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"? 1- 1 2 TIIE MORNING OREQOXIAX, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1900. v - - MAY LESSEN WAR TAX The House Calls For Informa tion as to the Surplus. BROUGHT UPBY PAYNE OFNEWYORK A BUI Passed to Throw Open Idaho and Oklahoma India Lands. WASHINGTON. April t A possible re duction of the war taxes was foreshad owed In a resolution adopted by the House "today, calling ipon the Secretary of the Treasury for Information as to the prob able surplus that the existing revenue laws would create during this and the coming fiscal year. The resolution was presented by Pane, the floor leader of the major ity. Under suspension of the rules, bllli were passed to open to settlement 418.CT0 Acres In the Fort Hall Indian reservation and 2.WO.00O acres In Oklahoma by ratify ing the agreements with the Bannock and Shoshone Indians and the Kiowas. Cc xnancheeand Apaches; to divide the North ern Judicial District of Jftw York Into two districts and to appropriate 109,000 for a military post at Sheridan. W30. When the House met. Payne (Rep. N. T.) presented the resolution, which was adopt ed, calling on the Secretary of the Treas ury for Information as to whether the war revenue act created a surplus and all the details concerning the revenue under that act. with estimates of expen ditures. The presentation of the resolu tion, calling, as It does, for Information which may furnish a basis for the re duction of the war revenues, created con siderable Interest. Richardson (Dem. Term.) asked .If It covered anything save the internal reve nue taxation under the war revenue act. Payne replied that It did not. There was no division on the adoption of the resolu tion, which was as follows: "Resolved, That the Secretary of tho Treasury be and Is hereby requested to Inform the House of Representatives whether, in his opinion, based upon ruch knowledge as he has, the present laws for the raising ot revenue are creating and will continue to create a surplus In the Treasury over and above the wants cf the Government, and. If so, to what ex tent at the end of the current year, and a like report as to the fiscal jear ending June 30, 1901. That ho nlso report to the 'House his estimate of the probable re ceipts of the Treasury from all soured of revenue for these years, to-wlt: Cus toms, Internal revenue and miscellaneous sources. "Refcoh-ed, That he also report to the House the amount of Internal revenue taxes revived under" the war revenue act of June 13, 1S3S, upon articles not there tofore taxed: that said statement be item ized as far as possible for the year ending June 30. 1S99. and for the nine months ending March 31. 1SO0." Grosvenor (Rep. O.) then Introduced the following resolution: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he hereby is requested to report to the House of Representatives the names of firms, perrons and corpora tions who, from time to time, have paid customs duties on goods and articles of every description' which have entered the United States from Puerto Rico since the treaty with Spain, with the articles and amounts paid by each and the dates ot euch payments." McRae (Dem. Ark.) offered an amend ment, adding to the resolution the words: "And also, if possible, (mm trhnn th Importers purchased said goods." Grosvenor declined to accept tho amend ment, and the Democrats forced an ny and no vote upon It. The amendment was lost. SI to S3, and the resolution wai then adopted without division. Tliis being District of Columbia day. the House then proceeded to the considera tion of District business, passing, among other measures, a hill to Increase the tax on premiums of foreign insurance com panies doing business In the District ot Columbia from 1 to 2"i per cent. Curtis (Rep. Kan. moved the passage under tbo'suspenslon of the rules, of th Senate bill to ratify the agreement with the Bannock and Shoshone Indians of the Fort Hall reservation In Idaho. Th . House committee had amended the bill to include ratification of the Kiowa. Coman che and Apache agreements for openln? to settlement 2f0.OX) acres in Oklahoma, the land In the Fort Hall reservation, ag. gregatlng 418.000 acres. Wllfon (SIL Rep. Idaho) and others advocated the passage of the bill, and It was passed without division. A Senate bill was passed to appropriate $100,000 for the establishment of a mili tary post at Sheridan, Wjo. At 4:45 P. M.. the House adjourned. CHAIRMAN PAYNC'S STATCTIEXT. IVnr Tax May Xot lie Reduced at This , Seamton. WASHINGTON, April .The resolution of Chairman Payne, of the ways and means committee, relative to the treas ury surplus nnd the probable Income and expenses of the Government, results from the desire of the ways and means committee to know whether It will be aafe to recommend any reduction In the present sources of Income. After the adoption of the resolution "by the House. Payne authorized the following statement: "The object of the resolution Is to iret Information from the Secretary of the Treasury that will enable the ways and means committee to determine whether it Is safe to attempt a reduction of the rev enue, and in case that Is decided affirma tively, then along what lines this reduction should be made. It is true there is a jur plua of J34.OM.O00 for the nine months ending Saturday last and J16.D00.O0O for the month of March. "Whether this surplus Is to be Increased or not for the balance of the fiscal year is one of the questions on which we deslro information. "Should all of the tC.000.000 of bonds, which can be refunded under the refund ing act. be presented, some JS6.000.0M would be absorbed in this operation. It wlli require $20,000,000 to refund the bonds already deposited with tho Secretary ot the Treasury under the act recently passed. What we desire to know is the effect of this upon the surplus and the probable expenses of the next fiscal year. In order safely to determine upon a re duction of the revenue." Payne was asked If he considered It probable that legislation for this reduction would be presented at this session of Con gress. "I cannot Bay as