Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1900, Page 1

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BOERS “HELD BACK Their Attack at Elandslaagte R newed Yesterday Aiternoon. ——_->———_ WEPENER IS STILL SURROUNDED sd Reports From Pretoria Claim Vic- tories for the Federals. oe CLOSING IN ON BULLER ——__>—— dispatch erday Says: ond Elands- The Boers steadily itish positions. There le fire and the Boer big n. The British replied two hours’ fighting was ac Hze atten series of occurring. T! 1 April 10 at E vVanee on the » with the loss of orses, while the report, must ment last learned regarding the -owell’s death, nor is z to show how long d Pretoria will of exciting developments t centers more upon the per- w commanders and in the who the next general t home. Brabant at Aliwal North. appears that ¢ Brabant him- t Aliwal N nd that only of his column is at Wepener. ent of the reoccupa: the burgher: no the small British force at that place withdrew thence after the Redders- urg affair. fe sailors of the husiastic gre hem on their terday, wh officers and men indiscrim- hey came off the dock. Gen, It now self a Powerful are coming ings equalin, women K inate BOERS REPORT SUCCESSES. Operations in Natal and Free State Satisfactory, They Say. Wednesday, April 11.—A - was heard this morning of Bult Fontein, situated Winburg and Boshof, in Free S' and north of tween adquarters in bombard- r dires federals are retir’ and the ons. where a ritish are h British tin- 500 About ald to be there. This Accounts for Recent Demonstra- tions in Roberts’ Front. April 11. information received here tward of the railroad proximity to the border is largely to the fact that Presidents Kruger and n have found they are unable to keep BLOEMFONTEIN, Wednes —According t the Boer ac and ity their forces together in inactivity, the burghers declaring they are unwilling to remain w cir comn ly emple as they convinced the gone. It ii ement was originally ord Roberts to weaken mfontein, In order to pro- when the Boers would recapture the capi evidently Ignorant Lord Roberts has ish game be- the Boe rom Karoe Siding say the Boers are busily int ir position east of Brandfort paralle] with the still strongly holding the terwork: Queen Congratulates Lambton. LOND( pril ‘The queen has tele- hed to Capt. Lambton of the British s cruiser Powerful, which arrived esterday noon, as follows: come you all on your re- artily congratulate you nt and valuable services you in South Africa. I hope to fter my return to Eng- also telegraphed his Lambton, his offi- Commissioners Start for Milan. APL 12—The Tran schoten, s ee CATHOLIC CLUB BUILDING BURNS. Some of the Resident Members Have Narrow Escapes. Vv YO > Club in West it uy be P! nd safely the 4 wed that ry of about Z ing of d furniture. will excess of that figure. —__—_2~--—___ PROGRAM IN CHICAGO. DEWEY Committee of Arrangements Has Ar- ranged an Attractive Celebration. CHICAGO, Apcil 12. mitt D wey pws: Sunday, Apr party will leave train Mond. Admiral Dewey and party will arrive Im Chicago and be es- corted to and and water. . celebration of the b: te of Manila bay. at the Unive ty Club. 1 mis- ied by Dr. Mul'er and Jonk- arted this morning ‘The handsome jamaged by fire early this he fire had gained considerable was discovered, and a ominent club men = had narrow es- James Fitzpatrick, fifth-floor window by brought down an mage at about ne injury to 0 volumes, ater through on the use a loss ‘The executive com- angements for in Chicago the official program. It fs as partments selected for them The admirat’s * «rand military ball at the Au- 11 am.—Milltary and of the second jon to Admiral Dewey and » p.m.—Iliumination of lake front park ednesday, May 2—Admiral Dewey and XTEEN PAGES. ‘TWO CENTS AS NECESSARY AS STEAM, Today advertising is as necessary to the transaction of certain lines of business as steam and electricity are to machinery.—R. J. Gune ning. | guests will take a trip down ‘ainage canal, going to Lockport on acht and returning by special train. 40 p.m.—Illumination of lake front park. eption to Admiral Dewey by the Chi- ago Athletic Club, the Chicago Press Club, the Woman's Press Club, the Sons of the American Revolution, public library trus- tees and the Provident Knights. ‘Thursday, May 3—Departure of Admiral Dewey and party for Jacksonville, IIL, where the admiral will spend three hours at the Grand Army of the Republic's an- nual state encampment and then proceed to St. Louis. Admiral Dewey before returning to Wash- ington, on May 15, will stop at Memphis, Nashville, Frankfort, Louisville and Knox- Ville. Charles H, Allen to Be the Porto Rican Executive, THE DESIRE OF THE PRESIDENT A Business Man Versed in Public Affairs. —__++-2—__ THE LEGISLATIVE BILL CONFERENCE REPORT ADOPTED BY; IMPORTANT TASK AHEAD THE SENATE TODAY, Charles H. Allen, at present assistant sec- retary of the navy, will be the first civil governor of Porto Rico, under the provi- sions of the bill passed yesterday by the House of Representatives. While the for- mal tender and acceptance of the position has not been made, it is known that Mr. McKinley has been