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THE MORNING OKEQOyiAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1900. TELLER AND TURNER Took Opposite Stands on the - 'Expansion Question. ARGUED CONSTITUTIONAL POINTS Former Held tlie Government Can J'lake Outlying: Territory In States cr Colonic, as It Sees Fit. "WASHINGTON, March 14. Two argu ments were presented to the Senate today in which almost antipodal positions were taken by two Senators. Teller of Colo rado, In a brief speech, maintained that the Constitution could not extend over territory acquired by the United States, while Turner of Washington elaborately contended that the Constitution embraced $he acquired territory the very moment the United States took possession of it. Teller held that this Government could make the outlvlng territory into states or could hold it as colonies, as it saw tit. while Turner maintained that the United States could not hold colonies or depend encles. Aside from the Constitutional questions, the two Senators were in prac tical agreement. Both were opposed to the pending bill, and both objected to any of the insular territory becoming a part of the United States or any of its inhabi tants citizens of the United States. The District of Columbia appropriation bill was taken up" in the House today, and, under the latitude allowed, Adamson of Georgia discussed the Nicaragua ca nal; Cewherd of Missouri the Philippine question; Howard of Georgia questions relating to the Philippines and the "open door" policy in the Orient; .Rucker of Missouri the advisability of electing Sen ators by the people, and Boutell of Illi nois replied to Cowherd. The House adopted a resolution, setting aside alter nate Fridays for the consideration of pri vate bills reported by the claims and wax claims committee. THE DAY I.V DETAIL. Speeches of Teller and Turner In the Senate. WASHINGTON. March 14. Soon after the Senate convened today, the President pro tem., Frye, affixed his signature to the bill fixing the standard of- value of money of the United States. The meas ure then went to the President for his signature. Turner (Fus. Wash.), who began yes terday a speech on the Puerto Rico bill, yielded the floor to Teller (Sil. Rep. Colo.), who expected to leave for Cuba tonight. Teller said the Constitutional questions involved in the discussion of the pending bill had been thoroughly elaborated and discussed, but he be lieved them of sufficient Importance to be further considered. His oniy purpose to day was to say in a general way that he understood there was no doubt of the Government's power to govern the pos sessions it had acquired. Teller declared that he could And ample authority for legislation relating to our Insular posses sions, authority not derived from the Con stitution. "And I don't believe," said Teller, "that the Constitution is in force In our new possessions. Congress. I believe, is su preme so far as the making of legislation lor acquired territory is concerned. Of course, in enacting such legislation.. Con gress is bound by certain fundamental . principles that underlie this free Govorn- xnent After a earpfn ptrnmnattnn rr on Supreme Court authority, I have been able to And only ono case that will sup port the doctrine that the Constitution goes of its own vigor into the acquired territory. "My own belief is that we can make the acquired territories a part of the United States or not, as Congress may seo fit. If we don't make them a part of the United States, I believe we may hold them as colonies that we have the same power to hold them as Great Brit ain has to hold colonial possessions." Teller did not believe that it was neces sary to make the acquired territory a part of the United States in the sense that it could be regarded and governed as incipient states of the Union. Puerto Rico, he thought, might be held under the sovereignty of the United States and the people, subject to our dictation, might make the laws of the land, and the United States might determine what the Inhabi tants should or should not do. He found no legal difficulty in dealing either with the acquired possessions of their inhabi tants. - "We don't wtnt to make Puerto Rico and the Philippines a part of the United States." said he, ."and I don't want to make their Inhabitants citizens of the United States." . He added that the relatiorr that he would establish between the United States and the acquired territory was en tirely consistent with the history, tradi tions and principles of this country. If he had time, he believed he could prove that the fathers of the country contem plated the acquisition and the holding of colonies by the United States. "If anybody," he continued, "can show a better way out of the trouble than the holding of the possessions