Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1900, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. pe EL PUBLISHED PAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY Temporary Busiuess dttice, 1109 Peaasyivania Averus. The Evening Star Newspaper Compaay. S HL KAUFFMANS, Pres’t New York O fice: 126 Tridaae Ballfinz, Chicag» Office: Boyc> Building London Office: Trafalzar Builfiazs, Tralaizar Square. The Eventog Star is served to subscribers {0 the city by riers, on their ewn account, at 10 cents or 44 cents per month. Coples at the oo 2 cents each. By mati—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—Go cents $1 per year; wiih SUMMONING ABSENTEES BIG FORCE OF BOERS BOTH PARTIES URGE THEIR IM- MEDIATE RETURN. Threatening Gen, Brabant’s Column in Vicinity of Wepener. Porto Rican Bill to Come Up in the House Wednexday—Opposition TRYING 0 FLANK THE BRITISH —_—_> asutos Excited Over Expected Attack of Burgher Forces. - AT REDDERSBU RG Standing Firm. ‘There has been no break in the little band of republicans of the House who stood out in opposition to the Porto Rican tariff bill when it originally passed the House. A considerab’e number of republicans who voted for the bill before have declared that they will now vote against it, but how many will have the courage to do so re- mains to be seen. The republicans who before voted against the bill expect an addition of about six to their number when the vote is taken on concurrence in the Senate amendments. Altogether there were about twenty-two who said they would vote against the bill, but most of these wi!l be whipped into line. The original bill passed the House by a vote of 172 to 160, nce then Lane, who was absent when the vote was taken, has publicly declared his opposition to the bill. LOSSES —The Boers are in nerth of Smithtield, are threatening General Br division, the ain body of which, with the artillery, is Wepener. elegram, which left Maseru, Basuto- land, north of Wepener, at midnight, de- scribes the Boers as being “in great foree fraid to make a frontal attack, but, and as it ded. they were endeavoring to turn | his oppositfon to the Dil. os would over- h position by crossing the Haseito} oooe the majority. That many additional er by a road skirting the Caledon | republican votes are promised against the the democrats have hope that Meyer and Dany of Louisiana, who voted with the republican majority before, will not do so when it comes to the vote to con- cur in the Senate amendment ‘The friends of the bill, however, express complete contidence in their ability to force the bill through the House as it came from the Senate. notwithstanding the number ot republicans who have declared that they would not vote for it and the additional ob- jection to the civil government amendment. Debate to Be Limited. The republican managers of the House have decided not to allow protracted de- bate upon the motion to concur in the Sen- ate amendments to the Porto Rican tariff bill next Wednesday. Both sides are using their utmost endeavors to get every ab- sentee to Washington. The opposition will road emerging tos south of Wepener. . Assistant Com- iriffiths, with a force of police, left Maseru Friday, going where the Boe about to trespass, and the tribesmen d for railroad work at Bloemfontein erting to protect their villages. = reach Maser almost hourly of bill, and are exel missioner are cial dispatch fre day, say Roer Forces Active. “The Hoers continue to show #1 and numbers of British troops are t aetiv- ill-treatment of the farmers r arms has called to the d of the Free State, pub- correspondents ander mill- | Take the first fight on the adoption of the Tn its comments it says: | rule, but the republicans who are canv r question of settlement comes ing the situation express great confidence in thle for the outrages | their ability to put through the program nt. We show leniency > expect direct- exact aration for agreed upon at the republican caucus on Thursday by a‘ larger majority than was secured for the original bill. he republican leaders having whipped their party in the House into line on the xamp e enemy's affairs presic u hon >, 5 ¥ waiting only ‘ orto-Rican bill, they are now waiting only The army at Bloemfontein ts depending | {)’2er absent members back to the Capitol Sree ates | Gee teres Dems SS eee before bringing the matter up in the House. ‘Ths atternons earl ace unsparing | yoth parties have telegraphed to all absen- ay oa the: james LISP SE eecsurel immediate return, and it 50) men to be isolated and | 'ceS Urging thelr im is expected that the Porto Rican bill will be brought up on Wednesday, al rule being then reported from the committee on rules providing for a vote on concurrence in the Senate amendments after probably one day's debate. dwell unate and Globe he unfo: azette son the St and James Gaz wender Wh te, will Civil Government Feature. An objection to the bill, in addition to the tariff fcatu found in the provision of the civil government part of the bill, where- claimed, almost limitless franchise privileges may be secured through influ- < members of the upper house Po: who Even in the caucus objection was raised for the appointment by the upper Porto Rican house, nm members, orly five of