to that until we get the Information. If any action Is taken, sufficient reduction can be made under the War revenue act, which was an emergency act, passed in 1S9S. I am opposed to In terfering In any way with the Dlngley tariff laws of 1S37." Contractor Onderdonlc Sued. NEW YORK. April 2. A preliminary motion In a suit brought by Myers F. Truett against Andrew Onderdonk, the contractor who bid for the Rapid Transit contract, was partly argued today In the Supreme Court before Justice Freedman. Truett sues for half the profits Onderdonk got out of the building of four sections of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and al leges fraud on the part of Onderdonk. A motion was made today on behalf ot Onderdonk for a bill of particulars In stancing the fraud. Removal of Professor Anderson. WASHINGTON, April 2. No mem ber of the Oregon delegation knows anything about the reported re moval of Professor George Anderson, of Oregon, as Superintendent of Schools In the Philippines, to make place for Atkin son, of Sprlnfleld. Mass.. nor does Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts. Senator Simon made Inquiry bf General Corbta today. asking whether Anderson had been re moved and Atkinson appointed, and re ceived a negative, reply, with the further' statement that all the "War Department knew of the matter was that Atkinson was a candidate for the place, and had been around Washington some dayr'seek Ing it. It was further Intimated that It was not likely be would be appointed. s PLAGUES AT MANILA. Berl-Berl, Smallpox ' and Bnbonlc Pinnae Are Epidemic. MANILA. March 6. Tho census of Ma nila, Just completed by the Health Depart ment, gives the city an unpleasantly high rank among the unhealthful cities of the world. It establishes a death rate ot something over 40 per 1KB at A conserva tive estimate. Former estimates and cen suses have always given Manila 3W.0M population. This census was a careful count of natives and Chinese living In buildings and boats In the police districts ot Manila, and It gave a total of 1S0.719, of whom 30.000 were Chinamen. There aro to be added the inhabitants of several vil lages wjthln the city limits, Americans and Europeans and 1400 priests In the mon asteries. From reliable Information tho officials estimate their number at between 0.000 and GO.000. The deaths In Manila officially reported during six months, from July 1 to Decern ber 21 last year, were 6203. Qf these 2311 were children. Some of the principal caus es were berl-berl, 5W: tuberculosis, 2S3; bronchitis, 314; dysentery, 229; fevers. 2S7; while stomach troubles ranged high. Ma nila now has three diseases epidemic which would throw the average community Into a panic bubonic plague, berl-berl and smallpox. Berl-berl results from a diet of fish and rice, so that whites do not fear it. Smallpox and leprosy, the Philippines always have, and the people look upon them as a matter of course, avoid direct contact but hardly giving second thought to their presence In the neighborhood. Smallpox flourishes In some parts ot Luzon constantly. Half of the natives In the country districts are pitted with It and mothers try to get their children in fected with It, under the belief that It Is less dangerous to the young. The towns along the northern coast and on the rail road between Manila and Dagupan aro full of smallpox now: General Bell's famous volunteer regiment, the Thirty-sixth, "Is suffering from the epidemic. Lieutenant Toncray and Lieutenant Wing, both ot whom were Tennesseeans, the former holding a commission as Captain in the Tennessee Volunteers, and se'eral 8ol dlcrs have died, and there aro other cases In the regiment. Tho easy-going natives and Spaniards paid so little attention to leprosy that the Philippines have never been noted fot that disease, but there are more than 100 lepers In tho Manila Hospital. Bubonic plague Is a visitor to which dis tance lends terror. Two months ago the first caso was discovered In Manila. Since that time there have been 200 cases, ac cording to the estimates of the health of ficers, and at least SO per cent of them have resulted fatally. Yet there has been no panic, no families have fled from the city, nor has tho usual routine of life In tho city been disturbed. Tho repressive measured ot the health officers have been comparatively simple, but have proven re markably effective, considering conditions the) havo had to fight. Their aim has been to make the city cloan and keep It clean. This Is the last thing the masses of Fili pinos and Chinamen propose to do unless driven to it. "They don't understand it. they consider It only a form ot persecution." explained Surgeon-Major Ira C D. Brown, when asked if the natives were disposed to co operate In this work. The Filipinos are one ot tho most scrupulous people In tho world about personal cleanliness. Their knowledge of sanitation, however, was gained entirely from the Spaniards, and Is defective. The lower classes of Chinese aro. worse, as the fact that two-thirds of tho plague cases have been among them, although they number but a small mi nority of the population, testifies. White people have escaped altogether. Manila is practically without sewerage, and, be cause of Its low level, the cost of a system on modern linen would bo almost prohib itive.. As an offset Is the character ot the n!pa huts, inhabited by most of the na tives, which stand on posts above the ground, free from rats and well ventilated. The plague Is supposed to have begun In Cavtte. Its first visit appeared In Ma nila In the walled city only a stone's throw from the palace, where army headquarters are, and three persons were dead before tho nature of their disease was suspected. Most of the later cases have been In the same section of tho walled city or in the Chinese quarter., near the water front. Immediately Surgeon-Major Kdle, the health officer, organized a force of In spectors to enforce rigid sanitary meas ures on everybody, and the plague work was put in charge of Major Brown. It was necessary to have men who could speak the language of the people, explain to them