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LONDON, March 24, 4:15 A. M. Lord Roberts' main army continues waiting at Bloemfonteln. The sentimental Interest 'In the fate of Mafeklng has Intensified with Colonel Plunder's forced retirement to Crocodile Pool, where he was two months ago. Re lief from tho north now dwindles to Im probability. Lord Methuen la skirmishing with the Boers at Warrenton, 167 miles away. Al though seemingly in force sufficient to do pretty much as he likes, he has not ad vanced these five days. It is hoped that his military administration has a pleasant surprise in preparation for the British by raising the siege with a strong column of cavalry and .artillery detourlng to Mafeklng while Commandant Snyman Is drawn off to engage Colonel Plumer. General French's cavalry and mounted infantry, according to a rumor, are fight ing somewhere east of Bloemfonteln. This suggests more Boer bad news, as Com mandant Ollvler's commando, with 2000 wagons. Is reported on the Basutoland frontier, tolling northward to Kroonstad, via Ladybrand. This enormous wagon train Is supposed to be moving 25 miles a day. GenerajfeFrench's cavalry posts stretch from Bloemfonteln eastward to the mountains. General Buller has not yet moved in NntaL The Eighth .division will go direct to Bloemfonteln. Lord Roberts' effective dis posal at the "front 10 days hence will be, it Is estimated, 70,000 men, with the easy poss'blllty .of moving eastward, forcing the Boers to evacuate the BIggarsberg range- and Joining hands with General Buller before continuing the promenade to Pretoria. The Delogat Bay Railway arbitration award Is editorially considered in the morning papers. The approaching declara tion of the findings of the arbitrators is welcomed as coming at an appropriate moment, and as bringing the acquisition of Delagoa Bay appreciably nearer. The War Office has issued the following from the General at Cape Town to the Secretary of "War: "Cape Town, March 23. The following telegram from Plumer, dated Lobatsl, March 4, has arrived from Nlcholsen, Buluwayo. March 16: " 'The Boers advanced from the south In considerable force this morning. They first advanced from Goode's Siding. After a sharp little engagement, Lleuterant Colonel Bodle's advanced post was com pelled to retreat. The retirement was excellently carried out to our main posi tion. Thpcs.sttattles iricludefiLteutnwrt . two missing, prooaoiy prweaers; tw troopers were wounded. -Chapman's-kess fell with him close to the enemy, who Immediately surrounded him. The exact Boer casualties are unknown, but several were shot at short range. In the after noon the Boers advanced further north and shelled our position from a ridge on our left. Our 12-pounder replied, the artillery continuing until sunset. Lieu tenant A. J. Tyler has since died of wounds. One native was killed.' " MErrnuEjr taking his time. The Pressure on Mafekinx Has Beea - Relaxed. LONDON, March 24. A dispatch to the Dally News from Warrenton, dated Thursday, describing Lord Metbuen's po sition there, says: ' "A small flanking force sent through Boshof secured an important crossing, where tho ferry had been destroyed, but foreseeing this. Lord Methuen had an other pont built, which is ready to be sent thither when an advance is considered opportune. "The cavalry and Infantry column Is en route for this point. Thus the position of the Boers at Fourteen Streams Is formidably threatened. "Lord Methuen's advance has not been hurried to the relief of Mafeklng, where the pressure apparently has been relaxed as a result of operations elsewhere, but he is confident of his ability to pusb aside the opposition on the Vaal River when the proper time comes." Steyn Mobilizing the Free Staters. BOER CAMP, Kroonstad, Thursday, March 22. Affairs are being put in proper shape, and the Free Staters who had to leave are returning In crowds. The Presi dent's proclamation has shown the burgh ers that the Government Is standing firm. The commands are .mobilizing In great numbers, and the men are more determined than e er. President -Steyn has Issued a proclamation. In which he warns the iburghers who lay down their arms to the English that they are liable to tho utmost punishment as traitors. England Baying: Foreigm Cannon. VIENNA. March 23. Deputies Wolf and Lemlsch have telegraphed to the Premier, Dr. "Von Koerbe, demanding that he take steps to stop the exportation of 45 cannon which are said to have left the Skoda factory, Bohemia, on their way to Trieste, It being further alleged that they are In tended for the use of the British