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TTE aTOKNING OREGONIAIs, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1900.
ARMY BILL PASSED
Senate Provides for Many
Changes in the Service.
MILES TO BE LIEUTENANT-GENERAL
Ckanges In Staff Arrangements For
tifications Appropriation Bill
Was Also Pa. ued.
WASHINGTON, May 4. Today's ses-
slon ol the Senate was rendered especially
notable by the passage, after a debate
lasting three hours, of the Army reorgan
ization bill. In military circles the meas
ure Is regarded as one of the most im
portant of the present session. It practi
cally revolutionizes the present staff ar
rangements of the Army. It proposes to
change tho present system of permanent
appointments in certain staff corps to one
of detail by a gradual process as the offl.
cers In those corps go out of active serv
ice. As vacancies occur in the depart
ment of the Adjutant-General, the Inspector-General,
Quartermaster-General
and Commissary-General, they are to be
filled by details from the line, the details
to be temporary and not to exceed four
years.
The new system is not applied -to the
corps of engineers, medical department,
pay department or Judge-Advocate-Gen-eral's
department. The bill discontinues
the regimental organization of the artil
lery, and establishes an artillery corps
of two branches, viz: 126 batteries of
coast artillery and 18 batteries of field ar
tillery, with a total of 17,448 men. It pro
vides for an Increase of 100 in the corps
of cadets at "West Point, two at large
from each state and 10 more to the pres
ent number of 20 from tho United States
at large
The rank of the Commanding General
of the Army is raised to that of Lleuten-ant-General.
and that of the Adjutant
General to Major-General, the latter being
during the incumbency of the present
Adjutant-General, Corbln.
The President is empowered to place on
the retired list any officer who has been
suspended from duty by sentence of
court-martial, or by Legislative order In
mitigation of such sentence, for a period
extending to or within one year of the
time of his compulsory retirement for age.
This is well understood to apply to Commissary-General
Eagan. An amendment
creating a veterinary corps for the Army,
consisting of a Colonel and 35 other com
missioned officers, was attached to the
bill after a spirited debate, the amend
ment being adopted by a vote cf 25 to 23.
The fortifications appropriation bill, car
rying about $7,500,000, was passed.
The Day In Detail.
Wolcott (Rep. Colo.) reported the Post
office appropriation bill, and gave notice
that he would call It up for consideration
on the 16th lnsc
Teller (Sil. Rep. Colo.) gave notice that
ho would call up his resolution expressing
sympathy for the Boers after the routine
business tomorrow.
A bill to establish a branch Soldiers
Home at Denver was paesed.
Proctor (Rep. Vt.) then called up the
Army reorganization bill. One provision
of the bill Increases the rank of General
Miles to Lleutenant-Gcneral, and Gen
eral Corbln to Major-General. After one
or two amendments to the phraseology of
the bill lvd been made, Tillman (Dem. S.
C.) moveu that the 15th section be amend
ed so as to read as follows:
"That the tenlor Major-General com
manding the Army shall have the rank,
pay and allowances of a Lleutenant-Gen-
eral. and his personal staff shall have tho
rank, pay and allowances authorized for
the staff of a Lieutenant-General."
The amendment had the effect of strik
ing out the provision making the section
apply only to General Miles, the present
commanding officer of the Army. It was
agreed to.
Berry (Dem. Ark.) moved to strike out
the section as amended. He did not think
any good could be subserved by increasing
the rank of the commander of the Army.
Bate (Dem Tenn.) also objected to an
Increase of rank, and designated what he
said was a tendency to increase the
strength of the Army.
Sewell (Rep. N. J.) pointed out that the
Confederacy had 19 Lieutenant-Generals
and eight full Generals. He paid a hand
some tribute to General Miles. Ho said
that in any European army of 100.000 men,
the present strength approximately of the
United States Army, there would be two
Lieutenant-Generals and one full General.
History, he said, would look upon the In
crease of our Army from 25,000 to 275,000
in 30 days as one of the greatest of mili
tary achievements, yet little credit was
given- the organization which enabled this
result to be accomplished.
Lodge (Rep. Mass.) had read a letter
from Major-General W. S. Hancock,
warmly praising General Miles.
Teller thought the proposed rank ought
to be given to the -commander of the
Army. In the course of a tribute to Gen
eral Miles, he said that, if the General
had been called into the councils, as he
should have been, during the recent war,
some difficulties that were encountered
might have been avoided.
The motion was defeated, 8 to 44, as fol
lows: ATES.
Bate Clav Money
Berry Culberson Vest
Butler Kenney
" NOES.
Allison Gear Pettlgrew
Bacon Hale Pettus
Baker Hansbrough Piatt. Conn.
Bard Harris Proctor
Burrows Hawley Quarles
Chandler Hoar Rawlins
Cockrell Jones, Nev. Ross
Davis Kean Sewell
Deboe Kylo Shoup
Elklns Lindsay Simon
Fairbanks Lodge Stewart
Foraker McComas Toller
Foster Mason Wellington
Frye Nelson Wolcott
Gallinger Perkins
Bate delivered a speech In opposition
to the increase in the army, proposed by
the bill. He thought the people would
regard it as a frank movement to ad
vance the spirit of militarism.
