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THE MORNING OEEGONIAtf, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1900.
CROSSED THE AISLE
Sibley of Pennsylvania Assailed
the 'Democrats.
SPOKE IN FAVOR OF EXPANSION
la the Senate, Alloa, the Nebraska.
Pejtallst, Continued Ills JlttacU
ell Secretary oCTTreasurj-.
'WAAQKOTOK, Feb. 1-Bepreeentative
Joseph JStMey, of P-emaylvaala, who at
tained great prominence ia the SJth con
gress by his -earnest chanpteneblp of free
silver, ma ailed hts democratic colleagues
today for their opposition to expansion in
& speech that made the floor swd galleries
roar fMbler had recanted his views on
free stiver, and le new generally out of
line with hie coUeagnes en the democratic
side. He insisted toosy that expansion
was an original democratic doctrine pro
mulgated by Jefferson, and adhered to by
Madison, Jackson, Tyler, Polk and Bu
chanan. In eloquent language lie pictured
the destiny of the United States carrying
the arts of peace and the story of the
cross to the remotest corners of the globe.
Sibley received an impressive demonstra
tion when he closed. '
The remainder of the debate toflay was
-uninteresting. It touched the questions of
mediation m the Transvaal, lynchings in
the South and the Jury law in Hawaii.
Not much progress was made with the
Indian appropriation Bill, which was un
der consideration.
Nearly the entire morning hour in the
senate today was occupied by Allen of
Nebraska, in the discussion of the report
of Secretary Gage, concerning his trans
actions with the National City bank, of
New York.
Daniel of Virginia then delivered an ex
tended speech on the pending financial
measure. He vigorously opposed the prop
osition that the country should go to the
gold standard.
Daniel M. Ranedeti, of Indiana, and
Charles G. Bennett, of New York, were
sworn 4a as secgeaat-at-arras and secre
tary of the eettat respectively.
THB DAY IX DETAIL.
Sibley's ExpaBsion Spt cb. In the
House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. L At the opening
of the session of the bouse today the
speaker decided the queatio t submitted to
him a Jew days ago relative to the refer
ence of the estimates for the Rock Island,
111., and Sprlngfeld, Mass., armories, In
favor of the mil tary -affairs committee, so
far afi the appropriations for small arms
are concerned ana in favor of the appro
priation committee, so far as the appro
priations for fixtures for tSie armories are
concerned."'
The conference report on the urgent de
ficiency Mil was adopted. It was only a
partial agreement Two Items are still in
dispute. One of these, an appropriation
for a public building at Kansas City, was
agreed to, and the house still insisted upon
its disagreement to the appropriation of
$MO0 for the observation of the eclipse of
the sun, as ) had been given the Smith
sonian institute for the same purpose.
The house then went into committee of
the whole and resumed consideration of
the Indian appropriation bill.
Shafroth (all. Colo ) made a speech say
ing It was the duty of the "United States
to mediate between Great Britain and the
Transvaal. He traced the history of the
Transvaal Dutch from the migrations from
Holland to show that England was ln--vadlng
the rights of the South African
Republic. H claimed that England had
practically abandoned her claim of suze
rainty over the Transvaal In the conven
tion of 1884. The demands of Great Brit
ain that the Transvaal should adopt nat
uralisation laws for the benefit of the Ult
landers, should adopt the English language
as the official language, and should not
Impose certain taxes upon the mines were
outrageous. He concluded with the state
ment that no fair-minded man could ex
amine the controversy without being con
vinced that England was wrong and the
Transvaal was right. His remarks were
liberally applauded.
Talbert (dem. S. C.) denounced Llnney
(rep. N. C.) for his reflections upon the
fair name of the South yesterday.
Sibley (dem. Pa.), In an hour's speech,
criticised hts fellow-democrats for oppos
ing the annexation of the Philippines. He
had heard no argument against territorial
enlargement which was not urged against
the annexation of Louisiana and Texas.
"Is there any parallel?" asked Cochran
(dem. Mo), "between the Louisiana pur
chase, then practically without population,
and the Philippines?"
"Nothing has been said about the Phil
ippines," replied Sibley, "which was not
eald about the territory now Missouri. You
in Missouri were classed as barbarians."
"But are the Philippines, with a popula
tion denser than Iowa, Misseurl, Kansas
and Nebraska, available for occupation?"
asked Cochran.
"I think they are. When Jefferson nego
tiated the purchase of Louisiana he was
the target of vituperation, ridicule and re
proach. From New Bngland came such
epithets as 'Jacobin.' 'imperialist,' 'per-.
verter of the constitution, yet all admit
now that Jefferson acted wisely."
"Do you believe the people In the Phil
ippines are susceptible of the civilization
of the inhabitants of the Louisiana pur
chase "
"I am not placing limitations upon the
power of Almighty God," answered Sibley,
amid a round of republican applause. Pro
ceeding. Sibley pointed out that modern
methods had brought the Philippines near
er than the Louisana purchase or Texas
when they were annexed. In reply to
Cochran's taunt that civilization was be
ing shot Into the Philippines, Sibley said
that the history of civilization had been
traced in human blood. Wendell Phillips
had said that every achievement of hu
man Justice had gone from rack to rack
and from scaffold to scaffold.
