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r-remiWGW&&fft&&SW THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, APRIL' 27, 1900. NOW SCOTT'S CASE West Virginian's Title to a Seat in the Senate. MR. PETTUS SHARPLY CRITICISES rontofflce Appropriation Dill rased the Honu "Without Provision for the Pacnmntlc Tube Service. WASHINGTON. April 26. Almost the .entire session of the Senate today was devoted to the consideration of the right of Nathan B. Scott, of West Virginia, to retain his seat In the Senate. Pettus of Alabama, who alone of the members of the committee on privileges and elecUons is opposed to the claim of Mr. Scott to a seat, made an elaborate argument to sus tain his views. Morgan of Alabama spoke In favor of his colleague's conten tion. McComas of ilaryland, Turley of Tennessee. Chandler of Now Hampshire, Teller of Colorado, and Allen of Nebras ka, supported the resolution declaring Scott entitled to his scat. The case went over without action. The Day In Detail. A resolution .introduced "by Perkins, calling on the Secretary of the Treasury to send to the Seante a statement of Imports by months and the rate of duty under the reciprocity agreements that went Into effect in 1S9S. was adopted. Pettus then addressed the Senate in op position to the resolution declaring that Nathan B. Scott Is entitled to his seat as Senator from West Virginia. Pettus pre sented the minority report of the commit tee on privileges and elections In the Scott case, being the only member of the com mittee who declined to sign the majority report. In opening his discussion, Pettus referred to the statement of Chandler in the Quay case to the effect that the vote of some Senators were cast against Mantle in 1E93 because ho was a silver man, and the votes of others in retaliation were cast against Corbett, two years ago, because he was a gold-standard advocate. "I desire." said he, "to speak to Sen ators who con decide fairly upon their own Judgment, and not upon caprice and whim." Ho begged the Senators, therefore, to lay aside any personal considerations in the case and decide It upon its merits as a proposition of law. Pettus then entered upon an argument In support of his po sition that Scott was not entitled to his seat, following closely the lines of his re port. Pettus refused to permit an interruption by Spooner, who desired to ask a question. "I shall not yield for a debate on this question," said the Senator from Alabama. "It is not fair and Just for the Senator to interrupt an argument for the purpose of seeing when he can debate the question better than the man on the floor." "I think," said Spooner. "It would be courteous in the Senator to have assumed that I desired simply to ask a question." "Oh. no;" returned Pettus. "It would not be: I have heard the Senator debate after asking a question. I took the nec essary precaution. I do not approve of this practice of Interrupting arguments." Pettus analyzed the work In the Legis lature, declaring "the debauchery of such infernal proceedings cannot be too strong ly characterized. It Is a horrible slate of affairs. And yet we aro told that the United States Senate cannot examine Into a fraud like that." Later he pointed out that at one point of the proceedings, Scott needed Just om more vote. "There aro some very smart people In West Virginia," said he, "and they went Immediately to the bargain counter." Iettns' Sharp Criticism. Further along, Pettus sharply criticised the action of the Governor of Wes: Vir ginia in entering Into tho case In the in terest of Scott. "It makes me sick," a d he, "that the Governor of a state should get down into the mud and dirt of a vllo case like this. And from his actions I should think they needed civil service In Charleston." Pettus maintained that the case had not been clearly investigated by the privileges and elections committee. In conclusion. I-ettus moved that the re port and resolution In the case of Scott be referred to the committee on privileged and elections, with instructions to Inves tigate the case thoroughly. Chandler, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, presented an ex planation of the agreement entered Into bj the Republican and Democratic leaders In the Legislature and in the State of West Virginia, and declared It was perfectly valid, perfectly honest and fair. He held with Turley that the Senate had no right to Investigate the action of the Legisla ture on election contents. McComas declared that no charges of a definite character had been presented to the committee against Scott, and said the case against him was without bottom ol sides. Allen (Neb.) held that the United States Senate could not review any of the actions of the West Virginia Legislature even the election of a United States Senator and Teller took the same position. The case then went over until tomorrow. Carter gave notice that he would try to get a vote on the Alaskan civil code bill tomorrow. He had read a strong appeal from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce for the early passage of the bill. The following bills were passed: Appropriating $250,000 for the erection ol a public building at Ogden. Utah, maklns 5.000 Immediately avatlah e; amending the act to prevent forest Arcs on the public domain and providing penalties for person! convicted of starting such fires. The Senate, at 5:10 P. M., adjourned. PASSED POSTOFFICE BILL. Pneumatic Tnbea Left Out by the llonse Havrnll Iteport. WASHINGTON. April 26. Attn- fmtr days of discussion, the House today passed the postofflce appropriation bllL The at tempt to strike out the JU6.000 for spe cial mall facilities from New York to New Orleans and from Kansas City to Newton, Kan., met the fate It has ever since the appropriation was placed In tho hill In 1S3S. No