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TOE HORNING OttEGONIAN, SATURDAY, PEBRtTABY 8, 1900.
SHWOFF ONCE MORE
enatc Would Not Hear 'Petti
grevs Abuse.
MET BY A POINT r OF "ORDER
Allen OeBolnded His Arraignment of
Secretary Gase Indian School
Question in the House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. An effort by
jPettigrew, of South Dakota, to discuss
the Philippine question in the senate to
llay was of no avail, as "he was met by
$. point of order which took him from the
3!or. He had gotten only so far as to J
charg taat the great Journals of the
Country would not publish the facts con
cerning the Philippine war. Subsequent
ly he offered another resolution on which
3m will speak next week. Allen of Ne
Waeka concluded his speech in the ar
raignment of Secretary Gage because of
"hie transaction with the National City
"bank of New York. He had previously
introduced a resolution providing for an
Investigation by the senate of the treas
ury department, "but objection to its con
federation sent it over untU next week.
The 'house today devoted its attention
to the Indian appropriation bill. It got
ho farther, however, than the appropria
Xiens for Indian, schools, where an effort
was Inaugurated by Fitzgerald of New
York to permit the secretary of the in
terior to contract with schools for the
education of Indian children where the
government lacks facilities. No appro
priation is made for contract schools in
(Ms Mil. It is claimed that the present In
dian school facilities are inadequate.
THB DAY IS DETAIL.
Senate? Pettisxevr'a Brief Remarks
en the Philiniiine Question.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Some debate
was precipitated When the senate con
vened today by a recommendation from
the committee on District of Columbia
that the bill Incorporating the "White Cross
Association of America be referred to the
committee on foreign relations. Allen
pop. Neb.) objected to such a reference,
declaring it was a covert moans of throt
tling the MIL The subject Anally went
ver.
A resolution offered by Harris (pop.
Kan.) calling upon the secretary of the
interior for all reports and papers re
lating to the management of the Osage
Indian agency was passed.
Allea offered a resolution that a com
.mittee of nine members of the senate
be appointed to make an investigation
of the transactions between the treasury
department and the National City bank
and the Hanover bank of New York, and
other banks, since March 4, 1897, and
also to investigate the sale of the old
custom-house property In New York.
Aldrich (rep. R. L) objected, and -the
resolution went over.
Pettlgrew (slL S. D.) called up his
resolution to print a compilation of ar
ticles written by the executive commit
tee of the Anti-imperialistic League, of
Washington, D. C, in comment upon the
report of the Phipipplne commission.
Pettlgrew said he desired to reach the
people through the plan he had adopted
of securing the publication of the matter
be offered in the form of a document.
"The great journals of the country are
not open to the publication of facts re
garding this subject. Their columns are
not open to these facts. They will not
publish what transpires here, and the
people can be reached only through the
plan I have adopted of securing the pub
lication of the matter in the form of
documents. The great newspapers are
supporting the voice of the admlnistra
qn, ad we have been driven to this
course In order to get the facts to the
people through the mails."
Pettlgrew was proceeding with his re
marks when he was cut off by a point of
order. He said he did not care to object
to the ruling of the chair, but it is a
departure from the customs, practice and
rulings of the senate.
"I simply rise," interjected Cockrell
(dem. Mo.) "to make a solemn protest
against the ruling of the chair. I know
that he desires to do right, but his ruling
is a departure from the regular practices
of the senate."
Hoar (rep. Mass.) maintained that the
chair's ruling was correct.
It was decided that the senate should
adjourn from today until Monday.
Allen resumed his speech begun yes
terday, on the statement of Secretary
Gage concerning his relations with the
National City and the Hanover National
banks of New York.
At 2 o'clock the financial bill was laid
before the senate, but no senator was
prepared to speak upon it.
Chandler (rep. N. H.) gave notice that
Wednesday next, at the conclusion of the
morning's business, he would call up the
Quay case, at which time Turley (dem.
Tenn.) would address the senate upon it.
Several bills were passed as follows:
To extend the privilege of immediate
transportation of dutiable goods to the
port of Astoria, Oregon; recognizing the
gallantry of F. H. Newcomb, command
ing the revenue cutter Hudson, and his
officers and men; also retiring Captain D.
B. Hodgeson. of the revenue cutter serv
ice, for efficient and meritorious service
in command of the cutter Hugh McCul
loch, at Manila; authorizing the secretary
of war to use $00,000 of the appropriation
for the support of the regular and volun
teer army for the fiscal year ending
June M, 1SG, for the construction of a
modern military hospital at Fort Leaven
worth, Kansas; authorizing payment of
commutation of rations to the petty of
ficers of the navy who served on detached
duty between March 1, 1S8S, and November
4. am.
Pettlgrew offered the resolution ex
tending the sympathy of the senate to
the Boers, previously introduced by
Maeen (rep. Ill ). and gave notice that
he would speak upon it Monday.
