THE MOKNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, , MARCH 28, 1900.
LAW FOR THE ISLAND
Amendments to Puerto Rlcan
Government Bill.
INTRODUCED AS NEW MEASURE
Provisions for a Tariff System Real,
dent Commissioner to Be Ap
pointedImportant Changes.
WASHINGTON, March 27. Senator For
aker today introduced the amendments to
the Puerto Rlcan governmental bill, "which
were read to the Republican Senatorial
caucus yesterday, and some of which were
agreed to by it. The amendments were
incorporated In a new print of the bill, and
the bill, as thus amended, was Introduced
as a new measure.
The first Important change Is made In
section 3, in which the inhabitants are
described as "citizens of Puerto Rico, and,
as such, entitled to the protection of the
United States." As in the old bill they
were designated as "citizens of the United
States."
The following provision Is substituted for
section 8, in regard to articles imported
into Puerto Rico from ports outside the
United States:
"That on and after the passage of this
act, the same tariffs, customs and duties
shall he levied, collected and paid upon
all articles imported into Puerto Rico from
ports other than those of the United
States, which are required by law to be
collected on articles imported into the
United States from foreign countries.
"Provided, that on all coffee, bean or
ground, imported Into Puerto Rico there
shall be levied and collected a duty of 5
cents per pound, any law or part of law
to the contrary notwithstanding, and, pro
vided further, that all Spanish scientific,
literary and artistic works, not subversive
of public order In Puerto Rico, shall be
admitted free of duty Into Puerto Rico
for a period of 10 years, reckoning from
the 11th day of April, 1899, as provided in
said treaty of peace between the United
States and Spain; and, provided further,
that all books and pamphlets printed in
the English language shall be admitted
Into Puerto Rico free of duty when im
ported from the United States."
The new provision in regard to com
merce between the United States and
Puerto Rico is as follows:
"That on and after the passage of this
act, all merchandise coming to the United
States from Puerto Rico and coming into
Puerto Rico from the United States shall
be entered at the several ports of entry
upon the payment of 15 per centum of the
duties which are required to be levied,
collected and paid upon like articles of
merchandise imported from foreign coun
tries, and-In addition thereto on articles of
merchandise of Puerto Rlcan manufacture
coming to the Unlte"d States and with
drawn for consumption or sale upon pay
ment of a tax equal to the internal reve
nue tax Imposed In the United States, and
upon like articles of merchandise, of do
mestic manufacture, such tax to be paid
by internal revenue stamp or stamps to be
purchased and provided by the Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue and to be pro
cured from the Collector of Internal Reve
nue at or most convenient to the port of
entry of said merchandise in the United
States, and to be affixed under such regu
lations as the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, with the approval of the Secre
tary of the Treasury, shall prescribe, and
on all articles of merchandise of United
States manufacture coming into Puerto
Rico, in addition to the duty above pro
vided, upon payment of a tax equal in rate
and amount to the Internal Revenue tax
imposed in Puerto Rico upon like articles
- -of. P-uerto Rlcan manufacture:
"Provided, that on and after the date
when this act rhall take effect, all mer
chandise and articles, except coffee, not
dutla'ble under the tariff laws of the
United States, and all merchandise and
articles entered into Puerto Rico free ol
duty under orders heretofore made by the
Secretary of War, shall be admitted Into
the several ports thereof when Imported
from the United States free of duty, all
laws ,pr parts of laws to the contrary not
withstanding, and whenever the Legisla
tive Assembly of Puerto Rico shall have
enacted and put Into peratlon a system
of local taxation to meet the necessities
of the government of Puerto Rico, and
shall by resolution duly passed so notify
the President, he shall make proclama
tion thereof and thereupon until all tariff
duties on merchandise and articles going
into Puerto Rico shall cease from and
after such date, all such merchandise and
articles shall be entered at the several
ports of 'entry free of duty; and In no
event shall any duties be collected after
the first day of March, 1902."