Cockrell (Dem. Mo.) antagonized vig
orously the position of Bate. He said
the Increased number of men was abso
lutely required to care for and man the
artillery in the coast fortifications of the
country. He did not regard the bill as a
step toward militarism, but on the op
posite. The bill, as amended, was passed with
out division.
Senate bill to pay 5299S to Rachael Wil
son, of Harrison County, W. Va., for the
sen-Ices of her father. Colonel Benjamin
Wilson, in the Revolutionary War, was
passed. The beneficiary of the bill is one
of 29 children of Colonel Wilson.
The fortifications appropriation was
passed as reported to the Senate. It
carries f7.733.62S, an Increase of J640.140
over the House measure. Before passage,
an amendment authorizing proportional
payments for pneumatic dynamite guns,
carriages and ammunition was agreed to!
The bill was passed extending the time
for proof and payment on lands claimed
under the desert land law of the United
States by the members of the Colorado
Co-operallve Colony in Southwestern
Colorado.
After a short executive session, the
Senate, at 6:10 P. M., adjourned until Mon
day. THE WAHDXnR IXVESTIGATIOX.
Taliinff of Testimony Bai Been
Completed.
WASHINGTON, May 4. Captain H. G.
Lyon, of the Army, testified before the
Coeur d'Alene investigation today rela
tlvo to the protection given by the troops
to the mining property in the disturbed
district. He said his orders contemplated
the protection of life and property, and
particularly to prevent the destruction of
the mines on .Canyon Creek. One of these
mines", the Tiger-Poorman, was threat
ened with flood if the pumps quit, and as
the Burke Miners' Union ordered the men
to quit work, he stated, at a meeting of
the Union, that he would give five min
utes for the revocation of the order, sub
sequently giving 10. He contradicted pre
vious witnesses that the five minutes was
allowed the pump men, with the threat
that, if they did not work, they would be
put back at the point of the bayonet.
The hearing today was at times quite
exciting, owing to personal exchanges be
tween members of the committee. Repre
sentative Hay, of Virginia, asserted at
one point that efforts were being made
by the majority to suppress testimony.
Representative Mondel, of Wyoming, said
that this assertion Impugned the motives
of members, and was due to a failure by
the minority to get answers they desired.
Hay hotly retorted, throwing back the
insinuation and declaring It was "an abso
lute falsehood." The frequency of these
encounters made the progress of the tes
timony slow.
Captain Lyon is the last witness, except
those in rebuttal, to clear up minor
points. The taking of testimony closed
tonight, after having continued uninter
ruptedly since February 19, a period of
nearly three months. Captain Lyon closed
the testimony for the defense, and, after
hearing some rebuttal evidence, both sides
rested and the committee excused all wit
nesses. Monday the arguments of counsel
will begin, probably concluding that day.
THE GAYXOR BILL.
Honse Judiciary Committee Gave a
Hearing1 Upon It.
WASHINGTON, May 4. The House Ju
diciary committee today gave a hearing
upon the Senate bill Introduced, yat the
suggestion of Attorney-General Griggs to
provide for the removal to the proper dis
trict for trial of persons indicted for of
fenses against the United States. The bill
was prepared to cover the cases of Ben
jamin D. Green, JohnF William T. and
Edmund H. Gaynor and Mike Connolly,
Who were Indicted by the grand Jury of
the Southern District of Georgia, for con
spiracy to defraud the United States in the
contracts for the improvement of Savan
nah harbor and Cumberland Sound.
Chairman Ray said the real question
involved was whether it was .good policy
to remove a person indicted from one ju
risdiction to another upon the simple pre
sentment of an Indictment Colonel Dud
ley expressed the opinion that it would
be against public policy, and did not think
the business interests of the country
should be subjected to the dangers that
lurked in this bill.
WALCOTT GOT THE DECISION
But "MjKterlous Billy" Smith, rut Up
a Stiff Flglit.
NEW YORK. May 4.-Joe Walcott and
"Mysterious Billy" Smith fought 25
rounds at catch weights before the Broad
way Athletic Club tonight and Walcott
got the decision. This was their fourth
meeting. They fought two draws and
Smith gained the decision tJe third time
they got together. Smith did not fight
with his usual snap tonight, "but he put
up a very game battle. Walcott was the
favorite at 2 to L
Smith had the better of the opening
round, being faster and more aggressive
than Walcott, but the negro made a bet
ter showing In the next round, and In
the third, Walcott was the aggressor.
Walcott scored first blood In the sixth
round when a right hand smash opened
Smith's left eyebrow. In the following
round. Smith swung a heavy right on
Walcott's Jaw, forcing him to cllncn, but
Walcott was fighting cleverly at the close
of the round.
