THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, TJAIJCH 6, 1900.
SUPPORTER OF QUAY
Carter Tells Why He Will Vote
forthc Pennsylvaniah.
HIS OPINION OF CORBETT CASE
-,
Fairbanks nnti Butler on the Finan
cial Bill Miscellaneous Buai
ness In the House.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-Carter dealt
vigorously with the. Quay case In the
Senate today. In the course of an explana
tion as to why he will vote for the ex
Senator from Pennsylvania, notwithstand
ing that he voted against the seating- of
Oorbett In the last Congress. The near
approach of the time of voting on the con
ference report on the llnanclal -bill brought
out two speeches on that measure, one
by Fairbanks and the other by Butler.
Thomas R. Bard, recently elected Senator
from California, was presented to the Sen
ate by his colleague, Perkins. Iater the
oath was administered by President Pro
Tern. Frye.
Considerable miscellaneous business,
muoh of a minor character, was transact
ed In the House today. During the con
Bideration of a bill to Incorporate the
Frederick Douglass Memorial and Histor
ical Association, the Speaker and Bailey
og Texas exchanged sharp words, and
the latter filibustered and ultimately pre
vented the final passage of the bill by
demanding the reading of the engrossed
bill. The bill proposes to collect at the
residence of the late Frederick Douglass,
in this city, a record of the anti-slavery
movement. Underwood (Dem. Ala.) was
appointed to the vacancy of the commit
tee on ways and means, which It was
understood was originally reserved for
General "Wheeler, had he returned to Con
gress. The early part of the session was
devoted to District of Columbia business.
THE DAY IX DDTAIL.
Senators Discussed the Flnnnclnl Bill
and the Quay Cnse.
WASHINGTON. March 5. When tho
routine business In the Senate had been
concluded today, Aldrlch (Rep. B, I.)
called up the Philippine bill conference re
port, and Teller (SH. Rep. Colo.) resumed
his speech, begun last Saturday. The pro
posed legislation, he believed, would be
disastrous to the country, and was the
culmination of an effort begun soon after
the Civil War to make money dearer by
destroying one-half tho metallic money of
the world. Under It great fortunes would
be acquired by the rich, whllo the poor
would be made poorer.
"Colorado today," he said, "is producing
more gold than any other part of tho
world, except South Africa, Last year we
produced $34,000,000; undoubtedly the pro
duction of gold In Colorado this year will
be J40.000.000. and my belief is that It will
soon surpass tho greatest annual pro
duction of California.
"It Is not on account of Colorado that
I am protesting against this bill. We can
6tand tho gold standard better than other
parts of the country. If New England,
with Its great manufacturing enterprises
and large laboring population can stand
It, Colorado can stand It. too, and grow
rich under it. I believe this is tho great
est calamity, however, over inflicted upon
tho country-an aillictlon greater than
that of the Civil War. If the gold output
should continue, the time of disaster will
be postponed, but that output probably
will not continue, and when it falls off
the disaster will be upon our people."
The pension appropriation bill, which ap
propriates $115,245,230, was passed, and
then Carter (Rep. Mont.) addressed the
Senate in favor of seating Quay as Sen
ator from Pennsylvania. He argued that
the Constitution contemplated that the
eeats In tho Senate always should be kept
full. Referring to the precedents of the
Mantle, Allen and Beckwlth cases, he de
clared that the silver question really had
decided those cases, but added that, not
withstanding the Administration opposed
seating Mantle because of silver, that gen
tleman would have been seated If the
pairs had been properly arranged on that
vote, and Alien and Beckwlth also would
have been seated, as their cases were de
pendent upon tho decision in the Mantle
case. "Thus," he sad "in 1S93 a technical
ity made the recorded verdict of the Sen
ate the reverse of Its real Judgment." As
to tho Corbett case. Carter said:
"My vote was recorded against Corbett,
and it will be registered in the some way
again on tho same state of facts. The
Oregon Legislature was prevented from
organizing until after the time limit of
carrying into effect the will of the people
had expired, and it was believed by many
that Mr. Corbett was tho Inspiring genius
of that revolutionary conduct- A large
number of Senators voted against Mr.
Corbett because his appointment was re
garded as the culmination of a conspir
acy against the government of his state."
Senators were resolved, he su5d, that
Corbett should not be tlm beneficiary or
that wrong. Quay's case was the extreme
opposite of this. For two years, said Car
ter, there had been in operation a scheme
in the State of Pennsylvania to prevent
representation in the Senate if that repre
sentative were Quay.
"Quay," said he. "was made tho victim
of a court in Pennsylvania. An Indict
ment was returned against him,, and thus
the machinery of the courts was set in
operation against him to hold the mem
bers of the Legislature from performing
their duty In the election of a Senator.
When the Legislature adjourned, this man
faced a jury, and, I believe, never chal
lenged a single Juror offered. After the
trial had proceeded to Its end, the case
was submitted to the jury, and in an In
credibly short time they brought in a ver
dict of not guilty.
"I do not believe," said Carter, "that
this country has ever witnessed such an
other deep, dark, damnable, diabolical plot
to destroy a man's political or private
character."
