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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY," APRIL 4, 1900.
BATES IN MINDANAO
Peaceful Occupation of Five
Northern Cities.
CASUALTIES IN THE PHILIPPINES
Native Losses Far Greater Than
TtaoM of the Americans aala-
aldo Satd to Be In Singapore.
MANILA, April 3, 6 P. M. General John
N C Bates has peacefully- occupied Surigao,
Cagayan, Hlgan. and Mlsamls. In the Isl
and of Mindanao
A number of rifles and cannon -were
captured. The presence of the gunboats
1'orktown, Manila and Panay prevented
resistance at Cagayan.
Insurgent atrocities In Cagayan and Ca
xnarlnea Provinces continue. Spaniards,
Chinamen and natives have been mur
dered. LOSSES IX THE PHIMPFETE3.
Katlves Hare Xot Made Anr Cains
Since the First of the Tear.
WASHINGTON. April 2.-General Otis
has cabled to the War Department, prob
ably with a view of correcting erroneous
impressions that exist In this country as
to the state of the Insurrection In the
Philippines, a summary of the rise of de
velopment of the campaign since the first
of the calendar year. His figures go far
toward offsetting the belief that exists in
Bome quarters that since the addition of
guerrilla methods of warfare, the Insur
gents have Inflicted more substantial losses
upon the American armies in comparison
with the punishment -which they havs
themselves received.
A significant sentence In the report dif
ferentiates Insurgents and ladrones, show
ing that Otis has taken cognizance of the
fact that a consderable number of hos
tlles are not soldiers under the rules of
war and may not expect the same treat
ment. The report, which Is dated Manila,
April 3, Is as follows:
"Since January 1 121 skirmishes In the
Philippines have been reported, mostly
light affairs. Our casualties were 10 offi
cers and 78 enlisted men killed, 13 officers
and 151 men wounded. Insurgents and
ladrones loss In killed and left on the field,
UK; captured (mostly wounded), H33;
-email arms secured, 3051; pieces of artil
lery, 165; large captures of other Insur
gent property.
"A number of Important Insurgent offi
cers are surrendering and the situation Is
gradually becoming more pacific.
OTIS."
IX XORTHREX LCZOX.
experiences of a Small Band in
Search of Acntnaldo.
WASHINGTON. April 3. The War De
partment has made public a number of
reports of the movements of small expe
ditions which started from Bangued Jan
uary 21 last, on a scout through the
mountains of Luzon In search of Aguln
aldo. Colonel Hare, of the Twenty-third
Infantry, had heard that an Insurgent
General was In the neighborhood and be
lieved that It might be Agulnaldo. So
he started on the trail with Captain Ash
burn, of the First battallpn of his regi
ment, and M men, and was out five days,
going as far as Bacooc
This little expedition was characterized
by many acts of daring and gallantry
which form the subject of the reports.
At one point near Donlnlay. the Insur
gents had prepared an ambush. The sol
diers knew of It and deployed, attacking
the Insurgents from, the front and both
flanks, killing one Lieutenant and nine
men and capturing five prisoners and a
loVTSr "ammunition. One man -wounded
was the American casualty list. The
wounded man, Sergeant-Major Wilson, Is
recommended for a medal of honor, as
were also First Lieutenant Jeffers and
there "enlisted men:
John C. Summons and Frank Miller,
Company B; F. A. Murphy. Company D;
J. A. Syzmore. Company C; Ray Brun
stlne, William Smith. Paul Jenkins and
J. R, Hawkins, Company A, and Cor
poral G. C. Burke, Company M. A cer
tificate of merit Is also recommended for
Hospital Steward A. M. Coffey.
Colonel Hare pays special tribute to the
bravery of Sergeant-Major Wilson, char
acterizing his act as one that "slmp'y
exhausts imagination." With six or seven
men he charged straight through the
rocky gorge under heavy fire from the
Insurgents at a distance of 40 yards. Col
onel Hare says:
"Wilson exhausted the magazine of his
Krag and then saw a man not 30 yards
from him. He was too far off to be sure
of his-aim with his pistol, and he had no
time to reload, so he made a dash for the
man with his revolver. That Is when he
was shot In the hip. Then Lieutenant Jef
fers charged up the trail with seven men.
At Its summit he had a personal encoun
ter with three of the bandits. He shot one
dead, knocked the other down with the
butt of his revolver, while the man be
hind threw his gun over Jeffers' shoul
der and killed the other one."
WRIGHT'S EXPAXSIOX VIEWS.
Philippine Commissioner's Speech at
a Farewell Banquet.
MEMPHIS, April 3. General Luke F.
Wright, of the Philippine Commission, was
tendered a farewell banquet by 200 distin
guished men at the Peabody Hotel. After
thanking his friends for the sentiments ex
pressed. General Wright spoke on the
question of .expansion, and reviewed the
purchase of Louisiana and the taking in
of Florida. Texas, California and Alaska.
