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" &Zr'",Sa,3, "" -wi'"rr;5''" '1 THE MOENING OKEGOSTIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY SO, 1900. FOR ST. LOUIS. FAIR Five Million Dollar Appropria tion Voted by Senate. BUT THE HATTER IS STILL PENDING Teller Boer Resolution Referred to tke .Foreign. Affair Committee . Armor-Plate Qaextlon in HoHue. WASHINGTON, May 29. A few minutes before adjournment this evening the Sen ate added to the sundry civil appropriation bill, an amendment appropriating 55,000,0M for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held in St. Louis in 1903, on condition that ?10,000,000 additional be raised by the .exposition authorities. The -amendment was offered by Cockrell, and was adopted -without debate and -without division. Be cause an amendment offered by. him sub--equently -was stricken out on a point of order, Gallinger of New Hampshire moved to reconsider the St. Louis fair amend ment, and that motion now is pending. As it is known that a considerable majority of the Senate favors the fair amendment, it seems reasonably likely that the mo tion to reconsider -vkill not be adopted. Bacon addressed the Senate at length on the Teller resolution expressing sympathy lor the Boers, -after which the resolution was xef erred to the committee on foreign relations by a -vote of 40 to 20. Fairbanks endeavored to secure consideration of the bill pro Idlng for the extradition of crimi nals from the United States to Cuba, but Allison declined to lay aside the appro priation bill for that purpose. No session of the Senate -will be held tomorrow. The House today, by" a vote of 107 to 124, refused to accept the Senate amendment J to the. naval appropriation bill, relating to armor-plate, and adopted a modified proposition, reading as follows: "That the Secretary of the Navy is here by authorized to procure by contract ar mor of the best quality for any or all ves sels above referred to, provided such con tracts can be made at a price which, in his Judgment, la reasonable and equitable; but in case ho is unable to make contracts lor armor under tho above conditions, he Is hereby authorized, in hl9 discretion, to procure a site for and to erect thereon a f actory for the Tnanufacture of armor, and the sum of $4,000,000 is hereby appropriat ed toward the erection of said factory." "With regard to ocean and lake 6urvea. the Hous refused any appropriation for surveys by the Navy, and tied up the con ferees with instructions. It aleo refused to concur in the Senate amendment to abolish the two years' sea cruise for naval cadets. With the above action the naval bill was gent back to conference, the conferees' report on the other items having been agreed to. The conference report on the Postoffice appropriation bill, agreeing on all Items except, the Senate amendment approprl-" atlng 5225,000 for pneumatic tube service, was adopted, and the House then concur red In the excepted amendment. The op ponents of the extended service in the House reconciled their concurrence in thl. action upon the ground that the $225,000 simply carried out the existing contract. The bill now goes to tho President. THE DAY IN DETAIL. Consideration of the Sundry Civil Dill in tlte Senate. "WASHINGTON. May 20. In the Senate today Jonea (Dem. Ark.) reported the House bill authorizing tho Commissioner of the General Land Office to dispose of the Choctaw Indian orphan lands, in Mis slsslppl, and it was passed. Hale (Rep. Me.) reported from the com mittee on appropriations the "last of the general appropriations of the general de ficiency bill. He gave notice that he would call It up at the earliest moment. Pettlgrcws resolut'on calling on the Secretary of the Interior for information as to the leasing of grazing lands in Ok lahoma, offered yesterday, was agreed to. Another resolution offered by Pettlgrew (Sil. S. D.). calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for qll communications, reports and charges ho has received rela te tlve to the management ofthe CrowCref k v' '(Teser'ailon ln'Soiith. Dakotawas passed.., 4" The Teller 't eso.yfion. expressing? sya' "pathy for the"B,o6rs, was then laid before "the Senate. b"d;'Bac"oi(Dfm; tSa-K ad dressed the Senate. Np 'Senator could, fail, he thought, to. sympathize4, with , the Boers uch Senator's, at least, as are de moted to liberty and free government. ' This Is a case of two weak republics en gaged in a struggle for life with the great est empire In the world; of a pastoral. home-loing people, engaged in a death struggle for the protection of their homes .and their -government; bf 0,000 or 30,000 plain farmers In a death struggle with an army of 250000 ment He could under stand, however, why Senators, though they might sympathize with the Boers, might not desire to commit the Senate to a proposition that was violative of inter national law. Th,e pending resolution was. In his opinion, conservative, proper "and "hot In any way violative of interna tional law. Bacon then read on extract from a memorial presented to tho House January-9. 1S20, relative to the war then pending between Greece and Turkey. At the conclusion of Bacon's speech, Davis .'