They mixed it up fiercely in the twelfth
and thirteenth rounds. Smith grew wild
in his delivery, and at the close of the
thirteenth, five to one was freely laid
on the negro.
The fifteenth was In Smith's favor, but
In the sixteenth, Walcott woke up again
and forced the pace. His stiff lefts landed
repeatedly on Smith's ribs, causing Billy's
right side to look very raw. Walcott
broke ground three times In the twenty
first, but fought out of reach each time,
and sent In a few rib roasters with his left
on Smith's right side. Fighting at short
range was the. feature of the next round,
and both men were very tired when the
bell rang. Both men lost their heads in
the twenty-second round. They slugged
each other regardless of science, and
Smith had the call at the bell. Billy was
heartily cheereu as he went to his cor
ner. Walcott fought furiously in the twenty
third, and cut Smith's ear with a right
hand smash. Smith was slow in the early
part of this round, but he spurted toward
the end at It and pummeled Walcott with
both hands on head and body. Smith's
ear was bleeding profusely when he came
up for the twenty-fourth. Walcott kept
on the aggressive and had a very decided
lead when the gong called the men to
their corners. Both were well played
out when they got together for the last
round, but Walcott still was the aggres
sor. Smith was always ready to take a
chance, and countered heavily, but the
negro had the upper hand of him and at
the end of the boJt both men shook
hands very good naturedly. Smith's body
was covered with blood, and his face was
besmeared, while Walcott's black body
did not show a mark. The Barbadoes
negroe's face wore a broad smile as he
went back to his corner and was awarded
the decision.
It was learned In the tenth round that
a Tit? in Smith's right side had beet
broken in the fourth round. This Is said
to have accounted for his poor showing.
GENERAL CONFERENCE.
Avalanche of Memorial nnd Resolu
tions. CHICAGO. May 4. Struggling under an
avalanche of memorials and resolutions,
the Methodist General Conference began
today the real business of its long ses
sion. With excited debate it took action
to check the alleged mercenary tenden
cies of some of its bishops. Then It ap
pointed committees to make special in
vestigations of some of the great depart
ments of church work. The question of
amusements and the time limit for the
ministers were both the subject of reform
proposals, but these, as well as other
questions of deeper Importance, were sub
mitted to the standing committees of the
conference for thorough consideration.
The debates today were sharp, quick and
exciting.
Dr. Henry Brown, of the Columbia
River Conference, brought the amuse
ment question to the front early in the
day by offering a resolution which, In
substance, was that the conference, by
proper action, show the world that the
church had not changed front on the
amusement question. He asked, to fore
stall action by those In favor of greater
liberality in this matter, that rule 24S of
the book of discipline be for the next
quadrennlum left substantially un
changed. The devotional exorcises were conduct
ed by Rev. H. J. Cozlne, of Puget Sound
University.
Xo Reply From the Porte.
CONSTANTINOPLE. May 4. The situ
ation regarding the American lndcmr.ty
claims Is unchanged.
As a result of representations by "Lloyd
C Grlscom, the American Charge d' Af
faires, two Armenians, who had been
prevented from embarking by the author
ities at Alexandrietta as suspect, have
been allowed to leave, and the Incident it
closed. The statement that the United
States VIce-Consul at Alexandrietta was
maltreated by the police there Is untrue,
A fourth New Zealand contingent is to
be sent to South Africa. The Bushman's
Corps fund in Melbourne now amounts to
7000. and at Sydney to 16,000. The New
South Wales patriotic fund amounts to
17,000.
THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
HOUSE MAKES FAIR. PROGRESS
WITH IT.
Xavnl Committee Unsaccosful in
Try in c: to Cripple the Coast
nnd Geodetic Snrvey.
WASHINGTON, May 4. The House
made fair progress today with the eundry
civil appropriation bill, completing 73 ol
the 122 pages of the bHL Much of the
time today was consumed In an effort
by the members of the naval committee
to cripple the coast and geodetic survey
in retaliation for the refusal of the House
to agree to their recommendation when
the naval bill was before the House, to
place the survey of the waters of our In
sular porKIcns In the bands of tho navy.
They tried to strike out the item in the
bill authorizing the coast survey to sur
vey the oasts in the jurisdiction of tho
United State), but were defeated. They
made a point of order hold against a new
vessel for the survey and against an ap
propriation of $182,715 for enlisted men on
survey vessels, but thu latter appropria
tion went back In the bill in another form.
After some routine business, the Houeo
resumed corslderation of the sundry civil
b'll. Amendments were adopted to In
crease the paj of surf men at live-saving
stations to $65 per month.
Dayton (Rep. W. Va.) moved to strike
from the Item for geodetic and coast sur
vey the TTOvlelon for a survey of the
coasts luidtr the jurisdiction of the
iTnlted Slates. It was arranged that there
should be 45 minutes' debate on both eldea
After prolonged debate, the approprla,
tlons committee was again victorious
Dayton's amendment being defeated with
out division.
