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It makes piano-playing- pos sible lor those who literally do not know one note from another; yet it has been ac corded a popularity among the musically cultured which is unprecedented in the history of music. Come and hear it for yourself: M. B. WELLS, Northwest Asent for the Aeolian Company Aeolian Hall. 353-355 Washington Street, cor. Park Collapse of a Church Cupola. LONDON. May 1. A dispatch to the Dally Telegraph from Constantinople as serts that 15 persons were killed by the collapse of the cupola of the Greek Church at Kliszura, Albania, and that the catastrophe is supposed to have been the work of Bulgarian agitators. Conger Entertained at Denver. DENVER. Colo., April 30.-Major E. H. Conger. Minister to China, and his party arrived in Denver early today. After a drive through the principal streets a public reception -was held at the Brown Palace HoteL The party left for Omaha at 4 P. M. in the private car of President Burt, of the Union Pacific Railway MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 30. The Pres idential train passed through the heart of Dixie today and at 4:30 this after noon reach Memphis, on the banks of the Mississippi. This was the first rest ing place of ihe tour. After descend ing the mountains last night the train today skimmed along through Northern Alabama and the valley of the Tennes eee River and touched atCorinth, Miss., where General Granted worsted Forrest in his campaign to cut the Confederacy in two. The fresh, green Southland, with its fruit trees in full blossom and its Infinite variety of wild flowers in the fields and forest, was a great change from the backward spring which the party had left behind at "Washington. The heat was rather oppressive, but the weather was not so warm as the President's welcome. The hearty greet ings extended to him along the route tes tified how completely he had captured the hearts of the people of Dixie. Confeder ate veterans at all the'stopplng- places were among the President's most en thusiastic auditors, and that he was im pressed with their marks of love and esteem will be evident after a perusal of the brief speeches he made at HuntsvlUe, Decatur, Tuscumbla and Corinth. During the morning, at the regular hour for the Cabinet to assemble, the President summoned his advisers into the observa tion car and there, behind closed doors, the first Cabinet meeting on wheels was held. No Important advices had been received from Washington which required action, but the foreign dispatches In the papers were talked over, and some of the details as yet undetermined were dis cussed. At Memphis, the party received a won derful welcome. A committee, headed by Senator Carmack, met the train at Corinth and escorted the party to this city. A National salute of 21 guns fired from the river bluffs signalled the ap proach to the city. At the station Gov ernor McMillin and others reinforced the greetings to the party. A military pa rade, with a company of grizzled Confed erate veterans In their old uniforms, act ing as a guard of honor, escorted the party in carriages through the principal streets and around the custom house, whence a view1 o'f the Mississippi, now almost overflowing on the Arkansas side. was obtalHSd. to Court Square. .Che cty-j was eiuuuraieiy acuuraiea wiui uugtj miu bunting. Not a residence or buslnefes house seemed to have escaped from the desire to decorate in honor of the Presi dent's coming. Banners were stretched across the streets, bearing such inscrip tions as "Mr. President, the City is Yours;" "The Nation's President." The cheering through which the procession passed was tremendous at points along the route. In Court Square, where the re ception occurred, the platform was so hedged around with roses and other blos soms as to make a flower show. Over 10,000 people were packed into the square when the President was Introduced by Mayor Williams. In response to the cheers which greeted htim, the President made the first really notable speech of his trip. His theme was on the resistless power of a great, united people, and was delivered In his best vein. When he re ferred, in closing, to the noble record of the Tennessee Volunteers in the Soan- Ish and Philippine Wars, Governor McMil lin led in the cheering. The Itecepton in Conrt Sqnare. The speech in full follows: "I reciprocate the sentiments of good will and fraternity expressed by your honored Mayor and shown in the cordial reception on the part of the people of Tennessee. I do not misinterpret this demonstration. I do not appropriate tit, but accept it In Its true spirit and recog nize Its true significance to our common country. It Is representative of that good feeling happily existing between the peo ple of the United States, and which is not bound by state, political