what the Inspection meant, and direct them how to keep their premises clean, so Filipinos had to be enlisted. Tho race question created complications Immediately. Between Filipinos and Chinamen there exists an inveterate hat red. The Fillrlno inspectors delighted In tho chance to square grudges against their traditional enemies. They proceeded to tile a batch of warrants for maintaining nuisances at police headquarters, and most of them were against Chinamen, who proved, on Investigation, to be the most prominent and least offendlrg of their race. Help came from an unexpected quarter,, for the rich Chinese merchants, under tho leadership of Palanka. the ex-Consul-General and the Chief Magis trate among them, offered to furnish 3 Inspectors to work among their country men and keep the Chinese reasonably clean. Thero are now 100 Inspectors at work In Manila, 30 of them Chinamen and thj others Filipinos. They are sent out In squads, usually two Filipinos and a Chi naman, with a soldier to boss them, and see that they do their work and abstain from blackmailing. Major Brown and the officers of the Health Department boss tho soldiers and the inspectors. When ever a plague victim is discovered he Is sent to tho Chinese or the Filipino Hos pital, If It Is possible to move him. The house is thoroughly disinfected, a bonfire Is made of everything movable, a jellow placard announcing "Bubonic Pest" ap pears on the door, white a sentry stands guard to keep people away. Four days the house Is kept closed and the Inmates are Isolated. When two or three cases develop In ono street, tho street Is barred against business. Tho dead Chinamen are buried In a grave eight feet deep In the Chinese cem etery and covered with lime. The bodies of Filipinos are burled when the relatives will consent. Cremation Is desirable for all, but tho Chinese superstition against burning their dead Is so strong that any attempt to compel it would result in con cealment of the cases, and possibly riots. Tho estimate of 200 deaths Includes the probable number of cases which have been kept from the knowledge of the au thorities. The officials have hoped that when the rainy season gets fairly under way, with a few six-Inch showers. It will wash up tha town so thoroughly that plague will be im possible. Even nt Its worst the surgeons Who had experience dealing with yellow fever In Cuba consider the bubonic plague easier to control than its South American rival. Already the number of cases week ly reported Is decreasing. ! Dally Treasury Stntcment. WASHINGTON, April 2. Today's statement of the condition of the Treas ury, exclusive of the $10,600.000 gold re serve, shows: Available cash balance 1155,732.533 Gold 93,355,051 Slnrderer Escapes Front Custody. CARSON, Ncv., April 2. Joe Pete, an Indian, under sentence of death fdr tnt murder of William Bangberg, has escaped from custody. He was to have been hanged May 4, In Genoa, Douglas County. BUNKER HILL CONSPIRACY STETXEXBEIIG ACCUSED BOY CD OF BELXO AT TUB BOTTOM OF IT. Perfected Ills Plot Ten Daya Before the nionincTJp of the Mill General Carlln Called. WASHINGTON, April 2. The chief In terest In Governor Steunenberg's testi mony before the Coeur d'AIene Investiga tion today was In his continuance ot tho recital begun at the last session of tha old conditions prior to the uprising of April last. He had been asked by Representa tive Dick why he refused to disband the militia of Coeur d'AIene district In 1S37. as had been requested by tho County Commissioners. He-said at that time tho officers ot the Western Federation of Min ers were advising the arming of the unions and he had an address by one of these officials, statltg that "every camp should" have a rifle club, and In two years wo can hear Inspiring music of 25.000 armed men In the ranks of labor." Steunenberg said that following this there was evidence In the Coeur d'AIene district that the ad vice was being followed. A body of armed and masked men, he said, appeared at Mullarr and compelled the delivery ot a largo supply of arms and ammunition owned hy the State ot Idaho, and stores there, pending the organization of a mllltla company. He began correspondence and Inquiry, and could get no trace of tho arms or of those who took them. When ho applied to the local sheriff, the lattot answered In effect to "mind your own business." Tho Governor said that about the same time he received a letter from the G. A. R. Commander at Murray, stating that a number of rifles and ammunition were In dancer of belne stolen. Threats had been made to seize them, and a notification had been served that they would be taken, Tho G. A. R. asked to be relieved of fur ther responsibility, and the Governor says ho had the arms boxed and shipped away. Governor Steunenberg said he sent Adjutant-General French to Coeur d'AIene, who reperted that a movement was on foot on the dlsbandlng-of the militia for miners to come to Wurdner and dynamite the Bunker Hill mill. There were repeated threats, the Governor said, that the of ficials of the mine would be murdered It they did not escape before the Canyon Creek miners came down. He said he was shocked to learn that Frederick B. "Whitney, superintendent of the Frisco mine, had been taken from his room at night by 16 armed and masked men. marched down to tho creek and shot, dy ing in a day or two. A stir was caused In the committee-room when Governor Steunenberg. In answering a question as to what ho knew of a con spiracy In connection with the blowing up of the Bunker Hill mill, said: "I learned that Ed Boyce. president of the Western Federation ot Miners, was In thn eountrv 10 days before tho explosion of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill, and at that time he Inaugurated or perfected this conspiracy, by choosing 20 men from the different organizations In that country and swearing them. These 20 men chose one each, and swore him. and the 40 each choso a roan and sworcj him, and the 81 each chose a man and swore him. In that way there were at least ICO men in this conspiracy to do this thing, sworn to se crecy." Representative Hay