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PWSfPSWSBt trrn?' ' fruji- -.;---: xx&mw VOL. XL. NO. 12,283. PORTLAND. OREGON. THURSDAY, APRIL 2G, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENT& w-"Hftnni jfcitttttttf JSt CRACK PROOF" "SNAG PROOF" PURE RUBBER MINING BOOTS ALL KIXDS OP RUDDER GOODS FOR CAFE XOMB. Goodyear Rubber Company P. H. PEASE. Vlct-Pro. and Manaser 73 nd 75 first St. Portland, Or. BIumauer - Furs! Furs! Furs! Manufacturers of Exclusive Novelties In Fine Furs, ALASKA OUTFITS In Fur Robes, Fur Overcoats, Caps, Gloves, Moccasins, etc Highest price paid for raw furs. G. P. RUMMELIN & SONS Oregon Phone Main 401 HOTEL PERKINS fifth and Washington Streets . . PORTLAND. OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN Rooms Single T5c to 11.50 per day F1i-.t-C1n Oin!k nndnrmllt Rooms Double 11-00 to SX09 Per day ' Connected With Hotel. JEFF. C. TAYLOR . . . Red, White and . . . Blue Star Its purity and high standard Trill be maintained, because the handlers have an enviable reputation which they mean to sus tain. ''"ffSSS... BLUMAUER & HOCH hofourthst. J-F.DAVIES.Prej. St. Char les Hotel CO. ONCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS. PORTLAND; OREGON American and European Plan. PNEUMATIC RUNABOUTS Traps. Surreys. Stanhopes and Gollint Wagons. Latest styles, greatest variety, highest quality, sat isfactory prices. Visitors always welcome. Out-of-town people especially invited. CARRIAGES WAGONS HARNESS Boys' Shoes SPRING STYLES BOYS' HAND-SEWED SHOES TAN CALF LACE' TAN CALF BLUCHER VICI KID FOOT FORM LASTS YOUTHS' SIZES-!- 11 to 2, at $2.50 BOYS' SIZES 21 to 5i at $3.00 E. C. GODDARD & CO. Oregonlan Building Prisoners Slionld Work. "WASHINGTON. April 25. The Indus trial Commission today sent to Congress Its report on prison labor. In summing up its conclusions, the commission sajs all prisoners should be engaged In pro ductive labor, and that the states should have absolute control of their care. Their employment with the Intention of produc ing revenues, the report says, tends to the greatest competition with free labor, and detracts from the punitive reformatory and disciplinary features of the prisons. Employment of prisoners on public works has the least tendency to competition with free labor. The commission submits gen eral provisions of law, mainly from the New York statute, and recommends that -such part shall be embodied In the laws of the different states as Is found possible I A SMOKE THE BEAU BRMELL BEST FIVE-CENT CIGAR HADE Frank Drug. Co 00,. 126 SECOND ST., near Wuhlnflton Established 1S70. Rooms Family $1.50 to $100 per day C T. BELCHER. Sec and Treas. American plan $1-25. $1.50, n.75 European plan 60c. 75c. $1.00 Studebaker 320-335 EAST MORRISON ST. If You Knew 76 That day by day, slowly but surely, you are permanently In juring your eyesight by neglect ins to provide yourself with suitable glasses, wouldn't you hasten to have them examined? Perhaps you do not require glasscn. Perhaps, again. It & pair were carefully adjusted to your sight now It might save you a lifetime of regret. Bet ter see about K today. WALTER REED Eye Specialist 1SS SIXTH STREET OREGOXIAW BUILDIXQ Fire Loss of S25O.O0O. PHILADELPHIA. April 25. Fire which started on the top floor of J., W. Mc Calullsland's Paper Spool Manufactory. at 227 Church street, tonight spread to 1 adjoining property and before the flames had been gotten under control did dam age to the extent of about $230,000. John and James Dobson, manufacturers of carpets, sustained a loss of about 200.000. m I "Boxers" Killed No One. PEKING. April 25. The report from jTlen-TsIn. dated April 23. that a number i of native Christians had been massacred J by members of the Chinese secret society, known a the "Boxers," Is quite errone jous. Some. "Boxers" .attacked a village occupied by a number of Catholics, but I were driven off. One villager was wound led. BOERS STILL RETIRE Will Not Be Forced to Fight or Surrender. WEPENER HAS BEEN RELIEVED. Bombardment of Dahretr Wroosht Great Havoc Amour the Stock Short Rations at Mafeklnir. LONDON. April 26, S A. M. It Is now apparent that the chances of Lord Kob crts catching the retreating Boers In a net are very slender. The Boers have everywhere retired at the first pressure of the British advance, and the hope that General Bundle would be able to induce tbem to remain at De Wet's Dorp until tfier bad been forced to fight or surrender has been disappointing. No attempt was made to pursue the commandoes retiring from Wepener. Everything now depends upon the prog ress of Geiieral French's