"Shall we hold Puerto Rico and the Phil
ippine archipelago?" asked Sibley. "Ev
ery foot. No nation on earth has a high
er right of title to a rod of soil. We ha e
the double title of purchase and conquest,
and my belief is that where once the shad
ow of our banner ha fallen there will sur
vive a race of freemen, and I would hold
Cuba until stability, order, good govern
ment and the protection of life and prop
erty were assured. I am going to echo the
president's query. 'Who will haul down
the ; Who planted k there? What
cabinet council, what warrior, what states
man, what senator or represent at He?
What body of men formed any plan of
conquest? The cries of suffering humanity
rang in our ears and we stopped our ears.
The groans were heard, but we answered
not We saw them stripped and wounded
on our way to Jericho, and like the priest
and the Levlte. we passed bv on the other
Jilifo Knt Mtiliat ttiAu aJm .....a
. ... .. . ul 1 bvSH i
at me tnrone or the Almighty, who to
awakri. u r .. .,w . .,J. 'I '
awaken us from our apathy, oar almost
criminal tadMrerence, permitted the en
gines of his wrath to hurl their thunder
bolts under the bows of the Maine lying
peacefully at anchor In Havana harbor.
Nor tovnest-sbrhted statesman, nor most
daring wirrtor had dreamed even of the
possrbt.lt of great gain, growth or great-1
rxa to ooe to us as a nation from that
war of which the blowing "up of the
Maine was the first declaration God and)
the valor of American arms gave us that J
termor not because we are a nation ai
togetbt r free altogether .pure and alto
gether nKmeless but because, work ng
throtusrh him as an instrumentality he has
given to the boldest, the freest, the
moet i rogroas've the most en'tghteaed
and m et Christian of all nation of
he rer' age
:.. kved the United States was
destined to carry the arts of peace and j
tne story or tne cross to tne remotest cor
ners of the globe. He appealed to the
democratic side to come back to the teach
ings of the democratic fathers,. Expansion
had Jeen fathered and (advocated by,. Jef
ferson Jackson, Polk and Buchanan.
" 'Only cpwards oppose- It,' Buchanan
said, and he was the last democratic pres
ident we. have had." (Laughter.) The J
Nicaragua canal should be built, he said,
and the subsldj bill to encourage Ameri
can shipping passed. China is tp be dis
membered. W- must reach, out and get
our share of f& -commerce.
"If this administration," he went on,
"shall surrender the Philippines, the 'his
torian of the future, which extols Jef
ferson. Madison, Tyler and Polk, will
write down McKlnley's action as the most
pusillanimous in the record. But this ad
ministration will not surrender. Its critics-will
be forgotten. Every advance to
higher and nobler forms of life has been
opposed" by some old, conservative, moss
hackers, who prated of the good old days
when his grandfather swung by his tail
In the forest primeval.
"Mr. Chairman, eery dictate Of reason
and of prudence, every dictate of busi
ness sense and of commercial advantage,
every prompting of humanity, and every
obligation of plighted fraternity unite in
the demand that we go forward. We
have a mission to fulfill, a destiny to ac
complish, n example to be afforded to the
nations how they may justly rule them
selves, not In license, but in liberty.
"Shall we falter in our duty, shall we
haul down that flag whose waving stripes
bespeak the red sacrifice and the white
of purity, and whose silver stars, shining
In the field of blue, are an aspiration and
an inspiration to all that Is noble in life
and beneficent. In government? No let It
float, and
"Under its foldaihall brothers be knit in closest
bands.
From the mountain crest to the gray eea eands.
And the Wprld be better, I ween'"
When Sibley concluded, he received an
ovation such as has not been accorded
any speaker In the house this session.
The debate then returned to the question
of lynchings In the South.
Klutz, (dem. N. C.) and Griggs (dem.
Ga.) defended the South. The latter de
scribed some of the atrocities which led
to lynchings. While he did not Justify
lawbreaklng he declared that those who
condemned the lynchings unqualifiedly had
water, not blood, in their veins. (Ap
plause.) Gaines (dem. Tenn ) raised the question
as to the application of the constitution
to our new possessions, holding that It
did apply, and citing decisions of the
courts relative to Alaska In support of
his position. This closed the general de
bate. HItt (rep. HL) reported the diplomatic
and consular appropriation hilL
At 5:10 P. M. the house adjourned.
In. the Senate.
At the opening of the senate's session,
Rawlins (dem. Utah) rose to a question of
personal privilege and to make a personal
inquiry.
"XHuve noticed,' said he, "In the Record
of the last week frequent references to
myself and Intimating that had I taken
palna to dd 'so i might have revealed cer
tain things as to the domestic affairs of
citizens of my state, and parhaps to the
moral status or -a member or members
of the house of representatives. The par
liamentary inquiry I wish to make Is
whether such allusion to a member of this
body is a breach of the courtesies and
pr lieges of this body, and whether it
would be within the privileges of a mem
ber of the senate to reply to such allusions.-"
The chair (Frye) held that if any sena.
tor should begin an attack upon any .mem
ber of the house, the char would call
blm to order, but he said it was for the
speaker of the house to determine what
action he should take in such circum
stances. Rawlins said his silence should
not be taken as an admission of the truth
of the statements.
Pettigrew (sll. S. D.) offered a reso
lution that a paper ent.tled, "The Philip
pine Commission be printed as a public
document. He asked that It lie on the
table until tomorrow morning.