forces In South Africa. Operations Against Plumer. LONDON, March 24. A dispatch to the Dally News from Lourenco Marques, dated Friday,, says: "It la reported here from- Pretoria that Commandant Eloff is Isolating Colonel Plumer"s forces near Gaborones." President Steyn Deponed. SPRINGFONTEIN, Friday. March 22. It is reported 'here that Mr. Steyn has been deposed from the Presidency and that the public affairs of the Free State are being administered by a committee at Kroonstad. Prieska Rebellion Suppressed. BLOEMFONTELN, March 23. The reb 1 Hon In the Prieska district has been sup pressed, and Lord Kitchener Is returning here. TRAGEDY AT GALVESTON. Sailor of the Machlas Killed and One of the New Yorlc "Wounded. WASHINGTON, March 23. The official account of the tragedy at Galveston, Tex., yesterday, by which one sailor lost his life and another was Injured, was con tained ln the following dispatch received at the Nevy Department by the Command er of the North Atlantic squadron, who Is at present on board his flagship, the New York, ln Galveston Harbor: "Galveston, Tex., March 23. In a fracas ashore last night. Chief Boatswain's Mato j ell!gan, of the Machlas, was killed, and Edward Nelllgan, first-class firemen of the New York, slightly wo'unded. The com manding officer of the Machlas has been directed to Investigate and report, and to have an officer present at the Inquest. "FARQUHAR." The affair is a source nt deep regret to the officials here, but they are under the necessity of relying entirely upon the civil authorities of Galveston for the punish ment of the guilty persons. OUR DUTY IN THE PHILIPPINES "Whitela-iv Reld's Address at Berkeley The Puerto Rico Question. BERKELEY, CaL, March 23. The new gymnasium of the University of Califor nia was filled this morning with collegians and friends of the university to witness tho charter-day exercises; President Wheeler made an introductory speech, say-1 ing In part: "We are today assembled here in recognition of the public causes which , made this university." Br. Wheeler then Introduced Hon. Whitelaw Reid, of New t York, the speaker of the "day, who spoke i on "National Problems." In part he said: "The new territories in the West Indies and the East are ours to have and to hold ' by the supreme law of the land and by a j title which the whole civilized world ' recognizes and respects. We shall not ! speedily get rid of them, whoever may desire It. The American people are In no mooo. 10 give tnem back to fapaln or to ( sell them or to abandon them. f We have aii uie power we need to acquire ana gov ern them. "The American people have made up their minds; they know that they are pro ceeding to do Just what Jefferson did in the vast region we bought from France, without the consent, by tho way, of the inhabitants. They know that they are following in the exact path of all tho constructive statesmen of the Republic, from the days of the man who wrote the Declaration of Inde pendence and or those who made the Con stitution down to the days of the men who came to California, bought Alaska and denied the right of self-government to Jefferson Davis; They simply do not be lieve that a new light has been given to the present apostles of a little America, greater and purer than was given to Washington or to Jefferson or to Lincoln. Thus far the path has- been dictated by duty, and duty alone has led us where, wo are. "Our total annual trade with China now with this people whom the friendly ocean Is ready to bring to your very doors Is $20,000,000. Even the Spanish trade with the Philippines was 530,000,000. They are merely our stepping stones-, but would a wise man kick the stepping stone away? "The Islands will not be tnrown away. Well, then how shall the Islands be treat ed? Are they to be our wards, objects of our duty and care, or are they to be our full partners? We may as well look that question straight in the face. Because they are helpless and needy and on our hands, must we take them into partner ship? Because we are going to help them, are we bound to marry them? "Partly through mere-Inadvertence, but partly also through crafty design, the wave of general sympathy for tho suffer ing little island of Puerto Rico, which has been sweeping over the country, has come vVrr na&r helnc.. nrv(rtd.