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THE MORNIN& (XREGONIAN, THURSDAY, MAT 3, 1900.
ARMY SUPPLY BILL
Consideration Resumed by
the Senate.
EXTRA' PAY FOR. - VOLUNTEERS
Pettljrrews Abuse of the President
Effort Will Be Made Today to
Take Up the Clnrk Case.
, WASHINGTON. May2. When the Sen
ate convened today, Galllnger (Rep. N.
H.), chairman of the pensions commit
tee, presented a memorial from the Union
Veteran Union, complaining about tile
Government's pension policy, and made
the memorial the text for a speech. In
which he maintained that the criticisms
were unjust. Galllnger closed by saying:
"The $MO.OOO,000 and odd paid out now
for pensions is about as much as the
Government ought to expend."
Sewell (Rep. N. J.) secured the passage
of a bill to establish the Fredericksburg
and adjacent National battle-fields me
morial park In Virginia, Including the
battle-fields of Fredericksburg, Chancel
lorsvllle. the Wilderness and Spottsyl
vanla. Chandler (Rep. Nj H.), chairman of the
committee on privileges and elections,
asked that the chairman lay before the
Senate resolution No. 284, relating to the
unseating of Clark (Dem. Mont.). He
said It was a question of the highest
privilege. The chairman rather sharply
declined to do this, and, noticing that his
refusal nettled Chandler, said:
"It Is proper for the chair to say ho
holds that it will require a motion to take
the Montana resolution from the calen
dar." In accordance with previous notice,
Mason (Rep. I1L) then addressed the Sen
ate in support of his proposition to enact
legislation to prevent the adulteration of
food. He followed closely the lines of
his report of the investigations made to
the Senate. He maintained that all foods
exposed for sale should be marked so that
the ingredients might be known, and that
all articles deleterious to the public health
should be prohibited. He announced that
he would ask soon that a day be set aside
for the consideration of pending bills as
to pure food
Consideration was then resumed of tho
Army appropriation bill. In offering an
amendment providing that the volunteer
soldiers In the Philippines, who had re,
malned there and performed willing serv
ice long after they were entitled to dis
charge should receive travel pay and com
mutation of subsistence, less the actual
cost of their transportation to the United
States. Turner (Fus. Wash.) made an ex
tended statement. The amendment, he
said, applied to about 10,000 officers and
men scattered all over the country. He
declared" that the volunteers brought back
to the United States from the Philippines
had been packed like swine in dark, dirty,
filthy, rotten and antiquated vessels.
"I ent to San Francisco," continued
Turner, "to join in the reception of "the
"Washington regiment upon its return
from the Philippines. I went aboard the
vessel and into the hold, where the sol
diers were packed, and I assert on my
honor that the quarters were not fit for
animals. The Government ought to have
paid these volunteers double pay for pack
ing them like sardines Into these miser
able holes."
Turner said that the Secretary of "War
had estimated his amendment would cost
about $7,000,000, but he was satisfied the
Secretary had been Imposed upon. He
had carefully estimated the cost, and did
not think it would require more than
$1,500,000.
Hawley (Rep. Conn.) made the point of
order against the amendment that It was
a change of existing law, and the point
was sustained.
In a sharp speech. Rawlins (Dem. Utah)
declared that there was a distinction be
tween the treatment of the Astor Battery
and the Utah Battery. He said that the
Astor Battery had been given just what
was proposed by Turner's amendment,
yet the Utah Battery was not allowed the
same pay.
"It was an outrage," declared Rawlins,
"which no man loving Justice would bff
guilty of."
Pettlgrew (Sll. S. D.) bitterly denounced
the Government for keeping the volun
teers In service after their time had ex
pired. Nelson (Rep. Minn.) thought If Pettl
grew had experience in the Civil "War
be would not have uttered the words he
had against the Government. He told of
the veteran bounty offered during the
Civil War a bounty of $300, two months'
furlough and transportation home for re
enlistmont. This was offered because the
veterans were more valuable as soldiers
than green men. So it was In the Phil
ippines. The men who had served there
were more valuable than new men who
might be sent to the Islands. He believed
that the men of the South Dakota regl.
ment would resent the utterances of Pet
tlgrew as an imputation against their loy
alty and patriotism.
Pettlgrew replied that Nelson's "attack"
upon South Itakota soldiers would be re
sented if ho wero where they could get at
him, "but," said he, "they will hTj.ve to
take it out in an opinion of the Senator's
bravery." Pettlgrew then had read many
letters from officers and men of the South
Dakota Regiment in support of the state
ments he had made. Commenting upon
one of tho letters, Pettlgrew said that
hundreds of soldiers who had served In
She Philippines wero now Inmates of St,
Elizabeth Insane Asylum, at Washington.