(Rep. Minn.) moved that the xes plurJon, be referred to the committee on foreign relations. The motion was agreed ,lo, 40. to 25, as follows: AYES. Aldrlch Gallinger Piatt. N. Y." Allison Hansbrough Proctor Bard Haw ley Quarles Beeridge Kile, .Ross ' Borrows Lindsay Scott Carter Lbde Sew ell Clark McBrlde " Sboup Cullon McComas Simon . Deboc McCiimber Stewart Depqw McMillan Thurston Elkins Penrose Wetmoro Fairbanks Perkins Wolcott Foraker Pettus "Foster Piatt, Conn. NOES. Allen Daniel Mason Baeon Hale Monejv Bate Harris Pettlgrew. Butler Heitfold Rawlins Caffery Hoar Teller Chandler Jones. Ark. Tillman Clay Kenney Turley Cockrell Mallory Turner. Culberson Martin Consideration of the sundry civil appro priation bill was resumed. The- commit tee amendment to the paragraph relat ing to the enforcement bf the contract labor law and the Chinese exclusion act was so modified as to read that the en forcement of these laws should, be "un der the supervision and control of the Secretary qf the Treasury." As thus mod ified, the amendment v-ns agreed to. Chandler (Rep. N. H.). chairman of the' committee on prh lieges and elections, moved that Martin Magirmls, appointed a Senator from Montana, be admitted to Iho privileges of the Senate floor. "How about the other appointee?" In quired Tillman (Dem. S. C). "He is entitled to the floor of the Sen ate as a former Senator," replied Chan dler. The motion was agreed to. The amendment providing for the seg regation of mineral from agricultural lands in Montana and Idaho was then considered. Carter made an extended statement la support of the amendment, pointing out that its adoption would pre vent the patenting of mineral lands by the railroad companies. The matter was born in a desire of the people to protect the mineral lands. Pettlgrew made the point of order against the amendment that it was gen eral legislation, but the malr overruled the point. Tho amendment was then agreed to. Speaking to the committee amendment. Increasing from $50,000 to $100,000 the ap propriation for tho gauging of streams, investigation of underground currents and other.purposes, "Wolcott (Rep. Colo.) made a vigorous and humorous'-attack upon, tho geological suryey. He declared that the work for which $S5,000 bad been expended was -not worth 65 .cents. It. was nota eoheme to gauge the streams, bu'-to gouge the people. He--denounced the whole scheme as a "gold brick game." Butler (Pop. N. C) made an appeal for the adoption of the section, offering an amendment to Increase the amount appro priated to $230,000. A vigorous defense of the geological survey was made by Carter, who declared, it was the best institution of tho kind, maintained by any government in the world. Clay and Stewart supported the amendment. Butler's amendment was then agreed to, 35 to 24. The amendment as amended was then agreed to. It was decided to adjourn over Decora tion day, notwithstanding Allison (Rep. la.) made a statement that it would de lay final adjournment at least one day. An amendment was agreed to authoriz ing the President to appoint an architect and a landscape architect to be associat ed with the chief of engineers to report plans for the enlargement of tho White House. Cockrell (Dem. Mo.) offered a commit tee amendment, which "he said had been reported favorably by the committee, ap propriating $5,000,000 for the proposed Louisiana purchase exposition at St. Louis. The amendment makes the appropriation contingent upon, the raising of $10,000,000 by the "City of St Louis and the State of Missouri. The amendment was agreed to. without a word of debate and without division. An amendment was offered by Gallinger (Rep. N. H.) authorizing the President to appoint a commlss'on to study and make full report upon the commercial and in dustrial conditions of China and Japan, and appropriating $75,000 for thB purpose. Allison made the point of order that tho amendment was new legislation, and It went over, Gallinger complained that an amendment appropriating $5,00000? had been adopted, the amendment cl"irly be ing new legislation. "Therefore, I move." he said, "that the vote by which the St. Louis fair amendment was adopted be reconsidered." ' "I second that motion," shouted Penrose (Rep. Pa.). Before any further action could be taken, the Senate, on motion of Cullom (Rep. III.), adjourned at G o'clock until Thursday. In the Honse. Grosvenor (Rep. O.) presented a special rule ordering the previous question on pension bills, 190 in number, favorably acted upon in committee of the whole last Friday in order not to interfere with the conference reports. He explained that the rule was necessary because of the obstructive tactics of the gentleman from South Carolina (Talbert) last Fri day. This Talbert denied. He said that had a quorum been present the bills could have been passed. Dalzell (Rep. Pa.) attempted to have In cluded a bill for the relief of Charles B. Dougherty and officers and men of the Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, but Loud (Rep. CaL) objected. The special rule was adopted, but was Immediately displaced by Foes (Rep. HI.), who presented the conference report