bringing pressure to in- duce Mr. Allen to relinquish the care of his considerable private Interests for a suffi- cient time at least to install the new civil government in the island, and the latter has Changes Made in the Measure—Many Items of Difference Stated. ‘The conference report on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was today made to the Senate and agreed to. The Senate receded from amendments it made to the bill as follow: Library of Congress—One clerk, from $900 to $1,200; chief of division of bibliography, from $2,000 to $2,500; assistant (reading room for the blind), $900 to $1,000; chief di- sion of manuscripts, $1,500 to $2,000; one stant at $1,200 instead of one at $720; chief of division, maps and charts, $2,250 instead of $2,000; chief of division of prints, $3,000 instead of $2,000; one assistant, 3 ); chief clerk, superintendent HMbrary building and grounds, $2,220 instead of $2,- 000. In all the above ¢ the lower sal- ary will be recelved by the offictals named. Under the head of the civil service com- mission the provision for two messenger hoys at $360 each allowed by the Senate was eliminated. Under the Treasury Department, offices of disbursing clerks, one clerk of ¢lass four is lost and one of class three is substituted ec. ce of the adjutant general gets two more clerks than the bill provided for when it passed the Senate. District Pays Half. ay $2 expense of caring for the parks of the Dis- trict under the jurisdiction of the United snate struck out this pro- sion, but it was agreed to in conferen| The Senate gave the Indian office two ad- ditional clerks of class 4, in place of two in class 3, with another clerk at $900, all of which were left out by the conferees. The Senate cut down the laborers provided for this bureau from two te one, but two were allowed for by the conferees. consented to assume the new responsibil- {tles. Inasmuch as the act takes effect on the Ist of next month, there is but Httle time left in which to outline a skeleton form of government, including the formation of a cabinet. It is understood that the new governor will he taken to Porto Rico in one of the finest v of the nav. gave the Department of Jus- ice ), which was strick-] In the selection of Mr. Allen, the Pres- en from the bill in conference. ident has had in mind the appointment of a ‘The conference report was approved by | man of affairs and of sound business expe- ¢ with the above cha ise remaining practically as it pass ate. ———_—___++___—__ THREATENED TO BOL’ nges, the bill ed rience, qualities which are deemed essential in the administration of the affairs of an entirely new government such as is to be erected In Porto Rico. Mr. Allen is no law- yer, but legal advice can always be had, even in Porto Rico, when the occasion arises, and in fact the organic act provides for a well-paid attorney general as a mem- ber of the governor general's cabinet, Mr. Allen's Career. Mr. Allen was born m Lowell, Mass., in 1848, and graduated at Amherst. He has had, in addition to his business experience, a great deal of legislative training. First a member of the Lowell school board, he entered the lower house of the Massachu- setts legislature In 1881; went to the state senate In 1883, and then became a member of the national House of Representatives. He served through tke Forty-ninth and Fiftleth Congresses, and might have con- tinued in legislative work had he not de- clined’ a renomination. Mr. Allen at the of his congressional career, resumed active control of his important business interests, and, although he became assist ant secretary of the na May 9, 1898, suc ceeding Theodore Roosev he has man- aged to maintain his business connections, notwithstanding the volume of important naval duties that fell to his share in the Spanish-American war. At present he is the head of a manufacturing firm, a presi- dent of one bank, a director in another, and the Se Friends of Oleomargarine Bill Insiat- ed on a Vote. While the final vote on the Porto Rican bill was being taken yest>rday afternoon an interesting conference, which threatened to have serfous effect on the bill, was car- sied on. Just before the rot call com- menced a couple of repr i sougnt Mr. Grout of Vermont, the author of the bill to further tax oleomargarine. They said that a dozen republican representa- tives favoring the oleomargarine bill, who were Irritated at the clay in securing 1¢- tion on that bill, proposed to vote against the Porto Rican bill unless assurances could be secured from the republican lead- the oleo bill would be permitt2d to a yote in the Ho Dalzell and Mr. Mr. moned into conference and both refused to Payne were sum- give such assuranc>. The situation looked as the friends of the oleo bill were to insist upon their point. is point Mr. Grout counsel-d mod- eration. He said he was sure that Speak Henderson was not opposed to th2 olco bill, and would not be a party to any at- tempt to chloroform the measure. Yor | is largely interested in the manufacture of himself, he was proceeding upon the as- | high-grade papers. sumption that the committee on agriculture