At least 200, he declared, had committed
Buicide. Pettlgrew also had a letter read
which he wrote to the President, In which
he used most violent and abusive language
against the Chief Executive.
Pettlgrew also asked unanimous concent
tp print, as an appendix to his remarks,
other documents, but Piatt (Rep. Conn.)
objected, and the South Dakota Senator
proceeded to read them. He yielded the
floor for an executive session, promising
toconcludo his statement at another time.
Hoar (Rep. Mass.) then gave notice that
tomorrow, at the conclusion of the morn
ing business, he would move to proceed to
the consideration of the resolution de
claring Clark of Montana not entitled to
his seat In the Senate. The notice aroused
an Interesting colloquy, indicating that
some Senators would Insist upon time in
which to examine the testimony given by
the commltttee on privileges and elections.
Bate (Dem. Tenn.) said sufficient tlma
had not been had yet by Senators to ex
amine the case. He was assured by Hoar
that proper time would be granted without
a doubt. Chandler said that reasonable
time would be given, but unreasonable
delay would not be submitted to.
Bacon (Dem. Ga) said there might be a
difference of opinion as to what consti
tuted reasonable delay
"The Senator," said he, "evidently de
sires to rush this questiri to a vote, but
it is too important a matter for hurried
action. I shall not consent to fix a time
for consideration until I have had time to
examine the testimony. I know of no
man who has had time yet to go through
that testimony."
Stewart (Sll. Nev.) suggested that there
ought to be no attempt to rush the matter,
as it would require more time to read
the three volumes of testimony to the
Senate than It would fur Senators to ex
amine them at their leisure.
Chandler, said the statement of Stewart
could be taken only as a threat to have
the three volumes of testimony Tead in
the Senate. He had heard, he said, that
was a purpose, of which he entirely ac
quitted any Senator, to delay the consla
eratlon of the Clark resolution in order to
prevent the Governor of Montana from
appointing a Senator to .succeed Clark in
case he should be unseated. He had heard
that it was Intended to attempt to post- 1
pone the case until next Winter, in order
that 'Clark might be In a better position
to prosecute his claims for re-election be
fore the people of Montana. These were
rumors, he supposed, but he gave notice
that he would demand an aye and no vote
on the proposition of consideration and
definite action, if such tactics were re
sorted to.
Alter a brief executive session, the Sen
ate, at 5:20 P. M.. adjourned.
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
As Reported to the House, It Car
ries 961,000,000.
WASHINGTON, May 2. The sundry
civil appropriation bill, the most Import
ant of tho general supply bills and the
last on tho list, was completed by the
committee on appropriations today ard
reported by Chairman Cannon to the
House. It carries $51,556,715, being $S.4S5.
992 less than the estimates and $9,703,145
wore than the appropriations for the cur
rent fiscal year. The largest Item is for
Improvement of rivers and harbors under
contract authorizations contained In the
river and harbor acts of 1S92, 1S95 and
1S99. It is $12,200,605. being1 an Increase
of $3,2S2,40S. The next largest Item Is
$9,000,000 for the 12th census, making, with
past appropriations, $10,000,000. Follow
ing ere some of tho Items carried In
the Mil:
Prevention of epidemic diseases..$ 500.000
Homes for soldiers In states.... 950,000
Enlargement of military posts.. .. 1.030.000
Among the public building items over
$50,000 are: Butte, Mont, postofflce, $30,000:
Los -. Angeles, authority to contract at
present limit of $250,000.
Among the river and harbor items ever
$50,000 are the following:
Gray's Harbor, Wash. $ 50,000
Everett, Wash. 133,00i)
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Boston Outplayed Brooklyn at "All
Points.
BROOKLYN. May 2. Boston outplayed
Brooklyn at all points today and won In
a canter. Dlneen went up in the clouds
In the third, but after that steadied him
self. Kltson was knocked out of the box
in the fourth. Howell taking his place.
Attendance, 2100. Score:
RHE! RHE
Boston .1014 lBrook!yn 5 7 5
Batteries Dlneen and Sullivan; Kltson,
Howell and-McGulre. Umpire Emslle.
At New York.