en the naval appropriation bill. The confer ence report was agreed to without divis ion. The House then proceeded to con sider the items which had not been agreed to. Foss moved that the Houso recede from Its disagreement and agree to an amendment striking out all sur veys, but Increasing the appropriation for charts, etc, from $10,000 to $20,000. This was agreed to. Tho House Insisted upon its disagree ment to the Senate amendment abolish Jng the two ears' course at sea for naval cadets. Foes then moved that the House recede from Its disagreement to the armor-plate amendment of tho Senate and agree to It with an amendment authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to contract for armor-plate at a price deemed reasonable to him, and if he cannot procure armor at an equitable price, authorizing him, in his discretion, to purchase a site for tho erection of an armor-plate factory, to cost not to exceed $4,000,000. Wheeler (Dem. Xy.) rooyed concurrence in the Senate amendment. Dayton (Rep. W. Va.), opening the de bate in support of Foss motion, eald he was Informed by the Senator from Penn sylvania" that It was utterly out of the nuestkm for the Government to expect to MbMi nrmnr nt the orlde Axed in the Senate bill ($445).. and that, therefore1, "the .country was confrbnted with, the al- ternauve, ot DuyjiiK axuiwi " - charged by. the tactoVles or building a .Government armor-blate factory. vo unow uie Ducreiu-ij- jo n.uuit, agree to any terms the factories ask,' eald Rlxey (Dem. Va.). "What evidence have you for that statement?" asked Foss. "I cannot cite the gentleman to tho evidence." replied Rlxey, "byt that Is my impression. We never secured Harvey ized armor for less than $447 a ton until we.llmlted the price. Admiral O'Nell says the Government can make armor for $344 a" ton, and that the Krupp process is not patented. If we can produce It for $344, why should we pay $515? I con sider that to pay oer $400 would give the manufacturers exhorbltant profits," To show the enormous profits of these concerns, Klxey had read from the ad vance sheets of a report by- Consul-Gen-eral Guenther, at Frankfort, show lng that the Krupp Company pecured over $1000 for a certain class- of guns from the German Government until competition developed.- The company then reduced its price to $452. Kitchen (Dem.- N. C), and Underwood (Dem. Ala.) favored building an armor platefactory. Underwood produced the figures of the armor manufacturers to show that ..the total cost of material in a ton, of armor, was $30 13; coal, etc., $56 75, and labor, $43, or a total cost of about $208. including interest, taxes and insur. ance. Wheeler said he wn? opposed to the establishment of an armor-plate factory, but the Government must be protected against extortion and wholesale Tobbery. Cannon (Rep. I1L), chairman of the ap propriation committee, declared Tils un alterable opposition to a Government armor-plate factors'. He agreed that it Congress fixed an upset -price for armor. the Government would pay the upset price. If the Secretary of the Navy was given discretionary power he might get it for less. He, therefore, favored Foss' motion. Cannon said he did not "believe, with the present price of materials, the Government coulff buy armor for $445 a ton, - Foss concluded the debate. It was absurd, be said, for 335 members of the House and SS members of the Senate to make a contract with the armor manufac turers. Why not give the Secretary ot the Navy full authority, as his-motion proposed, to contract for armor with the power to build a factory if he could not secure It at a reasonable price? Wheeler's motion to concur In the Sen ate amendment was lost. 107 to 124. Foss motion was then carried without division. The bill was then sent to further con ference. In order to back up the con ferees on the ocean and lake "surveys paragraph, Cannon moved to instruct the conferees not to agree to any modifica tion of the amendment agreed to by the House. The instructions were adopted, 114 to 72. Loud then called up the conference re port on the postoffice appropriation bill. It was a complete agreement except for the single item appropriating $225,000 for pneumatic tube service, added by the Senate. After a little debate this item was agreed to, and the bill now goes to the President. At 5 o'clock the House adjourned. Detroit CapitnliKt Dead. DETROIT. May 29. David Ward, pio neer capitalist, lumberman and owner of a fortune upwards of 523.000,000, died to day at his home In Pontiac THE TWELFTH CENSUS V Ji. ALI PRELIMINARY tJORK IS -P.RACi v TICAlfLY OYER.; Jj 7 - -s "4 - V Fif t y-Ave Thousand Enumerators and. Special Agent Will Take the Field Friday. TrASFrrvrrrnv fnv ?. Aftr 13 1 months of preparation, the preliminary ' work In connection with taking the : twelfth census is practically over, the j actual field work commencing on the j first day of June. Nearly 300 supervisors J have been selected, 52,600 enuemators, ! ted, 52,600 enuemators, j 2,000 .special agents.. a something over clerical force is now at- work numbering over 1000, and examinations are in force that will provide some 2200 more. Over 15,000.000 schedules