There Is also a substitute for section 10,
concerning the disposal of the Puerto
Rlcan revenues. It provides "that tho
duties and taxes collected In Puerto Rico,
less the cost of collecting, and the gross
amount of all collections of duties and
taxes in the United States upon articles of
merchandise coming from Puerto Rico
shall not be converted into the general
fund of the Treasury, but shall be held
as a separate fund and placed at the dis
posal of the President, to be used for the
government and "benefit of Puerto Rico."
The Secretary of the Treasury is also to
designate the several ports and sub-ports
of entry In Puerto Rico, and make such
rules and regulations and appoint such
agents as may be necessary to collect the
duties and taxes. He is also to fix the
compensation and provide for the pay
ment of all such officers as he may find it
necessary to employ. The internal reve
nue laws are exempted from the provision
that the laws of the United States shall
have full force and effect In Puerto Rico.
Instead of a delegate In Congress from
Puerto Rico, there Is to be "a resident
commissioner to the United States," who
shall be entitled to official recognition as
such by all departments upon presenta
tion to the Department of State of a
certificate of election of the Governor of
Puerto Rico, and who shall be entitled to a
salary, payable monthly, by the United
States, at the rate of $5000 per annum. The
only other change In the administrative
feature of the bill is one requiring the
approval of the President of .the United
States In the matter of the Puerto Rlcan
telegraph and telephone franchise.
MAJOR SYMONS PRAISED.
Governor Roosevelt's Acknovrlcdsrc
ment to nn OJflcer Known Here.
Buffalo Commercial, March 15.
Governor Roosevelt recently wrote to
Hon. Ellhu Root, Secretary of War, a let
ter In which he expressed his deep appre
ciation of the services rendered to New
Tork State by Major Thomas W. Symons,
Corps of Engineers, United States Army,
who was one of the two members of tho
Canal Commission. The letter, which the
Governor has Just made public, is as fol
lows: "State of New York, Executive Cham
ber. Albany, Feb. 26. 1900. Hon. Ellhu
Root, Secretary of War, Washington, D.
C: Sir Pursuant to authority granted by
your department a year ago. Major
Thomas W. Symons, United States Engl
geers, has acted as one of the canal com
mittee of five appointed by me to draw
up a report on the future canal -policy of
the State of New Tork. It would be Im
possible to overestimate the importance of
this work or the Importance of the part
played therein by Major Symons. The re
port of the committee is a public docu
ment of the highest value, and the mem
bers of the committee have been unani
mous In assuring me that their work
would have been altogether Impossible, at
least In the shape It actually took, had
It not been for the Invaluable service of
Major Symons. Ruskln somewhere points
out that where work is done for the fee It
Is rare indeed to find It really well done,
because all really great work, all work
which makes the whole community a debt
or, Is done by some man to whom the
work itself Is the reward and the doing of
It the fee. Such has emphatically been
the case with this work of Major Symons.
For 10 months he gave his spare time to
the service of the State of New York
without any reward whatsoever, perform
ing a task which probably could not have
been performed at all by any other man,
and which, if paid for, would have cost
the state ftiany thousands of dollars. The
only reward he can be given Is the hearty
recognition of his disinterested and public
spirited labor. I, therefore, write you to
say with all possible earnestness and sin
cerity on behalf of the people of "tho State
of New York that at least we most deeply
appreciate his eervices and cordially thank
Major Symons himself and the War De
partment, through whose courtesy Major
Symons was permitted to serve on the
committee.
"May I have your permission to make
public this letter? Very sincerely yours
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
Editorially, the Commercial says: "The
people of this city will Indorse heartily the
tribute to Major Symons efficiency con
veyed in Governor Roosevelt's letter to
the War Department The Commercial
has often said that there has never been
at this station an engineer officer more
faithful, competent or conscientious, and
we feel sure that Buffalo will cordially
repeat and approve every word in Govern
or Roosevelt's letter. What a proud mo
ment It must be .for such an officer to have
such a tribute."
ADMITTED HIS GUILT.
Sensational Ending of a Conspiracy
Trial at Camden.
