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VOL. XVII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1900.
NO. 14.
THE
EVENTS OF THE DA
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKR8K TICKS FROM THR WIRE:
An Interesting Collection of Item Prom
Two Hemispheres l'rentd
la Condensed rurm.
Filipino Insurgent tire (Wilting luinl
to keep thu Amuricau out o( southern
Luzon.
Plague In Ilonnlulti 1 stamped out,
if tor a total of (12 case, 63 of which
ivero iHtHl.
A brother of President Steyn, of the
Orange t ree State, ha been captured
by the British.
Geuerat Gcorgo White him arrvied at
Durban mul embarked uKia the trans-
tcirt for Fast London.
England politely declined the proffer
jf the Unltod State to Intercede in
the war in Houth Africa.
Near Baker City. Or., an O. It. A N.
freight train run down four Japaues
section baud, two being killed.
Labor trouble are rlfu in Martinique,
Riot ami Incendiary llrnH spread terror
through the island, ami lKUorant
negroes threatened to behead the
white.
The United State government hit
purchased the steamer Colunihiit from
llie Northern Pacific Staamship Cum
pany. She will go on the regular
Mauila ruu.
The steamship Armenia, loading at
New York, will carry supplies to Ma
nila for the American troops in the
Philippines, and 2,-00 tout of mill and
a large amount of steel bridge and
structural work for the Siberian rail
way, to be delivered nt Yladivostoek
Senator Sewell ha introduced a bill
changing the i.anie of the Paris, of the
American line, to the i'liiladelphin.
Thru of the ship ( the International
Navigation Company constituting the
American Trans-Atlantic iiihII service,
already bear name of American cities
the Ht. 1'aul, tlie St. Louia and the
New York.
T. K. Sudborouiih, formerly clerk in
the auditor' office of the Pacific Kx
pres Company, at Omaha, ha sued
the express company and Eraatu
Young, it auditor, for $ 110,000 dam
ages, alleulug that by reason of hi ar
reat on May aO, 1H9M, on the charge of
embezzlement, lie na been lirougnt
into public scandal and disgrace.
John Z. Little, the actor, diet) in
Ilrooklyu, aged O'J yean.
The United State will establish a
naval Rtatiun in I'earl Harbor, Hawaii.
Han Francisco ha had a cane of genu
ino biibonio plague. Chinatown ia to
be cleaned up.
The Chinamen of Philadelphia have
decided to baud together for the pur
poae of self-protection.
Fifteen persons, the majority of
whom were children, imriahod in a
tenement-house fire at No walk, N. J,
In Chicago, while playing with a re
volver, a 7-year-old boy ahot hia mother
in the abdomen. The wouud will
prove fatal.
Krving Winslow, lecretary of the
Anti-Imperialist League, aaya that the
anti-expansion vote will be between
2,000,000 and 8,000.000.
Walla Walla, Wash., vetomna of the
Spanish-American war contemplate or
ganizing a camp to bo named after
General llunry W. Law ton.
Addiaon C. Hand, president of the
JKand Drill Company, and treamiror of
the Lallin Sc Rand 1'owder Company,
died in New York, aged fii) yoara.
The aohooner Llla and Mattle waa
wrecked on Tillamook bar, being blown
aahore while trying to get out of the
bay. The vessel will be a total .wreck
Puerto Ricaua must be fed for many
mouths yet. In the center of the
inland there ia nothing to eat and fruit
cannot be bad for from two to four
mouth.
The Portuguese authoritiea at Lou
renoo Marque, at the request of Great
Ilritain, have arrested four German
bound for Pretoria, with arm and let
ter of introduction from Dr. Leyd.
Permission to do general business in
Japan ha been refuxod 00 foreign in
aurance oompauio, moat of them
American. Japanese oflioials ntate tliat
thia results from the fact that their ap
plications have failed to comply with
the Japanese insurance law.
It ia probable that the warring Chi
nese toug in San Frauciaco will be
brought together for the pnrpoRO of
effecting a peaceful settlement of the
dlfllonltie which caused the death of
three prominent Chinese wthin the last
two week. The Wall Tiug and Sin
Suey Ying tonga have been arrayed
against the Suoy King tongs, and while
the former organizations started the
hooting, the latter retaliated iu a ter
rible way a week ago, when two prom
inent member of the first named tong
were ahot down in their places of busi
ness At Cripple Creek, Col., the February
output of gold was $2,21)0,700.
