Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1900, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY Temporary Business Office, 1109 Penasylvazia Avi The Eveming Star Newspaper Company. SB. KAUPFMANN, Pres’t = = = New York Office: 126 Tribaaz Bullsta;. Chicago Office: Boyce Buildiaz. Leadon Office: Trafalgar Buildings, Trafalgar Square. The Evenfog Star Is served to subseribers tn the elty by c@rriers. on their own account. at 10 cents per week. or 44 Ss per month at the counter, 2 cents e ‘Ty mafl—anywhere in the United States «r Canada—postage prepald—B0 ceuts ber month. soSnturday Quioturte Sheet Star. $1 per year: foreign jm stage added. at Washington, D. C., (Entered at the Post Ott as second-class maf] matter.| subseriptions must be paid fn advance. Rates of advertix ng made known on application. with ja ©All mail BLOWN UP BY BOERS Bridges Over the Modder at Winburg and Kroonstadt Gone. —_e—__-_ BORGHERS RETREAT 10 THE NORTH British Proclamation Regarding Montagu White's Threats. KITCHENER AT PRIESKA a CAPE TOWN, March 20.—The Boers have blown up the bridges north of Bloemfon- tein, Including those at Winburg and Kroonstadt, and are now retreating to the north. Chambe: in Prepares Statement. March 2.—In the house of s today the parliamentary secre- tary of the war office, Ge Wyndham, said the Yy ate for the golo- nies, Joseph Chamberlain, pout to issue a proclamation on the subject of the alleged threats of the to destroy Johannesburg and to what the was ers Boers mi xpect in the event of wanton destruc- f British property. Transvaal Government Ignored. CAPE TOW March 2.—Sir Alfred Milner, the governor of Cape Colony and ritish high commissioner of South Africa, that »gnize zed 2 proclamation declaring imperial government will not re id or effectual any alienations of property, whet lands, railroads or within vaal or the Orange or t therein or en- cumbrances, or any concessions granted by the sald governments. LITTLE NEWS FROM THE FRONT. Pall Mall Gazette Derides Rumor of German Intervention. LONDON, March —For all the news that reached here yesterday and today as well be at to beef that the ard of at any relief of Mafe hour. ed Prieska, ente ¥. without opposition, the insur- aying down their arms, which merely 2 previous reports of the wil- rman ambas- American hittl the ng 2 n. T one © straits the e reduced. Jus fch has form ntion permitti © of Lord Rob- t © the cou! march to Prete ky en office knews better than to in uld infallibly receive if it ven- posterous a proposal —+++—__ NEGRO BURGLAR KILI Caught in the Act of Robbing in Nor- folk Residence. . Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, YRFOLK, V: March negro burglars whose mur¢ on women One of the pus assaults terrorized this city and vi- 1 by a policeman early this heart of lent he burglar was discovered b Prui he res her house, No. 221 Char- negro struck her with a ch he broke upon reams. but was finally JENNINGS QUITS BASE BALL. Famous Brooklyn Infielder to Become Sporting Editor. PHILADELPHIA, Marc A letter re- ceived here today from Hugh Jennings, the nfielder of the Brooklyn base bi atmouncement that he w lay base ball any more. Jennings says ed the contract tendered yn Management and will not at Itha do so. Univer: KO sou 26, re He 8 that he will vers on March of his stated, nings. it gq Star. No. 14,682. HINGTON, D. ©, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1900—TWENTY PAGES. “TWO CENTS. ‘ONE WOMAN KILLS ANOTHER Cashier in Chicago Restaurant Shot by Jealous Married Woman. Latter Walked Deliberately to Her Victim and Fired Till She Fell Dead. CHICAGO, March 29. — Miss Annie trother, night cashier in a restaurant at 22d street, was shot and almost in- ntly killed by Mrs. Charles Smith shortly before 1 o'clock this morning. After emptying he> revolver at the cashier ‘the assailant thrust the weapon into her pocket nd walked out of the place, making her pe. Three hours after the shooting she was arrested and made a confession, saying sh had shot Miss Strother because the latter had taken her husband's love. Mrs. Smith is twenty-three years old, and the wife of a saloon keeper opposite the restaurant where Miss Strother was killed. Miss Strother was behind the cashier's near the front of the restaurant, when her ant, who was well dressed and eh y veiled, entered. The on) her per- ms in the room at the time were thre diners and two emplo: The walked quic! to the cashier's di spoke to Mi: rother. The latte ir with a cry of oot. out in quick succes- st struck the cashier in the breast. M Strother turned and_ fled toward the kitchen. The woman with the revolver followed and fired four more sh one of which Miss St 2 The murderess then walked out of the place. Those in the restaurant were ito much startled to follow her at once. Mis Strother came to Chicago a year ago from St. Lou! 2-2. DR. HUNTER MeGUIRE PARALYZED. Noted Virginian Surgeon. Who Was With Stonewall Jackson. al Dispatch to Tke Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va.. March 20.