CAMDEN. N. J.,"March 27. The trial
for conspiracy of William H. Hay and
Howard Sloan, Philadelphia newspaper
men, which has been in progress here
6lnce last Friday, was brought to a close
today, with the most sensational testi
mony presented since the case was called.
Three -witnesess swore that Ell Shaw, of
this city, who was twice tried and ac
quitted of the murder of his mother and
grandmother, had practically admitted his
guilt, and one of the witnesses, a -woman,
attempted to strike counsel for the prose
cution for alleged aspersions regarding her
character. The case is now In the bands
of the Jury, which has been locked up for
the night. The trial was. the result of the
publication in a Philadelphia newspaper
last September of an alleged confession
by Ell Shaw that he had killed his mother
and grandmother, of which charge he had
been acquitted some time previously.
Negro Fiend Lynched.
BELAIR, Md., March 27. Louis Harris,
the negro who was arrested yesterday,
charged with criminal assault upon Miss
Annie Mclllvaln, was taken from Jail
last night and lynched by a mob of 20 men.
A fusilade bt shots were exchanged be
tween the Sheriff and his deputies and
the mob, resulting in the wounding of two
men. The mob hustled Harris to a
neighboring dooryard, and, placing a nooso
around his neck, flung the other end of
the rope over the limb of a tree. As ho
was hoisted from the ground the limb
snapped and Harris fell to the ground. Ho
was lifted up again and hanged a second
time. Several shots were fired into tho
body. The loose end of the rope was tied
to a gatepost and the corpse, was left
hanging until this morning. Miss Mclll
valn. Harris victim. Is about 54 years of
ace.
Hanccd to a Bridge.
GREENVILLE, Miss., March 27. The
negro Will Edward, alias Wing Smith,
who murdered E. B. Johnson at Dulaney's
levee camp last Thursday, was hanged by
a mob to a Soo & Mississippi Valley Rail
bridge, between Greenville and Leland,
early this morning. Deputy Sheriff Chil
ton was taking the prisoner to Issaquena
County for trlaL When the train stopped
at the Deer-Creek bridge, a crowd of 150
men took possession of It, knocked Sheriff
Chilton down and threw a blanket over
his head. Then they took his prisoner to
the bridge, tied a rope around his neck,
fastened the end to the bridge and pushed
him off. After riddling the negro's body
with bulelts, the crowd dispersed.
Preparations for a Lynchlnir.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 27. A special
to the Post-Dispatch says that Ellsworth
Evans shot and Instantly killed Assistant
City Marshal Hennecke at Boonevllie,
Mo., last night. When shot, Hennecke
was attempting to arrest Evans after he
had robbed a cigar store.
KANSAS CITY, Mo!, March 27. A Star
special from Boonevllie, Mo., says:
"Evans, the murderer of Hennecke, has
been captured 10 miles east of here.
Preparations have been mado to lynch the
prisoner. ,
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Work Required to Hold a Claim.
ASHWOOD, Crook County, March 22.
(To the Editor.) L What does the State
of Oregon allow a man per day to do his
assessment work on his claim?
2. Does a man have to do 5100 worth of
work after he has sunk a discovery shaft
to the depth of 10 feet and showed quartz
or mineral In place, from the surface to
the bottom of the shaft?
3. What will temper steel, so It will
stand and make It tought and hard with
out cracking In tempering?
C. C. RANDOLPH.
1. The state allows nothing per day for
doing assessment work. Under the laws
of Oregon, a man Is required, within 03
days after locating a claim, to sink a 10
foot shaft upon It, or run a 10-foot tunnel,
or make an open cut equivalent to either.
This is all that Is required by the State of
Oregon to secure a claim. The object of
requiring this work to be done within 60
days after the location Is made to pre
vent people from staking out claims all
over a district.
2. After the state law has been complied
with the general laws of Congress governs.
This requires that In order to "hold the
claim $100 worth of work must be done
on it annually, beginning with the second
calendar year after location. The Govern
ment does not specify any particular k'nd
of work, but simply provides that affidavit
"must be made that $100 worth of work
has been done.