questioned the Gov ernor sharply as to his source of Informa tion. The Governor hesitated and then said: "I learned these facts from James R. Sovereign, through a mutual friend." When Hay wanted the name of the friend, there was some question as to giving the name, but the Governor finally gavo It as A. B. Campbell. Hay asked If Mr. Camrbcll was In the committee room and the answer came that he was. Mr. Eovereli-n was also present. The Governor said he had not been ablo to get further evidence, as people who lived In the country were afraid they would be assassinated It they were known to have given any Information. The com mittee then took a recess until 2 o'clock. At tho afternoon session Hay moved to strike out all of Governor Steunenberg's testimony ot events prior to the conspir acy. Tills motion was defeated, 5 to 2. Dick concluded the redlrcct-examlnatlon, and In tho ibsence of Lcntz, Robertson, private counsel for those making tho charges, renewed tho cross-examination of the Governor. It covered much explana tory detail on tho events previously testi fied to. He said he did not charge the death of Superintendent Whitney to the miners' union. Later tn tho day Gov ernor Steunenberg's testimony was com pleted, after he had been on tho stand 12 days, and he was excused. Brigadier-General W. P. Carlln. U. & A., retired, was the next witness. He testified that he was In command ot the United States troops in the Coeur d'AIene district during the trouble in 1S92, and gave a recital ot the disturbed conditions there. General Carlln will continue when tho Investigation Is resumed tomorrow. PUERTO RICAN FRANCHISES Xone "Will Be Granted Until Govern ment Is Established. NEW TORK. April 2. A special to tho Herald from Washington says: Secretary Root has l-ued an order re voking the license granted to Ramon Vcldcs for the use of the water of tho River La Plata, of Puerto Rico, to create electric power for a railroad. He has also announced that the department will grant no franchises or licenses In the Island un til the establishment ot civil government there. Tracey, Boardman & Piatt, of New Tork, represented by A. L. Arpln and" Will iam D. Noble, who applied for the revoca tion ot the concession and who. It la said, aro endeavoring to acquire It for persons for whom they are acting as agents. The Drexcls and other business Interests of Philadelphia have vigorously fought the attempts of the "Now York firms. Secretary Root's decision, however, not only deprives Mr. Valdes of his license, but prevents Tracey, Boardman & Platfa clients or any other person from obtain ing Its issuance in their favor. It is learned that this action was taken in ac cordance with a recommendation of Brigadier-General Davis, Governor-General of the island, who has made an ex tensive Investigation. The Issuance ot the licence to Valdes last Summer was made when Secretary Root received an opinion from Charles E. Magoon, solicitor of the Division of Customs and Insular Affairs, whose wonderful reversal ot Ideas on the statutes of the new American dependen cies has surprised Congress. The files of the Insular division contain numerous applications for concessions or licenses, some from prominent people in the United States and others from na tives of Puerto Rico. Starvation In Puerto IUco. NEW YORK. April 2. At Sunday's meeting ot the Central Federated Union, James P. Archibald read a letter from Santiago Igleslas, delegate of tho Puerto Rico labor organizations, who recently vis ited New York. Igleslas wrote that a few days after his return home he was called to a small town In the Interior, where he found 150 women and children nlmost dead from starvation. General Davis, who was appealed to, supplied them with food. The Puerto Rlcans who were employed, he said, were too poorly paid to a,ld the un employed. s Antarctic Expedition Snccessfol. LONDON. April 2. Carston B. Borch grcvlnk, the leader of the South Polar expedition, fitted nut In 1E38 by Sir George Newnes, of this city, who, with the sur viving members of his party, arrived on the steamer Southern Cro's at Cambell town, near Bluff Harbor. N- Z.. yesterday, telegraphed to Sir George Newnes that the object of the expedition had been fully attained and the position ot the south magnetic .pole ha been located. Ha adds that the expedition reached the furthest point south with sledges ofrwhlch there Is any record, namely, latitude 78 de grees 0 minuses south. 1 111 AU Classes la the Philippines Are Aaxlons for Reform. MANILA, Feb. 22. The news that civil government Is soon to be established In th.e Philippines gives .the greatest satis faction to all residents. Cablegrams came last week to two Manila newspapers an nouncing that President McKlnley would send a commission to begin' work on some substantial form of government and mod ern systems of laws and taxation. Two military censors suppressed the messages, but the news was too vitally Important to be kept secret, and It had spread about the city almost as soon as the dispatches were locked In the censor's desk. About tho same time, but without knowledge that a commission was coming, tha Chamber of Commerce cabled to the Pres ident the following message: "Respectfully urge Immediate action substituting American laws for Spanish; reduction where duties are excessive; ad justment of shipping regulations,, so American vessels may operate In coast ing trade without requiring resident own ership." There Is a general desire, based' upon both commercial and political reasons, for the speedy establishment of some form of permanent government. Tho view held by Intelligent Filipinos, who have held aloof from or have deserted the Insurrection, Is that the most effective step toward restoring peace and pros perity will be to let the people know what government and what laws they are to live under, and what voice' they are to have In the conduct of the new machinery. It Is recognized that tho greatest handicap to the success of Amer ican rule thus far has been the reten tion of all the old Spanish laws. In the face of clamor from the foreigners and Filipinos, who expected