one demanded a separate vote upon the amendment striking out tho pneumatic tube provision, and the House by a large majority stood by the amend ment to give extra compensation to letter-carriers for work in excess of 4S hours a week, although the carriers were said by Cummlngs (Dem. N. Y.) to be opposed to it. The bill to Increase the salary of the Director of tho Census to J7W0 and the salaries of supervisors of census by 2 per cent of the amount received by their enumerators was passed. The final con ference report on the Hawaiian govern ment bill was presented, but not acted upon, owing to the absence of a quorum. f The Rontlne Report. When the House resumed consideration of the postofneo appropriation bill," Tawn- ey (Kep. jvunn.) moved to increase the salaries of 4T9 railway postal clerks In class A, from $1300 to J1I0O. Loud opposed the amendment. The amendment was adopted. S3 to S2. Two hours were devoted to debate on the provisions appropriating 177,233 for special facilities from New York to At lanta and New Orleans, and 5,009 from Kansas City, Mo., to Newton, Kan. Lit tle (Dem. Ark.) opened the debate In op position to them. Ho declared they were relics of the most vicious system of leg islation that ever Invaded Congress. Underwood (Dem. Ala.) favored tho ap propriation for the Southern mail subsidy, which, ho sold, was necessary to keep up quick communication with the South. Williams (Dem. Miss.) vigorously opposed tke appropriation. He denounced It as a "Job," and part of a scheme in which the pneumotlo tube advocates were Inter ested. After some further debate by Bingham (Pa.). Cowherd (Mo.), McPherson (la.) and Swanson (Va.).. in favor of the ap propriations, and Bromwell (O.) against them. Llttlo (Ark.) moved to strike out the appropriation for special mall facili ties from New York to New Orleans! The motion was defeated, 41 to 90, as was also a motion to strike out an appropria tion for special facilities from Kansas City, Mo to Newton, Kan. A little flurry was caused by Cowherd, who denounced es absolutely false a statement made by Bromwell during the debate that a former member of the House (Dockery, of Missouri) had favored continuation of this service In a former Congress, because ho was interested in a newspaper, which would be benefited by It. He charged that the statement had been made to Injure Dockery In a pending political contest. Bromwell denied this. Ho said he had not known that Dockery was a candidate for Governor of Missouri (a fact devel oped by Bartholdt. of Missouri). He ex plained that Dockery had appealed to him not to oppose the appropriation. He had heard that he was interested In a news paper, but he had no personal knowledge, and was willing to accept Cowherd's statement that such was not the fact. He had not desired to do Dockery any in justice, and at his request his remarks were stricken from tho record. Hepburn (Hep. la.) said that he thought It but proper to say that Dockery during h!a long service in the House had commanded the"respect and confidence of the Republi can sido of tho House, and no one be lieved he could be guilty of such an of fense. Hepburn's statement was received with a round of applause. Cummlngs (Dem. N. Y.) sent to the Clerk's desk and had read a petition from the Merchants' Association of New York, urging Congress to reconsider its de cision striking the Item for pneumatic tube service from the postofllce appropria tion bill. Without further amendment, the committee rose. Cummlngs demanded a separate vote upon the amendment providing for extra compensation for letter-carriers for work In excees of 4S hours a week, and such a number of hours as may be required on Sunday. Cummlngs said the amendment would break down tho eight-hour law, and was opposed by the letter-carriers. It was adopted, however. 74 to 50. Little arose to make the motion to re commit the bill, with instructions to strike out tho appropriation regarding the fast mail facilities, but the chair recognized Swanson (VL). who made a formal mo tion to recommit without Instructions. As but one motion is in order this cut off Little. Swanson's motion was then voted down, and the bill Was passed. Hopkins (Rep. I1L), chairman of the cen-' sus committee, secured the passage of the bill to amend the census act to Increase the salary of the director from JG0o to $7500, and to increase the salaries of the supervisors of census by the sum of 2 per cent of the amount paid the enumera tors In the supervisor's district. He ex plained that the great responsibility at taching to the office of the Director of the Ceusus warranted tho increase In his salary, and the additional work placed upon supervisors Justified the Increase of their salaries over that paid In previous censuses. He sold the total Increase In volved In the bill was about $50,000. Knox (Mass.), chairman of tne com mittee on territories, presented the final conference report upon the Hawaiian gov ernment bill, and a quorum failing, the House, at 5:05 P. M., adjourned with the report still pending. The Coenr d'Alene Investigation. WASHINGTON, April 26. The cross examination of Bartlett Sinclair continued before the Coeur d'Alene Investigating committee today, without developing no table Incidents. Attorney Robertson closely questioned the witness as to the legality, of the dismissal of the County Commissioners, the enforcement of the permit system and the other processes adopted by Mr. Sinclair at the scene ot disturbance. Tomorrow Mr. Sinclair will answer questions propounded by members of the committee. Attorney Robertson and the witness clashed rather sharply throughout the cross-examination as the witness" answers were in the main a flat contradiction ot the statements embodied In the attorney's questions. At no time, however, was there