In conclusion he said that In every case
of this kind that came before the Senate
he would reserve the right to go behind
the certificate of the Governor to inquire
how the appointment was obtained.
Fairbanks (Rep. Ind.) then delivered a
set speech in support of the conference
report on the financial bill, which bill,
he declared, marks a large and Intelli
gent step forward in our monetary his
tory. Under it vast industrial and com
mercial Interests, he said, will have a
period of repose, secure against the men
ace of monetary doctrines. Labor will bo
benefited: for. he said, the interests of
labor and capital are always identical.
They can never be divorced. They are
so interlaced and interdependent that
money which Injuriously affects one can
not beneficially affect the other.
Fairbanks then made an argument on
the silver question, holding that the main
tenance of the gold standard, with silver
circulating as currency at a parity with
gold. Is the only blmetallsm possible with
so vast a difference existing between the
value of the two metals in the" markets,
and It would be Impossible for the United
States alone to maintain the parity of
silver under free coinage of the latter.
The hackneyed phrase, "free and unlimit
ed coinage of silver, without the aid or
consent of any other nation on earth,"
was Intended to be a brave utterance,
stimulating to the national spirit and to
our "national prid, but was a sharp Im
peachment of our Intelligence. The Re
publicans had done everything that ever
had been done for silver, and the oppo
nents were blmetalists In theory -only. He
then paid a warm tribute to 'the present
financial policy of the 'Government which
had made possible a refunding of our
bonds at the lowest rate of Interest known,
and caused prosperity throughout the
country.
Foraker (Rep. O.) gave notice of amend
ments to the Puerto RIcan bill. Imposing
a duty of 5 cents a pound on coffee, chic
ory roots and chicory imported into Pueito
Rico, and to prevent the importation from
Puerto Rico to the United States of goods
or products not actually of Puerto Rican
origin.
Butler (Pop. 2$. C) fallowed with a
brief general discussion of the financial
question, particularly attacking the power
which he 'said was conferred upon the
national banks by the pending bill.
Aftor a brief executive session the Sen
ate at 4:40 P. M. adjourned.
In the House.
A bid in the House to incorporate the
Frederick Douglass Memorial Association
caused Bailey (Dem. Tex.) to oppose one
section, which authorized the association
to establish branches in the various states
and territories for the purpose of soliciting
funds In behalf of the memorial. He said
he would not oppose the bill if It was con
fined to the District of Columbia. While
asking Its sponsor, Mudd (Rep. Ind.), to
amend It In this respect, a ruling by the
chair that Representative Babcock, chair
man of tho district committee, had the
floor, caused bad blood, and some warm
words between the Texas member and the
chair, resulting In Bailey starting a fili
buster, that prevented the final passage
of tho bill after it had reached the en
grossing stage. It went over until tomor
row, as the unfinished business.
The following bills were passedi To
authorize a resurvey of township 8, range
30, Frontier County, Nebraska; to author
ize the State of Wyoming to relinquish to
the United States about CO0O acres of land
granted the -state at the time of the ad
mission for university purposes, and to
select other lands In lieu thereof; to Issue
a oatent to a tract of land at El Reno,
Oklahoma, for cemetery purposes; to pro
vent forest fires; to ratify a treaty with
tho Commancbe, Kiowa and Apache In
dians, nnd open their lands for settlement;
to adjust the rights of certain settlers on
tho Navajo Indian reservation; to author
ize white persons who have Intermarried
with Cherokee Indians to bring suits in
the Court of Claims; to authorize the Sec
retary of the Interior to negotiate with
the Klowas and Commanches for a neutral
strip in Oklahoma and to ratify the act of
tho OLlahSlna legislature appropriating
money out of the Morrill fund for a uni
versity at Langston, O. T.
A bill to create a commission consisting
of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Sec
retary of the Interior and the Attorney
General to settle the Indebtedness of the
Sioux City & Pacific Railroad developed
opposition, and was unacted upon.
At 5:2") the House adjourned.
SPOOXEIt'S PHILIPPINE BILL.
Favorably Reported to the Scnnta
Yesterday.
WASHINGTON, March 5. The Senato
committee on the Philippines decided to
day to report the bill introduced by Sena
tor Spooner for the control of the Phil
ippines. Lodge, chairman of the commit
tee, made the report to the Senate. The
bill is as follows:
"That when all the Insurrection against
the sovereignty and authority of the
United States In the Philippine Islands,
acquired from Spain by the treaty con
cluded at Paris on December 10. 1S9S, shall
have been completely suppressed by the
military and naval forces of the United
States, all military, civil and judicial
powers necessarv to covern ald island
shall, until otherwise provided by Con
gress, De vested in such person and per
sons and shall be exercised in such man
ner as the President of the United States
shall direct for maintaining and protect
ing the Inhabitants of said islands in tho
.free enjoyment of their liberty, property
and religion."
Amendment to Puerto Rico Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 5. Senator Da
vis, of Minnosota, today offered an amend
ment to tho Puerto RIcan bill. Its effect
is to have the tariff of the United States
applied to Puerto .Rico upon foreign Im
ports, but to allow absolute free trade
between the United States and Puerto
Rico.
Senator Davis also proposes new sections
extending over the islands those provis
ions of the Constitution of fh TTnltnrt
States which give Congress the power to
levy taxes ana duties, with limitations
upon that authority.