The senate then, at 2:45 P. M., went into
executive session, and at 4 o'clock ad
journed until Monday.
In the House.
In the house today a bill was passed
granting the Natchicocok railroad the
right to build a bridge across the Red
river, Louisiana.
A brisk debate occurred over the bill
grvteg-to Cuban vessels the most-favored-natton
treatment in American ports.
Clayton (dem. Ala.) maintained that the
time was - ripe for the American
government recognize the independent
sovereignty f- Cuba. The bill was passqd
as reported:
The president's message, transmitting
the Philippine commission's report, was
received and referred to the insular com
mittee. Consideration of the Indian appropria
tion bill was then resumed. Fitzgerald
(dem. N. Y.) offered an amendment pro
viding that the secretary of the interior
might make contracts with the present
contract schools, for the education of th
Indians during the year ending June 90,
1ML A point of order was made against
it, but before a decision was reached the
committee rose, and at 6 o'clock the house
r or round until $ o'clock, the evening ses
sion to be devoted to pension legislation.
Tamert (dem. S. C ), who gave notice
during the consideration of the pension
imroprwHon bill la&t week that he pro
posed to block all special pension legisla
tion at Friday night sessions unless a
quorum of members was present, carried
out Ms threat at the night session.
"Now and henceforth," said Talbert, "I
shall tastat upon a quorum of the house
when pension bills- are under consideration
at the special Friday evening sessions
Members cry aloud their love far the old
soldier, tout they wUt not .give up their
psrk teas and noker parties aad that sort
of thing to vet Mttstoac.
Several rc-U-o&ue on xaotSoa to adjourn
were made, and on a rising vote the ayes
each,,Ume had. An overwhelming majority,
6ut on roll-calls, where members went on
record, the noes always had an. equally
large majority. At 10:30, without breaking:
the deadlock, the house was adjourned
under the rules.
DEBATE IN" PARLIAMENT.
fio&en; Defended-the Cabinet From
JtoXiarse of Provoking War. ,
LONDON, Feb. 2. In the house of com
mons today Mr. Broderick, the under sec
retary of state for foreign affairs, reply
ing to a question, affirmed the accuracy
of a statement of Count von Bulow, the
Gerinan Tnlnlsler 'of foreign affairs, in the
relchstag, as-tp..the British arrangements
pegarding the. Bee.TCb.lag of vessels. He
explained that the government undertook
that there should be rib search at Aden
or at points more distant from the eeat
of war because there was nothing to pre
vent the shipping of contraband from in
tervening ports. The government, ixe add
ed, had not surrendered -any right. On
the representations: of the German govern
ment and assurances of the mail steamer
company. Great Britain had agreed, pend
ing further arrangements, not to. arrest
mail ships, except on the gravest sus
picions. Mr. Broderick also said the government
had no knowledge of any communication
having passed between The Netherlands
and other governments with reference to
the war or of the mutual relations of the
European powers' with Tespect to the war.
-Attempts made to illuminate the con
nection -of Joseph Chamberlain, tHe secre
tary of stata for the colonies, with the
Jameson raid did not meet with much
success. Mr. Chamberlain, being asked in
regard to a letter sent by B. F. Hawkes
ly, counsel for the British South Africa
Company, to Earl Grey, formerly British
administrator of Mashonaland, under date
of February 20, 1S97, in which he said Mr.
Chamberlain would have no one hut him
self to blame If the cable dispatches re
ferring to the negotiations of 1895 were
produced before the .parliamentary com
mittee of Inquiry, replied that they were
communications between third parties,
and he had no .knowledge of them at the
!me tey were exchanged.
He assumed
that the dispatches were those which Mr.
Hawkesly had declined to produce. The
cable messages were sent to him In 1896
for confidential purposes, and he returned
them with a letter saying there would be
no personal objection to their publication.
During the course of the day's proceed
ings, John MacNell, anti-Parnelllte mem
ber for South Donegal, enlivened the ses
sion by asking questions regarding the
Irish militia. Among other things, he
asked why Irish militiamen were sent
away from Ireland, to which William
Johnston, conservative member for South
Belfast, Interjected: "Because they are
rebels." This caused John Dillon, Irish
nationalist member for East Mayo, to ex
claim: "Irish rebels are good enough to
fight behind in the Transvaal."
The debate on the address in reply to
the speech from the throne was then re
sumed. After James Bryce, liberal mem
ber for the south division of Aberdeen,
had severely censured the government for
provoking an unjust war, George J. Gos
chen, first lord of the admiralty, declared
the cabinet assumed full responsibility
and proceeded to refute the charges of
provocation.
At this juncture the Irish members
showed, a disposition to disturb the pro
ceedings. William Redmond, Parnelllte
home rule member for East Clair, in
vited Mr. Goschen to "try to talk sense,"
whereupon the speaker, Mr. Gully, re
monstrated, and Mr. Redmond withdrew
his expression.