3. Apply to the nearest good blacksmith
for the Information desired. Tempering
steel Is an art, which can scarcely be
learned from any written directions, al
though there are technical works wich
give full Information on such matters.
Chance for a Smart Reporter.
Chicago Tribune.
The Duke de la Torre denies that he
is engaged to Miss Sylvia Green. Miss
Syhia Green denies that she Is engaged to
the Duke de la Torre. Mrs. Hetty Green
denies that Miss Sylvia and the Duke de
la Torre are engaged. This should settle
the question. Meanwhile Miss Sylvia af
firms that she and her mother are not
estranged, hut act and think alike, and
Mrs. Hetty Green announces that she pre
fers a good, smart reporter to any Duke.
If some good, smart reporter does not ap
ply at once to Mrs. Hetty Green for a
profitable assignment. It will be because
he can't take a loud hint.
They Don't Scare.
Philadelphia Record (Dem.).
Presidential Candidate Bryan seems to
have concluded that it would be good pol
icy to seek to scare the American people
Into an admission of Incompetency to deal
with extra-territorial problems.
Purchase of Danish West Indies.
LONDON, March 27. A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Paris .says the
sale of the Danish Antilles to the United
States has practically been completed.
THE CASE OF CLARK
(Continued from First Page.)
point. The document is, throughout, an
arraignment of the prosecution. It beglpi
with the assertion that "an examination
of this testimony will confirm the most
skeptical In the belief that those who seek
to brand a majority of the Representatives
of a sovereign state as 'dishonest' and as
'bribe-takers,' are influenced by no lofty j
purpose oi remeaying an evil, nor is it en
tered upon from a desire to maintain the
integrity of the membership of the Sen
ate of tho United States. The facs shown
In this record fully Justify the assertion
that those who originated this, prosecu
tion were controlled only by sentiments
of the bitterest personal and political hos
tilty." It is then declared that no man who
was a candidate for the Senate In oppo
sition to Mr. Clark has given encourage
ment or countenance to the contest; that
52 of the 55 newspapers in the state sup
ported Mr. Clark, and that the sentiment
in the State of Montana Is so universal
for Mr. Clark that tho "leading spirit of
the protestants, whose wealth has sup
ported and whose prejudice has animated
this prosecution, has found It necessary to
Invest large sums of money in the pur
chase of the press of the state, and In
other cases by the establishment of news
papers with the hope of checking and
MOST DISTINGUISHED
ISAAC M. WISE, OF CINCINNATI.
Rabbi Isaao SI. Wise, whos death was reported In yesterday's press dispatches, was the
founder and editor of the American Israelite, easily the foremost anions the Jewish publica
tions of the country. He was the founder and the president ot the Hebrew Union College,
of Cincinnati, and for years pastor ot the largest and most Influential congregation la that'
city. Dr. "Wise was bom In Austria la 1810, and came to the "United States in 1840. Soon
after ho moved to Cincinnati, where he has lived ever since. He was universally recognized
as the ablest leader of progressive Judaism in America, and was distinguished for his great
learning and philanthropy.
Rabbi J. Bloch, of Portland, who Is a countryman of Dr. Wise, and who was befriended
for years by the great divine, will hold memorial cervices in his honor next Friday evening
at the Temple Beth Israel, corner Twelfth and Main streets.
dividing the sentiment of the people of
Montana."
Alter some other preliminary remarks,
the brief definitely and specifically names
Marcus Daly as the chief Instigator of the
contest. The statement on this point la
aB follows:
"Marcus Daly, having defeated Senator
Clark In 18SS for Congress and for the Sen
ate In 1S93, through treachery to his party
organization, was unwilling to restrain
his personal hostility and to permit the
voice of the people, through their legalls
constituted representatives, to determine
the election of their Senator, and, accord
ing to his testimony, as early as the 10th
of February, 1S99, he organized a commit
tee of his personal friends and agents to
work up and prepare a case against tho
seating of Senator Clark by this body.