cavalry brigades, but they are entering a very difficult, hilly and practically unknown country. The cavalry have already had a long march over heavy and sandy roads, and nothing Is known regarding the condition of the horses. In any case. It Is now a race between the Federals and the forces of General French and General Hamil ton. The slowness of the recent movements of the British Infantry and previous ex perience of the ability of the Boers to move rapidly, with guns and baggage, oer their own country lead to a belief tbat Lord Roberts' enveloping operations will fail and will have to be repeated further north. At the most he will, per haps, capture some Boer guns and bag gagc and hurry the retreating burghers. Considerable results have been attained In the relief of Wepener and In the clear ing of the Southeastern corner of the Free State of Boers, but the Boer army, whatever Its strength, has still to be dealt with. Besides the casualties among the men, the Boer bombardment of Colonel Dal getys position wrought great havoc among the cattle and horses. The gar rison could have held out for another fortnight, but were In no condition to render much assistance in pursuing the Boers. I There is little news from other quarters. The Inhabitants of Maf eking are now on a i dally ration of two pounds of soup and two quarts of "skilly." General Smrvey of the Field. The news received today has little bear ing upon the question of the hour. A dispatch from Durban dated Tuesday, April 24, reports that General Lucas Mey er is dead, but that the General Is known to have been well on the previous day. A Boer version of the recent British at- , tack at Fourteen Streams says tbat two Boers were killed and 400 wounded. Little damage, it is added, was done to the camp, though It was vigorously bom barded, f The Ladysnlth district is apparently still only marked by sniping and scout ing.. A Bper dispatch from Glencoe. Natal, dated Tuesday, .April 24. says that four scouts surprised 300 British from -Lady-smith April 22, and put the whole body to flight and captured two of them. The arrival of Maf eking dispatches has renewed the Interest and an expectancy as to the fate of its defenders. Lady Sarah Wilson's account of the slaughter of three natives who went out from Mafe klng last Friday to recover some cattle which had been looted by the Boers who, while they were sleeping, were surrounded by burchers and shot without quarter. apparently harshly misrepresented the action of the Boers. A dispatch received by the Associated Press from Mafeklng says that the natives In question were unauthorized raiders, and that Instead of being ruthlessly slaughtered by the Boers while sleeping, they beat back the burgh ers who were obliged to get reinforce ments. The dispatch adds: "There was no question of surrender. The leader of the natives, a tall, spare man, rallied his men to the last and the fight went on from the rising to the sink ing of the sun. Those 25 Flngoes, armed with obsolete rifles, fought with grim des peration. Machine guns and Mausers poured shot and shell into their midst. Until their ammunition was exhausted the natives fought and the Boers killed all but one of them, who, wounded, hid in the reeds and escaped. General any man complained of Colonel Baden-Powell employing barbarians who killed six and wounded numbers of the Boers. Colonel Baden-Powell replied that the raid was unauthorized, and pointed out that a number of natives were destitute be cause their homes had been burned and cattlo stolen by the Boers. He declined to be held responsible for the natives' ac tions. K "Mafeklng may be forgiven if it be gins to prefer some attempt at relief rath er than empty congratulations for Its gal lant stand. Though there Is only sufficient to keep body and soul together, it will never surrender. It Is very weary of it all." THE FIGHTIXG AT DE WET'S DORP. Situation From Boer Standpoint Saturday Appeared Confident". DE WETS DORP. Orange Free State. Saturday. April 2L When General De wet's scouts announced Thursday evening that General Kelly Kenny and General Bundle's column was advancing on De Wet's Dorp, he ordered "up saddle" and moved with the Flcksburg command and General Cronje, Olivier and Weasels to In tercept their march. This was Friday morning. The British occupied the grass hill at Taljard'e farm and Dewet those Immediately southwest of De Wet's Dorp facing the British. Cronje delayed occu pying an Important hill, which the British took at noon. At 9 o'clock yesterday rifle firing com menced briskly. The British had made trenches and