Snle of Timber on Public Lands.
WASHINGTON, March 5. Secretary
Hitchcock has sent to Congress, with his
approval, a bill drawn by Commissioner
Hermann, of the General Land Office, to
authorizo and regulate the sale and use
of timber on the unappropriated and unre
served public lands.
PRIVILEGES OF CONSULS.
German Restriction Will Be Ulnae
the Subject of Protest.
NEW YORK, March 5. A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
Restrictions Imposed by the Governor of
Dusseldorf, Germany, upon American
Consuls to prevent them from getting in
formation of a commercial character may
be objected to by this Government In case
an official dispatch regarding them should
be received by the State Department. Re
ports of this character have been current
'in this country for several months, but an
official of the State Department said that
no official dispatches had reached the De
partment. If the facts are as stated in
the press reports, then, he said, tho De
partment would require Germany to live
up to the provisions of the treaty of 1S71
respecting consular offices.
Article two of this convention provides
that "the respective Consuls-General, Con
suls, Vice-Consuls or Consular Agents, as
well as their Chancellors and Secretaries,
shall enjoy In the two countries all privi
leges, exemptions and immunities which
have been granted or may in future be
granted to the agents of the same rank
of tho most favored nations." If It should
be ascertained that Consuls of other na
tions accredited to Germany are getting
the Information desired by the consular
representatives of the United States, then
the claim can be advanced that the 'latter
are not allowed the privileges "accorded
to other Consuls."
In the treaty of 1S2S. with Prussia, the
two contracting parties grant each other
the liberty of consular representation and
the Consuls "shall enjoy the same privi
leges and powers as those of the most
favored nations." Other states of the
German confederation have treaties with
the United. States containing provisions of
like character. No complaint can be
made to the German Government at the
action of the authorities In refusing in
formation, but if, as stated, the refusal
shall be especially directed against the
United States, then complaint can and
will be made.
The authorities are not inclined to the
belief that the restrictions Imppsed by the
Governor of Dusseldorf were prompted by
the Berlin Government, but were rather
the act of an official who desired to make
political capital with the Agrarian party.
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Ituslclu's Lunch "With Cardinal Mnit
nlnsr. Westminster Gazette.
The late Mr. Ruskln, In one of those
private letters so full of charm and Indi
viduality, thus describes a lunch he had
with "My Darling Cardinal": "He. gave
me lovely soup, roast beef, hare and cur
rant Jelly, puff paste like papal preten
sions you had but to breathe on it and
It was nowhere and those lovely pre
servod cherries like kisses In amber."
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WARDNER INVESTIGATION
LEXTZ WILL GALL BUT OXB MORE
WITNESS.
Simmons and Powers Testified an
to the Alleged "Bullpen"
Outrages.
WASHINGTON, March 5. Moses S.
Simmons continued his testimony before
the Houao committee on military affairs in
the Coeur d'Alene Investigation today. He
testified to the circumstances of his re
moval from office shortly after the min
ing demonstration, his arrest and Impris
onment In the county jail for five days.
A short controversy occurred between
Chairman Hull and Representative Lents,
who conducted tho examination, as to
whether the witness should state his opin
ion on the necessity for martial law. On
a vote the committee sustained Hull and
excluded this line of Inquiry. The wit
ness said he did not have a fair trial on
his removal from office.
William Powers testified that he was
night watchman nnd constable at Mul
lan, Idaho, at the time of the demonstra
tion at Wardncr. He disclaimed any
knowledge of the blowing up 'of the min
ing property. He saw two wagon loads
of men returning from Waxdnor late In
tho day of the explosion. The town was
entirely quiet and the men went about
B3 usual. A week after the demonstra
tion the witness was arrested by the sol
diers, but later was released. He was
summoned to appear before the United
States Industrial Commission, when he
was again arrested by a deputy. He de
manded to know what was the charge
against him, whereupon, he said, the dep
uty drew a gun and an exciting affray
occurred, in which the deputy lost his
"gun."
A soldier Interfered and Powers was ar
rested and put in the "bullpen." He
sent word to the Industrial Commission
that ho was there and they notified him
that the commission would come to the
"pen" and take the testimony of all pris
oners. But the witness said this testi
mony was never taken. He sold he never
learned the nature of the charge against
him.
Powers said the families of Imprisoned
men suffered until a commissary store was
established at Mullan, and about 511,000
of charitable contributions from labor or
ganizations and the Anti-Trust Associa
tion was distributed. The military terror
ized the people. The woman complained
that negro soldiers attempted to enter
their houses. One woman, whose hus
band was in the "bullpen," had a note
signed "A Colored Soldier," put under her
door. He knew of no complaints to the
commanding officers and there was no In
vestigation, He had seen soldiers enter
houses to make arrests and search.
On cross-examination efforts were made
to get the names of the men who returned
after the blowing up of the mining prop
erty. Lentz protested agafnst this as In
the lino of "Intimidation," as the Informa
tion would be used to make military ar
rests. The witness did not give the
names, but said he had furnished them to
the Sheriff. Ho said the terrorlzatlon of
the soldiers gradually diminished. There
were no actual outrages, but the witness
had seen negro soldiers spying around
houses at night Ho was treated kindly
In tho "bullpen" and saw no outrages.