Immediate and sweeping reforms. Spanish custom duties on Imports and exports are still collected. Spanish shipping and port laws are still enforced. Inequitable and oppressive Spanish taxes are levied. Residents declare that they find the American administration even more vexa tious and hampering to business than the Spanish was, for the reason that the Americans try to enforce by the book all the laws which they find, whereas, during the former regime, many of the most unreasonable statutes he.1 fallen into disuse. Various sorts of petty taxes which the Spaniards had discontinued are now revived. Natives ore brought into courts nnd fined for falling to pay taxes which they wore not aware existed taxes for building nlpa huts, for keeping a horse or a cart; a license for selling fish, pea nuts or sea shells on the street, or an Impost on each individual ot the drove of useless but cherished dogs which ap pertains to every Filipino household. While the cedula tax has been reduced from XI to 20 cents, the Income, tax on all salaries ot 2H per cent remains. Every one who conducts a business must pay a license, and the tariffs on Imports are higher than ever before, so that tho sum total of taxation Is greater than un der the Spaniards. The most urgent demand ot the busi ness men Is for tariff revision. The Spanish tariffs upon Imports were almost prohibitive agalnstvery country except Spain, whose products were charged only a nominal rate. The purpose of the sys tem, Spanish control of commerce, was realized, but the products of Spain could be bought at reasonable rates. The American Government has abolished the discrimination in Spain's favor, but has retained the other rates of the Spanish tariff, even against goods from the United States, so that tho cost of all imported articles Is much greater than before American control. It Is significant of the increase In the tariffs that receipts there from have been much greater during the American occupation than at any time in the Spanish rule, although only faro or three- ports ouTM of Manila havo been open, trade with most of the Interior hav ing been suspended, and supplies for the Army entered free. Old residents estimate the general ad vance In the cost of living at 300 per cent. Salaries and wages have advanced hardly more than CO per cent, and not nearly enough to keep pace with the Increase In the prices of tho necessaries of life. This Inflation falls particularly hard upon tho salaried employes of foreign commer cial houses, who are a majority of tho foreign colony. War nnd tariffs are not altogether responsible for -tho costliness of living, because the past year's experi ence has shown that tho proverbial lib erality of Americans in money matters will bring American colonies to the Amer ican scale of prices. Instead of giving to the natives the benefit of Eastern cheap ness. The masses do not stop to analyze causes; they only know that with tho Americans in control everything costs more than during Spanish days. Tho dis satisfaction of business men with the courts Is chiefly based upon .the reten tion of Spanish laws. The Philippine Judges have proved fairly capable men, but Spanish laws nre extremely unpopu lar, even with the Spaniards. Partly on account of war conditions nnd partly on account of the uncertainty what legislation Congress may enact, many en terprises are at a standstill. The big In flow of American capital which was ex pected has tailed to nppcar, and Intending Investors who visit the islands go home to await developments. A frsquent re mark among business men Is: "We wish Congress would stop talking about the good government It Is going to give the Philippines and begin to give us some of it." 111 LIVE BIRD TOURNAMENT. Eighth Annual Match of the Inter, stnte Association. NEW YORK. ApriTi The eighth an nual live-bird shooting tournament of the Interstate Association was Inaugurated today at Interstate Park, Queens. L. I. The initial match was the Interstate Park Introduction, eight birds, $3 entrance, birds extra. 30 yardj" rise, four moneys 40, 30. 20 and 10 per cent high guns, not clars shooting, ties to be divided. The en tries for this event closed with 100 shoot ers 'In line, among them being Mrs. S. S. Johnston. Each contestant began at No. 1 set of traps and finished nt No. 4. com pleting the first half of the work. Frank S. Parmalee. of Omaha, was the first man to be called to tho mark, and, after making the round, had four kills to his credit. The match was concluded In the remarkably good time of 1 hour nnd 54 minutes. Twenty-four men killed eight straight, and divided the money. These were: Powers. Ell. HIrschey, Crosfby, Nauroan, Morrison. Clay, Woodruff. Doty, Hood, Marshall. .A. P. Smith. Bryant. Dubray, Llnderman, Gross, Blante. Tripp. Jackson, Mat. Short. Malone, "Robin Hood" and Buckwalter. Itac-es nt Oaltlnnd. SAN FRANCISCO. April 2. The weath er was fine at Oakland, and the track muddy. Six furlongs Regelond won, MIIo Melo second.vHarry Corby third; time. 1:1SH. Five and a half furlongs Fidel Youlln won. May Dine second. Swift Water third; time. 1:11. Futurity course Uarda won. Orion sec ond. Pomplno third; time, 1:13. Mile and an eighth Arbacra won, Malay second. Perseus third; time, 1:556. One mile Flower of Gold won. Dr. Nem bula second. The Fretter third; time, 1:45. s Fell From a Car. SEATTLE, April 2. An unknown man was killed about 9 o'clock this morning by accidentally falling from the rear plat form of a Rainier Heights car. s Stops the Conh and "Works OS the ' Cold, Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets cure a cold in one day. No cure no pay. Price 25c. BOTH SIDES WERE HEARD (Continued from Hrat Pture.) the Philippine door Into the United States. In that dilemma. -this bungling treaty I mean no 'disrespect to Its framers has placed the Republican party. It was that discovery which hastened the sugar and toacco interests, as advanced couriers, tg the committee-room with the ultimatum of no money for political campaigns un less a barbed-wire fence of duties was placed around the Industries which here tofore have put so much money where It would do the most good." In a discussion of Imperialism, Bate said: "I rejoice in the conviction that neither in England nor In the United States are the sentiments, opinions and convictions of the people represented by tho Admin istration." Cullom (Rep. I1L) addressed the Senate briefly In support of the bill. In the course of his speech, referring to the op nositlon to. the bill. Cullom Said: "Let tho truth be known. This whole free trade' scheme is nothing on earth but a deception, a delusion and a snare to make our people believe we are oppress ing poor Puerto Rico. Let the truth b known, whatever may happen. Any can did 'man, I think. 