—Dr. Hunter McGuire, the celeb i physician and sur- geon’ in charge of Gen. Jackson's division during the civil war, was paralyzed yester- day evening in his right side while on his Sy to St. Luke's Ho: t, of which he is the head. He is entirely conscious, but cannot speak. The stroke was the result ef symbolism of th is serious, but not nec brain. His condit ssarily fatal. Dr. McGuire has held many honorary po- sitions In the American medical world. He was 1 Medical So- _ and is now pi the Univer- sity College of Medicine in this city. He is the best-kno: n between Balti- more and New Or PACKERS DISCUSS MEAT BILL. = rmany‘s Proposal Their Expe CHICAGO, March ers are Watching w the German uld Reduce in m sald one packer, “would restrict our Under the va nm, which may pected ea would not be affected ch, but canned mea which nnot be ng de- would r © our exports of meat products to Ger- from 40 to 50 per cent. Ferman} A be injured by the bill it would ri > prices of food, and t country would find that there would be re- liation on some of its preducts.”" ard to the in- erms of the biil lard, hams : be inspecte jurious aid anothe! “it pr our canned mez sausages from Germany, where we have had a fairly good market for th . But the nd I do not believe t form, will become a. Is s of bill would be just produc bad for Germany it would be for this da third packe “it would us from sending our canned m and it would cau: of that country. believ com MORE DEATHS TH! BIRTHS. According to Statistics Population of Havana ix Decrcasing. NA, March 20.—The Nuevo Pais, to the number of births and ered during th ond half of ys: “The births were 12.150 and the deaths 16,679, but this cannot be taken as absolutely correct, a great many births not being registered. The report of the de- partment of registration says that, in spite of the best effo1 ny births are not registered In Hay and it ts freey stat- 1 that many poor parents do not register ne births of their children. Though the gistration offices are nominally free, there Will become sporting editor of a P phia newspaper. —_~+<+___ WILL JOIN THE Navy. iladel- Striking Machinists in Chicago to Be Mustered In. CHICAGO, March 20.—It is probable that several hundred Chicago mechanics, out of employment on account of the prevail- ing strikes tn all branches of the building trades, will soon be drawing wages as em- of the United States. Captain r of the naval recruiging station here has recently received so many appli- cations from mechanics for enlistment that he advised the Navy Department of this fact, and has received orders to enlist an unlimited number of first and second-class machinists for the battle ships now being built. Lieutenant Commander R. I. Reed of the Norfolk navy yard has been ordered to Chi- cago to examine the recruits. The pay of machinists in the navy ranges from $10 to $# a month, Including rations. ——_2+<___ Sir E. D. ¥. Fane tx Dead. LONDON, March 20.—Sir Edmund Doeug- Jas Veiteh Pane, envéy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the court of Copenhagen, is dead, In his sixty-third year. —++-___ Peasants Drow the Danube. BUDA-PESTH, March 20.—Twenty-four Peasants were drowned today by the cap- sizing of a boat. in which they were croas- ing the Danube river from Kaloosa to Pays during a gale. —— Admiral Dewey at Savannah. SAVANNAH. Ga.. March 20.—Inclement weather today threatened for a time to in- terfere seriously with the entertainment of Admiral and Mrs, Dewey. Rain fell several hours, but this afternoon the sun came out and the admiral. with a committee of citl- zens. board the revenue cutter Hamilton for a trip down the river. The city and vessels in the harbor are gay with bunting. Mra. Dewey was entertained during the fay by a committee of ladies. is willful delay and waste of time caused by the emp sin crder to make it worth a man’s while to induce a clerk to register t once by giving him money days of unneci The Discuss 3 he coming of the committee of senators is fraught with po- tent meaning to Cubans, as on their de- cision depends the prolonging or the short- ening of the pertod of Intervention. All the prominent men of the island should impress the senators with the longing the country has for independence.”” —~+-++—__ BISHOP HURST MAKES DENIAL. He Did Not Make Announcement Re- warding the President. PHILADELPHIA, March 20. — Bishop Hurst, who presided over the New Jersey Methodist Episcopal conference at Mill- ville, y denied the published statement that he‘had announced to the conference yesterday that President McKinley had ac- cepted the chair of international law in the American University at Washington. The sed his regret that he was misquot and directed his secretary to telegraph a denial to the President. ———>r+>__ ON TRIAL FOR MURDER. John L. W: ren Formerly Had a Cigar Store Here. Spectal Dispatch to The Evening BALTIMORE, Md.. March 20.—John L. Warren, late boatswain of the ship Clar- ence S. Bement. who is under arrest at Portland, Ore., charged with murdering Mate William Kirk of that vessel in Feb- ruary and robbing him of $400, was for- meriy a resident of Washington, where, it is said, be still has relatives. He comes of one of the best families of Virginia, and although brilltantly educated was the “black sheep” of the family. His birthplace Is said to have beem near Roun- oke. He has a wife asl child at Seattle. He was well known in Baltimore, from which port he had shipped a number of times in deep sea crafts. Prior to going to sea he kept a cigar store in Washington. He went from Baltimore to Seattle lasi year in the ship Marion Chilcoot. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company May Be Called to Account, MR, JENKINS RESOLUTION Inquiry Regarding the Occupancy of Streets. HERE BY SUFFERANCE ——— A movement fs on foot in the House Dis- trict committee to call the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company to account, if such a thing is possible, for its contempt of Congress in refusing to put into effect the rates heretofore fixed by act of Congress for the use of telephones in the District of Columbia. The preliminary steps were taken tod: when Mr. Jenkins of the committee intro- duced a resolution calling upon the Cam- missione: the District of Columbia for full information as to the right by which the sapeake and Potomac Telephone Com- Ss and uses the public streets of Washington. It is well known that the existing com- nas np charter from Congress for the y of the Streets, but is here by granted originally by the Com- it is claimed by the de a vested right through the nee of Congress and tacit rece the company’s existence in sul terday, in the debate in the House on bili to charter a rival company, Mr. Hepburn, who opposed the new bill,” sug- gested that the existing company might be hauled up by prohibiting it to use the »pinion was expressed by others that isting company would immediately put in a claim of vested rights and go into vurts, with the prestige of a current decision from one local court that a rate ss than $72 a month would be confisc At any rate, the District committee pro- sto take Mr. Hepburn at his word and certain if there is anything in the situation which will give Congress a hold upon the company which thus far has suc- cessfully defied the express act of the na- ive body. tigation which the committee will make is not Intended to interfere with the progress of the bill for a rival com- pany, which passed yesterday. It is hoped that the Senate will push that bill to early ‘tment and in the meantime the House see what can be done with the com- which now has possession of the —_———_+e+_____ CLAIM THIS AS THEIR HOME. Two Men Arrested on Incoming Ship at Raltimore. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, BALTIMORE, Md., March 20.—As the big Johnston Line steamship Indore, from Liverpool, steamed into port this morning she was halted by the tug Britannia and several southern district police put aboard. They were in citizens’ dress and, after a consultation with Capt. Delargey, arrested Joseph Quinlan, Joseph Maples and Charles Steen, returning cattlemen, who are charg- ed with murderous assault and robbery at st Chester, Pa. The crime was committed some time ago and the men are alleged to have shipped on the Indore after their filght from West er and gone to England as cattlemen. the in: of Chief of John Jeffries traced them first to V f West Chester, who hington and thence to this city, where they shipped. Quinlan and Steen claim Washington as their home and say they have relatives Hving there. They are said to be “horsemen. ——++<+__ ) EXTEND W. AND P. RY, CHARTER. Bill in Maryland Legislature Referred to Unfriendly Committee. Spectal Dispatch to The Evering Star. STATE HOUSE, Annapolis, Md., March 20.—The bill to extend the charter of the Washington and Potomac railway was to- day sent to a committee consisting of the delegates from Prince George's, Charles and St. Mary's counties. The measure will probably be defeated. This old charter will expire by limitation April 1—after an ex- istence of thirty years, during which time the company has received $163,000 from the state. The contest over the bill has been acrimonious and has lasted since the be- xinning of the session, as a rival corpora- tion worked hard to secure its defeat. ———+~+<-—__ MOUNTAIN SINKS 150 FEET. Great Excitement at San Jacinto, Cal., Over Earthquake. . SAN JACINTO, Cal., March 20.—Great excitement prevails in San Jacinto, as it has been discovered that part of San Ja- cinto mountain ‘has slipped into a subterra- nean cavern. A territory covering sixty acres at an elevation of 4,000 feet was dis- lodged by the recent earthquake, and had slipped 150 feet lower than it had pre- viously stood for centuries. The face of the new valley is thickly traversed with fissures and cracks varying in width from n inch to six feet across, and it fs possi- ble to see neither bottom nor to sound the depths by throwing stones into them. A young man: was lowered forty feet in the crevice and the bottom could not be seen by the venturesome youth. The day before yesterday being Sunday every vehicle procurable was driven eleven miles to the southeastern foot of this great spur of San Jacinto Park. Once at the broken rim of this mountain range the eye surveyed a scene of terrible devastation. The great earthquake has been succeeded by a dozen light shocks, and although these are becoming infrequent residents are much alarmed. —2+-+—___ MET HIS LIABILITIES, France P. Owings of Chicago Out of Bankruptcy. CHICAGO, March 20.