He and the Sheriff Intended to arrest the
ringleaders of the crowd which blew up
the mining property, but his own arrest
prevented action on his part.
Representative Lentz said he had about
concluded the direct presentation of the
case, and after hearing one witness to
morrow would yield to General Merriam.,
Governor Steunenberg and others, deny-'
Ing the charges. Several witnesses, in
cluding ex-Master Workman Sovereign.,
of the Knlchts of Labor, ho said, would;
be Teserved for rebuttal.
Mr. Lentz asked that the committee
again call on the War Department for all
telegrams connected with the subject, es
pecially the original instructions to Gen
eral Merrlam. This was agreed to. Lentz
also asked that President McKlnley be
asked to submit affidavits alleged to have
been filed by citizens of Idaho, showing
that there was no need of martial law,
aid that abuses were recurring under the
military system. This request went over.
Chairman Hull expressing doubt as to
the right to call on the President for pa
pers. The committee admitted the plea
of Attorney-General Hacs, of Idaho, in
the habeas corpus proceedings, Lents pur
pose being to show by It that the, state
conceded that the writ of habeas corpus
was suspended.
TALK OF PEACE.
Persistent Rumors in Circulation nt
Lourcnco Marques.
LONDON, March 5. A special to the
Times from Lourenco Marques, dated
March 4, says persistent reports continue
that the Transvaal Republic has opened
negotiations looking to the securing of
peace. On the other hand, It Is asserted
the Boers will make a stand at Glencoo
and Laing's Nek, and that In the mean
time entrenchments at Pretoria are being
extended In anticipation of a siege.
The conference between the Boer Pres
idents, It Is added, and the General com
manding the Boers In Northern Natal,
was hurriedly arranged, on account of
the news of Cronje's surrender. Until
Thursday night, official confirmation of
the surrender was withheld from the pub
lic Kruger sent out a religious appeal
with orders that It should be read by ail
oIHcers to the burghers, urging them to
stand fast and strive. In the name of the
Lord, for, unless they had faith in him,
cowardice would set In and their posi
tion would be hopeless the moment they
turned their backs on the enemy. Their
past victories, he declared, showed that
the Lord was on their side. The Presi
dent besought the burghers not to bring
destruction on their progeny.
Continuing, the special says a high au
thority In Bloemfonteln declares that in
the event of a repulse of the Free-State
forces, tho latter will retire towards the
Transvaal, and, united with their brethren
there, maintain the struggle to the last.
The Boer casualties at Colenso during
the week ending February 25 are reported
to be 31 men killed and 130 wounded.
There are now practically three British
armies In the field, one In the Free State,
ono In Cape Colony and one In Natal. Ali
that Is known about the first and most
Important Is that It Is In closo touch
with a body of Boers, estimated to num
ber about G000 men. Speculation as to the
direction and method of Roberts' ad
vance Into the Free State Is quite worth
less, so carefully are the plans concealed.
In Cape Colony, General Brabant rmd
General Clements command two horns
of the army, while Gatacre holds the
main Boer force In check. Gatacre and
Clements will probably combine and ad
vance on Bloemfonteln, with Brabant
guarding the right flank with the mobile
Colonials. This movement will be sub
sequent to securing a line of communi
cation along the lines of the Free-State
railroads, which, according to the latest
dispatches, seems almost accomplished.
"With the exception of sorties, a serious
movement can hardly be expected from
the Natal army this week. When It will
be ready to advance. Its movements must
greatly depend upon how much distance
the retreating Boers put between them
selves and Buller. As an Incident of the
British main objective, which at least Is
clearly outlined as Pretoria, the relief of
Mafeklng. by the force from the sooth,
may be expected any day, Colonel Plum
er's force on the north seeming Incapa
ble of accomplishing It.
The unexpected activity of the Cape
Dutch and the reported likelihood of fight
ing between them and tn Ttnmtnc m
"by other tribes having a grudge .against
tne jjoers. is regarded as mthpr nminnn.
The only other untoward phase of. ,the
military situation that the critics can
discern Is In the forced temporary Inactiv
ity of the Natal army, an instance of
which Is contained In the dispatches an
nouncing that a flying co:umn which at
tempted to intercept the Boer retreat only
succeeded In driving the enemy further
north.
Peace Meetlnj? nt Los Angreles.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 5. A call
has been Issued by Boer sympathizers
here for a mass meeting Wednesday night
to frame a petition to the United States
Government asking that the United States
Intervene In the Interest of pence In he
Trans vaaL
ALASKA TELEGRAPH LINES.
Yukon Basin to Be Connected With
Skajrivay.
SKAGWAY, Alaska. Feb. 27. J. B.
Charleson, superintendent of Yukon Pub
lic Work for the Dominion government,
has arrived hero with CO men, 13 horsea
and 300 tons of supplies for construction
of the big telegraph line of 1000 miles to
connect the Yukon basin and Skagway,
which will serve as a link for the big sys
tem to be constructed In Northern Alaska
by tho United States this year.
