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$Pp$!FB2&! -V4 'Ijj - Tr' .-- T fl, iy -f-T.-p THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, "APRIL 13, WOO. ' AGAINST THE CANAL Senate Declines to Consider the Nicaragua Bill. PHILIPPINES HAVE RIGHT OF WAY Effort to DUlodce the Spooner Mcns- we With the Alasknn Code BUI Also Failed. "WASHINGTON. April 11 An effort was taade In the Senate today -by Morgan Dem. Ala.) to displace the present un tflnlshed business, the Spooner Philippine bill, by the substitution In Us stead of the Nicaragua Canal bill. While Mor gan's motion failed, 13 to 33, the Philip pine measure had a narrow escape from being displaced by the Alaskan civil code bill, on motion of Carter (Hep. Mont), the motion being defeated on a roll-call. 22 to 84. The feature of the day's proceedings was an exhaustive dlscuss'on of the Quay case by Burrows (Rep. Mich.). The Routine Report. Jones (Dem. Ark.), chairman of the Democratic National Committee, opened the seeslon with a sharp retori to a charge made against him In the House yesterday by Dolllver (Rep. la.). He read from the record a quotation from the speech of Dolllver. delivered In the House "yesterday on the Puerto Rlcan bill, as follows: "I accuse the chairman of the Demo cratic National Committee of being In the some conspiracy. If you will permit me to speak. I hold In my hand a proposed amendment offered by Senator Jones, of Arkansas, to the bill now becoming a .law, to give the proceeds of the Puerto Rlcan customs to the people of Puerto Rico, an amendment which, if It had been passed, would hav e given to the American Sugar Refining Company il.SOO.WO which they have already paid In cash Into the treasury of the United 'States on sugar imports from Puerto Rico." "As a rule I pay no attention to asper sions of this character," said Jones, "but it may be possible that somo honest man may hare been misled or might misjudge what has been done by me. When the Puerto Rlcan bill was presented in the Senate, I offered an amendment propos ing to refund the duties that had been collected from, the people of Puerto Rico to the people who had paid the duties. I did that from the conviction that the Government of the United States had no right to levy any tariff duties upon pro ducts coming from Puerto Rico, and If we had no such right it was common hon esty that we should give the money back to the people from whom we had taken it. "I had never looked to see who had paid these revenues nor where thN money would go. I am not In the confidence of the sugar trust. They have not come to me to complain of that duty by which they paid tl.8OD.O00i I did not know" that such was the fact. Men who are more familiar with the doings of the 6Ugar trust, of course, know more about that than I, that they had paid a million and a half of this money Into the treasury of the United States. I know nothing of It What I understood the facts to be was that protests were made when these duties were levied, and that the case was pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, and I believe that when the Supremo Court decides this question it will decide that the money shall be paid "back to the men who paid It I believe in doing Justice, no matter who is In volved. I believe In giving the devil his dues, and if we have no right under the laws to levy this tax, and the sugar trust has paid a part of It and the" money is due to tlicm. It ought to be refunded. "I have no fear of being misjudged by any member of this body. I d6 not be lieve any motive of this kind has evct been attributed to me by a man who has a senso of Justice and a desire to be fair and Just to his fellowmen. I offered this amendment In the course of the debate here. It was stated that a large part of the money that had bn paid was paid by the sugar trust and the tobacco trust I withdrew the amendment No vote was ever taken on It After discussion. 1 made up my mind that the proper thing to do was to leave the matter to be set tled by the courts: that havlnpr gone to tho length we had. It was better to let the courts say whether or not this thing should be done. There Is nothing more. I think, that anybody can Justly censure me with." Morgan asked unanimous consent that the Nicaragua Canal bill be made the order of business for 2 o'clock. April 3. but Lodge (Rep. Mass.). in charge of the Spooner Philippine bill, objected. T shall feel bound." said Morgan, "to antagonize the Senator's bill with the Nicaragua Canal bill." Burrows (Rep. Mich.) then addressed the Senate on the resolution relative to seating M. S. Quay as a Senator from Pennsylvania. Burrows said that as a member of the committee, on privileges and elections called upon two jears ago to consider the case of Henry W. Corbett. appointed as a Senator by the Governor of Oregon, he "was forced to tho con clusion that the power of appointment In that case was not lodged with the execu tive, and a majority of the committee so reported.". The Senate sustained that re portbya vote of SO to 19. "Since that time," said he. "I have seen nothing to cause me to Teverse my Judg ment: further examlmtlon has served rather to strengthen and confirm It Tho material facts in this case are the same ns they were In that The Constitution Is the same. The precedents are the same. The only change Is In the name of the party seeking admission to