Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1900, Page 1

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Today advertising is as necessary to the transaction of certain lines of business as steam and electricity are to machinery.—R. J. Gun- ning. NOT READY TO MOVE General Roberts Taking His Time Preparing for An Advance, ALL ENGLAND 1S WATCHING HIM Dutch Ministers Petition Schreiner Regarding Prisoners. OBJECT TO ST. HELENA LONDON, March 29.—Conjecture as to Lord Roberts’ advance from Bloemfontein fs the topic of the day and is Mkely to continue so if the British commander in ehtef in South Africa conceals his move- ments as carefull he has done in the past. April 2 fs set by various critics as the probable date of the departure of the main army from Bloemfontein. It is point- ed out that there will over a week's hard marching b nstadt fs reached, though there seems no certain- ty that Kroonstadt will entirely occupy Lord Roberts’ attention. The advance, when it does occur, will probably be made by parallel columns al a broad front. The movements of the cavalry force and of the infantry t< Glen can ly be construed nal a though they u point t But onl then be part mw: Ss an joubtedly a step. acre’s fore h of ed at Bloemfontein, and u vement is it is not Hoberts will start for Pr Against 2 Premature Advance. . The latest news from Bloemfont ished in the sec. nd dated Wed- in dwells upon the 1g & premature ad- mt, who on © have been chosen d_ Roberts, cables: vane mfontein is abs ry pre cautic » in mind that We are abi enter on a new phase of the operation main communication: ted hostile country es necessitated 2 great nd i xpenditure Natal w £ horse power. Here shall move on the com- uth Africsa winter and d to fae ewects of the spon such ani ay be horse sickness. would be 1sh trooy are > of winter. we must h : that th and he = vi Fe re-equippe convinced that ops have been jan ley and Paarde- conjecture is w to when Lord Roberts tch church ministers ith Premier Schreiner today. Ministers See Schreiner. aration of the nd asked that ‘The ministers urged the se sick and well Boer prisoner: the sick be not sent to St. Helena. Mr. d that he had no power in s but would use his fri-ndly added that he had made strong r tions to the Im- sending any of Helena, but without ed that the p transports Helena at the 2nd of this nd Mafeking there is no < as this dispatch is sent. Ks today the Prince of Lord Dunraven for the complimented nd sa that you necessity arf their ay * fh ret h straight wh JULIAN RALPH may shoot SCORES BOERS. Declares They Have Violated Every Rule of Civilized War. LONDON, March 2%.—The mo: indictment of the Be methods of war- fare which has yet appeared in England comes Julian Ralph, the American war correspondent, in a letter from Kim- berley, published in this morning's Daily Ma in part, as follo “it is a war steadily and stealthily plan- ned by the Queen's Dutch subjects and the Dutch republics for fully twenty years. For between four and six years they have been equipped for it. They began purchasing arms and planning defenses before the Jameson raid. Let no one fool you with the falsehood about that. Finally President Kruger begged President Steyn to declare serlous t is war three weeks before President Steyn consented. Next rid your mind of the no- tion that you are crushing two farmer re- publics. There fs not a farmer in the two countries and only one, the Free State, was a republic in any way ©xcept misnaming. These people are herders of cattle, sheep and goats, like the Israelites of old and the Afridis, Turks and Balkan peoples of to- Gay. His (the Boers’) so-called farms are as nature made them, merely reaches of veldt. whereon his cattle graze. On each e he has put up some hut and its sur- dings are almost invariably more re- pellant and disorderly than any houses I ever saw, except the cabins of freed slaves in the United Btates. Their Camps Are Filthy. “Their camps and strongholds from which we have routed them are the filthlest places 1 have known men of any sort to live in, + seen Red Indian, Chinese and mps, and the camps of many sorts of black men. As to their bravery and honor, I have seen and heard sufficient to fill a page of the Daily Mail with ac- counts of their cowardly and dastardly be- havior before I came to Kimberley. But here I find they have been guilty of differ- ent and original enormities. Here they killed our wounded and laid theid bodies in a row after one of the forays out of town. Here they armed many biacks to fight against us, showing all the world how scandalously fraudulent were their ex- clamations of horror at the idea of our em- ploying native Indian troops. ‘There has hardly been a battle in which the Boers have not abused either the white flag or the Geneva cross, or both. At Spion Kop our people saw them loading Maxims in ambulances, in order to get them safely away. This we saw them do at Modder ri also, and Kimberley is where the Boers shelled the funeral cortege of George L Abram, an American. Fired on Ambulances. “At many places they fired on our am- Bulances. I saw them do it at the Modder river, and saw them fire on our stretcher bearers in that battle time and time again. When we entered Jacobsdal it looked like a city of doctors. Every man in the streets wore the Red Cross bandage on his arm. Thése were the men who had just been shooting us from behind garden walls. There was nothing novel or original about their seeking the cowardly shelter of the foctor’s badge. We have become quite ac- customed to it. We once entered a Boer wounded for their patients. They have not been content with looting the of the loyalists in the British colo- but in 1, in scores of instances, into kindlings and torn ibbons whatever they did not want or not carry off. Worse yet, they have i the wails of the homes of de less women with obscene writings. never knew the value of an oath or promise and have not learned it since the war be- gan. eight WANT ALL SOUTH AFRICA. Herbert Gladstone Says That is the Englizh Policy. LONDON, March 2%.