Interest in Naval Circles. Great Interest is felt in naval circles in the personality of Mr. Allen’s successor as assistant sec! y of the navy. His ad- ministration of the vast details of the Navy Department has been extremely popular, and it was fully expected that, should Sec- retary Long decline to continue through another administration In the office of Sec- retary of the Navy, Mr. Allen would suc- ceed to that important post. It is said, however, that his assignment to the gover- norship of Porto Rico does not completely would act on the bill in time, and he ad- vis:d his colleagues to wait a while longer, and in any event not to mix the troubles with the Porto Rican bill. ‘the outcome was that the threatened bolt did not take place. This incident showed, however, the ten- sion which sxists in the House over the oleo bill. Following the formal protest which was lodged with the committee on agriculture last week by the secretary of the Dairymen's Association against alleged dilatory tactics In the hearings, yestarday’s occurrence demonstrated that the friends of the bill are alive to the situation. The | Temove him from the field as a Secretary of opposition to the bill Is said to be powerful | the Navy in the future, for the most that Is rather through the influencs and official | €xpected of him now is that he shall inaug- urate and put on a sound business basis the new government in Porto Rico, and he will return to the United States when that im- portant work is accomplished. <r S PROPOSED E\GHT-HOUR LAW. sition of those who compose it than in but the representatives of the dairy interests and the consumers are in close touch with this feature of the case end at the proper time, they say, will smoke out the en2my. ——_—$_+2+__—_ DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS. Mr. Gompers Argues Refore the House Labor Committee. President Gompers of the Federation of Labor made an extended argument before the House committee on labor today in support of the proposed eight-hour law. Mr. Gompers said the movement had secured some measure of success in the states and municipalities and it was desired to have the government recognize it by the enact- ment of the present measure. Through some mysterious means, he said, the words “upon public works’? were put into the federal eight-hour law of 1892, thus con- fining it to narrow limite and robbing it of Increases and Decreases Made by the Senate in the BILL The District appropriation bill as it passed the Senate yesterday carried $7,773,925, of which amount $316,170 net was added to it by means of amendments proposed while the bil! was under consideration in the Sen- ate. The amount was reduced by $26,200, as follows: Wholesale market, $25,000; po- lee court judges, $1,200. It was increased as follows: Auditor’s office, $200; street sweeping, $200; Quincy street, $2,000; Con- necticut avenue, $25,000; park, $11,800; filtra- tion plant, $200,000; Hillsdale school, $250; stationkeeper, $720; Washington Asylum, $1,200; municipal hospital site, $100,000; wo- man’s clinic, $1,000. +--+. MR. LIVINGSTON’S IDEA. present bill was, he said, the result of five years of thought, study and effort. He urged that the reduction of the hours of labor was demanded by every interest of the government, which should be as much concerned in the physical and mental strength of the workmen as in the tensile strength of the steel and armor furnished to it. Thinks Judge Parker Should Be on the Democratic Ticket. Representative Livingston of Georgia sald today that the man whom the democrats should nominate for Vice President is Judge Parker of the New York state bench. Mr. Livingston said that Judge Parker was elected when the remainder of the ticket fatled, and thet he, {f nominated on the ticket with Bryan, will carry the state of New York. Judge Parker, he said, is thoroughly in accord with the democratic platform and a man of @ high order of abil- ity. letters ani ject. TESTING TURRET ARMOR. Smashed on the Plate. gee Personal Mention. Gov. MeMillin of Tennessee and Gov. Ty- ler of Virginia are in the city, together with the attorneys general of their respective | tot was accepted. umination of lake front | states, and will appear before the United oS 1 pm.—Admiral and Mrs. Dewey will | States Supreme Court tomorrow to urge a Movements of Naval Veazels. final settlement of the Virginia-Tennessee boundary dispute. Mr. John Green of Buffalo, N. ¥., who has been visiting Mr. James W. Bartley of Spring street, Anacostia, left last evening for his home. He was accompanied to New York city by his brother, Mr. Thomas Green, who has also been @ visitor in An- acostia. terday. at Norfolk. The Vixen is at San Juan, the value that Its advocates expected. The Mr. Gompers also presented a number of statements showing the wide- spread interest of labor circles in the sub- Shell From a Ten-Inch Gun Was A test was made at Indian Head yester- day of a plate representing 300 tons of the turret armor of the battle ship Wisconsin. ‘The fourteen-inch plate was attacked by a ten-inch gun,with the usual result—the shell was smashed on the face of the plate, which received no substantial injury, so the The Baltimore arrived at- Yokohama yes- The Newport, which is to take the naval cadets on their summer practice cruise, ar- rived at Annapolis yesterday in tow of the Standish. She has been undergoing repairs Employes, Customers and Workmen Caught in. the Collapse. ACCIDENT OCCURS AT PITTSBURG Three Bodies Recovered: Searchers Looking for the Others. MANY NARROW ESCAPES — PITTSBURG, April 12.