvania avenue,.of whith the area and valuation were recently “reported to Con- gress by the Commissioners, the items be- ing as follows: Valuation. Rental. $49,085 $876,597 B17 G21 “682.428 W741 535,958. 559,116 Sguare 349: Square 880, Squire 461. OUT SIXTEENTH STREET. Bill for the Extension of the Metro- politan Railway. A bill was introduced in the Senate today by Mr. McMillan authorizing and requiring the Metropolitan Railroad Company to ex- tend its double tracks with the underground electric system from tts present terminus at the intersection of 18th street and Colum- bia road, easterly along Columbia road to the present J6th street northwest; thence north along 16th street to Park street; pro- vided that no cars shall be switched in the streets after the expiration of two years from the passage of this act. Before this extension shall be Constructed Columbia road and the present 16th street is to he widened to not less than eighty feet, as the Commissioners may consider le. Condemnation proceedings are to be instituted to secure land needed in widening these thoroughfares. The bill also provides that the operation of the Metropolitan railroad within the Cap- itol grounds shall be under the control of the architect of the Capitol. = These extensions are to be made within one year of the date of the widening of the highways on which they are to be built. Not less than one-half of the damages awarded for the condemnation of land shall be assessed against land lying on each side of those portions of 16th street and Colum- bia avenue, that are to be widened and ex- tended to a depth of 250 feet. If a part only of any piece of ground is condemned the jury shall not take into consideration any benefits that may accrue to the re- mainder thereof from the widening, but such benefits shal] be constd@red In deter- mining what assessments shall be made on or against such part of the land that may not be taken. . + o+ A NUMBER OF CLERKS ADDED. Amendments to the Legislative Bill Adopted by the Senate. The Senate today passed the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill as it came from the committee on appropria- ons, with the following additional com- mittee amendments: Navy Department—Bureau of equipment, 1 electrical expert, $1,606; adjutant gen- eral’s office, 2 chiefs of division, at $2,000 each, In Heu of two clerks of class 4; bu- reau of navigation, 20 additional copyists S40 each, in lieu of 20 yeomen (this leg- jon Was in order to comjly with Treas- y Department requirements), 2 messen- gers at $840 cach and 1 laboter; bureau of medicine and surgery, 2 additional copyists, Post Office Department—Six watchinen and one elevator conductor, to care for the old Post Office Department’ btilding, Treasury Department —One additional clerk, class 4, division of appointments. ————__ 0+ _______ ° THE FORTIFICATIONS BILL. Completion of the Measure and Its Report to thé House. The fortifications appropriation’ bill was completed today by the House committee on appropriations and reported to the House by Chairman Cannon, It appropriates $7,- 003,488 for carrying forward the plan. of, seacoast defenscs begun-in 1888. The prin- cipal items are: Gun and mortar batteries, $2,000,000; pneumatic dynamite battertes, $180,000; installation of range and position finders, $150,000; sites for ‘fortifications, $200,000; preservation and repair of fortifi- cations, $100,000; sea walls,and embank- ments, $21.40; torpedoes for harbor de- fense, $50,0); armament of fortifications, $4,002,588. The report presented today says: “The scheme of seacoast fortifications contem- plated by the Endicott board, and which has been followed by Congress in the ap- propriations made since 1888, it is now esti- mated, will cost in the aggregate $112,197,- 267, of which sum there has been already provided $46,071,013, the engineer depart- ment having received $20,154,661 and the ordnance department $25,816,362. ———___-e Army Orders, Capt. Jno. T. Thompson, ordnance depart- ment, has been ordered to make not to ex- ceed five visits during each of the months of April, May and June from the Springfeld Armory, Springfield, Mass., to the works of the Gatling Gun Company‘and the Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Conn., on official business relative to the Inspection of Gatling gums and Colt's revolvers now in process of manufacture by these firms for the ordnance department. Lieut. Col. Peter J. A. Cleary, deputy sur- geon general, U. 8. A., upon the expiration his present sick leave, wil be relleved from further duty at Fort~ MoPherson, Georgia, and ordered to fan Antonio, Texas, for duty as chief Surgeon of the de- partment of Texas, relieving. Maj. Charles L, Helzmann, surgeon, U.'8. A. Maj. Heiz- mann will then proceed to Francisco, Cal., for temporary duty, thence to Ma~ nila, P. 1 Capt. Thomas H. Slavens, assistant quar- termaster, recently appointed, having filed his official bond, has: been to duty in the department of the Pagific, and 8th Army Corps. . Maj. Charles