—Speaking at a breakfast of the Mberal agents at Notting- ham lay, Herbert Gladstone, son of the e William: E. Gladstone, and member of jament for West Leeds, declared that nearly all the liberals had agreed in regard to the settlement of the South African question, that it was the duty of the gov- t to make a recurrence of the war to show the world that Brit- ish power in South Africa was predominant and t the British flag must wave over the whole of South Africa. Bombardment of Mafeking. LONDON, March Pretoria patch, dated March 28, say: “An official dispatch reports a heavy bombardment of Mafeking in progress on Monday, March which was meeting with a spirited re- dis- ate telegram received from Mafe- ng reports that ali was well there Mareh 20. 2 DR. LEYDS’ PROTEST. Says Egypt Has Violated Neutrality in Transvaal War. LS, March 2.—Dr. Leyds, the agent of the Transvaal, has tention of the Egyptian and Turkish governments to the fact that the British government, in th puse of com- mons, has admitted that six Maxims were borrowed from the Egyptian army for use in the Transvaal war, and has demanded explanations for this breach of neutrality, declaring that unless the guns are imme- diately returned the Transvaal will con- sider the Egyptian government has aban- doned neutrality, and is lending openly its tance to G t Britain. No reply has been vouchsafed to this test, which was dispatched March 13. KRUGER TALKS OF THE WAR. pro- Says the Losses in the Struggle Will Stagger Humanity. SW YORK, March 2.—The World pub- ‘s a long interview with President Kru- under date of Pretoria, February 7. lent Kruger said: I sent a message to the World saying that the lo: in a war ‘would stagger hu- manity.. The B: n laughed at me and said they would only take a month to con- Did those 650 dead at Spion's Kop, hundreds who were killed in se the British? Are they When you came through quer u nd those er bat aughing Li now? jon did you see much laughter The correspondent told him of the cent ar bulletin boar nd the serrowing I re ndon w atives Kruger went onj is only one side of the picture. Here we have the same scenes, only our < are not so great. home in has been desolated, and the egun. Wait until the war is ye Who will suffer on account of it will be numbered by thousands and thousands. “Did Chamberlain and Milner andthe capitalists who were back of them think of those things before they drove us to the wall? Are the tears of widows and orphans to pay for the gold fields ‘Tell the Americans their expressions of sympath will inform my burghers of it. pleased to hear that committees have been formed to raise funds for our Red Cross. “We need medicines and supplies for the wounded—not so much for our own waund- ed. but for the many poor British soldiers who come into our hands. “It makes my heart bi! ffera but we cannot h S we should like to do, beca British authorities will not let us bring medicines or supplies for our local Red Cross through Delagoa bay.” President Kruger sald that the Boers looked for no assistance from any nation. He declared that the Boers would not d stroy the mines In any event. He said that before the war he believed that the United States would offer to act as arbitrator of the differences between the two countries, and that he was perfectly content to accept the decision tha would have been made, but Great Britain refused to arbitrate. Thanks From Boer Red Cronus. W YORK, March 29.-John V. L. Pruyn, chairman of the American commit- tee to ald Red Cross work within the Boer lines, has received a letter from Baron Hawadenbroek, president of the Dutch Red Cross, in which is written: “We have the honor of giving you our special thanks for our great sympathy and interest in the labor of the Dutch Red Cross Society with regard to the care and relief of the Boers in the South African war. Whatever may he result of your endeavors, we remain very grateful to you and your associate members for their striving to assist. In the meantime every contribution will be ex- tremely welcome in taking care of our ‘con- weniers’ in South Africa who fall in the field of battle.” that I appreciate and that I 1 am greatly ed_to see them much —~+<-<-____ EX-SENATOR SAWYER DEAD. Passed Away This Morning at His Home in Oshkosh. OSHKOSH, Wis, March 29.