any excitement or signs of an en counter. In regard to a published interview, in which Mr. Sinclair was alleged to have said that President McKlnley had told him he fully approved of what had been done by the Governor and civil authorities In the Coeur d'Alene, the witness said the interview was erroneous and he had not attributed such statements to the President. Senator Lindsay Was Adverse. WASHINGTON. April 26. A vote was taken In the Interstate Commerce Com merce committee of the Senate on the question of reporting the bill enlarging the Interstate- Commerce Commission, which resulted In a tie of four to four. There were three absentees, and of these Senators Aldrich and Chilton were paired, the latter for and the former against the bill. Senator Lindsay, the other absentee, was not paired, and the chairman was authorized to consult him, and then to act accordingly. If, therefore, Lindsay shall cast his vote In favor of reporting the bill. It will be put in. otherwise it will not bo reported. The four Senators who' voted for the hill were: Cullom. Chandler, Allen and Tillman, and those who cast their votes In the negative were: Gear, Elklns, Wolcott and Kean. Later In the day, and after a conference with Senator Lindsay, Senator Cullom re ported the bill to the Senate adversely. It was, however, not Indefinitely postponed when reported, as most bills ore when sent back from the commute with un. favorable recommendation, but was placed upon the calendar, so that it may be called up and acted upon Just as If It had been reported favorably. Hermann Doesn't Approve. WASHINGTON. April 26. Commissioner Hermann, of the General Land Office, has made an adverse report on a bill submit ted for his consideration providing for the appointment of a commission to classify mineral lands within railroad land grant limits In California. He says that the same work could be more expeditiously and cheaply performed by officers of the Interior Department, and suggests other changes. He has prepared a bill to ac complish the 'object desired by methods other than thoso provided In the pending measure. To Require Consul to Give Security. WASHINGTON. April 26. The Houso committee on foreign affairs today directed a favorable report on the bill amending the present laws so as to require Consuls and Vice-Consuls to give security for es tates ot American citizens dying abroad, entrusted to their administration and re quiring reports on such estates to tho Secretary of State. Secretary Hay sug gested the bill. Mason Wants to Get Out ot Cnba. WASHINGTON, April 28. Senator Ma son today Introduced a Joint resolution In the Senate, requesting the President to withdraw tho United States troops from Cuba, so as to turn tho government of that Island over to the Cubans by July 4. Admiral lllchborn Coming;. WASHINGTON. April 2C-Admlral H'ch born. Naval Constructor of the Navy, will leave Washington May 10 on an extended trip to the Pacific Coast, with the pur pose of Inspecting the Mare Island Navy Yard, and Naval Station at Bremerton, on Puget Sound. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE, DAT. Take Laxstlv Brotno Quinine Tablets. All drus" Xlrta refund the money It It fIl to cure. . W. Grort's slsnttur )s on ecca box, S6c THE PORTE WILL SETTLE WILL HASTEN TO SATISFY THE UXITED' STATES. Hopes That Other Governments Will Not Press, AIjio We May Bulla Him a Warship. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 2S.-Ncgotla-tlons between the United States and the Porte regarding the American indemnity claims havo been transferred here. United States Charge d' Affaires Grlscom yester day handed Tewflk Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, a note, based on instruc tions he had received from Washington, tho tenor of which has not yet been made public It Is understood, however, that It demands prompt payment of the Indemni ties. Similar demands by other powers are regarded as Imminent. Charge Grlscom. in the present circumstances, declines to express his views. The only Issue at present, however. Is the execution of the Porte's repeated promises to MlnlsUr Straus to pay the Indemnity. After Mr. Straus left, the matter remained in abey ance until the Associated Frees dispatch from Washington. April 17, sharply re minded the Turkish Government that the question required urgent attention. The Porto Immediately telegraphed to the Turkish Minister at Washington, asking for explanations for reported strained re lations. Tho Minister replied that he had called at the State Dcsarment and was Informed that the situation had not yet assumed a serious chorctcr. Tho words "not yet" seemed to have Impressed the Porte, and on the strength of this information the Sultan Issued an trade In regard to the Kharput matter, which he hoped would serve as a sop and deter pressure In the demands for indemnity. .although It is generally recognized that permission to rebuild will be of little value to the missionaries without the pay ment of Indemnity. Another Irade Issued April 25 orders Rear -Admiral Ahmed Pasha to proceed to America In order to study the construction of battle-ships. Instructed to Press Vigorously. WASHINGTON. April 26. It Is learned the note of Mr. Grlscom. United States Charge d'Affalres at Constantinople, Is founded on the State Department's In structions to press vigorously the claim for Indemnity already lodged with the Porte. The note is not an ultimatum in any sense, but is In continuation of the expressed de termination of the State Department to exhaust all peaceful and proper means to secure a settlement of these claims. PERU AND CHILE UNEASY. Former Look to United States to Smooth Their Difficulties. WASHINGTON. April 26. The present dispute between Chile and Peru Is a leg acy of the last war between thoso two countries, about 