Continuing, Mr. Goschen assured the
house that since the outbreak of the war
there had been an unbroken tension at
the admiralty. They knew their position
and their strong and weak points. They
had regard for the situation from the
.point oi view of the empire, and not. from
that of South Africa alone. It tfvould
have been a criminal act to do otherwise,
ibut it would be unwise to parade their
strength. "If Germany or any of the
great powers had been in our position,
would they have been more patient?" Mr.
Goschen asked. He then said he realized
(he position was serious, but he added
there was no reason for a feeling of in
security. While the navy was in the
present position, with the country so con
scious of. its resources, it was- folly to
peak of panic
Sir Edward Clark, member for Ply
mouth, who followed Mr. Goschen, sug
gested that at the end of the debate the
amendment to the address should be with
drawn, as the vote might be misunder
stood in the Transvaal and thoughout
Europe.
Gossip In the "lobby this evening seems
to indicate that the impression produced
last night by Mr. Wyndham's exposition
of the military situation is deepening, and
it is noticeable that the opponents of the
government are now acknowledging their
diplomatic, rather than their military,
shortcomings. Sir Edward Gray's utter
ances have also produced a good effect,
and it is asserted in the lobby that pres
sure is being brought to bear upon the
leaders of the opposition to secure the
withdrawal of the amendment. Should
this not be attained, it is expected that
the debate will, at any event, end early
next week.
9
AWAITING A CLAIMANT.
Uncle Sam Has a Rich Tropical Isl
and With No Inhabitants.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A tropical island of nearly 10,000 acres,
42 miles due east of Puerto Rico, is waiting
for some enterprising homesteader to stake
out a claim. This island belongs to the
United State?, but no one lives on it, ex
cept a lighthouse keeper.
It is known on the map as Mona island.
It has luxuriant vegetation, Is well wa
tered and drained. Every variety of trop
ical fruit will grow there, and it possesses
every natural advantage. It Is in the mid
dle of the Mona passage. Mona Island be
came the property of the United States
by the second clause in the treaty which
cedes "the island of Puerto Rico and otner
Islands now under Spanish sovereignty In
the West Indies."
The officials of the general land office in
Washington say that while our jland laws
have not been extended by statute to the
West Indian Islands, they undoubtedly will
be. and American methods of homesteadlng
pre-emption and entry will obtain there.
To this extent the lands are free to any
one applying. Under the homestead act
heads of families may enter 160 acres of
public land set aside for that purpose.
Mona, while one of the most Interesting
of the small Islands taken from Spain, Is
not the largest. "Viceques, or Crab island,
oast of Puerto Rico, about five miles from
the mainland, is 20 miles long and about
SO square miles in area. It is not well
suited for cultivation, but affords good pas
ture. Canadian Enterprise.
Chicago Record.
The Americans are being very badly
distanced by the Canadians in respect to
electric trolley-car enterprises in the Brit
ish West Indies. A Montreal company
operates the splendid new trolley system
in Kingston, Jamaica, and the same pro
moters have got hold of concessions for
Georgetown (Demarara). for Port-of-Spaln,
Trinidad, and for Bridgetown, Bar
bados. Ask Their American Allies.
Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald.
The fugitives of Luzon are still giving up
artillery. Where did they get it?
a
Texas Gives Warning,
Houston (Tex.) Post.
Grandma had better keep her prehensile
fingers oft the kaiser's ships.
A whuY of tobacco purity Zarlna cigar
ettes. 10c for 10.
IN DEFENSE OF CLARK
THE OTHER SIDE OP THE MOXTAXA
BRD3ERY CASE.
First Witness Declared He,Was Of
fered pHoneyhy the Prosecution to'
Testify Against tlie Senator.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. The defense
in the case of Senator Clark, of Montana,
before the senate committee on privileges
and elections today began the presenta
tion of Its side of the controversy. The
first half of the day was given to three
witnesses for the memorialists, after
which Thomas Lyons," county attorney
of Jefferson county, was put on the stand
by Mr. Faulkper in Mr. dark's behali.
His testimony was startling in several re
spects. He brought Representative Camp
bell, one of the attorneys for the prosecu
tion, Into the controversy as an active
participant in the case, saying that Mr
Campbell had promised him 51000 to tes
tify in the case against Mr. Clark in this
prosecution. He had previously heen a
worker for Mr. Clark, and said that he
acted in this matter at the instance of C.
W. Clark, playing the part, as the wit
ness put it, "of a Whiteside on the other
side." Accordingly, he had visited Mr.
Campbell. After hearing his proposition to
testify that several members of the legis
lature had been. to,his knowledge, brlbeo,
Mr. Campbell had agreed to pay him thq
sum mentioned for tho evidence, after
ward agreeing to double it. He said that
afterward Mr. Campbell told him that he
(Lyons) would ruin him (Campbell) If he
revealed these facts before the commit
tee, but that he had never said to Camp
bell that the story he would tell was
false.