Bird, quartermaster, U. 8S. A., has been ordered to make an imspection of tho transport service and other matters relative to the quartermaster’; department at San Francisco, Cal., ana at ‘T'aeom: Seattle, Wash. mar ie Second Lieut. Dantel~Van Woarhis, re- cently appointed, has by to the 3a Cavalry, and ordergd to’ Port: Slocum, New York, for duty th rutts taking pees ad Tas on the sport Sum- ner. He join his régiment jupen his ar- rival in the Philippines, a4 oe = Naval Order © Lieut. W. G. Miller has. been :detached from the Philadelphia and ordered home on waiting orders. Lieut. R. McLean from: the New York navy yard to temporary duty on the Pen- sacola, thence to the Asiatic station. Chief Boatswain P. Haley fr of the Massasolt to the Poto! as Sos Acting Boatswain F. Mulfer from the Potomac to the Massasoit, > Pay Inspector H. T. B Haris trom the Vermont April 30, and wait orders. Paymaster E. T. from the Indiana to the Massachusetts ion the 3d instant, thence to the Vermonton h day of next. morth. E aS Paymaster A. Petersen frem the League Island navy yard to the wee with ad- ditional duty on board'the Masgachusetts, Ex-Speaker Grew Beiter. The venerable ex-speaker of the House of Representatives, now @ ve in the House from Pennajtvantittaiuake: 2 Grow, who has been ‘with ery- sipelas at his quart in 's Hotel, was reported to be bet py a MUCH EXAGGERATED | &X-MiNisTER BINGHAM DEAD Unwarranted Reports Regarding Agi- tation in China, RECENT REPORT OF MINISTER CONGER Our Vessels’ Presence on Asiatic Coast Explained. FOR HEALTH OF CREWS Admiral Watson has not yet advised the Navy Department of the name of the ves- sel he has selected to proceed from Manila to Taku, in accordance with the request of the State Department that a ship be sent to China to safeguard American in- terests. It is sald at the State Department that the extent of the agitation in China has been much exaggerated in the press. It is asserted that as a matter of fact there is no more disturbance in China now, as a whole, than at any time during the past twenty years. But the concentration of the world’s attention upon the flowery kingdom has had the effect to magnify little troubles in the various provinces out of all propor- tien to their real importance and signifi- cance. This is said to be true as to the last demonstration by the “Boxer: The “Boxers” is a secret society of anti-foreign tendencies, and is the successor to a long line of just such societies, the “White Liles,” for instance, that have preceded it. They have had various objects, but have all been anti-foreign. Usually, they are more annoying than dangerous to foreign interests, but sometimes they dabble in politics, as is said to be the case with the “Boxers,” and thus threaten interference with large foreign policies. . Minister Conger’s Report. Minister Conger's cablegram to the State Department about a week ago, while re- ferring to these “Boxers” and suggesting the advisability of sending a warship to in- sure the American missionaries from at- tack, did not refer to any imminent out- break, nor did the minister have anything to say about our “open door” negotiations being jeopardized. The State Department rather inferred from his cabiegram that the ship was wanted for its moral effect, rather than from any expectation that it would be called upon to render any active service. Indeed, if that had been the case, the department would never have felt war- ranted in sending a single gunboat to Chi- na. Vessels on the Anintic Coast. Tt is quite certain that only one vessel is destined for this service, and the presence of other United States warships on the Asiatic coast is easily explained at the Navy Department. Admiral Watson was some time ago authorized by the Navy De- partment to send any of the vessels of his fleet up to the cooler and more invigor- ating airs of northern China and Japan whenever a change was desirable to pre- serve the health of the crews. The ad- miral availed himself of this permission in the case of the Oregon and the New Or- Jeans. The-former is now at Yokohama and the latter at Nagasaki. The fact that these movements had abso- lutely no connection with this last disturb- ance caused by the ‘Boxers’ is made clear by the arrival of the New Orleans at Nag- asaki as far back as February 25, and of the Oregon at Yokohama on February almost three weeks before Minister ( nger had made any report to the State Depart- ment on the subject. The Trip of the Newark. ‘The dispatch of the Newark to Hong Kong, reported today by Admiral Watson, was merely for the purpose of convoying to Manila the monitor Monadnock. The mon- itor was sent to Hong Kong to be docked, and it is not regarded as safe to allow that type of warship to cruise alone in the open sea. To Support the Legation. It is expected by the Navy Department that Admiral Watson will select a small gunboat to meet Mr. Conger’s request. Con- trary to the first impression, this vessel is going to China, not to operate in Shantung