we have ac quired, I am willing to consider it 1 would rather make Puerto Rico and the Philippines colonies or provinces than to make them states. We don't want the In habitants of these Islands to be made citizens of the United States. That la what this bill does. If there were noth ing else against it, that alone -would in duce me to vote against it." . Teller said he desired all possible and reasonable advantages and privileges to be extended to these peoplebut he would not have them participate in the election of a President of the United .Stages, nor would he give them representation in Congress. The tariff question Involved in the pend ing measure. Teller said? depended for solution wholly upon the relations of the Islanders to the United States. If they are citizens, wo could not legally or Con stitutionally levy a tariff on their pro ducts; If they are not citizens, then this Govern- mt might do as it saw fit about levying a duty on those products. The latter view raised only a question of pol icy. If the. Puerto RIcans wre not citi zens of the United States, then they had no right to demand that they be given free trade with the United States. Teller reiterated his own. opjnlon that the people in the insular possessions are not now citizens of the United" Spates. Continuing, he sald: , "I have nq patience with'?. Senator who holds that we shall do the'-same thing in Puerto Rico as we .do. In the Philippines, or that we must be found to afford to the Philippines the same legislation we give Puerto Rico. The questions of the treatment of Puerto Rico "and the treat ment of the Philippines are entirely dif ferent and distinct. The great question is how we can do justice to the Inhabitants of those Islands and do justice to ourselves at the saroo time. Bad as thir, bllltis, it 1" infinitely "better than anything tne peo ple of Puerto Rico ever had .before." After deprecating "the newspaper clam or." which he said indicated that the United States was about to take some Il liberal and unjust advantage of the Puerto Ricans. Teller concluded with the statement that the bill, as presented, was an Incongruous proposition, and he' had little hope of Its being materially Improved before its enactment. Turner then resumed his discussion of the Puerto RIcan measure. Taking up the line of his argument where he dropped It yesterday he contended with the Con stitutional authorities In support of the contention that the Constitution follows the flag into all 'territory ncqulred bv the United States .with the Idea of being hf Id permanently. Turner challenged any Sen ator to produce a decision of the Supreme Court holding It to be necessary thatthe Constitution 'should be extended by act ot Congress over acquired territory or that the Constitution did not extend of Itself over such territory. In conclusion, he de clared that the pending bill was manifest ly unconstitutional. It was undemocratic, unrepublican and an unauthorized exer cise of power over the Inhabitants of Puerto Rico, and he thus warned the powers In the majority: "Beware unless you betray the hopes of the future in the exigencies of the present." The Senate, then, at 3 P. M., adjourned In the House. Bills were passed by the House to set tle the title tcureal estate Inie territory of Santa Fe, N. M., and for tne relief ol Thomas PauL The District of Columbia appropriation bill was taken up, and Grout (Rep. Vt-), In charge of the bill, made a general ex planation of its provisions. The bill car ries 56.C0S.37S. Adamson (Dem. Ga.) delivered a long argument in favor of an Isthmian canaL Cowherd (Dem. Mo.) addressed the House on the subject of the Philippines, holding that the advocates of Imperialism were actuated by two motives militarism and commercial gree I. He denied that Jefferson was the father of modern ex pansion, quoting extensively from Jeffer son's writings to show that Jefferson's motive In securing the annexation of Louisiana was to avoid embroiling the country' In foreign wars In the future. Jef ferson, he said, desired to Insure peace. Modern expansionists courted foreign com plications. In every treaty of annexa tion made under a Democratic administra tion, there was a clause which provided that every Inhabitant of the territory an nexed should become an American citi zen. The treaty of Paris was the -only one acquiring territory In which it was left to Congress to decide the political status of the inhabitants. "Mr. Chairman," he concluded, "there was a time when we boasted, not of the money we could make, not that yonder flag carried trade in its wake, but that it carried liberty. Today, the proud boast is that trade follows the flag: The other day. when General French rode into Klm berley to the relief of that beleaguered city, the rewspapers tell Us