The first witness was Frank E. Wright,
cashier of a bank at Lewlston, Mont,
Wright was questioned concerning the
accounts of State Representative Long1
and State Senator Hobson, the latter be
ing president of his bank. He said that
prior to the meeting of the, legislature
Long had owed the bank $400, and Hobson
had owed it $22,000. Long had paid hla
note in April, and Hobson paid his in
May last, both with checks. The account
transcripts were placed in evidence. The
one of Hobson's case showed that in April
last a letter was received from the Con
tinental National bank, of Chicago, ad
vising the Fergus County bank of. a credit
of $25,000 In Hobson's behalf. Hobson
was then In London, but the witness did
not think he had gone to London with
Senator Clark. Hobson had never told
him where he obtained the $25,000.
On cross-examination, the witness said
thnt TTnhson was considered a wealthy
man. tvnrth about $300,000 or $400,000. He
knew that he had sold some mines in wn- 1
don, but did not know whether the $Z5,uw
was derived from this source.
Halsey Id". Watson, of Fergus county,
testified to a conversation with Represent
ative Long after his return to Lewlston
from his attendance at the legislature.
Long had exhibited a big roll of bills.
Witness had said to Long. "Well, Charley,
I suppose It was simply a matter of dol
lars and cents to you," to which he said
tlie reply was, 'Well, I hope, you don't
consider 'I was a cheap guy, anyway."
W. W. Beasley, a republican member
of the Montana legislature, said he was
induced to vote for Clark because in a
statement furnished him Clark had given
assurance that he would-vote for protec
tion of Montana raw materials.
Mr. Beasley, after lunch, said that there
had been, more talk of bribery among the
"Daly people" thaif among any other
class. Ho said he hhd never been offered
nor had he accepted 'any consideration for
his vote for Mr. Clark for the senate.
The prosecution rested here, and Mr.
Faulkner called Thomas L. Lyon, of Boul
der Mont, as the first witness for the de
fense. He related that last summer he
had snet Mark Hev.ltt, one of the wlt
tiospi for the nrosecutlon. in Butte, when
the latter had ccme to him and asked him,
to go into a scheme "to omti" varK ww
giving him a lease on a mining property.
Afterward the witness declared Hewitt
said to him that he did not believe that
Clark was going to give him the coveted
lease, adding, "Campbell has got a barrel
of money In this proceeding against Clark,
andi if we cannot get anything out of
Clark, ithere is no reason why wo cannot
make a 'killing' by going in with the
other side." Hewitt had continued, I
know enough to put up a story that will
break the old man's back, and If he don t
give me the lease, I'l put the harpoon
Into him."
Lyons said he had told Charles Clark
of tho condition of affairs, and the latter
had asked him to pretend he was going
into the rcheme. He had done this, and
afterward gone to see Congressman Camp
bell, who is conducting the case before
the committee for the prosecution,, who
had told him that he wanted his aid very
much in prosecuting the case. When he
had made objections, Campbell had told
him that "he did not expect him to join
the prosecution for nothing, and that the
prosecution would pay whatever was
right." Afterward when he had told
Campbell that he could testuy max some
of the members of the legislature from his
county were bought to vote for Clark, the
latter had promised to give him $5000. He
(Campbell) had himself suggested this fig
ure, and had told him that when he got
to Washington he would .fix the matter
so that It would be as secure as if he
had the money in his pocket. In this
same connection Lyons said that Attorney-General
Nolan had promised Immu
nity from prosecution for participation in
the bribery proceedings to those who
might testify In the case.
Lyons also related that he had seen Mr.
Campbell and also Attorney-General No
lan since his arrival in Washington. He
had first seen Campbell at the Raleigh
hotel, when the latter had. asked him to
come before, the committee and testify,
and said that he would give him his per
sonal guarantee that he should have the
$5000 promised. "You know," he reported
Campbell as saying, "if I should give you
the money now and you should go before
the committee and spring It on me, I
should be ruined." Lyon stated that If
he did not get his money he would be
ruined, and had asked what the difference
would be. "Simply this," Campbell was
represented to, have replied, "to you It Is
only a matter of dollars and cents to
me It Is reputation." Later he said he
had met Mr. Campbell and also Attorney
General Nolan In the corridor of the capi
tol, outside the room of the committee on
privileges and elections, and that Camp
bell and Nolan had both assured him that
he should have his pay. He had not seen
them since.
Asked by Senator Chandler' if Charley
Clark had promised him any compensa
tion for his services In the matter, Mr,
Lyon replied that Mr. Clark had agreed
to pay the expenses of hiring a deputy for
him as county attorney of Jefferson coun
ty during his absence, but there had been
no further agreement,
Campbell conducted the cross-examination,
and in reply to his question Lyon
said that during the sitting of the legis
lature he had been in Helena keeping the
Boulder county delegation in line for Mr.
Clark, and thathe had received $250 fqr
his expenses. He denied making various
statements regarding the purchase of
votes of members of the legislature attrib
uted to him by Mr. Campbell, apd some
of which were also said to have been
made by Attorney-General Nolan.