Pettus (dem. Ala.) offered a resolution
calling on tne secretary of the navy for
Instruction as to why he declined to sup
ply the court of claims with the informa
tion as to naval courts-martial The reso
lution .went over Under objection
The resolution of Allen (pop. Neb) dis
charging the finance committee from fur
ther consideration of his. resolution call
ing for Information from the secretary of
the treasury with reference to his trans
actions with the National City bank and
the Hanover National bank, of New York,
was. laid before the senate. Allen claimed
that the replies of the secretary of the
treasury had not been sufficient. He re
viewed the reply or Secretary Gage to. his
resolution. He read the now famous let
ter addressed to Secretary Gage by A. B.
Hepburn, vice-president of the National
City bank, in which reference was made
to the bank directors part in the cam
paign of 18S6. Allen adm.tted that no re.
ply was made to that tatter, but he said
that its object' was attained, as evi
denced by the fact that when the'letter
was w ritten the National Ciy bank had on
deposit less tftan jiO.OOO of government
money, while less than a month later the
government deposit In that bank was
abOut 524,000.000.
Sarcastic comment was made by Allen
on that .part of the correspondence which
related to the transaction of the govern
ment's business In the Philippines through
the City National bank. He was Inter
rupted by Carter (rep. Mont.), who said
that about that time he had been informed
by the pa master-general of the armv that
he was wholly without bankng facilities
for the payment of our troops In the
Philippines, except through London.
"I would like to ask the senator," In
quired Carter, "if he thinks there is any
thing objectionable In an effort made oy
the government to try to pay United
States soldiers in the Philippines In Ameri
can money through an American bank,
thus escaping the ruinous discounts which
We have to pay London banks."
Allen replied that he did not care to
have his epeecn interrupted. Such ques
tions caused a departure that he did not
like.
Spooner (rep. Wis.): "It is not a
departure from the truth, but simply a
departure from your speech."
"The senator from Nebraska," interject
ed AJdrlch (rep. K. I.) "is now showing
that an American bank was trying to get
the business done by London "banks, and
the treasury was trying to give it."
Allen declared that from all th s corre
spondence It was a logical deduct on that
the transactions were conducted for po
litical purposes.
"ThRt is," suggested Carter, "It is a
logical deduction of the senator from Ne
braska." (Laughter.)
"lou may undertake to bully this sub
ject down," said Allen, with some heat,
"but sou can't do it. You cannot laugh
It down as you will not be able to per
suade the American peop e that there was
not undue Intimacy between the treasury
and the National City bank. And this
knowledge or this fact hurts, too "
Without having COncluirt his remarks
Allen- yielded the floor to Daniel (dem Va.J
, Hlapilw1 thn njin.Hntr non.l.l 1.1 1 1
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e recognized, he said, the prosperity that
the industries of the country were now in
joying, and expressed hope that it might
continue and increase, but he declared
the passage of the pendlrg bill would
be no facter in It He believed Its pas
sage would be a serious menaos to the
country. -Hededared that the pending bl 1 '
practtcaHy
iatruck a
Alter a unei speecn against the hill by
Stewart (s Nev.) b l - nW to
After
re,mburse-the state of W amine for monev
expeaded In protecting the Ye lowstone 1
National Park, and to enlarge the powers
of the Choctaw,. Oklahoma & Gulf rail
road. It Is pqseible. that a. playground fox
rce? tmom t i"lil'.V In ""i.n.H4.u.'t ni.
dogs may be establ'shed In Central Park,
New Toft.
TREATY WITH THE SULUS
tee adjourned soon after, with the under
PKKSIDE2ST SEXJDg kVL THE CORRE- -rAtaiLS tfcat. mlth was free to offer the
SPOXDEACE TO THE SEATE
.1
The Provisions for Pay of the Sul
tan and Temporary Continuation
pf Slavery.
WASHINGTON? Feb.IHn compliance!
repnY'S mSfntTaPeSf V g T A? ? '!
Brigadier-General J. : Bates, In relation Bv JJf; ZZSluJ?0' SK 1
to the negotiation ofTk treaty of agree- Jf"1' "tabltoh my right to a seat
ment made by him -with the sultan of T lf?! Jl aver or '?" to cn"
Sulu, last August. In replying to the "" miaYerS n ? lf ne maUer
request Hheapresideftt says: . anmjt ?. blu ?T " aPreme
"The pajnients of money provided by 1 urtcof Jtnited States- l ?ha P"11
the agreement will he made from' thai ably ue 'r the emolument of the office
revenues of the Philippine Islands, unless nlcn was -elected, hy the state of
congress shall "otherwise direct. Such utan- cannot sue for the seat In con
payments are not for specific services, but , f3esJey weU after belns barrea out b?
are a part of the consideration going to 3" dy, which la the sole judge of Its
the sultan, tribe or nation . under the . membership
agreement, and they are stipulated as when reminded of the report that the
subject to the action of congress, in governor of Utah would call a special elec
conformity with the practice of this gov- I tlon t0- A" the vacancy caused by the un
ernment from the earliest times In Us 1 seating of Mr. Roberts, the latter said:
agreements with the -various Indian na- l 'I have heard of that, hut hae no defl
tlons operating and governing portions' of "j"nlte knowledge that Such action will be
territory subject to the sovereignty of taken. No, I don't think I would try for
the "United States"
General Otis, in transmitting the treaty,
August 27, says:
"The attitude of these people has been a
subject of apprehension for several
THE BRITISH
Fle British columns are trying to Invade the Boer republics, but without success. Bul
ler'sarmy In Natal Is stopped at the Tugela, aand Methuen's, on the western border, at Mod
der. Hler. French's dUlslon has got no further than Colesberg, and Gatacre la stopped at
Stormberg elly-Kenoy 3 working northward between th two. From, all indications tho
British plan, now is to unite the divisions of French; "Gatacre-and Kelly-Kenny, and under tho
leadership of Roberts or Kitchener jusa. across -the Free "State and capture Pretoria. That
would draw Boers from Natal and the western border, amT relieve the besieged garrisons of
, Ladysmlth, Klmoerley and Mafeklng.
months, and by this agreement, I believe,
the apprehended pending differences are
happily adjusted.'"