the Senate. Then it was ex-Senator Corhott? now It Is ex-Senator Quay. A change of parties certainly ought not to rroduce a change of convictions." Burrows carefully reviewed the Quay case from its lnclplency. and stated the question at Issue. After reviewing at great length the precedents. Burrows cited tho roll-call on the Corbett case, showing .that Penrose (Rep. Pa.) voted against Corbett and Quay himself was paired against him. In conclusion he said: t "And let me say to the Senators, that no sooner shall you hive established the doctrine contended for by tho minority than there will he a popular uprising In this country which no pbwer can resist or suppress, to take from State legisla tures and "Governors all power to apppolnt Senators, and lodge It with the people." The unfinished business, the Spooner bill, being before tho Senate. Morgan moved to proceed to the consideration of tho Nicaragua Canal bill, which would have displaced the Spooner bill as the un finished business. The motion was lost 15 to 33, as follows: AYES. Bacon Danltl Jone. Ncv. - Bate Foster Money Berry Harris Perkins Clay Heltfcld Talllaferro Culberson Jones. Ark. West NOES. Hansbrough Hawley Kean Lodge McComas McCumber McMillan Martin Kelson Pettigrew Piatt Conn AU'.son Baker Bard Carter Cullom Davis Deboe Depew Tairbinks Foraker Galllngcr Piatt N. Y. Ouarles Ross Scott Sewell Shoup Stewart Teller Thurston Tillman Warren Carter then asked the Senate to proceed . with the Alaskan civil code bi'l. but the motion was defeated. 22 to 21, as follows: AYES. Bacon Daniel Bard Fairbanks Bate Foster Berry Hansbrough Cuter Harris Perkins Scott Shnup Talllaferro Vest Clay Heltfcld ..Warren Cockrell Martin Culberson Money NOES. Alllron Hawley Pcttlgrew Cullom Jones, Nev. Piatt Conn. Dav s Kean Piatt N. Y. Deboe Ledge Quarles Depcw McComas Ro;s Foraker McCumber Sewell Frye . MrMIUan Stewart Galllcger Nelron Teller The senior Senator from South Dakota, unable on account of Morgan's objection to get his resolution expre'sing pympath; for the Boers before the Sinate, then ad dressed the Senate, as If the resolution were under conslderat'on. The Senator maintained his resolution ought to be adopted. If It were not it would be the first time In history that the Senate had felled to stand by a Nation struggling for liberty. It was well understood, in his opinion, that the present Administra tion was favorable to the cause of Great Britain. Even if Mr. Hay had no verbal understanding with Great Britain, and the Senator believed he- had. so long as Me Ktnley occupied the White House, nsth lng would be done for the stn.ggllni South African Republics. The reason was that the United States, he said, was en gaged in the same business as Great Brit ain. While England was robbing the Boers, we were robbing tha Filipinos. After an executive session, the Senatr, at 4:50 P. 1L. adjourned unUl Saturday. SHIP SUBSIDY BILL. Republican Senators Will Try to Force It Tliroujih. WASHINGTON, April 12. The definite Intention of the Republican Senators to seek to have the shipping subsidy bill passed at the present setslon was an nounced In the Senate committee on com merce today. It Is the purpose to have tho bill given tho place of "unfinished business" when the Quay resolution and the Philippine bill are disposed of. No announcement was mace that the Repub lican caucus committee on order of busi ness had given Its sanction to the p'an, but such Is understood to be the care. The Democratic members of the com mittee expressed surprise at the announced decision, saying that they had understood that all parties were to unite for a final adjournment In June, and they feared this result could not be secured If the shipping bill was to be taken up with the view to its passage. They Indicated unalterable opposition to the bill, and expressed tho opinion that prdo-gel tobate would t iVox any effort to pass It Some of them said they believed It would be good politics for the Democrats to allow the bill to beccms a law, but that this would not be permis sible without at least sufficient discussion to explain the effect of the measure. Han na end Frje stood out strongly for the bill, Hanna declaring that to postpone consideration until a fter the election, merely because of its possible effect In the campaign, would be cowardice. Some of the Democrats indicated a desire for a more deliberate consideration of tha Phil ippine bill, as a consequence of the Inten tion, to take up the shipping measure. SITUATION IN PUERTO RICO Former Good Feel Ins: Between Na tives and Americans Lessening. PONCE, Puerto Rico, April 4. At no time since the hurricane of August 8 last has the condition of the poor of Puerto Rico been as bad as it is today. About S3 per cent of the Island may be placed In the peon class, which Is made up of a mixture of all races. In the other 5 per cent are Included the well-to-do. educated people, such as merchants, planters and professional men and their families. This better class Is able to pass through such times as are now prevailing with out actual physical suffering, but their business affairs are at a standstill, and have been for a long time, and this de prives the majority of the large laboring class of a means of livelihood. This large body of laboring people furnishes the very cheap and effective labor which Is needed for agriculture and other work, but