have been prepared and sent to different parts of the United GOVERNOR MURPHY JAMfcS FOSTER. wmmmmmimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmimmmmnmmmmmmmammimmmmmammmaummmmmmmMmmaBm ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE BY THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE. States- for use in taking the enumeri, tlon and acquiring other facts In connec tion with the manufacturing and agricul tural inquiries. In order to bring about these conditions there will have been spent June 1 about $750,000. The field work now commencing, which will Involve the use of all the enumera tors and special agents, consisting of nearly 55,000 men, probably will not be finished until September. When the re turns are made by this vast aggregation of information hunters, the real work of the census will begin. The count of the population will "be hurried through so a to complete It by the time Congress con venes, in order that a proper apportion ment bill may be prolded for at the next session of the National Legisla ture. The wofk of compilation, tabulation and printing will follow, and this alone will be a work of great magnitude. It Is hoped to furnish the principal parts of the census work within the next two -years, it Is not unlikely that the cc?t ot the census, when completed, will be be tween $15,000,000 and $16,000,000. HOUSE DEMOCRATS' CAUCUS. Plans Outlined tor Antl-Trut and Refennfe Legislation. WASHINGTON, May 20. The Democrat ic members of the House held a caucus In the hall of the House tonight to con sider the trust question, which is to b? brought before the House the next three days, and other pending legislation. The caucus was attended by about SO Demo cratic members. At the outset Richard son of Tennessee offered tho f illowlng resolution, expressive of the party atti tude, which was adopted: "Whereas, There is known to be a large and growing surplus In the Treasury over and above the necessities of.lhe Govern ment, arising, from the taxes levied and collected under the war tax act of 1533; therefore, "Resolved, That we favor the reduction of the taxes provided for In sold bill, and we do not think the present session of Congress should adjourn until said taxes shall have been repealed, as to certain articles and reduced as to others, until there is a total reduction in the aggregate of at least 60 per centum. We pledge ourselves at all times to support any meas ure or measures providing for such reduc tion." - The trust question was then taken up, Ball of Texas presenting resolutions fa voring an adverse -vote on the anti-trust Constitutional atnendment, ad a favor able vote on the proposed Democratic anti-trust substitute bill. The resolution further provides that in the event of the defeat of the substitute, support would be given to the anti-trust bill as reports. The resolutions brought out extended de bate and considerable difference, of opin ion as to the manner of dealing 'villi the trust issue.. The Democratic members of the judiciary committee, Terry, De Ar mond, Lanham and others favored action along the lines of the Ball resolution. The Ball resolution was finally adopted, with minor amendments. As to the substitute anti-trust bill, the resolution state: "We believe that the adoption of these drastic provisions will demonstrate the power of Congress to destroy combina tions, monopolies and the consolidation of capital, familiarly Tailed trusts." Should the substitute fail of adoption, the resolution then provides for support ing the anti-trust bill reported by the ma jority. As to this measure, the resolution says: "While not satisfactory to the 'Demo cratic minority and not likely to remedy the trust evil, this bill does make an ef fort tow ard harassing and outlawing these enemies of the public, and Democrats are not willing to vote down any measure tending to that end." The resolution further urges Democrats to vote against the Constitutional amend ment, unless it be so amended as to leave the states unhampered in enacting anti trust laws. Against Election by Direct Vote. WASHINGTON. May 29 The Senate committee on privileges and elections to day, through Its chairman, Senator Chand ler, made an adverse report upon the House joint resolution providing for the election of United States Senators by di rect vote of the people. The same com mittee made a favorable report on Sen ator Hoar's bill amending the law relative to the election of Senators, so as to per mit election by a plurality of members of the Legislature in case where a majority cannot be secured by any one candidate.' Porto Rico Waati Lovrer Tariff. WASHINGTON, May 29. The Secretary of State has sent to Congress the reso lutions of the Chamber of Commerce at San Juan. Porto Rico, asking Congreas to. reduce the tariff on 'rice from $2 per. j z. hundred-weight to '59 rcents per hundred weight, until January L 1SC2. and the duty on olive" oil from CO cents to 10 cents per gallon until the! same date. Inanirance Right In Prussia. WASHINGTON, May 2S. After the membera of the House committee on commerce bad conferred wlth-the Secre tary" of --State, the committee today voted to -report; favorably the following reso lution: 'Resolved. That the Secretary of State be and he Is hereby required to take all steps which may be necessary and proper Klnirdom of Prussia a revocation of the order of August 14. 