General Wright continued:
"We may assume, therefore, if there Is
any force In the doctrine of practical con
struction, that the power to expand Is In
herent and inexhaustible. In short, that
whatever additional territory the people of
the United States think they need and can
rightfully acquire, they may constitution
ally take. In each Instance tho question
.f Is one of expediency, and not of power, to
be determined upon a consideration of all
the attendant advantages of the transac
tion. "I know of no one who Is certainly I
am not a thlck-and-th!n expansionist. It
would be both foolish and Immoral for
us to pursue a policy of greed and ag
gression, especially against our weaker
neighbors. On the other hand. It would
be equally foolish and short-sighted to fall
to acquire, by negotiation or purchase, any
needed territory which we think useful to
our people."
The speaker said that the argument
against Imperialism seemed to him Irrele
vant, as It sets up a man of eCraw to be
knocked down. The only Imperator to
whom our allegiance is due Is the will of
the sovereign people, expressed In a man
ner they hae subscribed. General
Wright said It has always been his belief
that the Island of Cuba should be a part
' of the United States. It Is so situated,
as a glance at the map will show, as
to be the key to the Gulf of Mexico and
the Caribbean Sea. In our hands, the
former becomes, as It ought to be, an
American lake. It commands the Nicara
gua Canal .when built. Continuing, the
speaker said:
"I do not subscribe to the doctrine that
wherever the flag once floats It must float
forever; but I do say that whenever the
flag Is rightfully raised It should never
be furled In violation of the dictates of
duty and honor. To abandon these Is
lands now, to my mind, would be a blot up
on our good name among mankind for all
time. When all opposition to our author
ity is at an end, and not before, tha
question as to how the Islands can be
best governed becomes at once and always
rot only a legitimate, but a highly Im
portant topic for discission. There shall
. be upon this, as upon all other Important
matters, full and free Interchange of
thought.
"Permit me to say that I take It we are
all agreed that whatever Is best for those.
our new wards. Is to be first considered.
Humanity. Justice and sound policy alike
dictate this. We are further agreed that
so far as It is In bur power to give it,
they shall have the same civil and relig
ious liberty, same rights of -person and
property that we, ourselves enjoy; and
finally, that wa are of one mind, that as
speedily as can safely be done, they
should have representative government
on the lines adopted for our 'other terri
tories, just now far we can at once go
In that direction and Just what Instrumen
tality of government shall be presently op
erative can only be determined after In
telligent and honest Investigation and in
tha nature of things must largely depend
upon the attitude towards us of the Fil
ipinos themselves.
"These and other grave considerations
bar the United States from throwing oft
the burden of the Philippines If it be a
burden. The path of duty lies plain be
fore us and we cannot honorably recede
If we would."
General Wright closed with an affection
ate goooSby to his friends and asso
ciates. May Enlist Filipino Musicians.
WASHINGTON, April 1 In reply to a
cable message received at the War De
partment some time ago from General
Otis, at Manila, asking for authority to en
list native Filipino mus'clans In the vari
ous regimental bands in the Islands, Adjutant-General
Corbln has sent the fol
lowing cablegram:
"Secretary of War authorizes enlistment
of competent native musicians In regi
mental bands."
Aaminaldo in Singapore.
CHICAGO. April 3. A special to the
Record from San Francisco says:
News frpm the Philippines received by
the transport Sheridan shows that Aguln
aldo Is In Singapore. Singapore papers
make mention of the fact and publish a
short Interview with him.
A GEOGRAPHICAL BLUNDER.
The Larsre Tocantlns Hlver Is Xot a
Part of the Amason System.
A remarkable blunder with regard to
one of the large rivers of South America
has been, common In school and other
geographies for years, and has given an
Incorrect Impression of the mighty stream
near whose mouth the City of Para stands.
The Tocantina River has been regarded as
merely a tributary of the Amazon, instead
of being, as It Is, an Independent river
basin. A geography Just published In
England, for example, says that "the
Tocamlns' forms a part of the Amazon
system, being only divided from It by
soma islands." Another British school
geography published last year gives the
area of the Amazon basin and Includes
the Tocantlns In it. The French geogra
phies likewise make the Tocantlns a part
of the Amazon system.
Writers on geography are only Just be
ginning to treat the Tocantlns as an inde
pendent hydrographic basin. It rises far
to the south, and has a tributary, tha
Araguaya, which Is even larger than the
Tocantlns, The Joint streams form one
of the great rivers of the continent, with
a width, for a long distance, of two or
three miles, but the river Is so Impeded by
rapids that It Is not available for naviga
tion until It widens Into the great estuary
on which Para stands. Not a drop of
water from the Tocantlns River mingles
with the Amazon until both rivers are lost
In the ocean. The Tocantlns reaches the
Atlantic about 40 miles east of the nearest
delta branch of the Amazon. The chief
reason why the erroneous Identification
of the Tocantlns system with the Amazon
basin has so long been perpetuated seems
to be that the Tocantlns basin Is closely
related with that of the first Amazon
tributary to the west. Inasmuch as both
flow from the same slope and In the same
direction.