REACHING WESTWARD.
The nock Island Intends to Build to
Portlnnd.
It has not been generally known in
Portland that the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific had decided to build towards tho
Coast. Such, however is the fact. Port
land, will, in time, be like Rome, in that
all roads will lead to it. The present
Western terminus of the road is at Den
ver. The survey between that point and
Ogden, Utah, has been fully completed,
and the work of grading and laying rails
will be actively commenced this Summer.
The distance to be covered Is approximate
ly COO miles. Reliable Information shows
that the line does not Intend to stop at
Ogden, however. Preliminary lines have
already been laid by the company's sur
veyors Into Southeastern Oregon, and
they will extend their lines northwest,
with Portland, it Is reported, as their
objective point. As It is the intention of
the company actually to push the work
along, it is not only the question of a few
short years when the line will find en
trance here. The entire distance between
Ogden and Portland by the proposed
route is about 1000 miles.
TItANS-PACIFTC RATES.
Traffic Manager Reach, nn Agree
ment on the Freight Question.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 4. At today's
session of the trans-Pacific conference. It
was decided that the proposition to poo
and divide the incoming freight tonnage
from the Orient was inadvisable. It was
decided not to disturb the present rate of
6 on 100 pounds of silk. Hitherto, the
Nippon Yusen Kalsha, which Is the ocean
connection of the Great Northern Rail
way, has been permitted to charge 50
cents less than the other companies. Early
In the conference, Vice-President Morton,
of the Santa Fe, demanded the same rates
as those enjoyed by the Japanese line for
the California & Oriental Steamship Com
pany, the ocean connection of his road. He
declared that the Santa Fe was willing to
maintain equal rates, but if the Nippon
Tusen Kalsha was allowed a differential,
his company should be given the same
privilege. After long deliberation the offi
cials decided to put the Nippon Yusen
Kalsha and the California & Oriental on
an equal footing. This concluded the
business of the session.
The various steamship companies, with
their rail connections, now expect to reap
a big harvest from the expanding trade
of the Orient, as they will not be ham
pered by disastrous rate cutting. The
rates as formulated are greater than thoe
at present In force, ana are practically
those of two years ago.
Passenger rates have been considered
at length, but their final disposition will
bo Intrusted to the local agents of the
steamship lines. The first meeting will be
held tomorrow by the agents. They are
now discussing steerage rates, which. It
Is claimed, are considerably lower from the
Orient to Puget Sound points than to this
city. The companies with terminals In this
city are trying to get concessions from
Puget Sound lines that will put them on
a more even, footing In securing steerage
business.
R. Koudo, president of the Nippon Yusen
Kalsha, and one of the wealthiest mer
chant princes of Japan, arrived from Yo
kohama on the steamship Coptic. It Is
stated that he has come to look over the
situation here with a view to extending
the business of his line to this port.
WILL LAST.
Opinion of n Pansenger Official
Anent Xevr York Agreement.
A local passenger official yesterday. In
referring to the railroad presidents'
agreement, said:
"The agreement went into effect March
15, east of Chicago, and on March 20 be
came effective west of that city. March
25 the Canadian Pacific announced its in
tention of becoming a party thereto.
Though less than two months old, the
agreement Is working satisfactorily. So
rar as known every fine Is strictly living
up to the contract. The best evidence
that this is so is the strict maintenance
of rates. It looks as though all lines in
tend to live up to the measure and strict
ly abide by both the letter and spirit of
the compact.
"If the agreement can be held Invio
late for a year, it will become a settled
rule. I consider it will establish a pre
cedent for all the future time, in the
government of traffic When It becomes
a settled fact that every lino Is living
strictly up to the agreement's provisions,
confidence In untried fidelity of the nu
merous lines will become widespread.
Energy hitherto expended by the lines
watching each other will be expended
for the general betterment of the traffic
problem. I am not an optimist, but I
really believe that this agreement Is here
to stay."
RAILROAD PEXSIOX SYSTEM.
The Mll-rranlcee fc St. Pnnl Company
May Adopt It.
CHICAGO, May 4 The Chronicle says:
An elaborate relief and pension plan will
be submitted to the employes of the Chi
cago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Com
pany, June 1. The plan will embrace all
the best features of the relief department
of the Baltimore & Ohio and the pension
fund of the Pennsylvania Company.
According to the St. Paul plan the fund
for the relief and pensioning of employes
will be obtained by specified installments
from the men and a yearly cash 'contri
bution from the treasury of the company,
to establish a fixed annual sum of avail
able money. After serving a specified
number of years, employes will have an
option of retiring on pensions when they
reach the age of 60, and none will be per
mitted to serve after he Is 70 years old.
The pensions will be based on the sal
aries received at the time of retirement.
The relief feature of the department Is
Intended to benefit employes who are In
capacitated temporarily for ' service, by
reason of accident, sickness or other
cause.