Mr. Charleson announces work will be
pushed on this end from now on, regard
less of weather. An Important feature will
be the construction of a branch lino 120
miles long to Port Simpson, on Portland
Canal, the southernmost end of the inter
national ' boundary between Alaska and
British Columbia. This branch will give
opportunity for report from vessels in
their journeys of 1000 miles between Skag
way and Puget Sound.
Another important feature, Mr. Charle
son announces. Is that the Canadian. Pa
cific Railway Is to put in a special wire
from Vancouver to Quesnelle, thus di
verting the commercial traffic of the big
northern lines to Vancouver, B. C. Tho
system must be completed by November.
Mr. Charleson hopes to do better. Three
expeditions are to work on the line from
as many points. A preliminary party of
Indians and scouts1 has gone out to select
the route Immediately south from Atlln.
Mr. Charleson announces that with the
opening of navigation on the Yukon tho
Dominion government will, under his direction-,
build 50 miles further north from
Dawson, to Cudahy. This Important link
will connect all the vast system the Unit
ed States has Just begun to construct in
Northern Alaska with the entire world
at large. The new United States system
will run to Nome and Valdes.
Prospecting: in Siberia.
Carl Von Knobelsdorff. who made the
famous winter trip from Nome up the
Yukon, has arrived here, reports a man
named Brewart lias gone across tho Beh
rlng Sea to the Siberian side to explore
the Czar's territory and inquire Into the
opportunities for getting supplies there,
and Is to return to Nome to report July
1 next. Knobelsdorff will return to Nome,
and likely go to Siberia. He speaks as
though many may be willing to accept
the Czar's invitation to mine in Siberia.
"Almost the entire tundra strip at Nome.
30 miles long and four to six miles wide,"
says Knobelsdorff. "has been staked. Al
though covered with water, a prospect
has been made, and 3 to 4 cents In gold
found to a handkerchief full of dirt, which
means big pay for machinery claim
workers. The whole tundra may provo
a great gold bed. An enormous amount
of machinery will be taken to Nome, and
thero will be somo kIncfof work for every
one. The weather In Nome up to the time
I left, December 9. was line. It was
calm most of the time, and the tempera
ture was seldom below zero. One day It
dropped to 40 below. A few days out
from Nomo on our journey, rain fell."
Victims of Superstition.
The story has reached here that Indians
on the Laird River, tributary to the
Stlcknee, have fallen victims to a blind
superstition, brought on first by an epi-i
demle of scurvy, and have murdered a
wholo family of Indians, of 'their own
tribe that was Immune. Only the one
tribe was Immune, and the other Indians
thought the immunes guilty of witchcraft.
Bucks, squaws and papooses In the sus
pected family were surprised and killed.
Only ono member of the suspected family
escaped. He took the news to Laketon,
whenco It was brought to civilization by
E. T. Pope. The one member of the mur
dered family that escaped started back
from Laketon with a friend to avenge the
death of his people. The Canadian, au
thorities have been informed of tho mur
der, and will tako steps to arrest the
guilty ones.
MAKING GUARDSMEN.
English Recruits Are Subjected to a
Course of Arduous Training.
London Dally Mall.
It Is at Caterham, among tho beautiful
Surrey hills, that the recruit Is molded
Into the strapping, broad-shouldered
guardsman, who Is so valiantly maintain
ing the honor of the old country upon
the burning African veldt at tho present
time.
The process Is exacting in the extreme,
but the results so nearly approach per
fection that It may safely be assumed that
tho end justifies the means. In all It takes
about four months. Immediately upon
tho arrival the embryo guardsman is vac
cinated and subjected to a searching med
ical examination, which Includes full par
ticulars of all his more Important meas
urements. He Is then "pitted up" and
"posted" to the company to which he will
bo attached for the period of his train
ing. The first stage of his Instruction Is "drill
without arms," In which he must show
himself thoroughly proficient before he Is
allowed the care of a rifle. Starting In the
"scratch squad," he Is kept hard at It,
morning, noon and night,, until he arrives
at tho dignity of firing with ball cart
ridge. At the expiration of 10 weeks train
ing he Is again measured, and his prob
able usefulness to the service carefully
weighed In tho balance.
Should his officer's report be satisfactory
he forthwith passes Into the most .ad
vanced sections and Is eventually "post
ed" to hlsfproper battalion. He Is free to
enlist for the shortest of short-service
systems that Is, three years with the col
ors, and nine years 'In the Reserves al
though It does not, of course, follow that
he will not voluntarily extend his' active
service.
The war In South Africa has given a
great Impetus to recruiting, and the first
question tho candidate for the Queen's
shilling asks Is whether he will be sent
to the front. On learning that there Is
not much probability of It, the recruit la
invariably disappointed.
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Strikers "Went Back.
CHICAGO. March 5. About 200 ma
chinists walked out of the Illinois Steel
Company's plant at South Chicago today,
but 150 of them returned to work at once,
convinced the strike would be a failure.
It was reported that the company had
about 100 men ready to take the places
of the strikers. Heavy reserve forces are
being kept at the various police stations
for possible emergencies.