15 years ago. One of the terms of peace was that the victor, Chile, should occupy the two valuable Peruvian nitrate provinces of Tacna and Arlca, adjoining the Chilean boundary on the north, for a period of 10 years. . At the end of that period the people of tho provinces were to determine by their vote whether their lands should re main In the possession of Chile or revert to Peruvian sovereignty. In the first case. Chile was to pay Peru 10.000.000 sil ver soles, while If the province was returned to Peru, the government of that country was to pay to Chlla a correspond ing sum of money. The allegation Is now that the treaty provision on this point was not exacted; that there was no pie besclte and that no money passed. Because tho United States was deeply Interested In bringing about the peace which terminated the bitter war between Chile and Peru. It Is ,probably assumed by the Peruvians that our Government likewise retains an Interest In the faith ful execution of the terms of the treaty. It must, however, be admitted that up to this time our Government has not man ifested any particular Interest In the subject, and has not even received any application; secret or otherwise, from eith er of the parties to Intervene at this last phase, though the reports from South America seem to Indicate a purpose on the part of the Peruvians, at least, to enlist our sympathies In their behalf. TROUBLES OF THE CHINESE. Empress Downfrer's Hostility to ProKrtpm May Urlnjr Anarchy. NEW YORK. April 26. A special to the Herald from Washington says: Edwin H. Conger. American Minister In China, Is keeping the State Department fully advised by mall of developments In the situation. His latest reports are not ot a very encouraging nature, and indicate that the anti-foreign movement Is decided ly spreading, being particularly strong in tho provinces of Shan Tung and Pi-Chl-IA , As Illustrating the hostility of the Dow ager Empress to tho development of her empire, attention was called today to a decree which she recently Issued, degrad ing Ave officials on the most ridiculous charges. One, for Instance, was degraded because of his "unfathomable heart," an other because of "his greed for money." The real reason of their degradation was because of the fear of the Empress Dow ager and her advisers that they were prominent In the reform movement. The hostility of the Empress Dowazer to the progress of her people will surely precipitate a crisis. It Is said. In official and diplomatic circles, and It would not bo surprising If the troubles which the Peking Government apparently doeo not wish to suppress should be the forerunner of anarchy and general revolution. QUEEN RETURNING HOME. Departed Amid Hcartr Cheers From the Emerald lute. DUBLIN. April 26Queen Victoria and tho Princess Christian nnd Prince Henry of Battcnberg left the Vice-Regal Lodge at noon and drove to the' King's Bridge Station, on their way to Kingstown and England. Large crowds at every point of vantage gave Her Majesty a loyal fare well. The train started for Kingstown at 12:30 P. M., amidst a hearty demonstra tion. A memorable demonstration occurred as Her Majesty, attended by a brilliant suite, boarded the yacht, which steamed sea ward at 1:15 P. M., amid tthc firing of the royal salute by the fleet and hearty and prolonged cheers from the throngs lining the waterside. The Queen's Messnse to the Irish. DUBLIN. Aprit 26. Before the departure of tho Queen from this city today sho briefly' conversed with the Lord Mayor and Mayoress, and expressed her regret that she was obliged to leave. She said she had had a most pleasant visit, and in timated that she hoped to be able to re turn. The Queen conferred Baronetcies upon tho Lord Mayors of Dublin and Belfast, the title of Lord Mayor on the Mayor of Cork, and his successors in office, and Knighthood upon the Mayor of Cork and the Mayor pf Londonderry. Her Majesty gave 1000 to be distributed among the poor in the Dublin hospitals. By the Queen's command. Earl Cadogan, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, has published the following: "The Queen la very anxious, before leav ing Ireland, where she has spent a most agreeable time, to express through the Lord Lieutenant to her Irish people how much gratified and how deeply touched she has been by her reception here during tho three weeks the Queen has spent H this charming place. She has been received by all ranks and creeds with an enthusi asm and affection which could not be sur passed. Each time the Queen came before with her dead husband they kindly and warmly welcomed her, but on this occa sion, after the lapse of 39 years, her re ception equaled that of previous visits, and sho carries away the most pleasant and most affectionate memory of the time spent in Ireland. "The Queen earnestly prays that good will and harmony may prevail among all her people, and that they may be happy and prosperous." Saluted by Channel Fleet. ' LONDON. April 26, 8 P. M. Queen Vic toria arrived at Holyhead at 6:30 P. M. The Channel fleet fired a royal salute as Her Majesty's yacht anchored. The town was profusely decorated, 'and this evening there was a general Illumination of the town and harbor. Tho Channel fleet proceeded to Mlltord Haven. The Queen and her suite dined aboard the yacht after the anchorage had been reached. They will remain on board the vessel until 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morn ing, when the pxty will take a train 'for Windsor. PNEUMATIC TUBE BONDS. Belden Says He Hold Them Merely an Security. NEW YORK. April 28. Ex-Congressman James J. Belden, who Is currently reported to be the former member of the House committee on Appropriations, to whom Congressman Moody referred in the mall-tube debate In the House, as one of the principal holders