-ijtai Ihtt tZi4M&rWrtifoimM&5& icy great "natkral "To relieve ike tem porary djstrefe byreeosnteiijtae Puaefo Rlc&ns as citizens and by an extension of the DIngley tariff to Puerto Blco as a matter of Constitutional rights, foreclosed the whole question. The very men who denounce a protective tariff as' a Chinese wall are the men who demand its appli cation. They say"JgIvo Puerto Rico frea trade, but what their proposal means Is deprive Puerto Rico of free trade and put her within the barbarous Chinese wall.' Their; words sound like offering her the liberty of free trade with all the world, but mean forbidding her to trade with' anybody but the United States. "Who believes we can -admit this little half-Spanish, half-nigger waif from the mid-Atlantic, a third of the way over to Africa, and then reject nearer and more valuable islands when they come? Be hind Puerto Rico is Cuba and behind Cuba are all the diher West Indies, and the famous political law of gravitation, which John Qulncy Adams prophetically announced three-quarters of a century ago, will then be acting on them with ever Increasing force. And behind them, not ahead of them, abreast with Puerto Rico itself, stand the Philippines. "Surely, to an audience of scholars and patriots like this, not one wo?d need be added as a summons to the high resolve that you will neither shame the Republic by shirking the duties which Its own vic tory entailed, nor despoil the Republic by abandoning Its rightful possessions, nor degrade the Republics by admit ting an unfit element in Its union: but that you wilL honor it, enrich it, en noble it by doing your utmost to make the administration of these possessions worthy of the Nation that Washington founded and Lincoln preserved." ALASKA AND THE CANAL. England May Demand Concesaioa for Agreeing to Davis' Amendment. CHICAGO, March 23-A special to the Tribune from Washington says: It was learned here today from reliable sources that the Joint High Commission will assemble In the immediate future to consider questions of great importance. including the fortification of the Nlcar- otnia Ponol anrt rii TnlhlftrHnmt?oihTTiinf of a small strip of Alaskan territory to ( ine uufe Brm jubS mai nis mo the British Government. It has not been ln aan&er If the troops were sent The determined whether the meeting will be Governor asked If he must construe this ln Washington or in Ottawa, nor Just j &s a withdrawal of the request, but sub when the commission will be convened."! seqaently the Sheriff's indorsement came The proposal for reconvening the com mission comes from Great Britain, and developments today seem to confirm the statement of Sir Wllfnd Laurler, made ln the Canadian Parliament, that the commission will soon be called together. As is well known, there is much opposi tion to the Hay-Pauncefoto treaty, which provided in its original shape- for a neu tral canal, and one which could not be fortified by this country even In time of war. Senator Davis has proposed an amendment to the treaty which gives this Government the right to control the :anal absolutely, whenever the United States becomes involved in a war with a foreign nation. Great Britain naturally opposes this amendment but it is said that the Gov ernment has proposed to reconvene tho Joint High .Commission, with the lnten-1 tlon of effecting negotiations which will permit the United States to fortify the Nicaragua Canal, and in exchange for this Great Britain will ask for an outlet through Alaska to the sea, which merfns the cession of Pyramid Harbor to the British Government. m President Burt Rofehed. ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. March 23. President Burt, of the Union Pacific road, who was ln the sleeper of the Burlington train robbed at Hamburg, Iowa, this morning, was relieved of ?S0 and a gold watch and about 50 railroad passes. H. J. Peterson, a traveling man of New Britain, Conn., was relieved of $150. F. B. Lee. a New York commercial traveler, saved 5100 by emptying his pocketbook on the floor of the car and handing the robber the empty purse. - - -- SEA GOLD DREDGING Secretary Root's Reply to the Senate's Resolution. PERMITS, NOT CONCESSIONS, GIVEN Jio Law to Prevent Prospecting: Un der "Water It Navigation Is ' Hot Obstructed. WASHINGTON, March 23. Secretary Root today transferred to the Senate his reply to the resolution requesting Infor mation on the War Department's practice of granting permits for gold dredging oft the Alaskan coast. He states that no concessions or grants to excavate the gold-bearing bed of the sea at or In the vicinity of Cape Nome or In other Alaskan waters have been made by the Secretary of War or any other official of the War Department, but that permits have been given under he navigation act of March 3, 1S99, to excavate or dredge for gold at points where there -can be no hindrance to navigation. He states that