—The big double- front, four-story brick building at the cor- ner of Wood stre2t and 24 avenue, occupied by the Armstrong-McKelvey Lead and Oil Company, collapsed today, burying a num- ber of employes, customers and carpenters at work on the building beneath the ruins. The disaster involyed th> entire front of the building, but fertunately the greater number of imprisoned employes were in the rear of the building and escaped with slight injuries or non2 at all. It is certain that two clerks were caught in the wreck and at least two customers were also Smpris- oned. In addition, five carpenters were at work remodeling the interior of the store- rooms, and of these but one had been ac- counted for. He was Harry Bowles and was working in the office in the rear of the building. He made a thrilling escap2 through a window with Miss Annie Stew art, the stenographer for the company, in his arms. The Killed and Injured. One dead body and three injured persons have so far been taken from the ruins. Th2 dead body was fdentified as that of Oscar Bigel, a carpenter. Eugene C. Bernhardt, a salesman, is known to be in the wreck, and, it is sup- posed, is dead. The injured recovered are: Noel Casper, injur2a internally. Michael Shang, leg. broken and injured internally. Unknown man, unconscious and in a seri- ous condition. i The cause of the acéldent is ascribed to the weakening of the building by the re- moval of a partition separating the room formerly occupied by the company from one which had just been leased. The wall fell in from each side toward the center of the building, and as the carpen- ters were at work in the middle of the building it is feared that they were ail buried. A fire alarm was turned in at on and the department responded without de- lay, but ien minutes before the first firc- man was on the scene there were hundreds of spectators peered around. These were pushed back by the police to keep out of danger. Building a Mass of Rains. The frotit of the building was merely a mass of wrecked brick, mortar and wood- work, The rear still stood up, but the walls were visibly swaying and occasionally sent down a shower of bricks as a warning to the curious not to venture too close. Not- withstanding the danger, 100 men were svon at work searching for those who were caught in the ruins. The work was neces- sarily slow. About 1 o'clock a portion of the third floor fell in and fiye of the search- ers were caught in the debria, but they were promptly rescued and were not seriously injured. Two More Bodies Found. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 12.—At 2 o'clock the bodies of a man and woman were found. They have not yet been identified. —_++<+—__ CAME AS CONTRACT LABORERS. Thirty-Three Japanese Immigrants Refused Permigsion to Land. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 12.—Thirty- three of 219 Japanese steerage passengers who arrived on the steamer Belgian King a few days ago have been refused a landing by the immigration offidials. They have ap- pealed to the Secretary of the Treasury, and pending a reply from Washington will be held here. The principal reason for their rejection by the officials is the discovery of evidence that the Japanese came here as contract laborers. ——_+-+-—___ ALL PRESENT EXCEPT MR. IDE. Members of the Philippine Commis- sion Gather In ’Frisco. SAN FRANCISCO, April 12.—All the members of the Philippine commission are now here, except Henry C. Ide of Vermont, who 1s expected today. Professor Bernard Moses, tho California member, will enter- tain his colleagues at the University Club today, after which they will hold a formal meeting to elect a secretary. The commissioners expect to sail for Ma- nila on the transport Hancock about April 16, ‘They are all accompanied by their fam- ilies. The clerical force to accompany the commission co ts of a secretary, assist- ant secretary, Spanish secretary, translator and a private secretary for each member. There will be forty-three people in the party. The ladies and children are to be left at Yokohama for a month until the commissioners have eécured houses and made everything ready for their comiéort. e+. MT. AIRY POST OFFICE ROBBED. Burglars Get $1,250 in Cash and Post- age Stamps. Special Dispatch to The Eveping Star. FREDERICK, Md., April 12—A daring robbery was perpetrated at Mt. Airy last night. The post office was broken into by masked robbers and about $1250, $950 in stamps and $300 In cash, was stolen. An en- trance.was made by forcing the front door with a jimmy. The safe was blown open with dynamite and completely demolished. The ceiling of the room was torn almost completely out and thesftoor was blown to pieces. Mr. Charles F. Rid@femoser, assistant night operator, walking by the building at 2 o'clock this morning, saw the door open, and oalled out to know who was inside. A pistol was Homnediataly_gerget into his face, and he was forced to inte the building and watch the robhers while tltey looted the safe. Mr. Riddlemoser could not identify any of the three men,*except to say that one man was tall, witha blask mustache, and wore a black overggat. Tie work was evidently done by professtanals. This Is the third time the post office has been robbed. ———+-—_—_ BIG STRIKE IS ON. Not a Mill Working in-George’s Creek Dis ty Special Dispatch to The Ev@uing Star. CUMBERLAND, Mé&,’ April 12.