Secretary Root, In a reply dated October
27, tells General Otis that "the agree
ment Is confirmed and approved by the
president, subject to the action of con
gress, and with the understanding and
reservation, which should be distinctly
communicated to the sultan of Sulu, that
this agreement Is not to be deemed In
any way to authorize or give consent of
the United States to the existence of sla.v
ery In the Suluarchlp'elago. At the same
time when you communicate to the sultan
the above-mentioned understanding, the
president desires that you should make in
quiry a3 to the number of persons held
In slavery In the archipelago, and what
arrangement It may be practicable to
make for their emancipation."
In his Instructions to General Bates, un
der this direction. General Oils- eays:
"It is believed that the market price of
slaves In the archipelago Is insignificant,
ranging from $30 to $90 Mexican, and that
In some Instances owners will be pleased
to grant freedom to their slaves If they
can escape the burden of supporting
them."
General Otis continues to the effect that
the character of the domestic slavery ex
isting in the. "archipelago differs greatly
from the former slavery instltution'of the
United States, the slaves becoming mem
bers of the owner's family.
General Bates, In his report, states that
when he first asked to see the sultan, the
latter sent his greetings, saying he could
not come to the general, because he had
bolls on his neck, and could not put on
Mo nf r,f i,on m wno-Tn tho
protection of the United States, request-',
lng as a favor that he might hoist his
own flag alongside that of the United
States. The sultan's brother went, to
Jolo to meet General Bates, and the t sul
tan afterwards joined Aim, General Bates
states in this connection that the Sulus
are Very jealous of their institution of
slavery.
In his original instructions to Gerieral
Bates, General Otis instructed him, to
push to the front the question df sov
ereignty, and told him he could prom
ise for the United States not' to interfere
with, but to protect, the Moros In the free
exercise of their religion and customs,
social and domestic, and to respect the
rights and dignities of the sultan. In re
turn they must acknowledge the sover
elgnty of the United States" He also In
structed General Bates that It was Im
portant that the United States should
occupy the Principal distribution centers.
, "", ""- .. uop., vt., oisco, ?suor Henry McMullln, a hair-broth-should
be occupied by our troops at no er of Portland, $3000; Walter McMullin,
distant day. j a n6phew, $1000. Frank H. "Wlnslow, $10,-
000 in trust for his own use. The residue
DIPLOMATIC AM3 CONSULAR. BILL, is devised to Frank H. "Winslow, of Beat-
tie, and three sons of the decedent, Georgo
Appropriation Measure Agreed. Upon b., Sidney L. M., and Everett D. Starr.
by House Committee. ' i' . . . -
-WASHINGTON, Feb. L The diplomatic - Three Men Killed in Train Wreclc
and consular appropriation bill was finally- TAMPA. Fla , Feb. 1. The fast train on
agreed on by the house committee on for- the Plant system waa wrecked 20" miles
elgn affairs today. It carried a total of north of here last night. Engineer Ken
$1,730,476, as against $1,711,533 last year,' and nedy was Instantly killed. One passenger
$1,S96,84S estimates by the state depart- was killed and the body so mutilated It has
ment. The $6000 heretofore required for not been Identified. The son of II. P.
United States' participation in the tripar- HerndOn, mail agent of this city, died to
tlte government of Samoa is dropped, ow- day at the Sanford hospital Mr,. Herndon,
lng to the partition of the Islands. The sr., Is badly Injured. A number of other
$3000 for reports of the Inter-contlhental passengers were also Injured. The mall and
railway project'also Is omitted, as the worK
has been wound up,
At the meeting of the committee today,
"William Allen Smith, of Michigan,
brought forward a proposition to provide
for a diplomatic representative to the
Transvaal, in place of the limited consular
representative now provided. The suggest
tton was discussed, but Smith did not sub
mit a formal motion, and the proposition. L -NEW YORK, Feb. L Metal trade men
did not take form In the bill, as ex- ( in this city are much Interested in the or
pected. ganlzatlon under the laws of New Jersey
The usual allowance for Mexican boun- t of the United Metal Selling Company, with
dary work Is Increased 55000, owing. loathe a capital of $5:000,000. and the following
pressing need of an early settlement of directors: William Rockefeller. H. H.
the water right controversy.
The discussion of Smith's proposition
for a minister to the Transvaal was quite
animated. Smith said a large element, of
Hollanders in h"s district were desirous
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cjtzens. W nAw t,ave .consular agents-
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tftere' &ia tne Status Si a minister would
Give dignity and authority .Smith ma n-
talned that thle could be done without In- !
terfsrenoe with treatv nhrientlonfl. One
committeeman suggested thaAhe appo.nt-
iment of a United States minister to the
'Transvaal during the present war would
be equivalent to
1 I ?
,tp a recqghftlop, of the- Boer
Wotfld Jie so.constructed.