had thrown up schanzes. At U o'clock the Free State cannon and Maxim guns opened fire, and the former constantly dropped shells Into the British camp. Darkness stopped the fighting until 11 o'clock, when the Bethlehem men on the extreme right heard some British In their immediate vicinity and opened fire. Their commandant stepped out Into the dark ness and discovered a wounded man and 15 British, who declared they had lost their way while searching for water. At daybreak, IS more British strayed Into camp. In the morning the British started an outflanking movement, sending a large body of horse to the hills south of De Wet's Dorp. General Dewet immediately dispatched General Wessels with three cannon to head oft the British, and the latter, having' no cannon, were forced to return to camp. At the main positions a constant can nonade was maintained, but there wao lit tle rifle fire. The British camp was observed at sun set to be hastily packing up and was sub sequently removed behind the hills, the troops In the schanzes firing volley after volley to distract attention from the camp, which was seriously damaged by the Free State shells. The prisoners declared the British num bered 25.000 men. Lieutenant Losberg, of the artillery, was shot through the head, legs and arms, but continued at the guns, and Field Cornet Englebrecht was killed while standing Up and giving orders. The loss during the two days was three killed and 12 wounded. The British Ion Is Unknown, but where their right flank was driven back today a number of dead were left on the Meld. General Kelly Kenny's left was beaten back yesterday and his right today. It Is expected that he will await reinforcements. FREXCH ENTERS DE WETS DORP. Six Thousand Boers Avoided Ilia At tack In, the Hear. DE WETS DORP. Wednesday. April 25. Evening. General French entered this town today with two cavalry brigades. He left camp at daylight, nnd found the Boers holding the hills. These were shelled, and thi Boers retreated. The cav arly pushed around the position of tho Boers adove the town, where they were holding General Bundle In check. It is reported that G00O Boers passed through the town last night In order to avoid Gen eral French's attack In ',in rear. Dncl Lasted Many Hours. WARRENTON. Wednesday night. April 25. The Boers, having become emboldened, shelled the village and the British trenches. Monday night. Colonel Paget placed eeveral guns on the river banL. under cover of the darkness, within 1001 yards of the Boer trenches across the river. The hortcs and carriages were withdrawn beyond range, and at day break the British opened a heavy bom bardment with shrapnel and lyddite. The Boers were taken completely by surprise, but they replied with five guns. Including a 40-pounder, and a heavy rifle fire was opened at the same time. The duel con tinued many hours, the Boers finally evacuating the position with, it Is be lieved, considerable loss. There were no casualties on the British side. During the evening the guns were safely withdrawn. The sniping today showed that the Boet laager had been removed far back to th eastward. Boers Withdrew Unpnraued. LONDON, April 26. The Times has the following from 'a special correspondent, dated Mafetlng, Basutoland, April 25: "I rode from Jammersburg here, ektrt lng Wepener, and I met General Bra bant's advance guard four miles south ot Wepener. They report three successful fights Saturday, (Sunday and Tuesday, with 22 casualties. The siege was raised, and 000 of the enemy retired along the Ladybrand road within our sight and un pursued. Colonel Dalgety's casualties ore 33 killed and 132 wounded." r era Abandon Wepener. LONDON, April 25. The War Office has Issued the following from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfonteln, April 25, 3:25 P. M.: "The enemy retired from in front ot Wepener last night, and this morning fled northeastward along the Ladybrand road. Their plumber was between 4000 and 000." CAPE TOWN, Thursday, April 26. The relief of Colonel Dalgety was accomplished by General Brabant. The British Casualties. LONDON, April 25. The War Office has issued Lord Roberts' list of the casualties prior to the occupation of De Wet's Dorp, showing that Captain Denny, of the Thir teenth Hussars, was killed and that a Captain, two Lieutenants and 22 men were wounded. Captain Prothero. who was wounded at Karreefonteln. has elnce died. RIchter's Farm Burned. BLOEMFONTEIN, April 25. RIchter's farm, near Leeuw Kop, from which, while flying a white flag, the Canadians were fired upon, has been burned as a punish ment. Richter