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Tommy Sheehnn Goes East.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 5. Tommy
Sheehan, the phenomenal third baseman
developed last season, has gone to Hot
Springs, Ark., where he is to Join tho
St. Louis team for practice work for
the National League circuit. After the
last ball season had well advanced, he
was taken from a local boy's team and
shot to the front by the Gilt Edged Club.
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RoukIi and Tumble KIht.
BUFFALO, N. Y., March 5. Dan Cree
don knocked out Al Weinig In the 10th
round at the Olympic Athletic Club to
night. The men fought without science,
and both were covered with hlnnd nftor
the third round. "Wolniw .( ,,.. u-
punished. .
OPINION ON PUERTO RICO
STATUS OF THE TERRITORY AND
'ITS INHABITANTS.
VIevrs of the La-rr Office of the Divi
sion of f Insular AfTnlrs Nctv
Currencj Law.
NEW YORK, March 5. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
The opinion rendered, to the Secretary of
War by Charles E. Magoon, law 'officer of
the Division of Insular Affairs, on the legal
status of the territory and the inhabitants
of the former Spanish Islands acquired by
the United States, Is. being generally used
by Senators In the preparation of speeches
or. the Puerto Rlcan tariff bill.
"So long as the political department of
this Government," Mr. Magoon asserts,
"electo to treat said Islands as being out
side of the territorial boundaries of the
United States, the question of excluding
objectionable persons or racea is of easy
solution. The products of the territory
have no greater rights of entry Into the
United States than have the Inhabitants.
The laws of the United States regulating
commerce with that territory- have not
been altered. Congress has not changed
them, and certainly th. executive, acting
alone, cannot do so. and has not made tho
attempt to perform such unauthorized
functions. The laws regulating navigation
and coast trading In the United States "havo
not been extended over said territory, and
cannot be without appropriate action by
Congress."
Mr. Magoon states that the Inhabitants
of the Islands, not being citizens of the
United States, do not possess the right of
free entry Into the United States. Tho
rights of immigration Into the United
States by the Inhabitants of the Islands aro
no more than those of aliens of the same
race coming from foreign lands. The Chi
nese residents will be excluded under tho
provisions of the Chinese exclusion act.
"The treaty with Spain," the opinion
continues, "did not attempt to naturalize
the Inhabitants of the Islands acquired by
the United States. On the contrary, It
provided that the- civil rights and political
status of the inhabitants shall be deter
mined by Congress. It follows that they
can become citizens only by a specific act
of Congress."
Mr. Magoon says the power to extend or
contract the territorial boundaries of the
United States is vested In the two house,
of Congress, acting with the approval of
the Executive, and Is not to be exercIt'J
by the President, either as Chief Executiv e
of Commander-in-Chief of the mllltar1'
forces. Mr. Magoon holds that "there c
bo no question that the territory wltho :
the boundaries 'of the United States Is : t
bound and privileged by our Constitution '
Mr. Magoon believes Congress and tl -Executive
must determine whether th
boundaries of the United States shall be
extended to include any or all the Islands
of Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam.
Mr. Magoon denies that the Inhabitants
of the Islands arc citizens of the United
States, though ho says they are entitled to
call upon this Government to protect them
In their rights of property and person, to
preserve the public peace, and maintain
law and order, and prevent encroachments
upon the territory by foreign nations.
Corelatlvely, the inhabitants owe allegi
ance to the sovereignty and obedience to
the laws whereby the sovereignty under
takes to discharge the obligation. The
sovereignty and Jurisdiction of the United
States having attached to the Islands, per
sons continuing therein are subject to the
laws put In force therein by the United
states, without regard to their citizenship,
with such exceptions as aro In force In
other territory subject to the jurisdiction
of the United States.
"It seemB Incontrovertible," continues.
Mr. Magoon. "that tho unorganized ter
ritory of the United-States la. not bound
and benefited by the Constitution and
laws of the United States until Congress
has mado appropriate provisions therefor.
And. if Congress, by appropriate action,
extend the territorial boundaries of the
United States to Include the Islands ac
quired by the Nation during the late war
with Spain, and thereafter continue said
Islands In the condition of unorganized
territory governed by tho sovereign pow
ers of the nation, the exercise of said
sovereign powers will not be directed,
limited or controlled by the expressed pro
visions of the Constitution."
A GOVERNMENT PLANT.
Smokeless Powder Will Soon
Be
Made at Indian Head.
NEW YORK, March 5. The manufac
ture of smokeless powder by the Gov
ernment will now shortly be started at the
Indian Head proving grounds. Tho
buildings of the plant are practically com
pleted. The machinery has been delayed
but its placing will be accomplished soon.
In order to avoid Injury to the proving
grounds, the plant has been established on
a tract of land several miles away and
the two points are connected by a rail
road, the factory ard railroad to be oper
ated by an electric plant, which had been
established In the power-house. The pov-
der plant consists of a nitric acid fac
tory, cottonwashlng house, cotton dry
house, cotton storehouse, ether factory,
pumping and poaching-house, hydratlng-
house, mixing-house press, nltratlng-
house, solvent recovery-house, four pow
der dryhouses. packing-house, two maga
zines, a standpipe for water supply with
300.000 gallons capacity and acid storing
and mixing tanks.