Throughout Illinois, Michigan, Indi
ana, the southwest and wost, the heav
iest anowstorm in year prevailed.
Democrat of the Kentucky legisla
ture appropriated $100,000 for deteo
tton of Uoebel'a murderer.
Many college president and profess
or met in Chicago to form an organi
sation to make uniform higher degree!
and ihot out cheap diplomas.
LATER NEWS.
1'oeito IMcam call for a settlement of
the tariff dispute.
A school of forestry will be establish
ed at Yale university.
Governor Laary ha issued a procla
niation freeing the ieon of the island
oi uiiam.
The transport Meade sailed for Ma
uila, via Honolulu, with 35 doctors
00 hospital corps men and 20 recruit
The Fort Glhaon pre. Fort Gibson,
Miss., in which was stored 3,000 bale
of cotton, wa burned. Loss $100,000
All record are being broken by the
weather in the East and Houth. The
thermometer at Chicago registered 1
below aero.
The feature of the Ht. Patrick' day
parade in Chicago was the carrying of a
big Transvaal flag at the head of the
Ancient Order of Ilibernana.
At Marietta., Ga., a mob of 175 men
battored down the door of the jail am!
entered the cell of a negro and fired
about 100 shot at him. He will die,
The Academy of Muslo, the leading
theater of Quebec, wa burned with a
loss of f HO. 000. The Ht. Louis hotel
adjoining waa damaged to the extent
of $1)0,000.
Mrs. Lida Greyeroff, the largest
woman In Indiana, died suddenly at
her home in Kokomo, falling from
chair while playing dominoes. She
weighed COO pounds and wai 82 yean
old.
Five dead and one fatally and one
seriously injured is the result of an at
tempt to Rtart a fire with gasoline at
Columbus, O. George White used the
fluid at James Weaver's residence, and
an explosion followed. The building
waa set on fire, and the inmate were
covered with the burning fluid.
At Chicago, George L. Maglll, form
erly president of the Avenue Saving
Bunk, which collapsed in Angust,
189B, waa couvicted of receiving dew
Its, knowing hi institution to be in
aotveht, and sentenced to the peniten
tiary for an indefinite term. He wa
also fined double the amount of the de
posit received, the tine amounting to
$2,800.
Maud 8., the famous trotter, died at
Hchulta farm, l'ort Chester, N. Y
She waa brought to the farm from New
York a week ago, and it waa intended
to use her for breeding purposes. She
was sick when she arrived here, and
had been under the care of a veterinary
surgeon. She gradually became worse
however, and all efforts to save the life
of the valuable mare were fruitless.
Maud 8. waa owned by the Bonner
estate, and waa 28 year old. Her
trotting record of 2:084 was made in
1885.
Mothuen occupied Boshof, on the
way to Mafeking.
Thn llliimln river is flooded, owiim.
It is said to the Chicago drainage canal.
The house adouted the conference
ronort on the currency bill by a vote
of 100 to 120.
rinnnritl Pronto and the remainder of
the Paardoburg prlsoueia will be taken
to St. Helena.
ttutlmr tliun have it cautured bv the
llritun, the isoers win raze jonannes
burg to the ground.
Tlw. Mlth anniversary of the birth of
King llumber I, was appropriately eel
ebrated throughout Italy.
General Kohl has been appointed
governor oi Away province, nuaou.
Hemp ports have been opened.
Tnt Hnlmrts' forces have ocouuiod
IllnKMifmituln. mid Kioonstadt will be
the Free State's seat of government.
(V Kmith. Tjresidont of th
Telouraphers' Union and an inventor
of telegraphic devices, (ilea ai nis
home iu New York, aged 69.
The Armstrong Steel Works, at Flint,
Mich., burned with a loss estimated
nt XtHil.noo. Goldcns' brewerv and
cooper shop, adjacent to the steel works,
were also destroyed.
Patrick V.iran. ex-minister to Chili.
and ex-presldeut of the Irish National
Federation, liaa written a letter in
which he saya that 85 per cent of the
Irish jienple dislike Queen Victoria.