is a prisoner. Brabant's Horse Isolated. PARIS, April 26. A dispatch from Pre toria says that General Dewet has Bra bant's Horse isolated and has repulsed two attempts to relieve It, capturing SO Brit ishers. Bundle at De Wet's Dorp. LONDON, April 26. A dispatch to the Times from De Wet's Dorp, dated Wed nesday, says General Bundle arrived there that morning. Boers Reoccupy Boshof. LONDON, April 26. A special dispatch from Pretoria, dated Tuesday, says tho Boers have reoccupied Boshof, the Brit ish retiring. THE CHILDREN AND DEWEY Watch Presented by Representatives ot BO.OOO Donors. WASHINGTON. April 25. Admiral Dew ey today received a delegation represent ing 50.000 children In the Northwest, who presented to him. as a token of the re gard and esteem ot the donors, a beautiful gold watch and fob. The money was raised entirely by 1 cent subscriptions, the movement being started hy Archie Cad- zow, of Rosemount, Minn. The names of all contributors, together with a story of the enterprise, made up from newspaper clippings and prepared In the form of a i beautiful book, accompanied the watch. fThe watch Is 22 karat gold, bearing the I monogram, "G. D." in gold enamel on the front of the case, and the Admiral's flag In blue and white enamel on the back. In accepting the gift. Admiral Dewey said: "I value tho praise of the children and the affectionate enthusiasm they show me. and I have never been more touched than now. So long as the children love me. I am unassailable, for they are un erring In their Intuitions, and know when they are loved. "That 50.000 little ones should make me 0.000 wishes as they bestowed their pen nies for this watch. Is the proudest tri umph of my life. When I hear It tick or see Its hands move, I shall say to mysolt: How rich you are: 50.000 Innocent, kindly friends are with you,' and my heart will swell with Joy and gratitude. I shall wear' the watch and feel it a guaranty of hap piness and success." A FATAL LABOR RIOT. One Slan Killed and Another Seri ously Wounded. CHICAGO. April 25. In a labor riot to night at Racine and Wellington avenues, Peter Miller was shot through the head and killed and six other men were more or less injured. Miller, together with John McGulre. William Pottger, Louis Jacklske and James Gibbons, all ot them union printers, waylaid three nonunion men who had taken their places in the Bakcr-Sawter Printing Company's office, and attacked them. H. C Baster. the company's superintendent, who was one of the men attacked, opened fire on the assailants, with a revolver. Miller was Instantly killed, and McGulre was shot twlco and badly hurt. Policemen quickly surrounded the fighting men, and arrested all except Gibbons, who escaped. OPENED A SCANDAL Connected With Pneumatic 'Mail Tube Service. HOUSE CUTS OUT APPROPRIATION Improper TJae of Stock and Bonds Cbsrced Larse Sum to OScInl Who Introduced Service. WASHINGTON, April 25. The House today put Its heel upon the pneumatic mall tube service now In operation In New York. Boston and "Philadelphia, and If its action shall stand, the whole service will 'be crushed out. The postoflice com mittee had recommended an Increase ot the appropriation for this- service from $225,000 to $725,000. The proposed Increase was attacked by tho appropriation com mittee under the leadership of Moody of Massachusetts, with such vigor and suc cess that In the end the House voted, S7 to 0. to strike out the entire appropria tion from the bill. Moody created a sen sation In .the way In which he assailed the methods of the Pneumatic Tube Com pany, and made the direct charge that a former member of the House who was a member of the appropriation committee had been a holder of the stock and bonds of the company. He declined to disclose the gentleman's name. He added to the scandal by charging that a block of the stock had been sent as a New Year's gift to a near relative of another member of Congress, but to the credit of the mem ber, he said, the dishonoring gift had been returned to the sender by the next mall. Although the tube service was highly commended by other members, these rev. elatlons transferred the sentiment of the House, which has several times voted for tho tube service, into a decisive majority against Its continuation In any form. Tawney. of Minnesota, offered as an amendment a bill to reclassify railway mall clerks, but it went out on a point of order. Klnsr Back In Congress. William King, who served in the 55th Congress from tho State of Utah, was eworn In as a Representative of that stato to succeed Brigham H. Roberts, who was denied a seat. Without