'must admit that' this iblll Is In the Interest of the people ot Puerto Rico." Senator Depew's Speech. Depew (Rep. N. Y.) then delivered his announced speech. He vigorously sup Dorted the pending measure, and was given a cordial hearing. The following is Depew's speech: "What is all this contention about? What Is the applo of discord which Is lash ing some of the friends to fury? Tho President proposed free trade, and this bill glveo free trade In all the necessaries of life. In all Implements and manufactures required for tho resuscitation, development and working ot Industries, nnd a tariff,' amounting on tho average to 6 per cent, upon the market value of other products. This tariff comes off by operation of law In two years, and as much sooner as the people of the Island, through their own Legislature, decide to abolish It, because they can raleo the revenues necessary for the support of their government, their roads and their schools, and for their gen eral walfare", by direct taxation. "The opposition to this bill la the result of the usual tactical operations for ad vantageous positions In a Presidential year. The Calhoun theory of the Consti tution and the century-old fight of free trade to destroy protection have made a united and desperate charge upon the policy and provisions of this measure. The Democratic position In regard to our Island territories is clearly defined. They claim that the moment any territory becomes tho property of the United States, by con quest, purchase, cession or discovery, it Is under our Constitution and laws; that Its neonln and Droducts have the same rights and are entitled to the same freedom of movement over the United States as the people and products of any state In the Union; that statehood must speeaiiy come and cannot be dented; that this would break down every protective barrier against pauper labor and admit free Into our ports the -things produced by people working In our tropical possessions tor a few cents a day, and would degrade our citizenship and. therefore. If they get In power, they will at once abandon these Islands. The Republican party stands upon the action of Jefferson. Monroe. Jackson, Polk, Pierce and Seward, that Congress has the power to govern these acquisitions, subject only to the prohibitions of the constitu tion. I recall for tho consideration and ad monition of our Democratic friends, that story of General Jackson's Governorship of Florida, to which he was appointed by President Monroe, under tho act of Con gress of March 3. 1S21. providing 'that all military, civil and Judicial powers shall be vested In such person and persons, and shall be-exerctsed tn such manner ns the President of-the United States shall di rect. Ho claimed and' exercised the exec utive, legislative and Judicial functions of government under this commission, and was sustained in them all. As the legis lative, he enacted laws which brought him. as Governor. In conflict with the ex Governor under Spain. As Governor, ho promptly arrested and Imprisoned that cx ofilclal. and, as Judge, he proceeded to punish for contempt the Federal District Judge, who had Issued a writ of habeas corpus for the Spaniard's release. It was after all this that he became and has since continued to be claimed as leader, counsellor and Inspiration for the Demo cratic party. "Under this power we can and will pro vide both for the development of our new possessions and the protection of Industries and employment within the United States. As time and experience demonstrate the necessity for new laws and changes of ex isting laws, they will be enacted, but al ways with Intent to maintain the high standard of American citizenship and the scale of American wages. Preferential tariffs will promote trade between the United States and all these Islands. Puer to Rico. Hawaii, Guam. Tutuila and the Philippines are to be held and gov erned by tse United States with an Imper ative duty on our part to their Inhabit ants for this civilization, for tho .encour agement of enterprises which will utilize their resources, and for their constantly Increasing participation In thlr local and general governments, and also for their and our commercial progress and growth. I do not believe that we will Incorporate the alien races and civilized, semlclvlllzed, barbarous and savago people of these Isl ands Into our body politic as states of our Union. "Order, law. Justice and liberty will stim ulate nnd develop our new possessions,. Their Inhabitants will grow with the re epona'blllty of governing themselves, con stantly Increasing with their Intelligence Into conditions of prosperity and happiness beyond their wildest dreams as the results of that self-government they now so vaguely understand, while the United States. In the Increasing demand for the surplus of our farms and factories In Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines, and In the tremendous ndvantages of po sition from Manila for reaching the limit less markets of the Orient, can view with out apprehension and with hopeful pr'da tho inevitable expansion of our population and productions." Applause swent over thn galleries at the conclusion of Depew's speech, and It was sveral mlnuts before Spooner fRep. Wis.), who followed tha. New York Sena tor, could proceed. Senator Spooner's Argument. Partisanship should find no abiding place In this discussion, Spooner main tained. Tho proposition should not be elucidated simply