At Prion. TTtjili. Indian Acent Mvton.
leased 700,000 acres ol govontneut laud
on the Uintah reservation to Eastern
Utah flockmastors. The leases run five
years, and the amount involved ia $18,
000, which goes to the Uintah Indians.
Kev. Dr. Isaac Meyer Wise celebrat
hi 8 1st birthday at Cincinnati. He
the oldest rabbi in active lervioe In
the United States. Dr. Wise was born
Stoingrub, Bohemia, March 11,
1810. Alter more than half a century
spent in America he stands today at
the head of the Keform Jews ot tne
country.
President Wheeler has announoed to
, nwontai of the University of Call-
th
fnrnla that exnert of acknowledged
repute have been engaged to make ex-
atlons and exploration in pan oi
world rich with relic of anoient
Inmlna. The entire ex Dense of the
work will be borne by Mr. Phoebe A.
HearBt. In Egypt, Dr. George Kelsner
will rtuvM nhHrun of the exnloration.
The material collected by these den
tists will be placed In the Archaeologl-
oal
ley
museuui to be estauusneu ai uerae-
Tinrlnff the marriaire ceremony of
.Tnlm s. itluir and Miss Somersett. near
Perry, O. T., the bride fell dead.
in rinnartment store in San Fran
cisco, two clerks stole $7,000 from the
dary envelopes of the employe.
Near Bluefleld, W. Va., Joseph
Glean, a farmer, killed hi daughter
and her lover and then killed himself.
While resisting arrest Lonnie Logan,
notorious train robber, wa killed by
an officer in Kansas City, Mo.
JODBERT TOO LATE
Boer Commander Was Hurry
ing to Bloemfontein.
HE FOUND TUB RAILWAY CU
(iBUnr Crossed th Oranga Ulnar mat
Oeouplad Hethalla-Southarn rm
Mist Clwr of ilars.
London, March 17. It appears that
when Major Weston cut the lailway
north of Uloernfonteln, he thereby in
tercepted General Jouhert, who, far
ftom having retired from the campaign,
was then coming southward with 8,000
men, presumably to suiierlntend the de
fense. Elaborate defense works three
mile long had been prepared outside
the town. No Uoer wounded were left
In Uloemfouteiu. When asked tht
reason by Lord lioherts, Mr. Frazel
replied: "The burghers do not like
fish, and would not care to go to Capi
Town."
Montague White's threat, in at
American newspaper, that the lloen
will sack Johannesburg, and raze it to
the ground, if necessary, is not taken
very seriously. Mr. Chamberlain's
statement that President Kruger ha
already been warned a to the conse
quence of such conduct is regarded as
showing that sufficient precaution ha
been taken.
Ily the time Lord Roberta reaches the
Yaal river he will command some 80,
000 men, while General Puller will
have 40,000. From the military point
of view the critics now think there is
nothing to fear.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Lonrenoo Marques, dated Thursday,
saya that strong commandos are mass
ing at Warrenton, where the tree
Staters are going to make a stand.
Oataer Crossed th Ontng.
London, March 17. The war office
has received the following from Lord
Roberts:
"liloeinfontein, March 17. General
Gatacre crossed the Orange river and
occupied Itethulie this morning.
General Reginald Pole-Carew, witt
2,000 men of the guards brigade, two
guns and a small liody of mounted in
fautry, loft here in three trains this
morning to join hands with General
Gatacre and General Clementa. lis
had passed Bethany by 4:40 P. M.,
without meeting with opposition, bay
ing been able to supply from hi troop
engine drivers, firemen, Utters, mold-
ers, smiths, carpenters, etc."
EIGHT NEW WARSHIPS.
Provided for In Naval Appropriation
Bill.
Washington, March 17. The house
committee on naval affairs reached a
definite and final decision today as to
the number of new warships to be
authorized in the forthcoming naval
appropriation bill, as follows:
Two seagoing coast line battleships
of about 18,500 tons each, to coat ap
proximately $3,800,000 each.
Three armored cruisers of the high
est practicable speed and most power
ful armor and armament, to cont ap
proximately $4,000 000.
Three protected cruisers, to coat
about $1,141,000 each.
it was determined not to provide any
gunboats, in view of the opinion ex
pressed by Secretary Long anil AduiirvJ
Dewey that General Otis' recent pur
chase of serviceable boats of this char
acter answer present gunboat require
ments.