The testimony will bear out the asser
tion that every member of this prosecuting
comm'ttee was either one of the conspir
ators In the attempt to defeat Mr. Clark's
election, or an employe of Mr. Daly, or
an adherent of his faction in the state.
"In the attempt to fasten some fact
upon Senator Clark or his friends tend
ing to show bribery or corruption, this self
constituted committee has employed every
means which the unlimited use of money
could command, Including the use of de
tectives In Montana. In Washington and
In New Tork with the view of obtaining
some corroboration of the testimony of the
conspirators."
Reviewing the charges made in the me
morial In opposition to Mr. Clark, It Is
claimed that "out of, the 37 names given
of members who. were bribed, there is an
absolute failure rto Introduce any proof
of any character by Whiteside or any one
else that they knew of any act by which
20 of these men were bribed or have heard
any friends of Senator Clark In any con
versation claim that they were bribed."
The contention Is then made that the pros
ecution of the case is the result of a
conspiracy, ex-State Senator Whiteside be
ing represented as the chief conspirator.
Mr. Whiteside's statements, it is declared,
cannot be accepted "because of their im
probability when taken In connection with
uncontradicted facts."
The connection of the prosecution -with
the witnesses. Hill, Wright, MInchell. Cow
an, Ector, Lyon. Jackson, Hewitt, Ca
son. Warren. Representative Normoyle
and Representative Murray, is reviewed at
length, after which the authors make this
brief remark:
"Fortunately for tho honor of this great
body, truth and Justice, In the case of
the witnesses, named, has triumphed over
fraud, perjury and attempted perjury. The
development of the methods employed In
the cases mentioned must throw discredit
and excite the suspicion of all falr-mindei
men as to all the testimony Introduced
with a view of sustaining the theory ot
this prosecution."
TetImonr of LesinlatorK.
A review Is made of the testimony relat
ing to the following members of the Leg
islature: Messrs. Cooney, McKay, Sulli
van, Long, Hobson, Moore. Black, Con
nolly. Fine. Beasley. Tlerney, Geiger, Mc
Laughlin, Woods, Day, Warner and Speak
er St'ff. and the point made that there Li
no evidence tending to shqw that they
were corruptly influenced. In the case
of Mr. McLaughlin, who sold some timber
land to Senator Clark about the time of
the meeting of the Legislature, the brief
says:
"We assert that there is not a word of
testimony In the record which can be con
strued In any way against Senator Clark
or upon which any criticism can be ad
vanced as to the conduct of Senator Claric
and Mr. McLaughlin in this transaction."
In the case of. Woods, to -whom $7000 was
tendered by Mr. Blckford. It is remarked:
"Taking the account of the transaction
in which Mr. Ector differs from Judge
Blckford. It stands as a complete vindi
cation of Woods. Both admit that the
monev was returned to Charles- W. Clark.
There Is not a word In the testimony, as
shown by this record, that would juatuy
any " conclusion that would affect the In
tegrity and honesty of Representative
Woods."
With reference to Mr. Day this state- j
ment is made:
"A month alter the election. Senator
Clark, in recognition of the services of
certain of his supporters, sent them a
present lnthe form of a check or certifi
cate of deposit. Gentlemen selected for
this recognition of his appreciation were
John B. Wellcome, William McDennott
and E. C. Day, the sum to each being
kCO. Had Mr. Day not been a member
of the Legislature, as Wellcome and Mc
Dennott were not. the committee, we sup.
pose, would not have permitted any evi
dence upon this subject to be spread upon
tho records. . . . With tho plain,
straightforward and consistent statements
made by both Senator Clark and Mr. Day,
we feel satisfied that thi3 transaction can
not even create an unfavorable impression
upon the minds of this committee."
In the case of Senator Warner:
"We feel that the testimony of Lyons,
Nolan and Campbell completely sustain
the position we have taken, that it never
entered the minds of those managing- the
prosecution to rely upon this ordinary
business transaction of the transfer ot
property from Warner to Charles W.