1S95. by which the privilege of transacting business in tnat kingdom was withdrawn from the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of New York." The committee also reported tne senate dm amenamg tne quarantine laws ay pru- bill amending the quarantine laws Yidlng for te fixing of limits of ( quarau- une, ancnorages, -etc Gayaor Saved by Tie Vote. WASHINGTON, May 29. An effort was made today in the judiciary committee of the House to take up the Gaynor leg islation proposed by the Attorney-General to secure the removal of Gaynor from Now York to Georgia, but it prov.ed un successful, on a tie vote. jOti to Be Major-General. WASHINGTON, May 29. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Brigadier-General Elwell S. Otis, U. S. A., to be Major-General June 16, 1000, vice Merritt, to be retired on that date. Court of Private Claims Joseph R. Reed, of Iowa, to be Chief Justice. To bo Associate Justices Thomas C. Fuller, of North. Carolina; William Mur ray, ojf Tennessee; Henry C. Sluss, of Kansas; Wilbur F, Stone, of Colorado. Thomas H. Norton, of Ohio, to "be Con-. sul at Harput, Turkey. ' The Cabinet Meeting. WASHINGTON,., May 29. The Cabinet meeting today developed nothing of Im portance. The President told the story of his trip to Norfolk to view the eclipse. The President and several members of the Cabinet will go toAntletam tomor row to witness the dedication of the Maryland monument. Taxation of Beer. WASHINGTON, May 29. The Senate committee on finance authorized a favor able report on the bill amending the law concerning the taxation on beer so as to eliminate packages of less than a quarter of a barrel. CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAGS Matter of Returning Them Is In Con gress' Hands. CHICAGO, "May 29. The Chronicle sayst Whatever may be the views entertained by individual members of the G. A. K. pos-ts'of Chicago on the question of-mak ing one of the feature Of the encampment the return to the Southern states of the Confederate battle-flags, the local com mittee will be guided entirely by the ac tion taken by Congress. That there is a great sentiment in favor Of the restitu tion of the flags waa evinced yesterday when It was announced that several prom inent members- of the G. A. R. have a plan in hand to secure the authorization of Congress for the return of the banners which are at present In the custody of the War Department. The matter was brought to the atten tion of the executive committee hating charge of .the arrangements for the en campment, and at a mass metmg held last evening, it was decided that it would "be unwlse to take any action- at this time either for or against the gilng back of the flags. It was argued that the matter did not come within the Jurisdiction of the "Q. A. R for the reason that the flags are the property ot the Federal Govern ment, and cannot be disposed of without a .joint resolution of Congress. It was the unanimous opinion of the committee, however, that should Congress authorize', by joint resolution, the restoration of the standards, the local committee of arrange ments would do all in Its power to make the presentation ceremony one of the touching features of the encampment. It is planned that if the consent of Con greaa can be obtained, the flags will be turned over to the G. A. R. and President McKinley will then hand the torn banners to the representatives of flie Confederate military organizations, who will be in vited to Chicago for the ceremony. Colonel W. H. Harper, the chairman of the executive committee of the encamp ment, explained that the ,G A. H., as an organization, could -not afford to Indorse or oppose the movement at the present time for the reason that it was a matter entirely in the hands of Congress. STEAMER T. J. POTTER FOR Riverview Cemetery. The steamer T. J. Potter will make three Tound trips to Riverview cemetery today, leaving Ash-street dock at, 9 and 10:30 A. M. and 2:30 P. M. Returning, leave River view at 10 and 12 A. M. and 5 P. M. Fare, 25 cents round trip. Oleo Sellers Sentenced. PHILADELPHIA. May 29.-Judge Mc Pherson. in - the United States District Cpurt, today sentenced two offenders against the Government laws regarding the sale of oleomargarine, and has yet to try a large number of cases- ot alleged in fraction of the same laws. William Kel Hnger was found guilty, and was sen tenced to three months Imprisonment and 5100 fine. Thomas Haughey, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to 30 days and $25 fine. They are grocers who sold, oleomar garine in unstamped packages. CHINATOWN QUAIUNTINED SAX. FRANCISCO DETERMINED STAMP OCT THE TLAGCE. TO Cordon of Police Sarroand the In fected Section of tke City Step Taken by tke Sapcrvisera. SAN FRANCISCO, May 29. In accord ance with the power rated In it by, the Board -of Supervisor of this cltyj Jtoday the Beard of Health quarantined. China town, and that section of the city is now surrounded by a cocdon of