or geograph ical line. It is co-extensive with the Union itself and exists because of our love for the Union. It Is not perfunctory or su perficial, but deep and heartfelt. It Is the hearty, honest sentiment of honest people, loving their country and proud of Its institutions, and determined that both shall be maintained. It Is powerfully Influencing our national life and develop ment and completing that unification so essential to Naional security and so In dispensable to the realization of our No-' tlonal strength and influence. What a mighty, resistless power for good Is a united Nation of free men! It makes' for peace and prestige, for progress and lib erty. It conserves the rights of the peo ple and strengthens the pillars of the Government and is a fulfillment of that mere perpetuation for which our revolu tionary fathers strove, and for which the Constitution was made. No citizen of the republic rejoices more than I "do at this happy state, and none will do more with in his sphere to continue and strengthen It. "Our past has gone Into history. No brighter one adorns the annals of man kind. Our task is in the future. We wave the old century behind us, holding on to its achievements, and cherishing its memory and turn with hope to the new, with its opportunities and Its obligations. These we must meet, men of the South, men of the North, with high purpose and resolution. Without internal troubles to distract us or jealousies to distort our judgment, we will solve the problem which confronts us, untrammelled by the past, and wisely and courageously pur sue a policy of right and justice In all things, making the future under God even more glorious than the past. "I am glad to meet with the people of Memphis and of the State of Tennes see. Their history Is associated with the greatest struggles and sacrifices of our country, and their valor has been conspic uous on every battlefield of the Renubllc. The commonwealth has lost none of the zeal and patriotism which gave to it in the early days the name of the 'volunteer state.' It shows It Is still worthy of that proud designation, for even now its enlistments in the new Army, according to population, exceed any ojher state in the Union. (Applause.) Her record In the Spanish War was a distinguished one. I shall never forget that during the anx ious days of 1S99, it was the Tennessee soldiers in the Philippines, with unfalter ing patriotism, who led all others in re enlistments for the new regiments then forming. (Renewed applause.) They en couraged their comrades""and cheered the heart of the whole country. Nor can I fail to remember and recall 'In their .pres ence and make acknowledgment to the gallant First Tennessee Volunteers, who, having once embarked J5he transports with their faces turned homeward and toward those they lovedr voluntarily dis embarked and, marching to the relief of their comrades In distress; fought a brave fight and with them turned defeat into victory. All honor to the Tennessee Vol unteers and all the gratitude -of which my heart is capable to the noble men and women of this city for tbiar magnificent welcome to myself and my associates?' (Prolonged applause.) Alter this speech, the party was driven to the Twentieth Century Club; a ladies' organization of this city. HtjreHhere was a veritable beatuy show. About 30 charm ing Southern belles held court' in7 a bower of roses, arranged around a- gilded arm chair, which was designed tto hold the President. Mr. McKlnley, however, was too wary to be caught in tfcgfnei. Hedld not take the chair, but brayedthe, bat tery of eyes, and, after gmsting each of the young ladies pcrsonaflyrm turn, he was introduced by W. J. Crawford, of the Commercial-Appeal, and made a prett speech. After this function the ladles of the party were taken in hand -by' the ladies of Memphis. A reception "was held In their honor and later a, banquet was given them at the Peabddy Hotel. At the same time, on the floor above the .f resident ana tne gentlemen oi ms party, with about 200 prominent business men of the city, sat down to an elaborate dinner. SURRENDER OF TINIO Filipino insurgent and Com mand Lay DovvrArms, PEACE IN NORTHERN LUZON Alejaadrlno and Other Rebel Ofl rials.. Give Themselves Up - JFigrht WlthiBslemea' ia. Abra'Xeaataias. McKinley on Trade Expansion. Ex-Representative Joslah Patterson pre sided and mucn enthusiasm was mani fested. Secretary Hay Spoke to the toast, "Our Country," and the . President re sponded to the toast, "The President of the United States." Mr. McKinley de livered a notable address, discussing the future of the great transportation lines and devoting special ' attention to the ship subsidy bill. It Is- understood that the President had not intended to make an important speech. -at this dinner, but the enthusiastic reception he had received