the citizens held a reception for the English officers, and that Crcil Rhodes, the very "incarna tion of lnrd lust, the land-grabMng spirit of the age, in response to a toast, said the people of Kimberley had done their part in preserving for the world the greatest commercial asset of the age,' the English flag. "Mr. Chairman, I hope the day will never come when any man can rise in any meeting and point to yonder banner as a commercial asset. (Applause). I trust, sir. that something still will survive of the 'days when that banner floated above Washington and his barefooted, bloody patriots at "Valley Forge; I trust something still will live of the spirit that anlrrated the men who upheld that ban ner when they stood with stubborn, old Andrew Jackson at New Orleans; I trust something of the life of liberty still Der meates the followers of yonder flag when they marched with Grant on his stub born advance to Richmond. And, Mr. Chairman, if. the day ever comes when that banner Is nothing but a commercial asset, then, sir, every stripe of white upon Its folds should be dyed in the blood of the men wo killed and conquered and from yonder ground of blue you should take every star that represents an in dependent state." (Applause on the Dem ocratic side). Howard (Dem. Ga.) discussed the "open door" policy In the East Rucker (Dem. Mo.) submitted an argu ment in favor of a Constitutional amend ment for the election of Senators by the people. He said that 32 states were on record as favoring the popular election of Senators, Boutell (Rep. 111.) closed the debate, with a brief reply to the argument of Cowherd. Ho said that military glory and commercial greed were as repugnant to him as to the gentleman from Missouri. He hoped and prayed that In dealing with the problems which confronted us we would be guided by the highest motives and the blessings of the God of Nations and the approval of all civilization would rest upon us. At 4:50 P. M., the House adjourned. FEELITSG RAX HIGH. Warm Dispute Between Committee men at Cocur d'AIene Investigation. WASHINGTON, March 14. Feeling ran high at the Coeur d'AIene investigation before the House committee on military affairs today, and there were several spirited exchanges between Chairman Hull and Representative Lentz. George Cornell was on the stand relating his experience during Imprisonment, which differed only in detail from those of other witnesses. One of his recitals was as to an old soldier, who, because of the bru tality of negro soldiers toward him, took his Grand Army button from his coat, and, with tears In his -eyes, threw it away. Cornell said he had a memorandum of the affair, but the book was taken from him, and he saw it -afterward In the posses sion of Bartlett T. Sinclair, the Governor's representative during the trouble. Sin clair, -who was present, arose and de clared there was no such soldier as had been described. Lentz protested against statements not under oath. He also gave notice tha't he would call on Sinclair to produce all his hooks, to locate this al leged soldier entry-. Chairman Hull here Interrupted the speaker to remark to Lentz that he was not in a position Individually to order the production of books. This was a province of the committee, and without such action, Lentz notice amounted to nothing. Lentz stated that It was usual to give notice that books referred to In testimony would be called for. He asked that the commit tee make the request, and. without ob jection, this was done. Lentz moved that the committee call for all rolls, records, eta, showing the names of those held In the "bull pen," charges against them, etc The committee then went into executive session to pass upon the motion. The committee voted, six to Ave, against call ing for immediate presentation of the rolls, records, etc. of the "bull pen." It was agreed, however, that General Merriam and others be requested to present any such papers when they are heard. When the open session was resumed harmony was soon Interrupted by another exciting controversy. One of the attor neys present. la behalf of the State of Idaho, occupied a seat near the head of the table, and Lentz referred to the out side ''coaching" which was going on. He nlso questioned the attorney as to whom he represented, by whom he was retained and what retainer had been paid. The answer -was -that Governor Steunen berg had given him a $230 check as a re tainer. Then the following colloquy oc curred: Chairman Hull What difference doe3 that make? Sulzer Don't be so timid, Mr. Chairman. Stevens of Minnesota There is such a thing as decency. Sulzer That may be. Stevens You had better get a little of It Dick of Ohio I object to the insulting remark ot the gentleman from New York to the chairman. Sulzer Never mind what you "want