by catch phrases. Tha phrase "the Constitution follows the flag" was a pretty epigram, but epigrams were dangerous. Does the Constitution follow the flag?" he said. "No, ;lt does not. Our armj entered Cuba during the war with Spain. Our Rag Is there now. But Is our Con stitution there? No; certainly not. Can we legislate for Cuba? No. we cannot. Our soldiers are there, but the Constitu tion Is not. The only law which follows the flag Is the law of war. The flag fol lows the Constltptlon, not the Constitu tion the flag." In response to a question asked by Till man (Dem. S. C), Spooner said: "Th proposition that the Constitution extends of Its own force over acquired territory was Invented In the Interest of slavery bj Mr. Calhoun. Mr. Webster' opposed It In the Interest of liberty and in the Interest of the War of the Rebellion. I had sup posed that after slavery had. been laid away we had heard the last of this con tention, which Is by no means so new as many people seem to suppose." Tillman Inquired how It was that the United States was In Puerto Rico. "By the power of tho President, as Commander-in-Chief of the Army re plied Spooner. "Under the Constitution T Inquired Till man. "Certainly, yes." responded Spooner. "to the eTtont that the Constitution makes him Commander-in-Chief of our Army." "Then tho power erf the President Is lim ited by the Constltutlonf suggested Tlll- "No; not at, aU." replied Spooner. "His limitations are only those of any Comman-der-ln-Chler of a. civilized nation." "Is he bound by his. oath ot officer asked Tillman. . , "I do not suppose," retorted Spooner, "that because the President took his Con stitutional oath of office, he Is bound to take a copy of tho Constitution In his pocket"1 wherever the Army under him may go. Tho President Is In Puerto Jllco Just as he. is In the Philippines; Just as he was in California after the treaty ot Cession. He Is there under the war power andhe will, remain there In the exercise of that power until Congress shall legis late for Puerto Rico. By the exercise of that power he. changed some of the Puerto Rlcan laws and modified the Puerto Rlcan tariffs." In answer, to a question by Tillman as to why Puerto Rico should be treated differently from the territories of the United States. Spooner declared the pend ing measure was the most generous over proposed for any territory belonging to the United States, and the people of tha island were being tredted thus differently from those of the, territories because they were in diro distress. , Spooner maintained that territory ac quired by the United States over which the Constitution had been extended could not be disposed of by Congress, and de manded to know how we could proceed to establish a stable Government under the Constitution in the Philippines, for In stance, and then later cedo the Islands either to another nation or to the Fili pinos themselves. If "the Constitution ex tended over the acquired territory auto matically, that never could be ceded away. v-an congress code back the Gadsscn Purchaser Inquired Pettus (Dem. Ala.) - "I" thing so." Spooner replied. "But." said Pettus, "It cannot cedo away Alabama. The wildest Republican would not go so far as that. The Con stitution Is In New Mexico, however." "It is there only by statute." reDlled Spooner. "but if the Constitution had gone mere 01 its own force. Congress would have no power; to cede It back." An allusion being made further along to the lobby which Spooner said was urging free trade with Puerto Rico, Bacon (Dem. Ga.) suggested that Mr. Oxnard nppeared before the committee. "Yes." retorted Spooner, "and did the committee pay attention to hlmr -"It looTts so," replied Bacon. "The committee did what he demanded." "The idea that the Congress of the United States can bo influenced to do In justice to-the peoplo of Puerto Rico," de clared Spooner. vehemently; "by Mr. Ox nard or by any protected Interest. Is a libel on our Institutions that ought net to be uttered here, and ought not to find lodgment anywhere. I want io repeat that a largo and industrious lobby and I say what I know Is here, endeavoring to Induce Congress to pass a free-trade bill." "I don't think," Interjected Bacon, tart ly, "that any one of that lobby has deemed" It to his interest to speak to any Senator on this side of the chamber." Foraker (Rep. O.), In charge of the bill, said Mr. Oxnard had appeared before the committee, but since the day of Ms ap pearance he (Foraker) had not seen him. In answer to a question by Turley (Dem. Tenn.) as to the source whence the revenue would bo derived under the pending bill. Spooner said: "I say It comes from tho sugar trust and Its lmpor ers. or from tho rich sugar-producers ot the island. In either event. It is right. It comes from the right spot, and It will go to the right spot"' Spooner concluded with an earnest ap peal for the passage of the measure Senator Perkins Support. Perkins (Rep. CaL), one of the mem bers of the committee which framed and reported tho pending bill, next addressed the Senate In support of tho measure. He said Puerto Rico had been thrust upon the United States by the war with Spain. The customs and beliefs of the people were not those, of Anglo-Saxons. . They were ,not Americans, and could not be come so until they had passed through the stages of development which had elevated the type of citizenship of the United States. The United States was dealing with questions entirely different from those ever heretofore presented. Congress was called upon to legislate for a people foreign to our Institutions. and a union with us could come only after they had been Americanized. Self government nnd self-support, Perkins said, were Inseparable. They never would be qualified for one without ability for the other. The proposed tariff would tend to make them self-supporting, and ho be lieved the proposition was as fair as any that bad been suggested. Senator SlmonM nexnnrkn. In a brief speech following that of Per kins, Simon (Rep. Or.) declared that he should vote against the pending measure. He did not regard It as' a party measure, and, while