preliminary business, the House resumed consideration of the post office appropriation bllL The Item appro priating $725,000 for pneumatic tubes, an increase of $500,000 over the appropriation for the current year, was the subject of two hours' debate under the arrange ment previously made. Little (Ark.) opposed the pneumatic tube system, which ho held was unneces sary and ot no material benefit In expedit ing tho malls. The charges for the serv- Ice in Now York, he said, were outrage- ously exorbitant. The Government was paying $37,000 a mile rental for a slx-lnch Iron pipe, besides tho cost of operating the machines. Moody (Mass.) also opposed the exten sion of the tube service. If It was en tered upon, he said, it would add in the near-future millions to the already swol- . Dle publications of the kind ever gotten' len expenditures of the Postoflice Depart- I out. The commltteo amendment reduc ment. Using this item as a text. Moody I in- th .mmt flinl bv tho House for mado an urgent plea for retrenchment In public expenditures. Every branch of the public service, he said, was asking for Its sharo of tho enormous revenues which were being collected. Proceeding. Moody assailed the whole history of tho pneu matic tube service. "It Is so malodorous from beginning to end." said he. "that It should die the death of a dog." "Smoke tho rascals out," cried Little, "and we on this side of the House will stay with you." Exploited a Scandal. Moody said it was not a pleasant thine for him to exnlolt the sr.irul-,1 nrhiv, had been uncovered by the postal com- mission of which ho was a member, but he considered it his duty to do so. He declared that ex-Second Assistant Post-! master-General Nellson, under whom tho first experiments in the pneumatic tube' service were made, when ho retired ac- i cepted from the company $1000 In cash and $10,000 In stock for his services here during ' the succeeding year. What that service i could he Mnnrtv !rt ho nl,M .. I---1 lne. These facts he said had been brought out Dy the commission. John E. Milhol land, of New York, he said, 'as presi dent of the tube company. Moody's next statement startled the House and created a sensation. The tube service, ho said, had been constructed by contractors who took their pay In stock and bonds. The only asset of the com pany was Its contract with the Govem raent, "I regret to say," continued Mr. Moody, deliberately, "that one of the principal holders of these stocks and bonds was a member of this House and a member of the committee of appropriations." "GIvb his name," shouted Livingston, (Ga.). "I will not." replied Moody. Then he mode another sensational state ment to the effect that a large block of the stock had been sent to a near rela tive of a prominent member of tho House as a New Year's gift. "But I am proud to say," said Moody, "that tho return mall carried back that dishonoring and dishonorable gift." When the applause that greeted this statement had died out. Moody appealed to the House not to Indorse "this sort of a transaction." Moody disclaimed any Intention of re flecting on the postoflice committee which he highly commended. He was especially glowing In praise ot Loud, chairman ot the committee. Moody said he had been ap pealed to by commercial bodies of Boston to aid in the extension of this service, but he refused to close his eyes to his duty in this matter. He charged that companies In all the large cities of the country were preparing to raid Congress in behalf of further extensions of the tube service. Roberts (Mass.)' Bingham (Pa.) and Cummlngs (N. Y.), all warmly suported the extensions of tho pneumatic tube service, condemning the methods denounced by Moody, but saying that the service was too valuable to large business communities to be dispensed with. The Service Strangled. Loud, who closed the debate, said the service should either be strangled or ex tended. On motion of Moon (Tenn.) the House by S7 to 50 voted tp eliminate the entire paragraph. When the paragraph relating to rail way mall service was reached, Tawney (Minn.) offered as a substitute for It his bill for the reclassification of railway mall clerks. It divides the clerks Into 10 classes, the highest grade to receive $1S00 per annum, and provide a general system of promotion. The conference asked for by the Sen ate on the Foraker resolution was agreed to, and Cooper (Wis.), Cannon (III), and Jones (Va.) appointed conferees. Tawney made an extended argument In favor of his amendment, which he said was destined to do Justice to one of the most deserving classes of Govern ment