at all times they have been In an under-fed and poorly-nourished condition. Their hardships have been greatly add ed Jo by the scarcity of fruit since the hurricane, and It Is consequently Increased In price. Salt fish, rice and beans have been Imported free of duty since the hur ricano, but little of the benefit derived from this has gone to peons, and now, when there Is a prospect of 15 per cent of the Dingley tariff being placed on these articles, the price has been greatly ad vanced. Merchants hesitate to Import largo stocks because of the prospect of free trade, and the present scarcity Is also a cause for the advance In prices. Rice has gone up from 5 and 6 centavos a pound to 8 and 9. beans from 6 to 12, and, at one time, a few days ago, to 15 centavos a pound, while salt fish has ad vanced from 6 to about 10 centavos. No one who understands the situation here will deny that much of tho former good feeling between Puerto Rlcans and Americans has been lost Besides, Ameri cans are fewer In number In Puerto Rico today than at any time since shortly after the troopa first landed, and those departing have left a long list of defunct companies, bankrupt business, wrecked schemes and anxious creditors, who. In some cases, hold choice collections of worthless notes and checks. Not only are Americans leaving the Island, but large numbers of Puerto Rlcans have gone to Venezuela, to Santo Domingo and to Cuba. Three days ago more than 300 natives sailed for Cuba to obtain employment there, and at least 1000 sailed from this port alone during the last threo months. Much livestock Is also being shipped to Cuba. The greatest loss to Puerto Rico In this respect Is In the large cargoes of magnificent cattle, which It will take years to replace. i ,THB RUNNING RACES. Tcnterdns Winners nt Memphis and Tanforan. MEMPHIS, Tenn.. April 12. The re sults of the races were: Four and a half furlongs, selling South Breeze won, Odnor second, Frank John son third: time, 0.S7i. Six furlongs Alice Turner won. Gray less second. Larkspur third; time. l:lCVi. One mile The Lady won. Florlzar sec ond; Thrive third; time. 1:V. Half mile, the Ardclle Stakes Lady Schorr won. The Mecca second. Miss Ben nett third; time. 0.304. Mile and an eighth Ben Chance won. Russell B, second, Bonnie lone third: time. l-5Ri. Six furlongs The Rush won. Miss Mae Day second, Trladltza third: time. 1:1. Race nt Tnnfornn. SAN FRANCISCO. April 12. The weather was fine at Tanforan Park and the track was heavy The results were: Four and a half furlongs, 2-year-olds Homage won. Ada N. .second. Bavassa third; time, 0:57i. Six furlongs, selling High Hoe won, St Caslmlr second. Mortgage third; time, lac. Six furlongs Formcro won. Sardine Second. Cormorant third; time. 1:UH. Mile and a quarter, selling My Gypsy won. Sardonlne second. Prestome third; time. 2:11. One mile, selling SUvcrtone won. Cas take second. Captive third.: time, 1:45. One mile Maydlne won, "Urchin second. Bathos third; time, 1:4$& Jeffries and SIcCoy Matched. NEW YORK. April 12. Jim Jeffries and Kid McCoy were today matched to meet In a 25-round boxing bout July 20, before the club offering the largest purse, Char He White will be the referee. RnnilnV Demands on Coren. Y6KOHAMA. April 12. Advices from Seoul, capital of Cores, announce that Russia has presented to the Corean Gov ernment renewed demands referring to Masampo. (ISLAND DEPOSITORIES QUESTION BROCGnT TJP rniLIFPETfi MATTER IK TUB HOUSE. Debate on a Resolution 'Providing for the Election of Senators by Popular Vote. WASHINGTON. April 12.-The House today, after a spirited debate, adopted the resolution reported from the Insular affairs committee to authorize the Secre tary of the Treasury to designate deposi tories In Puerto Rico. Cuba and the Phil ippines for the deposit of Government funds. By the terms of the resolution. It applies to Cuba only so long as the Island shall be occupied by the United States. An amendment to Include tho Philippines In this provision as to Cuba, offered, as was stated, to emphasize the desire of tha opposition not to retain the Islands, was defeated by a party vote. A Senate bill which will permit the de pendent mothers of soldiers or sailors of the Spanish war, even though they mar ried Confederate soldiers, to receive tho ON THE BRYAN-Y DEEP. - mbuno. Dewey Kansas City Tlarbor appears to be heavily mined. benefit of the general pension law, was passed. The remainder of the day was devoted to debate upon a resolution from the com mittee on the election of President Vice- President and Representatives In Congress for a Constitutional amendment empower ing the Legislatures of states to decldo whether the United States Senators snail be elected by the Legislature or directly by the people, A substitute resolution was offered by tho minority of the committee, which dif fered from the majority resolutions In giv ing the states no option, hut providing that In all states the people rtiould vote directly for United States Senators."" The Proceedings. Cooper (Rep. Wis.), chairman of tho com mittee on Insular affairs, at the outset called up the resolution to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to designate banks in Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Phil ippines as Government depositories. Jones (Dem. Va.) offered an amendment which provided that the act rtioutd apply to the