The fund will be under the control of a
relief committee, consisting of three mem
bers appointed by the president of the
road, the latter being an ex-officio member
pf the body, and an advisory board, com
posed of three members representing the
employes. The advisory board at first will
be appointed by the president of the road,
but after the department has been estab
lished, the members will be elected "by the
employes.
Length of service necessary to retire
ment on a pension Is the only feature of
the plan not yet? decided upon. Between
21,000 and 21,000 employes will be affected.
FULLY PROVIDED FOR.
City Ticket Offices Have Fonad Xevr
Quarters.
All the local railroad ticket offices af
fected by the erection of the new brick
building at the southeast corner of Third
and Washington streets, have arranged
for temporary quarters. At noon today,
the O. R. & Ns city ticket office will be
gin moving to its temporary location, at
the southeast corner of Third and Oak
streets. V. A. Schilling says that the
new offices will be open Monday morn
ing, if not sooner.
The Oregon Short Line will also re
move today to Its quarters with the Illi
nois Central, at 142 Third street. Com
mercial Agent Trumbull has the space
prepared for the Short Line people.
General Agent Mead, of the Omaha,
announced that he had selected an office
at 248 Alder street, in the Chambers
building, adjoining the office of the Rock
Island. He expects to be entirely settled
In bis new home by Monday.
General Agent Harder, of the Great
Northern, will not remove to his new
quarters at 26S Morrison street, until
about May 25.
Car Famine la Chicago.
CHICAGO, May 4. What practically
amounts to a car famine exists among the
roads .centering In this city. There Is not
one of them that has cars enough to take
care promptly of the business that Is
being forced upon It. Some of the roads
are absolutely refusing to receive freight
subject to delay. During the last year
or 18 months all the roads have Issued
large orders for additional equipment, and
each has added thousands of cars to Us
previous stock, and yet all appear to be in
as great need of cars as they wpre before
these orders were issued.
Traffic has Increased at a much more
rapid rate than the augmentations to their
rolling stock. There are 2S roads center
ing here, and it Is estimated that they
are 100.000 cars short in the aggregate, or
nearly 4000 each on an average.
Idaho Southern Incorporated.
TRENTON, N. J., May 4. The Idaho
Southern Railway Company was Incorpo
rated here today with au authorized cap
ital of J5,000,000. The company Is empow
ered to construct and operate railroads
and telegraph and telephone lines fln Idaho.
The Incorporators are James W. Adair, E.
S. Jacob and Harry S. Baltz, all of Jersey
City.
Railroad Notes.
Fred Rogers, of St. Paul, chief clerk
for Vice-President Darius Miller, of the
Great Northern railway, and also tho
Northern Steamship Company, was hero
yesterday. He was formerly located at
Walla Walla, and has not visited this
section of the country for a number of
years.
John P. Welmer, of Milwaukee, Wis.,
who is connected with the Great North
ern In that city, received a telegram yes
terday which curtailed his -visit. His
mother is ill, and he started for the East
yesterday. He was accompanied by
Charles Agnew, also of 3Illwaukee, who
came West with him.
W. A. Maclnness, of Winnipeg, general
freight agent of the Canadian Pacific,
is In the city. He Is accompanied by
Allan Cameron, the company's assistant
general freight agent at Vancouver, B.
C These officials will remain here until
Monday, at which time they will meet
G. M. Bosworth, the freight traffic man
ager. Mr. Bosworth has been in attend
ance upon the meeting of the trans-Padf-1c
steamship agents and transcontinental
railroad men at San Francisco.
PRAISE FROM A CRITIC.
The President Will Get Full Credit
for Good Appointments.
New York Evening Post
The approach of the Presidential elec
tion seems to be exerting a most bene
ficent Influence upon the character of Mr.
McKlnley's appointments. The nomina
tion of William Wirt Howe for United
States District Attorney In Louisiana
needs orily to be contrasted with that of
Henry Demas for Naval Officer at New
Orleans, a few months after Mr. McKIn
ley became President In 1S97, to illustrate
tho great change for the better. Demas
was the most disreputable negro politician
In tho state, a man whoso character was
so bad that all the decent elements of the
city rose in indignant revolt against the
proposition to give him the chief Federal
office In Louisiana; while Mr. Howe is a
lawyer of National reputation, who served
with distinction as a Judge years ago,
has been president of the American Bar
Association, and is so far removed from
the type of spoilsman usually given office
In the South that he Is now president of
tho Civil Service Commission of New Or
leans. Equally marked is the contrast be
tween Mr. McKlnley's first selection for
Assistant Secretary of the Interior and
his recent choice. "Web" Davis, as
everybody knows, was a Missouri machine
politician, without one qualification for
the office that was given him; while
Frank L. Campbell entered the civil ser
vice at Washington in 1870 as an employe
In the Census Bureau, did such good
work as to bo made an examiner In the
Pension Bureau two years later, soon won
promotion there, and a transfer to the
office of Assistant Attorney-General for
the Interior Department, where he has
served with such efficiency as to command
retention through all tho changes of Ad
ministration In the last 15 years.