—Francis P. Owings, a stock broker, who formerly owned the Owings building, the first “skyscraper” in the west, and who recently filed a peti- t'on in bankruptcy, has been relieved of his indebtedness. His schedule of Habiiities ag- gregated $5,564,917, the largest ever filed here under the bankruptcy act. August Jernberg, formerly in the banking business, jyas released from labilities amounting to $1,433,187. His debts were ecntracted about 1893. —————r7eo——_ FIRE AT PIQUA, OHIO. Big Linseed Oil Mill and Flour Plant Destroyed. PIQUA, Ohio, March 20,—Fire which broke out about midnight destroyed the W. P. Orr linseed of! mill, owned by the American Linseed Oil Company, and the Piqua flouring mill. Assistance was sum- montd from Sidney, Troy, Dayton, Lima and Covington, and further spread of the fire prevented. Loss on the oil miil reached $175,000; well insured. The mill was the second largest one in the United States. The loss on the flouring mill was $0,000, covered by- insurance. DEFYING CONGRESS |8€YOND warswis: REACH Se Protection Needed for American Missionaries in Shanteng: —_—_—_— Question Whether China 6r Germany in Responsible for Their Satety— Wheeling Sails for Tak: The Secreta®y of the Navy has received a cxblegram from Admiral Watson, stating that the gunboat Wheeling had proceeded to Taku. She will be relieved by the Con- cord about May 10 and will go, as usual in the summer, to Unalaska, on the Alaskan coast. The State Department fs in @ quandary to devise means to render effective protection to the American missionaries in Shantung. The difficulty Mes in the fact that the mis- sionarles haye in most cases gone as far as 200 miles inland, and are thus beyond reach of any aid that can be extended from a warship. Mr. Conger’s advices show that the situation is further complicated by the fact that the location of the present trou- bles is so tar inland as to make it difficult to determine whether or not the “Boxers” are operating in Shantung or across the border in Pechili province, It the menaced missionaries are In west- ern Shantung then a further question arises as to who is chargeable witn their protection, China or Germany. The exact extent of the German sphere of influence is not definitely known here, - It is a long distance, quite 200 miles,- in fact, from Kiau Chau, thé German seayort, to the western border of Shantung, but in- asmuch as the Germans have claimed ex- clucive control of rai!road franchises and like concessions throughout the whole prov- ince, itis presumed that they have assumed military responsibility as weil. At any rate, the Chinese government has been deterred from attempting to exercies military au- thority In that section by the attitude of the German authorities, and that is the rea- son for the inability of the Pekin govern- ment to meet Mr. Conger’s demand for punitory measures against the “Boxers.” ‘The German minister at Vekin has toid Mr. Conger that his government is willing to extend to the American missionaries within the German sphere of influence the same measure of protection that is accorded to German missionaries. ‘This, however, 18 not a very reassuring proposition, in view of the fact that the German military forces in Shangtung have not, so far as {s known, been augmented to a point where they are equal to the police in the whole province. The State Department has not been advised that these German forces haye extended their operations into western Shantung, Where the imperiled missionaries are 10- cated, nor has there been any assurance that any expedition is organized in that di- rection, x INCREASE IN WATER SUPPLY Need for an Additional Conduit to the Re- ceiving Reservoir. Small Appropriation Wanted to Make a Survey—Prudent Look to the Futare. Officials interested in the development of the water supply system of the District are somewhat disappointed at the failure of Congress to take favorable action on a proposition made by Gen. Wilson, chief of engineers, having for its object an Increased supply of water to meet the probable needs of the city for many years to come. The present consumption and waste of Potomac water averages about 55,000,000 gallons a day, and the maximum capacity of the conduit from Great Falls is 72,000,000 gal- lons a day. According to the ratio of pro- portion of increase during. the past decade this maximum will be reached at the end of the next ten years. As an ordinary measure of prudence, Gen. Wilson and Col. Miller, the officer in charge of the Washington aqueduct, have given serious consideration to the best means of meeting the increased demand for water !n the future. To that end they have recom- mended that early steps be taken for the construction of an additional conduit from the source of supply to the receiving reser- voir. This conduit could be built entirely on land owned by the government along- side of the existing conduit. As a necessary preliminary toward the ccomplishment of the work it was desired during the coming fiscal year to make @ survey for the proposed conduit. An est!