nat and six of whom is of local government depa E ntees, it is objected, Sergeant Brocker's Exenpe. Brock ow appe ‘apt. Halda Le Mesurier, has reac Lo- He his companions tuation as ntually from the Cape Town of th omy whom will be ments. T ppo migh: grant franchises of any sort, under any nd it wi conditions and for uld be practic ffirmative length of time, Ny impo. fon of th ssary to rev E ne House propose to have « caucus on Porto Rico tonight. —- + 0+ ADOPTED BY ATE, April @—It is nts, who were not harles Parsons had oceu- and Senator Gallinger’s Protec Resolution for ion of Teachers. . Without debate, adopted “Resolved, That the committee on the D t of Columbia be instructed to in- quire and report to the Senate whether any teacher in the public schools of the District censured or taken to task by a er on account of the testimony “h teacher during the r ation of the public schools.” 2 with th - committee will promp rge that Is brought bet contempla rally unde oft any the Northum- ur2d, eight; men killed, Phe rest were superior off by s olution ne ce BOER PRISONERS ESCAPE. SS y given re- Fourteen of Those Who Were at arings on the public schom Simonstown Get Away. ot if such at own to ‘April rmined at- e been made, very tion will CAPETOWN, aken. ‘The result of such attempts being proved would probably result in Influence b brought to bear for the prompt dism rs was from the ce of the offender. . One ma It is believed that st will not be necessa con are | to €2 the dismissal of more than one or fourteen are two schoo! officials, if it is necessary to take placed at dif- : 5 such heroic action, in order to have ft fully pleas and the station | ynderstood that teachers are not to be an gui ieenniaie noyed in vow on account of having fabs testi nditions in the scho no COST OF FIGHTING PLAGUE. matter what their testimony showed, ree Estimated That Hawail Will Have to PASSED 100,000, COUNTERFEIT MONEY. uiu ad- ved by the Dorie, Two Men Arvrested in Frederick, Md., on That Charge. ch to The Evening Star. FREDERICK, Md., April 7—Leroy An- dersen and Dr. Chas. E. Cramers were ar- rested here last night charged With passing counterfeit money and with stealing money from a woman who keeps the toll gate on the Liberty and Johnsville pike. The sheriff was notified to look out for the Speetal Disp: been 4 peopl pair, who were coming to Frederick. He rovisions for the pec went out to mi them, and when about a salaries of physici. mile from town he came upon them and considerable i ordered them to halt. They answered with an oath and started the horse into a dead run. When th an drove into Frederick Police- was standing on the corner, ntents of his revolver into ‘wo shots took effect in Cra- one in the right thigh and the dents of 1 in the Chi in the left Knee. They will be given ‘ the way ring today. the part of some 10, > Personal Mention. ‘The following Washingtonians are booked 1 for Europe on the Southwark, which to board | will leave New York next Wednesday: isfied that the end is in Mrs. N. R. Carroll, From December 12 to this date t | Mr: Misse 1, Ma Sterling Ruffman, Mr. Dr. J. R. Wellington. . Hall were enred he hospftal in a fair w. covery Prof. H. W. Wiley of the Agricultural aay ia a Department has been suggested to the Stephen Crane Very board of trustees of Perdue University, In- April 7.—. om held yesterday hopeful of diana, as a suitable man to be considered im connection with the presidency of that institution. Dr. E. O. Belt will arrive at New York fter a medical con- ning, the physi- © recovery of hen Crane. the novelist, who has been i) | trom Europe on the St. Louis today. for some time. + e+ —___ ——_++<2___ Entertained at White House. President McKinley entertained inform- ally at dinner at the White House last night members of the conferences of the Metho- Church and the Methodist Church South, now in_ session WHI Rendezvous at Hong Kong. FRANCISCO, April 7.—The squadron e Unit recently formed nese w © have its headqu Db. A. Smith, pay d Episcopal rector in t nd Wm. Long. a pay | here. The guests were Bishops Walden, clerk, have ved Rere on their Candler and Bowman, Presiding Elders Wil. Heng K 1cre they will repor; son and Boyd und Revs. Lanahan, Duffey, duiy. Goucher, Denny and Bristol. Representatives of the Powers De- mand Suppression of “Boxers.” 1WO MONTHS IN WHICH T0 COMPLY Audience on March 8 Said te Have Been a Farce. >—— IN BAD SHAPE >—_—_ LONDON, April 7.—A special dispatch from Shanghai announces that the Amerl- can, British, German and French ministers have sent a joint note to the Chinese for- eign office demanding the total suppresston of the society of “Boxers” within two months, and announcing that otherwise the powers mentioned will land troops and march into the interior northern provinces Shan Tung and Chi Li, in order to secure the safety of foreigners. According to the same dispatch the Amer- fcan, Italian and French legations «are now provided with naval guards from the large gathering of warships at Taku. Liu Kun Yih, viceroy of Liang Kiang, has had three audiences with the dowager empress relative to the emperor, and it is believed that he has impressed her with the advisabillty of restoring his majesty to power. Audience Was a Farce. TACOMA, Wash., April 7.