province, but to get as near to the United States legation at Pekin as possible, to give weight to the minister's utterances. A deep-draft vessel cannot pass up the Petho much above Taku, at the mouth, and even Ught-draft gunboats must stop at Tientsin. If the United States legation is in need of protection marines can be sent overland from Tientsin to Pekin, as was done last year under just such conditions as now ex- ist. ——_— ++ ____. PORTO RICANS IN DISTRESS. Transports Will Make Weekly Trips wi Reltef. Adjutant General Corbin received a cable message this morning from General Davis, commanding the department of Porto Rico, saying that the condition of the inhabitants of Porto Rico ts so distressing and the suf- fering so general and widespread over the island that he will require at least 500 _tons of food supplies weekly until further notice, in proportions of four-sevenths rice, two- sevenths beans and one-fourteenth each of bacon and codfish. Arrangements are being made by the subsistence and quartermaster general’s departments to meet this requisi- tion as promptly and regularly as possible. The transport Burnside, which is sched- uled to leave New York for San Juan, Porto Rico, on the 2ist instant, will probably take the first consignment of rellef supplies, and similar shipments will be made each suc- ceeding week by other transports on the route. The Burnside arrived at New York yesterday from the West Indies with a mis- cellaneous cargo, including the remains of twelve soldiers who lost their lives in Cuba since the American military occupation. Eight of these bodies will be brought to Washington for interment in the cemetery at Arlington. The others will be turned over to relatives for interment in private cemeteries. z ——_——_—_—_+e+_____ TRANSPORTATION OF PRISONERS. Provisions of the Bill Introduced by Mr. McMillan. Mr. McMillan today introduced in the Senate a bill to regulate the transportation of prisoners, etc., in the District of Co- lumbie. It provides that the sexes shall be kept apart in their transportation to and from the jafl and court house and from stations to the jail.- The Commissioners are required to have a separate place for children under sixteen years of age attending the Police or Criminal courts, either as prisoners or witnesses. ————__r-___ Movements of Naval Vessels. Rear Admiral Farquhar’s flagship, the New York, and the battle ship Texas ar rived at Galveston yesterday. ‘The Newark, now in northern Luzon, has been ordered to Hong Kong to convoy the Monadnock to Manila. The Essex arrived at Havana Saturday, and the Dagle at Key West the same day. | ‘The Marblehead has arrived at the Mare Island navy yard. The Hartford sailed Saturday from Val- paraiso for Montevideo, Prominent Obioan Pasced Away at Cadiz This Morning. STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, March 19.—J. A. Bingham, ex-minister to Japan and ex- representative from this district, died at Cadiz, Ohio, today. A Notable Carcer. Judge Bingham’s death removes the last of the prominent participants fn the trial of the alleged conspiraters in the astasstnation of President Lincoln. He was special judge advocate at that tria! and his share in the case Was most important. For over a third of a century he was actively engaged in public affairs. He was born in Mercer, Pa., in 3815, and after passing two years in a printing office entered Franklin College, Ohio, but left before graduation on account of ill health. He was admitted to the bar in 1840, and was district attorney of ‘Tus- carawas county, Ohio, from 1846 to 1849. He was elecied as a republican to Con- gress in 1854, and re-elected three times, sitting until 1863. In the Thirty-fourth Congress he prepared the report on the Ulinois contested election cases, and was chairman of the managers of the House in the trial of Judge Humphreys for high treason. Fatling of re-election to Congress in 1864 he was appointed by President Lin- coln judge advocate of the army, and Jater in the same year solicitor of the Court of Claims. In 1865 he was returned to Con- gress and sat until 187%, serving on the committees on military affairs, freedmen and reconstruction, and in the Fortieth Congress as chairman of the committees on claims and judiciary, and as one of the Managers in the impeachment trial of President Johnson. He received the ap- pointment as minister to Japan from Prest- dent Grant in 1873, and served in that im- portant position until recalled by President Cleveland in 1885. ——_~++<-___ RIVAL KENTUCKY OFFIC AL! Ride on Same Train From Louisville to Frankfort. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 19.