prospectora must secure such permits to avoid liability to heavy fines under tho act. Tho Secre tary adds: "As this statute was designed solely for the protection of navigation. It has been the practice of the War Department to grant permits to persons desiring to exca vate for any purpose when the work Is not such as unjustly to affect navigation, and Is otherwise lawfuL Permits thus granted are not exclusive: they do not pre clude any numbeV of similar permits ap plicable to the same territory; they are not grants or concessions, and they con fer no rights whatever, except Immunity from prosecution under the statute. "As there seems to be no legal reason why all citizens of the United States should, not have the same opportunity to prospect for gold and acquire mining rights under tho mining laws upon land under water as they have upon land not under water, the department determined, as a general policy in the exercise of the discretion vested In the Chief of Engi neers and Secretary of War by this stat ute, to relieve all citizens applying from the obstacle interposed by this statute as long as their proposed operations do not. In fact. Interfere with navigation. All applications mads under this statute have accordingly, so far as It hai been possible to dispose of them, received favorable at tention. No application of this description has been denied. Upon two, permits have been granted. Upon a third, papers had been prepared and were awaiting the See retary of War's signature at tho time of the passage of your resolution. Three others were approved by the Chief of Engineers, and were In the hands of the Judge-Advocate fort the preparation of the necessary papers.. Eleven others are still in the office of the Chief of Engi neers In process of examination upon the question whether they Interfere with navi gation. Four more, Just received, are In the office c the &ret&ry of War, and,. wIM-tga&y h?mrtg-tTigurrrerrc ag' rmirG-'vi&nlom .MXerwfee directed by' Con- grew, the Secretary of War will deenr it his duty. In tho exerclee of the d'scre flon vested In him by law, to grant permits in all of these cases and upon all other similar applications by citizens of tho United States, provided that the proposed work does not affect navigation." The Cabinet' Approval. WASHINGTON1. March 23. The Cabinet meeting today was almost entirely taken up by Secretary Root, who went Into the details of what he saw and heard during his recent visit to Cuba. Secretary Root also spoke of the permission which had been given to persons to dredge below low "water mark off thecoast of Cape Nome. The character of the permits was talked over, as well as the law on the subject, and It was tho general opinion that the Secretary had acted well within the law, and that there was no ground for com plaint on the part of any one. AFRAID OF A MOB. Vlrgrinla Authorities' Peculiar Meth od of Protecting: a Prisoner. RICHMOND. Va., March 24. Since ear ly yesterday (Friday) afternoon, the Gov ernor of Virginia and tho peace officers of Emporia have been temporizing with a mob which threatens "to lynch a negro prisoner. The militia" has been ordered into action and withdrawn three times in less than 24 hours. The negro who. with a white man. killed Justice of tho Peace Saunders and Mr. Welton at Skippers Thursday, was, after an all-night chase, captured Friday at Stonoy Creek. Sussex County. Ho con fessed to the shooting of Saunders and Welton and to several robberies. Ho Is the notorious negro Cotton who escaped from the Portsmouth, Va., Jail some months ago, while under sentence of death. A crowd gathered at Emporia, the coun ty seat, bent on lynching Cotton upon hl3 arrival. Judge Goodwin wired the Gov ernor a request for troops, and tho Gov ernor promptly ordered Company B of the Richmond Blues, to report at the Coast Line Depot, where a special had been or dered. Later, the Governor received from and the troops were dispatched. They ar rived at the scene early Friday afternoon and surrounded the Jail. At 9 o'clock last night it was reported to the Judge that if the troops remained at Emporia the mob would attack them. It was then agreed that the Sheriff should order the troops back and a local guard be placed at the Jail, the crowd agreeing that tho law should take Its course. At H o'clock the Jail was ln charge of the local guards and the military were quar tered in the Courthouse. It was reported, however, that a mob was approaching from Pleasant Hill and another from along the Atlantic & Danvlllo Railway. At 1:40 A. M. the military were again called upon to