of stocks and bonds Remember there can be no registration after May 15, neither for the state election In June nor for the Presiden tial election In November After May 15. there will be the Ions', tedious and expen sive process of getting the testimony of six witnesses as to your qualifications, and the witnesses must be freehold ers. The simple and easy way for the qualified voter Is to register at once. There aro yet 6000 voters In Multnomah County not registered. Avoid the rush during; the last days by registering now. And If you are not registered It will be no easy task to furnish the proof, after May 15, that you are a legal voter. Remember also that It will cost you trouble to vote in the Presi dential election If you do not register now. :IIMimMlllltllllllMIMHMIHtllllMMHMIIM, of tho Pneumatic Tube Company, said last night to a Herald reporter: "It Is true that I hold some of the bonds of the Pneumatic Tube Company, that built a tubo line across tho Brooklyn Bridge, but I never had any stock in the company, and had neither stocks nor bonds of tho company that Is operating under the city streets. I took the bonds as collateral for a loan, and had no other Interest In tho company. "While I was a member of Congress I did not vote on any measure affecting the Pneumatic Tube Company, and I defy any member of either House to say that I ever asked him to vote for a bill In the Interest ot the tube service. If Mr. Moody or any other man says I 'urged him to vote for the company's bill I will make him prove his statement." Facllla Descenuaus Avernl. New York CommerclaF Advertiser. Just after Admiral Dewey returned from Manila, and for soma time before that, the cartoonists were baffled by the monotony of applause that greeted the mention of his name. There was little room for var iety In handling so lmpeccablo a subject. They dared not slight his martial expres sions, nor venture tricks with his fea tures, nor play with epithets In labelling the efforts of their rather puzzled pencils. They cartooned around him and not up to him. But now they have their revenge. The admiral has descended into politics, and lol he has becomo as one of us. To look at him now as he appears In the sportive page of political Illustrations one would hardly know him. All at once the masterly conduct of difficult affairs after Manila Bay has cither been forgotten or so magnified beyond Its merits tho,t we cannot recognize tho man In the cloud of Incense. And If this is the difference between a full Admiral and a possible candidate, what would It be after the con vention nominated him? Already the bravery and foresight of the naval com mander have been boxed up by some of these artists as if they had existed only for use In the cabin or on the bridge of tho Olympla, and he Is pictured as taking primer lessons in statesmansmp. con trariwise he ls-llfted by a stroke of the pencil into a heaven-born administrator, whose naval successes were only mild exercising for real work. And all this has resulted from the publication of an Inter view. It Just shows that some kinds of proven public servants are Immune from too free and too personal comment, and that such Immunity is a distinction to be purchased only by keeping quiet and not attempting too much. It may be an un just distinction, but we havo to thank the cartoonists for It as much as anybody else, nnd before we censure them wo would better reflect that cartoonists draw to please. t Readjustment of Arbltrarlcs. The Northern Pacific freight department has mado a readjustment of arbltrarles to points In the Big Horn Basin, Wyoming. A number of new points have been added. A complete list of the points to which ar bltrarles from Bridgcr. Mont, will apply are as follows: uowior ueni, jiorris, Lowell, Cody, Canyon, Meteetshe, Wise. Taylor and Hoog's. Shell. Otto. Basin City. Fenton, Burlington, Otto Francis. Hyattvnie, Bonanzam, Thermopolls, Em bar, Ten Sleep and Sunlight. In Interest of Shatter. WASHINGTON. April 26. Senator Bur rows Introduced a bill in the Senate to day authorizing the President to "select from tho retired list of the Army an officer not above the rank of Brigad!cr-Gneral who may have distinguished himself dur ing the war with Spain In command of a separate army, and to appoint him to bo Major-Gencral on the retired list." The bill Is in tho Interest of General Shatter. Government Invited to a Picnic. WASHINGTON. April 26. Representa tive Necdham, of California, today sent to the President, members of the Cabinet, Senators and Representatives In Congress Invitations from the Board of Trade of Vlsalla. Cal., to Join In a SO-day camp ing party, which Is to visit Mount Whit ney and the Sequoya National Park, In the Sierra Nevada Mountains, about July 15. Boiler Explosion Injured 13 Men. PITTSBURG, April 26. By the explo sion, of a portable boiler belonging to Drake & Strotton, contractors, at Ran kin. Pa., last evening, five men were terribly Injured, and eight others cut; bruised and slightly scalded. HANDSOME MOVING PIC TURES. See handsome moving pictures now on exhibition, tree, at Union Pacific ticket office, 135 Third street. KILL AT CLOSE QUARTERS 300 INSURGENTS SLAIN IX NORTH ILOCOS PROVINCE. Four Treacherous Native Official Were ImprInoned.br Americans and a Town Hall Waa Burned. MANILA, April 26. About 300, of the en emy have been killed recently In North Ilocos, Including Dodd's tight and the at tack on Batoc, April IS, when 600 to TOO rebels, a quarter of whom were armed with rifles, determinedly attacked the Americans, charging their positions and lighting at close quarters. The engage ment lasted all the afternoon, the enemy burning the town, but they were repulsed after the arrival of American reinforce ments. The insurgents generally are aggressive In that province. They