The committee decided to authorise
the secretary of the navy to contract
for armor at a price not to exceed $645
per ton. This applies to the emergency
armor, about 7,400 tons, required foi
the battleships Maine, Mlawuri sni
Ohio, now in course of construction.
and not to the vessels authorized but
not begun, nor to those contemplated
by the present bill.
The question of sheathing ships,
which has excited much interest in
naval cirolea of late, was determined
by adopting a provision leaving the
question of sheathing to the discretion
of the secretary of the navy. Prior to
the action on the bill, Naval. Con
structor Capps, who served with Ad
miral Dewey in the Philippines, wa
beard on the sheathing question. He
urged in particular that vessels to be
used in foreign service should be
sheathed, a foreign drydock were not
alwaya available.
Bold Out to th l'ullmaa.
San Francisco, March 17. The
Southern Pacific Company will relin
quish all interest in the Pullman car
on it system April 1. It was officially
announced today that a new contract
has been entered into between the
Southern Pacific and the Pullman Com
pany whereby the latter will aoquire
bv purchase all of the company' sleep
ing oar interests and will in futur
operate sleeping oars over the Southern
Paolno lines, under a mileage arrange
ment similar to that existing on all the
other big railroad systems of tbe coun
try. The prioe paid by the Pullman
Company is said to be $1,600,000.
Houston, Tex., March 17. Last
night and today snow fell in Nortl
Texas, extending as far south as Waco,
something never known before.
Huntington's Guatemala Line.
San Francisco, March 17. D. B,
Hodgson, general manager of the Ferro-
Carrill Censteral de Guatemala, has ar
rived here. He i to meet Col lis P.
Huntington here next month relative
to an extension of the Guatemala -Cen
tral railroad from Guatemala city east
to the Atlantic coast. Mr. Hunting
ton is the president and owner of the
road, which Is now operated from San
Jose, a port on the Pacific ocean, east
to Guatemala city.
HOT TALK IN SENATE.
Galllnfr Aeougad Penrose of Untruth
fulnats.
Washington, March 17. I assert
most emphatically that when the sen
ator say I told him I should not speak
on this subject, he doe not state the
truth."
This wa the sensational retort made
In the senate today by Gallinger, to a
statement just made by Penrose. Sen
ators were astonished and the auditors
in the galleries quivered with excite
ment. There had scarcely been the
slightest intimation that the debate
would take such a turn.
for nearly three hours the senate
had under discussion the bill appro
priating $2,005,000 for the benefit of
the people of Puerto Hico. Fairbanks
had just concluded some remarks on
the measure, and suggested that the
senate proceed to the consideration of
executive business. Pending a motion
to that effect, Penrose who has charge
of the case of ex -Senator Quay, suggest
ed that a time be fixed for a vote on the
case. In the course of his remarks be
intimated that certain senators were
throwing obstacles in the way of a vote,
and Indicated that Gallinger was c
of these senators.
Gallinger quietly replied that he de
sired to be beard on the question, but
had not had an opportunity to apeak.
To his statement Penrose retorted that
the New Hampshire senator bad assured
him he did not expect to speak on the
Quay case. Instantly Gallinger was
on his feet, and with evident feeling
and with great vehemence, replied as
above quoted.
I don't know whether I don't speak
the truth," hotly replied Penrose, "or
whether the senator from New Hamp
shire failed to tell me the truth."
Gallinger retorted that the whole
proceeding of Penrose was unmanly
and beneath his notice.
The debate on the appropriation bill
developed difference of opinion, as
Jones, of Arkansas, offered a snsbtltute
for the measure a bill to return the
duties to those who had paid them, and
providing for absolute free trade be'
tween the United States and Puerto
Itioo. The bill had not been disposed
of when the Quay case was tailed up
J lie District of Columbia appropria
tion bill, carrying f,08,S78, was
passed by the bouse today, and also
bill granting the abandoned Fort Hayes
military reservation to the state ol
Kansas for an experimental station and
normal school purposes.
Parkhnrst on Their Track.
New York, March 17. The Key.