employes. Cummlngs (N. Y.) de- nounced the appropriation adopted yes terday to give extra compensation to the letter-carriers who work over 43 hours a week as part of the scheme of the Post office Department to evade the 8-hour law and gave notice that he would demand an aye and no vote when the bill was reported to the House. Loud defending the provision In the bill relating to the pay of railway postal clerks, said that it provided an increase ot $600,000, the largest Increase in the history of the ser vice. Dalzell (Pa.) who was In the chair, finally ruled the Tawney amendment out of order. Without completing the bin, the House, at 5:05 P. M-. adjourned. AGRIC1JLTCRAL BILL PASSED. Carries an Appropriation of S3.000, OOli The Alaskn Code. WASHINGTON, April 25. After a brief debate today tho Senate agreed to the conference report of the Hawaiian civil government bill, the provisions relating to the right of franchise and Imprisonment for debt having been amended to conform to the Ideas of the Senate. The agri cultural appropriation bill was passed, carrying a little over $3.00.000. The Alas kan civil government bill was under con sideration for half an hour, but no prog ress was made. Piatt (Rep. N. Y.) moved Into Quay's old seat. A Joint resolution authorizing the ex hibit of Government? relics at tho New York Printing Exposition was adopted. Cullom presented a conference report of the bill to provide a government for Hawaii, explaining that the principal change made by the last Congress was the striking out of all provisions requir ing the payment of taxes before registra tion to vote, and the elimination of the provision that a person may be Impris oned for debt or for nonpayment of taxes. "If tho conference report Is adopted." suggested Jones (Dcm. Ark.), "the pay ment of taxes will not be a prerequisite to voting." "That's It exactly." replied Cullom. "and In addition there shall be no Imprisonment for debt." Tillman Inquired what had been done with the provision requiring the Presi dent to appoint the officials of the ter ritory from among the residents of Ha waii. Cullom replied that the offices wera to be filled by citizens of Hawaii. Tillman thought this provision ought to have been Inserted In the Porto Rtcan bill. "that carpet-baggers" should not be "In flicted upon those people." Foraker point ed out that under the Porto Rlcan bill the President. If he saw fit. could ap- point all the officers of Porto Rico from -have the support of the Oregon and Wash citizens of the island. Piatt (Rep. Conn.) ington delegations, although the Alaska protested against requiring the President code provides that n portion of the liquor to appoint officials of the islands from t revenues collected In Alaska shall be ex. their Inhabitants. Tho conference report . pended on the district schools. This pro was agreed to without division. ( vision will not become operative, even Consideration was then begun on the agricultural bill. As reported to the Sen ate. It carried $3.?59.120. The committee amendment reducing the amount of the anDroDriatlon for "printing. Illustration. publication. Indexing and distribution of documents, bulletins and reports from $105,000 to $S5,00O. was withdrawn, strong opposition to it developing from Messrs. Tillman. Allen. Berry, Spooner, Cockrell and others. They agreed that the farm ers' bulletins Issued by the Agricultural ! Department were amonir the most valua- the purchase and distribution of seeds from $170,000 to $130AO. was abandoned, Senators Tillman. Kenny. Berry. Stewart and Butler opposing the amendment. the consideration stage. In which a num Tlllman secured the adoption of an be- of Senators will make speeches, and amendment appropriating $5000 to enable, i then It will go ovjr with the mass of other the Secretary of Agriculture to Investigate ' business that caj'int be transacted at tnla and report upon the cost of growing hemp, session of Congress, especially If adjourn to demonstrate whether It Is practicable to Introduce its culture into the Southern States. He explained that the cotton Yilntir nf the South were nftarlv all at the mercy of the Jute trust, which hod ai mnminnlv nn aunnlvlnir thi covering of cotton bales. Ho hoped that a substitute for intn mlcht be found. The bill was Dossed. Consideration of the Alaskan civil code bill was then resumed, the pending qucs- tlon being the amendment relating to the Cape Nome mining claims offered by Hansbrough. who said that, having been convinced his amendment was too radical, ho had decided to withdraw It. He then accepted the substitute offered by Carter. with the Insertion of a provision that it i i.i ... .i. tu.... . lu.i.