captured an Amer ican provision wagon near Lapo. The Americans, having obtained evidence that alcaldes of Lapo, Magslngal, Cabugas and Slnalt were holding treacherous communi cation with the Insurgents, Imprisoned them and burned the Lapo town hall. There have been several minor fights In the province. Including an attack by 200 Insurgents on Lavag, April 17, 40 ot whom were killed and SO were captured. The offtcem report that the men of the Thirty third Regiment and Third Cavalry be haved splendidly under very trying cir cumstances. There were no American casualties at Batoc, where 32 Insurgents were killed and 70 were captured. HOME BATTALION OF THE 14T1I. Has Reached San Francisco and Will Go East. SAN FRANCISCO. April 26. The first detachment of regular troops that have served two years In active service In the Philippines to be returned to this country arrived here today on the transport Sher man, from Manila, via Nagasaki. They are the home battalion ot the Fourteenth Regiment, the greater part ot the regi ment being made up from men recruited from San Francisco and different sections of California. The Fourteenth Infantry was the first regulnr regiment to .leave this city for Manila. They were assigned to service under General MacArthur, and were sent to Manila accom panied by the cruiser Charleston, taking possession of Guam to the name ot the United States en route. Within the past year the Fourteenth did some of the heaviest fighting In the Philippines. In addition to the Fourteenth there are on the Sherman ISO sick men. Including 22 Insane. There are 3 cabin passengers, and in all 733 soldiers on the steamer. Tho Fourteenth, under command of Cap tain Bldwell, will proceed to the military reservation on landing and, after a short rest, continue to Fort Wayne, Ind., and Detroit. Mich., and go Into garrison. The Sherman also brought 137 military prisoners. There were Ave deaths on the voyage, as follows: Frank L. Lake, Sergeant. Company II, Thirteenth Infantry, tuberculosis;' Freder. Ick A. Miller, private. Company A, Four teenth Infantry, dysentery; Chase Stew art, private. Troop M. Eleventh Cavalry. dysentery; Howard H. Bateman, private. Company II, Thlrtjvnlntb; Infantry, dysen tery; Archie Beyer, private, company C Fourteenth Infantry, tuberculosis. GEN. WHEELER MAY MARRY Wldoiv of Georse W. Chllda Said to Be His Intended Mate. NEW YORK. April 26. A special to the Herald from Washington says: Persistent rumor again couples the names of Gen eral Joseph Wheeler and Mrs. George W. cnllds, and this time there seems to be good reason to believe an announcement of their engagement to marry will be made. When Mrs. Chllds was asked for a con firmation or denial of the rumor, she smiled and referred the questioner to Gen eral wheeler. The gallant veteran also smiled when asked about It. "It would be anything but gallant for me to talk upon that subject without first having asked the permission of Mrs. Chllds to do so," he said. "At the same time I will admit that this rumor has been so persistent that It would be well to set It at rest one way or the other for all time. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll see Mrs. Chllds and ask her to answer your questions or authorize me to do so." Ho then swung off in the direction of the home of Mrs. Chllds, In K street. When seen later he smiled broadly. "Yes, I saw Mrs. Chllds," he said, "and I think you will soon receive your an swer. Mrs. Chllds said she would send you a note setting at rest all ot these rumors." General Wheeler was assured that any further reticence would be taken as a con fesslon that the engagement would soon bo announced. "You will have to draw your own con clusions," was the reply, "though I be lieve that Mrs. Chllds will at once give your questions answer." No statement could be obtained from Mrs. Chllds today. General Wheeler ad mitted, however, that at a luncheon In Philadelphia, attended by Mrs-VThllds and himself, they were congratulated by their friends upon their rumored engagement. These congratulations were accepted with out denial, though General Wheeler now says that were unfortunate and untimely. Shortly after the death ot Mr. George W. Chllds. Mrs. Chllds erected a residence In K street, which ranks as one of the most palatial homes of the National Capi tol. It Is of Roman architecture. Is su perbly furnished, and has been the scene of many brilliant functions. General Wheeler has apartments at the Arlington. It Is probable he will, in the near future, be made a Brigadier-General In the regu lar Army and retired. i CHADWICK AND SCHLEY. Former May Be Brought to Account for Criticism of Latter. ' NEW YORK. April 26. A special to the Herald from Washington says: Secretary Long Is reported to have called the at tention of Captain F. E. Chadwlck. who commanded the armored cruiser New York, during the battle ot Santiago de Cuba, to an Interview credited to him and published a few days ago. In which he bitterly assailed Rear-Admlral W. S. Schley. It Is known that the interview came to the attention of the Secretary and that It is considered sufficiently seri ous to warrant an explanation from Cap tain Chadwlck. Should Captain Chadwlck stand for the Interview It Is likely that the department will feel In duty bound to make him substantiate his statements. In this way It Is possible that the whole Sampson-Schley controversy may be re opened. In the Interview credited to him. Cap tain Chadwlck Is alleged to have mada these statements: "Every one of us feels the disgrace that Schley has put upon us. It Is not Sampson or Schley that we care about or are anxious to vindicate. The honor of the Navy has been assailed. Its esprit du corps has received a serlouj blow and. In the opinion of officers. It has been Injurious to us abroad by the