—Every mine {s closed by Isst night’s strike. The situation {s quiet bot! Frostburg and Lonaconing, the main centers of the strike. ‘The men nearly all remain at their homes. ‘The streets have a Sunday appearance. Fred Dilcher of Nelsonville, Ohio, a mem- ber of the national executive board of the United Mine Workers, who 1s om the scene, has requested the Frostburg business men's committee to continue in force and to use their good offices toward obtaining a con- ference between the employes of the dif- ferent coal companies and the company officials looking to ending strike, | |ITS FIRST GOVERNOR| BUILDING CAVES IN|PORTO RICAN ACT Provisions of the Measure Just Passed by Congress. THE ISLAND'S FOTORE GOVERNMENT Upper Branch of Legislature to Be Appointed. oe A COMMISSIONER HERE ———— The following is a eummary of the provis- fons of the Porto Rico bill which has just been passed by Congr It applies to the Island of Porto Rico and to the adjacent tslands lying east of the 74th meridian, which are designated Porto Rico. From the date of the passage of the act the same custom duties are levied on all goods entering Porto Rico from foreign countries as are levied on the same goods entering the United State ve that coffee which has free entry inte the United States is to pay a duty of 5 cents per pound on entering Porto Rico. Scientific, literary and artistic works and books and pamphlets printed in the English language may enter Porto Rico free of duty. The tariff section of the bill relating to duties between the United States and Porto Rico is as follows: Tariff on Porto Rican Imports. “That on and after the passage of this act all merchandise coming into the United States from Porto Rico and coming into Porto Rico from the United States shall be entered at the several ports of entry upon payment of 15 per cent of the duties which are required to be levied, collected and paid upon like cles of merchandise imported from foreign countries; and in addition the rate upon articles of merchan- dise of Porto Rican manufacture coming into the United States and withdrawn for consumption or sale upon payment of a tax equal to the internal revenue tax impose in the United States upon the like articl of merchandise of domestic manufacture; such tax to be paid by internal revenue stamp or stamps to be purchased and pro vided by the commissioner of internal re nue and to be procured from the collector of internal revenue at or most convenient to the port of entry of said merchandise in the United States and to be affixed under such regulation: the commissioner of internal revenue, with the approval of the retary of the Treasury, shall prescribs and on all articles of merchandise of United States manufacture coming into Porto Rico in addition to the duty above provided upon payment of a tax eq in rate and amount to the Internal revenue tax imposed in Porto Rico upon the like articles of Porto Rican manufacture, Provision for Local Taxes. “Provided, That on and after the date when this act shall take effect, all mer- chandise and articles except coffee, not’ dutiable under the tariff laws of the United States, and all merchandise and articles entered in Porto Rico free of duty under orders heretofore made by the Secretary of War shall be admitted into the several ports thereof, when United States, free of duty, all law: parts of laws to the contrary notwith: ing; and whenever the legislative a: of Porto Rico shall have enacted and put into operation a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of the government of Porto Rico, by this shall_by resolution duly passed the President, he shall make proclamation thereof, and thereupon all tariff duues on merchandise and articles going into Porto Rico from the United States or coming into the United States from Porto Rico shall cease, and from and after such date ail such merchandise and articles snall be en- tered at the several ports of eniry free of duty; and in no event shall any duties be collected after the first day of March, 184 on mercharfdise and articles going into Pu: to Rico from the United States or coming into the United States from Porto Rico. The dutles collected under tne above section shall be placed at the disposal of the President to be used for the govern- ment and benefit of Porto Rico until the government of Porto Rico shall have been organized, when the moneys collected shall be turned Into the local treasury of