- mate of $8,000 to cover the expense of the proposed survey was submitted by Gen. Wilson in his last annual report in con- nection with the usual expenditures on account of the Washington aqueduct dur- ing the next fiscal year. With the excep- tien of the estimate for the new conduit all the aqueduct estimates were incorporat- ed in the District of Columbia appropria- tion bill. Owing to the smail amount ot money asked and the great importance of the work projected the hope is expressed that Congress will see the wisdom of enact- ing the desired legislation, The additional conduit is absolutely essential to any pro- ject for increased water eupply, afid there is no doubt that it will be needed within the next few years. Such works, however, require considerable examinations and sur- veys, which take time, and it is deemed de- sirable that this preliminary, work be au- thorized as soon as possible. The new conduit is designed to increase the Hmit of supply to 150,000,000 gallons a day, a quan- tity believed to be sufficient for a popula- tion of 1,000,000 for the next fifty years. Capt. Borup’s Tour of Inapectio: Capt. Henry D. Borup, ordnance depart- ment, has been ordered to make journeys from New York city during April, May and June to the following named places on of- ficial business relative to the inspection of ordnance material. The maximum number of visits required monthly fs memtioned in each case: Eight visits to the works of the Taylor Iron and Steel Compamy, High Bridge, N. J.; eight visits to ghe works of the Benjamin Atha and. pany, Harrison, N. J.; / works of the Dickson pany, Scranton, Pa.; four, visits te Fisher's Is) ¥., and two visifs to Hilton ———__+ 2+ Movements of Naval Vemels. The Chicago and Montgomery Mave sailed from Montevideo for Bata, The Vixen has arrived“at San Jann, Porto Rico. The Tecumseh has satied ‘from the Wash- ington navy yard for. No#fotk. The Detreit has sailed from Havana. Commanding Gen. Merriam’s Depart- ment. Col, Thomas McGregor, 9th Cavalry, has been assigned to the command of the de- partment of the Colorado, during the tem- Porary absence of Brig. Gen. Henry C. Mer- riam, U. 8. A., who is ip tie olty: ‘ Another Faith €; HAVANA, IIL, March. who had been under treg Rot known how long he had been dead, ds.a paper was found pinned on his it on- which was written; “This man is fot dead, but In a ‘The authorities are 1 ‘for the faith cure doctor. rs / THE WAR IN LUZON|A CA8LE TO HoNoLULU| Another Campaign Possible in the Fall, SERIOUS TROUBLE MAY YET COME Effect of American Encouragement of the Insurgents. MENACE IN MANILA ———— In the absence of definite information from Gen. Otis as to the exact status of affairs in the Philippines there is consider- able speculation among ariny officers and administration officials generally as to how much longer active military operations must continue in order to put down the in- surrection and establish the complete sover- eignty of the United States. The approach- Ing wet season will necessitate the with- drawal of most of the troops from the mountains and outlying districts to the principal coast towns, leaving only small detachments to look after the many guer- rilla bands which are prowling about in the Interior. It is expected that the principal field operations from now on-wiil be con- fined to the pursuit of bushwhacking expe- ditions and the protection of supply trains from ambuscade It is realized that Manila fs a hotbed of treason, being the recognized headq@arters of Filipino conspirators against the United Siates, who, while maintaining a friendly attitude toward the officials, are secretly hatching a scheme for the overthrow of Ame’ control. Effect of Encouragement Country. It is understood that Filipinos in Manila have constantly supplied the insurgents in the field with iaformation from the juntas at Hong Kong and at Cavite of the growth of the anti-administration sentiment in the United States and in that way envouraged them to further resistance. Unofficial advices are to the effect that the insurgents have been so deeply im- pressed with the possibilities of future in- dependence through’ the ald of strong friends in the United States that they are determined to hold out against Gen. Otis’ army as long as possible, confining their operations through the summer to petty annoyances to the troops and at the same time organizing their forces for a more serious opposition in the fall. Gen. Otis is sald to be confident that the Filipinos will never be able to organize another army of any consequence hind that there is more to fear from an uprising in Manila incited by the treacherous leaders there than from force that he is likely to mect in the fi Another Stand Against Americans. According to one military critic the Fili- pinos will gradually mobilize their forces during the summer preparatory to another stand against the Americans at the opening of the dry season in the fall, and that, no matter how many times the insurgents may be defeatad in minor engagements, it is n likely that the war will be successfully ed until after another prolonged and vigorous campaign. running beyond the time of the coming dential clection. Serious Trouble Ahead. The sentiments of several of the military skeptics are embodied in the following statement made by one of their number: “I am not so optimistic as to the speedy termination of the war as many of my brother officers and can’t see that the end is much nearer than a few months ago. The situation is one possessing more prob- lems to meet and overcome than has been imagined, and I am fearful the army has yet hard and serious trouble before it. There has been a great deal accomplished, but the Filipinos have not been subdued and seem to be encouraged from recent vices to begin fresh again. I know th: General Otls has always regarded an out- break in Manila as possible, and his warn- ings against the presence of women there have not been received with that serious attention they deserve. If the natives in