Dr. Parkburst and Superintendent
Burr, of the Society for the Prevention
of Crime, will go before the grand jury
today with evidence that is expected to
how that body how it ha been possi
ble, under the system of official pro
tection, for gamblers to flourish in New
York. Neither Mr. ISurr noi Dr. Park
hurst would say last night just what
the line of this evidence was, bnt they
Intimated that the society was after the
gambling commission and the other
persons in high places who shared in
its spoils, while the prosecution of the
gamblers and dive-keepers was only in'
oidental to the main issue, and wonld
be so treated.
Mrs. Htalne'a Kxperlment.
Chicago, March 17. Tbe Times
Herald says: The servants of the
household of Mrs. Emmons Blaine are
now working under union rules. Eight
hours constitute a day's work. The
idea is said to have been suggested to
Mrs. Blaine by lrofessor Patrick
Geddes, of Edinburgh, who lectured in
Chicago a couple of weeks ago. The
scientist offered the proposition that
there was a chance for the betterment
of the condition of household servants,
and so woll did Mrs. Blaine regard the
luggestion that she decided to adopt it
in her home.
The system was inaugurated about 10
days ago, and it is said to have proven
highly successful. Society and club
women are highly interested in Mrs.
Blaine' experiment, and if it continue
to work well, the plan may be quite
generally adopted.
AN EDICT AGAINST RATS.
Format Proclamation Issued
by the
Mayor of Astoria.
Aatoria, Or., Match 17. A procla
mation, of which the following is a
copy, was Issued from the mayor s
office today:
To the Citizens of Astoria: In
view of the fact that there has been an
authentio case of the plague in China
town iu San Francisco, and the Chi
nese are constantly coming from there
to other cities on this coast, and in
view also that the plague now exists in
greatly iuoreased number of ports of
the Pacific ocean from which vessels
are constantly ooming to the ports of
this coast, and in view also of the fact
that rats take this disease more easily
than man, aud are generally the first to
take it in any port, and then give it to
man; aud in view of the fact that the
diseased rats cannot be isolated in case
of an epidemic; therefore I think it
proper that the people should be warned
to kill the rata by trapping or other-
ise, without delay, as a matter of self
and public protection. This I consider
of great importance, and I hope it will
be done immediately, while the council
will adopt other measures calculated
to prevent the introduction of the dis
ease. "ISAAC BERGMAN, Mayor."
Plagus Situation at 8ydney.
Sydney, N. 8. W., Maroh 16.
Another death from bubonio plague has
icourred here, and two fresh cases have
developed.
Furniture Factory Destroyed.
Muskegon, March 17. Fire tonight
destroyed the Sans & Maxwell furni
ture factory at l'entwater. The loss is
sstimatod at $900,000.
Prosperity needs more prayer than
adversity.
J FILIPINO WAR OVER
Only a Few Guerrillas Re
main to Be Run Down.
TROOPS ARE DOING GOOD WORK
General Wheeler, Who Arrived
Washington, gays the JCaA
Is In Sight.
Washington, March 19. General
Joseph Wheeler arrived in ths city this
morning from Atlanta. He went over
to the war department thia afternoon,
In the absence of Secretary Root be re
ported formally to Adjutant-General
Corbin, thus complying with the order
from the department which brought
him from Manila. The general waa in
the uniform of a brigadier-general of
the volunteer army. He looked the
picture of health; better than when he
left Washington for Manila.
He gave General Corbin a brief de
scription of the condition In Luzon
He insisted that the war ia over, and
that nothing more is to be done except
to run down a few guerrilla and irreg
ular. There ia dilfioluty in thia work,
he said, and there 1 danger, too, but
it prosecution is not "war." Ambui
cadea were frequent and annoying, and
it wa not easy to tell whether the hid'
den foe was strong or weak. Three
men had been mistaken for a company
in some case.
The general said that the Americar
troops are doing splendid work there
They are sound and healthy, and in
quite ai good shape as they would be
at home, engaged in similar service.
This is owing in a mesaure to tbe ex
eel lent care for their men exhibited by
officers, and to the watchful precaii
tions of the staff of the army.
OPEN TO THE CAPE.
Bloemfontein Has Through Ball d
mnnleatlon.