J republic and
I As there appeared to be disposition -tp
the proposition as likely to cause
Smith said he would not prss.
ote. as he had desired unanimity
if anything, waa to be done. The commit
jjklomatlcj and consular bill when U Is con
FalSerKl nn Hio'flnni. nr ,& WiCO
p--rr v-.w-f w . UGVUXlGtl,, W Wi M.f-
sIQerfill on the floor of-the hbyse.
WIM, GO TO COURT.
Roberts Will Frpbably Sue for HIa
aiilense and Salary.
CHICAGO. Feb. L-r-Brbrham H. Roberts.
Zl?L J??S? ,a J?w
a re-election, in case a special election was
held, for the result at Washington doubt
less would be the same. I am confident
my constituents would support me, how
ever, as they elected me hy a majority of
COLUMNS
6000, having full knowledge of the charges
which have since been brought against me
I am satisfied the people of Utah are with
me in this matter". It Is my opinion that
congress has established a. dangerqus prece
dent In barring out a representative elected
'by the peopfe."
Afedal of Honor for Helen Gould.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. There will be de
cided opposition, It is stated In "Washing
ton, to giving Miss Helen Gould the
thanks of congress, as nroppsedjn a. meas
ure recently introduced. Representative
Hull, of Iowa, chairman of the house
committee on military affairs, said that
he should oppose the measure.
"Not on the ground that Miss Gould has
not been the exemplification of generosity
and patriotism," said Mr. Hull, "but I
think VMS thanks of congress: Is not a fitting-way
In which to tejeard. It Is against
all precedent. In my opinion, Miss Gould
should have a medal of honor from con
gress." Shipping: Convict-Made Goods.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The restriction
of shipping convict-made goods from
state to state was discussed by the house
committee on labor today. A letter was
read from Martin Fox, president of the,
Iron Moulders' Union of North America,
stating that that branch of trade. Includ
ing pots, kettles, skillets, reservoirs, etc ,
has been practically abandoned to the
prison foundries. He stated also that the
penitentiary at Columbus, O , was turning
out 11,000 staves annually, and other large
products .,were coming from the penlten-
ft!' M 2"J:
The committee did not take final action
on the amendment or the bill as a whole.
Committee Rejected Roberts Claim.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. l.--The house
committee today rejected the claim of
Brlgham H Roberts, of Utah, for mileage
iri connection with his contest for a seat
in the house.
Blrs. Eliza Stnrrjs Will.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1. The. will of
Mrs Eliza Starr, widow of the late well
known miller, was filed for probate today.
Mrs. Starr was a resident of Seattle, but
died in Boston, December 29 last, leaving,
an estate worth $150,000. the greater part
of which Is in this city. The following
requests are made:
Frederick "W. Starr, of Brooklyn. $5000:
tn pnnll nf t Tin Lnna rP RValarlnu Ctnt
j1000r Mrs. S. R. Robinson, of San Fran-
express car3 and "two day coaches' .were
thrown from the track and turned over.
The accident was caused by the train run
ning ipto an open switch and colliding with
a freight car. It is believed the switch
was opened by some person with the In
tention of wrecking the train.
e
i -aietal-Selllns Company.
Rogers, C. C. Beaman, and Leonard and
Adolph Lewlsohn, of the corporation of
Lewlsohn Bros. The company will take.
over the metal business of the Lewisohns,
J. and that firm will by this means be re-
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der one management will put the handling
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j ib sepcy.
The TnlU of -the Town
, Is the unprecedented jmport of 109,303 cases
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PARRIED THE QUESTIONS
COMIN-rJATJON OE TUB WAR
BATE IK PARLIAMEINT.
X)K-
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Mnim.I..in R.irnn, w,u,. l
Asked the House Xor a Farther
Appropriation.
LONDON, FebL-In the house of com-"
mons today t the government parried most
of the questions fn' regard to the- war in
South Africa. Wyndham, the parliament-"
nry undeV-secretarv of state far war.
j taaihTalned that the information furnished
i by tne'ntelligerfce dfepartment'was-gen-
erany accurate, and that Information In
regard to the forces remaining in the
United Kingdom would be Included In the
statement which the government would
make shortly.
Relative to the speech made by General
Lord Wolseley, the commander-in-chIef,
In regard to the reverses In South Africa,
"Wyndham said Lord 'Wolseley merely in
tended to convey the Impression that the
military qualities shown by the Boers wero
of a higher order than had been anticipat
ed. At this remark, the Irish members
cheered.
Asked If he had any war news to com
muntcate to the house, Balfour, the gov
ernment leader and first lord of the treas
ury, replied In the negative.
Balfour, in -answer to another question,
said that while" the military operations
were proceeding he could not answer sny
Inquiry as to the slaughter of Highland
ers at Magersfonteln.
Regarding the dispatches of Major-General
Sir "William Francis Butler, who was
In command of the British troops in South
Africa until August, 1S99, when he was
relieved by Lieutenant-General Sir "Will
lam Frederick ForestIer-Walker, jt being
intimated that General Butler's sympa
thies were with the Boers, Balfour said
there was no reason to present them to
the house. General Butler's opinion on
South African affairs, he added, was well
known. The general had never suggested
to the war Office, either publicly or pri
vately, that the number of troops required
would be anything like the number actual
ly sent. In regard to the suggestion that
Indian troops should have been used in
South Africa, the house, Balfour said,
would understand the' Impossibility of this.