that city should suddenly run amuck, as they might, there would be a terrible slaughter. “I think there have been vital mistakes made in the manner in which the cam- paigns have been conducted. There has not been sufficient mobility of the troops in the first place, and when we have struck the Filipinos we have not hit them hard enough or smashed them into a feeling of complete defeat. There is to be no with- drawal of troops, I understand, except the three battalions of the 14th, 18th and 23d Regiments, which have ween’ abroad nearly two years.” Finest Troopship Affoat. Major Bellinger of the quartermaster general's office has returned to this city from New York, where he: made an inspec- tion of the new transport Sumner. He says that the Sumner is a magnificent plece of work, and is probably the finest vessel of her class in the world. Her departure for Manila with a large body of recruits, which had been fixed for the 224 instant, will be delayed a few days on account of the necessity of repairing certain damages to her bow, caused by coming in collision with a barge on leaving the dry dock at the Norfolk navy yard last Saturday. A large hole was made above the water line, but the injury did not prevent the imme. diate departure of the ship for New York. It is estimated that the damage can be repaired in two or three days, and that the vessel may be fully equipped and entirely ready for her long journey to the Philip. pines by the latter part of next week. Going on the Meade. Gen. Shafter has informed the War De- partment of the sailing of the transport Meade from San Francisco for Manila. Major Davis and Capts. Manley and Dean, medical department; Capt. Pomroy, sub- sistence department; Lieut. Burgess, 5th Artillery; twenty-one acting assistant sur- geons, seventy men of the Hospital C four men of the Signal Corps, thirteen br cruits of the 3d Infantry, six of the 4th Infantry and one each from the 12th, 18th, 19th, 22d and 24th Regiments and four con- tract horses were on board. Second Lieut. Clifford ly appointed, has with recruits to be transport Sumner. Infantry upon hig in This U. Leonort, recent- been assigned ‘to duty sent to Manila on the ie: ppines, and be assigned to a compan: a mental commander. Say sheleeet ————!|_o+______ NO PLATES STOLEN. Treasury Pays No Premium on Any of ~ Ite Issues. ‘The Treasury Department is being flooded with letters quoting from various newspa- pers to the effect that the department is paying a premium on certain $1 silver cer- tficates, with the number 21 on the back, series of 1890, on account of the plates from which the certificgtes were printed having been stolen from the bureau of en- graving anc! printing. This statement is Bill Favored by the Senate Naval Affairs i Committee, y Be Laid by Private Enterprise, but is to Be Under the ¢ rol of the Government. The Senate committee on naval affairs today agreed to report the bill for a Pa- cific cable, which Senator Hale was author- ized to draft at the last session of the committee, and the report was later pre- sented to the Senate. The bill provides for a present cable only to Honolulu, but de- clares a purpose to extend it in the future, the first section reading as follows: “That to the end of establishing here- after telegraph communication between the United States and the Philippine Islands and Japan, under the waters of the Pacific ean, there shall be constructed under the supervision of the Secretary of the Navy a submarine telegraphic cable or cables and conneciing land lines from the city of San Francisco, Cal., to the city of Honolulu, H. 1, over such route as may be deemed by the Secretary of the Navy to be the most practicable. Under Government Control. Three million dollars is appropriated for the work, and further surveys are author- ized to determine the most practicable route. The Secretary is empowered to cause plans to be prepared immediately up- on the passage of the act and to employ naval vessels if necessary in the construc- tion. The control of the cable when com- pleted is to be transferred to the Postmas- ter General. «4 new provision in the bill requires that the cables, wires and other instruments, materials and appurtenances necessary in the work of laying the cable shall be of American manufacture, provided that it can be Procured at a cost not exceeding 12 ber cent above what it could be procured for in foreign market “ Senator Hale's Report. Senator Hale presented a written report to accompany the bill in which he sad: “The increasing business of the United States upon the Pacifle sea has for years drawn men’s of an ocean between our western coast and some point on the Asiatic shores. The annexation of the Hawaiian Islands has added to this feeling, and the cee tee has felt itself justified in renorting a bill, which provides for a eable which if bullt’ will be the beginning of trans- Pacific submarine cable. It is belteved b: th committee that the provisions are am: ple to in: ° arge with the ‘ are the work by private enterpri: while leaving the general government and the ownership th pre when completed. At any rate the experiment will be tried in the building of the short end of the line from San Francisco to Honolulu, and our future course can be Soverned by the experience gained in this work. IU is believed the cost of the line