to do about It I have my rights here and you can rest assured of It The manner of the exchange showed that the members were very much in earnest The witness then went on with his tes timony. He" told of the vileness of the barn where the men were first confined and of the harsh treatment accorded them. At the afternoon session, the witness, Cornell, said he never heank an army officer tell miners who had quit work In the mines that he would put them back at the point of the bayonet If they did not voluntarily resume work. The mili tary authorities, he said, were In control and superior to the lvil authorities. The cross-examination did not materially alter Cornell's story. PROSPERITY OF FARMERS REMARKABLE INCREASE Iff VALUES OF PRODUCTS OVER LATE YEARS. The Xumber of Farms Ha Increased Four Hundred Thousand in the the Past Ten Years. NiEW YORK. March 14. "The improve ment In agricultural conditions now, con trasting with the depth of depression in 1S94-96, is as little appreciated by the out side public as was the farmers' condi tion during the hard times. It Is con servative, however, to say that the pro duction of the United States' farms for the past year was to the farmers over a.eOO.OOO.OOO more than in either of the de pressed years. This is an average ad vanco of 31 per cent In values compared with the lowtpolnt" These statements are made by the American Agriculturist for March, which contains an elaborate review of the agri cultural situation from a financial and industrial standpoint The livestock of the country is said to be worth $700,000.- COLUMBIA TO LUtle dark-ejed maiden Standing at the gate. Wistful, wan and weary, x Sit you down and wait! We will stay jour hunger .We will quench yoqr, .thirst But our pampered gluttons . Must be fattened flritl M . 4 j " . Utile dark-ejed maiden. What you say Is true; Soelng yod mistreated, We adopted you Bade you come and tarry In a household where All are brothers, sisters. And.be welcome there! L'ttle dark-eyed You have To fulfill your duties Stop your noise go way! Drat your, thirst and hunger Drat your blooding feet! Favored ones are cfjtng . For some more to eat! . 000 more than during the hard times, or a gain of 3S per cent Staple crops are worth $100,000,000 more than then, while other crops show an Increase of $200,000,- 000 In value, or a gain of 25 per cent, com pared with the depression of 1S94. 1S95 and lSft". The produce of livestock, such as meats, dairy products, calves, mutton, sheep and lambs, hides and pelts, colts, mules, etc., are said to show a gain of $370,000,000. or -10 per cent above the low point The review referred to says: "Livestock Itself has advanced nearly or quite as much, and now exceeds the high point of the rise that reached Its highest point In 1SS9. Even horses are one-third higher than four years ago. The total value of cattle on farms Is now 41 per cent more than five years ago, while the average value per head of cat tle has advanced 76 per cent above the low point of 1S95. Milch cows are worth 43 per cent more than In 1S32. and their total value Is 53 per cent greater than in 1EP6. Sheep are higher than for 20 years, worth about double on the farm what they were five years ago. and are fully 20 per cent higher than during the early 'SOs. The total value of sheep in the country' Is 140 per cent greater than In 1S96. Hogs have occasionally been worth more than npw, but are selling at a high range, especially compared with cheap corn. The number of hogs Is small compared with the Increase of population and growth or export trade. "Farm real estate depreciated sharply during the hard times, but has more than recovered In value, and Is now estimated to be worth $1,220,000,000 more than In 1BS9. The total Investment In American agricul ture Is now placed at $17,550,000,000. a gain of nearly 10 per cent over the compara tively high basis of values of 1SSS. All these figures look large, but when the errors In the last agricultural census are understood, and when jt is remembered that the sales of poultry and eggs In the United States amount to over $300,000,000 a year, the conservative nature of. these statistics can be better understood." The American Agriculturist estimates that the number of farms In the United States has Increased by some 400.000 dur ing the past 10 years, against a gain of nearly GOO.OOO in the previous decade and of 1.500.000 from 1S70 to 1SS0. and affirms that a larger proportion of these farms (69 per cent) are occupied by their own ers now than then, while the number of farms now under mortgage that are occu pied by their owners is no greater than ln1S99. As near as this authority can get It, the amount of mortgages on farms occupied by their owners is now about $300,000,000 less than at the beginning of the