Philippines and Cuba only so long as they should be occupied by the United States. The provision relative to Cuba was a committee amendment Cooper, opening the debate, said that for some Inexplicable reason the bill had been called the Standard Oil bill. After patient Investigation he had failed to find one fact to support such a slur. The rea soning, ho said, seemed to be about like this: Mr. Sibley came from Pennsylvania; coal oil was found there; the Standard Oil Company handled oil; ergo, this is a Stand ard Oil bill. Cooper explained the neces sity for Government depositories In our lruular possessions. Disbursing officers ot the Government could deposit only In Gov ernment depositories. If they deposited elsewhere they were guilty of technical embezzlement The designation of deposi tories, he said, was necessary for the pro tection and security of Government funds. Brewer (Dem. Ala.) said he supported the Jones amendment In order to. empha size In every possible way his aversion to the retention of the Philippines. He said he had rather sec a Republican who opposed the retention of the Islands than a Democrat who favored holding them. Ho charged that the rituatlon hi the Phil ippines was persistently misrepresented by the War Department The Insurrection was not over. Only last week the Filipi nos had attacked an outpost within five1 miles of Manila. "We hold them only with in the range of our guns." wrote an officer tn a letter to him. Peace would not come, he slid, in a generation If we bold on. He was in favor of turning the Islands over to the Inhabitants at the earliest pos sible moment Cox (Dem. Tenn.) criticised the bin be cause It did not require depositories to deposit United States Government bonds' tor security for Government funds. Jones said If Cooper had Inquired fur ther he would have discovered a better reason why this bill was called the Stand ard OH bill. He recalled the letter written by Mr. Hepburn, of the National City Bank, ot New York, to Secretary Gage asking for Just such, a privilege as this bill bestowed, because some of the bank's directors bad contributed financially to the election of Mr. McKlnley In 1S3S. The National City Bank, he wrote, was owned by the Standard Oil Company. Fitzgerald (Dem. Mara.) offered an amendment requiring designated deposi tories to pay 2 per cent per annum on deposits. It was lost Gaines (Dem. Tenn.) and DcArmond (Dem. Mo) opposed the bill. The latter said there was neither 'propriety nor ex cuse for designating tho depositories in Cuba. It was another straw which indi cated a purpose to get hold of everything In Cuba that was worth having. Cooper. In closing the debate, said there was practically no money for the banks In being designated as Government deposi tories, because the moneys deposited would remain but a short time. Ther! was perhaps some advertisement in It for the banks; that was all. The relief was desired by the disbursing officers of tb Government Jones' amendment was lost; 121 to 125. The bill was passed. 133 to 120. Loudenslagcr (Rep. N. J.) called up the, Senate bill to repeal section 4T16 of the revised Matutes, so far as It relates to the dependent parents of soldiers or sailors, of the Spanish war. The purpesy was to permit the dependent mothers of sol. dlcrs ot the Spanish war to be pensioned. even If their husbands had been Confed. crate soldiers. "Why not repeal section 4716." asked Gibson (Rep. Tenn.). "and let Confederate soldiers who afterward served In the Union army be pensioned?" . "No, no." called out Williams (Dem. Miss.), "we don't want to pension desert ers from the Confederate, army." The bill was passed. Tho conference report on the legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill was agreed to. Corliss (Rep. Mich.) called up the Joint resolution providing for a Constitutional amendment for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the peo ple where the Legislatures of the states so elect Clark (Dem. Mo.) offered as a, substitute a resolution proposing a Constitutional amendment providing for the election ot Senators by direct vote In all the states. Corliss said the Legislatures of 33 states had declared for the election of Senators directly by popular vote. He thought there should be some change In the meth od of electing Senators, and believed the citizens of every state should determine how and by what method their Senators should be elected. During his remarks, Corliss displayed a cartoon on the sub. Ject which attracted a large group ot members about It Brosius (Rep. Pa.) called for order. Corliss responded: "Why does the gen. tleman from Pennsylvania object? Does he think It reflects upon his state?" (Laughter.) "No. no," replied Brosius. Powers (Rep. Vt) favored the election of Senators directly by the people, so as to get rid of the scandals that had at tended so many Senatorial elections. All the states, ho added, should elect by popu lar vote. - After some further remarks by Zelgter (Dem. Pa.), Small (Dem. N. C). Lloyd (Dem. Mo.). Rldgely (Pop. Kan.)., Sulxer (Dem. N. Y.), McDowell (Dem. O.), Jones (Dem. V&.). and Ryan (Dem. Pa.) In favor ot the substitute resolution, the House, at 5:20 P. M., adjourned. REPEAL OF STAMP TAXES. Bill Introduced In the House by Tnvraey of Minnesota. WASHINGTON, April 12.