take charge of the Jail. It being reported that a lynching mob was quartered on the edge of the town. Major Cutchlng has wired the Governor for an other company. A second company of the Blues has been ordered to Emporia, and a lynching at this hour (3 A. M.) seems improbable. e i FIGHT AGAINST INJUNCTIONS Labor Leaders Appear Before a House Committee. WASHINGTON, March 23. President Gompers, of the" Federation of Labor; C. S. Darrow. of Chicago, and others identi fied with organized labor, appeared today before the Judiciary committee of the House in advocacy of the bill restricting the issuance of Injunctions In time of la bor disputes. Mr. Darrow stated that the working people considered tho resort to Injunctions a flagrant infringement of their rights, which had grown to an alarming extent of late. Gompers urged that the labor Interests wanted to retain the time-honored trial by Jury. They in sisted, he said, that there should be no in junction in a labor dispute, for labor had no remedy when the Injunction was once issued. The committee will continue the hearing Monday. VICTIMS OF CANNIBALS. Three Sailor Devoured hr Kerr Guinea Natives While Yet Alive. VANCOUVER, B. C, March 23. A shocking story comes by the Warrlmoo from Dutch New Guinea of the capture by the natives of three officers of the steam er, General Pel. The captives were sub jected to the most horrible tortures and were devoured while yet living by the cannibalistic natives. While the General Pel was In Dutch New Guinea, four of her officers went ashore and were about to take photographic views, when they were surrounded by the natives, and three of the naval men were taken prisoners. Tho only member of the party who ef fected his escape was the Pel's chief offi cer, Ernest Welgand, who, however, was badly wounded by arrows. In spite of his wounds, ho lingered In the woods long enough to see his comrades tied to trees and used as targets by the natives, who subsequently sliced off portions of their J living flesh and finally devoured all three. after roasting their feet and legs. The Dutch Government has sent the man of war Sumatra to the'scene to avenge these atrocities. When the Warrlmoo sailed from Sydney February 27, the plague had not developed to the- extent Indicated by recent cables, but one death had occurred, and there was a second serious case under treat ment, and 25 persons had been quaran tined. As in Kobe and Honolulu, the au thorities waged war against the rats, which had been dying In large numbers about the wharves before the outbreak of the disease. The rats were being de stroyed under the direction of tho health officials by means of a bacillus of mouse typhoid. This seemed to be very deadly to the rats, the typhoid disease spreading rapidly among them and killing them off a3 effectively as a mineral poison. Tho sewerage of Sydney Is blamed for the plague. The first Sydney victim, Cap tain Dudley, removed dead rats from his drain pipes, and the next day was taken sick with the plague. The health author ities say that the plague virus Is gener ally communicated by insects which had become infected by dead rats. Tho disease has broken out in the New Hebrides, which have been proclamed In fected, and four deaths and 11 cases arc reported from those islands. Fresh cases continue to bo reported from New Cale donia. At Noumea, from February 8 to February 24, dS new cases of plague were reported, with eight deaths, some of the victims being sick less than 24 hours. The Australian colonies are disposed to consider favorably the proposal of the Eastern Extension Company to lay a ca ble from the Cape of Good Hope to Aus tralia, although Queensland and New Zea land are opposed to the scheme as endan gering the success of the projected Pacific cable. The otb.er.jjolonles, while no deg erfcgito -prejudlco'tho Pacific pre Ject.'tSe-' lleve that the. Cape cable would prove more advantageous to Australia. Tho Canadian Australian Steamship Company proposes to augment Its service between Sydney and Vancouver. Among the company's projects Is the addition of two cargo boats to the fleet at present en gaged between Australia and Vancouver, while the cold-storage accommodation of the Aorangl Is to be Increased from 7000 to 10,000 car cases. Tho early rainfalls throughout Austra lia havo partially dispelled the agricultural depression. The first storm flooded the streets of Sydney and Melbourne, and was remarkable for the rate at which It de scended. Meteorological reports state that tho precipitation ln Sydney was an inch in 11 mlnuteB, and 4 in an hour. The census of the Ave colonies Just com pleted shows the total population of Aus tralia January 1 was 3,500.000. In a successful expedition against the headhunters of the Western Island, under British Consul Woodford's direction. 