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THE! MORNING OREOONIAN, FBIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1900.
Pettigrew, in the Senate, Sav
agcly Attacked the President.
MADE SOME STARTLING CHARGES
2eclared the People "Were Pnrnosely
Kept in Ignorance of the Ileal
State of Affairs.
. "WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. A spirited and
at aHHtlmes sensational debate was pre
cipitated In the senate today on the Phil
ippine question, the oasis 'lor the speech
aiaking being a resolution of Inquiry of
fered several days ago by Pettigrew of
South Dakota, to which substitutes "were
proposed. Pettigrew attacked the admin
istration policy in the Philippines, and
also made some startling charges against
those who were supporting the adminis
tration. He declared that a systematic
effort was being made to prevent accu
rate Information from reaching the people
of the United States, and that It was a po
litical scheme to further the candidacy of
Mr. McKInley for renomlnatlon and re
election. The debate was terminated by a
resumption of consideration of the cur
rency bill at 2 o'clock.
Stewart of Nevada made an elaborate
speech on the question of the national
finances. Before adjournment, the house,
after prolonged debate, passed the bill
conferring additional powers upon the
director of the census.
THE nOCTTVE REPORT.
X"hXIpplnc Question, Finance and the
Trusts In the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. An unusual
amount of routine business, Including the
presenting of petitions and introduction
of resolutions, was transacted by the sen
ate today. Among the bills introduced
was one by Spooner (rep. Wis.) providing.
In brief, that when the insurrection In the
Philippines shall have been, suppressed,
the government of the Islands shall be
vested In such person or persons as the
president may direct until congress shall
decide how the islands shall be governed.
At the conclusion of the morning rou
tine business, the resolution offered by
Pettigrew (sll. S. D.) several days ago,
together with the substitute for it of
fered by Lodge (rep. Mass.), was laid
before the senate. -The object of both the
resolution and the substitute was to qb
taln from the president, if not Incompati
ble with public interests, all Information
in regard to the insurrection in the Phil
ippines. Lodge suggested that both Pettigrew's
resolution and his own substitute be with
drawn and that the resolution offered by
Hoar (rep. Mass.). with suitable amend
raents be adopted as a substitute for
both. The resolution offered by Hoar was
sweeping in Its call for Information re
lating to thq Philippine insurrection, but
Lodge said his desire for all information
concerning the insurrection was so great
that he proposed to offer an amendment
extending its provisions.
It had been stated, he said, that there
was danger of an uprising in Manila by
the Filipinos, with the object of murder
ing Americans and all foreigners. It was
stated also that Filipinos had threatened
to throw bombs Into the funeral proces
sion of General Lawton. He wanted In
formation on these points, as well as upon
others. He wanted to know what Infor
mation the government possessed as to
reprisals placed upon other tribes by
Aguinaldo and the Tagals. He wanted
especially to know how the Filipinos had
treated American and Spanish prisoners,
there being wide divergence of informa
tion upon that point. If the government
had information relating to the encourage
ment received by Aguinaldo and the In
surgents from the United States, and
what effect that encouragement had upon
the course of the rebellion, he thought
the senate and the people were entitled to
it
It was a matter, too, of common report
that the anti-imperialistic league had been
using our soldiers to oppose the war.
This work. Lodge thought, had had lit
tle effect because of the insignificance of
the persons engaged in it. Little atten
tion had been paid by the government
to this treasonable action, "because," said
Lodge, "no sensible man wants to con
vert a bore into a martyr, even though
the bore be malevolent." Lodge thought
there was no disposition In apy quarter
to suppress information.
Hoar said he was in general accord with J
ms coneague. ie wanted the distinct
recommendations and instructions of the
president to the Philippine commission.
Lodge suggested that the resolution of
Pettigrew and his own substitute be laid
on the table, and that of Hoar, with his
proposed amendment, be adopted.
PettigreTT Attacked Adminlntrntlon.
To this Pettigrew objected. He had, he
said, asked In his resolution for specific
information, which he desired. He then
launched into a rather sensational speech
containing many bitter attacks on the ad
ministration. The information covered by
the amended resolutions of the Massachu
setts senator was not all that might be
called for. Senators might ask, he said,
for information concerning the desecra
tion of churches by American soldiers In
the Philippines and as to many other of
the horrors that follow Jn the path of
war. It was evident, he said, that the
object of the administration was to keep
detailed Information from the people, and
it was quite as evident the political suc
cess of the president and of the republican
party was of greater concern to the im
perialists than whether the information
asked for should reach the Filipinos.
Such an objection to the sending to the
senate of information as that It would be
communicated to the Filipinos was ridio-
tilous, since the Filipinos already were in
possession of it. The real reason for ob
jecting to its publication was that it was
deemed not desirable that the American
people should have it
'The trouble with the Imperialists,"
said Pettigrew, "is that they have con
founded the interests of the people of the
United States wfthihg political desires
and ambitions of their puny president,
and regarded him and his success as more
important than a rightful treatment of
the Filipinos."
Pettigrew said he wanted the informa
tion which he was seeking whether the
president regarded the publication of it
as compatible with the public interests
or not. And he wanted it whether the
president desirea it should or should not
be known.""
"tt any amendment is to be made to
the resolution," said he, "It ought to be
made to read that the Information should
be transmitted tp the senate if not In
compatible wlthfthe president's interests
as a candidate for re-election. The fact
Is, this whole business is bound up in the
president's desire again to be a candidate
of his party for president."