-. and not t'tTi. entire public domain. Car-' ter accepted the -suggestion and modified I,, nmmont .nilnrfv. nts amendment accordingly Bate continued his argument begun last week against the pending amendment Its adoption, he said, would be detriment al to the Interests of the people, espe cially to the mining interest, with a re- versal of policy of the Government; re - troactlve In its operation, and In every way unjust and inequitable. Pettus (Dem. Ala.) entered a protest against the adop tion of the amendment, and Pettlgren supported It. Stewart declared the whols proposition a trick to change tho laws. and said he proposed to find. If possible, "the nigger in the wood-pile." Without further action, tho Senate, at 5 o'clock adjourned. THREE NEW BATTLESHIPS. Xavnl Board of Construction Has Approved the Plans. WASHINGTON. April 25. The" Naval Board of Construction has finally ap proved the plans for the three battleships authorized by the last Congress and given Instructions to have the specifications pre pared at once preliminary to calling for bids from the shipbuilders. The ships win be enlarged Iowas In type, with the same rectangular superstructure and the two turrets, bow and stern, on the main deck. The turret guns will be 12-Inch caliber like the Iowa's guns; there will be a tur ret at each corner of the superstructure carrying two eight-Inch guns and 12 six inch rapid-firers will be disposed along the sides of the central citadel. The ships will make 19 knots' speed and have a dis placement of about 15,500 tons, making these new ships by for the largest in the United States Navy, and as big as the latest type of British armored cruisers. As the constructors are limited In the draft by our shallow harbors to a little over 25 feet, and as 75 feet represents about the greatest beam, consistent with speed. It will be necessary to provide for the weights by giving the ships more length than the Iowa class, and they will be almost 440 feet long. ' The secondary batteries will be made up largely of 11-poundere. Altogether, the 3hlps will be more than equal to any war ships of their size in the world's navies. Three Ground Under Car Wheels. PITTSBURG. April 25. The Southern Express on the Pennsylvania Railroad ran down a party of three at South Fork, Pa., today, killing Joseph Petargen, a miner, aged 35 years and Mary Poleskl, his niece. 5 years old, and fatally injuring Pctargen's dauqhter Lizzie, aged 3 years. President McKlnley In Cleveland. CLEVELAND, O.. April 23. President McKlnley arrived here at 10:30 this morn ing, and was driven at once to the resi dence of his sister. Mrs. Sarah Duncan. After a visit with his relatives he returned to Canton this afternoon. SHIP SUBSIDY ALSO Its Defeat Accomplished Rejection oT Quay. by HANNA BLAMED BY PENNSYLVANIA O.naT'1 Future Course a Subject ot Speculation Effort to Get Money for Alaska Schools. WASHINGTON. April 25. One result of the defeat of Quay Is the defeat of ths shipping bllL Several Republican Sena tors who are eanestly In favor of Quay have stated that they will Inform Sena tor Hanna on his return that the shipping bill, which Is his favorite measure, will not receive their support, and that he need not attempt to bring It up at this session. While It was quite likely that the ship ping bill could not pass this session any way, the determination of these Republi cans not to allow It even to be brought up. as a punishment to Hanna. who Is so much Interested, is an interesting feature of the vote on Quay. , None of the politicians here know what Quay Intends . to do. but many believe that he will again Etand for the Senate, although others think he will now send some man he can control to the Senate and devote his tifce to pulling the political strings to the detriment of Hanna, who is blamed for the defeat of the Penn sylvanlan In the Se..ate. The anti-Quay element, which Is without any representa tion at Harrlsburg today, is stated to ba stronger than ever, and its members say that Pennsylvania shall go unrepresented before It will allow a man like Quay to continue to have the office. Public Schools for Alaska. An effort will be made to have an ap propriation of $100,000 Inserted In the sun dry civil bill for conducting public schools in Alaska, and a recommendation to this effect has Just been made by the Secretary of the Interior, Indorsed by the Treasury Department. At first but $65,000 was asked for, but It Is found that the Increase In the number of pupils is greater than was