12 prisoners were taken, Including several cannibalistic chiefs. ' Earl Beachamp is to resign at the end of the current year as Governor of New South Wales. Tho belief is that ho will resign as soon as the Imperial Parliament has passed the commonwealth bill. NEW YORK SILVERITES. Approve of the Platform Adopted at Lincoln. ' ALBANY, N. Y March 23. The exec utive committee of the Chicago Platform Democrats of the state met hero tonight. After adopting tho platform as adopted out West last week, It was resolved that the rank and file of the Democracy of the State of New York demand that the dele gates elected to attend the State and Na tional Conventions be men who are known and above suspicion as to the platform and ticket of 1836, and that such delega tion bo Instructed to vo o for the reafflrma tlon of the Chicago platform and for the nomination of William J. Bryan, of Ne braska, as tho Empire state's choice for President. Jones Gives Up Senatorial Race. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March 23.-Gov-ernor Jones today announced his with drawal from tho Senatorial race, leaving the field clear to Senator Berry, who is seeking re-election. 4 e Savrmlll Boiler Exploded MUNCIE, Ind., March 23. The James Nlckum sawmill, six miles southwest of here, was destroyed by a fearful boiler explosion this evening. Three men are dead, one will dle-and three others were Injured. The dead are Thomas Sullivan, Clifford Van Busklrk and Marlon Carey. Lon Van Busklrk. the engineer, had his skull crushed ln and both arms broken. Ice Gorge Floods a To-wn. MONROE, Mich., March 23. Owing to an Ice gorge a large portion of the Third Ward of this city Is under four feet of water, and the current of the Raisin river 13 running down Front street on the south and Elm avenue on thenorth. Great dam age has already been done. The city au thorities have decided to dynamite the ice gorge. Bonds Refunded. WASHINGTON, March 23. Up to the hour of closing the department today, the bonds offered to the Treasury for exchange Into the new 2 per cents amounted to $13S, 001,200, of whlcn J1L359.950 came from In dividuals and institutions other than Na tional banks. e Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, March 23. Today's statement of the Treasury balance In the general fund, exclusive of the $10,000,001 gold reserve in the division of redemption, shows: Available cash balance $15S,949,G51 Gold 90,615,711 BILL MAY BE LOST Sentiment Against Puerto Rlcan Tariff Is Growing. . r : SOME ARGUMENTS FOR THEB1LU Republicans Profess to Fear thoEf feet of Free Trade Legislation. on the-Labor Vote. ' . t" WASHINGTON, March 23. The 8enj tors favoring free trade feel considerably braced up today by reason of several con ferences they had, and the determination of a number to stand out and secure sub stantial amendments to the Puerto 'Bican bill was strengthened. The demand for more time Is taken to mean that mora Senators will come over to the free trade side, and there may be a possibility of defeating the bill. The action of the Iowa Legislature has shaken quite a number of Senators who were Intending to support the House bill as It was passed, as It Is believed their states must feel the eame way. Mem bers of the Iowa delegation who stood for the tariff bill are disturbed, and in inter views claim that the sentiment has been worked up by the papers, and that , tho action does not change their views ln the least. It Is said, however, to have mado Senator Gear do some hard thinking, ak this Legislature elected him. In Return for Campaign Funds. ' The Evening Star quotes a Republican member of the House as declaring that-a-deal has been made by which the Puerto Rlcan tariff bill be passed ln return for campaign contributlona- This assertion v- been made quite" frequently ln the Demo cratic press, and the assertion would, hava a great deal more weight if the name of the man were used. The only assertion coming from Inside sources of the Republican management is that the labor vote will be affected by free trade with Puerto Rico, and, there? fore, It Is necessary to pass .this tariff bllL Senators close to the Republican managers say that no other argument than tho effect on the labor vote has been ad vanced as a reason why the Puerto- Rlcan tariff should become a party measure. Simon Makes No Comment. Senator Simon says he has no comment