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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Sarsaparilla