pouce, wno refuse to allow any one to pass in or out of the district unless he is provided with a proper permit. The. quarantine order also includes the street care, which are not allowed to pass through the d.a trict. It was only after a spirited meeting of the. Supervisors that It was decided to quarantine Chinatown' in order to protect the residents of other sections of the city and the people of the country at large against the plague which it Is alleged is lying dormah here. At the meeting held today, which was attended by the Board of Health. Iho Merchants Association and the Board of Trade and other interested citizens, a resolution waa adopted and ordered T4Ssed to print, empowering the Board of Health to quarantine Chinatown. The resolution was psed by a vote of 15 to 1, the dissenting vote being cast by- Su pervisor McCarthy, who stated in emphatic terms his belief that plague does not nor .Dver has existed In the City and County of San Francisco. Previous to the submitting of the res olution, the Board listened to statement? of Dr. Williamson, president of the Board of Health: Dr. Bazet, of-tht same body,, and Dr. Kenyoun, the "Federal quarantine officer, all of whom were positive In their declarations that plague has existed In this city, and that it may exist now, though no cases have been reported to the authorities- since May 15. Dr. Williamson stated that the first case was brought to the attention of the Board March 6, and since that time eight more cases have been reported, all deaths, and all Chinese. Dr. Williamson said that bacteriological examinations had been made by Dr. Kel Jog, the expert of the Board of Health; by Dr. Kenyoun and by Profeseor Mont-" gomery. of the University of California, and by the doctors of the Cooper Medical College, and that the "gentlemen named were positive the bacteria were those of the genuine plague. Dr. Kenyoun reiterat ed much that Dr. Williamson had said, and went Into soipe details of the spread of the disease In Sydney, N. S. W., and at Honolulu and other places known to have been visited by the plague. Mr. Thomas, representing tbe canning Inter ests of California, and Mr. Stubbs, of the Southern Pacific Company, urged that everything possible be done, to protect the citizens of California and to care for the Interests of the counties and states outside of San Francisco In an endeavor to re store confidence In the ability of the local authorities properly to handle the disease and to prevent Jts spread. The action of tle Supervisors was taken simply to reassure the residents of other sections of the country that there is n) danger of the spread of the disease, as Chinatown will be so thoroughly searched and. cleansed and the quarantine so tight ly drawn that should the plague etlll ex ist it will be impossible for It to spread. In this connection, Mayer Phelan has Issued the following statement to the Associated Press: "The situation in San Francisco Is oa follows: Between March 7 and May 15 nine dead bodies of Chinese taken from the Chinese quarter showed evidences of bubonic plague. Since the Jatter date ri person sick of the plague has been found, nor have there been any deaths. The City Board of Health keeps jip a constant In-' spectfon in Chinatown, and In consequence of the dectekmof the Federal Courts preventing, inoculation, of Chinese about to leave the city, .the Chinese district It self will be quarantined. Jn order o pro tect outside territory from even. the re motest possibility of contag'on. "There is no fear whatever among the .people of San Franc'sco, nor Is there any danger,. There has been no Infection In the city 'proper, although Chinatown has been open during this period. The meas ures adopted are merely precautionary. No fact y concealed, and no danger need be apprehended." The Chinese residents of, the quarantined section will carry the matter into the, courts, with the view of having the quar antine either dIsJlved entirely or at least so modified as to apply only to specific places,, which are alleged to be Infected. The method of procedure has not yet been determined. They contend, that there Jfl no plague In the district- IN TAMMANY'S HANDS. Some Inferrievrs on the Boer En voys and Their Hiflftlons. NEW YORK. May 29. The American correspondent for Les Nouvelles, of Paris, has cabled his paper Interviews with prominent Republicans and Democrats In the United States on the subject of the relations between this country and the Boer envoys. They will be published as well in Le Temps, L'Eclalr, Le Jour nal. Le Matin and many other newspa pers. They will say that Senator Depew has the following views: "The Boer envoys, Fischer, Wessels and I Wolmarens,. committed an act .of Im propriety by not presenting tneir cre dentials first to tjie President, or in his stead, to the Secretary of State, before addressing .themselves to the American people. They became from the moment of setting foot cm American soil willing or Involuntary tools 'in the hands of Tam many, which tried to exploit this Boer question for the advantage of the Dem ocratic party against the Administration in the coming electoral campalgn. "The Senate