NEW YORK. May 2,-Grady's Indiffer
ent playing at third base and timely bat
ting aided the Philadelphia in scoring
another victory over the New Yorks this
afternoon. The New Yorks drove Piatt
to the bench in the third, and Donohue,
who relieved him, stayed the New Yorks
batting. Attendance, 3000. Score:
R H El RHE
Philadelphia. 716 2New York .... 5 9 2
Batteries Piatt, Donohue and McFar
land; Hawley and Bowerman. Umpire
Connolly. At Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG. May 2. The game today
was of the hair-rasing sort. Both sides
tied the score in the ninth, amid great
excitement. In the 10th Beaumont scored
the winning jun on a single by McCreery.
Attendance, 5500. Score:
Pittsburg ....6 9 3St. Louis ....510 1
Batteries Leever and Zlmmor; Young
and O'Connor. Umpire Hurst.
Game Postponed.
CHICAGO, May 2. The Cincinnati-Chicago
game was postponed on account of
rain.
The American Association.
At Milwaukee Milwaukee, 5; Kansas
City. 9.
At Minneapolis Minneapolis, 2; Chi
cago, 12.
At Cleveland Cleveland, 5; Detroit, 6.
At Buffalo Buffalo, 10; Indianapolis, 4.
THE RUNNING RACES.
Yesterday's "Winners at Aqueduct
and Other Tracks.
NEW YORK, May 2. In tho fifth race
at Aqueduct today, two horses, McGrutb
iana Prince and Laudeman, ran first and
second with 100 to 1 quoted against each
of them in places. The odds on favorite
was third. The results were:
Selling, about seven furlongs Sparrow
Wing won. Wax Taper second, Dutch
Comedian third; time, 1:25.
Selling, six furlongs Elfin Conlg won,
Alex second, Insurrection third; time,
1:14 3-5.
Selling, about seven furlongs Ragged
Sailor won, Mercer second, George Lo
bar third; time, 1:26.
Six furlongs Boney Boy won, Robert
Metcalf second, Lady Lindsay third; time,
1:14 3-5.
About seven furlongs McGrathiana
Prince won, Laudeman second, Kimmage
third; time. 1:27.
Five furlongs Bellaro won. Billionaire
second, Norse third; time, 1:02 3-5.
Races at Onkland.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 2. Tho weather
was fine at Oakland and the track fast.
The results were:
Four furlongs, selling Loneliness won.
Loyal S. second. Illusion third; time, 0:49.
Mile and one-quarter, selling Mamie G.
won. Col. Root second, Ramlett third;
time, -2:07tf,
One mllt-Nortgago won. True Blue sec
ond. Captive third; time. 1:395.
Six furlongs, May handicap Headwater
won,- Pat Morrlssey second. Sly third;
time, 1:14.
Mile and one-eighth, selling Gauntlet
-won, Lena second, Twdnkler third; time,
1:53.
Mile and one-quarter, selling Coda won.
Glen Ana second, Grady third; time,
2. -074.
Races at Nashville.
NASHVILLE. May 2. The weather
was clear and the track fast. The results
were:
Six furlongs, selling Shrove Tuesday
won. Wedding Guest second, Cllpsetta
third; time. 1:1
Seven furlongs The Pride won. Eltho
Hn second. Bohul third; time, 1:275.
Mile and a sixteenth, selling Windward
won, Bequeath second, Lennep third;
time. l:43i.
Four and a half furlongs. Street Rail
way stakes Clorita won, Denham
Thompson second, Yobet third; time,
0:55;.
Thirteen-slxteenths of a mile, selling
Sir Eldon won, Koskio second, Two An
nies third; time. 1:22.
Mexican Civil Chief Arrested.
CITY OF MEXICO. May 2. An Import
ant arrest has been made in Chlllpa. State
of Guerrero, the prisoner being no less
a person than Colonel Vega, who Is civil
chief of that district, a position resem
bling fomewhat that of United States
Marshal. He Is believed to have knowl
edge of facts in the case of the assassina
tion of two prominent Frenchmen In that
district some months ago.
It was alleged at the time that Messrs,
Courtmont and Dupin got into a quarrel
with Indians, who resented their going
there on an exploring expedition. The
government has pushed Its Investigation
into the crime with great energy, and
the result is the arrest of Colonel Vega,
who yesterday unsuccessfully tried to cut
his throat. A partial confession has been
secured from the mayor of the town of
Topalllo and several Indians.
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NEARLY ANNIHILATED
AMERICAN GARRISON IN SAMAR
ATTACKED BY REBELS.
Twenty of the Party "Were Killed
Relief Force Came in Time
to Save the Rest.