-In view of Secretary Gage's statement of the grow ing surplus. Importance attaches to a bill introduced In the House today by Repre sentative Tawney, of Minnesota, a mem ber of the ways and means committee, to repeal tho following provisions ot the war revenue act to take effect July 1. 1SC0: "Broker'snote or memorandum of sale ot any goods, 10 cents: conveyance deeds, etc., when the consideration or value ex ceeds $100 and does not exceed $500, 50 cents, and for each additional $500 or frac tional part thereof In excess of $300, 50 cents; lease, agreement etc. for a period of one year, 25 cents; exceeding one year and not exceeding three years, 60 cents; for a period exceeding three years, $1: mortgage or pledge, etc, exceeding J1000 and not exceeding $1500. 25 cents, and on each 3500 In excess of $1500. 25 cents; power of attorney or proxy, etc, 10 cents: power of attorney to sell and convey real estate etc, 20 cents; protests, etc, 20 cents." Tawney says that the Secretary of the Treasury estimates that the provisions to be repealed by the bill only furnish $321. 924. but that they are very onerous and vexatious, and should be repealed. "WILL FLSII ALASKA BILL. Philippine Measure May Be Attached to Military Supply BUI. WASHINGTON, April 12. An agrcmoent was reached after the' Senate adjourned today, by which the Alaskan bill Is to be considered. Lodge. In charge of the Phil ippine bill, will ask that It be laid aside Informally, and If no objection Is made, LodKe will move the consideration of the Alaskan bllL After it Is passed, the Phil ippine bill will bo made tho unfinished business again. Senator Carter Jias made tho suggestion, and It Is lqoked upon with favor by Lodge, to make the Philippine bill a part of the military appropriation bill. If this is done, it need not be again made tho unfinished business. Coeur d'Alene Investigation. WASHINGTON. April li-The morning session of the Coeur d'Alene investigation was yery brief, owmg to the absence of witnesses, and the argument went over until this afternoon. At the afternoon ses sion. Connor Mallot a representative of the Spokane Spokesman-Review, who was nt Wardner at the time of the trouble, described the march of several hundred armed and masked men on the Bunker HUl mine, the seizing of a large quantity of dynamite, the explosion' In the mill, and the many exciting events on that occasion. The testimony corroborated previous wit nesses on this subject, but. was more vivid and circumstantial on some points. Legislative Appropriation Bill. WASHINGTON. April 12.-Tfae confer ees ot the two Houses today reached an agreement en the l'g'slat'vo, executive and Judicial appropriation bir. As agre'd upon, the bill carried an appropriation ot 324173,152. Most of the Senate addi tions were retained. Including that tor the continuance of the Court of Private, Land Claims for two years more. The S nate Amendments looking to the continuance of the hydrographlc oftce also were left in the bl 1, but the provision fr a branch office at Manila was stricken out President Gompers' Arsrament. WASHINGTON. April li-Pres'dent Gompersv of the Federation of Labor, made an extended argument before the House committee on labor today In support ot the proposed eight-hour law. STORIES OFTHE I DDADLISESS OF RIFLE FIRE FROS "TOD TRECVCHE3. Grevfsome Scenes on the Veldt Clever Dutch Defensive Works A Brave Subaltern. LONDON, April 3. As an example of the deadllness of rifle fire from behind en trenchments at short ranges, a Standard correspondent writing from Osfcnteln, March 7, of the siege ot General Cronje, says: ' "Colonel Hannay made an extraordinary charge with mounted infantry, riding his men at a gallop right up to the Bocf trenches, but all wer disabled or killed before they got within 50 yards. Colonel Hannay was himself killed." During the Paardeberg battle, the same correspondent relates, a party of Kitch ener's horse rode up to an Osfontehvfarm houso. A man In khaki told the cavalry men that British troops with guns occu pied the kopjes, near by. "The men off saddled." the correspondent says, "and were resting, when suddenly the cry arose that the Boers were on them. The house was surrounded Vy (he enemy, who lire! Into the horses, stampeding them. Lieu tenant Watermeycr, who had run for his horse, was In the act of mounting when a Boer came around the corner of. the house and fired polnti blank at htm. The bullet struck his arm and grazed along his left shoulder. He let fall the reins, raised his rifle and shot the Boer dead. His honij having bolted, ho crossed tha farmyard and gained the garden, and thence, leap ing the wall, escaped across the plain. Forty-three officers and men were killed, wounded or taken prisoners by the en emy." Incongruities of War. H. F. Prevost Battersby thus moralizes In the Morning Post on the Incongruities of war. under date of Osfonidn. March 6: "Art and war. Who has the temerity still to speak of them together, which not even- by their contrasts can be compared? Beneath me. behind a red-brown ant hi I. a Dguro in khaki Is lying with his check against his rifle, his eye along the sights. There Is a lump cf iron stone 00 yards In front of him on the lower slope of the kopje, and under It Is a man whom he la trying to kill. He knows nothing of. the man but that he wears a gray fe't hat and has a pretty styU of shooting, for the ant hill has been struck three times. The man knows probably even lees of him. They