to make upon the reply which ex-Senator Mitchell made to his speech upon the hold up of the Oregon Legislature. He does not care to discuss the matter at present. Vlce-Prenidential Timber. Joe Manley, of Maine, while In Philadel phia, gave out an Interview In which he said that there was no reason why Penn sylvania should not have th6 second place on the National ticket. He did. not name anybody from that state, and It Is quite difficult to learn who he could have In mind, as all the political forecasters have not been able to discover Vice-Presidential timber In the Keystone state. Under pres ent conditions, whoever Is selected would have?tolaQ4ui:,Mirtv. ,. Tillman's Rabid Talk. A few more speeches like Tillman's of today will tend to solidify the Republican, party. Tillman has been rather coriserva tlvo of late, but today he returned to his former style. His defense of the out rages in the South had a tendency to make the Republicans "stand together, and It had the effect of making the Demo-' crats wish they could muzzle him. George Max Esterly, of Seattle, te one of the men who have secured concessions to work tho ocean sands of Cape Nome. He has a concession to excavate a tract two miles along the beach, and extending seaward 500 feet from the mean low-tide line. Graft of Congressmen. Quite a storm was raised by Congress men representing districts ln which United States navy-yards aro located becauso Secretary Long decided to have warships built outside of the navy-yards and under contract. It Is an undisputed fact that our navy-yards do not make as good a showing In the matter of constructing warships as do contract builders. The fact of the matter Is the building of- ships In the navy-yards furnishes an opportunity for Congressmen to make a strike with patronage. Without regard to the com pensation of the workmen, they recom-" mend, they Insist that their constituents and political workers shall be employed in these navy-yards at good wages paid by the Government, usually with shorter hours than those ln tho shipyards of pri vate parties, where better work is often done. Navy-yard scandals ln relation to this method of employing men have sev eral times been Investigated, and it .has been found that naval officers, and espe cially naval constructors, have been Im portuned and absolutely forced to evado tho clvll-servlco rules to select men for work on battle-ships who have no rec ommendation except that they are "heel ers" for some Congressman. The belief Is general that nearly the entire criticism passed upon Secretary Long is occasioned by this desire on the part of Congress men to "work In" a number of their con stituents upon the great works of tho navy. When the people understand ho situation they will support Secretary Long. Sulrer Is Freakish. The ridiculous Sulzer, who thinks he So running for tho Vice-Presidency on tho ticket with Bryan, manages to get' con siderable otorlety one way or another He Is a sort of advance agent for the. yellow Journals, and, whenever these pa pers take a freak notion on any subject. Sulzer comes forward with a resolution to back them up and to give them an opportunity to exploit themselves and him. Sulzer fired ln many resolutions regarding the Wardner strike, and Boer War and the Philippines, and one of the latest was to demand informallon relating to tho fortifications which England Is construct-? lng at Esqulmalt. This was in response to an alleged sensational article snowing that fortifications were continually being erected at Esqulmalt, and preparations mado for the defense of British. Columbia or perhaps an attack upon the United States by the British Government from that point. Tho paper exploiting thhi shows itself ln a bad way, as everybody has known that the fortifications have been going on at Esqulmalt for many years, and it Is also known" that theUnlted States Government Is erecting fortifica tions on the Straits of Fuca and other points on Puget Sound, as well as at the mouth of the Columbia River. Yet with all these facts before them, and the fact tho Sulzer as a member of the military committee should know all about It, ha made himself ridiculous by Introducing a resolution of inquiry. Quarantine Against San Francisco, OTTAWA, March 23. Public notice lfl given that the Ministerial order, dated March 25, 1S97, excepting coasting ves sels from San Francisco from the quar antine regulations of Canada, Issued by the Minister of Agriculture, has been tem porarily withdrawn bj" a Ministerial or der, ln consequence of the reported pres ence ln San Francisco of bubonio plaguy.