MANHJA, May 2. The American garri
son of Catublg, Island of Samar, consist
ing of 30 men, belonginrto the Fourty
thlrd Regiment, has Ken attacked by reb
els. Twenty of the Americans were killed.
The remainder were Tescued. The Ameri
cans were quartered in Catublg Church,
which the enemy, numbering several hun
dred men. surrounded, and fiercely at
tacked. The Americans fought for two
days, and then the rebels managed to Ig
nite the roof of the church, and It burned
away, and finally fell upon those Inside the
edifice.
The walls remained intact, however, and
were used as a shelter by the besieged
Americans for three days longer, the ene
my attacking tho building on all sides at
once. The Americans continued- firing
SPEAKING OF
g4p
"THE SELECTION OF A RUNNING MATE FOR MR. BRYAN IS NOW UN
DER CONSIDERATION BY TJrtE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS." Washington
Dispatch.
from the windows and doors of the church
and did good execution among the Fili
pinos. It is estimated that over 200 of
the latter were killed, many dead bodies
having been removed from the scene of
tho fighting. After five days' resistance
by the Americans, a Lieutenant and eight
men arrived from Laon and engaged the
besiegers, who thereupon retired. The
fortunate arrival of these reinforcements
prevented the annihilation of the American
force entrenched in the church, who had
repeatedly declined to surrender when
ordered. The 10 survivors were without
food, had little ammunition, and were ex
hausted when relieved.
Tho fight has encouraged the Filipinos,
who are now acting in an aggressive man
ner and threatening that section of the
coast, particularly the town of Catarman,
whence the garrison will probably be with
drawn to Laon.
6:05 P. M. General Funston has discov
ered a rebel warehouse near Cabanutaan,
Province of New Ecljl, containing all the
archives of the Malolos Government. Ag
ulnaldo's correspondence up to the time
of his flight and much valuable historical
matter.
Afrnlnaldo May Be Dead.
The belief is growing that Aguinaldo
was killed by the Tgorottes. There Is no
proof that he has been alive since Major
March, of the Thirty-third Regiment,
abandoned the chase after the Filipino
leader in the Benquet Mountains. An
insurgent officer, whe recently sur
rendered to General Young, says that tho
Insurgent General Tlno holds this belief.
Tlno held regular communication with
Aguinaldo until December 28, since which
time he has heard nothing from him, and
Tlno thinks Aguinaldo would find means
to communcate wlth him if alive. Major
March's Information was that there were
only half a dozen soldiers with Aguinaldo
when he fled beyond the Bontoc wilder
ness, where the savages are hostile to all
strangers. Friends of Agulnaldo's wife
Assert that she has heard nothing rrom
him since they parted. She is in delicate
condition, and nearly prostrated with
worry. Therefore, she has not been In
formed of the death of her child, and
thinks It Is with friends at Bacoor.
The Sultan of Sulu. with a retinue. In
cluding several of his wives, has sailed
for Singapore, ostensibly on a religious
mission. A Hong Kong dispatch to a
Manila paper says the Sultan has gone
to Singapore In order to protest to the
British against the Americans establish
ing a tariff against imports, claiming that
It Is a violation of the treaty of 1E77. be
tween Spain, Great Britain and Germany
guaranteeing the Sulu Islands free trade,
whereas the Americans have established
a tariff nearly doubling the prices of to
bacco, rice and the Sulu staples of life,
most of which are Imported from Singa
pore. The Filipino crew on the steamship E3
cano recently mutinied In the channel be
tween Cobu and Leyte and killed the
captain, mate and the owners. Senor Es
cano and his son, with knives, after a
desperate struggle. The mutineers then
scuttled the ship and escaped to the
Leyte mountains with S2S.O0O.
NEGRO MASONS.
Action by "Washington Grand Lodge
Not Approved.
NEW YORK. May 2. At the session of
the Masonic Grand Lodge of the State of
New York, the Grand Master expressed
regret that the Grand Lodge of the State
of Washington had not restored its edict
of nonintercourse with the Grand Lodge
of Hamburg. There has been considera
ble correspondence over the matter. In
his report today the Grand Master says:
"The Grand Lodge of Washington not
only declares that any lodge of Its obedi
ence may admit as a visitor or affiliate a
negro claiming to have been a Mason in
the City of New York In a negro lodge,
notwithstanding that he is not a Free
Mason within the State of New York, but
also declares that a member of Pythag
oras Lodge, so called, in the City of New
York, chartered by the Grand Lodge of
Hamburg, a person who cannot enter a
single Masonic lodge within the State of
New York, may be received with open
arms by any lodge within the Jurisdiction
of the State of Washington.