move. In ordinary circumstances. TOCO miles apart; have not an Interest nor even a quarrel In common. One lives In Chelsea, the other on the veldt Each ha3. perhaps, his share Of the virtues, makes a good woman happy, and does his duty by tho state. With less space between them and no supply of cartridges, they might bo the best of friends. Now each desires only the other's end. "With a llttlo more right allowance in that last shot for wind, the man on the kopje would be lying quiet among the stones, and none would know where he lay nor what had befallen him but the vultures, who turned his face upward next morning to pick out his eyes. "But that Is tho Inevitable Incongruity of war, the effect of enmity without Its existence: "wrath brtngeth the punish ments of the sword,' said the writer ot Job, but the punishment of the sword does not always bring wrath. Men can be made to slay each other without that Induce ment "Lying not far beyond that figure In khaki Is a black patch. The gray-green scrub almost conceals It, all but two queer dark wisps like the talons of a bird clenched and turned upward. They ora the Bands of a man. Beneath them, looking upward also, Is a face of a Kaffir. One knows It to be a face by Its position, but the shrapnel which passed through It has made a mass of block and red with no hu man resemblance. The figure In khaki holds hla nose when the wind passes Ills way over It 'There Is a little .heap ot po tatoes beside the swollen body which It was gathering when war came 'by. That also Is an Inevitable Incongruity; tho doom of the peaceful. One accepts It frith the other. War Is this sort of thing, blind, senseless. Indiscriminate. It Is, also, after a fashion, worse than that "There Is out there, spread, over the thorns of a. mimosa, what was once a man. No one who sees It as he passes looks at It again. The smear ot yellow on what is left there speaks of lyddite. That may seem to the novice the worst side of war. It is not really. The mind hugs It unwillingly, perhaps, and shud ders. Memory cannot drop It by the way. It lends a horror to one's dreams. But In war It was merely a gruesome "Incident a common one, possibly, but an Incident always. "The, atmosphere U very different One breathes It here, where the bullets are flying over, though tho crack of the rifles, with tholr strange, soft cry, and tho bitter reek of ther dead Is mixed with dust and the faint scent ot flowers mixed, too. It may bo, with the memory of that long, shallow trench beyond the camp. where tho brown-kneed Highlanders Ha In their gay hcee and kilts besldo the stiff, still figures In khaki. It Is In that air that art sounds so strange a note that It seems but an echo from another world. That Is no figure of speech. To think steadfastly hero of on art. of the soul of an art. Is to effect a transformation In personality no less astonishing than thit Robert Louis Stevenson conceived for Dr. Jekyll. "The change really Is Incredible; It Is Impossible to describe. One must live here first In this bare, empty land with life grown suddenly cheap, and death always about one. with friends buried at night that shared one's biscuit In the morning's battle, and remembered again with an In tolerable smart, with destruction and vic tory only In one's thoughts, and the ru'n and foulness of an army round one It Is In that one must be steeped to rcailzo how far one has come; so far, so far that vis Ion and thought and beauty seem left be hind one In another world." Boers Dlmrlnjr Trenches. Bennett Burleigh, writing to the Dally Telegraph under date of March 6, says: "Our friend, the wily Boer, Is at his own congenial game along ' our front Every kopje and defensive position he Is Industriously fortifying. I have ridden out and seen him digging trenches, buildlrg stone walls, erecting sandbag redoubts, mounting cannon and preparing to receive us In the direction he hopes wc shall ad vance. "For such a country, he has made choice of the strongest poss-b'e lines. The IS miles he Is Intrenching southward from the Modder skip from range to range ot low, strong kopjes. North of the Modder, upon other hills, he has detachments watching us. and guns in emplacements upon table-topped hllla. His right rests upon a large, flat hUL his center and left among nests of conical kopjes, where he can hide his men and conceal bis cannon. Yesterday (March 5) I watched the Boers at work for hours. .Nearly every morn ing there are outpost affairs between our cavalry and them. Today a few guns were fired by either side, and the crackling of musketry went on for hours. The ranges were long and, consequently, little dam age resulted., "Some 10 dajs ago a iroart thing was done by a subaltern In Roberts' Horse that deserves moro than passing, record. A body of Boers hastening to Crpnje's re lief were met and turned back by French's energetic cavalry. The enemy In their flight passed by several low kopjes where Roberts' Horse had pickets. One of thes "slated them from a 600-yard range. A young officer, nearer. 