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The opening sentence of liU speech contain ed the nam of William McKinley, which culled out a luavy round of ap-plniiM-, Schlvely spoke at some length and Mroued great enthusiasm. Before the convention met, the tau-rus-s had borne fruit in the withdraw al of C. II. Hopkins an a candidate for del.-itnte to the national convention. King county, ui a result of the tau cuii. also entered the convention with mollified demands, having dropped Hughes and decided to present only the name of Neufelder. Madg'.', u' Thurston, nominated E. II. tiule, of King, for temporary chulr man. It iu m-conded by I. II. An drews. MadKe and WetaenbrKer con ducted the chairman to the platform. The chairman In hit apevch, at once entered upon a brief dliciwxlon of the Philippine iuentlon, hla aeech belnft well rect-lved. J. W. Lytona wan nam ed for temporary aecretary. After the coinmltteea were named the convention took a receaa to 1 p. m. The antl-Wllaon movement tx-came apparent early yesterday and It In creased In Inlenalty ai the day ad- aticrd. Kouthweat cnuntlea were em phatic In declaring U'llxon could have nothlmr. Tierce, Walla Walla and Whitman countlea awung Into line with them acridly, whil King county was divided. Some of Xing' men held out, urlig It waa not good politics. CnucuMlng went on all hint night and .(III the King county delegates held oft. They were then Informed that un len they came forward they themselves would bv shut out and given no dele gates. The same fight that was made or' Hopkins had been also waged against Hughes, of King, who was an acknowledged Wilson man. Before the murnlng session the King's county men dropped Hughes and when the threat to down Neufelder, King s other randldute, was made, they weakened and at II o'clock the combination, that had been worked upon so long, was completed. When Spokane raw that their friends In King could no longer stay by them they wlthdrcwHopklns and the slate was Quickly made up. When the republicans reassembled at 1 p. m. business was quickly trans acted. Klght delegates nnd alternates to the national republican convention were selected; Instructed to vote for McKln ley for resident: a platform was adopted and the convention adjourned after a two-hours' session. Tho afternoon session lasted just SO minutes. Th temporary organisation was made permanent. The eight dele gates to the national convention were chosen by acclamation as follows: Levi Ankeny, Walla Walla; Dr. Slmms. Cowllts; E. C. Neufelder, King; G. H. linker. Klickitat; J. f. Ashtnn, Tierce: N. H. CorTman, Lewis: H. S. Connor, Skagit; F. J. Hayfleld. Whit man. Alternates: J. W. Mean, Kittitas; L. A. ICenney, Adams; C. K. Coon, Jef ferson; J. 8. Melrs, Ferry; S. Q. Cos growe, Garfield; E. Baumelster, Aso tin; M. E. Hay, Lincoln; A. S. Lind say, Chelan. Mount, of Spokane, when that coun ty was called for presentation of can didates, made a brief but animated speech, In which he adroitly referred to the turning down of Spokane, but pledged loyal support to the party and a big republican majority. His speech was well, received. The platform adopted endorses In Its entirety the patriotic nnd Intelligent administration of President McKlnley and Instructs the delegates, selected by the convention, to cost the vote of the state of Washington for his renom Inatlon. It endorses the course In con grts8 of Washington's republican sen ator, A. Q. Foster, and Washington's two representatives, W. I. Jones and F. W. Cushman. The action of con gress In having enacted into a law the existing gold standard was endorsed and tho free coinage of silver opposed. The convention congratulated the country upon the fact that the present republican congress has removed the monetary question from the realm ot doubt and uncertainty Into that of Build law, an adds: "We sdhere to the doctrine that the territory acquired as a result nf the war with fpaln Is utid.-r ths complete control of the gov ernment of the I'nlted Slates and sub ject to surh laws as congress may from time to time ena't. The prompt es tablishment of such permanent govern ment In this newly acquired territory a will promote civilization was fav ored, as wus educa'lm and commerce. In Uie formation of such government the convention adviH-ated th home rule principle. .It opposed any backward step on the subject of expansion. LAW I tEFOr.il 8 IN CCHA. Juries In Minor Criminal Cases to Consist of Five I'ersons Other Measures. HAVANA. April B.