While, however, no water from the
Tocantlns enters the Amazon, a little
water from the Amazon does enter the
Tocantlns through several narrow arms of
the Amazon delta. This phenomenon,
however, does "not make the two rivers
belong to the same system. It Is not un
common for water channels to connect two
distinct river systems with one another;
but we do not say because the Caslqulare
unites the Orinoco and the Rio Negro
tributary -of the Amazon, and the the
waters of Lake Dllolo fcow both to tha
Congo and the Zambesi, that the Orinoco
and the Amazon nnd the Congo and the
Zambesi, belong to the same systems. It
Is, therefore, not correct to say that the
Tocantlns Is a part of the Amazon sys
tem because It has a water connection
through the little Breves River and small
er streams with the Amazon. Naturalist
Bates and other explorers declared that
very little water from the Amazon enters
Tocantlns through the Breves, but Bates
told of a larger water Junction between
the two river systems a little further
south. This was a blunder, due to the
email progress exploration had made, for
the river of which Bates spoke Is a long
trough, filled with Tocantlns water, with
a few little tributaries of its own.
Geographical writers are Just beginning
to give the Tocantlns its proper place as
an Independent river system. The Move
ment Geographlque, of Brussels, had a
long article In Its last number, pointing
out the blunder. M. Reclus, in his de
scription of the Tocantlns. In the Univer
sal Geography, several years ago, treated
the system as a distinct basin, and was
one of the first geographical writers U
give a correct Idea of It.
A Brewer Talks on nops.
Louis Hoepker. a representative of a
St. Louis brewing company, was In the
ctty yesterday. In conversation with tha
officials of tho Oregon Hopgrowers As
sociation he said that brewers are not re
sponsible for the low price of hops. So
far as , brewers are concerned, they are
desirous that hops should be sold at a
price that will make the Industry profit
able to the growers. He says that the
growers can blame themselves for the
low prices, for In their eagerness to sell
their product they underbid each other
and thus established a price below the
actual value of the hops. The brewers
do not ask for a reduction of tne price
at first demanded. All they would ask in
any event Is that the price be maintained
at a uniform standard. Mr. Hoepker ex
plains that If his company buys a supply
of hops at II cents and the next day
rival brewing company Is offered the same
grade of hops at 10 cents, his company
has been Injured. They do not complain
at being required to pay 12 cents them
selves, but want all brewers to pay the
same price for the same grade of goods.
Mr. Hoepker expresses the opinion that
growers make a serious mistake In giving
agents a large number of samples to send
to Eastern dealers. This practice encour
ages the cuttlnc of prices and eventually
works against the grower. He says the
brewers are Interested In the prosperity
of the hopgrowers, foe the hop Industry
distributes money among a large number
of people who buy beer.
On his return to Missouri Mr. Hoepker
will take with him a pair of Chinese
pheasants. He says repeated efforts have
been made to establish the pheasants in
that state, but after a year or two sports
men kill them and they must be started
anew. The pair to be taken by Mr.
Hoepker will be kept In an enclosure and
protected until -the birds have multiplied
in sufficient numbers to warrant their be
ing turned loose, or until a protective
game law shall be passed.
Cap Town Mass Meetlntr.
CAPE TOWN, April 3. At a mass meet
Ing held today, at which 30.000 people were
present, a resolution was passed amid
great enthusiasm, declaring a solemn con
viction that the incorporation of the South
African Republic and Orange Free State
Into the Queen's dominions alone would se
cure prosperity and public freedom In
South Africa.
SANNAS POST DISASTER
FLR'l'HHK PARTICULAKS OF THE
LOSS OF THE BRITISH CONVOY.
It May Wot Prevent he Advance
of Roberts' Army The Field
Marshal's Report,
LONDON. Aoril X. Fuller news of the-
disaster to the British Army in the neigh
borhood of Sannas Post does not tena
to Improve matters from a British -point
of view, but with the dispatches so mys
tifying. It is impossible accurately 10 por
tray the present situation or foretell the
ultimate Issue of Lord Roberts' attempt
to retrieve the defeat. Tho War Office has
posted a dispatch from Lord Roberts,
reading as follows:
"Bloemfonteln. April Z 10:30 P. M. In
continuation of my telegram of March 31
there has been considerable delay in get
ting accurate returns of the casualties, as
the action took place 2 miles hence, the
telegraph cable has been Interrupted sev
eral times, cloudy weather has interfered
with signaling, and although there has
been no engagement since, the force is
continually In touch with tho enemy.