be- tween the two places named will be not far from $1,000,000, and, should the bill become a law at the present session of Congress, it is hoped that the work may be under way within a year. ee THE CASE OF RAFAEL ORTIZ. Grounds Upon Which Application for Hix Release Has Been Made. interesting question of military law has arisen in the case of Rafael Ortiz, a native of Porto Rico, now in continement in the state's prison at Stillwater, Minn. This Man Was convicted by a military commi sion in March, 1899, just before the conclu- ion of peace with Spain, of the murder of an American soldier, and sentenced to death, When the case came before Prest- dent McKinley he commuted the sentence to imprisonment for 4ife, and the prison at Stillwater was selected as the place finement. It is now contended friends of the prisoner that the court by which he pes tei as without Proper jurisdiction e1 and at he is now = erly deprived of mye They have eee cordingly made on for his release on writ of hal sad the que is now under consideration by the offic of the Department of Justice with a view to resisting the granting of the applica- tion. An of con- +9 + AMENDED IN COMMITTEE. Additions to the Urgent Rill. The urgent deficiency bill, reported to the Senate today, provides for ten additional clerks at the rate of $1,000 each per an- num for the purpose of restoring and re- pairing worn-out and defaced rolls and vouchers in the office of the auditor for the War Department. Among other amend- ments to the bill by the Senate 4ommittee are the following: Repairs to th $7,200; State Department, stationery acd repairs, $500; teams for official use, $1,000; Senate, miscellaneous, $20,000; furniture. $5,000; fuel, etc., $2,500; repairs Maltby building, $500. —.—_—_+-e+_____ SECRETARY ROOTS RETUR) Deficiency Arrived This Morning After His Visit to Cuba. Secretary Root arrived here this morning from Charleston shortly after 11 o'clock. He was accompanied by Mrs. Root, Miss Root and Master Root, Col. Carter of the adjutant general's office, Private Secretary Coursey and Maj. Brooks. so Naval Orders. Rear Admiral B. F. Day has been de- tached from the naval retiring bagrd and ordered home on waiting orders. Lieutenant Commander C, Thomas, from the Washington navy yard to the Constel- lation as executive office: Lieutenant Commander H. Winslow, from the Constellation, home on waiting orders. Captain C. S. Cotton to duty as president of naval retiring board, Washington navy yard, and order of March 12 modified. Naval Constructor W. H. Varney, from duty at Camden, N. J., and Baltimore, Md., home on waiting orders. He will be retired April 19. Lieutenant John R. Edie, from the Wash- ington navy yard to duty in charge of branch hydrographic office, Baltimore, Md. Lieutenant C. S. Bookwalter, from the naval station, Havana, Cuba, to‘duty as in- spector of equipment ‘at thé works of the Seon Electric Company, Schenectady, Paymaster J. J. Cheatham, from the bu- reau of supplies and accounts, Navy De- partment, to the navy yard, New York. Ensign H. V. Butler, to the Buffalo. Ensign E. P. Jessop, from the Iowa to the Philadelphia. ————_+e Army Orders. ‘Col, James: W. Scully, assistant quarter- master general, U. S. A., has been ordered from New Orleans, La., to Memphis, Tenn., taken from the “green godds" 2 }on official business relative to the quar- sued by counterfeiters or dealers in “4 goods."" None of the plates have “hoon stolen and cannot be under the system in use. The department neither pays nor re- celves a premium uporr any of its either ‘of coin or paper currency, and it is a waste of time to write upon the sub- ject, in addition to ‘causing a great deal of unnecessary work, as it is the practice of the department to answer all inquiries. termaster’s department. First Lieut. William A. Lieber, 24th In- fantry, now in this city on siek leave, has been relieved from conforming with that part of a former order which directed him to remain on duty with the 23d Infantry until further orders. He will proceed, in- stead, to Fort Harrison, Mont., for assign- ment to duty with Company D, 24th Infan- try, at that post, A BUSINESS AXIOM, From Printer’s tok. Money spent in continus ous advertising in the daily press draws interest that is compounded daily. AT THE WHITE HOUSE Important Conference on Porto Rican’ - Tariff Proposition. WILL CONTINUE PRESSING PRINCIPLE Present Bill Cannot Pass the Senate. AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE The most important of the series of « ferences held at the White House regu the Porto Rican tariff proposition pending in the Senate was that just prior to the cabinet meeting this morning. It extended fifteen minutes beyond the time for the inet to assemble, and when 4 pinet officials were in the cabinet waiting for the appearance of the dent the latter was in the library with Senators Foraker and Spooner ders of the special committee appointed by the republican caucus last week to consider the prospects of the passage of the Porto Rican measure. Senator Ke member of the same commitiee with the President during the morning. Will Press the Tariff Prin It was stated on most trustwort! ity after the conference that it to continue to press the princip! 