Rear-Admiral O'Neil, chief of ordnance,
aaserts that there is no intention on the
part of the Government to enter Into com
petition, except as to quality, with pri
vate manufacturers. Experiments will be
made at the factory with a view of Im
proving the quality of the po.wder. There
Is a disposition on the part of the pri
vate manufacturers to secure a limitation,
by specific provision, of the amount of
powder which the .Government factory
shall turn out.
THE NEW CURRENCY IiAW.
Treasury Department I'ropnrlns to
Put It Into Operation.
NEW YORK, March 5. A special to the
Herald from Washington .says:
Plans for complying promptly with the
new currency law are being considered In
tho Treasury Department, and It will be
put Into operation at the earliest possible
moment after Its passage. Secretary
Gage will have a new form of the dally
treasury statement prepared, which will
separate the funds set aside for the re
demptlon of gold and silver certificates
and legal-tender notes from the funds
used In the ordinary fisca-i operations.
The most important work to be done
Is to prepare the new bonds under the
refunding plan. The new 2 per cent bonds
will be Issued to holders, of the old bonds
to the face value of the old bonds, but
certain premiums will be paid by the
treasury In cash. These premiums will
be" such that the bonds would pay 2V4
Interest, until maturity, with allowance
for the sinking fund. The effect of the
premiums paid will be that a man holding
a bond for $1000 will receive a new
bond, at 2 per cent for ?1000. and also
a check on the treasury for the premium,
amounting In the case of the 4s and 5s to
something like ?100, and will thereafter
receivo interest at the rate of 2 per cent.
None of the 2 per cent bonds will be
offered for sale by the Government. This
probably accounts for the reported pre
mium of 5 or 6 per cent upon new bonds
when issued. If the Government were
taking up a loan which had matured,
some of the new bonds might be offered
upon the market, and the money received
for them used in paying old bonds, whose
holders desire their redemption-. In the
present case, however, the only option of
the holder of the old bonds is to accept
the new ones or retain the old ones.
It is proposed to Issue bonds of as hlch
as ?30,000, to meet the' needs of the banks 1
but tier will also be Issued as low as
$C0. An apprehension seems to have
gained ground that the pending bill calls
In large silver certificates. This is not
the case. The treasury will not make
any call for large silver certificates, but
when they are received In the ordinary
course of business, for redemption only,
certificates of $10 and under will be Issued
In their place. This will tend to put all
the silver certificates Into small notes,
and there will be a tendency to cancel
small legal-tender notes and substitute
largo ones.
The high price of the bonus capable of
being refunded and the recent increase of
bank-note circulation Indicate that gen
eral preparations are being made by the
banks to exchange the old bonds for the
new. It Is expected that a rush of appli
cations will come to the treasury when
the law Is- approved. The Issue of the
bonds for the payment of premiums,
which Senator Aldrlch estimated at SS,
OOO.OCO, would put this much money In cir
culation, so far as it is not already in
public use through government deposits
in the banks. It Is not generally ex
pected, however, that all the bonds will
bo refunded at the present time.
Tiva treasury balance will drop accord
ing to the present form of statement, to
about 5235,000.000, and the setting aside of
tho new gold reserve of $150,000,000 will
leavb the fiscal balance, according to the
new forms of statement, at about ?103,
00O.0CO a much more manageable fund
than the surplus of the last few months,
which' has threatened the supply of the
money market and required constant
special measures by Secretary Gage to
prevent undue contraction.
TORTUGAS QUARANTINE.
Cosily Fort to Be Turned Over to
Health O Ulcers.
NEW YORK, March 5. A special to the
Trlbuno from Washington says:
Naval officers have been astounded this
week to learn that they havo no rights at
Dry Tortugas, where a sum of over .$500,
000 has been expended In the last year in
establishing a coaling station and rendez
vous commanding the Gulf Coast at the
West Indies, and where there is now be
ing rapidly prosecuted the establishment
of what Is regarded as the most Important
strategic base between the Chesapeake
and Central America.
At Tortugas the Army had erected the
most formidable fortification south of
Fort Monroe, but the station was deemed
Insalubrious and several jears ago was
turned over to the quarantine service.
When Cervera's fleet left Spain, the Presi
dent promptly had Fort Jefferson, on Tor
tugas, garrisoned to hold as a naval base,
thereby enabling the blockade of the
northern shore of Cuba to bo maintained.
Since that time the naval contractors
have been continually engaged in com
pleting the great station which, under
-.aval discipline and efficient methods, has
jeen made as healthy as a shlD at sea and
besides kept In telegraphic communication
with ashIngton.
Under the circumstances. Secretary Long
was astonished the other day to receive
an official communication from the Treas
ury Department notifying the Navy to
stop work and get its men away from
Tortugas by April 1. as Surgeon-General
Wymiin, of the Marine Hospital Service,
was looking for a good deal of yellow
fever and bubonic plague this Summer
and had to use Fort Jefferson, which cost
$5,MO,0OO as a pesthouse.
THE CHARLESTON' CASE.
Secretary Lonpr Investigating1 the
Cliarfre.