There were many acts of conspicuous
gallantry displayed during the day. Q
battery remained In action under fire at
1200 yards for some hours, the officers serv
ing the runs as casualties reduced tno
detachments. Several gallant attempts
were made to bring In two guns, the
teams of which had been killed, but at
each attempt the horses were shot. The
Essex. Munster, Shropshire and North
umberland Mounted Infantry, Roberts'
Horse, covered the retirement of tho
guns from the position to the crossing of
the drilt.tfound by the cavalry two miies
further south, and withstood the deter
mined attacks of the enemy, who In some
cases advanced within 100 yards.
"O Battery of the Royal Horse Artil
lery was suddenly surrounded in the drift
and the officers and men were an maae
prisoners without a shot being fired. But
Major Taylor and a Sergeant Major suc
ceeded In escaping In the confusion. Five
guns were captured at the same time.
Further details tomorrow."
Lord Roberts' dispatch seems finally to
dispose of the early report of the recov
ery of the guns, and the fact that the
Boers remain In occupation of the water
works Is taken as an Indication that they
Intend to make a stand sufficiently long
to cover the withdrawal of the guns and
wagons to a place of safety, although the
absence of definite Information regarding
the movements of General French makes
It difficult to estimate their chances of
adding this crowning success to the blow
already Inflicted.
A dispatch from Maseru, Basutoland,
dated Monday, April 2, says the Earl of
Roslyn, who Is acting as war correspond
ent for the Dally Mall In South Africa,
and who left there April 1 on his way to
Thabantchu. has probably fallen into the
bands of the Boers.
Messages from Springfonteln suggest the
fact that the press messages are keenly
censored, indicating an early advance
northward, although there is a question
whether the loss of guns and convoy will
not delay the Commander-in-Chief's move
ments. The alarming increase In the mortality
among the Boer prisoners at Slmonstown
has Induced the authorities to promise to
remove to the mainland the prisoners who
are not going to St. Helena.
Driver Bradly. of the Canadian Artil
lery, died April J, as the result of an
accident.
A dispatch from Pretoria announces the
arrival of 28 prisoners, mostly residents
of Ladybrand, who wete seized when the
Boers forced the British to evacuate that
place.
The German liner Koenlg has again
reached Lourenco Marques, this time hav
ing on board 257 passengers, bound for tha
Transvaal.
An Interesting Item appears In a periodi
cal caTled the Gem. giving the opinions
of the royal family on President Kru
gcr, culled from an album belonging to
the Duchess of Fife. The Prince of Wales
wrote: "Mr. Kruger Is a good Judge of to
bacco, and a bad Judge of the English
people."
The Duke of Cambridge wrote: "I am
an old man, and so Is Kruger. As he Is
so am I, an old soldier. I have so many
faults myself, how can I Judge another."
The Queen wrote: "May God guide him
and nil of us out of our troubles and diffi
culties." The official list of casualties sustained
by Brlth officers, near Bloemfonteln
waterworks. Is as follows:
Killed Northumberland Fusiliers. Major
Booth: Roberts' Horse. Lieutenant Crowler;
Army Medical Service, Lieutenant Irvine.
Wounded Artillery. Colonel Rocherfod
and five others: Royal Horse Guard.
Lieutenant A. V. Meade: Roberts' Horse,
three; Mounted Infantry, four.
Missing Artillery, Captain Ray; Tenth
Hussars, Lieutenants D. :(. H. Anderson,
Pelham and C. W. H. Crlchton.
TUB REPORTS DIFFER.
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Discrepancies In the Aeconnt of the
Convoy Affair.
NEW YORK. April 3. A dispatch to the
Tribune from London says:
There are some curious discrepancies In
unofficial reports of Colonel Broadwood's
mishap. According to two correspondents,
the Boers were under command of General
Grobbeler, while , another names Reich
man as the commandant. Then again,
the Chronicle's account says that two
guns are reported to have been recap
tured, while the Times Indicates that the
Boers got away.
It Is Interesting, too, to note that while
Lord Roberts speaks of the loss of seven
guns, the Boers themselves say that they
have captured only six. Of the Ave guns
that are known to have been saved, four
did not fall Into tho hands of the Boers
simply owing to the fact that when the
drivers were shot the horses stampeded
out of action, but instead of galloping to
ward the Boer lines, they made off In the
direction of Bloemfonteln. and the arrival
of the Ninth Division compelled a de
tachment of Boers, which had been sent
In pursuit to beat a hasty retreat.
Indeed. It seems that except for Gen
eral Colvtlle the whote of Colonel Broad
wood's column would have gone under.
He forced the Boers back and evidently
without much opposition, as by the time
he had got his artillery In position the
only resistance that -was offered to the
advance of his infantry came from guns
firing shrapnel at too long a range.