Mr. McKlnley could not do a shrewder
thing than to mako such appointments
as those of Campbell and Howe. The ap
pointing power Is one of the chief prerog
atives and responsibilities of the Presi
dential office, and when two candidates
appeal to the Nation for support, it U
an important question which would be
the more likely to use this power In the
public interest, A President seeking re
election has the great advantage that the
people judge him chiefly by his latest ap
pointments. If Mr. McKlnley had begun
with Campell and Howe and then dropped
to Davis and Demas, the credit for his
earlier action would have been wiped out
by the odium of his later conduct; where
as, worthy appointments now make peo
ple forget the harm that he did to tho
Interior Department and the customs
service three years ago. As to selections
for offices in our new possessions. Mr.
McKlnley has no record to thrust into tho
background, and he can fill the clean
slate with good names without rubbing
out a bad one. Moreover, he cannot In
any other possible way do such a good
turn to the makera of Republican plat
forms as by picking out for all of the
places such admirable men as those whom
he has just chosen for Auditor and Treas
urer of Porto Rico an expert from the
Treasury Department and Johns Hopkins
Instructor, neither of them a politician,
but both men to whom any party can
"point with pride" as personal Illustrations
of Its policy.
Probably Fatal Shooting:.
SEATTLE, May 4. News was received
here today of a probably fatal shooting
at Cascade tunnel, on the Great Northern
Railroad. In a quarrel over money mat
ters, Thursday. Thomas Murphy, a gang
foreman, shot Frank Driscol, a laborer,
three times with a small revolver. The
wounded man la In a precarious condition.
Murphy escaped Sheriffs deputlesare
looking for him. I - '
TEN THOUSAND CHILDREN
SAXG TO ADMIRAL DEWEY IX ST.
LOUIS.
Public Reception In the Bis Expo
sition Building; A. Drive Through
Streets of the City.
ST. LOUTS, May 4.-Ten thousand Sun
day school children waving 10,000 Amer
ican flagajcheered and sang sacred and
patriotic congs In honor of Admiral Dewey
ut uie puouc reception at the Exposition
building today. The song service, which
was the last of a series of luncheons
and Informal receptions that took up the
time of Admiral Dewey and Mrs. Dewey
from early In the day, took place this
afternoon at a public reception given In
the Kg building, in which four years ago
President McKlnley was nominated, and
was attended by an audience that packed
the edifice almost to suffocation.
The celebration began this morning with
a short informal reception on the floor
of the Merchants' Exchange, trading be
ing entirely suspended in the pit during
the visit of the cteungulshed guests. This
reception was limited tc -members- of the
exchange and their families, but the big
hall and galleries around It were packed
when a wild cheer announced the arrival
of Admiral and Mrs. Dewey and the re
mainder of the Admiral's party.
Immediately after the reception at tho
exchange, the party tDok carriages and
were driven along the boulevards and pri
vate driveways leading through the beau
tiful residence district of the West End
and thence- to Forest Park. Near the en
trance to the ' park, just opposite the
Blair monument, the Admiral's carriage
was stopped for a moment while 100 girl
students of Forest Park University pre
sented him with an Immense bunch of
American Beauty roses and gave their
college yell in response to his thanks. The
drive along the park boulevards was a
continual ovation for the Admiral.
At IP. 1L the party was driven to the
University Club for luncheon and an in
formal reception, and shortly after 3 the
carriages were driven to the Exposition
building for the public reception. For
hours a crowd inside the building, num
bering fully 20,000. including the Sunday
school children, had waited patiently the
Coming of Admiral Dewey, while thou
sands of others, denied admittance, filled
for blocks the streets leading into the
building. The Admiral was greeted with
wild cheering by the crowd outside, but
h!a real reception came when the chil
dren inside the building saw him walk
ing down the steps leading to the section
reserved for the Admiral's party. In an
instant every pereon In the building was
standing up shouting and cheering-, while
in the tands of tho frantic children the
waving flags looked like a sea of the
National colors. Then, led by Bufunno's
band, 10,000 childish voices started "The
Red, White and Blue," the children at
the same time waving their flags. The
song was at once taken up by nearly
every person In tho building, even the
Admiral, standing and holding a small
flag In hie hand. Joining. Then "Amer
ica" was sung. In this, too, everybody
joined, and as the grand words of the Na
tional anthem rang out in a tremendous
volume of music, tho Admiral, visibly ag
itated, bowed his acknowledgments right
and left. At the conclusion of the song,
tw) little children of Bandmaster Bu
funno presented the Admiral with a silk
flag and to Mrs. Dewey a portfolio of the
songs of tho children, printed on white
silk. Then the Admiral surrendered. Tak
ing the children In his arms, he kissed
them, heartily and thanked them, while
the thousands of lees fortunate youngsters
looked on and in shrill" voices yelled their
delight. Two more songs, "Columbia"
and "Dixie," brought the Admfral to at
tention and started the cheering again.