Porto Rico. Goods imported from Porto Rico and under bond shall pay only the duty im- posed by this act.” Government Provisions. The governmental provisions of the bili are: The capital shall be at San Juan. Per- sons who were Spanish subjects April 11, 1899, and who have not elected to preserve their allegiance to Spain are held to be citizens of Porto Rico and entitled to the protection of the United States. The desig- nation of the body politic is under the name “The People of Porto Rico.” The laws and ordinances of Porto Rico now in force shall continue in full force and effect, except as altered by this act, or by military orders, and which are not inconsistent with the laws of the United States. The old law forbidding the marriage of priests and ministers is repealed. The vessels of Porto Rico are to be nat- uralized and admitted to the benefits of the United States coasting laws. Quarantine stations are to be established. Porto Rico coins are to be retired, the peso being rated at sixty cents in the exchange. Three months after the act takes effect Porto Rico coins are not to be legal tender. Prop- erty usually under the control of the United States will so continue, and other proper- tles acquired from Spain will be eimints- tered by the Porto Ricen government. The governor is to be appointed by the Presi- dent and hold his office for four years. hav- ing the powers conferred on governors of territories of the United States, but is to make his reports through the Secretary of State to the President. The Legislatare. An executive council appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, con- sisting of a secretary, attorney gencral, treasurer, auditor, commissioners of in- terior and education, and five other persons to hold office for four years. The council is the upper branch of the legislature, five of whom shall be natives of Porto Rico. The other branch shall be a house of dele- gates, to consist of thirty-five membe: elected biennially by the qualified electors. Porto Rico is divided into seven districts, each with five delegates. The qualifications for voters are “‘at such elections all citi- zens of Porto Rico shall be allowed to yote who have been bona fide residents for one year and who possess the other qualifica- tions of voters under the laws and military orders in force on March 1, 1300, subject to such modifications and additional qualifica- ticns and such regulations and restrictions as to registration as may be prescribed by the executive council. “No person shalj be eligible to member- ship in the house of delegates who is not twenty-five years of age and able to read and write elther the Spanish or the English language, or who is not possessed in his own right of taxable property, real or per- sonal, situated in Porto Rico.’ Provision is made for enacting legislation similar to that in other territories. The judicial power is vested in courts already established, the chief justice and associate justices and marshal to be appointed by the President, judges of the district courts and other officers by the governor of Porto Rico. There is also a United States dis- trict court established similar to other ter- ritories. The salaries of all officers ap- pointed by the President are: Governor, $8,000; secretary, attorney general, auditor, eommissioner of the interior, $4,000 each; imported from the or | Gen, Wood Will E treasurer, $5,000; + $3,000; United St commissioner of educa- chief justice supreme court and es district judge, $5.00 each; associate justices, $4.50 each; two mar. shals, each $3,000; district attorney, $4,000. No export duties are to be collected, but taxes ard licenses may be levied. A Commissioner at Washington. On the regular election day in November and every two years thereafter Porto May choose a commissioner to repre: the island at Washington, salary $5,000. A commission of three members, one a native of Porto Rico, is to be named to re- vise and codify the laws of Porto Rico. The act for a civil government is to go into effect May 1, 1900. o+—______ A BUDGET OF PATRONAGE APPOINTMENTS AUTHORIZED THE NEW PORTO RICAN BILL, BY Many Desirable Places That Will Un- doubtedly Be Eagerly Sought. By the provisions of the Porto Rican act the President of the United States will be given the di: dget of px age, including a number of desirable pointments, which undoubtedly will eagerly sought. The following appointments are author- ized by the bill: A governor, at $5.00) per annum; a secre tary, $4.06 ar attorney general, $ treasurer, $5,000; an auditor. $4,000; ¢ sioner of the interior, $4,000 commissioner of education, $3,000; five members (Porto Rican citizens) of the ecutive counc be ot the supreme court, $5,000; four associate justices of the su- preme court, $4.4 each; marshal of that court, $3,000; United States district judge. $5,000; United States district attorn States district marshal, $3,500. To Revine the Laws. The Pre: s also authorized to ap- point a ion of three members, one of whom shall be a Porto Rican, at a sal. ary” of $5,000 each, laws of Porto RI lowed “all nec to compile and revise the The