-The secretary of state and government, Diego Tamayo, has issued an order to all the Mayors warning them that at 1 o'clo k In the afternoon of April 11, the time for Spaniards to register expires. If, how ever, all th Spaniards who come to register and appear on April 11 cannot do so on account of the itfoessive num bers wishing to register, tickets will be Issued to all of those who went to th Inscription office before 3 o'clock nnd '.he right of these to inscribe sub sequently will be admitted. The law reform commission has de cided to adopt a trial by Jury In minor criminal rases, Involving penalties of from one to six months' Imprisonment, with a view to securing final decisions and thus preventing the higher courts from being clogged with numerous ap peals. It Is proposed five shall con stitute a Jury. AMERICAN MACHINERY. Largest Shipment Ever Made to the Fur East Locomotives for Chi naRails for Formica. NEW YORK, April S.-The German steamer Wllhelmina. which Is about to sail from 1'hlUdelphia for Yokoha ma and Yladlvosiock. will carry one of th largest shipments of American machinery ever forwarded to the far East, being no less than 6.9K) tons weight. The principal part of the car go will consist of 31 Baldwin, locomo tives for the Chinese Eastern railway. The Carnegie Steel Company will for ward som I.OOO tons of steel rails for the Formosa railroad and the Pencold Iron Works will ship i"0 odd tons of bridge material for Japan. THROW IT ON M'KINLEY. f House Decides to Agree to the Senate Puerto Uli-o Bill and Let Mc Klnley Settle It. WASHINGTON, April 5.-Tho repub licans of the house In caucus tonight decided to take the shortest possible route to a termination ot the Puerto Rlcan tariff problem by concurring in all the senate amendments and send ing the bill directly to the president. None of the republicans who voted against the original house bill were present at the caucus tonight. As soon as the republicans absent from Washington can be summoned here, as early as Monday, if possible, the matter will be brought before the house under a special rule. Previous to the caucus, the seven republicans who opposed the origlpal bill, namely: McCall, ot Massachusetts; Llttledeld, of Maine: Lorimev, ot Illinois; Crum packer, of Indiana; HeatwoK ot Minn esota; Lane, of Iowa, and Warner of Illinois, held a conference and decided not to recede from their former posi tion. GOVERNMENT OF HAWAII. Many Important Amendments to the Original Bill Passed No Alien Labor. WASHINGTON, April 5.-The house did not finish the bill to provide a ter ritorial government tor Hawaii to day. When the hour fixed for taking the vote, 4 o'clock, arrived less than half the bill had been covered. Among the important amendments agreed to today were the following: To nulify all labor contracts In the Island?; to extend the alien contract la bor laws to the islands; to prohibit the sale of Intoxicating liquors In saloons; to limit the land holdings ot corpora tions to 1.000 acres and to substitute for the house provision relating to the ap pointment of Judges and other officers of the Island, the senate provision. The house provision lodged the ap pointing power In the governor; the senate provision placed It In the presi dent. NERVY ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. ROSEBL'RG, Or., April C.-John Collins, a Seattle man under arrest for bank robbery. In charge of Deputy Sheriffs MeLeod and Frank Brown, on train No. 16, entered the Pullman toilet room near Union creek last night. A confederate opened the other door from tho rear end. Collins cut the bell cord and Jumped off, shackled. The train ran three miles before the guards could signal It to stop. They returned to Union creek and captured Collins un der the sectiou house at Union creek, Cow Creek canyon. He is now on train No. 11, en route to Portland. DEWEY SAYS HE IS A DEMOCRAT Opinions of Leading Politicians In Regard to Dewey's Candidacy. DEMOCRATS FAVOR BRYAN Gtscral Opinion Stemi to Be That Dtwty Hat Sprui: His Boon To Laic-How the Plan Were Laid to Secure flln tbe Nonlaatios. PHILADELPHIA, April 5.