Clark, through his agent, until they found
that they could not rely upon Lyons to
sustain by his testimony the statement
that was manufactured, and every word
AMERICAN RABBI.
of which Lyons swears was false. . . It
should be understood that there Is no tes
timony connecting Senator W. A. Clark
even remotely with the transaction."
In the case of Speaker Stiff:
"A man who could In any state secure
the support of any faction for the position
of Sneaker, after permitting three at
tempts to be made upon his honesty and
manhood without manifesting the slight
est Indignation, and who continues to pre
serve the friendly relations which had
previously existed between himself and his
tempters, evinces a very low plane of
morals In Montana, or the committee must
be convinced that the statement is untrue.
It is even shown by his own testimony
that after the occurrence with Blckford,
he told him he would meet him In Butte,
and after the first conversation with Cook,
he accepted an Invitation as his guest to
visit the Montana Qlub.
"In justice to Stiff, we feel that the
committee must come to the conclusion
that these statements are the result of the
opinion which he must have reached, that
the exigencies of this proceeding, demand
the narration of Cook's story before this
committee."
The cases of Representatives Cullen,
Jacqueth and Bywater are then referred
to, counsel saying:
"The only witnesses who pretend to give
direct testimony as to those three mem
bers of the Legislature are Fred White
side and William F. Ector. Every mate
rial allegation contained In the evidence
( of either of these witnesses In reference to
i the three members mentioned has been
not only denied by every person whom elth-
er of them alleged had .knowledge of the
facts, but Is contradicted by all these de
nials as against the uncorroborated state
ments of these two discredited witnesses."
Much space Is devoted to the question
as to whether John .B. Wellcome furnished
the $30,000 which Whiteside presented to
the Montana bribery investigation com
mittee, and In this connection the testi
mony of Whiteside Is analyzed at length,
In an effort to break It down. Twenty
pages are devoted to sifting Whiteside's
testimony, and then the brief says:
"We have shown by the evidence of John
B. Wellcome, Charles W. Clark, William
McDermott, A. J. Steele, John S. jNelll,
W. M. Blckford and Walter Cooper, the
most active and earnest friends of Sena
tor Clark, that not a dollar of money was
corruptly used to Influence the action of
members of the Montana Legislature of
1899 to vote for Senator Clark. We have
also shown by the evidence of Senator
Clark that he personally did not know
about the corrupt use of money to Influ
ence members of the Legislature."
Reference is next made to the exhibit of
Senator Clark's accounts, and this com
ment Is made thereon:
"If those accounts are true. It has been
demonstrated beyond the possibility of a
doubt, by the evidence of transactions
which took place and were recorded at tho
time of the occurrences, that the $30,000
placed by Whiteside before the Legisla
ture could not have been received from
Senator Clark, or his friends."
With reference to the testimony of the
Judge of the Montana Supreme Court, it
Is said' that "It Is only material to the
case from the light It throws on the char
acter and reputation of the members of
the court, so as to prove the wisdom of
Mr. Wellcome's determination not to testi
fy before them In the proceedings for his
disbarment." It Is also claimed that this
testimony can in no way affect the right
of Senator Clark to his seat, and also that
It Is not wlthln the scope of the resolution
of Inquiry.
Parin Exposition Opening.
PARIS, March 27. At the Cabinet Coun
cil today It was decided officially to inaug
urate tho Paris Exposition Saturday,
April 14.
SALISBURY'S APOLOGY
STATE3IEXT SAID TO HAVE BEEN
MADE BY HAY TO BERRY. -
"The Report, However, Is Denied In
London Xo Investigation of the
Charges Ordered.
NEW TORK, March 27. A special to the
-Journal and Advertiser from Washington
says:
The statement that England had
apologized for the opening of Con
sul Macrum's mall in Pretoria was made
by Secretary Hay to Representative Ber
ry, of Kentucky, one of the Democratic
members of the House foreign affairs com
mittee. Representative Berry called at
the State "Department today to talk over
the charges made by Mr. Macrum, and It
was during this Interview that Secretary
Hay made the confession.