According to the Chronicle the Boers
cut off the water supply of Bloemfonteln
and destroyed the pumping gear, as well
as the field telegraph, before they retired.
The water works were, however, new, and
the old supply of spring water Is still
available.
The British losses in artillery in the
present war have been exceptionally
heavy. Altogether 23 guns have been cap
tured by the Boers, who on their part
have lost only seven.
CAPTAIX REXCHMAX IDENTIFIED.
Doer Commander Is a Cnlted States
Army Offlcer.
NEW YORK. April 3. The Journal and
Advertiser Assumes that the American
named Relchman, said to have been In
command of the Boers at the Bushman's
Kop ambush, was Captain Carl Rdchman,
U. 8. A. The Journal and Advertiser says:
Captain Relchman was detached from
command of a company of the Seventeenth
Infantry when ordered to South Africa on
January 5. He was sent to the Cape to
report on all military operations, and Is
virtually a United States representative.
He reached the front about four weeks
ago, and, like' the French and German
attaches. Is believed to be helping the
Boer forces In whatever way he can.
Captain Relchman was born in Germany.
He came to America In 1SH, and, the came
year joined the United States army as
a private. Within three years Relchman
passed through the successive grades of
Private, Corporal, Sergeant and Second
Lieutenant, and after obtaining a. com
mission, his promotion was rapid. At the
beginning of the Spanish War he was
made Assistant Adjutant-General, with
the rank of Captain of Volunteers, and
was In the Santiago campaign. On his
promotion to a Captaincy in the regular
army, he was assigned to active duty In
the Philippines. He served at the front
there for several months. Captain Reich
man Is a graduate of Heidelberg Univer
sity. A Washington dispatch said last night
that the War Department had received no
report recently from Captain Relchman.
The report that he was fighting with the
Boers was a. startling announcement to
the 'Department. Captain Relchman is
still officially 'connected with the United
States Government, and such an act ot
his might bring on grave diplomatic diffi
culties. The cables giving this report
were banded at once to Adjutant-General
Corbln.
"Such a thing as this Is inconceivable,"
satd the Adjutant-General. "I cannot be
lieve that Captain Relchman has done this
without first forwarding a resignation to
tho War Department. I have been asked
several times today whether he had re
signed. I cannot believe that he would
take part In the Transvaal battles with
out first -leaving the United States army.
As I nave said, such a thing is Inconceiv
able under military law. Captain Relch
man Is one of the most conservative offi
cers In the army. That was one of the
reasons why he was sent to the Trans
vaal." If Captain Relchman has Joined In the
lighting, without first resigning from the
United States army, ho will be liable to
court-martial on his roturn. If he does
not return, he will be dismissed from the
servlco In disgrace, if it be found true
that he Joined the Boers while still hold
ing a commission under the United States.
Reichman'a Position In Doer Army.
WASHINGTON. April 3. War Depart
ment officials do not believe the story that
comes from South Africa to the effect
that Captain Carl Relchman, Seventeenth
Infantry, was one of the leaders of the
Boers at the Inst fight between the Boers
and tho English at the Bloemfonteln water
works. Adjutant-General Corbln would
not even discuss the possibility of the
story being true. Relchman's brother of
ficers, men who know him well, say that
It Is very probable that Relchman occu
pied some conspicuous point of vantage
from which to view the fight, and his dis
covery In unlferm by the British was tho
basis of the supposition that he was one
of the Boer leaders.
Klpllnics Poem on Jonbert.
NEW YORK. April 3. The next Issue of
Harper's Weekly will contain a poem by
Rudyard Kipling, on General Joubert,
which was sent by cable from South
Africa. Twq of the three verses follow:
With thee that bred, with thou that loosed the
rife,
llo had no part whose hands were clean of
gain;
Bat subtle, strong and stubborn, gave his life
To a lost cause i nd knew the gift was Tain.
later shall -rise a people sane and great.
Forged In itroag fires, by equal war made
one.
Telling old battles over without hate.
Koblest. his name shall pus from sire -to son.
England's Demand on Fortnnral.
LISBON. April 3. In the Chamber ot
Deputies today tho Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Senhor Velga Blerao, announced
that Great Britain had demanded of Port
ugal consent to transport British troops
through Belra, In accordance with exist
ing treaties. Portugal has notified the
Transvaal Government of Its decision. Tho
Minister asserted that the relations be
tween Great Britain and Portugal were
"most cordial."
Boers Hold the "Waterworks.
BUSHMAN'S KOP. Monday, April, 2.
The Boera are still occupying the water
works, which the British shelled yesterday
afternoon, the Boers replying.
Cape Parliament Prorogued.
CAPE TOWN. April 3. Parliament was
further prorogued today. The Governor,
Sir Alfred Miner, has returned here.