-The sec ond and last orchestral concert in aid of families of soldiers and rallors who woe killed In the Philippine islands, was, given at the Academy of Mutdc this evening. Overshadowing the fea ture of th occasion was the presence of Admiral and Mrs. Dewey. After the convert, Admiral Dewey granted an Interview to nearly a dozen news paper, men. He said he was glad to receive reporters.but added that he had nothing to say. At this moment, Mrs. Dewey joined her husband In the re ception room, and, after introducing her, he said: "Mrs. Dewey will talk," to which she replied, with a smile: "The udmiru! has a mind of his own; he thinks for himself." "Are you correctly reported to be a democrat," the admiral was asked, and. after a few moments hesitation, be replied: "Yes, I think I can answer that. Yes, I am a democrat." "If the republicans nominate McKin ley and the democrats nominate Bryan for the presidency, would you run In dependently?" "I won't answer that." "The democratic convention at Har risburg has endorsed Bryan for the presidency," was suggested by one re porter, to which Admiral Dewey re plied: "Pennsylvania usually goes' re publican, doesn't It?" Several questions in quick succession as to any conference between him and Grover Clevelund. William C. Whitney, or any other "K)lltlcal men of prominence, were answered with the same phrase: "I came here to attend the concert." " NEW YORK, AprU 5.-The Herald says: Brlffly stated, this is the story of the Dewey candidacy as given to "the Her ald last night by a prominent party leader, who has successfully manipu lated state and even nattonul conven tions. - "Tbe scheme to nominate Ad miral Dewey at the Kansas City con vention was carefully planned at a series ot conferences held principally In this city and In Washington. "Arthur J.Gorman, acknowledgedly one of the most skilful political mana gers In the democratic party, was ack ed to take charge ot the movement. Such conspicuous long time party leaders as William C. Whitney, Daniel Lamont. Richard Olney, John R. Mc Lean and Edward M. Sheppard par ticipated actively in the conferences. They canvassed the entire situation and until they became convinced that the movement could be successfully carried out. Admiral Dewey and all of his friends, discredited the reports that the hero of Manila bay would run for president under any circumstances, They proposed to spring the plan sud denly, not Ion? before the assembling of the democratic national convention and on the wave of enthusiasm which Dewey's announcement was expected to create, calculated on sweeping aside all obstacles and on making Dewey the party candidate. Admiral Ivwey's announcement of his candidacy at this time was not con templated by the leaders In the move ment. They regarded April as too ear ly.j. That the announcement should be made by Dewey now Is due to the persistent reports from Washington that Mr. and Mrs. Dewey would go abroad. This latter announcement, de clared by the admiral to have been absolutely without foundation, was re garded as an effort to forestall and sidetrack the Dew ey boom. The exact wording of Admiral Dew ey's statement was under discussion tor ueveral weeks. It waa prepared with the utmost care and a draft of the statement was sent to the admiral while he was on his recent visit to St. Augustine. Fla. It was pointed nut last night that democratic leaders of the prominence ot those mentioned would not have consented to the pub lication of Admiral Dewey's statement at this time unless they knew the ex act situation. They are men too shrewd and too experienced In political manip ulation to force Admiral Dewey Into the position of a candidate without a fair assurance ot success. On the other hand, the Herald's In formant added. It was cxpocted that a large majority of the members of the present democratic national committee and other lenders, swept Into power by the Bryan campaign, would repudiate Admiral Dewey's candidacy and would adhere to the cause of Win. J. Bryan. The present national committee, having bc?n chosen at the Chicago convention which made Bryan Its candidate, will expire on the meeting of the Kansas City convention. Thy are Bryan's ft lends. Many changes. If the plans of Admiral Dewey's friends do not mls corry, will be made In the new national committee which will have, great In fluence over the work of the Kansas City convention and which will con duct the campaign that will follow. ST. LOCI., April 4.