Pettigrew then devoted some time to a
discussion of the censoring of dispatches
from the Philippines. He declared that
Important and significant facts had been
stricken from news dispatches from Ma
nila and from commercial reports, be
cause it was regarded by the powers that
be as undesirable that they should reach
the American people.
As an Instance of this work," said he,
"the Sulu treats was mangled and partly
suppressed until after the election in
Ohio."
He discussed at length the proclama
tion Issued by the president, declaring that
it was In such shape that General Otis
recommended it should bp changed In or
der not to orovoke hostilities on the part
of the Filipinos. Subsequently he said
it was altered materially!, and as altered 1
was published-to the PhlUpnlne natfon.
As originally drawn It was. tovhis mind, j
fiat declaration of war. and when Asrul-
naldo and his leaders jcame Into posses
sion of the original they 'so regarded It.
'The whole' wretched business," declared
Pettigrew, vehemently, "was one of con
cealment and duplicity, intended to de
ceive not only the people of the United
States, but also the islanders them
selves." In substantiation of his charge that the
dispatches from the Philippines were cen
sored In theinterest of the administra
tion, Pettigrew quoted from a letter writ
fen by Robert M. Collins, Associated
Press representative at Manila. In this
letter Mr. Collins related the substance
of an interview upon the subject of cen
soring dispatches which he hod had with
General Otis. Pettigrew read the state
ments ot Mr. Collins in which he had
said It was the evident desire of the offi
cials to prevent certain Information from
reaching the people of the United States.
When he (Collins) had filed a dispatch
containing Information which he thought
was proper to send to the United States,
he had been informed by the censor that
he had been instructed to cut out any
thing that might hurt the administration, l
Subsequently, when he had desired to
send a story relating to the use of silver
In the Philippines-, the censor had told
him that his instructions were to allow
nothing to pass him which would be help
ful to William. Jennings Bryan in the
United States.
Upon this point Pettigrew became par
ticularly sarcastic, and again adverted to
what he termed the president's desire to
succeed himself as president, even though
essenial information had to be suppressed
to accomplish that end. Pettigrew declared
that the president himself really began
the war in the Philippines, and was re
sponsible for It.
"If," said he, "the administration had
had a spark of honor In dealing with the
Filipinos, It would have told General Mer-
ritt to lay the whole truth of the Inten
tions of the government before Aguinaldo
and his associates."
Had this been done, 'Pettigrew believed
half the trouble might have been averted.
That he had tired the first shot which had
precipitated hostilities, nobody 'denied.
Even after the fighting had begun, he said,
an effort was made by Aguinaldo to se
cure a suspension of hostilities, but he
had been told by General Otis that now
the fighting had been begun, it must con
tinue to the grim end.
"If," said Pettigrew, "I were a Filipino,
I would fight until I was gray against the
unholy aggression of the United States. It
this country is wrong, this country could
take no grander position before the na
tions of the world than to admit that it Is
wrong. We have reached the turning
point. We must decide whether we are to
punsue a course of rapacity andi aggres
sion on tho British principle or to pursue
a course of justice and right. No nation
long can pursue such a course as the im
perialists have marked for us a course
of wrong and treachery to friends and
hope to stand well before the nations ot
the world."
Pettigrew was cut off by the expiration
of the morning hour.
Stennrt on Silver.
The currency bill was then taken up,
and Stewart (sll. Nev.) addressed the sen
ate, opening wtlh an attack on the repub
lican party for bringing In a measure "so
utterly contradictory to the St. Louis
platform." He then entered upon a gen
eral discussion of the financial conditions
of the world, and attacked the advocates
of the gold standard for denying that
either the supply or the. demand for gold
has any effect in estimating the quantity
of any particular commodity which a
given amount of gold will buy. Refer
ring to the reply of Secretary Gage to the
senate, he said:
"The secretary of the treasury is not so
absolutely Ignorant of money science as
his contention that the value of gold never
changes would seem to indicate. In his
reply to the resolution of the two houses
of congress respecting his transactions
with certain New York banks, he gives
as a reason for depositing the money of
the government In national banks that it
is necessary to do so1 to avoid contracting
the circulation, and that, to keep It in
the treasury would disturb the business
of the country. It seems a little strange
that the secretary can understand that
locking up money In the treasury vaults
disturbs business and at the same time
thinks it Is necessary to use only the
commodity gold upon which to stamp
money, although every foreign financial
trouble takes gold out of the country and
deposits It in foreign vaults. In his lec
tures on gold, the secretary claims it pos
sesses Intrinsic value, while In adminis
tering the treasury he regards the volume
of money in circulation as of paramount
importance, and deposits the surplus of
the treasury In banks to keep it in use and
prevent contraction.
"It is passing strange the business men
shape their transactions in view of the
probable supply of money; but when they
discuss the. money question they follow the
example of, the secretary and assert that
the quality or the material used as money
Is the only question of importance, with
out regard to the volume In circulation. Is
it not singular that people cannot see
the absurdity of the Intrinsic-value theory,
while in every kind of business, industrial
as well as speculative, they act on the
quantitative theory of money? In their
business they have in view the supply of
money, but many of them In their argu
ments follow the teachings of the Cleve
lands and the Harrisons and maintain
that all they want Is Intrinsic value in the
money in circulation, no matter whether
the volume is large or small."