At their conclusion the Admiral and
party were driven to- the planters Hotel,
and from then until "8 o'clock Admiral
and Mrs. Dewey remained in their apart
ments. Tho lost and most notable of the social
features In connection with the two days
celebration occurred tonight when a ban
quet was giveo at the Planters' Hotel In
honor of Admiral and Mrs. Dewey, and a
magnificent silver punch bowl, the gift
of citizens of St. Louis, was presented
to the Admiral. The banquet, which was
by Invitation only, was ono of the most
elaborato ever held here. The tables, set
for 200 guesis, were laden with cut flowers
of all kinds. At the conclusion of the
banquet Right Rev. Bishop Tuttle arose
and In a few words of praise of the Ad
miral's deeds presented, on behalf of the
City of St. Louis, the punch bowl and la
dle. Admiral Dewey did not attempt to
make a speech la reply, simply thanking
the people of St. Louis warmly for thelr
klndness.
THE RUNNING RACES.
Yesterday' Winners on Oakland
nnd Eastern Tracks.
SAN FRANCTSCoTMay 4. The Winter
season of racing In California will close
with tomorrow's races at Oakland. The
weather was fine, and the track fast. The
results were:
Futurity course, selling Flush of Gold
wop, Kitty Kelly second, Homestake
third; time, 1:12.
Four and half furlongs Lilly Dlggs won.
Game Warden second, Screenwell Lake
third; time, 0:55.
Mile and sixteenth, selling Elmldo won,"
Perseus second, Allenna third; time, 1:4754.
Four and half furlongs Andrattus won,
Articulate second, Ravassa third; time,
0:55.
Seven furlongs, selling Gusto won,
Spike second, Coming Event third; time,
1-2S.
Seven furlongs, selling Laborgia won,
Dolore second, Sugden third; time, 1:2754.
Mile and sixteenth, selling Wyoming
won. Lady Meddlesome second. Silver
Tone third; time, 1:47.
Races at Xaiihvllle.
NASHVILLE, May 4. The weather was
clear and track fast. Results were:
Six furlongs, selling Miss Shanley won,
Takalala second, The Light third; time,
1:13.
Half mile Invictus won. Small Jack
second, Trlstran third; time, 0:49.
Six and half furlongs, handicap Tom
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Collins won, "Scrivener second. Compensa
tion third; time. 1U3J5. '
Four and half furlongs, selling Censor
won. Donna Seay second. Lightning Flash
third;' time, 0:56.
Mile and eighth, selling Lady of the
West won, Bellamy second, False Lead
third; time, 1:55.
Six furlongs, selling Quaver won, San
Durango second, Nancy'TiU third; time,
1:11.
.Races at Aqueduct.,
NEW YORK, May 4. Tho " results at
Aqueduct were:
Five and a half furlongs, selling Cupid--ity
won. Sir Christopher second, Jamaica
third; time, 1:08 2-5.
Five and a half furlongs, selling Laure
ate won. Harry Reed second, The Amazor
third; time. 1:08 4-5.
Five and a half furlongs, selling Golden
Rule won. Insurrection second, King Full
third; time, 1.-02.
About seven furlong3, handicap First
Whip won. Robert Metcalf second. Royal
Sterling third; time, 1:26 3-5
Mile and 70 yards, selling Malt Simp
son won, Diminutive second, Mary Lan
den third; time 1:48 1-G.
Four and a half furlongs, selling Auda
cious won, Gladerun second, Frank Hall
third; time, 0:57 2-5.
Races at Louisville.
LOUISVILLE. May 4. The results of
the races were:
Seven furlongs Foneda won, Scarlet
Lily second. Anthracite thlrdr time,
1-26.
Half mile Cluster won. The Auditor
second, Knuckledown third; time, 0:49.
One mile, selling Talma won. Little
Billy second, Possum third; time, 1:41.
Debutante stakes, $1300, half mile Slnfl
won, Rab second. Bonnie LIzzak third;
time, 0:48.
Six furlongs Alcedo won. Helmet sec
ond. Praetorian tnlrd; time, 1:41.
One mile, selling Samover won, Lennep
second. Clara Mead third; time, 1:42.
THE XATIOXAL LEAGUE.
Sew York Won From Brooklyn by
Superior- Batting?.
NEW YORK. May 4. The New Yorks
managed to win a game from the Brook
lyns today by superior batting. Dahlen
got Into an argument with the umpire,
and he was removed from the game. At
tendance 3000. Score:
RHE RHE
New York... .6 10 3 Brooklyn 5 9 0
Batteries Carrick and Grady; Dunn
and Farrell. Umpire Connolly.
At Boston.
BOSTON, May 4. Lewis started In to
pitch for Boston, but arter giving live
passes to first and making two wild
pitches, retired In favor of Pettionger
in the second Inning. Attendance 2700.
Score:
RHE RHE
Boston 4 10 6 Philadelphia 12 12 0
Batteries Lewis, Pettionger and Sulli
van; Bernhardt and McFarland, Umpire
Emslle.