—Former United States Senator Philetus Sawyer died this morning at 9:15 o'clock at the residence of his son, E. P. Sawyer, in this city. The illness resulting tn his death became serious @t 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The at- tack at first affected the stomach, but later other organs became involved and for gev- era) days his condition had been considered critical. Senator Sawyer was eighty-two years old. Mr. Sawyer seemed to be feeling a little better this morning, when he suddenly set- tled back and died. The funeral probably wili be held next Sunday. Mr. Sawyer was known as the “grand old man of Oshkosh.” When his death was an- nounced flags were piaced at half-mast all over the city snd expressions of sorrow were general. Ex-Senator Sawyer was born in Rutland county, Vt, September 22, 1816. His first political honor was his election as an alder- man of this city. In 1864 he was elected to Congress, where he remained for ten years, and in 1881 he was elected to the United States Senate and served in the upper house. Mr. Sawyer amassed a large fortune in the lumber trade. —_>+ >. NEW PERSIAN MINISTER. Moftakham Ed Dowleh Has Been Ap- pointed. ‘The Shah of Persia has appointed Mo- fakham Ed Dowleh minister plenipotentiary of Persia to the United States. The Per- sian mission here has been vacant for seme years past. United States Minister Bowen at Teheran, in communicating the news of the sppointment to the State De- partment, commends it strongly. —_—_—_<_—__o._______ On Liquor Exports. ‘There will be a hearing tomorrow before the House committee on insular affairs upon the export of liquors to our new posses- sions, MORO-AMERICANS Evils of Semi-Feudal Slavery and Mahometan Polygamy. MARE HASTE SLOWLY 10 CURE THEM Datto Calvi’s Protest Against New Customs Taxes for the Sulus. —__+ THESULTANA’S PHONOGRAPH Editorial C respgndence of The Evening Star. JOLO, Island of Jolo, Sulu Archip2lago, P. 1, January 18, 1900. The problem of a wise, just and beneficent American policy for the southern Philip- pines, which shall maintain American sov- ereignty, promote peace and advance the interests and m2et the reasonable public sentiment of the people both of the islands and of the United States has not by any means been permanently solved. It is very indesd by thoughtlessness or by ob- inate biundering either here or at Wash- ington to overturn whatever has already been accomplished and to raise up troubles for us which will dwarf those that have confronted us in Luzon. We have made a start in the right direc- tion, and the good work of Gen. Bates in securing by peaceful means the recognition of American sovereignty by the Moros is being supplemented apparently on the same lines of tact and judgment by the subordi- nate offic in command at Zamboanga and Jolo. Major Sweet of the 2id Infantry, in charge at Jolo, whose record as a young- ster in the civil war was that of a dashing fighter and not a negotiator, is apparenily developing In his new field of labor into a suave diplomat. When [ asked Major Sw2et what his gen- eral policy was ia dealing with the Mores he replied: “One of conciliation and mild coercion, fostering amicable relations, seek- ing to Jead and guide and not to drive. As a result we ar2 steadily, if slowly, gaining. and confirming their confidence and good will, in spite of the suspicion and distrust of the white race which their contact with the Spanish developed in them.” “Have you been troubled by the murder- juramentadoes?” 0, The last case of muck by Mahometans, who until they are themselves toward the end of the ou this running ill Christians led, occurred sh occupation. They have never attacked Word was sent to the sultan that not only would any juramentadoes be promptly shot, but that he would be held responsible. He assured us that these fanatical murders would be d. It was in this connection that made the discrimination, of which you heard, between Americans and Chris- suppre: he you had occasion recently to in- ne as adviser among the Moro chief: short time ago some Moros were pub- hacked to pieces at the neighboring of Bus-Bus for stealing a few fish. nonstrated with the chiefs concerned, ented that life was too precious to aken away for so slight a cause, and urged that they were chiefs only in name if they could not prevent such butcheries. “The strongest representations mau> to the Moros have been on the subject of the necessity of refraining from attacking Americans. The chiefs were =rg2d, if they tery be Datto Mandi and Col. Pettit. or their people had any grievance against American soldiers, to let me know and not to kill unless in self-defense. They were assured that the murder of Americans would mean the coming of gunboats and of an army with disastrous results, Peculiarities of the Americans. “In response to these representations the sultan issued a circular to his people, in which he pointed out the difference between the Americans and the Spaniards, and cited cases of kind treatment of Moro women by the former, which marked them as humane. He mentioned as a peculiarity of the Amer- icans for the guidance of his people that when they wanted anything done they wanted it done quickly; and he warned the Moros not to kill an American under any circumstances. He Indicated that the indi- vidual American did not represent himself alone, but that if one were hurt or killed all Americans rushed to his defense or to punish those who had attacked him. He likened us