inspired him to a somewhat long and ex ceedingly memorable utterance as to the future policy of the United States regard ing the expansion of oiir foreign com merce. He spoke as follows: "Mr. Toastmaster, ladles and gentlemen, I wish I might be able to frame in words a fitting response, to the gracious speech of your toastmaster,'in voicing Memphis' greeting and welcome to the President of the United States. I am glad to be in this commercial city, to be the guest of its business. and representative men, in a city whose commercial integrity has never been questioned, whose business prudence and sagacity drew it through the storm of panic in 1SS3 and the years following without a business collapse or the failure of a bank. "I am glad to live In a country that produces three-fourths of all the cotton that Is produced In the world, and to be the guest of the city that has the great est International cotton market anywhere under the sun. I congratulate this city on its marvelous progress: and development In the last decade. No pity In the Union of its size has made greater advance. From 50,000 in 1890 yourhave leaped to, morethan 160,000 In IpOO. 'But L wilt not; call attention JtoAfrv get; tbafi-some nf that, addition ntfiy belccounttJl for" by an extension ofc'yfcur limits, by an"kct-af . ttA TanlHIntii.k a . 3 .lit.... -t, --l.i wv uc6mimc, tiuu nullum ine consent of the governed. This city, with its magnificent river, with its early history arid environments, could not fail to have the true Instinct of commerce. iou were born to commerce here in the City of Memphis. It was your early training. You saw the ships go with products and the ships return with the products of other countries for your use and comfort. You early discerned' the possibility of this great Republic, and you have been in the vanguard of ad vancement and progress and expansion from the earliest. years of your history. You early learned that maxims were not as profitable as markets, and that. the only way to get markets was to encour age commerce and transportation by land and by sea. The State of TenneKspp shares In the sentiment and spirit of the people of Memphis, and on the 1st of De cember, 1S47, the Legislature of this state!, by joint resolution, instructed its Sena tors, members Jn the Congress of -the United States, to vote for a great trans continental line to the Pacific Coast, to" be aided by the Government of- the United States. In the -preamble of resolutions Is the spirit and purpose of the American people today. It has been nowhere bet ter explained, and let me read It to you: " 'Whereas, the construction of a r&W road across the Continent of North Amer ica would make the United States the great highway between Europe and the populous ana wealthy empires of Asja would greatly facilitate our intercourse with those regions: would tend to n- solldate our nation; would connect, and bind Oregon and the Pacific Coast and would give a fresh Impetus to our agri culture, manufacture and commercial in terests, and, " 'Whereas, this stupendous undertak ing can be accomplished and the public lands constitute a fund appropriate for defraying the expenses of such an under taking, as a small part of them would furnish the means and the value of the remainder would be greatly enhanced thereby, and, " 'Whereas, the plan of A5a.WhItney, of New York, In its great outlines, is, !n our opinion, the only practicable scheme f6r the accomplishment of this great under taking, which should be commenced as soon as practicable; therefore, " 'Resolved, by the General .Assembly of the State of Tennessee, that thev an- prove of Mr. Whitney's plan, as explained by himself to them, of constructing a railroad from Michigan to the Pacific Coast.' "That was on the 1st day of December. 1847, 54 years ago. Three-years afterward the Legislature then assembled, not ap proving of this particular route to the Pacific Coast, suggested that all of the plans should be first laid before Con gress before action was taken, and that the route that would do the most good for all the interests of "the people should be the one that ought to be adopted. (Ap plause.) Let me read you the preamble of the second resolution: "'Whereas, the attention of-the peo ple and Government of the United States Is now being directed to the improvement and practicability of constructing a rail road across the Continent of North Amer ica as the means of making the United States the great highway between Europe and the populous empires of Asia and facilitating our own Intercourse with those regions, of connecting and binding Califor nia and the Pacific Coast to our Union, and of developing our great agricultural, manufacturing and commercial Interests, and, " 'Whereas, this stupendous work If ac- complished'by the.aid of the Government, ought to be so constructed as to confer its inestimable benefits as equally as pos sible upon the people of the Uplted States 'by making It the means of a more inti mate and lasting connection of the North and South, rendering the Interests of each dependent upon and tributary to -this magnificent thoroughfare of the com merce of the world.' "That was the? purpose that was the spirit of the people of Tennessee 50 years ago. No question as to whether it was MANILA, April 30.