BRYAN ON THE PHILIPPINES
To His Efforts Ratification of the
Treaty Was Dne.
PORTLAND, April 3. To the Editors
Senator Hoar some short (lme since pub
licly mentioned the fact, which we all re
member, that at the time the peace treaty
was before the Senate for ratification, a
majority of the Senate was in favor of Its
amendment by incorporating therein a like
declaration regarding the Philippines
which Congress had made regarding Cuba,
acknowledging their rignt ot self-government
and dlsclalmlngany Intention of exer
cising sovereignty, and that such majority
would have made such amendment
but for the fact that Colonel Bryan left
his post of duty, and, hurrying to Wash
ington, persuaded enough -Democrats to
favor the treaty as It now stands, to se
cure Its ratification, thus giving our Gov
ernment sovereignty over the Islands.
To be sure that Interference on his part
was the very height ot Impertinence, and
could not possibly be condoned, except
upon the hypothesis xnat the Colonel
really believed that the caudal appendage
of the great Democratic party and of our
great Tepubllc also has been entrusted to
his hands by an all-wise Providence, to
be used by him as a sort ot steering ap
paratus. At all events, Bryan was re
sponsible for the nonamendment of the
treaty, and was, therefore, responsible for
the unfortunate results following, and
now after having been responsible for the
establishment of our legal eoVerelgnty
over the Philippines, he deliberately ad
vises the abandonment of such sovereignty
by turning the government over to the
Filipinos, what would have been done at
the outset, but for his Interference.
Mr. Bryan, who has been Instrumental
In getting our Government into trouble
in the matter of the Fhlttpplncs, and who
now proposes a remedy oat ot It, Is pur
suing the very policy of the quack doctor,
who always endeavored, no matter what
tho complaint, to throw .his patient Into
fits as; "was Just h 1 on fits," and Is
exercising a species ot wisdom which has
never been excelled In all history, except
In the case of the wise man recorded by
Mother Goose:
There was a man la oar town
And he was wondrous wise;
He Jumped Into a bramble brush
And scratched cut both his eyes;
And when be saw his eyes were out
-With all his might and main
He Jumped Into another bush
And scratched them In agalas
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Davis' Resignation Accepted.
WASHINGTON. April 3. The resigna
tion of Webster Davis, Assistant Secretary
of the Interior, was accepted today by
Secretary Hitchcock by direction ot the
President. The resignation. It la under
stood, was sent directly to the President
by Mr. Davis, but was referred to the Sec
retary of the Interior to be accepted by
him In the regular course. Secretary
Hitchcock refused to make public the text
of the letter ot resignation or that ot tho
acceptance of It.
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Reform In Mexico's Army.
CHICAGO. April 1 A special to the
Record from Monterey, Mexico, says:
General Bernardo Royes, the new See
retray of War, will soon inaugurate lmi
portant and rar-reachlng reforms In the
Mexican army. At present the army Is
largely made up of criminals who are sen
tenced td do military service. General
Royes will abolish this practice of forced
service, and establish that of voluntary
enlistment ot recruits. The criminals will
be placed In prisons.
THE QUEEN IS IK IRELAND
ARRITHD AT KTXGSTOWX IX A
PEInXQ RAIX.
Will Land From the Royal Yacht
Today, and Drive to Dablln,
Seven Miles Distant.
LONDON. April S.-Queen Victoria, who
left Windsor Castle last night en route for
Ireland, arrived at Holyhead at 9:10 A. M.
today. The authorities of the place, offi
cers of the warships In the harbor and a
guard of honor awaited the arrival of Her
Majestey. When the Queen alighted, she
was presented with the usual address ot
welcome. She gave her reply to Lord Denbigh.-who
handed It to the officials.
Later, tho Queen embarked on board tha
royal yacht Victoria and Albert, which,
pllotedxby the Irene, escorted by the royal
yacht Osborne and cruisers Gallata and
Australia, steamed out of the harbor for
Kingstown. v
Arrival at Kingstown.
DUBLIN, April , 12:20 A. M. In spite
of the rain that was falling and the huge
puddles ot water under foot, the arrival
of Queen Victoria, in the Royal yacht Vic
toria and Albert, off Kingstown, was the
occasion for much enthusiasm, although
this did not take an organized form, ow
ing to the fact that Her Majesty came sev
eral hours ahead of schedule time. It had
been officially announced that the Queen
would reach Kingstown at 5:30 P. M. Tues
day. Instead of 2 P. M-, but at the latter
hour the Victoria and Albert loomed up
through the haze and rain and was greet
ed with the thunder of 21 guns from each
ship of the British Channel Squadron.
Thousands had poured Into Kingstown
regardless of the pelting rain, which luck
ily ceased about S o'clock, and they braved
the cold winds and mud until midnight.