—Oriental ad- vices relate that the audience of foreign ministers by the Chinese emp or, the empress dowager and the heir apparent, on March 8, was a disgraceful farce. Accord- ing to a Pekin di atch the ministers were EMPEROR shabbily treated and given to understand they were not wanted. The emperor spoke but one word. ‘That was when he drew out of his e the reply to the minisie congratulations and handed it to Prince Cheng. He appeared stooping and feeble, glancing furtively along the line of visito if sadly hoping to see the face of some friend. Watched by Hin Aunt. His aunt, the dowager empress, observed ev movement through cautiously lifted curtai ‘The audience was over in ten minutes, when, amid the usual celestial prayer, the ambassadors and mintsters were isted to thelr chairs. Several of those dignitaries knew too little of palace eti- quette to refrain from turning upon the emperor. The em ve and is believed to 1 of 7 on. Reports say the a for the new emperor have been orde and that Kwang Hsu's coffin nas becn s for, as is customary when the empe reaches the age of thir he empr dowager beautiful china vase from the pope, the apostolic delegate in Pekin, as in ex- pression of gratitude for the protection of Roman Catholic worship in China, No News From Minister Conger. It is said at the State Department that nothing has been heard from United States Minister Conger within the last few da to indicate any substantial change in the situation in Shan Tung. The minister has not informed the department of the re- ported concerted action of the representa- tves of the foreign powers at Pekin. It is known here that so far as the United States minister is concerned, nothing has been done to commit the United Staics govern- ment to action in combination with the powers. Mr. Conger’s instructions enable him to make as strong a presentation as he might ceem necessary of the desire of Is government t full protection should be xtended to the American residents in China. It was entirely competent for h to couch this demand in strong linguage intimate the intention of the ed States government to undertake through {ts own agencies to supply the ed protection ty its citizens, should the government fail ia its duty in that Im doing this 3 ted inp y the matter. natives of sume cf the great Fu- powers at Pekin, but the officials ontident that he did not become a concert of action. The United rw that he must . and, while his ¢ parallel to that followed Ly isters resident in Pe circumstances join ith ally instructed on r r min- ‘in, he must under ro ith them in a concert. Has Not Asked for Warship. Just how far the minister has gone in the direction indicated ts at present unknown he The naval officers do not believe that he hus yet summoned a naval force from Admiral Watson's command to guard his legation at Pekin, for in such case they as- sume that the naval commander addressed would have notified the Navy Department by cable. The minister appears to have anticipated the ne ty for something of the kind, however, for a month ago he sug- gested to the State rtment the ex- pedieney of having a warship from Admiral Watson's fleet sent to a point as near Pekin «as possible. The Wheeling was accordingly dispatched from Manila to Taku, which Jies at the mouth of the Pieho river. The Wil- mington, from her light draft, may easily ascend the river as far as Tientsin, one of the storm centers at this moment, and a point giving easy access by rail to Pekin. It was over this route that marines were sent to Pekin from one of the United States warships about a year ago, ——__--e______ UNDER A TRANSPARENT CASE. It in Proposed to Protect Washing- ton’s Statue From the Weather. Mr. Pearre has Introduced a bill in the House (H. B. 10495) providing that the Sec- retary of the Treasury be authorized and directed to expend not to exceed $2,500, from any money now In the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the erection of a transparent weather case to cover the reclining marble figure of George Washing- ton, instead of the unsightly wooden box now in use. It is made the duty of the chitect of the Capitol to superintend the mstruction of the weather case and to certify the same to the Secretary of the Treasury from time to time until the com- pletion of the weather case. —— THE AGRICULTURAL BILL. Provision Made for a $200,000 Labora- tory. The agricultural appropriation bill re- ported to the House today carries $4,116,400, being $390,778 more than the law for the current year. Two additional scientists (one biologist and one botanist) have been al- lowed. An additional aliowance of $40,000 for seed distribution is granted upon the petition of 225 members of the House; $60,- 000 is appropriated for iron warning towers for the weather bureau in place of the present woaden structures; $38,000 for an animal quarantine station at New York; $17,0.0 additional for meat inspection and $200,000 for a laboratory building on the grounds of the Agricultural Department in this city. This building is designed to ace commodate the different laboratories neces. sary to carry on the work of the different scientific divisions of the department, and which are now occupying rented quarters. The bill was placed on the calendar of the House, and will be called up some time next week. 5 Cloudburst Inundates the Country ~ Around Austin, Texas, TRAIN WRECK AT A. WASHOUT Colorado River Rising at Rate of Three Feet an Hour. REPORTED LOSS’ OF LIFE es AUSTIN, Texas, April 7.