NEW YORK, March 5. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Besides directing Rear-Admiral Watson
to 'make a thorough Investigation of
charges of intoxication preferred against
the officers of the wrecker cruiser Charles
ton. Secretary Long has written to the
person making them, requesting that he
specifically name the officers guilty or the
u-uc-fcuu. uneime. xiio oecretary is incnneu r
to believe the charges arewithout fo'urwia- (
tion. especially as they were sent to the
department from Bulgaria. Instead of be
ing referred by a Consul, as reported,
they were sent by a clergyman. The Sec
retary said that they were very general
In character, and fallefr to. give tho name
of any officers.
Rear-Admlral Watson has been fur
nished with a copy of the communication
from the clergyman, and will make a
strict Inquiry. It is supposed by depart
ment officials that the clergyman must
have got his Information from an enlisted
man. who had a grievance against the
Charleston's officers.
GENIUS FOR ORGANIZATION.
Ijord Kitchener's Cnpacity for Over
coming: Obstacle.
Lord Kitchener's extraordinary genius
for organization made him successful at
comparatively small cost In every move
ment of his Soudan campaign, from the
tho advance from Wady Haifa, on March
16, 1S96. to the defeat and death of the
Khalifa In November, 1809.
Winston Churchill, who served as an
officer In this expedition, says of it:
"It was accomplished with an economy
of expense unequaled In the annals of
modern warfare. The. obstacles presented
by tho Nile, tho desert, climate, cholera,
and, above all, a foe well armed and ably
led and always superior In numbers,
were formidable Indeed. The perfection
of the organization was shown by the
precision with which tho different opera
tions of the campaigns were executed
Tallroada built, marches made, battles
fought almost on a day and hour previ
ously fixcdi upon. The English contingent
sent to aid In the final attack on Omdur
man reached Cairo on August' 1, and the
transports for their return were ordered to
bo at Alexandria by the end of the next
month. The force, an Infantry brigade
and a cavalry regiment, ascended the
river by rail, steamer and by marching
some 1500 miles, fought a battle, captured
a city, and a part of theiri were on duty
In Cyprus on September 2L. The purely
military expenditures for the three years'
operations of an army 25,000 strong were.
In round numbers, $5,000,000. If the 500
miles of railway, 900 miles of telegraph
and a flotilla of steamers, permanent ad
ditions to tho resources of the country, be
Included, the cost was $12,000.00"). For this
sum an. enemy-,numbering 50,000 fighting
men was annihilated, and a region 1.000,
000 square miles Jn extont was reconquered
and occupied."
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Identity of Pubnlco "Wreck.
HARRINGTON. N. S.. March 5. The
vessel wrecked on the ledge at Pubnlco
10 days ago was almost certainly the
Elder-Dempster line steamer Planet Mer
cury, from. Portland, Me., for Bristol.
The Planet Mercury sailed from Port
land. February 17, under command of Cap
tain Pye. She carried a cargo valued at
$300,000, but no passengers. In addition to
her crew she carried six cattlemen.
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Medical and Snrprlcal Fees.
West London Medical Journal.
Some attention was recently directed In
an American medical journal to the pro-
44 The Prvdent Man Setteth
His House in Order."
Your human ienement should be given
even more careful attention than the
house you live in Set it in order by
thoroughly renovating your whole system
through blood made pure by taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla. Then every organ
vul act promptly and regularly.
MjO(& Sob.
JmMSppomr
fesslonal fees paid to physicians ln the
States, and the -curious fact was pointed
out that a fee of $500 was quite excep
tionally netted. In the land where mil
lionaires abound, as well as men of large
wealth, this certainly seems a surprising
thing. A surgeon not long ago operated
successfully for appendicitis in San Fran
cisco, and his millionaire patient volun
tarily handed him a draft for $30,000. This
fee must eclipse any record we have in
this country. If anything, however, thero
are signs everywhere that "operation
stock" is a falling market. That Is to
spy, the fees for operations are not what
they used to be. Many causes, no doubt,
aro contributing to this doleful state of
affairs; but perhaps the most active of all
is the Increasing number of those In
whose hands the public find that thelr'sur
glcal needs can be placed.
The DIonroc Doctrine.
Hon. Richard Olney in March Atlantic
As between Itself and the states of Eu
rope, the primacy of the United States as
respects the affairs of the American Con
tinents Is a principle of Its foreign pdllcy
which will no doubt hold good and be as
firmly asserted In the future as In the
past. A particular application and illus
tration of the principle are found in what
is known as the Monroe Doctrine, which
will be as important In the future as in
the past; our uncompromising adherence
to which we have lately proclaimed to all
the world., and which may and should,
command general acquiescence, since It
requires of Europe to abstain from doing
In America nothing more than we should
and must abstain from doing in Europe-
Mrs. Slnnford Is Better.
NEW YORK, March 5 Mrs. Leland
Stanford, who has been 111 at the Fifth.
Avenue Hotel with symptoms of pneu
monia, is? somewhat better. She was able
to sit up for a short time last night.
Jler physicians express the hope that the
turning point in her illness has. been
reached and pneumonia averted.
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Sbarkey nnd Fltzslmmon Slfrn.
NEW YORK. March 5. Tom Sharkey
and Bob Fltzslmmons signed articles of
agreement for a 25-round bout before tho
club offering tho largest purse, the winner
to take all the purse. Queensberry rules
will prevail.
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