to a box of matches in which if one is struck and ignited the whole box goes off. His figurative warning seems to have been effective, for we have had no trouble whatsoeve! The agreement with the Sultan of Sulu stipulates that the freedom of slaves may be purchased at the market price, and Pres- ident McKinley in his message to Congress, while approving the agreement, declares that it “is not to be deemed in any way to authorize or give the consent of the United States to the existence of slavery in the Sulu archipelago.” It is clear that the sub- ject is one of difficulty. Major Sweet when questioned on this matter said: “Slavery here is not the slavery of the south before the war or the peonage of Mexico. It is a mild form of feudal bondage. There is no cruelty based on the existence of the reja- tion, no humillating race or caste discrimi- nations invelved, and no severe labor re- quired. I believe that there ts no transfer without the slave's consent. The agreement = the sultan seems to contemplate the (Continued on Tenth Page.) DEATH OF DR. BARBARIN LONG CURATOR ®F CORCORAN GAL- LERY OF ART. Was a Prominent Citizen, Highly Es- teemed — Fumeral to Be Held Saturday Afternoon. Dr. Francis Sinclair Barbarin, the curator of the Corcoran Art, Gallery, died this morning at 4:30 o'clock at his residence, 3046 N street. Death was due to heart trouble, th deceased having been sick for several weeks, ani. was not altogether un- expected. His wife and the other members of his family were with him and stood at the bedside when the spark of life fled. Dr. Barbarin became IM January 6 of this ear and had been confined to his bed ever since. He suffered excruciatingly from the pain accompanying his fllness. He r2ceived the best of medical attention, but the skill of man was of no avail. The hour of death may have been delayed and the pain slight- ly diminished, but that was all. The deceased was sixty-seven years of age. He was born in the fort at Newport, R. 1, his father being then an officer in the regular army. He came to Washing- ton many years ago, studied dentistry, and, after graduating, commenced the practice of his profession. He opened an offic? on M street and built up a lucrative practice by his skill. He gave up his practice, how- ever, to accept a position under the curator of the Gallery, when that institution was opened to the public, Subsequently, on the death of Dr. McLeod, he was appointed curator, and for many years he has held that position, to the satisfaction of every one, In this connection he made a wide ci cquaintanees and was known in art Ul over the country and throughuut the world. ‘ Prominence in 4rt Circles. His long connection with the art gallery and his association with artists and art critics gave him a prominence enjoyed by very few people, and his views of various subjects in that ne were eagerly sought. From his earliest boyhood he was interested in art, and the appointment as curator gave him in after life a chance to develop the talents that had so Jong been dormant. His artistic taste made his services invaluable at the gallery. When the present new home of the art gallery was completed the work of remov- ing the various treasures devolved upon Dr. Barbarin. Every picture in the old gal- lery and every plece of statuary was re- moved under the direction of the curator, and under his observation were placed in the new gallery. The result can be best judged by the existing satisfactory arrange- ments of the paintings, the hanging of which to produce the best possible effects required taste and skid. The magnitude of the work can hardly be appreciated by one not familiar with the collection in the gal- lery. Dr. Barbarin was married twenty-three years ago to Miss Jane Oliver Abbot, who was the daughter of a well-known George- town family. His widow survives him. Three sisters, two of whom are in Wash- ington and the third a resident of Philadel- phia, also survive him. By a first wife the deceased had several children. Quiet nd Unostentatious, Dr. Barbarin was of af extremely quiet nature and studiously ayeided display and ostentation. He posgessed a kind nature and a desire to help every one. He never refused those who caine to him for assist- ance, and was always ready to extend a helping hand to those who needed succor. He was a particular friend of the young artists struggling for fame and recogni- uon, and by advice and practical assistance helped them along toward the path of suc- cess. The deceased belonged to no orders, se- cret or social. He was a strict member of St. John's Episcopal Church, corner of O and Potomac streets, an@ was one of the vestrymen of the church, He was also an ardent musician, devoted to music in all its phases, and was a performer of considerable merit’ on’ the ‘cello, “His passion for art was only equaled by his fondness for music. The funeral will be held Saturday after- noon from his late residence. Rev. Frank Barton, pastor of St. John’s Church, and Rev. Albert R. Stuart, D.D., rector of Christ Episcopal Church,\ cornet of 3ist and O streets, will conduct the ‘services. The in- terment will be at.Ogk Hill cemetery. —_—_. DELAGOA BAY AWARD. cle of Announcement Made That It Will Be Published: Today. The State Department has bcen informed through a