"Did not you tell Colonel Nolan that the
Clark people had agreed to pay you $10 000.
and that It would mean no more to them
thanlO cents to you?" Mr. Campbell asked.
"No, sir: I did not Ml him that I was
to have $10,000 or 10.000 cents."
Mr. Campbell asked the witness if it was
his desire that the committee should Un
derstand that he offered him an Induce
ment to commit perjury. Lyon replied
that "he would leave the committee to
draw its own Inferences." He had not told
Mr. Campbell that what he had led Mr.
Campbell to believe he had testified to
was not true, but possibly Campbell had a
i right "lo infer that it was true. Really, he
had not at the time given the matter of
perjury any thought He bad sunply
sought to Impress upon Campbell's mina
that he would testify as he had outlined,
but nqt whether the facts were true or
false.
The witness also denied, emphatically,
that Campbell had told him, in the pres
ence of Ben Hill-and Mark Hewitt, that
it was Impossible for him to make any
promises of remuneration, for testimony,
repeating that the matter of remuneration
had' not been discussed in the presence of
others. - -
Lyon having made a statement in an af
fidavit that Mr. Campbell's proposition
was repugnant, Mr. Campbell asked him
what feature of It was repugnant. The
reply was that he objected to being asked
to concoct a story that was untrue.
-"Did I know you proposed to- tell a
story that was not true?" Campbell asked.
"You never asked me whether it was
true or not," was the reply "I thought
you understood there was not much truth
in It. Nothing was eald on that proposi
tion. The whole thing was repugnant to
me; the whole situation was repugnant."
Lyon admitted that he had not gone to
see Campbell until after he had seen Clark,
and the latter had asked him to follow
the matter up. Later, Lyon said Camp
bell had promised to double the $5000 of
fered him. He said he had not told Camp
bell that he had not made an affidavit
that Charley Clark had asked him to give
Campbell a chance to put up the $5000
promised. '
Mr. Campbell Is It not true that I told
you, oyer and over again, that I wanted
you to testify to the absolute truth, and
to nothing else?
Lyon You told me that In the Raleigh
hotel, and you may have run that kind
of a bluff on us at Butte..
He said he had gone to the Raleigh to
see If Mr. Campbell Would put up the $5000;
that he did not really expect him to put
It up, but that if it had been paid it was
his intention to turn the money over to
the committee.
TARIFF FOR PUERTO RICO.
House Bill Establishing a System
for the Island.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. At a special
meeting of the ways and means commit
tee today it was decided to report a bill
establishing a tariff system for Puerto
Rico fin a basis of 25 per cent of the rates
in the regular tariff law.
Reports were also received from the cub
committee which has c&risldered to what
extent the term United States, as used in
the constitution, relates to the outlying
territory recently acquired by this coun
try. A majority of the subcommittee, com
prising the .republican members, reported
in substance that congress has practically
unlimited power in dealing with these ter
ritories. Tlie minority, comprising Rlch
arason (dem. Tenn.) and Newlands (sll.
Nev.) hold in substance that all constitu
tional restrictions extend to the newly ac
quired territory, and that the powers of
congress are thereby limited. The report
on the meaning of the term "United
States," as applicable to Puerto Rico, the
Philippines, Hawaii and other possessions,
was received ivith great Interest, and was
regarded as determining a most import
ant line of policy by those In authority.
TRAVELERS AS CONTRABAND.
Portugal Seems to Have Come to
Very "Wise Decision.
New York Tribune.
The back door of the Transvaal is be
ing cloc6d. That Is the purport of late
news from Lisbon. The Portuguese gov
ernment has forbidden further passage of
travelers across Its territory from Lour
enco Marques to the Transvaal. That is
nn extreme step. It has not been gener
ally expected. Nevertheless, It appears to
be justifiable on principles of International
law. Whether it has been taken by Por
tugal through her own volition or under
suggestion or pressure from Great Britain
does not, of course, appear. But even at
this late date, it will materially aid the
British cause by Inflicting upon ,the- Boer,
states one of the heaviest of blows.
Delagoa bay has since some time before
the outbreak of the war been the avenue
of entry, not only of munitions of war of
nl kinds for the Transvaal, but of mercen
ary troops for the Transvaal army. These
latter have been hired by thousands, In
various European countries, by the secret
service agents whom the Transvaal em
ploys, and whom it supplies so plentifully
With money extorted or filched from the
pockets of other people. (These terms arc
used advisedly. What was taxation with
out representation but extortion, before the
war? And since the war began, what is it
but robbery to confiscate the money and
the prpperty of noncombatants? To
finance a war out of the pockets of non
combatants whether of the other side or
of neutrals, is shrewd business but shady
morals.) They have flocked to Delagoa
bay under all sorts of disguises mer
chants, hospital nurses, pleasure-seeker3,
and what not have gone straight up to
Koomatl Poort, and a little later have
turned up at the front as soldiers of for
tune, under the Boer flag.