2000 than 00 yards from the Boers, seeing there was no chance of the enemy coming his way, took It upon himself to ride .out with a thin squadron to within 300 yards of the re treating Boers. There he d'smountcd his men and began firing rapidly Into the enemy, emptying halt a hundred saddles. The Boers halted, resumed the fire, p'eked up most of their wounded and put them Into wagons; but the officer stood bis ground, and the enemy trekked, leaving him victor. Ot such soldiers are good leaders made. "There Is said to be symptoms of horse sickness about, but I take It so far, hun ger la Its worst form and that with over work, has dotted the veldt with the car casses of animals, po'soned the air. of old camps 'and brought, hither ominous swarms of vultures. I fear the amicable Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals would despair ot us and Itself were Its representatives here, they would have so much that Is Impossible to at tempt to put right It Is suggestive, pt a more than healthy appetite to see horses wildly browsing upon African heather and scrub, or plunging for the straw cas ing of old bottles and hamper stuffing. FIGHTIXG IX SATAL, Boer Attack on the British Lines Stubbornly Resisted. LONDON. April 12. A special dispatch from Eland's Laagte, dated yesterday, says: "Fighting was renewed beyond Eland's Laagte this afternoon. The Boers steadi ly advanced upon the. British positions. There was a continuous rifle Are and the Boer big guns were In action. The Brit ish replied effectively, and after two hours' fighting the Boers were checked." Eland's Laagte and "Wepener still mo nopolize attention. At both places a se ries of indecisive actions are occurring. The Boer report of the fighting April 10 nt Eland's Laagte avers that the advance on the British camp was made with tho loss of only three mules and two horses.1 while the British losses, says the same report must have been heavy. The bom bardment lasted all day. Nothing has been learned regarding the rumor of Colonel Baden-Powell's death, nor is there anything tending to show how long the general advance toward Pretoria will be delayed. In the absence, ot exciting developments, public Interest centers more upon the personality of the new commanders, and tn the supposition as to who tno next General will be to be sent home. The announcement of the reoccupatlon of Smlthficld by the burghers. Just re ceived. Is no news, as the small British forco at that place withdrew thence after the Reddersburg affair. It now appears that General Brabant himself Is at Atlwal North, and that only a portion of his column Is at Wepener. BOERS AXXIOUS TO FIGHT. Their Leaders Unable to Ilold Them Together Inactive. . BLOEMFONTEIN. April U- According to Information received here, the Boer ac tivity eastward of the railroad and in proximity to the border. Is largely due to the fact that Presidents Kruger and Steyn have found they are unable to keep their forces together In lnactvlty, the burghers declaring they are unwilling to remain with their commandos, unless actively employed, as they are convinced the British game is a waiting one. " It Is believed tho Boer movement was origi nally designed to oblige Lord Roberts to weaken his force at Bloemfonteln. In order to protect the railroad, when the Boers would have attempted to recapture the capital. But the burghers are evi dently Ignorant, of the enormous forces Lord Roberts has at his disposal. Advices from Caree Siding say the Boers are busily entrenching their posi tion cast of Brandfort running parallel with the railroad, while strongly holding tho Waterval Drift waterworks. Flc-htlng- at Bait Fontcin. PRETORIA, April 11. Advices from Wepener, where the British forco Is sur rounded, say the battle continues favor able to the Federals. About 1500 British troops are. said to be there. Heavy cannonading was heard this morning In the direction of Bult Fonteln. situated midway between Winburg and Bushof. In 'the -Orange Free State, and north vt Brandfort Advices from Boer headquarters In Na tal say that after a heavy bombardment the British ore ''retiring In tho direction of Ladysmlth. and the Federals are going to their old positions. Substitutes ana Leaves of Absence. PRETORIA. April 1L The Free State Gazette publishes orders to the effect that no person commandered for active service has the right to send a substitute, without the consent of the Landrost In reference to leaves cf absence, tho Ga zette says that 10 per cent of each com mand will be relieved by ballot for pe riods of 12 days. This Is Intended to meet the wishes of burghers desiring to plant crops. Peace Commission Goes to MItnn. NAPLES. April 12. The Transvaal commissioners, accompanied by Dr. Mul ler' and Herr von Booschoten. started this morning for Milan. NEW YORK REPUBLICANS. Indications Are for a Harmonious Convention. NEW YORK. April 12. The indications are that the Republican state meet ing. In this city, next week, will be brief and harmonious. At the headquarters of tho Republican state committee. In the Flflh-Avenue Hotel, it Is said there prob ably will be no work for a com mittee on contested seats. Nearly all the delegates to the convention have been elected, and there are no contests to be decided by the convention. There was .t report that the delegation from Troy, controlled by ex-Governor Black, might meet oppposttlon, but Mr. Black Informs his friend.) in this city that there will be no opposition. The resolutions to bo adopted by the state convention will be passed upon by the stato committee nt Its meeting at the Fifth-Avenue Hotel Monday evening. It Is already settled that Senator Piatt. Senator Depew, Governor Roosevelt and Chairman O Dell, of tho state