reHable unefficial channel that the arbitrators in theyease of the Delagoa Bay arbitration are te render their decis- jon today. The arbitratién 4 now in ses- sion in Berne, Switzertaid, and legal rep- resentatives of th@ clatmamts are on the ground awaiting the decision. It is pretty well settled that thezdecision is against Portugal, and the only issue is as to the amount of judgment seggingt that nation, the estimates ranging: ffom $6,000,000 to $10,000,000. The advice to the degmrtment comes from the same source which-a few days ago an- nounced that the deeiuion would be ren- dered about the middle of Mpril, so it is concluded that the rather unanimous ad- verse criticism directed against the extraor- dinary prolongation of ‘the arbitration has had the effect to hasten the action of the arbitrators. —_—___+-e+____ Death-ef Consul Merriam. The State Department has been informed by a cablegram,from United States Minis- ter Wilson at Chile, that Joseph W. Merriam, United States consul at Iqui- que, Chile, died at that Merriam was borr in pointed from Massac! Iquique In November, 1 . Hearing on the Telephone Bill. The subcommittee of the Senate commit- te2 on the District of Columbia which has charge of the bil to fmcorporate a new telephone company here will give a hearing on this measure n¢xt Monday afternoon. AT THE WHITE HOUSE Senator Hansbrough Says Porto Rican Bill Will Pass, CAREFUL CANVASS OF SENATE General Grosvenor Thinks It Will Pass the House. IN BEHALF OF MR. ROSS —_+____ Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota, who Is sometimes spoken of as the republi- can “whip” of the Senate, was with Pres- ident McKinley fifteen minutes this morn- ing going over the prospects of the passage of the Porto Rican bill by the upper house of Congress. Senator Hansbrough has made a careful canvass of the Senate and was able to prophesy that the amended tariff bill will go through by a reasonably safe majority. The senator, it is said, has like- vise made, in conjunction with others, a careful canvass of the House, and was able to assure the President that the bill, practi- cally as it now stands, will become law, going through the House as safely as the Senate. The President Gratified. President McKinley expressed gratifica- tion that the measure is likely to become law at an early day. He has recently re- peated a declaration he has frequency nivde—that the country will eventually su tain the position which has been taken by him and his party. It is part of political history now that the Senate would probably have brought up and defeated the biil Jong ago had it not been for the tenacity ant backbone shown by the President. Senators who have been on the point of weakening, and who have gone to the Whi Hoi to frankly express their doubts, have remained in line after listening to the President's view of the matter. He has never for a moment weakened, de- spite the storm of protests which has cov- ered the country and filied even the White House itself. The doubting senators were not requested at any time to stand by the President. They have been strengthened because they found the chief executive him- self thoroughly convinced as to his duty and us to the probable wind-up of the feeling throughout the country. Abatement of Opposition. Action by the Senate has been put off long enough for congressmen and officials of the administration to get occasional let. ters declaring an abatement of the opposi- tion. The question has been talked of until it has become somewhat of a party affair, hus naturally led a num- to go to the relief of Others will continue to do ing an impression that the pidly changing front. insbrough toid the President that there has been nothing like the re volt which tas been painte® in the new papers. The senator arrives at this con- clusion from his experience with the peo- ple of his own state. “During the whole affair,’ he said, “1 have received only eleven letters and’ one telegram expressing opposition to or doubt of the course being pursued. In each in- siance, after haying pointed out the facts and explained our position, I have received answers telling me to go ahead. L ven- ture the assertion that if the question 1s made an issue that the republicans in North Dakota will not lose three votes.” Grosvenor ix Also Satisfied. Representative Grosvenor is likewise sat- dent this morning and received the latter's congratulations on his renomination, and on the platform which was adopted by the convention. “The republicans are all one A in Ohio,” said Mr. Grosvenor. ‘The people are beginning to comprehend every point involved, and can be depended on to sustain us. The tariff bill will pass Con- gress in some form that will demonstrate the right of Congress to legislate as it sees At. I do not care a cent about the amount of the tariff. Jt is the principle involved.” Senator Platt of New York, who was with the President a short time, said he thought the amended tariff bill would pass by a geod majority. They Favor Commissioner Ross. The first local delegation to visit the White House in connection with the ap- pointment of District Commissioners saw the President today, Commissioner Ross was indorsed for re- appointment by a delegation of colored men, among whom were Rev. Sterling