decade. Mortgages now average only about 27 per cent of the farms they are on. The rate of Interest has declined, and the great bulk of mortgages now in force -was Incurred to buy the farm or improve it Plot to Blow Up Miners. CHICAGO, March 14. A special to the Record from Phoenix. Ariz., says: Advices from Whlpsaw mining camp. 60 miles from here, say that a plot to blow up 40 miners there on Sunday was almost successful. The men were sitting around the tables in the messroom, when one of the miners, who was about to enter the room, discovered the burning fuse, .which ho removed. But for this discovery, la two minutes the sparks would have reached a charge of giant powder suffi ciently heavy to blow into atoms the messhouse and all Its occupants. A miner who rocently came Into the camp and of whom little is known, ex cept that he Is eccentric, is suspected of planning the destruction, of the working men. He disappeared shortly before the dinner hour. A party of miners scoured the hills In a futile attempt to locate the missing man. The authorities have been notified. A CHINESE SQUADRON. United States Will Mnke n. Demon, titration on. the Asiatic. NEW YORK, March 14. A special to the Journal and Advertiser from Washington says: The German Ambassador, Dr. Von Holleben, had a long conference with Acting Secretary of State Hill. In which the latter was presumably Informed that a demonstration In Cnlna might be ex pected from Russia shortly. The chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Rear-Admiral Crownlnshleld. sought Secretary of State Hay and found him at the Hay residence, after which the Navy Department an nounced that a Chinese squadron will bo established and that Rear-Admiral PUERTO RICO. Little dark-eyed maiden. It was as you say: Many & little service You, from day to day. Wore to do In payment Of your little debt But e can't, Invite you -To the tabic yet! fW LUtle dark-eyed maiden. Ptgh on. If you must; We may deign to toss you. Now and then, acrustr Set your little basket Down outsfdo the door. Till the fattened gluttons Cease demanding more. maiden. come, you say. S. B. Klser In Chicago Times-Herald. Kempff, now commandant at the Mare Island navy-yard, will be sent to Manila to take this squadron for cruising the Chinese and Japanese Coasts; also that Rear-Admiral Remey, In charge of the Asiatic station, will maintain the naval base at Manila. It is understood that Rear-Admlral KempfTs squadron will consist of the Or egon and Baltimore, now at Manila, the Iowa, Philadelphia and Marblehead, now on the Pacific Coast, and the Montgomery, now attached to the South Atlantic sta tion. It is believed here that the forma tion of the Chinese squadron by the Unit ed States Is to be a spectacular warning to Russia and France that American in terests are Involved In any change In the conditions in China. Presumably Germany will make a similar demonstration. SHREWD DIPLOMACY. Effect of the Boer Presidents' Tele- irram to Snllsuury. NEW YORK. March 14. The Journal and Advertiser says. Presidents Kruger and Steyn have apparently made a shrewd diplomatic move, for It cannot be sup posed that they expected Lord Salisbury to consent to peace on any such terms as those they proposed. They have, however, obtained from the British Premier a tan gible statement of the intentions of Eng land and her determination to take from the two republics their independence. Thl3 gives them something on which they may appeal to the powers, asking it the latter will stand by and see them crushed and turned Into integral parts of the British Empire. The strengthening of England's fleet in Chinese waters Is a part of her answer to the peace proposition of the Boer F.e publlcs. Lord Salisbury realizes that Eng land's enemies have never nad so good an excuse for making trouble for her as they have now. Should the Boer 'Presi dents appeal to the powers against the Premier's ultimatum and ask them to in terfere to prevent the political annihila tion of the Republics, the opportunity of Russia and Franco would have come. These powers would very likely notify England that they would not consent to the taking away of the Boers' Independ ence and that would mean war. For Eng land would allow no such Interference in what she regards as her private affairs. Russia and France have Important in terests in China the one on the north and the other on the south. And Russia has been unwontedly aggressive of late. Hence the dispatch of two such powerful wrar shlps as the Terrible and the Argonaut to reinforce the Chinese squadron, al ready stronger than that of any other power In Pacific waters. What may have a direct bearing upon this phase of the situation Is the deter mination of our own Government In Wash ington to disnatch a fleet under "Sear Admiral Kempff to Chinese waters. The ostensible reason for this Is the protection of American interests, but England's en emies, who have been jealously watching the growing friendship between Washing ton and London, will certainly regard.lt as a demonstration favorable to Great Britain. 