Portugal, we have said, has a legal right
to stop such work. We are not sure that
she Is under compulsion to do so, provided
she gives the same privilege to both com
batants. If a neutral power chooses to
open Its territory to the troops of both
belligerents It may do so. But In doing
so It runs great risk of trouble to Itself,
for which reason such a course is seldom
pursued. The customary rule, which a
power has an undoubted right to follow.
Is to prohibit trespass upon its soil by
troops of either belligerent, and that rule
Is properly to be extended to the exclu
sion of all travelers who are Intending to
become soldiers upon reaching belligerent
territory. And that these Delagoa- bay
tourists have had such lntent'on Is quite
obvious. When thousands of adventurers
have thus flocked to the Transvaal In time
of war on no known peaceful errand, and
the Transvaal government has Immedi
ately begun to boast of the thousands of
foreign soldiers who are serving in its
army, a prima facie case is pretty well
made out.
A fuller appreciation of the case may
i perhaps be gained if we suppose that thou
sands of men from Great Britain and her
colonies had. at the outbreak of the war.
flocked to Belra and thence across tort
Buluwayo, and that then we had heard of
the formation of a large British army at
Buluwayo, to march down upon the Trans
vaal vfrom the north. Should we not have
been' justified In reckoning that the Beira
tourists were British soldiers In disguise?
And would there not have been a protest
from the friends of the Transvaal against
such use of Portuguese territory? The
British have, so far as we are Informed,
made no such use of Belra. The Trans
vaal has, according to Its own confession,
made such use of Delagoa bay. In declar
ing that such use shall stop, and that
neither belligerent shall use her territory
as passage ground for troops or as base
of military operations, Portugal Is acting
well within the bounds of international
law.
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Artificial Sight.
A Russian inventor has perfected an elec
trical appliance, which he claims will en
able the blind to see. This will .bring much
happfaess to those who have defective eye
sight. Another great discovery which will
bring much happiness to tnose whose stom
achs have become deranged, is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. It has made a world
wide reputation for, Itself as a certain cure
for such-ailments as Indigestion, dyspepsia,
constipation, biliousness and malaria, fever
and ague. .
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British. Pensions.
Scottish American.
An officer who loses a limb or eye at
oncQ. receives a sum equivalent to a year's
pay, and the price of an artificial limb.
A year later he may be granted a per'
manent annual pension, graduated accord
ing to his rank. A lieutenant-general re
ceives 400, major-general 350, a colonel
300, a major 200, a captain 100, and a
. subaltern '70.
WEKLY TRADE REVIEW
LARGE DELIVERIES MADE ON PRE
VIOUS COATRAGTS.
Heavy Speculative Advance in Cotton-Wool
Holding Steadr Brad
sfreet'a 'FlnabTclal Revlevr.
NEW"YORK, Feb. 2. R. G. Dun & Co. s
weekly review of trade will say tomorrow:
This 'year starts with mueh"of the
year's business: already done and all com
parisons will prove misleading if that fact
is not taken into account. Last year the
certainty of great impr.oveme.nt -had come
before the 'year opened,, and tljere w,as a
rush to get in orders before works became
crowded and prices advanced. This year
the works are already crowded ior monms
ahead in most lines, and prices had al
ready 'advanced so far that recoil had al
ready commenced in some branches,, and
was thought probable in others.
With the exception of woolen manufac
tures, the chief industries have met less
new business in January than last year.
though deliveries on previous contracts-
have been larger than a year ago. in
work turned out the past month proba
blv surpasses all others, and, "rightly
Considered, the fact that new contracts
for work already well supplied are small
er than last year, is not of Itself dis
couraging. The great burst of specula
tion last year swelled January payments
through clearing-houses far beyond those
of this year at New York, and such pay
ments at other (540) cities also averaged
per business day a shade larger than this
year, nut a muca greater uccicmc "i
have appeared in transactions connected
with formation of new companies.
Wheal rose 1 cent, but soon reacted.
Atlantic exports were only 1,466,532 bush
els, flour Included, for the week, against
4,942.436 bushels last year, and had more
Influence, than the decrease in Eastern re
ceipts, which have been for the week 43
per cent, and for Ave weeks 40 per cent,
less than last year, while the decrease In
Atlantic exports for five weeks has been
57 per cent. Pacific exports have been
4,209,300 bushels In five weeks, against
3,670,854 bushels last year.
Speculation in cotton has raised the
priqe to 8 cents, without Improvement in
demand. The receipts from plantations'
still fall so far behind last year's that
low estimates of yield are expected. .
Wool Is rather weaker In some grades,
but stronger In others, so that the aver'
age of quotations Is steady, notwithstand
ing some sales at concessions, une mnis
which have taken extraordinary orders
for the heavy-weight season, without af
terwards looking for wool, obviously have
on hand large stocks, so that the market
depends upon the sufficiency of the sup
plies they hold. Prices of goods are still
rising a little, but are relatively lower
than, the 'material.