N. Brown, pastor Park Temple; Rev. W. J. Howard, Zion Baptist Church; Dr. L. B. Moore, Howard University; Jas. F. Child of Alabama, and Rev. D. E. Wiseman, Church of Our Redeemer. Rev. Mr. Brown, as spokesman, said to the President: “As representatives of the colored people of the District of Columbia we come to asa for the reappointment of Mr. John W. Ross to the position of District Commis- sioner. The public life of Mr. Ross has been so conspicuous for its integrity, can- dor and fidelity to the trusts committed to him that he is honored by all peoples and parties; especially do the colored peo- ple recognize in him a true friend. To them he has endeavored to be considerate, fair and just. We feel sure, in asking for his reappointment, that we express the wish of the colored people of this District, and assure you, Mr. President, that your favor- able action in his case will be highly pleas- ing to them.” The President received the delegation cor- dially, but made no statement beyond the fact that he would give the recommenda- tion consideration, A Day of Delegation: The President received three large delega- tions and several small ones during the day. The first of these was headed by Rep- resentatives Mahon and Ziegler of Pennsyl- vania, and consisted of Col. James F. Mor- rison, Maj. William Ensley, Capt. George W. Skinner, Capt. J. G. Mitchell, Capt. J. D. Patterson, Maj. L. McCurdy and Col. T. Semple, officers of the Pennsylvania G. A. R. They extended the President an invita- tion to attend the annual encampment of the department of Pennsylvania at Gettys- burg, June 7 and 8, and guaranteed him an enjoyable visit. The President said he would like to make the visit and wou'd give the invitation full consideration. The sremdent peived ljast year to visit the battlefield of Antietam on the occasion of the dedication of a monument to the dead of both armies to be erected under the Antietam battlefield commission of Mgry- land, but the members of the commission today visited him and presented him with a formal invitation fixing the date for the dedication of the monument as May 80, Me- morial day. The monument will commem- orate the heroic deeds of Maryland soldiers of the federal and confederate armies. The members of the commission who were pres- ent were Col, B. F. Taylor, Dr. George R. Graham, Col. Osman Latrobe, Capt. Will- iam Gibson, Capt. Theodore J. Vanneman, Sa H. Farquhar and H. K. uglas. Uniess something unforeseen prevents, the President will visit Antietam at this time and make an address. Still another delegation consisted of Capt. John R. King, Capt. J. J. Janney, Capt. W. Gibson and Dr. George R. Graham, a committee representing the Union Veterans’ Association of Maryland. The committee invited the President to the thirty-fifth an- nual banquet of the association, to be held at Carrollton Hotel, in Balttmore, on April 9. The President said that he had received invitations from the association in previous years and would attend in this instance if Possible to do so. Rev. Franklin Bennett and Rev. J. L. Dart, a committee of colored ministers from Charleston, S. C., urged the President to visit Charleston when the National Educe- tonal Association meets there In Jul They were accompanied by Judson W. Lyons. Some of the Many Visitors. Ex-Gov. Alva Adams and Representative Shafroth of Colorado paid ‘heir respects to the President. Mr. Adams has returned from a two months’ trip to Cuba. He ts prominently mentioned in connection with the succession of Senator Wolcott if the See legislature is democratic next time. Senator Cullom and frien and Repre- sentatives Pierce, Burton, Reeder and Dav- enport of Pennsylvania, with friends, saw the President, The President's First Pastor. Rev. Aaron D. Martin, who was President McKinley's first pastor, called on the Presi- dent this morning relative to a small mat- ter. Mr. Martin was pastor of the Metho- dist Church at Poland, Ohio, in 1855. Presi- dent McKinley listened every Sunday to his sermons, became converted and was bap- tized by Mr. Martin in that vr. Mr. Mer- tin recalls with pleasant memories his rec- cllections of the boyhood of the President. Mr. M. Mandl of New York called upon the President to talk on the Boer question, but as the executive was very busy he asked that Mr. Mandl call again. To He a Rear Admiral. The nomination of Capt. Charles S, Cot- ton to be a rear admiral in the navy was sent to the Senate by the President today. gee WANT TROOPS RETAINED, Disclosure of a Recent Petition From Coeur d'Alene District. The Coeur d'Alene Investigation opened today with no outward evidence of the ex- citing events of yesterday, although there Was considerable good-natured raiilery among members as to when the “first round” would be called. Governor Steu- nenberg was again on the stand, with Rep- resentative Lentz conducting the cross-ex- amination. The evidence was on unimportant detalls until Governor Steunenberg was questioned as to a recent petition from the Coeur dAlene district asking the Secretary of War to retain federal troups there. This petition has not yet been presented to the federal authorities, and the commiltee went into executive session to determine what to do with thé document. The committee decided in executive s sion to file