could not admit the Boer envoi's to the floor for the simple reason that in. doing so it would, commit an act tantamount to a breach of neutrality, which the United States Government and the people desire to strictly adhere to. It Is a positive fact that President Mc Kinley and his Secretary of State, Col onel Hay( have the approval of the peo ple ot the United States, in their .refusal to go, any further than they. have done In favor .ot the .Boers. They went even beyond the limit set by the Hague con vention, and none of the other powers, like Russia, France and Germany, have done as much, "There is no doubt as to the- universal admiration the courageous valor of the Boer has elicited by his bravery. In this fight against tremendous odds, being so largely outnumbered by the English, but the United States Government Is bound by International obligations and cannot permit foreigners to come here and bring by public meetings and Inflammatory speeches a pressure upon the decisions of the United Stat.es Government. The Boer envoys will enjoy the privilege of going before the people and pleading their cause In public meetings, but they must not for get the fate of the Frenchman, Genet." Representative Sulzer is quoted as fol lows: "The refusal of the United States to In tervene for the purpose of establishing peace will form a black spot Jn the.hlstory of the United States. Never, since the formation of this great Republic,, have any of the Administrations before this one ever behaved so shamefully. The American people. Inspired by lofty prin ciples and generous sentiments, consider liberty and Independence the most pre cious treasures mankind possess. The Administration acted from very. low mo tives In abandoning the Boer cause the sacred cause of justice and humanity for the sole purpose of antagonizing the Democratic party, which I represent. To stand by and permit the valorous little J people to bd crushed by rapacious brute J. ftfttteU5Eit - 4 It puts .color in -the cheeks, sparkle in the ees, braces mildly. Assimilable by ; '. tEe .weakest stomach, invigorating, re-'v freshing. A boon to nursing mothers. Prepartd AnheuserJBusch . ' St. tools, U. like the English is the mos,t cowardly actqf otir age.,' s . i AN INCOMPLETE VISIT. Frencb Exposition Authorities In terfered Witu American Plana. NEWj.TORK. May 29. A special to the Tribune from Washington says: The exhibits of the, United States at the Paris Exposition "will Toe less com pleie and Interesting as well as less valu able in respect to the extension ot the demand for American products Id France than would have been the case It so many obstacles had ribt "been placcd'in. the way by the French authorities-. This refers especially v i6 the propoied exhibits ot American live cattle, and also of dressed meats. It Is Iearned'from good authority that after every preparation had been made for a large and important ex hibit of live cattle, the application to In stall It was either refused outright or the approval of it was saddled with so many onerous conditions and restriction that the exhibit had to be abandoned. This was a severe disappointment to the American cattle industry, as well as to the official representatives of the United States In Parjs, who strove earnestly but In vain to overcome the obstacles thrown In tljelr way by the French authorities, and so that feature of the proposed ex hibit of the United States had to be abandoned. Such may also be the fate of the pro posed exhibit of American dressed .meat and meat products. ' The United States Government officials also made elaborate and expensive preparations for an Impos ing exhibit of American fruits and dairy and meat products. It was not foreseen that any obstacles would be placed In the way of a complete and noteworthy exhibit until the French authorities began to in tertfose' objections and suggest, and Im pose hard conditions which It may be found Impracticable fully to meet: One of the conditions was that fresh dressed beef, etc., should be 'exhibited , only In the form of whole carcasses, con-' talnlng the heart, liver and other Internal organs ot eacn an.imal.'- Inasmuch as the exhibits were not to be sold or consumed In France without the consent of the au thorities and as no such condition had" been foreseen and expected, it at first seemed to be one which could not j$oslbly be complied with, but It la understood that efforts are being made by the United States officials to do so, and .with some prospect ot success. A FENIAN PLOT. Detective' Discovery la Relation to "Welland Canal Dynamiting. NEW YORK, May 29. A special to the Herald from jfontreal, saysv Tho Dominion Government secret service has discovered that Carl Dullman, J. Nolan and John Walsh, convicted of"r trying to de stroy the Welland Canal, came to Canada for the express purpose -of wreaking" vengeance on the colony for having sent troops to South Africa; that they threw up positions in Dublin to do so, and that at least two of them were provided with funds by the Clan-Na-Gael. which ob tained the money through Maude Gonne. As a result of their investigations, the government agents say; ; ""The explosions "were