contemplated, and that new schools aro needed In many points, among them being Skagway, Juneau. Fort Wrangel. Douglas Island and Ketchikan. This provision will should the bill pass, until near the end ot the next fiscal year, hence special legisla tion is needed now. Appropriation for Prunes. For scientific Investigations seeking to Improve the prune crop and prevent tho less of crops through the propagation ot unsuccessful varieties .n the Paemc North west, Senator Forcer secured an Increase in the prune culture Item In the agri cultural appropriation bill in the Senate today from $20,000 to $30,000. Popular Vot- for Senator. It Is barely possible that the Senate may give consideration to the Joint resolution for a Constitutional amendment for tha I election of Senators by a. direct vote of tho , people-, but It will not get further than ment comes, as Is now contemplated, be fore the middle ot June. The House ot Representatives has gone on record quite frequently on this resolution, but It never receives much consideration In the Senate. I Whether it Is growing or not is hard to , determine, hecause there Is never any vote taken In the Senate. Whenever It haj ' D:en allowed to come up It has been through the courtesy of Senators to give their colleagues an opportunity to4address the Senate upon It. but not wth any idea ' ot allowing It to pass. The probabilities ae that there are now about one-third of tho Senators In favor of the amendment, several of whom were forced Into that . ??ston on com f & sentiment In 1 !he,r.J!!pect,,v.t sttes; Dut U rc(u're3 I two-thirds of the benate to pass such a I "-lutlon and under the ; prent clrcum- .-,r " :. j , . - , , . tMr " obtained unless there Is al most a revulsion la favor of the move ment- Curlous Political Condition. There is a rather curious condition ex. istlng politically when no leading Demo- 1 crat can be found who will say privately that he expects to see Bryan elected, and at the same time many of the leading Republicans are very much alarmed over tho situation, and believe that a conserv- J atlvo nomination at Kansas City would mean the defeat of McKlnley, or at least a very close fight- These Democrats rec ognize that Bryan cannot win, and yet they are determined to go ahead and nom inate him. because they cannot avoid it anci also because he has made hU cam paign so thorough that it Is not likely that a third of the convention could be se cured against him. Of course, there Is no possibility of defeating McKlnley"s nomi nation, although many wise politicians recognize the fact that it is hard to re elect a President on account of the per sonal dissatisfaction with the candidate and general desire among discontented elements for a change. It Is also interest ing to note that some very shrewd poli ticians of the Democratic party do not believe that the next House will be Dem ocratic They expect to make a few gains hero and there, basing this hope on tha dissatisfaction with the Porto Rlcan bill, and because the vote In several districts In the last election was very close. On the other hand, they point out that, with the Chicago platform and Bryan nomi nated, a number of districts will be lost In New York and Pennsylvania, a suffi cient number at least to offset all tha gains that will be made elsewhere. Gold Democrats Win. There were elected In New York last year a number of Democrats because they were running on the platform which did not commit the party to any line of policy on the money question, and the men nom inated were Gold Democrats. It is be lieved generally by the silver men who aro behind Bryan that the delegations from the Eastern States will not be materially changed from what they were In the Con gress when McKlnley was elected. At that time only a few of the uncompro mising solid Democratic districts sent Democrats to the House of Representa tives from New York. The Republicans, however, fear that the Porto Rlcan tariff legislation will lose them votes In Indi ana, Illinois. Iowa, Minnesota and Michi gan, but It is said that the desire of these states to repudiate Bryanism will be very likely to hold nearly all of the Congres sional districts solid, as the campaign must be made on Bryan and silver if ha Is nominated. Probably extraordinary claims will be made by both parties, not only on the Presidency, but on Congress, but It may be set down as a fact that for the present at least these claims will ba made largely for publication, and not be cause they voice the confidence of the mea uttering them. - -i-'. .- B.X . . -. ..-, -ja..i...fc.3J-i --t - t- V -. --.--w