"I saw Secretary Hay today," said Rep
resentative Berry in talking of the pro
posed hearing, "and "he said that the whole
groundwork of Mr. Macrum's charges rest
ed upon the fact that three letters had
been opened by British officials In South
Africa. Secretary Hay said that Eng
land's attention had been called to this
violation of International law and that
Lord Salisbury had made an investigation
and then had sent an apology to this
country. The apology was delivered at the
State Department by Lord Pauncefote."
Mr. Macrum called upon Chairman Hltt
and consulted with him as to when he.
would be rea'dy to appear before the com-"
mlttee. As a result of the conference,
the committee will bo called to meet within
a day or two. The whole committee will
hear the testimony and the proceedings
will he public Instead of the charges be
ing heard privately' by Mr. Hltt, Mr.
Adams and Mr. Berry, as was originally
Intended.
Lord Pauncefote's Disavowal.
WASHINGTON, March 27. It Is said at
the State Department, regarding the story
that Great Britain has apologized to this
Government for the action of the censor
In opening letters addressed to the United'
States Consul at Pretoria, that the United
States Government has made no demand
upon the British Government for an apol
ogy. The officials say that Mr. Macrum,
who was Consul at Pretoria when the
mall Is said to have been opened, made no
official complaint on that subject, and
thus the State Department had nothing
official before It to serve as a bas's for
a demand for an apology.
As stated before, however, the British
Government Itself voluntarily took notice
of Mr. Macrum's complaint, and finding
that, as an Incident to the transfer of a
large quantity of mall from Durban
(which was the place where, our Consu
lar mall was usually landed) to Cape Town,
resulting in great congestion and In the
handling of mall by new agents, there had
been an Indiscriminate opening of letters
which probably had affected the Consular
mall with others. Lord Pauncefote, speak
ing for his Government, disavowed the
action of the censor and declared that it
was unauthorized in respect to Mr. Ma
crum's mail. This assurance was given
long ago, and some of the members of tho
House committee on foreign affairs were
acquainted with It at the time.
Denied in London.
LONDON, March 27. Tho report pub
lished In the United States that Lord
Salisbury has apologized for the opening
of American Consular mall In South Af
rica Is untrue. Nothing whatever has
passed between the two Governments on
this matter, and the British Premier has
taken no action to Investigate the allega
tions of ex-Consul Macrum, nor has he
been requested to do so. A printed fac
simile of the letter to Macrum alleged to
have been opened was given to Lord Salis
bury by a representative of the Associated
Press, hut he made no comment, nor did
he direct that anything should be done.
CAVALRY RECOXXOISSANCE.
British Engaged Boer Ontposts North
of Blocmfontein.
LONDON, March 27. Reconnolssances
of slight importance continue to be the
only feature of the war In South Africa.
Lord Roberts wires the War Office as
follows:
"Bloemfonteln, March 26. Captain Stone
Stanley, of the Sixteenth Lancers, was
slightly wounded in an advance on out
posts north of tho Modder River, March
25."
This bare statement Is all that comes
from, the Commander-in-Chief.
A dispatch from Bloemfonteln, dated
Monday, March 26, and published In the
second edition of the Times, amplines
Lord Roberts' dispatch, as follows:
"A cavalry reconnoissance was made
yesterday toward Brandford. The Six
teenth Lancers, by skirmishing, drew the
Boers from their position on the open,
when the Ninth Lancers attempted to out
flank the enemy while they were engaged
from the front by a dismounted section of
the Sixteenth Lancers. Our casualties
are reported to be few."
Boer reports from Natal show that no
development of Importance had occurred
there up to March 23. General Botha de
nies the report that the Transvaal women
were wounded In the Tugela trenches.
General Miller has sent the Boers a list
of their wounded, stating that he burled
60 men. General Botha says this is Im
possible, as his rolls do not show any
such loss.
A Ladysmlth special says:
"Boer patriots endeavored to trap a
party of the Thirteenth Hussars March
23, at Waschbank. A hot chase ensued.
Several Boers were wounded.