committee, will be elected the delegatea-at-Iarce to the National convention. Senator Elsberg. who Is to be temporary chairman of the convention and Congressman Sherman, who Is to be permanent chairman, are un der Instructions, It Is understood, to pre pare short and pithy speeches. With all the work well outlined In advance. It Is said the convention will have only one short session. .The Presidential electors will be chosen by the convention as reported by the dis tricts, and the convention will ratify the choice of members of the new state com mittee elected by the district delegates. Japanese Refused a Landing-. SAN FRANCISCO. April 12. Thirty three of the 219 Japanese steerage pas sengers who arrived on the steamer Bel gian King, a few days ago. have been refused a landing by the lmmlgation offi cials, but have appealed to the Secretary of the Treasury, and, pending a reply from Washington, will be held here. Tho principal reason for tbeir rejection by tha officials Is the discovery of evidence that the Japanese came here as contract la borers. a Four People Drowned. SAN PEDRO, Cal.. April 12. Two men. Peter Larsen nnd Joseph Mad?en. ard women were drowned at the entrance to the outer harbor yesterday. They were under the influence of liquor and the boat was seen to overturn. CASTOR I A Tor Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho Slgnatnxo o ty?A TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE EMPLOYES OF TWO SOUTHER RAILWAYS ORDERED OUT. Trouble Grew Out of the Refusal f Officials of the Companies to Consider Grievances. t ATTuVNTA, Go,, April L The threaten ing trouble of tho telegraphers and other station employes of the Southern Rail way and Alabama, Great Southern Rail way, which has been pending for several months, came to a head here today, when. President Powell, of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, called on the telegraphers) to quit work. The trouble commenced last Fall, when the telegraphers' of each division appoint. ed""a committee to go before the division superintendents and ask a settlement of certain grievances. Hearings, they say, were refused them, and an appeal was made to General Superintendent Harrett. at Washingtdn. and later to Vice-President1 and General Marager Cannon. The off- . cera of the order stats that no satisfac tion was received from these officers, ant the grievances were finally taken to Presi dent Speyer. whose secretary said the. president was too 1U to consider the mat ter at this time. President Powell says the committeemen selected to represent the men have been dismissed to the number of more than 20, and that dozens of members of tho Order of Railway Telegraphers have been discharged because of their membership., He says the last communication to the officials of the company contained on offer to arbitrate the differences. Railroad of ficials say the strike has caused them no Inconvenience and has not interfered wltlt traffic In a statement which President Powell has Issued he says: "The strike was Inaugurated for tho fol lowing purposes: "To secure reinstatement of lt3 members who were discharged by the Southern Railway; for the right to be heard through committers In the adjustment of Individual grievances; for a set ot rules and rates oC pay to govern train dispatchers, telegra phers, agents and other station employes In their employment discipline, etc; 12 consecutive hours" work per day, where one or two telegraphers are employed. In cluding one hour for dinner; 10 consecu tive hours. Including meal hour. In all relay dispatchers' offices and offices where more than two dispatchers are employed: eight consecutive hours for train dispatch ers; pay for overtime; to abolish tha prac tice of compelling agents to load cotton and the performance of other manual labor? a minimum wage scale of 345 and 350 per month for operators and 3120 for dis patchers; fair and equitable rules regard ing promotion." After Xcrv York Governorship. NEW YORK, April 12. The Press saysr 'Justice George C Barrett, nccordlng ta ttle belief ot prominent politicians of both parties, will be the Democratic nominee for Governor this fall. This Information comes from best official sources, and tha Justice's friends say he probably will not preside in court again this Summer. Justice Barrett called for Europe Wednesday. He will visit Richard Croker at Wantage before the return of the Tam many chieftain to this country, and. as he has been recognized for many years as one ot Mr. Crokcr's closest friends, many questions of politics will be dis cussed. e Left to Cooper Union. NEW YORK. April 12. When JohmHol stead. a well-known tea merchant died last May, he bequeathed sums of money to numerous public Institutions, and tha residue of the estato to Cooper Union. It was supposed that this (reslduft would amount to I2S.O0O. An inventory of "the estate, however, shows that Cooper Un ion wilt receive $300,000. i s Payne on Dewey's Candidacy. SAN FRANCISCO. April 12. Republl can National Committeeman Henry C. Payne, of Milwaukee, who la In the city, predicts the nomination of McKtnley at Philadelphia by acclamation, and Is con fident of his re-election. When asked what ha thought of Dewey's candidacy, ho said: "I think that Is too bad. I think this expresses It" HI So Writ, for Dreyer. CHICAGO. April 12. 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