Replying to questions, relating to the
letters of B. F. "Hawkesly, counsel for the
British South Africa Company, and other
letters published by the Independence
Beige, the secretary of state for tho colo
nies, Chamberlain, admitted that those
of wh,lch he had had personal knowledge
werepublished substantially correctly. The
letters, he added, were stolen from
Hawke3ly"s office by a, clerk who was
summarily dismissed In 1S93. Chamber
lain further declared that he was only
aware of the existence of the letters a few
days before they wero published.
Balfour, replying to another question by
John Gordon Swift McNeill,, nationalist
member for South Donegal, In regard, ta
the letters published by the Independence
Beige, and what the government proposes
to do when the cabinet ministers are "de
liberately charged with personal dishonor
and public falsehood," said that, accord
ing to his view of the- case, such accusa
tions ought to be treated with contempt.
Sir Charles Dllke, advanced radical
members for the Forest of Dean division
of Gloucestershire, resumed the debate on
.Lord Fltzmaurlce's amendment to the ad
dress to the speech from the throne. He J
said he thought no one coum meny tnai
the net result had been to kill the belief
of the -world In Great Britain's- ability to
conduct u war. The country's military
reputation, he added, was never lower,
and even now the government failed to
grasp the seriousness of the war.
"Wyndham. parliamentary secretary for
tho war office, who followed, admitted the
war offioe had not been Impeccable,, but
he argued that the government had- dona
Its best, considering the limitations' of the
military system, and welcomed criticism,
as the country would be thus enabled to
turn to best account the tide of patriot
Ism and the lessons of the war. If the
government had done wrong, he contln
uedf It had done it with right motives.
The two cardinal points' In the campaign
were, firstly, a deslfe to give diplomacy
a- chance; secondly, the decision of Gen
eral Buller to relievo Ladysmlth. It must
not be supposed that he criticised General
Buller's decision. General Buller was on
the spot, and could doubtless explain his
actions. It was easy to conceive other
disasters which might have occurred along
any line of advance. They might have
had a universal rise of the Cape Dutch.
"Wyndham again deplored the amendment
which he asserted would be "mlsunder-
stood by tho Continental critics, by our
fellow subjects in Natal, and by our kins
men in America, who are watching the
vicissitudes of th.e struggle."
As regards the forces engaged. "Wynd
ham eald that exclusive of the Eighth di
vision and the Fourth cavalry brigade,
Great Britain had 142,000 foot and artil
lery, 3700 cavalry, 36 siege guns, 38 naval
guns, 36 howitzers, 54 batteries of horse
artillery, and 234 field guns, while the
combined forces of the two republics were
estimated In 1S9S at t58,O0O men.
The. parliamentary secretary of the war
office. aso said Jje would havo to ask the
house for larger financial pieans In order
that the-wanm'slxt-be brought to the-only
possjljle cqncluslort,- and that the system
of home defense might be put on a sound
footing.
LITTLE CONFIDENCE IX BULLER,
British Public Does Not Believe Ho
Can Reach. Ladysmlth.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. London papers
have little news from South Africa today,
and there is not much comfort in that
little, except that the beleaguered garri
son of Ladysmlth did not despair when
they learned of General Bullers second
reverse, but were still hopeful and de
termined. The public does not believe
that General Buller's army Is capable of
relieving Ladysmlth, so the talk of a
fresh movement does not Inspire It. It
Is not true as has been reported, that
General Buller has withdrawn all his
troops south of the Tugela. His big guns
were still at Mount Alice on Stinday, with
Lyttleton's brigade covering them.
According to the latest information, tho
retirement from Splonkop was Inevitable.
When reinforcements and a few guns ar
rived during the night, the posltlSn still
held by the British forces wasso con
fined that the various regiments were
huddled together, and It was Impossible
In the darkness to make proper arrange-
ments to meet the storm of shell and
bullets that the daylight would bring
upon them.
The campaign In Cape Colony does not
develop rapidly. The Boers at Colesberg,
fiteynsburg ahd Stormbery seem to A be
content If they can keep the British
troops In check, while Cronje operates be
tween Mbdder River afjd KImberley, hold
ing Methuen quiet while the Boers bom
bard the diamond city.
Dr, Leyd3' popularity In Berlin seems to
t)j worrying the London paTpers He la
to hold another conference with Count
von Bulow, the German foreign minister.
The alarm over the alleged defensele3s
ness of the British Isles Increases The
j"ondpn J-tally.Telegraph publishes djsjr,
pa.tch frpm .PflEtsnjouth,,. saying ,
i 4n wie; jvh v"we o fpMpmpiat
jberels a strong- Impression hefore
4n wie; nayot circles o f pjgsrapuin,
long the government will mobilize the-re
serve squadron and commission- several
cruisers to be added to It. This impres-
jslon Js borne out by the fact that the
navalfjlcprs wJtta are unemployed have
ne Jo pra-oajaetijeervicejnj-ehort
hand at
With all
lspe.ed. Only the moat accessary repairs
Ian several cruisers, now renting, have
been taken in hand.