dis graceful exhibition of pettiness, of which Admiral Schley has been guilty. "I have for him, only contempt. I would not shake his hand It he offered It to me. and In this I believe I simply re-echo the sentiments of almost the entire Navy. If Admiral Schley desires a vindication, let him ask for an Investigation of his conduct. The men who fought the ships at Santiago and the general public, I am sure, desire such an Investigation, and will be willing to abide by the result, whatever It may be." Those who are acquainted with Captain Chadwlck's sentiments would not "be sur prised It he should avow that he was quoted correctly; but they express the opinion that ho would explain to the de partment that he did not authorize the In terview. In such a case It is difficult to forecast the action of the department. Section 236 of the Navy regulations pro hibits criticism ot officers by their col leagues. Violation of this regulation Is punished by noting the offense upon tha record of the guilty officer. Captain Chadwlck has heretofore been very care ful not to talk for publication, and It is this fact which makes his friends here be Ueve he did not authorize the Interview. Captain Chadwlck has never been friend ly to Rear-Admlral Schley, and the hit ter's friends Intend to bring him to ac count. The fact that Rear-Admlral Schley Is several thousand miles, away should have prevented any officer from criticising him. they declare, and they are glad that Secretary Long has shown iis fair ness by taking measures to prevent public criticism of their hero. Should Captain Chadwlck admit that he made the statements quoted. It is llkelj they -will press the department to order a court-martial, and call Its attention to the case of Chaplain Mclntyre. who was dismissed because of criticism of Capta.n R. D. Evans, who commanded the battle ship Iowa in the Santiago engagement. INDORSED SHIP SUBSIDY BILL Action of National Association of Manufacturers. BOSTON, April tOThe National Asso ciation of Manufacturers has Indorsed thi -U1 now pending before Congress for tho encouragement of the American mer chant marine. President Search recom mended the Incorporation of the associa tion under a national charter, and a mo tion that resolutions be sent to the Con gressional committee asking the enact ment ot a bill to that end waa adopted. t-oionel H. N. D. North, who had been sent to the convention as the reDresenta- tive of the cotton manufacturers, ad dressed the association upon the work of the United States census of manufac turers. Colonel North stated that the census of 1900 would show a remedy for all previous dnfects. The census depart ment wished to make it the quickest as well as the best census ever taken. The speaker doubted the utility of the question as to the amount of capital Invested In manufactures, but Congress had de manded that It be put, and the department would carry out the mandate. It rested In the power of the manufacturers to make or mar this census. Resolutions bearing upon a variety of subjects have also been adopted, among them the following: "Resolved. That the National Associa tion of Manufacturers of the United States heartily congratulates the present administration, and particularly John Hay, on the successful termination of the brilliant and effective diplomatic effort to establish the principle of the 'open door system of trade In China. "Resolved, That we further believe that the advantages thus secured can best bo maintained If our government will ac. cord to merchants coming to the United States the right assured to them under tho treaty of entrance Into this country, without needless hindrance or delay. "Resolved, That tho National Associa tion of Manufacturers earnestly petition the present Congress to endeavor to have prepared and ratified a reciprocal treaty between Canada and tho United States which by means of mutual concessions In duties wUl give to the American manu facturers an opportunity to hold and ex tend their trade In the Dominion ot Can ada under tariff conditions qulto as favor able as those accorded to any other na tion." The latter resolution was adopted. In spite of a Michigan delegate's protest. Resolutions favoring the laying of com peting cables betwean the United States and Cuba, Porto Rico and th? Philippine? were adopted. BOSTON. April 26. With a banquet of hugo proportions and amid great entnu slasm, the sessions of the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers came to a close at Mechanics' Hall tonight. The banquet brought together nearly 1000 people at tho tables. Including three Cabinet officers and the Chinese Minister, while twice that number came Into the hall afterwards and listened to the speeches. Interest In the speeches centered in that of Wu Ting- Fang, the Chinese Minister, ana nis every word was listened to with tho greatest attention. The presiding officer's Introduction of tho Chinese Minister was a happy one, ami the latter, as he arose, arrayed In Ori. ental costume, amid a sea of American dress coats, was greeted with a burst of cheers which lasted for some minutes. The Minister's speech was devoted wholly to commercial matters. Secretary of the Treasury Gage, who was the next speaker, confined his speech to an elucidation of the recent legislation affecting Porto Rico. Secretary of War Root was then intro duced and was greeted with continued cheers. The Secretary referred briefly to the record of the American army in Cuba and- the PhlUpplnes, and declared that tho sovereignty of America in the Philippines was to be maintained. The introduction of Secretary of the Navy Long brought three long hurrahs for "the next Vice-President of the United 8tates." Secretary Long's brief speech was a happy review of tho generally prosperous condition of the country's