—This section was visited by a cloudburst this morning and the entire county is inundated. The Colorado river here hag risen eleven feet in three hours and is still rising three feet an hour. The storm was the most terrific on rec ord, sweeping everything before it. As result of the storm a bridge on the inter- national and Great Northern railroad sey- enteen miles north of ere was washed out, wrecking the St. Louis south-bound cannon-bal] train, ditching the engine, the mail car, one passenger coach and one sleeper, Quite a number of people are re- ported burned, but the list of casualties 1s not obtainable at present. The damage to this section of the state will be in hundreds of thousands. Another Flood Feared. Another flood is feared, as the cloudburst in the path of the immense flood of last spring, which wrecked so many millions of dollars’ worth of property, The Austin and Northwestern railrcad, operating to the northwest ffom bere along the Colorado river ridge, isa serious loser as a result of four bridges being washed out and much track washed away; no trains are being operated today, Reports from all sections tributary to the Colorado river reported great damage to property. Unconfirmed rumors say that a family of six negroes living on Shoal -tiver west of here were drowned. Quite a number of people living in the bottoms had to leave their homes, the w ter having flooded the houses to the depth of three feet. Fears are felt that the flood will be dis- astrous to life and property, her2. Reports from the Concho river above here show that the worst storm ever known is now raging there,-attended by loss of lifé and property. All the water falling there will have to pass here, and it is feared that this city’s million and a half water and Nght plant and dam will suffer, for the water is sow with- in two feet of the genser mark, Dam at Austin Breaks. DALLAS, Tex., April 7.—The. Colorado river has risen twenty-seven! feet since mid- night. The Brazos and Trinity are also rising. Five serious washouts on the Aus- tin and Northwestern railroadvare reported nd traffic has been abandone@. It is still raining and news of great damage comes from many points in central and southern Tex i At 12:20 p.m. all wires between Dallas and Austin falled. A telephone from La Grande, enty-five miles below Austin, says the big dam across the Colorado river at Austin broke at 11:25 o'clock and that the flood of water released washed away the power houses and destroyed all wire communtca- tion. No loss of life has been yet r2ported. If the report is correct, the Gamage will reach hundreds of thousands of dollars, as the Austin dam was one of the largest and costliest of its kind in the country. An immense prop=rty damage is antict- puted both In the city of Aust and in the valley below. ——++-— AL TO PREME COURT. TO APP Gov, Taylor's Attorneys Will Bring Case to Washington. FRANKFORT, Ky., April 7.—Ex-Gov. W. O. Bradley and other attorneys for republi- can Gov. Taylor will go before Chief Jus- tice Hazelrigg this afternoon with a mo- tion for a writ of error to the Supreme Court at Washington In the contest over the office of governor and Ieutenant goy- ernor. t Judge Cantrill adjourned court today to Monday. The grand jury continued in ses- sion, but cannot make a report before Mon- day at the earliest. hos. B. Cromwell of Lexington was a witness again today. Ht is said that he ex- hibited the register of the Catchings Hotel at London, showing that, Caleb and John Powers, and other parties implicated in the testimony of Wharton Golden had stuppel at the hotel together on a certain date. There is a report that a wagrant for the arrest of Jim Howard, the Clay county feudist, who has been named by several bartles as the assassin, was issued several days ago. . kr County Judge Moore and other officials re- fuse to uffirm or deny the repart. —— NOT IMPRESSED WITH FILIPINOS. A Postal Expert's View Expressed in a Private Lette?. Acting Postmaster General Heath has re- ceived an unofficial letter from Mr. Samuel W. Kingsmore, a postal expert at Manila, Philippine Islands, in which expression is given upon the point of capability of the Filipinos for self-government, Mr. Kings- more was one of the first post office men in the United States to volunteer his services at the outbreak of the war agaimst Spain, and was one of the first to Jand in Porto Rico, where he made a great record as a post office man and citizen. Post-office offi- cials say that he !s not only:one af the most capable men in the forelgm postal service, but ts a man of excelleht judgment, and on that account was recently transferred to the postal service of the P&ilippine Islands. Mr. Kingsmore, after speaking of the ex- cellent organization of the-Philipgine postal service, which he says ig-almost equal to that in the United States, says: “I find the natives here more degraded and ef a much lower class than etther of Porte Rico or Cuba,” and then he observes that it will take some time to school the Filtpinos