In conclusion, Stewart said:
"The passage of this bill, whatever may
have been the intention of its authors, will
bring this question squarely before the
American people. If this bill should be
come a law, there will be no dodging the
issue, it must De met and that issue will
be between a government with a colossal
and Imperial concentration of capital,
wielding the sovereign power of the Unit
ed States to create, contract and expand
the volume of money, and an honest
measure of value, consisting of the legal-
renaer money or tne United States."
Aldrich (rep. R. I.), In charge of the
financial bill, asked to have some arrange
ments made regarding that measure.
Jones (dem. Ark.) replied that no demo
crat was ready to speak on the bilir hut
he assured Aldrich there was no dispo
sition to delay it unduly. Aldrich said
the bill had been before the senate for
three weeks an ample time in which to
prepare for its discussion. Therefore, he
had a right to insist that the bill be dis
posed of as soon as possible. '
Teller (sll. Colo.) asked if there were to
be no speeches in support of the meas
ure. To this, Aldrich said he was unable
to reply. Republicans, he thought, were
prepared to vote upon It. Teller regarded
it as remarkable that a measure of such
importance should go to a vote without
discussion from all sides.
At the request of Aldrich, the financial
measure- was postponed until 2 6'clock
Monday nevi. The senate then agreed
that when it adjourned today it be until
Monday.
Consideration of the census measure,
conferring additional authority upon tho
director of" the census, was then begun,
Hoar withdrawing an amendment he had
offered. Pettigrew offered an amendment
directing the director of the census to col
lect statistics In regard to the distribu
tion of wealth; In regard to the extent
to which machinery has displaced man
ual labor, and in regard to private and
corporation indebtedness. The amend
ment "Was defeated.
Allen (pop. Neb.) proposed an amend
ment providing for the collection of sta
tistics relating to trusts, and that, too,
was defeated by a viva voce vote. Allen
demanded the ayes and noes, and wanted
to know of Carter (rep. Mont.) If he pro
posed to deny this Information to the
people.
"If these Institutions are trusts," he
said, 'If they are In violation of law, they
are entitled to be heard before the laws
of the country shall be applied to them,"
Allen declared that the effort to prevent
the gathering of Information Regarding
trusts was a scheme to sidetrack him.
"Thc'blll -was passed without further -objection.'
The-sennte then, at 5:10- P. M.,
went into executive session, and soon af
terward adjourned until Monday.
COXTIXUATIOff OP THE SENATE
COMMITTEE'S INVESTIGATION.
Four WitneBses Testified, in the Al-
legred Bribery in Montana 1arvyer
IVellcome's Part in It.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. More progress
was made in the senatorial investigation
cade of Senator Clark, of Montana,- than
on any previous day in this case. White
side concluded his testimony and three'
other witnesses, State Treasurer Coll.ns,
State Senator W. A. Clark, of Madison
county, a namesake1, but not a relative
of the senator, and Fred W. Cowen, a
railroad cdnductor residing dt Missoula,
the home of Speaker Stiff, of the Montana
house of representatives, were heard.
Collins statement related entirely to the
depositing of the $30,000 in 51000 bills turned
over to the leerislative investigating com
mittee by Whiteside and-by that commits
tee deposited with the treasurer. Collins
exhibited this money, and the exhibition
attracted a large attendance of outsiders
In the committee-room.
Senator Clark's namesake detailed the
particulars of his acceptance of $10,030
from Wellcome, said to be one of Clark's
managers, on the understanding that he
was to vote for Clark for the senate. The
witness said he had only accepted the
money for the purpose of exposing the
proceedings.
Cowen's connection with the proceedings
was confined to a visit to Helena at the
request of BIckford, one of Senator
Clark's friends, with the hope that he
could influence the vote ot Speaker Stiff.
He said BIckford had told him that Clark
would pay Stiff $15,000 to refrain from vot
ing, but that the proposition was with
drawn, and was never presented by him
to Stiff
Campbell, attorney for the memorialists,
began his redirect examination of
Whiteside by asking him concern
ing the legal suit brought against
the witness by Dr. Cole, a member of
the capitol commission. The witness said
the suit had been decided in his favor.
He said also, when asked to explain his
Inability to specify the exact time, that
he had an average of half a dozen con
versations a day with Wellcome and
Charley Clark, Senator Clark's managers,
during the entire time of his association
with them in connection with the sena
torial contest. He said furthermore, the
reason he had been able to give the names
not mentioned in his testimony in Mon
tana was that he did not on either occa
sion have before him memoranda which
he had now.
Whiteside said he had been a supporter
of Clark until the senatorial election of
1893, when, becoming convinced that Clark
was using money to secure republican
Votes for himself, he withdrew. He had
Tiof, however, become Identified then
with the Daly faction and as- late as 1838
had "antagonized the policy of the Daly
managers on the question of fusion.
' At this po'nt, Whiteside was, with
drawn temporarily in order to allow State
Treasurer Collins, of Montana, to testify.
He had in his possession the 530.OCO
turned over to the state by Senators
Whiteside, Clark of Madison county,
Myers and McGarr. He identified and de
scribed each of the envelopes containing
the money and, holding the big bills up
so as to get the benefit of the full light,
exhibited them to the members of the
committee while he described them in de
tail. He said the money had been turned
over to him by the legislative Investigat
ing committee. Collins turned the en
velopes over to the committee and, laying
the exposed bills on the table In front
of him, continued his testimony, which
was for only a brief period.