The celebrations were confined to an Il
lumination of the war vessels, and to a
few flroworks here and there. A shining
shamrock stood out against the blackness
of Dublin Bay, and torn the Jackles clus
tered on the decks of the squadron came
strains of "God Save the Queen," which
were taken up with a will by the patient
crowd on shore, and when "Soldiers of the
Queen" floated across the quiet water, the
spectators on Kingstown pier Joined in
with equal fervor. Although all political
conditions are represented In Kingstown,
there was no attempt at a counter demon
stration. In fact, tho evening's fireworks.
ranging and cheering were not marred by
any hostile note, and the entry of the
Queen Into Dublin today (Wednesday) will
probably bo a repetition of similar friendly
conditions.
In Dublin Itself, seven miles from Kings
town, the epithet "Dear Dirty Dublin"
was never before presumably better Jus
tified than yesterday. Dublin was bedrag
gled. Its finery, which rivalled London's
Jublleo decorations, drooping sadly In the
steady rain which, according to weather
prophets, will be repeated today. How
ever, last evening, when the showers
ceased, Illuminations, such as Ireland had
never seen, lighted up the streets and
were viewed by crowds so dense that In
eeveral thoroughfares traffic was Impos
sible.
The castle was gay with a dinner party,
including the leading Irish nobility, and a
spirit of good-natured revelry prevailed
over every quarter of Ireland's capital.
Will Dlsembnrlc Today.
Tho Queen will disembark some time be
fore noon today, and will drive from
Kingstown through the city, reaching the
Viceregal lodge about 2 In the afternoon.
Another sword-bearer has been secured In
the place of James Eagan. who for nine
years was Imprisoned for political offenses.
By the exerclfe of tact, political consider
ations have been either kept entirely In
the background or banished entirely.
Of the Dublin evening papers yesterday,
the Telegraph, which belongs to the Free
man's Journal, alone strikes a note which
approaches the discordant. It says:
"Political considerations must chill to
morrow's reception. The Nationalists have
too much respect for tho rights of minori
ties to Interfere with Individual expres
sions of opinion, but the antl-Brltlsh pas
sion will never die out until the aspira
tions of Ireland aro satisfied by repara
tion of the fraud and wrong perpetrated
a century ago."
John Redmond's Independence says this
morning:
"While deprecat'ng any manifestations
of dtsree pect. It must be known that those
who do make a demonstration In honor ot
the Queen's visit are not In any way what
ever Irish Nationalists, and do not repre
sent Irish Nationalist sentiment."
Coming from the organ of the leader o(
the National party, this Is rather severe
on the Lord Mayor of Dublin.
ODD FACTS IN POLITICS.
Only One Prominent Chairman Ever
Became President Eleven Xorth-
ern Votes Cast for Jeff Davis.
Thero is some Interesting history in
connection with National conventions of
tho two dominant parties with which the
politician of the new generation may not
be familiar, says the New York Sun.
Only one man who presided over the
deliberations of a National convention has
been nominated for the Presidency while
he was present In the convention. This
happened to Horatio Seymour in
the Democratic National Convention
held In New York in 18C8. He va
cated the chair when the sentiment of
the convention turned to him. but he was
virtually present when nominated, appear
ing afterwards to declare that he could
not be his party's candidate, but consent
ing later.
Only one man since the birth of the pres
ent Republican party has been the nomi
nee of his party and elected President
after h was the presiding officer of the
National convention of his party. Gover
nor McKlnley was the permanent chair
man of the Minneapolis convention. In
1S93, which nominated Harrison and Reld.
He was nominated four years later at
S:. Louis.
Only four members of the present United
States Senate have been permanent presid
ing officers of National conventions. Gen
eral Joseph R. Hawley, of Connecticut,
presided at the convention which nomi
nated Grant and Colfax at Chicago in
May, 1868. Senator Hoar presided over
the convention which nominated Garfield
and Arthur at Chicago In June. 1S80. John
M. Thurston, of Nebraska, was perma
nent chairman of the convention which
nominated McKlnley and Hobart at St.
Louis In June, 1S96. Donelson Caffery,
of Loulslna, Is the fourth. He was presi
dent of the Sound Money Democratic Con
vention which nominated Palmer and
Buckner at Indianapolis in August. 1S96.
He la also the only former ex-Confederate
who has served as permanent chairman of
a National convention.
Horatio Seymour, who presided over the
National convention ot his party In New
Yrk In 1SS8, by which he was nominated,
was also permanent chairman of his
party's convention which nominated Mc
Clellan and Pendloton at Chicago In Au
gust, 1864. Mr. Pendleton was present In
the convention which nominated him, and
accepted the honor in the convention.
In the Democratic National Convention
which nominated Franklin Pierce and W.