into good citizenship and subjmgate them prop- erly. He speaks of the vast difference in character and habits between the Filipinos and the citizens of either Cuba or Porto Rico, and indicates that civilization and School education are the great necessi- ties among the peoples of the Philippine Islands. Continuing, Mr. Kingsmore says: “Manila is a thorough business city, and us government buildings are worth $20,- 000,000 alone, The streets here are a little narrow, but well paved and well drained. There are many beautiful bazaars, and one can buy from them any article produced in the islands."” Mr. Kingsmore, who arrived In the Philip- pines direct from Porto Rico only a few days prior to writing this letter, which ts dated February 28, expresses the bellef that the rebellion is practically ended, and that with the aggressive military operations and the progress being made by the civil au- thorities, the people of the islands will soon be thoroughly subjugated, and brought into good order and citizens: within a ve short time, me Hi JOINT NOTE TO CHINA| STORM WORKS HAVOC | LUZON’S ONE RAILWAY | SPEAKSFoRDa Carabao and Trotting Bulls—Rice, Sugar and Cocoanut Palms, INSURGENT TRAIN WRECKERS Luzon Needs Absence of Friars, Presence of Schools and Railroads. TALK WITH GEN. MACARTHUR Editorial Correspondence of The Evening Star. MANILA, P. I., Janua 1900. Rapld transit in Luzon fs typified by the carabao or water buffalo, which furnishes the universal motive power for Inland heavy transportation. The carabao is amazingly strong and exasperatingly slow. Aesop missed the mark when he selected the tor- toise, instead of the water buffalo, as the representative of the slow-but-sure class, to race against the hare. Luzon boasts only 120 miles of railroad, a large section of which has been until com- paratively recently in the hands of the in- surgents. Lacking a sufficiency of railroad and pack mule factlities, the American army here has been compelled to utilize the cara- Ss SECRETARY OF NATIONAL FILES A PROTEST. UNION flare to Obtain Hearing on Pena- ing Bill Before House Com- mittee on Agriculture. The subcommittee of the House commit- tee on agriculture having charge of the Grout bill to further protect the dairy in- terests of this country and the consumers ef butter against oleomargarine frauds, was to have given a hearing today on the bill, but it was postponed for the second time on account of the non-appearance of witnesses, Thereupon, Mr. C. Y. Knight, secretary of the National Dairy Union, presented the following protest to Chairman Wadsworth of the committee “As secretary of the ational Dairy Union, the organization which is respec sible for the introduction of H. R. known as the Grout bill a protest against the of certain parties in the state of pw Jersey who claim to be favorable to this measure, and prerene. to desire to be heard in its be- alt. “A week ago today I asked the chairman of your subcommittee, Mr. Lorimer, when the Chicago oleomargerine manufacturers were going to be heard. He answered, unl your dairy people are all through.’ 1 stated that I had told him the Saturday previous that the dairy people had closed bao as Me quartermaster’s main reliance | theit side of the question, and did not de- for inland movements, and in connection with every campaign large numbers of these animals have been impressed, many being taken without notice, but of course with compensation for use to their owners, from the streets of Manila. Luzon’s ratlroad ts now in American pos- session, and army mules are arriving in numbers and dwarfing the little native ponies as much as thetr drivers do the ayer- age Filipino. Consequently the carabao may soon be relegated largely to private and domestic uses; and with a thorough railroad system to be constructed here through American capital and enterprise, the engine will be substituted for the water buffalo as the type of Filipino rapid transit in the new century. in January, not many weeks after the cap- ture of Tarlac, the clearing of the railroad line between Manila and Dagupan, and the running of trains by Americans over the entire route, I made this interesting trip, traversing one of the richest and most pop- ulous sections of Luzon, pas ng through the scene of the severest fighting that oc- curred in the Filipino outbreak, touching at several of Aguinaldo’s successive capitals, and running the gauntlet of the bands of train wreckers and robbers into which the Filipino army in this part of Luzon has been disintegrated and dispersed. Uncle Sam Runs a Railroad. The Manila-Dagupan railroad is tempo- rarlly abandoned by its owners to the quar- termaster’s department of the United States army. Two trains are sent out every morn- ing from each terminus, which are sup- pesed to make the run to the other end of the line before night. One of the two trains starting from each end of the line is for the use of natiy with open and closed cars, freight ex coal cars and box cars, anything on whe that can keep to the track, all packed with Filipinos and their accompanying bundles and boxes, The other ts the military train, carrying sup- piles, including distilled water in large cans for the different army posts, mai&, officers and soldier: Transportation is gratuitous