London, March 19. Lord Roberts
has sent tbe following dispatch to the
war office:
Bloemfontein, March 19. General
Clements crossed the Orange river yes
terday. Repair to tbe railway bridge
at Korval's Pont have commenced, and
it will shortly be ready for traffic. Gen
eral Pole-Carew telegraphs hi arrival
at Springfontein, so that Bloemfontein
now is practically in rail commcnica
iton with Cape Town.
"My proclamation is already having
an excellent effect. Several hundred
burghers have expressed their intention
to surrender their arms and return to
their occupations. Tbe resident com
missioner of Basutuland reports that
800 Boers lately arrived from Bloem
fontein, and that a further contingent
from Aliwal North was only waiting to
know the terms of my proclamation to
surrender. They had refused to attend
a council at Kroonstad, to which Presi
dent Steyn had summoned them."
EXPLOSION AT BLAST FURNACE.
One Man Entirely Cremated and Font
Others Injured.
Pitteburg, March 19. By the fall of
a "hung" at tbe Monongahela furnace
at MoKeesport today one man wa ore-
mated, two were fatally burned and
two others were badly injured. Geo,
Martin is the cremated man. Geo.
Curvan and Sydney Jackson were so
badly bnrned that their recovery la ini
possible. Stephen Stobeowski and John
Borcneok were badly burned, but will
recover.
Explosions of this character are fre
quent in thia section, but the absolute
disappearance of Martin lends an air
of mystery to the affair. Three hun
dred tons of molten ore, coke and min
erals used in the production of pig iron
became fast in the furnace, and Martin
and Curvan, as top filler, tried to dis
lodge it. Suddenly the entire mas
foil, compressing the gas below and
causing terrifio explosion.
Not a trace of Martin' body can be
found. Curvan, when discovered, was
in a horrible shape, and can hardly live
until morning. The other men, who
were at the bottom of the furnace, fared
some better, but Jackson ia so badly
burned that his recovery ia next to im
possible. Food for Puerto Rleana.
Washington, Maroh 19. Five hun
dred tons of rice, codfish and bacon
were shipped on a transport to Puerto
Rico today by tbe war department to
relieve the Buffering. The shipment
is made in i espouse to an appeal some
time ago from General George Daiva,
military governor of Puerto Rico, to
acting Secretary of State Meikeljohn,
for aid for starving Puerto Ricans.
General Davis' letter depicts an aw
ful situation on the island. He ex
plained that he intended to discontinue
the distribution of food the first of the
mouth, but owing to the distress he
asked for this shipment. He also says
that it ia imperative that a further
shipment of 500 tons of the same arti
cles be made on the next transport fol
lowing this shipment.
Fire In a Maiaaehusctts Town.
Ilodkinton, Mass., March 17. Fire
destroyed five of the best business build
ings in this place today. Tbe loaa is
estimated at $75,000 to $100,000.
AsaUtant Quarterinaeter for Otis.
San Franoisoo, March. 19. Captain
Charles D. Palmer, who haa been sta
tioned in Chicago since June, 1898, as
assistant quartermaster of the depart
ment of the lakes, sail for Manila to
day. He will act a assistant quarter
master on General Otis' staff.
Berlin, March 19. Herr von Putt-
kamer, ex-vioe-president of the Prus
sian ministry, and brother-in-law oi
Prince Bismarck, ia dead at Varsin,
aged 71 year.
BOER SYMPATHIZERS.
New Tork Maes Meeting Addressed by
Montana Whit.
New York, March 19. There wa
meeting of Boer sympathizer at Cooper
Union tonight, at which George H. van
Hoesen presided. Montague White, the
Boer representative; John E. Mulhol
land and P. L. Wesseli, a represent'
tive of the Orange Free State, made
speeches. Mr. Van Hoesen prophesied
that "not until all the Boers are in
their graves or all the English are In
flight will the war be over."
Referring to bis interview with re
gard to the probable destruction of
Johannesburg by the Boers, he said:
"A nation making war cannot pro
vide a drawing room for it enemy,
The Boer would neither have lost noi
gained by the destruction of Bloem fon
tein; but tbe case of Johannesburg is
different, a it would provide splendid
barrack accommodation for the British,
and by reason of its location and other
advantages an invaluable base for oper
ations."