-General TIno, with his entire command, surrendered to Cap tain Frederick V. Krug, of the Twentieth Infantry, at SInait, Province of South IIocos. The report that General Alejandrino has surrendered Is confirmed. He was looked upon as the possible successor of Agul-naldo. Padre Agllpay, the excommunicated Fili pino priest who preached the doctrine of a holy war -against the United States, has also surrendered. Fifteen Filipino officers have surren dered to Colonel Baldwin at Cavlte VIejo. Baldomero Agulnaldo and Pedro Agul naldo, relatives of General Emllio Agul naldo, and five other Insurgent leaders have surrendered. Agulnaldo was subpoenaed as a witness for the defense In a Mando Dacut murder case pending In Tay-Tay, Province of Morong. Later it was decldedthat Agul naldo Is not available as a witness. Captain John B. McDonald, with 21 men o the Third Cavalry, recently attacked 60 Insurgent riflemen and 40 Bolomen in the mountains of Abra Province. The Insurgents were defeated. Captain Mc Donald was wounded in the lungs and a private was killed. Trial of Captain Read. The trial of Captain James C. Read, ex-depot commissary at Manila, charged with soliciting- apd receiving bribes, and with other official misconduct, which be gan here yesterday, was continued today, and was fiercely contested. Thomas Harries, a bookkeeper of the firm of Robinson & Macondray, testified that Mr. Robinson paid $881. The firm's books contained entries to that effect. Fred Macopdray testified that he ar ranged to give Captain Read 10 per cent commission an sales of vegetables furnished to transports. Before testifying Barry . Baldwin, for merly United States Marshal for Califor nia, and now manager of the Macondray Company, made a statement to the court. He said that attempts had been made to Intimidate him, and he asked for the protection of the court. Mr. Baldwin tes tified to having a $220,000 beef contract. Captain Read came to' his office and claimed thera was.' slight 'shortage id' the beef deliveries op account of which Mr.Baldwln "yavc-CaptalnRead $345 Xdjutant-General ,Garllngton testified that Captain Read saiaMaJor Dav'.5 was short14 500 poinds of beef. 'He admitted receiving money froni .Baldwin, but jsald the sum he received would be appiieato the -beef shortage. , Mr. Wolf, a partner In the firm of Castle Brothers, testified concerning at tempts to secure a commission for Cap tain Read out of the sale of vegetables. Colonel Woodruff, head of the subsist ence department at Manila, gave testi mony regarding the number of cigars supplied to the Casino. R. Cason, chief clerk of the depot cpm missary, testified to once obtaining funds from the bank and to a shortage being Covered by placing five laborers at 40 cents per day on the emergency pay roll. This witness also testified concern ing the Investigation, into the irregulari ties in the depot commissary. -.J. J. McLeod, manager of the Maritime Company, testified that he produced for Captain Read receipts from the general cigar factories showing the amount of c6mmIsslons paid by Castle Brothers and Wolf The prosecution then rested. The de fense, will begin tomorrow. (Concluded on Second T&S&) SURRENDERS ARE IMPORTANT. The ' Only Aggressive Rebel Leader in the Field Is Cailles. "WASHINGTON, April 30. Two import ant cablegrams were received today at the War Department from General Mac Arthur, at Manila. In the opinion of the officials, the news contained In them marks the almost complete collapse of organized rebellion In the Philippines. The cablegrams are as follows: "General Tinlo " surrendered with his command'today at Slnalt. He will deliver all men and guns in his command as soon as they can be gathered together. This completely pacifies the first department, Northern Luzon, for many months the worst in Luzon. Colonels CIprlanio Callao and Gregorlo Katlbac, Malvar's best offi cers, surrendered to Colonel Kline at LIpa. April 2S, with 23 officers, 108 men and 86 rifles." Tinlo Is said here to have been, with Alejandrino, one of the highest officers in the insurrectionary forces. He was Jn .command in Northern Xaizon during the famous chase after Lieutenant Gillmore. Malvars, whose colonels surrendered to Kline, was also one of the best-known Filipino leaders. He was Lawton's most formidable foe and commanded the In surgents at the fight at Zapot River, the most serious battle fought