Boot and shoe manufacturers have
passed all records In deliveries, nearly 21
per cent beyond those of January last
year, but new orders have been greatls
restricted.
The Iron and steel industry is so far
tied up by contracts reaching through
most of the year, that the effect of pro
duction exceeding consumption is felt
only In some instances. A little lower
prices have been made for foundry iron
In considerable transactions, though Bessemer-
does not yield, but steel billets
are offered by some at $33 per ton. Dif
ferences between producers and some ot
the largest consumers of steel block tha
market. In plates and bars, concessions
are still made to secure business: in
sheets the demand is stronger, and In
rails, structural forms, tin plates and
nails, prices are held firmly.
Failures' for the week have been 232 in
the United States, against 224 last year,
and 34 in Canada, against 25 last year.
HARDENING IN VALUES.
Weather Influences- -Affecting
the
, General , Tirade Situation.
NEW YORK, Feb, 2. Bradstreet's to
morrow will say:
Weather Influences have played no small
part In the general trade situation this
week, and yet some of the unquestion
able Improvements In tone can hardly be
charged to the more seasonable weather
experienced. Whatever the causes, how
ever, and these have been divers, the fact
remains that a numbr of stqples, no less
than speculative securities, have hard
ened in value during the week. One in
dustrythat of anthracite coal prices in
which have begun to droop because ot
the open winter, has been perceptibly
braced. The influence of colder weather,
too, is perceptible in the wheat market.
Much of the winter-sown crop Is unpro
tected by snow, and other Influences of
strength In the market have been the re
ports a3 to foreign crops, the Argentine
plague and consequent strength of Euro-
'pean advices.
Among products not affected by current
weather conditions, however, might be
mentioned the South's great staple, cot
ton, which, owing largely to the better
foreign buying and -the JanuaTy business,
appears to have been in a high degree
satisfactory, shipments from leading cen
ters being much heavier than In January
a year ago, whatever complaints were re
ceived of backward new business belns
attributed to earlier buying have antici
pated the regular season.
There Is little comfort to the hope for
lower prices in the reports from the iron
trade this week. It Is true, some conces
sions have been made from the hlshest
points reached on a number of products,
but the concessions in pig-Iron are
claimed to have been few, and mostly on
the product of furnaces recently put In
blast, whose output had not been con
tracted for. Inquiry at the leading hon
markets of the country falls to indicate
any widespread weakening, and the con
cessions are claimed to have been really In
the nature of readjustments. The steel
situation is not overclear, and some busi
ness is reported possible at concessions
of Jl to $2 per ton, where the product
has not been contracted ahead. Some ex
port business in rails to Norway is re
ported this week, while from Birmingham
comes reports of some good sales of plg
Iron, with further export business checked
by advancing freight rates. The produc
tion of leading Southern Interests is re
ported sold up to July. Iron trade au
thorities are slow to predict beyond that
date, but the strength of foreign markets
is regarded as a guarantee against any
possible perpendicular drop in domestic
quotations.
Woolen goods are holding the advances
recently asked, and raw wool is firm,
though sales are smaller than for some
weeks past, owing, it Is claimed, to do
mestic stocks of desirable wool being
small. London auction sales witnessed
good prices obtained for good lots, but
considerable quantities were carried over
undisposed of.
Leather is dull, but hides are no weaker.
The strength of sugar and coffee
among the groceries is no less pronounced
than of late, raw and refined grades of
the former having again been marked up,
and small crop reports being made the
basis for further strength in coffee.
Wheat, flour included, shipments for the
week aggregate 2,724,S3T bushels, against
3,581,197 bu3hels last week, 8.585 413 bush
els in tho corresponding week of 1899.
Business failures for the week in the
United States are nnly 171, as compared
with 232 last week, 207 in the week a year
aco. 295 in 1898, 304 In 1897, and 388 in 1886.
For the week, Canadian failures number
only 21, as compared with 36 last week.
36 In this week- a year ago, 42 in 188, 58
in'lS97. fend 60 in 1896.
THE FINANCIAL REVIEW.
'Monetary Conditions Have Assnmea
a Condition of Settled Ease.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2. Bradstreet's .finan
cial review tomorrow will say:
Monetary conditions have for the time
being assumed a condition of settled ease,
which to some extent induced investment
buying of bonds and prime dlvidend-tmyi
ing railroad and. other atoeks. The to- l
creased xactnty witn wnien specNi&avtt
holdings can now be carried has also led
to renewed" activity by butt people aad
manipulative operators, and even attract
ed a certain amount of fresh public pur
chasing in Wall street. The fact that Lon
don Itself seema to hove, discounted all
the bad news from the seat of war in
South Africa, renders such intelligence as
the abandonment of the forward move
ment of- General- Buller in Natal of little
influence in a bearish sense, and the
. : , .