commission is al- ry clerks and other as- ries of officials appointed by e to be paid out of the Por The “resident comm s er to the United States” is to be e! by the people of the nd, but paid by the United’ Stat 0) per annum. The thirty-five del es to be elected to the ¢ sembly are to be id $5 a day out of the revenues of the island. = tes RY IN HA A TREAS tablish One to Open on the (5th Instant. Acting under instruct from the retary of War, Gen. Wood, militar: nor of Cuba, has established a treasury in the city of Havana, which will be opened on the 15th instant, for the reception and dis- bursement of the revenues of the island. In an order announcing the establishment of this institution Gen. Wood directs that all moneys received at Havana be paid over to the treasurer and deposited by him in the vaults of the treasury, and paid out only upon warrants signed and countet in accordance with the la governing the island. All moneys received at points othe: Havana will be transmitted in specie treasurer at that cit s ened, and regulations r than to the \AT THE WHITE HOUSE This Wes District Day With the President. ———- CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONER Strong Showing for Mr. Ross and Judge Scott. ———— a OTHER MATTERS CONSIDERED > This District House, if there ev Dis- t t people, or stat nen in behalf of Dis- trict people, filed in and out of the Wh House all day and occupied a great deal of the President's time A rumor th: Commissioner Ross might fall of reappointment along with Commis was day 0 such a day at White w yight led many prominent ma t behalf. Among r, Cullom, Al- lison, Lodge, Pritchard, Scott, Elkins and nd Represen‘ative: hers book, Jen- nd r Seen such an ou! pouring in behalf of one man. and the m- pression made on him is sald to have been strong. The majority of the congressmen ioned simp ested the reappoir Mr. Ross without asking for « on for eny e ‘eby show parnest desire s to Mr, Re Representati Babeock “and Jenk’ beth promin-nt mem! the Dy rommittee of the Hot ent an the other callers, tment of Mr. Ross and Judge Sv who could not fail of receiv led support of the Dist »ock pointed out to the Preside lief that it would not and men in the highest this time, He thought t experienced m r declared that no better one existed than Mr. Ross. ‘The President, as stated. did not definitely commit himself in av of the tnterviews, but a strong impression prevailed at {he close of the day that the nominations wo be Ross and Scot r in the a’ an influen appointmer delegation Fitch, Dr. y. Judge S. J. Henry B. F. . W. J. Board land, Hen an and Thomas > f r of the delegation spoke @ few words for Commissioner Wighi, pr ing on of his o to the admini: as y ident listened with nd said he would er considerat! ing to Getty Commander Slayhaugh of . accompanied by Thomas 8. ae vor to ascertain if he will be hington on Memorial day and if he Will attend the exercises at Arlington, as in The President said that he would bly go to Gettysburg on May 30, to nt at the exercises thers, If he does not go there, however, he will attend at Arlington, as heretofore. Joseph W. Kay, department commander of New York, and Representative sherman and paid out in the 'm Ces aa pe a ; anner aforesaid, or deposited to the credit of disburst ficers in authorized depositorie: 2. oe ore as one other of the said methods of procedu: be from time to time di urer of the island.” tis also provided that any ere bank, trust company or banking fism ne thorized to do business in the island move ua i depository of island funds by giving security in an amount equal to th maximum deposits of island funds which it will be allowed to have at any one Ume. Not less than 50 per cent of these securities mu be in United States bonds at their market value or bonds of the city of Ha- Vana at par. The balance of the security must be in the form of a bond of some surety company or companies authorized to transact business under the laws govern- ing the Island of Cuba and s' bject to approval of the Secretary of War. Gen. Wood that in view of the serv- ices of the North American Trust Company. and also in view of the fact that it h: been the fiscal agent of the United State that company is to have preference as a dep. itory in places where it has banking house: namely, Hava . Matanzas, Cienfuegos an Santiago. For the receipt and payment of public moneys an allowance will be made to the depository of one-fourth of 1 per cent when the payment is in the same place where the deposit !s made, and one-half of 1 per cent when payment is at a differ- ent place than that in which the deposit was made. —_—_—_+o+—_____ HAVANA’S FLOATING DRY DOCK. or the a re shail irected by the treas- Spain Offers to Sell > 000. The Spanish government has offered to sell the floating steel dry dock at Havana to the United States for the sum of $200,000. The army now in control in Cuba has no use for the dock, so the negotiations have been carried on by the Navy Department. The dock, it is said, would be of much ser- vice to the navy. in view of the utter lack of any other large dry dock in the West Indian waters. and