1 of the room Presl- as decided of the a this prved for a short In the meantime Senators Spooner ker and others will take @he bill d add such amendments us may make the measure more presentable to the country. It is pointed out that the natv amendments will be largely expla In brief, the country is supposed to tariff proposition, but the movement direction wiil not be ob: while. nderstand the purport of the bill and good intentions of the administration as to Porto Rico. The explanations to be incorporated will mainly point out the tem- porary nature of the measure, the fact that it is designed to last only so long us the Porto Ricans can get themselves in cond tion to furnish some revenue to the gover: ment through the means of internal re nue and the regular channels now opers in this country. President Considers It Essential. There is no reason to think, it Is declared, that the President has decided that the proposition for tariff should be abandoned. That was certainly not the drift of the few cemarks made on the rabinet, jon later. The Pr inal tariff bill that if fully ex will agree that the Porto Ri their fair portion of the expens part of the United Stat is of the « now be in an extremel: to the island and its peoph i that alleged sentimental m e- ing is essential, d the ans should pay of being sand the cc sense which the committer is pected to inject into an amended bill. Present Bill Cannot Pa It is among the cert Spooner an@ Foraker informed ident that the bill, as ft now stands in the Senate, cannot become law by the that body. They 2re sald to have their belief that with the proper amend- ments there would be less opposition and more chance of passage. If this was not their view it was the view of the President, ntion fx announced not to abandon the principle of the right to vote wiven tax the products of the fsland. This wall not be surrendered by the administration, no matter how hea e fight to follow. The mere question of the amount to be charged as custome duties is nothing com- pared to that of the right of Congress to do as it sees fit. The President is represented as being ex- tremely tenacious of his ideas on this sub- ject. He is too delicate in his dealings with public men and fellow officials to present these views where his words might be con- strued as a wish that they should he adopt- ed by others, but when contrary v are presented he readily combats them and en- ters with all his spirit. though not in many words, into his exposition of the question. The Snow Bill Signed. % President McKinley late yesterday signe@ the joint resolution making small appro- priations for the District Commissioners and superintendent of public buildings and grounds for the removal of snow and ice. The District Commissioners had expended the small amount al‘owed them before the Dill became law. Col. Bingham, superin- tendent of public buildings and grounds, had a force at work today removing the snow from public places. Some of that which has remained in the White House grounds was carted away today. Representative Needham of California and Senator Foster of Washington introduced constitutents to the President. Many People Going Abroad. A number of congressmen calling at the White House recent'y have referred to the unusually large number of requests they ate receiving for passports for constituent who are going abroad. On his way through the White House grounds from the State Department this morning Representative McCleary of Minne ota called attention to the same thing. He had just been over to the State Department for five or six pass- ports. “I have secured at least forty pass- or constituents in the last five or six ” said Mr. McCleary to a Star rep- “I have never had so many requests, and I think the record making by my district fs a great one. The district is purely agricultural, but the people ate well-to-do and hundreds of them will go abroad this year. Two-thirds of those get- ting passports originally came from.across the water and are going back to visit the old homes and relatives. They have pros- pered in this country and are able to spare the money for a trip. They own splendid homes and sections of land, are beyond want and find times prosperous enough to spare money for a trip abroad. Many of them are taking their families.” jew National Banks. Applications for authority to organize na- tional banks have today been approved as follows: Alma, Nebfaska, capital, $25,000; Blue Earth, Minneapolis, capital, $25,000; Fredericksburg, Va., capital, $50,000; High- d Park, Ill., capital, $25,000; Hammonds- pants N. ¥., capital, $90,000; St. Paul, Neb., capital, $25,000; Ocean Grove, N. J.. cap- ital, $25,000; Preston, Minn., capital, $25,000; Shickshinny, Pa., capital, $25,000; The Em- pire National Bank of New York, N. Y., capital, $300,000, ———_o-—_. Bound Records for Correspondents. The Senate today adopted a resolution, which has passed the House, providing that each newspaper correspondent whose name appears in the Congressional Record shall receive at the end of each séasion of Con- gress a bound copy of the Record, in a4 Uon to the dally copy of that publication, which is now sent them. ——— Private Corry’s Fatal Relapse. Gen. Wood, at Havana, reports to the War Department the death at Camp Columbia on the 17th instant of Private John G. Cor- ry, Troop A, 7th Cavalry. Corry’s death was the result of exhaustion, attending ¢ relapse of typhoid fever.