-Ex-Governor V.'. J. Stone, when asked what he thought of tho candidacy of Adtn'ral Dewey for ' the presidential nomina tion, said: "I nm not advised whih nomination the admiral will s'.tk the republican or the democratic. If the republican. I think he would give Mr. McKinley a very good race, and I would enjoy watching it immensely from the grand ajand. "If Admiral Dewey aspires to- the democratic nomination I should like to know what his opinions are On the public questions engaging the minds of th people at this time before I could give him my support. I admire him Immensely as a great naval hero, and believe his name will go down the ages as one of the greatest sea fighters of all times. But, In my opin ion, more is needed in a president than the ability to light a successful battle on the seas', and I shall have to hear from Admiral Dewey on questions of statesmanship before being ready to admit that the her? ot Manila 'would b; a safe man to Intrust with the reins of government." HARRISBCHO, AprU .-In response to numerous requests from various purts of the country for bis views on the effect of the announcement of Ad miral Dewey's candidacy for the presi dency. National Committeeman James M. (iufey, the leader of the Pennsyl vania democracy, made the following statement: "The democrats of Penn sylvania are for Bryan beyond a doubt or question. The announcement of Admiral Dewey's candidacy will have no effect whatever as far as the demo crats of this state are concernmed. PARIS. Tex., April 5. James G. Dud ley, of this city, Texas member of the democratic national executive commit tee. In answer to a telegram asking his opinion In reference to Admiral Dewey's candidacy for the priidency, replied as follows: "Admiral Dewey will not b nomi nated by the, democratic party. Tbe lesson learned by the nomination of Horace Greeley is still remembered. N r do I believe he will be nominated by the republican party. This is no time for military or naval heroes. General Scott's race for the presidency mifeht be consulted with some profit. If Bryan cannot beat McKinley this year, he cannot be beaten for the presi dency."' -" " NEW YORK, April 5.-A special to the Journal ' and Advertiser from Washington says: "Interviewed In re gard to his candidacy for the presiden cy. Admiral Dewey said: "You ask me if I have advised with political friends about my candidacy. I have. . Yc.u ask whether they are re publican or democrats. They are both. You ask what party I would expect to b- nominated by. I should think Pres ident McKinley would be nominated by the republican party. You ask If I have any views as to a tariff between this country and Puerto Rico. I have strong opinions. I do not care to ex press them now." NEW YORK, April a. Perry Bel mont said last night: "Admiral Dew ey's nomination for the presidency by the democratic party Would be a most welcome end to the issues of 18WJ. In his published statement he gives ex pression to a democratic idea, when he says that the duties ot a president are mainly to execute the laws enacted by congress. The admiral thus recognizes the theory of porular government. .'The chances of electing a democrat ic candidate for governor of New York are growing brighter every day. The Importance of selecting a candidate for president who will not be a load for the state ticket to carry, makes the responsibility of the New York delega tion to the national convention a great one." . CHICAGO, April 5. A special to the Tribune from Indianapolis says: Geo. C. Dewey, son of the admiral, Is In this city. He declined to discuss his fath er's candidacy for ihe presidency, say ing he knew nothing of that and there was nothing for him to say. NO PLAGUE IN HONOLULU. HONOLULU, March 30, via San Francisco, April 5. Two cases of the bubonic plague were reported here on March 25. Since that date no coses have appeared. Word has reached here that the dis abled steamer Cleveland reached Hllo safely on March 28. The distance of 400 miles was made under sail in 10 days. MOVING THE COMMANDERS. WASHINGTON. April 5. Comman der F. M. Wise has been detached from command of the Enterprise and or dered to the Asiatic station to take command of the Monacacy, relieving Commander G. A. Bicknell, who is or dered to the Mare Island navy yard. DISSATISFIED WITH LITTLE COD c News From South Africa Scarce and Discouraging. BOERS ARE EVERYWHERE Mslrkisj Again AtUcked-Shsrp Fighting Reported, But Nofslsi Knows ot Ibe RwsllvBriligb Need Tbous and f Hortei. LONDON, April . 