At ChlcnRro.
CHICAGO. May 4. Garvin pitched a
fine game for Chicago today, but his
work went for naught because of the rag
ged fielding back of him. all of the Cin
cinnati's runs resulting from misplays.
Attendance 1000. Score:
KHE R.HB
Chicago 3 10 6 Cincinnati 5 1
Batteries Garvin and Donahue; New
ton and Wood. Umpire Swartwood.
Game Postponed.
PITTSBURG, May 4. Plttsburg-St.
Louis game postponed, cold weather.
The American Association.
At Minneapolis Minneapolis 3; Milwau
kee 4.
At Cleveland No game, cold weather.
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COMMERCE ON GREAT LAKES
Large Increase of Tonnage Pausing
Through St. Mary's Canal.
No feature of the commerce of the
United States shows a more wonderful
development than that carried upon the
Great Lakes, where navigation is about
to resume for the season of 1900. The
aritcles entering Into the commerce on
the Lakes are wheat, flour and other
grains, coal. Iron and lumber. In 1871
the number of bushels of wheat passing
through the St. Mary's Falls Canal was
1.375,705, while In 1S99, the number of bush
els was 58,397,335, or more than 40 times
as much as In 1871. The receipts of wheat
at Buffalo Increased from 14,000.000 bush
els in 1872 to 83.000,000 bushels in 1898, while
the total receipts of grain of all kinds
(including wheat in the form of fldur) re
ceived at Buffalo by Lake increased from
62.000,000 bushels in 1872 to 267,000,00d bush
els In 1893.
Meanwhile the exportation of wheat and
wheat flour increased from 39.000,000 bush
els In 1872 to 222,000.000 bushels in 1899, the
Increase iu transportation by Lake thus
being much greater proportionately than
the Increase In exports from the sea
board. Transportation of flour through
the Soo Canal has Increased with even
greater rapidity, growing from 136 411
barrels In 1S72 to 7.114,147 barrels in 1SS9.
while grain other than wheat increased
from 445.774 bushels in 1S72 to 30,000,000
bushels in 1899.
In metals and minerals the growth on
the Lakes Is quite as striking as in bread
stuffs, the quantity of coal carried on the
Soo Canal having Increased from 80,815
tons In 1872 to 3.940.SS7 tons In 1899.
The product of the Lalce Superior region,
which Is poured through the Soo Canal In
Increasing quantities every year, is, after
grain and flour, chiefly Iron ore. copper
and lumber. The Iron ore shipments In
creased from 3S3.105 tons In 1S72 to 15,328,
240 tons In 1899; copper from 14,591 tons
in 1872, to 120.000 tons in 1SS9, and lumber
from 1,742,000 feet in 1872 to 1,038,057,000 feet
in 1899.
Science and Providence.
Contemporary Review.
Some years ago the present writer re
members reading a letter relating to the
death of a friend who had perished in
the wreck of an ocean liner which had
gone ashore on the Spanish Coast. The
writer of the letter. In referring to this
friend, rightly, from the Christian point
of view, laid stress on the fact that her
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nsediome has stood with
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years.
Puzzled women write to
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death was the will of God, and was there
fore best for Her. A scientific writer,
looking ot the same event, might have
viewed It as part of an immense context
of phenomena. He would have taken tho
proximate causes the strong shoreward
current In the Bay of Biscay, the mists
that at that season envelop the sea and
land, tho deflection of the compass, per
haps, caused by the geological composi
tion of the FInlsterro Rocks, and so on.
He would ha-ve shown that these again
had their antecedents, cllma lc, geological,
chemical, and so on, and these again their
antecedents, reaching back through the
ages. He would have shown further that
theso proximate causes must also have
their consequents, and these again their
consequents, and so forward throughout
the future. He would have shown us, in
short, a great sjstem of things reaching
onward from the primordial Fire-Mist to
the ultimate Crack of Doom, and main
tained that to alter any one part would
be to alter the whole, and then would
have turned on us triumphantly and asked
us If we actually, believed that all thl3
vast process was set in motion to drown
a particular person on a particular day
for her own good. The difficulty certainly
seems a serious one, and so long as wo
stand by the barely Pcsltlvlst view of
science and the barely Individualist view
of religion, it would seem to be Insolubla
so far as the intellect Is concerned.
Kid Parker's Good Showing.
DENVER. May 4. Kid Parker. Colo
rado's lightweight champion, demonstra
ted that he is among the topnotchers la
the lightweight class by fighting Matty
Matthews, of New York, who holds tha
title of light welterweight chamRton of
the world, to a draw In lv rounds at the
Colorado Athletic CJuh here tonight. Both
men were aggressive throughout the go,
and if there was any advantage It was
that Matthews landed oftener, though his
blows were not possessed of any greater
steam nor were they put In more telling
places than Parker's.
Dally Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, May 4. Today's Treas
ury statement:
Available cash balance $145,437,793
Gold 78,993.297
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