the petition with the Secretary of War, and in the meantime it will not be made public. It is understood, however, that it is an extensive document, bearing about 1,5) names, and states in substance that while people at a distance may regard the policy adopted by the governor and military authorities as harsh, yet that the signers fully uphold the policy adopted and consider it necessary to evercome the law- s rder, which it is stated me time. It requests the Secretary of War to continue the guard of troops in the Coeur d'Alene district. Governor Steunenberg’s examination was resumed at the open se . developing lit- Ue additional, and at noon the committee adjourned until tomorrow. ee PROTOCOL WITH SPAIN SIGNED. A Provision of Paris Treaty Extended Six Months. Secretary Hay and the Duke de Arcos, the Spanish minister, today signed a proto- col extending for six months the period of time allowed Spanish residents in the Phil- ippine Islands to elect whether they shall remain Spanish subjects or surrender their allegiance and adopt the nationality of the territory in which they reside. The article in the Paris treaty bearing on that subject allowed the Spanish residents one 3 from the date of the exchange of ratifica- tions of the treaty within which to make their choice. That period expires on the llth of next month. The extension arranged for does not ap- ply to Cuba or Porto Rico. It is confined in operation to the Philippines for the reason that conditions in the archipelago have been so unsettled as to warrant the Spanish res- idents in hesitating to make an election in that important matter. Many important towns in Luzon where Spanish subjects re- side are vithout American garrisons, and the ertion of American sovereignty over them has been rather technical than practical, while on many of the Philippine Islands no American troops or representa- tives of the American government have er landed. These considerations are deemed sufficient to warrant the extension to the Spanish residents of more time in which to make up their mind as to their future. It may be, too, that the Spanish residents in these islands desire to avoid making a choice until there has been some authoritive and final determination in the United States of the exact status of citizens in the insular possessions of the United States; in other words, they may wish to know whether they are to be citizens of the United States, or merely Filipinos, if they give up their Spanish citizenship. NO PLAGUE ON COZUMEL, Authoritative Announcement by the Mexican Ambassador. ‘The Mexican ambassador is authority for the following statement: Certain rumors having come to the notice of the Mexican government which have been current in this country with regard to the existence of the bubonic plague on the Island of Cozumel, belonging to the state of Yucatan, it has made sultable inquiry, with a view to ascertaining whether those ru- mors have any foundation, and has learned positively that there has not been a single case of bubonic plague either at Cozumel or any other place in the republic. Not- withstanding this fact, however, an order has been issued, in view of the advices re- ceived to the effect that cases of that Plague have occurred in the Argentine Re- public, to close the port of Cozumel to ves- sels from South American ports. ————~—o+_____ THE COST TOO GREAT. Pennsylvania Road’s Objection to Lo- cating Station on the Avenue. Senator McMillan has received a reply to his letter to the officials of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company,.in which he sug- gested the desirability of that company pur- chasing the square in front of their B street station, and bounded by Pennsylva- nia avenue, 6th, 7th and B streets, in order that the station might front on the avenue. The ratlway company officials replied that they could not favor such a project unless Congress should assume the cost of at least a part of the extra expense that would be so placed upon them in the pur- chase of this square of ground. Senator McMillan does not consider this suggestion as a practicable one, so that his proposition is likely to be dropped. —_—_+o.+____. German Safety Fuse Trust. Consul Brainard H. Warner, jr., at Leip- sic, informs the State Department of the forming of a safety fuse trust in Germany, comprising, besides eight German manufac- turers, a Belgian manufacturer. The trust is the outcome of flerce competition in re- cent years, which so far reduced the prices of fuses that in many instances they were sold below the actual cost of production. The manufacturers now confidently look for a return of good times as a result of the newly formed union. TRANSPORT SHIPS Report of Those Purchased and Chartered by War Department. REPLY 10 SENATE RESOLUTION Cost of Refitting for Carrying and Hespital Purposes. TERESTING FIGURES Acting Secretary Melklejohn has sent « report from the quartermaster general to the Senate in rep! a resolution of Jan- dary Y last calling upon the Secretary of War for a list of all transport ships and other vessels purchased or chartered by. the War Department since March 4, 1887, together with their names, from whom purchased or chartered, the cost of pur- chase or charter, the cost of fitting up of repair, and the number and