9 I Siops the Consh and "Works Off the Cold. Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets cure a cold In one day. No cure no pay. Price1 25c. "SIN OF WI1CHCRAFT" KIPLIXGtS ACCOUAT OF DISLOYALTY " IS SOUTH AFRICA. He Declares the British Civil Au thorities Wink at Semi Treasonable Acts. NEW YORK, March 14. The first word from Rudyard Kipling since, he went to South Africa will be printed in this week's issue of Harper's Weekly. Mr. Klpl ng cables a long account of disloyalty, whicn he calls the "sin of witchcraft" The bur den of his complaint is that British civil authorities in Cape Town wink at semi treasonable acts, and, to quote his own wordq, "the government will take care It does not pay any one to be loyal." He says: "The loyalist on the border has his house ripped inside by Boers or rebels, or both; thd disloyalist's farm Is protected and. in return, he supplies the enemy with food, horses and information. His risk is small. He may possibly but not If his friends can stop It be arrested on a charge of treason. He may then be sent down country to be tried by a sympathetic Jury. He hopes, and not without reason, to have his farm restored to him. after he has undergone some absurdly Inadequate punishment .ueanwnue, tne loyalist's piano Is lying wireless on the veranda; photographs of his house show the rooms as though cyclones had met to wrestle there; his flocks and herds are gone, and the baby linen Is lying on' the dung heap. He and hl3 family crawl into Cape Town In over packed trains and get what consolation they can from singing, 'Britons never shall be slaves, on the platform. Then do Messrs. Kruger and Steyn begin corre spondence with Lord Roberts as to the atrocities committed on a virtuous popu lation by a brutal and licentious soldiery. "The loyalists declare that property han dled disloyally could be reduced to a n& glectable quantity. What then, th.ey de mand. Is the sense of creating and prop ping and supporting the thing as 'you cre ated and propped and supported the Trans vaal till It bit you. They have a certain amount of reason on their side, and It may an well be set out to defeat, to delay, to evade and nullify the workings of a just punishment at first cautiously, but later made bold by toleration, with an insoicnt carelessness of security, to preach sedition under guise of abject loyalty. "To malign unscrupulously and to lie malignantly and with knowledge among an ignorant people, is a merry and profit able game while it endures. The player, however, do not see or, busy with their small intrigues, will not realize that for each man whose neck they eave arises an other and yet another desiring nothing less than their necks. "It Is a brutal way to put it. but things are not cream and honey In Cape Town Just now. and I confess "It gives me the cold creeps to watch these f-mooth-talklng. smiling men explaining to their Intimates, as they have explained these 10 yearn past, how this and that w'll be softened down In the Interest of some Imperilled rebel; how help will come from here and support from another quarter, and how little. In nny case, to be feared Is the British Government "The home government Is weak and of many kinds; they maintain Intimate rela tions with all sides: with the front and the far more Important 'back front,' Avhlch reigns at Pretoria." The Colonial tro6ps see this dislos-nlty which the government does not publish, and Mr. Kipling voices their feelings in these words: "No'w men .who are u-ed to dust in their food do not care to have it thrown in their eyes. Five, six and sfev'en -thousand miles away, anxious young communltlm are waiting- for word of their men. No, I detail of "their doings goes unrecorded bj the big dallies whose wrappers you have never opened, or by" the little cheap news papers with the patent Insldes. Move a mixed Colonial contingent 50 miles here across country, and Winnipeg. Quebec, Canterbury, Wellington and Brisbane also are moved over, and, above that, they will write to their papers. These men's letters will be read and re-read at cross road stores. In railroad roundhouses. In wayside dossers' camn3, at up-country race- meetings, at little Masonic lodge, nlong the wharves of big exporting houses and in the clubs of all the white man'a world. Do you ee, therefore, that the long-enduring scorn, the terse, sticking contempt, the happy epithets spat out in a dusty camp to turn up double-leaded in a journal of S0.090 circulation on the other lde of the world will not come