in the Philip pines. -He has confined his operations to Southern Luzon, which never has been completely subjugated, and LIpa, where the surrender occurred, has long been one of the principal Insurgent arsenals. It Is said at the War Department by officers recently back from the Philip pines, that' there now remains In the field in Luzon only one chief whom they are particularly desirous of catching, namely, Cailles, the head-hunter. This man has violated every rule of warfare and It Is not expected that he will be taken alive. Later the following cable message dated today at Manila, was received from Gen eral .MacArthur announcing several other important surrenders In the Philippines: "Juan and Bias Vlllamor, leaders Abra, -surrendered Bangued April 27; now en gaged assembling scattered commands, delivered arms. Agrlpay, ex-prlest, leader Uoccs Norte Province, Luzon Burren 'dered at Laoag April 28." had never seen before. In all their Philip pine journeys. It was given at the splen Tdld country home of Anisado Lacson, five miles squth of Bacolor, on a sugar plan tatlon five miles In area and said to be productive, in years of good crops, of a profit of upwards of 140,000 annually. One hundred people were served with a menu the choiceness and variety oe which would have done credit to a city establlshment-in the United States, and the outlook was upon a charming scene of field, woodland and sea. Today the commissioners were entertained in a similar manner by Se verino, the Civil Governor of the province. The political situation in Negros since the American occupation has been unique. Under a special order of General Otis the people had practical self-government for .nearly two years, the only limit being the absolute veto poweiSvested in the Military Governor. The people elected their Gov ernor. Secretaries of State, Treasury and Interior, Auditor and Attomey-CSenerai, be sides an advisory or legislative council. They tools most active; interest In the election and were not slow to criticise the officers, who were paid salaries of from 52500 to $6000 (Mexican) annually. ' The public sessions of the commission have developed the fact that free popular government has not been an unqualified success. The art of the politician in vote getting was quickly grasped by the lead ing spirts, who in some instances made combinations which would have done cred it or discredit to a city political boss in the United States and according to the natives' testimony improvements In the Island had been commensurate with the taxes paid. The delegates seemed disappointed on learning that the new general law for government of the provinces was so much more simple and limited than the pre vious form of government. For the first time during the organization of provin cial governments were heard suggestions that all the officers be elected by the peo ple or at least those whose positions did not require technical professional training. President Taft replying, questioned one of the native speakers as to whether the clvir government as established by Gen eral Otis had been really successful. The man declined to answer what he charac terized "so delicate a question- Judge Taft said that the committee enacting the provincial government law hnd to save expense, and provided that the Governors be elected by the council of the town, as election of United States Senators by Legislatures, but that If the people of Negros desired to elect -their provin cial Governors direct, -the commission would consider, the proposition and prob ably assent to it. As to the complaint that the proposed provincial government would be narrow er and In fact a curtailment of the peo ple's former privileges in the way of self government. President Taft said that a general central government of Philippines will be established in which the people of Negros will certainly have representatives; that there Is no purpose on the part of the United States to give less voice in the gov ernment than their progress and circum stances entitled them to, and that all po litical governments are practically pro vincial in character and intend eventually to be replaced by laws of greater scope and liberality. Some of the leading Vlsayan speakers argued that It were better to make all the provincial officers appointive by the com mission, for the reason that if there were avfls'such as extortion and mismanage ment existing' they" would be best stamped out by the use of another system. The official result of the three daya" 'vis- It in Bafcolor'was the adoption o a res olution declaring' the advisability of estab lishing two provincial governments In Negros In the territories separated by the chain of mountains running lengthwise of the island, called respectively Occidental and Oriental Negros; but the application of the provincial law be