—Governo: Beckham and Taylor took the same train for Frankfort this morning, after spending Sunday in this clty very quietly. It fs be- Neved nothing occurred during their visit that will have an important effect upon their contest. ‘The democratic attorneys filed with Judge Field today a demurrer to the amended an- swer of the republicans in the governor- ship suit. As no new poizits were raised by counsel for Governor Taylor, it is expected Judge Field will not require much ume to dispose of case. A decision reaffirming his recent rujing that his court lacks th power of reviewing the action of the legista ture seating Beckham is expected, withiz day or two, wher will be tal the court of app ——_+<-—__ THE TROUBLE IN CHINA. Mr. Brodrick Says England Has Taken Protective Measures. LONDON, March 19.—being asked a ques- tion in the house of commons today regard- ing the reports of trouble threatening t cecur in China, the parliamentary secretary of the foreign office, Mr. Brodrick, said her majesty’s government hed taken and con- tinued to take all necessary ste protect British interests. In this connection he de- nied the story published in the United States that the American government was sending warships to Chi ——_+-+___ WAR LOAN IN DEMAND. A Total of 335.500,000 Pounds Have Been Subscribed. LONDON, March 19.—In the house of commons today the chancelior of the ex- chequer, Sir Michael Hiciks-Beach, an- nounced that the total number of applica- tions for the war loa 39,800, and thet the subscribtions was 50,000, The x largest application, he added, was for £10,- 000,000. Applicants for £10,000 and upwards would get 6 per cent of their application. Below 2£10,0000 the assignments would vary from 6 per cent to allotment in full. ——_+-__ BRITISH DEFEAT MAT SELLEH. Campaign in North Borneo Disastrous to Rebel Forces. TACOMA, Wa: March 19.—The steamer Glenoble brings news from Hong Kong that the British forces in North Borneo have been pursuing rebels, led by Mat Selleh, with great persistency for weeks. Taking advantage of a heavy fog, Capt. Harring- ton of the North Borneo constabulary ad- vanced with his force February 5 and oc- cupied a hill commanding three large stock- aded forts occupied by Selieh. Harrington's seven-pounder was at once brought into ac- tion. The first shell penetrated one of the forts and, bursting, set it on fire. Another shell directed at the fort occupied by Se‘leh unroofed it. This advantage was followed up so quick- ly that all three forts were quickly destroy- ed, causing the rebels who escaped to take to the forests. Several score of rebels were killed. Harrington's expedition was de!ayed from further operations by a shortage in the supply of ammunition. More supplies have been dispatched from Labuanan. ——++>—_—_ ATHLETICS AT THE EXPOSITION. Gym ium Contest to Be Open to the World’s Amatears. CHICAGO, March 19.—Information re- garding the gymnastic section of the inter- national contests of physical exercises and Sports at the Paris exposition has been re- ceived at the offices of the commissioner general here. A gymnasium contest will be open to the whole world with the exception of professionals who have exhibited in pub- lic, in circuses and theaters, the contests to take place July 20 and 30 on the Bicycle track at the Bois de Vincennes. No gym- nasts under eighteen years of age will be admitted. —_+<+<+_ SUBCOMMITTEE IN ATLANTA. in the South. ATLANTA, Ga., March 19.—The subcom- mittee of the industrial commission opened its hearings in Atlanta today. The com- mittee is composed of Senator Kyle of South Dakota, M. D. Ratchford of Indjan- apolis, C. J. Harris of South Carolina and Capt. Ellison A. Smythe of North Carolina. Mr. Harris was not present. - The commission is engaged in investi- gating the industrial conditions in the south. ++ 2 GERMAN SHIPBUILDERS PROTEST. ‘They Want Their Material to Come‘in Daty Free. . BERLIN, March 19.—At a recent confer- ence of German shipbuilders in Hamburg it was decided to protest against the abro- gation of the exemption from duty of ship- buildi material adopted by the budget Sommiiten of the reichstag. x ae Russia, # is said, is special ef- or es ae Ing, and will give free trade in shipbuilding materiale ‘and pay bounties for the establishment of navi- gation schools, AT THE WHITE HOUSE Meeting of Three Former Governors of Ohio, A CONFERENCE OVER PORTO RICO Views of Ex-Governor’ Campbell and Senator Beveridge. A BOSTON INVITATION . There were three ex-governors of Ohio at the White House today—the President himself, Senator Foraker and ex-Gov. James E. Campbell. Senator Foraker talked for some time with the President regarding the Porto Rican bill pending in the Senate. The senator is in charge of this measure, and no doubt knows by now what to expect as to the provision for a tariff on goods com- ing to this country from Porte Rico. The Py dent has also been awaiting some definite information as to what may be expected. The situation does not cle and while the President cannot be put down as anxious, he, along with other leaders of his party, would like to see a decision of some kind reached. Ex-Governor Campbell's Views. Ex-Gov. Campbell paid his respects along with several friends. Campbell said he had made several speeches putting him- self on record as an expaneionist. He still believed in expansion, he said, but posed to tariff duties on Porto