on both trains, passes from the quarter- Master's department being the substitute for tickets. The running of the native train permits some slight resumption of trade and communication, and gives the ipinos cause to appreciate the value of having the line In operation and sugg: the inexpediency of destroying the He property. The native train in every case runs ahead of the other, and thus to some extent gutrantees the safety of the latter from wrecking, on the principle of Punch's plan of insuring against railway accidents by fastening two directors of the road to the cowcatcher of each engine. The groups of bandits into which the Filipinos still in the Meld In north Luzon are now scattered, do not, however, make nice discriminations o? nationality, and, as we found before the day was over, are zpparently as ready to Kill and rob their own countrymen as they are to destroy the Americans. At 9 o'clock, an hour after the departure of the native train, we started on our journey. An antiquated third-class car, la- beled officers’ car, supplies to the favored civilian passenger a seat, if one is unoccu- pied. The car is divided into four compart- ments, entered at the side, and the narrow Wooden seats, facing cach other, bring your Knees in close contact with those of your neighbor opposite, and are hard and uncom- fortable. About eight hours are required to make the run of 120 miles, when sched- ule time is observed, which does not often happen. The deficiencies In the equipment of the road are due to the fact that nearly all of the old rolling stcck lies in wreck alongside the tracks, twisted, burned, useless, a most conspicuous feature of the scenery as viewed from the train. When the Filipinos were compelled to abandon the railroad line they destroyed, as they thought, the rolling stock in their possession. They started en- gines under full steam toward each other on the same track, and relied on the col- liston to render them useless. They @emol- ished vital parts of the engines, and they cut and burned the woodwork of the cars. But they did not make sufficient allowance for American mechanical readiness and in- ventiveness. Railroad men among our sol- diers quickly straightened out and put to- gether, patched and disfigured but still available, enough of the rolling stock to serve to utilize the road for military pur- poses. Ricefields and Battlefields. leaving Manila the train passed rs, In Ahrough Tondo, the native nipa-hut section of the city, where so many houses were burned at the time of the Filipino outbreak in February of last year. Some vacant spaces are still vistble in the burned section, but the streets swarm with people and many of the huts have been replaced. Soon we are skirting Manila bay, then passing through native villages, whose entire popu- lation, apparently, turns out to see and to shout at the moving train. Now we are among ricefields, where green ridges of raised earth inclose, restrain and give ac- cess to the flooded rice beds, and spread over the landscape a symmetrical checker- board. i Along the entire course of the railroad, and especially in the southern section, are frequent reminders of the Filipino outbreak. ‘We pass village after village where the Filipinos made temporary stands, assaulted and taken by our troops, and then aban- (Continued on Twelfth Page.) sire any further time, except for a short hearing in rebuttal after the other testi- mony was ajl in. Mr. Lorimer then stated that some constituents of Congressman Loudenslager of New Jersey had asked to be heard and that the following Wednesday had been set for the hearing. I sought Mr. Loudenslager for information, and he stated that all he knew of the matter was that he had received a telegram from a Mr. Derouse of Camden, N. J., postmaster of that place, and connected in some way with some milk shippers to that market, stating that some of his people desired to be heard. This ap- peared very strange to me, as the organiza- tion has had charge of every delegation so far as the arrangements for a hearing is concerned, and shippers of milk have never taken a great deal of interest in this legis- lation, let alone being sufficiently informed upon the subject under discussion to appear before a committee of Congress to present the case. I made up my mind that whoever sked Mr. Loudenslager for a hearing is matter was not particularly inter- ested in the success of this measure, and when the party cancelled the hearing by telegraph Tuesday I made up my mind to investigate the matter, Seeks Information. “Thursday morning I took a train for Philadelphia,and Friday visited Mr.Derouse, who had telegraphed to Mr. Loudenslager asking for the hearing. I found that he Was no longer connected with even the milk shippers of that locality. I met him in the best office in his private office, and told him that I had been told by Mr. Louden- r slager that he had urraaged fe 1 for some parities before the icultural committee. I told him of our desire to close up these hearings, and asked that he advise me of the names and residence of the partics who desired to be heard, in order that we might #et them togeiner and get them to Washington at once, “Not only did he refuse point blank to give mie any information regarding the identity of the parties for whom he nad ar- ranged through Mr. Loudenslager for a hearing, but refused to divulge even the character of their business, or their in! st in the Grout bill. He stated that if I wanted him to he would communicate with them, and that if it was their desire to have their identity known he would give their names. 