5 a. m.-The war office Issued no news yesterday and lit tle was allowed to coma through froia the correspondents at Bloemfontein. As usual, whenever there Is any check In progress In th Boer campaign, the war office Is being severely censured for falling to maintain the necessary supplies of re-mounts for the army. Much anxiety is felt as to the water upp'y. despite the statements cabled home that there Is no fear of a water famine. . Considerable dissatisfaction is beginning to be expressed here at tbe unaccountabl delay, both at BIoeiT-.fonteln and in Natal, which en ables the Boers to recover from the demoralization caufed by L-d Rob erts' former rapid movements. LONDON, April . A special dis patch from Lourenco Marques says than fighting occurred on April 2, In' the neighborhood of Mafeklng. The garrison made a sortie, while Colont t Plumer s cavalry attacked the Boers at P.anvith lahuma. Both attacks were repulsed. Twenty of Colonel Plunier's men were found dead on the field and six others were made prisoners. The federal losses were sm:iil. GABERONEd, Beehuanaland, March 2.. Colonel Plumer, with a force of British mounted infantry, started on a. daring march, Sunday, March 25, with the oblect of threatening the Boer line of communication. After tw rapld-nlght marches through Trans vaal territory, they arrived at dawn, March 27, within 12 miles of Zeerust, and distinctly heard the bombardment of Mafeking. Having reconnoltered the country with a view of future operations with out sighting a single white man, Colo nel Plumer crossed the railroad south of Lobatsl, which he found In posses sion of a Bo;r force and returned. Then finding the railroad hence damaged by General Snyman's main force, he returned to the vicinity of Mafeking. Rumors reach here 'that a relief col umn is approaching Mafeking from the south. NEW YORK, April 5. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: Intelligence published this morning points to the resumption of Boer ac tivity at places to far apart as Wep ener. on the Basutoland border, and Springfonteln, the Important Junction of the railway lines from Bethulie and Norval's Pont. The force which cap tured the convoy on Saturday ts not likely to give the British army much rest, and the Standard correspondent at Bloemfontein states that an encir cling movement is being attempted by the Boers with the obeet of cutting the British communication to the south. Thabanchu and the water works are still held by the federal troops. Gen eral Gatacre has been Intrusted by General Roberts, with the British line of communications while Generals Col ville and French are at Bloemf nteln and General Tucker Is at Karee. BERLIN, April 5. The Schleslsche Zeitung reports that Herr Malcomess, the German consul In East London, Cape Colony, has been grossly Insulti d by a mob, who burned him In efligy. The Berliner Tsgeblatt, which re- . produces this announcement says: "If this news should prove to be true. It will be interesting to watch the Ger man foreign office take action." PARIS, April 5. The tran.ip irt of British troops by way of Belra calls forth mild protests from most of the newspapers. The Figaro says: "The neutrality of Portugal, not withstanding the declaration of the Portuguese minister of foreign affairs, is a vain word." The more advanced organs, such as the Libre Parole, speak out plainly. This paper characterises the action of Portugal as "a felony" and considers that the officers would be Justified 1a attacking her. The Matin publishes an Interview with Dr. Leyds, in the course of w hich he said he preferred to be silent on the question. HERO OF PLEVNA DEAD. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 5. Can 7.1 Osman Nebar Pasha, the hero of Plev na, died yesterday evening. He whs born In 1832. BRYAN AT EL'OENT:. KUGENE, Or., April 6. Bryan pok to over 3,000 people here today f;.r tw hours.