Rico. people of the country ireating Porto Rico as a territory of thé United States, and if the treatment ie otherwise, by taxation or similar legisla- tion, the administration will hurt itself.” Senator Beveridge Non-Committal. Senator Beveridge, who has talked several times with the President about Porto Rican legislation and who has been put down as favoring tariff legislation, eald this mora- ing: “In the principies involved in this contention there is no difference between the President and myself,” but as to th political wisdom of putting these principles into law and executing them Senator Bev- eridge did not commit himself. Both Senator Beveridge and Senator Fair- banks, strong administration men and pop’ at the White House, have been everru with letters and telegrams from Indiana asking them to vote against a tariff on Porto Rican goo Other op- “The he said, “believe in Ohio Visitors. resetnative Grosvenor, who has just n from a sick bed, visited the Prest- dent this morning in company with Judge . Thompson. Mr. R. K. Watson was ther Ohio visitor. or Martin of Virginia, ter Alli« and Representative Dolliver gf lowa talked with the President. Invited to Visit Boston. Ad ion of prominent New England citizens called at the White House today and “Invited the President to atiend the jonal Manufac- and a banquet to.be he association at Boston, ted of Sec- niatives Roberts, ot Sprague, and John Hop. . chairman ofthe citizens’ committes |. Lewis Stackpole and Dr. S. H. Dur- closing exercises of the N turers’ Association gin. The President was unable t@ give Selegation a definite aid he Would very much and would do so if the public business would permit. A Place Promised to Pledger. William Pleager, the colored republican leader of Georgia for so many years, was at tu> White House to talk with the Presi- a Buck, Lyons, Johnson and other Georgia leaders have been trying for a long tim to get a place in the federal Soverne ment for Pledger, but they haven't suc- czeded so far. Pledger was an anti-McKin- ley man in 1898, and when the few offices the were distributed among the leaders who had been for McKinley there was nothing left for him. The President, howsver, promised to do something and ‘as soon as he finds an opening will give a place t Pledger. At the last state republican con- vention Pledger was elect2d a delegate to Philadelphia, where he will vote for Mc- Kinley’s nomination, and he was also se- Jected as vice cheirman of the state cen- tral committe>, the chairman being W. H. Johnson, who is the representative of Col. A. E. Buck, the United States minister to Japan, Colonel Buck does not want to lose his grip on the Georgia machine and his representative k2eps the machinery going in his absence. Today's Nominations, The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Theodore W. Wheeler of New York to be surveyor of customs for the port of Port Jefferson, N. Y.; Obed G. Smith to be col- lector of customs, district of Nantucket, Mass.; Geo. F, Bartlett to be collector of customs, district of New Bedford, Mass.; James Brady to be coliector of customs, district of Fall River, Mass. Navy—Commander “Washburn Maynard, to be @ captain. Marine corps—Major B. R. Russell to be a Heutenant colonei; Capt. C. A, Doyen to” be a major; Thomas 4. Brown of Maryland to be a second Heutenant. War—For appointment in the volunteer army: Sergeant 8. D. Smith, Company C, 35th Infantry, to be second Neuienant: Stanley MacU. Stuart of the District of Columbia, acting assistant surgeon, U. 8. A., to be assistant surgeon, with rank of first lieutenant. ' Interior—J. George Wright of Rosebud Agency, 8. D., to be an Indian inspector. —_—____e.______ ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT TRUTH. Senator Platt Denies a Report of Hix Hostility to, Gov. Rooseve! Senator Patt of New York says there is no truth in the story published in a New York paper this morning to the effect that President McKinley and Senator Hanna en- tered into a deal with Senator Platt to force Governor Roosevelt out of politics, make ex-Representative Odell governor of New York and the senator Secretary of the Treasury. “It is,” he sald, “‘a lie made out of whole cloth. It has not the slightest foundation. My relations with Governor Roosevelt were never more a —_ ye rose present. fe Not read carefully, but have yy hesitation in rs nying the allegations. I cannot imagine why such a story was started.” “Is State Chairman Odell a candidate for governor this year?” the senator was asked, - “He is not. At least, he has never inti mated to me that he intends to be a candi- date, and I think he would have done so if he had any such intention.” —_—$__ 2. Repairs to the New Orleans. A report from Manila indjpates that the erulser New Orleans must undergo exten- sive repairs in order to continue in active service. The Navy Department is confront- ed — ce on. vag ed —— = of mal hese repairs China Station or returning the ship, wnlen! is not long out, to the United Btates to be overhauled,