R. King at Baltimore in June, 1S52, ot
which John W. Davis, ot Indiana, was
permanent chairman, Jefferson- Davis re
ceived 11 votes from the Illinois delega
tion tor Vice-President. It Is a curious bit
of political history that the President of
tho Confederacy should have receive such
a vote from a Northern state.
In the Democratic National Convention
which nominated Buchanan and Breckin
ridge In Cincinnati, in June. 1S36. four can
didates were placed in nomination Bu
chanan, Pierce. .Cass and Douglas In the
shortest nominating speeches ever deliv
ered. The four speeches made exactly 77
words. Breckinridge was preient'when he
was nominated for Vice-President, de-
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was John E. Ward, of Georgia.
It Is the custom to select as permanent
chairman of a National convention a man
who Is In office at the time. The Demo
cratlo convention have observed this cus
tom less frequently than the Republicans.
In the convention which nominated Cleve
land and Hendricks at Chicago, In July,
18SI, W. F. Vilas was presiding officer. In
the convention which nominated Cleve
land at St. Louis. In June, 18S8, P. A. Col
lins, of Boston who has never, held any
Important elective office, was permanent
chairman.
It to a common political error to refer
to the Chicago convention which nom
inated Garfield and Arthur as that which
had the longest session. That convention
was In session seven days. The Charles
ton convention, of 19C0. In which the Demo
crats met, "was In session In that city 10
days. Caleb Cushlng. of Massachusetts,
was permanent chairman. As la known to
political students, that convention failed
to nominate, and adjourned to meet at
Baltimore two months later, on June 13.
There It nominated Douglas and Johnson,
the latter of Georgia. But there was an
other Democratic convention, held by the
seceders from the Charleston convention,
which also met at Baltimore a. few days
later, on June 23. and nominated Breckin
ridge and Lone.
The Republican National Convention of
the same year met at Chicago in May and
nominated Lincoln and Hamlin. George
Ashmun. of Massachusetts, was perms
nent chairman of that body, and Horace
Greeley appeared as a delegate, from Ore
gon. Another Republican National Conven
tion preceded the Lincoln and Hamlin con
vention four years. It met at Philadelphia
In June. 1S36. and nominated Fremont and
Dayton. Henry 8. Lane, of Indiana, was
permanent chairman. This was the first
Republican National Convention to nom
inate candidates for the offices of Presi
dent and Vice-President, although It was
a continuation of a preliminary conven
tion held at Pittsburg In February ot the
same year, where, strictly speaking, the
Republican party first met in National
convention.
The Republican National Convention
which renominated Grant and selected
Wilson for Vice-Presidential candidate,
met at Philadelphia In June. 1872. Thomas
Settle, of North Carolina, was presiding
officer.
In the next Republican National Con
vention, which met at Cincinnati. Hayes
and Wheeler were the nominees. Edward
McPherson. of Pennsylvania, was perma
nent chairman.
In the next convention of the same par
ty at Chicago, in 1SS0. both candidates were
selected from the delegates. Garfield wns
chairman of the Ohio delegation and Ar
thur was a delegate from New York. Both
became President. There Is no similar In
cident In the history of either political
party.
John B. Henderson was permanent
chairman of the convention which nom
inated Blaine and Logan at Chicago. In
1SS4.
Morris M. Estee was permanent chair
man of the convention which nominated
Harrison and Morton, at Chicago, In 1SSS.
McKlnley, as has been noted, was per
manent chairman of the convention which
renominated Harrison and named Reld as
Vlce-Prcsldentlal candidate at Minneapo
lis in 1S92.
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which nominated Cleveland and Stevenson
at Chicago, in 1SS2, W. L. Wilson was
permanent chairman.
In the convention which nominated
Bryan and Bewail, at Chicago, In 1SD6,
Senator White, ef California, was perma
nent chairman, and Bryan was. the sec
ond Democrat present in convention to
receive the nomination for first place, tha
other being Seymour.
The time consumed by the principal Na
tional convention Is as follows: Demo
craticCharleston, 1300, ten days; New
York, 1868, six; Baltimore, ISIS, five; Balti
more, lS3i five; Cincinnati, 1SSG; five. Re
jrabllcan Chicago, 1SS0. seven days; Chi
cago, 1SSS, seven; first Lincoln convention,
Chicago, 1SS0, throe; second Lincoln con
vention, Baltimore, 181. two; first Grant
convention, Chicago, 1868, two; second1
Grant convention. Philadelphia. 1872. two;
McKlnley convention, St. Louis, 1S3S, two.
Seven of tho principal Democratic con
ventions were held in June, two in July,
two In August, one In April, one In May.
Ten Republican conventions were held la
June and two In May.
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Monday, says:
"Apparently there was not a man ahead
of the convoy with orders to look out. but
the escort trotted quickly behind, and only
discovered that something was wrong af
ter half the convoy had been captured."
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