even if Cuba should be vacated by the United States government without retaining a naval station at Havana —which latter is a project cherished by many naval officers—the dock would still be of great value at the Pensacola naval sta- tion, which has only recentiy been discov- ered to be accessible to large ships, or at the splendid new station to be established at Dry Tortugas. The price asked by the Spanish government for the dock is, how- ever, regarded as excessive, in view of the deterioration which has taken place in the structure, owing to neglect, and there must be further bargaining before the title passes. ———_+2+______ HOUSE DISTRICT COMMITTEE. It for $200,- Chairman Babcock to Be Absent for Two Weeks. Chairman Babcock of the House District committee left this afternoon for Wiscon- sin, to be gone a couple of weeks. In his absence Mr. Mudd of Maryland will act as chairman of the committee. It is not anticipated that the work of the committee will cease during his absence. The next District day will fall on the 23d of this month and wiil be utilized if sufficient business can be reported. The committee has now one day to its credit, having yie!a- ed last Monday, and this will be consumed when the code bill comes up for considera- tion in the House. ++ ______ THE ARMY CANTEEN, No Change in That Institution Made by the Administration, Relative to a published statement, as- cribed in a press dispatch to Bishop Hurst, to the effect that the President has made a substantial change in the administration of the army canteen, it is learned at the War Department that no change whatever has been made in that institution, and, accord- ing to Secretary Root, no change is con- templated in existing methods. invited the President to go to Utica May 16 on the oce n of the state en- campment of New York, but the President id he would be unable to accept the tn- mn. President McKinley has mad ing appointments in the Nav of the District of Columbia: Lang. to b ens the follow- 1 Battanon Alfred Paul lieutsnant; Howard Fisk, to be gn; George A. Berry, to be ensign. Today's Nominations. The following nominations were sent the Senate by the President today: War—For promotion in the volunteer army tater, 46th Infantry: To Henry M. Sheen: to Second Lieut. Richard B. Kavanagh. ++ «+_____ TO REPEAL WAR TAXES. Provisions of a Bill Introduced by Mr. Tawney. In view of Secretary Gage's statement of the growing surplus importance attaches to a bill introduced in the House today by Rep- resentative Tawney of Minnesota, a member of the ways and means committee, to re- peal the following provisions of the war revenue act to take effect July 1, 1K): Contract: Brokers’ note of memoran- dum of sale of any goods, &c., 10 cents. “Conveyance: Deed, instrument, &c., when the consideration or value exceeds $100 and does not exceed $500, 5) cents, and for each additional $# or fractional part thereof in excess of $500, 50 cents. “Lease, agreement, &c., for a period of one year, 25 cents; exceeding one year and not exceeding three years, ® cents; for a period exceeding three years, $1. “Mortgage or pledge, &c., exceeding $1.00 and not exceeding $1,500, 25 cents, and on each $00 in excess of $1,500, 25 cents. “Power of attorney or proxy, &c., np wer of attorney to sell and convey real estate, &c., 25 cents. “Protests, &c., 25 cents.” —+___+ 2 +____ INTERIOR DEPARTMENT EMPLOYES, 10 Their Number and Age Reported to the Senate. In compliance with the requirements of a resolution of the date of March 16, the Secretary of the Interior reports to the Senate the numbers of employes of this de- partment within the several age periods specified, as follows: Between fourteen and nineteen years, in- elusive, 33; between twenty and twenty- nine years, inclusive, 303; between thirty and thirty-nine years, Inclusive, S33; be- tween forty and forty-nine years, inciu- sive, 718; between fifty and fifty-nine years, inclusive, 815; between sixty and sixty-four years, inclusive, 301; between sixty-five and sixty-nine years, inclusive, 162; between seventy and seventy-four years, inclusive, 38; between seventy-five and seventy-nine years, inclusive, 28; over 80 years, 4; total, 3,255, ‘Presidential appointees and laborers > not Included in these figures. From the e timates furnished by the different bureaus and offices of the department, it may be stated that something over 250 persons now on the rolis must be considered as ‘perma- nently incapacitated, either physically or mentally, for the performance of manual labor, in whole or in part.’ This condition in many cases results from the loss of limbs, old wounds or health impeired in the service. $+ Preparing the Prairie for Summer. The auxiliary cruiser Prairic, having com- pleted the work of transporting the gov- ernment exhibit to the Paris exposition, is now being put in shape for us> as a tra\n- ing ship for the naval militia during the coming summer. Today she was ordered to sail from New York next Sunday for New Orleans, which port she must reach in s2a- son to begin the work with a cruise ith the new Louisiana naval militia aboard, ou the 23d instant.