Whiteside was then recalled and Identi
fied "various envelopes as haying been,
given to him to hold for himself a'ricf
Clark of Madison county, Myers
and McGarr. Faulkner, in his re-cross-examination,
inade a test of Whiteside's
capacity to identify bills held at a dlbtance
of 10 or more feet, the witness having
testified to seeing the money given to
State Senator Clark at this dlstanqe. He
named correctly three bills out of four.
Whiteside was finally excused, but was
asked to remain In attendance upon the
committee.
State Senator Clark, of Madison county,
was next called. He stated he was a
democrat and had gone to Helena more
favorably inclined to Clark than toward
any other candidate for senator, but ho
had changed his opinion after he had
Investigated the methods of his name
sake. Clark testified that he had re
ceived $10,000 In $1000 bills from Wellcome
on January 4, lb98, and that the money
was given him "on the express condition
that he was to vote for Clark as long as
his vote was wanted. He detailed the
preliminary talk with Wellcome, saying
Wellcome said to him:
"We want you with us, and we want
you hard," adding, "we are going to get
the votes necessary to elect our man and
if we don't get them one way, we will
get them another." lt
"I asked Wellcome what there, was in
it."
" 'There is $10,000 for you, provided you
comply with the condition.
"The condition being my vote for Clark
as long as required."
Wellcome had told witness that he would
put the money in Whiteside's hands for
him, but the latter testified he replied
that Tas not satisfactory; that he did
not doubt Wellcome's word, but that he
"must see the money." Wellcqme then
told him that big bills were scarce: that
"the old man would arrive from Butte
that night, and he would bring plenty of
cash with him." Accordingly the money,
$10,000 in $1000 bills, was given to him by
Wellcome that night.
After counting it, he had placed it in an
envelope, marked the envelope and hand
ed it to Whiteside for safe keeping. He
said that when Wellcome gave him the
money he had called him over into a
corner of the room and, holding the bills
up, had said that he had a fine engrav
ing he wanted to show him. The commit
tee adjourned until 2 P. M.
Attorney Foster, representing United
States Senator Clark, cross-examined
State Senator Clark at the afternoon ses
sion. The witness stated ho had first met
Marcus Daly about 10 days before the leg
islature adjourned In 1S99. He said he had
received 55250 from Daly for representing
him as h's counsel In one transaction. He
also said that before the meeting of the
legislature In January last he had not had
a high opinion of Fred Whiteside, believ
ing his conduct in the state capital loca
tion matter had not been exemplary. For,
this reason he had declined to joinWhite
side and Campbell in their scheme to. ex
pose tho alleged bribery proceedings In
connection with a United States senator
until Whiteside's record should.be cleared
up. Ho had, however, accepted the ex
planation made by Campbell, and had then
agreed to meet .Wellcome. He declared,
In response to an inquiry, that he did
not belong to the Daly faction, "neither
before nor since the meeting of the legis
lature." i
The witness said that when Campbell
had approached him first" he had under
stood the use of money was to b8 ex
posed, whether by Senator Clark or any
one else. It was generally understood,
however, that Clark was using money and
that no others were doing so In that con
nection. He had known that Campbell
was a supporter of the Daly faction. The
plan for him to take money from Well
come and mark it, and then turn it over
to Whiteside had not been acted uppn be
tween himself and Whiteside. He had not
any Intention of holding the money him
self. Replying to a question, be said he
was only a witness in this case.
"Witness and detective, you mean,"
suggested "Foster, to which the reply
was: J -'' '
"Yes, If you call it detective work to go
into a combination to expose bribery."
(He-stated that when the $5000 in money
was taken outf of hi3 popket by Well
come, the latter laid It down on a steam;
radiator in the corner of the room.
"I was not Interested In the picture on
the wall to which Wellcome directed my
attentiont" he said. "I was looking after
tho money. 'v .
Speaking of the fact that he had not
kept some of his promises to Wellcome,
the witness said that he did not consider
It wrong to deceive "that kind of a
man."
"Whether a misrepresentation is repre
hensible," he said, in the same connection,
"depends upon to whom you are making
it and the purpose for -which it is made."
On redirect examination Clark stated
that the $5250 given him last June had been
given for the purchase of a half Interest
ip the Madisohlan, a paper published in
hi? (Clark's) town.
Fred W. Cowen, a railroad conductor of
Missoula, Mont., testified to going to Hel
ena during the sitting of the legislature
at the instance of W. M. Bickford, who
asked him to secure for Clark the support
f-of Speaker Stiff, of the Montana house
of representatives. The witness testified
that BIckford had said that up to that
time they had been unable to secure Stiff's
support to Clark, and that they were
willing to pay $15,000 .for. that support. The
witness had suggested that as Stiff was
committed to Conrad, the offer of $15,000
should bo made to him simply to stay
away when the vote was reached, not
casting any vote for a candidate for the
senate. BIckford had asked for time to
see Clark, and when they had next met
had told him that $15,000 would be paid if
Stiff would refrain from voting and that
$1000 would be given to him for services.
Later Bickford had said that Clark had
become apprehensive that Stiff would not
stand by the bargain, and had called the
deal off.
Cowen said later that he had never men
tioned the proposition to Stiff. He was to
have talked with Stiff on tho train going
to Missoula, but the proposition was with
drawn before the opportunity was pre
sented. On cross-examination Cowen said
no promises had ever been made to him.
for making his revelation in this case.
THE ROBERTS INVESTIGATION.
Only Difference In the Committee Is
as to Manner of Excluding HIm.
VWASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The Roberts
investigating committee held a protracted
executive session today In hope of reach
ing a conclusion, but so many legal ques
tions were discussed that a final result
was not reached, nor any vote taken in
dicating the standing of the committee.
Another meeting will be held at 10:30 to
morrow morning. A member of the com
mittee Is authority for the statement that
the delay is due mainly to a desire for
unanimity and to avoid, if possible, two
reports. The members are practically
agreed on the facts involved. The differ
ences relate to the manner of excluding
Roberts.
DEWEY'S REPORT.
What He ThonffhTof the Manila Sit
uation Before He Left Hong ICong.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Responding
to the senate's resolution of inquiry, the
secretary of the navy today sent to the
senate a copy of Admiral Dewey's re
port from Hong Kongt dated March 31,
1S9S, relative to the capture of Manila.
The text of the report shows that it was
made In response to a telegram of in
quiry from the secretary, and the admiral
gives in detail the names of the available
vessels under his command, and' also a
list of Spain's vessels and other means of
defense at Manila, He states that his
own squadron was in a high state of
efficiency. Speaking of the Spanish force,
he said ItTnuhibered "about 15,000 soldiers
of all arms in all the islands, of which
half are in the vicinity of Manila. The
islands are now In a state of insurrection,
and my informants state that even the
Spanish soldiers, who constitute only a
small part of the whole, are disaffected.
Both ships and forts are in need of am
munition.", To this statement he added the follow
ing: "t believe I am not over-confident .in
stating that with the squadron under my
command the vessels could be taken and
the defenses at Manila reduced in one
day. There, is every reason to believe
that with Manila taken or even blockaded,
the rest of the Islands would fall either
to the insurgents or to ourselves, as they
are only held now through the support of
J the navy, and are dependent upon Ma
nila for supplies. Information has just
reached me that there are 5000 armed
rebels In camp near Manila who are will
ing to assist us."
CONGRESSMAN CUSHMAN SICK.
He nns Developed Symptoms
of
Scarlet Fever.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Congressman
Cushman is confined to his residence, and
the physician who has been attending
Mrs. Cushman during a severe attack of
scarlet fever says Mr. Cushman has devel
oped symptoms of the same disease.
Cushman went to the capitol Tuesday for
the first time in several days to hear Mr.
Beveridge's speech on expansion and the
Philippines.
At the 'request of Senator Foster, John
Burton has been ordered reinstated to his
former position as clerk at Vancouver
barracks, where he had been for eight
years prior to the Spanish-American war.
He was ordered to the Philippines with
General Otis, and, broken In health, re
turned ito find his former position occu
pied. OVfirf o
Collector Ivey, of Alaska, saidf tdday he
would resign shortly and prepare to go to
Cape Nome, He expects to locate perma
nently at Seattle. He "does not propose
resigning while complaints remain lodged
against, him.
Presidential Nominations.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The president
today sent these nominations to the sen
ate: Andrew F.' Caldwell, agent for the In
dians of the Fort Hall agency, Idaho.
Sergeant-Major O, C. Nichols, to be sec
ond lieutenant. Thirty-fourth volunteer in
fantry. Favorable Reports.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The senate
committee, on Indian affairs authorized a
favorable 'report on Senator Pettigrew's,
bill for free homes on lands ceded from
the Indians. A favorable report was made
on Shoup's bill to ratify the agreement
with the Fort Hall Indians for the cession
of a portion of their lands.
Gage's Cousin Dying in Want.
TOLEDO, O., Jan. 11 William W.
Gage,, a cousin of the secretary of the
treasury, penniless and depending upon
charity for medical attendance, is dying
at a boarding-house in this city. He Is
a widower and lost all of his property
during the civil war, while he was in
the South. He was for a time a prisoner
of the Confederacy. A number of years
ago he came to Toledo and has been a
real estate broker.
Three months ago he became 111, and his
money was soon exhausted. His landlord
has been providing for him and today noti
fied Secretary Gage of his condition. The
dying man's only son. went to tne Klon
dike three years ago, and has not been
heard of since'.
Chest Playing Blindfolded.
CHICAGO, Jan. H. Harry N. Pillsbury,
champion chesa player of America, .prac
tically accomplished last night the feat
of' playing simultaneously 16 games blind
folded. Pillsbury played against mem
bers of the Chicago Chess and Checker
Club and at 2 o'clock this morning had
not only successfully completed the ma
jority of the games, but had won the
greater number. It is the first time that
any chess expert has played so many
games without seeing tho board.
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China's Troubles, Domestic and For
eign, Are "Mnltinlylngf France's
Ambition Japan Preparing.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 11. A digest
of opinions of the principal Chinese and
Japanese papers as received today by the
steamer Empress of Japan, 13 days from
Yokohama, indicate- that Russia Is unmis
takably revealing her Intentions In the far
East. The China Gazette says that, tak
ing advantage of -England's pressing en
gagements in South Africa, the Russ'an
government, through its consul at Han
kow, has revived Us claim to the JardCne
Matheson land, making a demand for the
property In-the most peremptory ,f ashlon.
The Russian: consul claims that the Ques
tion' of the disputed ownership of the
land has been absolutely decided in favor
of his government, and he has announced
his intention to take forcible possession
of the property without further negotia
tions. His actions are said to have, been
extremely high-handed. Relations between
tho British and Russian residents are
strained to the breaking point.