As to tbe reported statement of th
British that President Kruger would be
held personally responsible for any de
struction of property he said:
"President Kruger is well able tc
take care of himself, and if be hi not,
call npon yon to take care of bim."
Mr. Weasel spoke briefly, beginning
with a reference to the reverence with
which the Boers regard their women,
and the fact that the women have been
fighting in the trenches. He declared
the Boers had demonstrated and would
demonstrate their right and fitness tc
govern themselves. He chanced Emr
land with supplying the natives with
guns to use against the Dutch; with
falsifying the surveys, in order to get
possession of the diamond fields; with
misusing tbe natives and Boers, and
with other reprehensible things. He
concluded with an appeal that America
intervene to stop hostilities, and reiter
ated the statement that European
nations wonld have intervened if the;
bad but known bow the United State
stand.
THE CUBAN PROBLEM.
Will Ba Taken Vp Whan Puerto Rico Is
Out of the Way.
New York, March 19. A special to
the Time from Washington says:
Four weeks hence, the year allowed by
tbe treaty of peace with Spain for the
Spanish inhabitants of Cuba to decide
whether they will be Cuban or Spanish
citizens will expire. Immediately
after that date. April 11, according to
the plan laid down by the admimstra'
tion at tbe opening of the present ses
aion of congress, preparations are to be
made for the holding of municipal elec
tions and ultimately for the eleotion of
a convention which will decide npon
the Cuban form of government. To
that government, according to the
original programme, the United States
is to surrender the control of the island.
Whether that programme will be car
ried out in its entirety cannot certainly
be said. The senate committee on
Cuban affair ha the matter before it.
The plan was Senator Foraker's, and
he secured the consent of the ad minis
tration to it at a time when powerful
interests were contending for a differ
ent policy, and when they had pro
gressed so far that the plan had been
announced to the public a the presi'
dent's plan. Senator ForaJrer is confi
dent that it will be adopted, and it Is
understood that this is the reason why
be is so anxious for the immediate
adoption of a civil government for
Puerto Rico, with or without a tariff
annex. He wants Puerto Rico out of
the way, it i said, in time for the big'
ger Cuban problem to have a free field.
Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, has
started for Cuba with Senator Aldrich
and Teller. Senator Piatt is chairman
of committee on relations with Cuba,
and he, with Senators Aldrich and
Teller, form a subcommittee which
haa been delegated to go to Cuba and
study the situation. Nothing has been
said about the duration of the stay the
three senators will make. It ia under
stood, however, that their visit relates
to the plebiscite of April 11.
INTERVIEW WITH ITO.
Humors of War Between Bussla and
Japan Ara Unfounded.
New York, Maroh 17. A dispatch to
the Herald from Yokohama says: Mar
quis Ito, Japanese ex-prime minister in
an interview, said:
"The rumor of war between Russia
and Japan are unfounded newspaper
reports. An agreem ent exists between
Russia and Japan to the effect that
neither power will encroach upon
Corea, and we must believe that Russia
is sincere. The new Russian minister
to Corea has come to Tokio and our re
latione are most friendly."
Speaking about the South Afrioan
war. Marquis Ito said:
'The outcome of the struggle will be
to increase England's greatness and
arouse new interest in the armies
which her colonies have developed.
England will have trained soldier all
over the globe.
The policy of Japan is not a colonial
one. Tbe Japanese army and navy are
intended to defend Japan and her in
terests, not for conquest. Japan has
no money for war or aggrandizement.
The new development of commerce in
the East render it necessary for each
nation to protect its interests with a
show of power.
The present reform revolutionary
movement," concluded Marquis Ito,
is insignificant because it has no fol
lowing among the people."
Declares Himself Dictator.
New Orleans, March 19. Advice
from Port Limon and Greytown by
steamer, say that President Iglesias, of
Costa Rica, has Issued a- proclamation
suspending the constitution of the re
public and declaring himself dictator
until after the threatened invasion on
the part of Moi ra occurs or ha been
abandoned, ,
BIG STRIKE ORDERED
Manufacturers and Machln.
ists Cannot Agree.
WILL AFFECT 100,000 WORKMEN
Will Extend Throughout th Vnltad
States and May Beach Other Coun
triesBegins at One.