1 ked him if he had any idea when they would come down to Washing- ton, and he stated that he had not. “I then very frankly told Mr. Derouse that I considered my suspicions that there here no New Jersey people who desired to rd on our side well founded, at waich he merely smiled a ‘what-are-you-going-to- ao-about-it’ sort of smile, informing, me that probably the time I had been in polities as long as he had been connected therewith I would learn a few things, Whereupon I stated to him that I was will. ing to concede him a full knowledge of po- liGeal methods, and algo was free to confess that | had lez osmething from him that very di whereupon I bid the gentleman Alleges Injustice. “I do not desire in this connection to in- timate that Congressman Loude: lager he or had any knowledge of the facts he: with presented. Nor does it follow that Mr. Derouse is acting in any but good faith with Mr. Loudensiager. But I desire to call the attention of this commit- tee to this condition und circumstances to ilustrate the injustice to the people I re resent which would be brought about fixing hearings indefinitely at the solicit: tion of every Tom, Dick and Harry poli- lician all over the country who can tele- graph his congressman or get somebody else to telegraph him, that some myste jous, unknown and unidentified party or parties desire to be heard upon this measure. “It can be readily seen that such a pro- ceeding would easily prolong these hearin; indefinitely, which would be in the interest of those opposed to the measure, and such proceedings very naturally excite the sus- picion that those who asked for the hear- ings are not at all anxious for the passage of the Grout bill. “All we ask of this committee is fair play. We shall protest every time any pe- culiar transaction of the nature herein de- scribed is brought to light, and we shall carefully watch the matter to see that this committee is not imposed upon by outsiders with the intent or result of taking up its time and deferring the report which we believe should in justice to the farmers of this country be made very shortiy, no mat- ter what its conclusions. “We shall protest vigorously ourselves against being imposed upon by anybody, as we stand upon our rights citizens and taxpayers, who are entitled from Congress and this committee to a fair, open and honest hearing, and also to protection from you against the manipulations of any out- side influence which may in intent or effect be damaging to our catixe, which 1s a just one, and which we shall keep before the Congress of the United States persistently until the government has finally and prop- erly given us the relief and protection which it recognized by the act of August 2, 1886, was our just right and due, which act has failed in what it sought to accomplish and therefore calls for amendment.” —_>—_—_ DEWEY DECLINES TO TALK Now. Promises to Make a Public Announce- ment of His View Admiral Dewey declined today to say whether or not he had had a conference while in Philadelphia with democratic lead- ers of New York on the subject of his can- didacy. He said that he would not talk any more on the subject until he was ready to make a formal announcement of his views on public questions. “I have announced two things,” he said. “One is that I am willing to accept the romination for the presidency; the other, that I am a democrat. I do not care to say more until I am ready to make a formal and full announcement of my position.” Admiral Dewey was asked on his return from Philadelphia if the statement that he is a democrat was correct. “Certainly, I am a democrat,” he replied. “I always have been a democrat,” he added, smilingly “Have you ever voted the democratic ticket? “No; I never voted in my life. The only man I ever wanted to vote for was Mr. Cleveland.” THE FORTUNE BRINGER, Frequent and constant advertising brought me all I own.—A. T. Stewart. —.——__ A Talk With the President About Arizona. ——-+—___—_ HOPE FOR STATEHOOD THIS CONGRESS —-- Mr. McKinley Will Go to Fred- ericksburg Next Month. OTHER CALLERS TODAY John F. Wils the democratic Bain in the House from Arizona, had long: and nt talk with President McKinley this morning about ststehood for Anzona and the other territort Mr. Wilson has been doing some effective work, is exe tremely hopeful of getting a favorable re-1 port from the committee on. territor this session. Mr. Wilson re: however, that it will be next to impo: to get a lizes, ible ve statehood bill through Congress at this ses- sion. and if a favorable report can be haa Wil be in position to take the matier up successfully early in the next session, Pres- ident McKinley is reported by Mr. Wiisom and all others who have talked with him en the subject. as favorable to siatchood for seve of the territories. He would be+ willing to see action at this sessio but as this is thought to be unlikely he looks? with favor upon the plan