he disliked to separate from the majority on the Republican side ot the chamber, ho felt fully justified In his course. He was, assured, however, he said, that tho people of Oregon wero en tirely In accord with him In opposing the measure. They were, he said, earnestly In favor of free trade between Puerto Rico and tho United States as .a matter of good faith. He did not think the en actment of the bill Into law would cause the loss of the state to the Republican party, "but If there is any one act passed by this Congress that will render It doubt ful, this Is the one." Simon was proceeding to elaborate. He said pledges had been made to the people of Puerto Rico, when ho was Interrupted by Foraker: "What single pledge or promise has been mado to tho people of Puerto Rico which is not kept In this blur Simon was about to read what General Miles had announced to the Islanders in his proclamation, when Foraker took the words out of his mouth, so to say, re marking that the pending measure was perfectly In line with the proclamation. Spooner called attention to the fact that. In any event, even If General" Miles' promises had not been kept, his procla mation was In no sense binding upon Con gress. Simon took the ground that the pro posed act was a serious" party blunder. as well as wrong In Itself. He main tained that the people of the Island were under our flag, and therefore It should not be held for colonial exploitation. The as sertion of our power to levy the proposed tariff was In violation of the tacit but well understood ngroement with them, and he could not. therefore, give It his support. After a brief executive session the Sen ate, at 6:23 P. M., adjourned until H o'clock tomorrow. Another Trnlnlne Ship. SEW TOItK, April 2. Tho auxiliary cruiser Buffalo, which has been lying In tho Brooklyn navy-yard since she re turned from Manila lost Summer, Is to be commissioned again tomorrow as a training-ship for the second batch of lands men of whom the United States Is trjlng to make able seamen. She will sail later In the week for Xorfolk. where she wilt take on part of her crew, and then start for a Mediterranean cruise. The Buffalo will have 200 young men on board when she leaves the Brooklyn "Durability is Better Than Show" The wcalih of the malft-mSEoruUres is not equal io good health. Riches wiihooi health aie corse, and yet the rich, the, middle classes and the poor alike have, in Hood's SarsaparSla, a valuable assistant in getting and maintaining perfect health dtfeedb SVeverqggg- navy-yard, and will pick up 230 at Nor folk. She will follow the route of the Dixie,' which took out the first lot ot "rookies." as the bluejacfkets call them, some months ago. The young men hav all been enlisted Inland. Most of them come from the farms, and many have never seen a ship before. They are" a healthy lot. however, and the Government has found that they pick up seamen's lora pretty quickly. s SHELDON'S EXPERIMENT. Dr. Parkhnrnt on the Topeka Edi tor's Failure. NEW YORK. April 2. In his sermon last night at the Madison-Avenue Pres byterian Church, Dr. Parxhurst referred to the experiment of the Rev. Mr. Sheldon as editor ot the Topeka Dally Capital. He said: "One reason why men suppose that tho gospel can not be closely applied in com mon life. Is their failure to understand exactly what Its precepts Intend tha point Christ aimed at In the enunciation ot those statutes, at least some of those stat utes. Secular rupen, as a rule, havo been nervously, and. In some Instances, feverishly. Interested In that unique enter, prise, and their restlessness has at times .betrayed them Into modes of Scripture ex position that were probably the best they were capable of, but that disclosed .novel views of the gospel idea and that sent a great way toward demonstrating tha fact that even If Mr. Sheldon were not competent to conduct a dally secular paper In the way Jesus would. It was a great pity that somebody could not be found pretty1 soon that could. 'The feature In the case that com mends Itelf to the church and the world. Is tho underlying principle Involved, not the special application of It that happened at Topeka. The supreme question that you and I are concerned with Is the mat ter 6f treating Christ's preempts as prac tical statutes to be adopted into our work-day life; adopted there, put In con trol there, not In Journalism merely that Is only one thing and we are not many of us Journalists but In everything. Sheldon had a good deal to say about doing things as Jesus would do them. There Is a suggestion about that phrase, although in his mouth It was not cant. but It was Infelicitous; It gave opportunity to the ungodly to revile. 'Ploughing 03 Jesus would plow sanitary plumbing that would please Jesus, touches in an un pleasant way the spot where we keep our sense of the holy. Why not have said ex ercising in everything we do editing, plowing or whatever else the same spirit which Jesus exercised In what he did, and then everything would turn on finding cut as accurately and nicely as possible just what that spirit was." a The Coijclnnnn Snspected. PinLADELPHIA. April 2. Diamonds. Jewelry and money to the value of $16,001 was stolen today from the residence ot Charles Smith, at Germantown. . sutmr.i of this city, and suspicion reste upon Ud ward Brannln, Mr. Smith's coachman, wha Is mtesing. One necklace among the miss ing property 13 valued at $R,. Mrs. 8. 51. Idol, "Winston, N. 0., writes: "Cancer is hereditary in oar family, my father, sister, and annt having died from this dreadful disease. I was tLoroughly alarmed, therefore, when a malignant Can cer appeared on my side, nnd at once sought the treatment of tho Dest physicians. They were unable to do any good, however, as the Oancor continued to grow worso and spread. I then tried S. S,S., ciilch forced the disease out, nnd rZA ..fi CUnjU UIO LlCilJittucumj. eecjor The. WlWtWI (Swift's Specific) is the only hope for Cancer; it cures the most malignant cases. Oar treatise on Cancer sent freo by the Swift Bpecihc Uo., Atlanta, Ua. 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