China's troubles, foreign and domestic,
are said to be more complicated now than
ever before. Hong Kong native reports
say that the French are still holding the
Chinese taltaovat Kong Chow Wan as
hostage, until their demand for the hand
ing over of the LulchI magistrate has
been complied with. The French consul
at Halhow has left for Haiphong, and
serious outbreaks are daily expected.
Tho rebellion in Central China has be
come formidably, and advices from Ghang
Sha, dated December 20, state that the
Insurrection In Hengshand district is
spreading rapidly, a large body of Insur
gents haying already entered Ping Siangh
Shlen on the frontier, touching the Yun
Nan borders, and the center of some new
and valuable coal mines.
The state of anarchy in South China,
and more particularly in the province of
Kwang Tung, is causing no little anxiety
to the British authorities and to all hav
ing an Interest In the Integrity of the Chi
nese empire. The Cantonese are- the race
in China least disposed toward the pres
ent dynasty, and their disloyalty has been
increased by a weak and corrupt provincial
government.
Forming the buffer between the rest of
the Chinese empire and the French posses
sions in Annam. there have been for years
bodies of armed men, only partially un
der control, who have worried the French,
when it suited, and then these actions
have been disavowed when necessary. The
French In Kwong Chau Wan have been
attacked by bands, which the Chinese
authorities claim are pirates whom they
are unable to suppress. Unless England
compels drastic measures and some firm
hand takes control In South China, France
may seize the excuse to include this, al
most the richest province In the Chinese
empire, within French territory.
There Is abundant evidence in the Japa
nese press of the probability that Japan
is drifting into a war with Russia. The
Japanese apparently do not shrink from
the dangers of such a conflict, their gov
ernment having recently given an order
in England for 100,000 suits of warm winter
clothing for Japanese soldiers, In prepara
tion for a campaign in Russia. The Kobe
Chronicle asserts that a Japanese cruiser,
with a largo force of soldiers on board,
recently sailed from a Japanese port un
der sealed orders, and that three trans
ports have been chartered to carry troops
to Corea. The following Is a specimen oi
Japanese journalistic opinion:
"The Japanese are convinced that to
permit Russia to acquire Corea or estab
lish Russian ascendancy in Northern
China would be strategically, politically
and commercially a deadly menace to
Japan's rapidly developing strength. Japan
believes her navy is strong enough to at
tack Russia, and the general opinion Is
that the interests of the two nations are
so conflicting that it Is impossible to avoid
a rupture In. the near future."
Christmas eve a storm of great severity
swept over the Japanese coast, causing
the loss of many.liyes, much property arid
shipping. Out of 40 junks that were pass
ing between Kobe and Osaka in tow, all
but five wero lost. Of the 194 men on board
these vessels, all but 25, who were picked
up by tho police, launches, were drowned.
At Sakai, three fishing vessels foundered,
only two persons being saved. At Nama
zu, 18 lives were lost. A number of other
districts report heavy losse to shipping
and'of life. The los,s of life is estimated at
from 400 to 500.
Since December 1 trains have been run
ning regularly on the Russian railway
connecting New Chwang, Port Arthur and
Talien Wan. The Russians are being con
gratulated .upon the rapid completion of a
railroad of not less strategic than commer
cial importance to Russia. It is said, how
ever, that the line shows signs of having
been hastily built, so that a high rate of
speed cannot be attained by trains.
The-latest news from Corea is that the
island kingdom purposes to throw open
Port Hamilton to trade. Three little Isl
ands constitute the group known as Kyo-bu-To.
The central islet was occupied in
1855 by Great Britain, while tho eastern
island served for exercising troops. The
Corean government now Intends to make a
harbor at the central island, and to ap
propriate land for a foreign settlement on
the western. As the place offers no great
opportunities ior trade, it is supposed the
move is really political rather than com
mercial. The government of the federated Malay
states is carying out a scheme for the
wholesale importation of Chinese laborers.
Fifty thousands coolies from Canton prov
ince are being shipped direct to the Malay
peninsula ports. The Malay government
contributes $5 per head towards this trans
portation expense.
French, Chamber of Deputies.
PARIS, Jan. H. In the chamber today
M. Coiliard, socialist, moved a vote of
300,000 francs to relieve the strikers of the
Loire coal basin. The premier, M. Wal-deck-Rousseau,
asked for postponement of
the motion, pointing out that the lace
makers were still on- strike, and the par
liament and the government could not
intervene in the strike. Buf. he added,
when there may be need for help, the
government would consider the matter.
The motion was then postponed and the
house adjourned.
Fighting In Congo Free State.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 11. The Solr says a
detachment of Congo Free State troops
under Baron d'Hanis, the Belgian com
mander, had two battles with the rebel
lious Bataloas, In the neighborhood of Ba
raka, early in October last. In which 90
of the Bataloas were killed, while the
Congo Free State troops suffered no cas
ualties. Among the killed were three
chiefs.
Prince Albert Buys n Vineyard.
BERLIN; Jan. 11. Prince Albert of
Prussia has bought the celebrated Wil
helm vineyard, at Markbruime, for J56C0
an acre.
Li Hnng Chang at Shnngsnl.
SHANGHAJ, Jan. 11. U Hung Chang
has arrived here, on his way to assume
the vlceroyship of Liang Kwang.
Money Order Buslnexs With Mexico.