"The Grand Lodge of New York cannot
by any act appear to acquiesce in such
doctrines, but. being genuinely desirous
that tho cordial relations previously ex
Isting between the jurisdictions shall con.
tinue, and believing that a severance of
fraternal relations should b3 .resorted to
only as an extreme measure. I have re
frained from Issuing an edict of nonln
tercourse." Grand Master Pownall has felt obliged
to decline a recent request from the
Grand Master of Washington for an ex
change of representatives.
CHADWICK REPRIMANDED.
Secretary Lobe Pablishes His Letter
to the Captain.
WASHINGTON, May 2. Secretary Long
today made public the correspondence
which has taken place between the Navy
Department and Captain Chadwlck re
specting the published interview In which
the Captain 1 reported as severely re
flecting upon Rear-Admiral Schelj. The
Secretary's letter was written today, and
was forwarded only after the Secretary
had a conference with the President on
the subject. The Department's action in
the case Is a severe reprimand, and It Is
noteworthy that Its letter has been made
public, a fact which in itself adds to the
weight of the punishment administered.
Secretary Long in his letter says:
"The department regrets that it has
occasion to reprimand an officer of your
RUNNING MATES.
rank and experience for Inexcusable indis
cretion and offense against the Navy regu
lations. It appears from your letter that
In your Interview with Mr. Atkins, whom
you knew to be a newspaper correspon
dent, you spoke of a fellow-officer, your
senior in rank, In a way calculated to
bring him into contempt. You knew this
to be a violation of tho Naval regulations
which forbid the communication by in
terviews of such comment and criticism.
You knew it to be against the good order
and discipline of the service, because it 1
the example of ono officer In high rank
reflecting upon the honor and character
of another an example which, unrehuked
and followed, tends to bring the whole
service Into contention and scandal. You
knew that the professional business of
your Interviewer Is to collect material for
publication.
"While ho may not have had justifica
tion In publishing what you understood
by him to be private conversation, you
knew the risk you ran, and within a year
had been reprimanded for similar mis
conduct in putting yourself and the wel
fare of the service to the same risk with
tho same result. You have thus again and
further impaired the confidence of the de
partment In your discretion. It is true
that your case differs from some recent
cases of offense on the part of other offi
cers In that objectionable remarks made
by them were made under circumstances
which they knew assured their publicity.
In your case the department unreservedly
accepts your statement tjiat your remarks
were 'In no sense and in no part Intended
for publication, nor considered as an Inter
view.' It i for this reason that it takes
no other action than this emphatic repri
mand, the receipt of which you will ac
knowledge." GENERAL CONFERENCE.
Equal Representation Extended to
the Laity.
CHICAGO, May 2. The pulpit and the
pew share equally In the highest govern
mental body of the Methodists. Without
dissenting vote, the General Conference
at the Auditorium today ratlfled the ac
tion of the annual conference In extend
ing equal representation to the laity.
The provisional delegates were admitted
without a contest. Mrs. McMahan with
drew her claim to a seat In the confer
ence rather than Jeopardize the status
of her male colleagues. The step taken
makes the Methodist church a democrat
ic body. The rule of the preacher pas3es
with the century. The episcopacy In the
church long since has been restricted to
a superintendence, without any authorlty
beyond the placing of ministers and sug
gestions to tho general and annual con
ferences. The mdnisterB were more enthusiastic
over the loss of their power than the lay
men over their additional power. There
were 157 provisional delegates elected to
fill up the disparity In their proportional
representation. Only S5, however, re
sponded to the roll call following their
admission. The limited lay representation
gave the pews 125 votes. Four minis
terial delegates were absent. As the roll
was made up today, there were 355
preachers and 23S laymen on the regular
list.
The conference will last a month, and is
expected to be the most Important since,
tho memorable one of 1S44. when the South
"branches of the church severed relations
with the main body over the slavery
question. Bishop Merrill presided.
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Teller's Boer Resolution.
WASHINGTON. May 2.-Senator Teller
today introduced tho-following resolution:
"Whereas, from the hour of achieving
our Independence the people of the United
States had regarded with sympathy the
struggles of other people to free them
selves from European domination:
"Resolved. That we watch with deep
and abiding Interest the war between
Great Britain and the South African Re
publics, and with full determination to
maintain a proper neutrality between the
contending forces, we cannot withhold
our sympathy from the struggling people
of the republics, and It Is our earnest de
sire that the Government of the United
States, by Its friendly offices offered to
both powers, may assist in bringing tha
war to a speedy conclusion In a mantier
honorable both to Great Britain and the
South African Republics."