which Mr now has in view. “The President agrees with me,” sald Mre Wilson, “that Arizona is qualified for = Wilsow hood. We have a population of over 100,000 people, 95 per cent of whom are Americans who ri id write. Our property valua- is $100,000,000, with railrou veloped as In Our public school syst2m ts as Eo in the city of Washington. We de not have many Mexicans, and these few are a! wealthy and valuable class.” Going to Fredericksburg. an. Sickies and Gen. Horatio C.] King, who has for so many years been secs! retary of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, were with the President this’ morning, and invited him to attend the thirty-first annual reunion of the society inter: Gen. Fredericksburg May 25 and 26. The 1 ident agreed to by 1 eration will be that day. The sald ation was what induced him to! ept the invitation. j jety will go to Richmond on an on on the 26th of Ma: A Good Many Callers. The President had numerous visitors toe day, but the calls, in most instances, wera! public £ terest. nators Gear, Nelson, Deboe, Fair- banks, yle, Wetmore and Warren anda Representatives Grosvenor, Dolliver, Burice, ¢ le, Mercer and Mondell saw the} The majority of them were ac} nied by constituents. i tor Gear, who was ill for five paid his first visit to the zy in a long time. or sit White* Captain Palmer of the¢ army and witnessed the Presidant sign the ¢ il creating a military post at Sheridan, + and making an appropriati The new post has been named Mackenzie Senators Frye and Allison conferred for a d while with the President this morn- j ing. Seni y2 believes that Con i Will be late in adjourning, while Senator 4 Allison favors cutting the session as short aS possi Repri tives Grosvenor and Doliiver { believe the House will pass the Porto rican } bill in a hurry one day next week. ist intimated that a special rule may be! brought In giving consideration and « vote | on the bill all ina day. This will be done on Tue or Wednesday. i Representative Hemingway and F. J¢ Scholz, state treasurer of Indiana, saw the President. The Kentucky Decision. Senator Deboe said this morning that) yesterday's decision of the Kentucky court! of appeals in the governorship case was! not a surprise to him. He was not suffi- well informed to know whether! lor and the republicans would now to the United s it of error. Republicans e inclined to the belief that it is useless io take the case to the Supreme Courts! ‘Technically speaking, they do not belicve @ writ of error will lie. Senor Quesada, the in this country, presented to the Presider Dr. Claudio Dumas, Manuel Rasco «nd n Jiminez, who had charge of the Cuban sus, and who have been in this country three months working on the census. The three Cubans leave for Cuba next week, They asked the President for photugrapha te take with them, and were pleased when he ordered the pictures prepared for them, Today's Nominations. The President today nominated John B. Robinson of Pennsylvania to be United States marshal for the eastern district of Pennsylvania; also H. C. Budge to be poste’ master at Miami, Fla. Pardons by the President. The President has granted a pardon ta M. M. Crane, convicted of illicit distilling in Georgia, and sentenced to eight months in jail and to pay a fine of $100. The par- don is recommended by the district attore ney and the trial jude account of the hardship which would result to the family of_the prisoner. Sentences have been commuted President as follow: John H. Poe, Indian Territory, introduc- + ing Nquor into Indian country, sentence of ¥ ars commuted to eighteen months. bert W. Stinson, Minnesota, violation of postal laws, sentence of eighteen months commuted to one yeur. Lewis V. Williams, District of Columbia, forfeiture of bail bond. The petitioner in this case is an old colored man, eighteen years of age, of the name of Spencer Coleman. He alleges that he was a slave, and that after the war he moved to Washington and began work at his trade of shoemaking, and by hard work and economy, he was able to support his family and purchase a small piece of property on which he erected a dwelling. In 1891 he signed as surety a bail bond of Williams, who was indicted for false pre- tenses. He delivered Williams in court, but th? case was continued and finally Williams disappeared and a forfeiture of the bond was taken, of which the petitioner was not informed until a few days ago. The forfeiture of the bond is remitted on payment of costs. Walter P. Hodges, Oklahoma, emboz- zling letter from post office. Petitioner t# a lad of eighteen years, the son of a cler= ®yman. The sentence of one year commus ted to twenty days. Ed. Smith, Missourl, passing counterfeit $5 bill. On account of the prisoner's good character and the belief that he was the victim of circumstances, sentence of two re commuted to one year. *Sonn W. MeDantel, Indian Territory, Ine troducing Mquor into Indian country. feriy | tence of five years and fine of $100 con» muted to two and a half years on the ground that the sentence was excessive 2 ——_—_—— Whereabouts of Warshps. ‘The battle ship Kearsarge has arrived at Hampton Roads after her official trial trip to sea. ‘The Concord is at Yokohoma. The Marcellus has sailed from Port Roys al for Norfolk. by the