from England? The colony will be branded by her own brethren, by the open-air men who have voted regularly since their ma jority and who own the houses they live In. She dare not say that they have been bought by the capitalists, informed by the press or prejudiced by their Insular trading. It Is her own caste In punchayet that will str'n the colony of her caste She will he left with her climate, and her geographical advantages, but her place and our peoples will go over to Little Natal, while her honor Is trailed round the world at the heels of these returning horsemen. This is unjust bitterly and cruelly unjust "I developed the forecast at some length to a South -African, and there are no words to explain his extreme objection to this medicine. He was quite unconsolcd by the statement that the Cretans have not yet recovered from the effect of a hasty hexameter of old days, and that the Loadlceans have 'passed into litera ture.' It struck him as a piece of hldeou.i brutality, for he ioved his land with pass'on you see. such Is his own land In agony and great torture and It cuts htm to the soul that her name should be soiled. He says that she has more loyalists fight ing In the field than Natal: that there are thousands- of men and women, their rela tives, fighting on the other side; their hearts torn In three pieces, who still ar loyal. Is It not,' ho asked, 'enough that when peace comes the disloyalists will be pettpd and raised to honor with this lasl shame upon him and his?' "There Is one way out of the horror, and one only. The men who have" befouled the colony are known. They go abroad No man lays a hand upon them. They have, become careless In speech, and this Is Important Indeed, at the proper time these men can be made the means of sav ing the colony." ROBBED BY SOLDIERS. Americans Stripped the Body of Gen eral Pilar ot Its Valuables. NB YORK,. March 14. A correspond ent o the. Evening Post, writing from Manila under date of February 2t says: "When Gregerio del Pllar's body was found, American soldiers stripped it - of every bit of clothing, taking the rings from the fingers and a locket -from the neck. Not a stitch of any kind was left on the body, everything being taken for souvenirs. For two days the body was left by the roadside unburied, until Its odor was offensive, and some Igorites were ordered to cover it with dirt Among the things taken were his watch, money, a gold and a diamond ring." XX THE PHILIPPINE ARMY'. Lonff List of Casualties From Gen eral Oils. WASHINGTON, March 14. Genera! Otis' latest casualty report Is as fol lows: "Manila, March 12. Deaths: By suicide, February 27, Daniel H. Collins. Seven teenth Regiment U. S. Infantry: March 6, William Pardons, Twenty-second In fantry; March 9, while mentally deranged. Second Lieutenant Louis W. Weber, Forty-second Volunteer Infantry't Friday, H P. M. -Died from wounds received in -action? February 23, A. M., "First Lieutenant A UNITED STATES MARSHAL Thanks Peruna for His Rapid Recov ery From Catarrh EX-UNITED STATES MARSHAL MATTHEWS. OF MISSISSIPPI. Hon. S. S, Matthews. cx-Unlted States Marshal of Mississippi, in a recent let ter to The Peruna Medicine Company, of Columbus, Ohio, written from Hazelhurst, Miss., says: 41 I am happy to say that I am cured of catarrh and need no more attention from you. It is a great satisfaction that I am able to write you that Peruna has In my case done ail that you claim, and that I will need no more medicine." Hon. J. F. Crooker, of Buffalo. N. Y.. who was for years Superintendent of Schools at Buffalo, in a letter dated Oc tober 16th, writes: "I have been a siiffererfrom ca tarrh six or seven years, and aft er trying many remedies, Was induced by a friend to take Peruna. The results have been highly satisfactory. I take pleasure in recommend ing Peruna to any one suffer-1 ing with ca II n. 5. F Crooker. Sup't Buff-ilo. X Y.. 1'ubIIc Schools. tarrh,, as my r cure is complete." Hon. B. B. DQvIner, Congressman from West Virginia, In a Iett6r from Washing ton. D. C. to The Peruna Medicine Co.. says the following of their catarrh rem edy. Peruna: "I Join with my colleagues In the House of Representatives in recommending your excellent remedy.. Peruna. as a good tonic and also an effective cure for catarrh." Battalion Adjutant-General John B. Gal leher. Fortieth Regiment Infantry: Febru ary 5, James L. Jones, Thirtieth U. S. , V. I.; March 5. William ' Boese, Forty-. Corporal, Forty-first Infantry; March 2. Thomas M. Brooke, Thirty-sixth Infan try; March 5. Walth L. Bullngame, Thirty-ninth Infantry. Chronic diarrhoea, March 3, PInkney Flynn. Thirty-seventh Infantry; acute diarrhoea, March 4, Theodore Shaffer. Thirty-second (or Forty-second Regiment Infantry). Multiple neutritls: March 4. William 1 Wight, Sergeant Third