DEWEY CELEBRATION ENDS
THE ADMIRAL WILL LEAVE CHI
CAGO FOR ST. LOUIS TODAY.
Yesterday With His Party He In
spected the Drainage Canal and
'Its Great Locks.
CHICAGO. May 2. The Chicago celebra
tion in honor of Admiral George Dewey
practically came to a close toda with the
excursion by the Admiral and members of
the general committee of the Dewey cele
bration down the Chicago drainage canal,
as far as the controlling gates of Lock
port. At 10 o'clock, the Admiral and party
took a special train over the Santa Fe
to McCook. Several thousand people
gathered at the Polk-Street station and
gave the Admiral a noisy reception. At
McCook the Admiral and escort boarded
the yacht Hlnda. which formerly was an
oyster pirate chaser on Chesapeake Bay,
the other members of the large, party go
ing on board the pleasure boat I. M. Wes
ton, launches Diamond, Erickson, John
P. Hopkins, Delaware and tug Robert E.
Burke.
At 10:30 o'clock the little fleet, headed
by the Hlnda, started down the canal for
Lockport. After luncheon Admiral Dew
ey went forward and showed keen Inter
est in the canal, commenting several times
on its Immense possibilities'. Shortly after
noon the party reached Lockport. Here
an enthusiastic welcome was given the
Admiral. Admiral Dewey Inspected tha
immense bar trap dam, the largest of Its
kind In the world, and the four controlling
gates, spending some time m watching
the operations of the dam, which was
raised and lowered several times for him.
At 1 o'clock the party again boarded the
yacht, and steamed up the canal to Ro
meo, where a special train was taken for
the city. Mrs. Dewey was entertained
this afternoon at a luncheon given by Mrs.
Bryan Lathrop.
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey and their party
were entertained at 6 P. M. with a recep
tion given by the Chicago Athletic Asso
ciation, and at 10 P. M., Admiral Dewey
attended an entertainment of the Seventh
Regiment, Illinois National Guard, at
Central Music Hall. Admiral and Mrs.
Dewey will depart for St. Louis tomorrow.
BUFFALO STRIKE SETTLED.
Nety York Central Car-Repalrera
Will Return to "Work.
BUFFALO, N. Y., May 2. A settlement
between tho New York Central Railroad
and Its striking car-repairers was reached
tonight at a conference between Super-,
lntendent Walt and representatives of the
union. The men claimed to have gained
the wage concessions demanded, but the
company officials will continue to exercise
their own discretion in the hiring of men
and tho reduction of forces. Superintend
ent Walt having refused to concede this
point. The agreement made tonight con
tains a reservation that the strikers ara
not to return to work until the car-repairers
on the Lackawanna, Nickel Plato and
Lehigh Valley roads, who struck in sym
pathy with the New York Central men.
shall have arranged with their employers
to return to work.
GREAT NORTHERN STRIKE.
Wonld-Be Train-Wrecker at Work
at Great Falls.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, May 2. There
is little change in the Montana strike sit
uation today, except that the switchmen
have joined the strikers. The passenger
train, which leaves at 8 A. M. for the
West, on account of blocking of freight
cars and other difficulties, did not get
out of tho yard until 2 P. M. One on the
Nelhart branch that leaves at 8 A. M.
was similarly delayed until 3:50 this af
ternoon. Finally both got away. Sheriff
Proctor this morning appointed 12 depu
ties, and ,thls evening appointed 30 more.
The west-bound through passenger train
from St. Paul pulled out of here at 10 P.
M., 6 hours late, and was wrecked at
the switchyards on the west side of the
river. Some unknown person threw the
switch just after the front trucks of the
baggage-car had passed over. The smoker
and first day coach were derailed and both
badly smashed. The passengers were
badly shaken up, but none of them in
jured. The man who threw the switch ist
reported to have run toward the city.
Boilermakers' Strike.
CHICAGO, May 2. Boilermakers to the
number of 250 have gone out on strike,
thus completely tying up the 22 shops
in which they had been employed. The
trouble was precipitated by a report that
a number of the union shops were lend
ing assistance to six boiler manufactur
ers who have been fighting the union for
months. To ascertain to what extent this
report was true, Business Agents Sulli
van and Shanahan called the strike.
SMALL WARSHIPS FOR SALE
Navy Department Cannot
Properly
Care for Them.