"That the Channel squadrons have, at
the last moment twpn rtanaA In RrMlab
F waters Instead of being sent direct toOI-
!U4,V,". ajso constaereo a sign tnai
tawine important steps-may Be taxes, xae
rsQuaaron remans ror'TS' vk er arfrt!.
rafght'at Banirir-afBd tfee-S nr&oAa&t u Ktub
fbay or Gibraltar"
11 VU A . - - .- . ,
. .... WU.W, tv cV a uutc nmu uc win
1 of the Continental press Is not more hoa
j tile toward England than Itshas been lor
years: when no threat ls heard against
Ml. "" wai a irate wnen me rose
ii.ngiana m Russia er Germany, pr eves
in, "France. " K "
fr1ee state nKCRcrrs. .
The Number Going: From America
- . Is -fmall.
NEW YORK. Feb. l.-Charles Pierce,
eonsul-general for the Orange Free Slat
says. m "
"I believe that the man who went to
one of the armories, here in Manhattan,
and said he had sent 309 men from Wash
ington to the Transvaal and that he r"f
posed to send 3CX) more from here, fe a
faker. No one has gene- there from thta
country, to my knowledge, unless ae lM
his. own way and left here as a private
Individual I know that some former
army officers and surgeons have gene be
cause they have shown me their tickets,
but I cannot teU you their names. These
are the statementa I maker to all Inquiries
and thera are many of them, '
"First, any persen Wishing to- go to
South Africa must do so as a private in
dividual, as there Is no one In this coun
try authorized to enlist or send men from
the United States to South Africa.
"Second, no money has, been appropriat
ed for the purpose of sending men to
South Africa.
"Third, any person desiring to go to
South Africa must do so at his own ex
pense. The cost from New York to South
Africa Is about $200. It would be advisable
for every person going out there to take
an additional $200 or $300 to provide for
any possible contingencies" that might
arise after arriving there.--
"Fourth, the Orange Free State consuls.
ate- has no late news from the Orange
Free State government, as all communi
cation has been cut oft since war was de
clared." As few of those who wolild like- to go to
the' kopje and veldt have $500, fully 99
per cent of them will remain at home.
Warm Clothes for British Soldiers.
LONDON, Feb. L Owing to the discov
ery that cotton khaki Is Insufficient pro
tection for 'troops sleeping on the South
African plains the government fs starting
to reclothe the forces In the Held with
woolen khaki, and, has already ordered
95,000 suits In Glasgow ofone.
"War Canses Iron to Advance.
LONDON, Feb-. 1. Throughout South
Staffordshire the Iron works have ad
vanced the price of Iron- 10 shillings per
ton, on account of the deaVness- of ceaL
Hay at Lonrenco 3Iarque.
LOURENCO MARQUES Feb. 1. Adel
bert S. Hay, UnltedStates consul atPre
torla, arrived Jiere today, on his way to
the Transvaal.
NEGUS FRIENDLY TO ENGLAND
French, and Russian Intriguing; Was
of No Avails
NEWYORK, Feb. L A dlspateh. from
Zurich states that the reports that ilene
lik "is arming are untrue, and that the
negus has rejected French 'andt Russian
counsel to attack the English from the
rear. Menellk In November last received
an. extraordinary ambassador sent to him
by England, with the greatest honor. He
held any number of conferences with the
English envoy, at which H3rr Ilg. his
Swiss adviser, was present. The nezus
was highly delighted with the result of
the negotiations, and loaded the embassy
with costly. Dresahts for the a Mean.
f French and Russian iDjomatS are die-"
sausnea ai na tprnwnam yimss naye
taken. English influenceHjh Abyssinia
Is steadily increasing. Menellk will not
visit Paris. He takes the greatest pos
sible Interest in the construction of the
Djlbouti-Harrar railway.
AFFAIRS IN JAPAN.
Parade of a United States Regiment
In Yokohama.
YOKOHAMA, Jan 13, via San Francis
co, Feb. L The event of this week has
been the arrival of the United States
transport Grant with the Forty-eighth
regiment, U. S. V. (colored, on board.
In consequence of the breaking out of
the plague in Honolulu, the Grant was
obliged to put in here for coal. Permis
sion having been granted by the authori
ties, a dress parade of-the regiment wag
held this afternoon, anil a great crowd
witnessed the unusual spectacle of an
armed body of American soldiery landing
upon the shores of Japan.
The entire disappearance of the plague
from Kobe and the occurrence of no more
sporadic cases In other ports of the em
pire, Its ravages being now confined en
tfrely to the city of Osaka, Is a" fact at
tracting much attention. In the latter
city it has assumed Its-'most dangerous
form, that of lung attack, 'and has thus
become the, very breath of pestflence. in.
spite of this, however, on)y aKdases have
occurred there.
The diet begins Its sessions onr the 15th.
,A.mong the measures to be Introduced ia
pne for the amendment of'the criminal
pode, the provisions of which' will' be
watched, with great Interest by the now
exceedingly apprehensive foreign com
munity. e
Boer War In Illinois.
CHICAGO, Feb. L A. special to the
Timas-'Herald from Danville, 111., says:
Frank Specht, a German, who has an.
English -wife, and William Shoemaker,
an Englishman, with a. German wifev got
Into an argument over the Boer war last
night. The Injured:
Frank Specht, stabbed three times with
a pitchfork; may die. William Shoemak
er, badly beaten and scratched; Mrs. Will
iam Shoemaker, soratohed and hair torn
out; Mrs. Frank Specht, badly bruised
and scratched. -,
At the beginning of tho fracas, the
women stood valiantly for their own
nationality, hut as the fight progressed
each forgot country and 'fought for her
husband. When the police arrived, Specht
was unconscious and bleeding profusely.