"A printed document has been found
giving the Boer losses at Splonkop at over
2j00, but this can scarcely be credited."
Advices today from Cape Town say:
"Rains are general throughout South
Africa, and rivers which have been dry for
years are being flooded. Many camps are
transformed Into swamps. This will still
more militate against any immediate ad
vance. Sickness among the Boer prison
ers on the transports Is Increasing;
typhoid alone claims 100 victims among
tho prisoners,, and the population of Si
mons Town fear an epidemic.
"A meeting of the Bund was held at
Paart, March 16, and was attended by
several members of the Cape Assembly.
It passed resolutions regretting- that the
Cape Government was not consulted be
fore the war, and declaring that any set
tlement which did not respect the Inde
pendence of the Republic would be detri
mental to the highest Interest of the Brit
ish Empire. Mr. Grove, the chief speaker,
prophesied another war within six years
unless Independence was granted, and
Assemblyman Maralse characterized this
war as a continuance of the Jameson
raid."
It is stated that Roberts Is going to
Cape Town to meet Lady Roberts.
Michael Davltt arrived at Lourenco
Marques March 24.
A dispatch to the Times declares tho
Boers are using natives from the mines
to construct trenches around Johannes
burg, adding that the mines are expected,
to shut down, owing to the military de
mand. for Kaffir labor.
"Dogma Unchangeable."
PORTLAND. March 27. (To the Editor.)
The letter of Mr. Joseph Schell, In your
Issuo of the 25th Inst, entitled, "Dogma
Unchangeable," Is Interesting when con
sidered In" tho light of some of the records
and documents of the Vatican, at Rome.
Mr. Schell tells us that the dogma of the
Catholic Church is the same today as It
was 300 years ago and before, that It does
not and cannot change, and that the Pope
as such Is Infallible Independent of any
and all outside Influences.
It will be remembered that both Pythag
oras, In the fourth century, B. C, and
Copernicus, in the 16th century, A. D had
taught the doctrine of the Immobility of
J the sun and the mobility of the earth
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Washington Notes.
There were 152 final proofs on home
steads and timber claims In Snohomish
County for the year ending March 1, 1900.
B. B. Crawford died suddenly of heart
failure at White Salmon, Friday, aged 42
years. He left a wife and adopted daugh
ter. The Waltsburg Times says that D. W.
Miller has sold his 320-acre ranch, m
Lower Springs Valley, to Carl Taylor for
$SO0O.
Pierce County has knocked her warrant
indebtedness on the head and Is making
preparations to wipe out $200,000 of a
reasonable bonded debt.
S. A. Madge, of the Olympla Olympian,
has been chosen chairman of the Thurston
County delegation to the State Republican
Convention at Ellensburg.
The contractors for construction of the
Walla Walla sewer system commenced
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fied check as security, pending tho filing
of bond.
The Russians taken Into custody at
Fairhaven as smallpox suspects were at
first put in the County Jail, and tho
county officers. Including the Superior
Court, at once left the Courthouse and
sought other quarters.
Tho plant of the Everett nail mill, which
has been closed for a year or more, has
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will he converted Into a saw mill. The
nail machines were shipped to San Fran
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been absorbed by the American Steel Com
pany. There are 70 men employed on tho high
line ditch this week, making everything
ready for a continuous and plentiful flow
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son, says the Asotin Sentinel. The ditch
has been shortened and Impr6ved in many
ways, so that there will be but slight
waste of water.
Helen Gould's Help.
NEW TORK, March 27. The Washing
ton dispatch stating that Miss Helen
Gould was practically paying the expenses
of nine or 10 chaplains in the Army in
the Philippines was shown to her last
night. She said the work referred to had
been done not by her, but by the Young
Men's Christian Association, and that shu
had only helped a little In It.
Pay for the Soldiers.
NEW TORK, March 27. A shipment of
$1,393,0S0 for the payment of soldiers In the
Philippines left the Subtreasury today.
The two trucks containing the money
were driven to the United States transport
Sumner, which will leave for Manila
Thursday.
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