Industries. The closing speaker was Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, of New York, who, speaking to the toast "Commercial Ex panslon," mado many optimistic predic tions. DOESN'T KNOW THE "BOXERS" Minister Wa Tltigr Fantr Thinks They Are Athletes. BOSTON. April 23. Wu Ting Fang. Jhe Chinese Minister, who Is here attending tho meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers, was asked If there was any special feeling In China with refer ence to New England, and Boston in par ticular, on account of 'the old-time trade Interests In this portion ot the United States. He said: "In China today we don't know Boston and New York and Philadelphia. We know simply America. Most of the old commercial houses In China have gone out ot business. Other countries have sent, their representatives. Germany, for in stance. The Germans are very smart business men. They know how to deal with the Chinese merchants. Their mot to Is, 'better business with small profits than no business at all.' " "What are these "Boxers that we read about?" he was asked. It took the Minister an unusually long tlmo to comprehend the question, but finally he grasped It. "I never heard much about them when I was In China," he said. "It Is an ath letic society., I think boxing, you know. That's where the name comes from. I think the stories of killing missionaries are much magnified, however. I never heard of anything of the kind." An agent for the American Bible Socie ty says that the first book printed in Min nesota was a Bible. It was printed in 1S36. about 13 years before the first issue of a newspaper in St. Paul. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Ttia Kind You Have 'Always Bought Bears tho Signature of & EIGHT HOURS ONE DAY BILL BEFORE CONGRESS TO APPLY. TO GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. Penalty on Contractor for Each La borer or Mechanic Permitted to Work Lonsrer Hours. WASHINGTON, April 26. Tho House) committee on labor, at a special meeting, today, directed a favorable report on the Gardner eight-hour bill, which has' at tracted much attention in labor circles and among contractors for Government work. The vote was unanimously In its favor. In Its amended form, the bill 13 as follows: "That each and every contract hereaf ter to which the United States, any terri tory or the District of Columbia Is a party, and every such contract made for or oa behalf of the United States or any terri tory of said district, which may require op Involve the employment of laborers or me- ' chanlcs. shall contain a provision that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract. In the employ of the contractor or any sub contractor contracting for any part of said I work,, shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours In any calen dar day; and each and every contract shall stipulate a penalty .for cAch viola tion of the provision directed by this act of $5 for each laborer or mechanic, for cacn and every calendar day In which ha shall labor more than eight hours: and any officer or person designated as In spector ot the work to be performed under any such contract, or to aid In enforcing the fulfillment thereof, shall, upon obser vation or Investigation, report to tne proper officer of the United States or any territory or tho District of Columbia all violations of the provisions of this act. directed to be made in each and every such contract, nnd the amount of the pen alties stipulated In anv such contract shall be withheld by the officer or person whose duty It shall be to pay the moneys duo under such contract, whether the viola tion of the provisions of such contract Is by the contractor, his agents or employes, or any sub-contractor, his agents or his employes. No person, on behalf of tha United States or the District of Columbia, shall rebate or remit any penalty Imposed j under any provision or stipulation herein provided for. unless upon a finding, which he shall make up and certify, that such penalty was Imposed by reason of an error in fact. "Nothing In this act shall apply to coaJ tracts for transportation by land or water. or so much of any contract as Is to be performed by way of transportation, or ror sucn materials as may usually be , bought In open market, whether made to ' conform to particular specifications or not. me proper-officer on behair of the United I States or any territory, or the District I of Columbia, may waive the provisions- ana stipulations in this act provided for, I as to contracts for " military or naval I works or supplies during time of war. or a time when war Is Imminent. Nt penalty shall be exacted for violations ol such provisions due to extraordinary caused by fire, flood or danger to life and property. Nothing in this act shall tx construed to repeal or modify chanter 35J of the laws of the 52d Congress, approved August 1. 1J92. or as an attempt to abridge I me pardoning power of the Executive." LABOR AND DEWEY DAY. Union Edict Isined Acnlnst Promot ers of the Celebration. CHICAGO. April 25. The long-talkcd-ot ; boycott of the Dewey celebration by organ- J Ized labor took form today when the ex- 1 ecutive committee of District S of the In ternational Association of Machinists I3-1 surd an edict declaring th promoters of the celebration antagonistic to union labor and ordering members of the union to taka J no part In It. NEW YORK CENTRAL STRIKE. 2200 Want More AVaccs and Unjust ly Discharged Men Reinstated. BUFFALO. N. Y.. April 23. Twenty-two hundred employes of the New York Cen tral Railroad ehops and yards went out I on a strike this morning. An Increase in wages and the reinstatement of men al leged to have been unjustly discharged l3 demanded by the men. Chlcnea Strikers' Riot. 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