names of ves- sels sold and the reasons for such action. The department's answer is In the form of three large table: answering specifically the various inquiries of the Senate. From the reply it ap ‘'s that only one vessel, eam tug Atlantic, which was worn out condemned, was sold for $1.0. The sport Hooker, which was fitted up for laying a deep cable in the Philip, grounded near Corregidor Island, wh route from Manila to Hong lost. The steam lighter Bessie property of the government terms of the chai renamed the Kearn Vessels Purchased. It is shown that thirteen vessels were purchased by the quartermaster’s depart- ment since March 4, 1897, exclusive of those purchased for the army transport service for transportation incident to the Spanish War. These included the ferry boat John Hancock, the steam tugs General Hunt, Martha and John Barry and ten steam launches, at a total purchase cost of $112,- 479, and $9,525 for repairs. is of all cla purchased for the army transpc during and sine became under er for $12,207, and was the s were service rt the Spanish war, inciuding about twenty-five small craft such as tugs, launches and lighters, The total purchased in the purchase price of was $074,455 and the total st of refitting and repairing them was The most expensive vessels were rts Grant, Logan, Sheridan. Thomas and Hancock. The pur- e price of first five named was 1,000, each that of the Hancock 3600,009, Expense of Fitting Up. The expense of fitting up these vessels Is stated as follows: and ancock, $54. Lo- S485 Wl; Sher- it thus appea: nd Sher- man © over one © each, and the ether three named a slightly less amount. The purchase price of the trans- port Meade was $400,000, and $374,000 was expended in fitting her up. The purchase price of the Sumner was 4 and $250,009 additional was expend- n fitting her up. The original cost of the hospital ship Relief was $450,000 and $2 591 was expen in her transformation. The hospital ship Missouri has cost the gov- ernment so far $430,612, of which a little more than half was expended in adapting her to hospital purposes. Two of the large transports, Burnside and Hooker, are cap- tured Spanish steamer: principal transports were acquired under the terms of their charters and were paid for out of the appropriation for the national defense. Vennelx Chartered. There were 147 vessels chartered for the transport service, at a total cost of $10,- 631,519 for services rendered, and a total cost of $1,894,342 in restoring them to their original condition on cancellation of char- nty-nine ters. Of the chartered ves: were attached to th> Atlantic flee service of $2,882,254 and for re The remaining sixty-eight char- sels were employed on the Pacific, at a cost of $7,749,250 for service and $107,- GOS for repairs. A NEW CANAL, One to Connect Delaware and Che: peake Bay Mr. Mudd has introduced a bill in the House (H. R. 10150) providing that the Sec- retary of War be authorized and directed to lay out and construct a canal through the states of Maryland and Delaware, at a cost not to exceed $10,000,000, to connect, by the most practicable and convenient route, the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays. The canal shall not be less than 100 feet wide at the bottom, 26 feet below mean low water and feet wide at low water level, with locks 60 feet by 60 feet in the chambers, and sufficient to allow the pas- sage of vessels drawing twenty-two and one-half to twenty-three feet of water, —— WEBSTER DAVIS BACK. He Has Nothing to Add to His New York Utterances. Mr. Webster Davis, assistant secretary of the interior, who has been on a trip to Africa, reached Washington this morning. He spent the major portion of the day un- packing. He said there was nothing fur- ther to add to his New York interview. His trip was one of pleasure, without any political significance, and he has had a most enjoyable time. He will enter upon his official duties tomorrow. a INVESTIGATION IS STOPPED. Grand Jury Told to Drop Third Avenue Matter. NEW YORK, March 29.—The grand jury has abandoned its investigation into the al- leged wrecking of the Third Avenue Rail- road Company. This fact was announced today by Assist- ant District Attorney Unger, who sald he had advised that body to discontinue the inquiry because there is nothing to show the violation of any criminal law. The investigation into the company’s af- fairs begun after the reorganization of the corporation and its merging into the Metro- politan system. When the expert accountants who were employed by Receiver Grant to look into the books of the company testified before the grand jury they stated they had found nothing irregular in the books. ——~++>__ TO EXAMINE CHILDREN’S EVES. New Department Added to the Chi- eago Public’ Schools. CHICAGO, March 23.—A department for | examination of the eyes of the children in | the public schools has been added to the child-study system of the board of educa- tion, and hereafter parents of children with defective vision are to be warned of the danger their children are in. Members of the child-study committee said that they intended to apply a rule passed two years ago, and which had never been made fully. effective, requiring examination of eyes. The examinations are to be conducted by the teachers.