Chicago, March 30. After the con
ference between representatives of the
International Association of Machinists
and the Administrative Council of the
National Metal Trades Association,
ended at 10:30 this morning. President
James O'Connell, of tbe union, declared
that strike would be called immediate
ly in all parts of the United State and
Canada. Such strike will involve
100,000 men and cause to be abut down
for an indefinite period plants having
an aggregate capacity of millions of
dollars. Chicago labor troubles are re
sponsible for the disagreement, which
ia expected to precipate the general
machinists' strike. Were it not for
the fact that leaders of the Machinists'
Union refused to call off strikes that
now exist in Chicago, Columbus, O.,
and Paterson, N. J., the manufacturers
and leaders, it is believed, would have
come to an amicable agreement and
arbitration wonld have been perman
ently established between tbe National
Metal Trades Association and the Inter
national Association of Machinists.
The members ot the executive board
of tbe Machinists' Union, however, re
fused to call off the Chicago strike, as
they declaied that if they did, th
Chicago local union would secede from
the International Association. When
the refusal of the machinists to end the
strike wa presented to tbe man factor-
era, they issued an ultimatum to the
labor leaders, and on their refusal to
agree to its provisions, all negotiation
were broken off.
Before leaving tbe rooms in which
the joint conference was being held.
President James O'Connell, of tbe In
ternational Union, declared that th
union would begin immediately to call
strikes in all parts of tbe country. Ths,
first of these strikes will be called in
Cleveland. After all the large cities
shall have been tied up, strikes will be
called in the machine shops of all the
railroads in the country.
After meeting in seperate confer
ences, all the afternoon, tbe manufact
urers and the labor leader began a
Joint meeting at 8 P. M., at which tht
manufacturers submitted to the ma
chinists a proposal for arbitration.
They asked that all strikes and look
outs be called off pending the arbitra
tion of the difficulties by a committee
consisting of the presidents of the two
organization and two members from
each association, whose decision shall
be accepted as final.
On the second proposition the two
associations were united. The labor
leaders refused to agree to the first
proposition, and lubmitted a demand
for immediate and separate arbitration
of the Chicago difficulties. This the
manufacturers refused to ratify, and
the conference broke up, both sides
making what amounted to a formal
declaration of war. The declaration
of machinists took the form of threats
of an international Btrike made by Pres
ident O'Connell and Organizer Reed.
The manufacturers then presented
their side of the question in a set of
resolutions in which they declared that
'the form of joint agreement this day
unanimously adopted by the adminis
trative council of the National Metal
Trades Association and presented to
the executive officers of the Interna
tional Association of Machinists is the
best and only proposition which the
National Metal Trades Association haa
to make, and that the committee again
presents the agreement of the executive
committee to the International Associa
tion ot Machinists, and requests them
to accept the same by atnVxing their
official signatures and notify them that
this association is ready to sign the
agreement jointly with them."
The union of tbe International Asso
ciation of Machinists met today and in
dorsed the action of tbe officers.
In view of tbe failure of all efforts
for'a settlement of the machinists'
strike. National President James O'Con
nell announced tonight that the last
detals of plans for calling a national
strike this week of 70,t)00 union machin
ists were being perfected. Mr. O'Con
nell had put himself in communication
daring tbe day with the local unions in
several of the big cities East and West.
He declares that all is in readiness fot
a general walk out before April 1.
Terrorised by Begulators.
Atlanta, Ga., March 19. A special
to the Constitution from Columbia, S.
C, says: The station agent and othel
citizens of Neeces, Orangeburg county,
telegraphed the governor at midnight
begging for troops to protect them from
white regulators, who had twice visited
the town, beat the people, white and
black, and promised to return tomor
row and kill them. Work on the sur
rounding farm haa been stopped and
people driven from their business. The
governor telegraphed the sheriff to ride
acroe the country with a posse and
give protection until troops could be
sent tomorrow if needed.
New York, Maroh 20. The United
States transport Burnside arrived today
from San Juan, Santiago and Gibara,
with 40 cabin passenger and 52 dis
charged and furloughed soldier, eto.
Among the latter are 13 prisoners anc
15 guards. The Burnside brought nin
soldiers' bodies.
Manila, Maroh 30. A military com
mission at Bayambong haa sentenced tc -,
be hanged, on March 80, two natives, ,
who have been found guilty of uturdar
ing their countrymen.