GHICAGO, Jan. H. A special to the
Record from Washington says:
The first report on the exchange of in
ternational money orders between the
United States and Mexico was received by
the postofilce department today. In dis
cussing the new convention, Superintend
ent Metcalf. of the money order division,
said:
"The first report Is gratifying and indi
cates the great benefits the business men.
of the United Qtates will receive from the
system. There were about 30 money or
ders taken out the first day. We have
been working for ten years to secure this
conventlqn, and it Is a matter in which
the business men of a large number of
the large cities have a great Interest.
"I have had considerable correspondence
with one of the largest firms in Chicago
on the subject, and they have asked per
mission to have 5000 money-order blanic
for use with Mexico printed. I expect to
receive similar applications from a num
ber of other large firms in Western cities.
There is every reason to believe that our
merchants will take advantage of the new
system; and- that it will prove a great
blessing to both."
NAVAL OFFICER'S SUICIDE.
Lieutenant-Commander Greene Kill
ed Himself at Montevideo.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. The following
cablegram was received at the navy de
partment from Admiral Schley, command
ing the South Atlantic station:
"Montevideo Secretary of the Navyr
Lieutenant-Commander F. E. Greene com
mitted suicide Wednesday evening. Ar
rangements have been made for burial
ashore. A board is appointed to examine
the circumstances of the case and report.
The officers' friends at the department are
at a loss to account for his act. He had
an excellent Tecord and no bad habits."
Lieutenant-Commander Greene was born
in Indiana, and was appointed a midship
man in 1S67. He graduated, in 1SH, and
went to the Congress. Becoming an ensign
in 1S72, while on the Tlconderoga, he, saw
in succession duty on the Monitor, on the
Kansas, on the Shawmut, and in the
coast survey. He became a master in
1S75, and a lieutenant In 1S82. He made
cruises In turn on the Yantlc, the Alert
and the New HamDshlre, and came to
the naval provlng-grounds hero in 1SS0.
The following year he was. on duty at the
Washington navy-yard, where he re
mained until 1893, when he went to the
Pacific coast on the Monterey. He was'in
service on the Ranger, the Adams, and
the Petrel, and again at the Washington
navy-yard In 1SS6. In the following year
ho was attached to the Alliance, but when
the war broke out he became the execu
tive officer of the Montcomery. He be
came a lieutenant-commander in 1S99. and
was again ordered to the Montgomery, on
the South Atlantic station, where he was
serving at the time of his death.
AVAILABLE FOR SEA DUTY.
Devrey Will Command" a Fleet i He
Wants To.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
If Secretary Long approves the recom
mendation of the board of officers engaged
I in revising the naval regulations. Admiral
Dewey will contlnuo to be available for
sea duty. A provision Inserted In the reg
ulations permits his assignment to com
mand a fleet and to a sphere of duty as
the secretary of the navy may direct. It
is not expected that the admiral will
again go to sea. though if he were to
make application for a sea assignment,
the department would undoubtedly be glad
to give It to him.
The admiral is officially on duty as a
member of tho PhiLppine commission.
He is not expected to return to Manila
with any members of the commission, but
will be detached from that body after it
has submitted -its final report. Instruc
tions have been sent to Rear-Admiral
Philip,' commandant of the Brooklyn navy
yard, to have the battlt-ship Texas ready
for duty by January 20. No decision has
yet been reported ' as to the officer who
will be assigned to succeed Captain S'gs-
bee, who Is under orders to relieve Com
mander Clover of the duties of the chief
of the naval Intelligence bureau on Feb
ruary i. Tne Texas will join the New
York In the West Indies.
The Detroit and the Machias, when the
Santo Domingo incident is disposed of
will also join the flagship there. When
these four vessels are assembled ' it will
be possible for the fleet to engage in
maneuvers.
Satisfactory Test of the Albany.
NEWCASTLE, England, Jan. 11. Tho
new United States cruiser Albany, which
was given an official trial off thia port
January 9, completed her endurance trial
today, consisting of a continuous run of
six hours, under natural draught. The
test was very successful. The shin be
haved well In heavy sea. The result of
the trial was as follows: Average speed
per hour, 19.54 knots; revolutions, 149;
horsepower, 5624; coal consumed, 144 tons
per 21 hours.
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DR. M'GLYNN'S FUNERAL.
Forty Thousand Persons Looked on
the Face of the Dead.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11. The funeral to
day of the Rev. Dr. Edward McGlynn, In
St. Stephen's church, of which he was
formerly the pastor, was the occasion of
a manifestation of popular affection such
as has been rarely witnessed.
The coffin containing the remains of tho
beloved priest was deposited at the altar
rail of the church, and from 5:30 A. M. un
til the doors were closed, at 12:30 P. M..
40,000 persons looked upon the face of the
dead. For four hours a compact stream
of humanity poured Into the church. They
moved in pairs up the middle aisle to the
foot of the coffin, where they parted, one
person going to the right and the other
to the left, and then, after gazing upon
tho face that had been loved by so many
thousands, theji passed out of the church.
Many remained in the church, and the
pews were crowded with more than 2500
persons long before the doors were closed.
At that time there were many on the
street who had not been able to gain ad
mission. The head had been slightly raised in
deference to an understood wish that
everybody In the church might see the
features of the dead from different parts
of the church. The purple robes of the
priest still clothed his body, and a cru
cifix was clasped In his hands. The feat
ures wore the same benevolent expression
as in life. The chancel was in black and
white. All the candelabra, altar fixings
and altars were clothed In these somber
colors, the white altar cloths having been
exchanged for black with white fringe.
To the left of the middle' sanctuary, as
one faced the altar, was a magnificent
cross of flowers, surmounted by a dove.