NEW YORK. May 2. A special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
The Navy Department Is considering tho
advisability of selllngall the steam yachts,
tugboats and small vessels purchased as
auxiliaries just after the destruction of
the Maine two years ago. The larger ves
sels, which are useful as colliers and
transports, will be retained, as well as a
few smaller vessels which are actively
engaged In surveys and police duty In Cu
ban and Central American waters.
There are about 20 yachts "and as many
tugs that are laid up at navy-yards and
rapidly going to pieces for want of re
pairs and proper care. It is said by the
naval constructors and engineers that
these vessels deteriorate much more rap
idly when laid up than In commission per
forming actual duty.
An Instance is given in the case of one
of the fine yachts. Her decks are warped
by the sun until they must be renewed.
Her engines and boilers are badly rusted
and many new parts will have to be sub
stituted. This is due to the lack of money
to enable yard officials to give the vessel
constant attention. If she had a crew
aboard her decks would be soaked down
every day and the machinery would not
have an opportunity to rust.
It is proposed -now to have an appraisal
made of all the auxiliaries that are not
likely to be useful for naval purposes and
offer them for sale. The Government will
be satisfied if the appraised valuation can
be secured, in view of the fact that it
would cost nearly $500 a year to keep the
vessels in fair order.
Onr Trade With Turkey. '
"WASHINGTON. May 2. It is stated that
a report has been prepared by the De
partment of Agriculture In regard to our
trade with Turkey, for the use of the
State Department in the settlement of
questions pending between the two gov
ernments. Secretary Wilson declined to
discuss the subject, hut It was learned
that the statement Is, In substance, to the
effect that while our meat exports to
Turkey amount to less than 5500,000 a year,
our Imports of cotton, etc, from that
country aggregate thousands of dollars
per annum. As a large portion of the Im
ports consist of a species of cotton neces
sary to the manufacture of certain kinds
of goeds. and as this cotton cannot beob
talned elsewhere. It Is thought to be "ap
parent that our government, according
to this statement, could not retaliate by
excluding exports from Turkey.
Explosion in a Drag Store.
CHICAGO, May 2. A terrific explosion
at 4 P. M. today wrecked the third and
fourth floors of the Dale & Sempil drug
store in the heart of the business dls-
A GALLANT
Suffered from -t
Indigestion and
Catarrhal
Biliousness.
Cured Jy
Peruno.
COLONEL GEORGE A. ARMES, V. S. A., (Retired.)
Major George Armes, U. S. A., retired,
inost interesting" and romantic histories,
ago of seventeen he was wounded while
congratulated publicly by Lincoln, and at
lantry. At twenty-two he stampeded a
breveted Lieutenant-Colonel. At the age
official persecution. At the age of fifty
in the real estate business In the city of
five he heads an expedition to the Transvaal. In a recent letter written to The
Peruna Medicine' Company, Columbus,
"Peruna cured me of Indigestion
take it and Jaye found it an excellent tonic.'
George A. Annes, U. S. A.
Major J. M. LIddell, Major of tha Fifth
Immunes, recently ordered to the Phll-
liplnesr and well
known In Mississip
pi, writes: "I have
used Peruna for
years and I know of
no better medicine
on the market. It
should be used In
every household.
As a cure for ca
tarrh I know of
nothing better."
Catarrh of the
stomach causes a
condition known as
dyspepsia or Indi
gestion. It usually
Major LIddell.
results from catarrh In the throat, but
sometimes occurs In people who have
never had catarrh elsewhere. The symp
toms of dyspepsia are liver complaint,
biliousness, sour stomach, water-brash,
bloating after eating, constipation, piles,
and, la many cases, low spirits, dizzy
trict here, and seriously injured three
men. The explosion was due to escaping
gas. Every window in the building was
shattered, and many persons were hit
by falling glass. A Are followed the ex
plosion, but It was quickly extinguished.
MISSOURI PACIFIC AFFAIRS.
WUllaxn Rockefeller Will Become
a Director.
NEW YORK. May 2. It Is said on good
authority that it Is William Rocke'eller
and not John D. Rockefeller who Is soon
to enter the Board of Directors of the
Missouri Pacific Railway Company of the
stock of which corporation, the Rocke
feller Interests have recently been heavy
purchaser, and It Is also understood that
one of the "two stockholding Interests" re
ferred to by President Gould In his state
ment of Monday as having subscribed for
J12,000,000 of the bonds at par and interest
consisted of William Rockefeller and asso
ciates of his in the Standard OH Com
pany, the other being President Gould.