designed as a reprisal against Canada for having sent troops to South Africa, The plot was conceived. Instigated, and carried through by orders of the executive officials of the Clan-Na-Gael. It was set on foot at the very moment last Autumn when all Can ada was ringing with enthusiasm over the mobilization of the first contingent sent by the Dominion to participate In a war of the Empire. "The emissaries of the Clan-Na-Gael. were dispatched from Ireland to America almost simultaneously with' the departure of the Sardinian from Quebec. The cost of passage of these emissaries of the Clan-Na-Gael was defrayed by a subscrip tion organized by MJss Maude Gonne, a young woman who has been designed 'The Irish Joan of Arc,' and who has made several visits to the Unlfed States In the Interests of the 'physical force section of the Irish extremists. "Their tickets were purchased by Fred J. Allan, who Is said to be the recognized head of the Clan-Na-Gael in Dublin, and who has, within the last four months, been appointed private secretary to the present Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alderman Pile. From the time of their landing in America to their arrival in Canada, a few days previous to, the explosion, and pos sibly since, Walsh and Nolln, at least, were In constant communlction with the executive of" the Clan-Na-Gael, and in re ceipt of moneys -from that body." The agents do not say that Maude Gonne knew the Welland Canal was to be blown up. ADMIRAL SCHLEY'S FLEET. Will Keep A-ivay From tUc Vltjlalty of the Anglo-Boer Wax.. NEW YORK, May 29. A special to the Tribune from Washington says: Admiral Schely's fleet wiH remain In South American waters for the next six months at least. The belief" that his ships would have to gp to Cape Town to be docked, or else come home for that purpose soon, has been met by an order from the Navy Department, suspending for his fleet the regulation which compels the docking of every ves sel once In six months. Thls period was already overdue for all three ships of the South Atlantic station, but as there appears to be no . particular reason for the Chicago, the Montgomery or the Wil mington to develop great speed at the present time, the urgency of docking is not recognized. It is admitted, however, at the Depart ment that in case docking was Imperative in the case of one of these vessels she would be brought to the United States for the purpose, in preference to sending her to Cape Town, as it is well known that no American warship would be wel come In British South Africa just now. Afietr Dinner To assist , digestion, relieve distress after eating or drinking too heartily, to prevent constipation, take Hood's Pills Sold everywhere,. 25. cents. Physip :ians the world over irescribe for pi tientswho lack appe tite or Vigor or when convalescing from serious illness; the: tonic t ' B&sc pr t ntun him by' Brewing Ass'n S. A. Experienced nayal officers have been, sur prised, at 'the deference paid to English wishes In this? respect ty all the great powers. In every other war of recent date the fleets of neutral powers have swarmed to the vicinity of-hostllltles. At one time it was feared, that the visit of Admiral Schley's little fleet. o Cape Town might Induce other maritime powers to send vessels there, but, according to Admiral Schley's irlends. this excuse no longer has any application other than o confine the Admiral to South Ameri can ports. - " XeTv Yorlc Goes to Xeivport. NEW YORK. May 29-sThe United Spates cruiser New York, which left the Navy-Yard and anchored off Tompklns vllle yesterday, sailed- this morning for Newport, to be present, at the opening of the National College, June 13. . Cruiser Albany Commissioned. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, May 29. Th .United States cruiser Albany was commis sioned here today. i Wno "Was Ibid? .Salt Lake Herald. Walter Wolf, the young bookkeeper for T. R. Jones & Co., Is said to Tiave one of the best selected private libraries in town, so that when "Trilby" Nicholson and three or four young men friends called upon him in his den recently the talk na turally turned upon books, and author?. Naturally, because Nicholson Is a book fiend hfmself, it was not long before he and Wolf were deep in the world ot let ters, while the others ot the company sung low. Tearing to expose their Ignor ance. Books and authors, both ancient and modern, ot high and low -degree ot merit, were trotted out and discussed by theee two, who fairly fell into each other's arms on the subject, Flnlly Wl Inquired: "Mr. Nicholson, have you ever read any qf Ibld's works' I run across quotations from him so often In my reading and his style impresses me very highly; but I have never been able to get any of his complete works."' -"Trilby" blushlnsly admitted that he had read a number of Ibld'W earlier books and liked them first class for light read ing. "Well, Mr. Nicholson," broke .in Wolf. In raptures, "jou are the man I have been looking for for the past 10 years. I've hunted high and low tn vain for D)ld's works, now tell me where I can get a complete set of them?" 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