To the right was a large pillow of red
carnations, forget-me-nots and mignon
ette. Both were striking designs. Among
the first to push their way through the
crowd, with the aid of 300 policemen de
tailed to preserve order In the vicinity of
the church, were 50 letter-carriers from
the Letter-Carriers Union, which had
held Dr. McGlynn in great respect since
his aid to them. These men brought a
handsome floral wreath with old Celtic
lettering reading "Saga Thoron," or, In
English, "Our Beloved Priest."
The obsequies began at 9:30 with a sol
emn Chant for the dead, conducted by
Rev. Thomas F. McLoughlln and Rev.
Thomas O'Connor, of St. Stephen's.
The mass of requiem, according to the
rules of the Roman Catholic faith, was
celebrated by Rev. Charles McCrendy.
Right Rev. Mgr. J. F. Mooney, vicar-general,
delivered the eulogy, and the final
absolution was given by Archbishop Cor
rigan. The body was taken to Calvary
cemetery in Brooklyn.
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Cromwell as a Cavalryman.
John Morley, In the Century.
At Winceby or Horncastle fight (Octo
ber 11, 1643), as soon as the menhadknowl
edg of the enemy's coming, they were
very full of joy and resolution, thinking
it a great mercy that they should now
fight with him; and on they went, sing
ing their psalms, Cromwell in the van.
The Royalist dragoons gave him a first
volley, as he fell with brave resolution
upon them, and then at half plstol-ahot a
second, and his horse was killed under
promptly mounting, again-, rejoined the I
chargo, which "was so home-given and
performed with so much admirable
courage and resolution that tho
enemy stood not another, but were
driven back on their own body.'
It was clear that a new cavalry leader
had arisen in England, as daring as the
dreaded Rupert, but with, a coolness in the
red blaze of battle, a piercing eye for the
shifts and changes in the fortunes of tho
day, above all with a power of wielding
his phalanx with, a combined steadiness
and mobility, such as tho fiery prince
never had.
Whether Rupert or Oliver was first to
change cavalry tactics is, among experts,
matter of dispute. The older way had
been to fire a volley before the charge.
The front rank discharged its pistola, then
opened right and left, ami the second rank
took its place, and so on down to tho
fifth. Then came the otraet with swords
and butt-ends of their firearms. The now
plan was to substitute the tactics of the
.shock; for the horse to keep close to
gether, knee to knee, to face the enemy
front to fromV and either to receive tho
hostile charge in steady, strong cohesion,
or else in the same cohesion to beer down
on the foe, sword in hand, and net to fir
either pistol or carbine until they had
broken through,
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A MERCILESS WAR.
Wentern Buffalo Herd,i Swept A-tvay
by an Army of Sportsmen.
Philadelphia Record.
Nearly 5.000.000 buffaloes have been wired
out of existence during the past 30 years
on the Western plains. The work of di
straction began when the construction oC
the transcontinental roads was entered
upon. The contractors In some cases en
tered Into arrangements with hunters to
furnish their workmen with buffalo meat
at so many head per day. The construc
tion of the great transcontinental road
divided the great herd of buffaloes into
two parts one south of the Missouri river
and the other north.
In 1371 the northern herd was roughly
estimated at 3,000,000; organized bands ol
100 each set to work, and the average de
struction was estimated at from 3000 to
4000 buffaloes per day. In two years it
was estimated that 1.7SO,000 buffaloes wero
killed. During the first few years of this
regularly organized crusade the Indians
killed 400,000, and settlers and mountain
Indians killed about 130.000. The gram! to
tal for these years is figured out at about
3,700,000 buffaloes. By the year 1SS2 It was
found that there were not more than 1,000,
000 left, and these were very widely scat
tered. At that time there were 3000 hunt
ers in the field, shooting them down w:r
ever found. In 18S3 Sitting Bull and some
whites killed the remaining 10,000. Sucli
a meirclless war was never witnessed In
any civilized country. There are now SOO
buffaloes In captivity,
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ANCIENT DEAD.
Thousands of Bodies Taken From
London's Business Center
Chicago News.
Removal of human remains from the
crypt of St. George's church, at South-
wark, London, which, is now In progress
Is another instance of the gradual d',-
-turblng of the resting places of ancient
dead. From many burial grounds in tr
heart of London these removals have
taken place of late years as business er
or cached.
For example, from St. Michael's, Weed
street, has been taken the dust of thos
buried between 1550 and 1S63 a- period c
300 years. That takes one back to tr-a
davs of Queen Bess, when her brave md
reckless seadogs were laying the founda
tion of the British navy.
Many of the dead removed must havo
been contemporaries of Shakespea-e;
many must have witnessed the execution
of Charles I, experienced the horrors of
civil war and been astounded at the court
doings of the restoration. Durlag the last
10 years the remains of teisf UF.tftou
sands have been taken from London t3
Brookwood. Thousands were removed
from St. Botolph's in 1S03, large wooden
cases being made to receive the crumblirg
caskets.
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St. LouIh Physician Shot.
ST. LOUIS, Jan, 11. Dr. J. J. Mulhall, a
prominent physician, was found dead in
his office this afternoon. He had be n
shot, but whether by accident or not is
not known. A pistol was found beside th-
body.
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Dally Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows: ,
Available cash balance $233,6-9.3 9
Gold reserve 232,691,'W
The number of timber rafts on all the
rivers of European Russia la said to b?
more than 80,000 yearly, with a total c:
some 25,000.000 logs.
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