Russell Sage, who is a director of the
Missouri Pacific Railway, said in answer
to a question that the directors had on
Monday arranged to meet again Wednes
day. "Will the Rockefeller interests be rep
resented In the board 7" Mr. Sage was
"Oh! certainly. That would naturally
follow," he answered. "We shall - give
them representation, of course."
Asked as to the prospect of a dividend
being declared soon. Mr. Sage answered:
"I don't care to talk about that at pres
ent. Let's wait until we are a little bet
ter acquainted."
The tesue of new bonds up to $12,000,000
will decrease the company's interest
charges and the proceeds of $1,761,000
of the new bonds, which are to be used for
the "reimbursements of Income applied to
capital expenditures and Investments,"
may indicate that net earnings which have
been put Into the property, ara to be
s
pring Ills
Caused by Impure Blood, include all humors,
scrofula, salt rheum, ulcers, sores ; also, rheumatism,
catarrh, dyspepsia, kidney troubles, etc. How im
portant, then, that the blood should be made
pure, by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, the great puri
fier, enricher and vitalizer. Now is the time, when,
for various reasons, the blood is loaded with
impurities, and the only safety is in promptly and
thoroughly eradicating them by the use of this
Grand Spring Medicine. Its power to do you
good is proved by the good it has done others,
shown in thousands of testimonials. TODAY get
Hood's Sarsaparilla
It makes rich red blood, creates an appetite.
;JT fili '
Cafe a6 JM
of Washington, D. C, has one of the
which, briefly stated, Is as follows: At thej
guiding a Union raid. At eighteen he to
twenty was made Brevet Major for gal
horrte of Indiana. At twenty-three waj
of twenty-five he became a victim
he was a millionaire through his succes:
Washington, D. C. At the age of fifty-
Ohio, he says:
and biliousness and I continued tc!
head, sympathetic heart palpitation,!
pain. Indigestion and looseness of thai
bowels. Peruna is a specific for catarrh J
of the stomach.
Many people think that catarrh Is con
fined to the head, and perhaps occasional
cases of catarrh of the stomach. This is
very far from being the case. Every
organ, duct and opening of the body lsi
lined with mucous membrane and is
liable to catarrh or Inflammation. One!
man has catarrh of the eyes; another
catarrh of the bronchial tubes: another
catarrh of the kidneys; another catarrh
of the bladder.
A remedy to cue catarrh of these dlf-
1 fxent. orpins, mjjgt -be. s. rroadj.- that
acts directly on the mucous membranes
lining these organs. It must be an in-'
ternal systemic remedy. It is claimed
for Peruna that It cures catarrh wherever
located.
A book on catarrhal diseases, written
by Dr. Hartman, the compounder of Pe
runa, will be sent free to any address by ,
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, ,
Ohio.
taken back by the bonds named and ap ,
piled to dividends on the stock.
Developments in Missouri Pacific will af-1
feet all the Southwestern roads, and thn
present tendency of the stock of Missouri
Pacific doubtless foreshadows a concentra
tion or central policy among all the roads
la the Southwest-
Oriental Traffic Rates.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 2. At the Orl
ental Traffic conference today. It was dej
cided generally not to disturb freigh
rates on outgoing cargoes. Tho rate oil
paper was reduced from. $1 to 0 cents pe
ICO pounds. A proposition to Increase b
$23 the passage rate between San Francis'
co and other coast ports was considered
but no action was taken. The Incea3
may be necessary to meet a proposed acj
vance- of o by way of Suez.
General Merrltt's Retirement.
CHICAGO, May 2. A special to tW
Record from Washington says:
General Wesley Merritt, who Is 30on j
go upon the retired list, has asked for n j
lief from duty as Commanding General J
the MiHtanycBepartiiieht of the East. Tl
War Department today granted the
, quest, selecting General John R. Brooke i
Merrltt's successor. General Merritt wl
go to Europe with Mrs. Merritt after Ma J
10, the date named as that upon which tl j
transfer of duty will occur. General Oti
will not return to the Philippines in tlj
Autumn, as has been reported. He w i
probably be assigned to the DepartmeiJ
of California.
Chilean Claims Commission.
WASHINGTON, May 2. The President
has selected William Glover Gage, ofl
Michigan, to be commissioner for the!
United States on the-new Chilean Claims
Commission, and William H. Hunt, of
Montana, to be agent for the United
States before the same body.
The Abyssinian warriors always honor
j their King by a band escort of 45 trum
pets wnerever ne goes.