Infantry. Typhoid fever: March 4 Charles' Lee, Twenty-sixth Infantry; H. O. Green, I Eighteenth Infantry; March 5, Frank C. Ocker, Sixth Infantry; March 8. Henry Fitzgerald, Ninth Infantry. Enteritis: March-1, Charles F. Herrlck. Sixth Regiment Artillery. Accidental: March 6, William J. Wood. Battery Sixth Artillery, run over by truck; March 4, Earl C. Ward, Corporal, Tnlrtleth Infantry, shot by sentry; March S. Albert Knlttle. Sixth Artillery, fell tlirough hatchway. Malarial fever: March 4, Edgar J. Man ning. Ninth Infantry. Dysentery: March 6. Leon Wiltshire. Ninth Infantry; March 9, David A. Fer guson, Fourth Cavalry: March 7, Milton Smart, Thirty-eighth Infantry. Appenditlcla: March 10 James Thomp son, Forty-eighth Infantry. Meeting: of Philippine Commission. WASHINGTON. March 14. Judge Taft. president of the new Philippine Commis sion, has notified his fellow-qommisslQners that the commission will convene in this city March 27. o Snicide of Peffer's Son. KANSAS CITY, March 14. A man be lieved to be J. S. Peffer, son of ex-Senator W. A. Peffer, of Topeka, Kan., was found dead In a cheap lodging-house in East Eighth street today. He had taken morphine and left a card Inscribed. "Fath er, I'm tired. J. S." Mr. Peffer, who was about 33 yeara old. was a printer, and bore a card of the Topeka Union. No cause is pnn 'lYiyfy. t" 2ScV? rr7sjij Jfcyr There's no season when good medicine is so much needed as in the Spring, and there's no medicine which does so much good in Spring as Hood's Sarsaparilla. Do not delay taking it. Don't put it off till your health tone gets too low to be lifted. HOOD 9 Will give you a good appetite, purify and enrich your blood, overcome that tired feeling, give you mental and digestive strength and steady nerves. Be sure to ask for HOOD'S, and be sure you get Hood's, the best medicine money can buy. It is Peculiar to Itself Mrs. Mrry C. Fentress writes from Paradise. Tex., the following: "I think I can say that your good advice and medi cine has cured me of chronic ca tarrh. I hav e had no pains in my head since I have taken Peruna. I have been in bad health ever since '59. and have tak en a good many medicines which were only of tem porary relief. Pe runa Is the ca tarrh cure. The Peruna stopp d my catarrh of the Mrs. Mary Frentrees. head so that It did not become chronic, and I am very thankful for Dr. Hartman'3 advice and medicine." The great multitude take this remedy without any other advice than the direc tions to be found upon the bottle and In the pamphlets. Thereare those jvho pre fer, however! to correspend with Jr. Hartman during their sickness. To all such he will make prompt and careful answer without charge. Catarrh Is catarrh wherever located. Ca tarrh is essentially the same everj'where. The remedy that will cure catarrh in one situation will cure It in all situations. Address The Peruna Medicine Co., Co lumbus, O.. for free book. known. The body was later positively identified by newspaper men who had known Peffer In Topeka as that of the Senator's son. e CInrKN Horses to Be Sold. NEW YORK. March 14. The large stable of race horses owned by the late William H. Clark will be sold at auction at the Morris Park track in May. In tha older division are Banastar, Muskadlne, Withers. Mayor Gllroy and Lucky Bird. The first named was entered In the Su burban. Brooklyn. and Brighton handicaps this year; Lucky Bird in the Brooklyn and the other three In the Brooklyn and Suburban. All of the entries are, ot course, void on account of the death of the owner of the horses. Of those mentioned, Banastar and Mus kadlne are 3. the others 3-year-olds, as are The Scotchman, Warrenwood, Vallca True. The Gray Daw" The Rose, Oriole, Harry McLoun, EInus. Little Breeches, Vesper Bells and Sweet Peas. The 2-year-old division Includes eome youngsters by St. Bailes, Belvldere. Illmyar, Order, Onondaga, Purse Bearer and Miser. c Motion for n Xev Trlnl. BUTTE. Mont. March 14. A motion' was made In the United States Court here today for a new trial In the Minnie Healy mining case, recently decided In Helena. The jury gave a verdict for F. A. Helnze and against the Boston & Mon tana Company. The motion for a new trial Is based upon the claim that tha jurors were Improperly influenced, and an attidavit of Eustace Wheeler, a Helena lawyer, who cites what he believes to be instances where some of them were ap proached. no. i Surprical Attention for Sallora. SAN FRANCISCO. March 14. United States District Judge De Haven today gave judgment In favor of Frank Olsen against the schooner Uranus for 51000 damages. The effect of the decision will be to compel masters of vessels not hav ing a surgeon on board to put Into near by ports when any one receives an Injury necessitating immediate surgical attention. eoicine M Sarsaparilla