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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
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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.
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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 -
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the ees, braces mildly. Assimilable by ; '.
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. ' St. tools, U.
like the English is the mos,t cowardly
actqf otir age.,'
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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.
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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
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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.
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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?"
Nicholson thumped his brow and frown
ed, and his friends could see from his
high color that he was' thlnklrig bard.
At'last he said:
"Well, really, Mr. Wolf, since you pin
me right down to it, I can t recall at tnts
"minute who Ibld's American, publisher
Is; but I know that I have two or three
of his books knocking around home, and
I will look the matter up for you."
This Is "why the friends of these two
talk so much about Ibid when they catch,
them out In. society together.
Dnrglars Got $20.
NORTH YAKIMA. May 29 The ollce
of the Pioneer Lumber- Company was
broken open last night. The safe was
cracked and about 520 in money taken.
The thieves then entered the office ot
Wlng& Mlkkelson and attempted to force
the safe open. They did not succeed, ap
parently having been frightened away be
fore finishing the job. The officials think;
the worft was done Uy local amateurs.
.
Tli at Beer Drlnldngr Contest.
NEW YORK, May 29. Officers -of tho
Columbia senior class say that" there will
be no beer drinking tournament on clasa
day; that the proposal was a joke. The
so-called joke led to newspaper editorials
and sermons denouncing such a contest.
Daily Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, May 29. Todays state
ment of the Treasury balances, showsr
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