deferred until the eastern district was visited and Its con ditions more accurately determined. The resolution Included several provisions as to carrying over the government and for adapting certain provisions of laws (enacted by the Island council) to the new and simple conditions of the provincial governments. It also directed that the Negros officials enter into, an agreement pending -the campaign. The Negros country Is the richest agri culturally and the most Industriously tilled In the archipelago. The sugar planters are not Inclined to be niggardly about taxes, but they Insist on good government. The experiences related by the natives about the diOlcuItles. petty drawbacks and al leged Injustices which seemed to have fol lowed the self-government scheme applied solely to Negros, and which, appeared to have extended Into their social relations, was considered as impressive illustration of the dancers of self-government in the Philippines unless the tonic be first ad ministered in homeopathic doses. Under the new framework of government now gradually approaching completion, com plete self-government Is bestowed on the municipalities and a limited measure of self-government upon the provinces. The question of the character and form of the first centralizes general civil gov ernment of the Philippines Is not yet de cided, but It is certain that the ultimate authority under the first general- govern ment will be centered In the Governor-General, the direct representative of the Unit ed States and that the legislative body, whether partly composed of Filipinos or otherwise, will, at the outset be subject to and partly composed of the Governor and his official cabinet. MADE Uul Chinese Rendered Honors.to an Insulted French Consul, GERMAN COLUMN IS RETIRING The -Transport FleetiMVill IjjMnre 31a l nlla. Today to-Move Chaffee's Army to the Phllip-pines PARISH April 30J The'Forelgn Office has received a dispatch from Meng Tze, announcing- the arrival there of M. Francois, the French Consul, on his return to his post. M. Francois says that, according to the demands of the French Government he was met by Chinese troops, who ren dered him honors, and high mandarins proffered the official apologies and regrets of the Chinese Government for the events of last June. (The French Consular party under M. Francois, Consul at Yun Nan Fu, was; afc-. tacked June 10 on leaving Yun Nan Fu, and was forced to return to the town. All the baggage was rifled and the mis sions and buildings were burned. M. Francois gathered his countrymen at his residence and defended the place with rifles. The Francolse party was allowed to start for Tonquln June 24, under the protection of the Viceroy of Yun Nan.) Transporting Chaffee's Arniy. WASHINGTON, April SO. The trans port fleet at Manila, which is to be used in transporting General Chaffee's army from China to the Philippines, will leave Manila tomorrow for Taku, unless some change has been made in the prearranged programme, in which the War Depart ment has not been advised. There are 1600 soldiers and about 1000 horses and mules to be transferred from China to the Philippines, together with a complete field output. The Indiana and the Sum ner are to transport the troops, and the transports Lennox and Pak Ling the horses and transportation and field equip ment. It Is expected that these vessels will be sufficient to move General Chaf fee's entire army ia one trip, and that the entire movement can. be completed within three weeks. Germans Are Retiring. BERLIN, April 30. It Is stated by of ficials here that the main German expe ditionary force in China Is now withdraw ing to its former position, leaving a gar rison at the pass at the great walL The nopparticlpation of the French In the bat tle was not due- to orders received from, Paris, but to their failure to arrive In time- Further expeditions will not ha undertaken unless the Chinese make it necessary. In official circles It Is; believed that General Lul acted on hla own initia tive, or perhaps at the suggestion of som anti-foreign mandarin, the ofllclals not believing that the Chinese Government ordered General Lul to resist the Ger mans, since such action is plainly against the government's Interests. Chief of Stnff to Von. "fValdersee. BERLIN, April 30. Official dispatches have been received confirming- reports from Pekin to the effect that General von Guyl has been appointed chief of staff to Field Marshal von Waldersee, succeedinff General Schwartzkopt. who lost his Ufa In the fire that destroyed Count von Wal dersee's headquarters. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS. InT-estigatin? Towner's Case. WASHINGTON. April 30. The Navy Department has decided to take steps Im mediately to ascertain the facts as to the connection of Lieutenant Townley with the Army scandals In Manila devel oped by his testimony before the court martial yesterday. Admiral Remey be-inc- absent from the station, an order will go forward to Admiral Kempff di recting a report and probably a court of Inquiry. Lieutenant Townley was a retired offi cer born In Ohio and appointed from Nebraska, He has been 20 years out of the service and was the only retired offi cer on the Manila station reinstated un der the special act of Congress. TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS DIVISION OF NEGROS. Ttto Provisional Governments to Be Established. BACOLOR, Island of Negros, Philip pine Islands, March 24. The three days stay of the United States Philippine Com mission party at this rather remotely sit uated capital of a great island, has been particularly notable for the various forms "of entertainment provided. The people be 'gan on the night of arrival with an Illum inated procession, remarkable for its beau ty and Variety. More than 100 novel and handsome, illuminated designs were car ried about the plaza and to the home of theGovernor, where a reception was held. Next day the feasting began with a ban- quet,' the like of which the commissioners Thurston, Bryan and John Henry Smith "Will Be There. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., April 30. In dications are that the -meeting of the trans-Mlsslssippi Commercial Congress, to be held here In June, will be the largest in the history of the organization. The local committee has received announce ments which insure an attendance of 1500 delegates. Among the prominent men who 'have signified their Intention to be In at tendance are ex-Senator Thurston and William J. Bryan, Governor Sayre, of Texas, and John Henry Smith, of Utah, the present head of the Mormon council. An auditorium capable of holding 5000 peo ple will be In readiness for the convention. THE CENTER OF POPULATION Is in Census Bureau Announces It Sonthern Indiana. WASHINGTON, April SO. The Census Bureau today Issued a bulletin announc ing that the center of population of the United States, excluding 'Alaska and re cent territorial acquisitions, on June 1 last was six miles southeast of Colum bus, Bartholomew county, in Southern 'Indiana. Philippines. Generals Tinlo and Alejandrino and other In surgent officials surrendered. Page 1. Captain McDonald, Third Cavalry, was wound ed In an engagement in Alba Province. Page 1. The trial of Captain Read -was continued at Manila. Page 1. China. Chinese officials apologized to an insulted French Consul. Page 1. The Germany expeditionary force Is retlrlnff. The transport fleet will leave Manila today to transport Chaffee's army to the Philippines. Pagel. Foreign. An extensive nihilist conspiracy was discov ered in Russian Poland. Page 2. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and Yorlc arrived at Albany, "West Australia. Page 2. The Leyland line deal causes apprehension In England. Page 3. Domestic. Tha President arrived at Memphis, and after a speech and a reception proceeded to New Orleans. Page 1. Terry McGovern knocked out Oscar Gardner la the fourth round at San Francisco. Page 2. Vice-President Roosevelt spoke at the Homa Market Club dinner at Boston. Page 3. An order has been Issued that may prevent tha consolidation of the Rio Grande roads. Page 3- The Omaha kidnapers offer to retura part of the money extorted from. Cudahy. Page 3. Pacific Coast. "Wallowa County, Oregon, citizens again ails Government to deny Indians right to vlslc their section. Page 4. "Washington woman, delirious from suffering, nearly met a terrible, self-inflicted end. Page 4. Little doubt that girl. In male attire, arrested at Oregon City, is Eastern Oregon runaway. Page 4. Much land In Palouse. "Washington, section Is being bonded for oil and gas. Page 4. Sumpter, Or., will try to get large saw mill which may be moved from Baker City, Page 4. Commercial. Domestic and foreign commercial news and quotations. Pago 11. "Wheat and wool quotations. Page 11. Transactions of New York Stock Exchange. Page 11. , Marine. last month's grain shipments from Portland broke all previous " records for April Page 10. British bark Port Carlisle loaded In less tha a two days. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity.1 Board of Public "Works orders the streets cleaned for President McKlnley's visit. Page 12. Provisional committee of the Lewis and Clark. Centennial takes stepa to have President McKinley break ground for the fair. Page 7. Oregon dairy Interests will ask that butter bo admitted Into the Philippines free of duty. Pag&12. Opening for a condensed mlfic factory ia Ore gon. Page 8. Death of Sister Mary Hedwldge at Bt. Mary's Academy. Page 12. Foreclosure decree against Marquam property appealed to the Supreme Court. Page 12. Charter Commission appoints a committee to. outline a course of action. Page 8.