ATYH-loon istnalr m.rlrn, nuhlln b anKaav I
to have come to the conclusion that
foreign financial and political compltca
lions are te play a decided part in shap
ing the action of speculation on this s.de
of the oceanv
More attention has consequently been
given to the favorable condition- of affairs
at home: The continued excellent exhiM-
f tioa of earnings- meae.by various railreads
are not neglected, but, so lac as torae
dlate effects on the market are concerned,
they yielded to the current developments
concerning industrial organization.
The most important devetopmeat ef the
week for the market was the announce
ment on Tuesday that the American Steel
& Wire Company had declared 1 per cent
on its common'stock, out df the earnings
of 1S99, the figures given out at the same
time showing that the concern had earned
about 1S per cent on that portion ef its
capital. The buying of steely and wire
stocks seemed to stimulate renewed par-
chasing in other stocks of the same group,
and finally extended to the other Imtaa
triaVs and to the railroad share Hst m
well. The movement was helped by the
existence of a large professional short in
terest, which covered extensively on Tues
day and Wednesday. When the buying
from this quarter was exhausted there
was a lull in the activity, but by Thurs
day the pools and bullish manipulations
had little difficulty in starting upwara
movements in various specialties, thus
maintaining the interest of the pHbllc.
One of the incidents of the week was
;the failure on Wednesday e a stock ex
change house, whose members, it seems.
had been heavily committed on the short
side of the industrials ana general list.
and then endeavored to escape by large
and apparently reckless purchase of
American. Sugar. The matter was the
subject of much unfavorable comment,
but having little or no relation to- the
general market, it failed to influence prices
to an extent beyond creating same tem
porary thoifgh sharp fluctuations la
Sugar.
The further decline la. Third-avenue
stocks was expected by conditions pe
culiar to that company in-connectteR with
the refunding of Its large floating debt
and the passing of any interest on boate
on the Brooklyn warehouse, commteotoii
and a prospective reorganization of that
company did not appear to affect the spec
ulative cpmmunity.
Bank Clearing:?.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2. The following ta
ble, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the
bank clearings at principal cities for the
week ended February 1, with the percent
age of increase and decrease as compared
with the corresponding week last year:
Inc. Dec.
New York ? 931.682.064
Boston 180.783,000
Chicago U6.561.000
Philadelphia 88.364,000
St. Louis 2S.S1.000
Pittsburg .. 29,007.000
Baltimore 18,861,600
San Francisco ... 18,39,600
Cincinnati 14,230.000
Kansas City 12,488.000
New Orleans 12,110,060
38.1
.7
4.2
9.T
2.9
2a
26.3
7.9
7.8
11.8
19.4
Minneapolis
3.2
.Detroit
Cleveland
Louisville ... ."....
Providence
Milwaukee
St-" Paul
Buffalo
Omaha
Indianapolis
Columbus, O
Savannah
Denver .. ...........
Hartford
Richmond
Memphis '.. ......
Washington
Peoria .
Rochester
New Haven
Worcester
Atlanta
Salt Lake -City....
7.7
ll.S
1T.8
2L5
14J
29.8
is!?
S6.3
24.8
Z2fZ
W-&1
! t1'
J.'1-fl
8.0
16.6
44.1
!2
24.7
3e.
32.7
22.3
4f.2
24.3
Springfield, Mass.
Fort Worth
Portland, Me
Portland, Or. ....
St. Joseph
Los Angeles
Norfolk
Syracuse
Des Moines
Nashville
Wilmington, Del
Fall River .
Scranton ,.
Grand Rapids
Augusta, Ga. ....
Lowell
Dayton, O
Seattle
Tacoma ..
Spokane
Sioux City
New Bedford ....
Knoxvllle, Tenn..
Topeka
Birmingham .. ..
Blnghamton
Jacksonville. Fla.
Chattanooga .. ..
Rockford, 111
Canton. O
Springfield. O
Hastings, Neb. ...
Fremont, Neb
Toledo
Galveston
Houston
Youngstown
Macon
Evansville
Helena
Little Rock
Springfield, III. ..
Saginaw
29.9
29.8
1.9
28.9
3.1
23.3
2.8
36.9
98.7
29.3
72.2
54.8
'i'.k
2.'7
47.8
57.1
14.3
3S.9
18.2
:
13.8
36.7
26U
36.9
.k
39.9
3.7
9.1
38.5
Totals, TJ. S $1.520S7.eOO .... 26.1
Outside N. Y 588,76,000 .... 7.8
Dominion of Canada- t
Montreal $ 12.087.000 .... .
Toronto S.263,X) .... 17.8
Winnipeg 1,725.800 2.3
Halifax 1,308 000 4.3 .. .
Hamilton 884",000 ' .... 5.9
St, John. N. B.... 35f.l 1.9 ....
Vancouver 64,600 21.1 ....
Victoria 481,660 .... 38.7
Totals
.,5 26.47.e00
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Chicago Chronicle.
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