While the women were' tearing at each
other's clothes and hair.
n
Missionary Killed by Chinese.
PARIS, Feb. 1. A dispatch frem. Peking
savs: The reoort of the death or TlmnAi-n
J JCwahg Su la not confirmed. The dfcpatcb
adds that the safety of foreigners Is not
threatened, hut that an English mission
ary having been murdered In the province
of Shang Tung, the British, American,
French,- Italian and German ministers
have addressed a-note to the foreign office
asking that measures be" taken by the Chi
nese authorities, for the'safety of mission
aries. . B
Cole "Waived Examination.
BOSTON, Feb. l.-Charles H. Cole, for
merly president of fife Globe National
bank, and who ta charged with embezzling
and misappropriating $900,000, the property
of the bank, waived examination today,
and, was heKf hj. $10,000 bonds for the grand
Jfiry of, the : nfetrigt court, which alls Mrch,
ml, v,v, i , T3 7r i . ; : zz? r
P e.J,anln South & Bejamln Walte,
qf Boston, were accepted as- sureties. Cale'
was brought here early In January from
Los Angeles, Cal. '
t i .
-Paper .In yCarfcr Case.
WASHINGTONVFeb V-iChe4 papers in
the. case of. Qaptaia Carter; waret received
at the supreme court today. TbataDDliea-
be made Monday,. ?
tfon iov a. .writ of certierarl will have-to
PARISH SCHOOL BURNED
SISTBR
AND TVPIXf PERISHKD KS
THB FIRE.
Fear Hundred Children Were- let the
BalldlaKV hat the-Ra.it Reached
the Street Safely.
STTLOCIS. Fee, L Two Uvea were lest
by a are wasah partfaMy destroyed St.
Lawrence OTPoele's jKupfefc school, on
Fmrte stir, this attocneasu The vie
tins were:
Sister Stantefeos.
March Foley, a pupil. yeas old.
They were in the south wtog of the third
fleer of the buUoing. and when they dla-
eeverea tnat the bwhnag was en are tney
were imprisoned by a pall of seaofce that
tne- one could penetrate, nrtwnon tried o
iwjckb umn, mi men gnra uraj !""
the suffocating smoke an BtasaseaMa bar
rier, and the sister and. her paaL despair
Jag of escape, fen at the feet of a. little
altar, upon which there was- a crucrftx. and
there, IS minutes later, two nroinoa who
had climbed up the ladder from the alley
found them, suffocated and unconscious,
embraced In each other's arms. Both died
a few minutes after bang carried to the
Plus hospital.
When the Are broke out 4ft pupils, la
charge f a nwnvser of sisters and broth
ers, were on the second and third Soots.
Without the loss of a moment, the teach
ers; with a quiet dignity that save their
charges- no reason to suspect their danger
commanded them to "fall in." Drill
marching has been one of the feature in
the school, and the scholars left their
f rooms In perfect eeder. They were almost
to the ground floor before they suspected
their vanger Then they broke and ran,
but the wide street doors were open, and
every one escaned- without a bruise
The fire was caused by an overheated
furnace In the basement. The lees on the
hulidfeg wMl not exceed $Mft.
A Half-MUllen-Dellar Fire.
DAYTOr, ., Feb. 1. Barry this morn
ing a are, (he result of a boiler explosion.
In the tobacco warehouse of J P. Wulf.
threatened ftor a while to de Immense dam
age In the manufacturing district of this
city. The Are was Anally gotten under
control at le-Jft, not. however, before fully
$tS09,00 worth 6f property had been de
stroyed. The principal lasers are. J P.
Wolf Sc Sons, tobacco merchants; X. Bimra
& Sons, grocers Benedict, cigars, Dayton
Paper Novelty Company
Nlghrwatehman Snedhtsjer was overcome
by smoke- and was fraud unconscious by
ftreiaen. Several firemen were badl froz
en,, and Fireman McCoy was. hurt, proba
bly by fairing walls.
Fatal Fire at Grand Forks.
GRAND FORKS, N. Dfc. Ft. L-Flre In.
"East Grand" Forks yesterday destroyed a
saloon and burned to death W D Kellj,
one. of pie proprietors and T. J McAdam.
ay Haayor of the cKy. The bodies were net
found until today. It Is swaeceed that in
passing Kelly's place they had smelted es
caping gas, and had gene Into the base
ment by an outer floor to Investigate and
that they had lighted a match, whi'- i
caused an explosion, setting the house on
fire. The bodies were locked In each oth
er's arnw, indicating that one had at-
tersfpted to carry the other cut.
Large Fire In Indianapolis".
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1-Flre, which
broke otK at 9 o'clock this- afternoon in
George W. Stout's wholesale grocery store
spread to adjoining buildings, occupied by
Brlnkmeyer. Ktrha & Co wholesale gro
cers, aad the Hendricks-Vance Company,
causing a totat loss estimated at $459 000.
Insurance was s& per cent of the value.
Far the Partition of China.
LOXD6N. Feb. L--The Dally Telegraph
bas'tfer WHowtag ttosHfrh item Vienna
"FajHfpetffers are actively itarsceeding
amoag the: Bnropean ea&hteea. MMieeeaeng;
'ee-opeaattoR fet China. JJS appears quite
eertaln counter action will be taken in
Lwhich Russia and America can join '
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