THE MOKNIKG OHEGOXIAS, TUESDAY, 'AUGUST 14; 1900.
NO TIE FOI
Ministers Must Be -Liberated
Before Overtures Are Begun,
REPLY TO THE CHINESE EDICT
America.' Finn. Position In -Tnl-
2Iatter I Unchanged A. Messagre
Front Conger.
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. The reply of
the United States Government to China's
overtures lor peace -was made , public
early in the day, showing the firm and
final position that had been taken. While
expressing satisfaction at this peace step,
the reply .states that It is evident "that
there can be no general negotiations be
tween China and. -the powers" so long
.as the Ministers and Jegationers are re
strained and in danger, and then follows
a specific statement of -what the United
States expects as a condition precedent
to a cessation of hostilities, viz:- That
a body of the relief force be permitted
to "enter Pekln unmolested" and escort
the Ministers back to Tien Tsin. The text
of the American reply Is as follows:
"Memorandum: Touching the Imperial
edict of August S, appointing Li Hung
Chang Envoy Plenipotentiary to conduct
negotiations on the part of China with
the powers, and the request for a ces
sation of hostilities pending negotiations,
communicated to Mr. Adee by Mr. Wu on
the 12th of August, 2900.
"The Government of the United States
learned with satisfaction of the appoint
ment of Earl Id Hung Chang as Envoy
Plenipotentiary to conduct negotiations
with the powers, and will, on its part
enter upon such negotiations with a de
sire to continue the friendly relations so
long existing between the two countries.
It is evident that there can be no general
negotiations between China and the pow
ers so long as the Ministers of the powers
and the persons under jthelr protection
remain in their present position of re
Etralnt and danger, and that, the powers
cannot cease their efforts for the delivery
of thDse representatives to which they
are constrained by the highest considera
tion of !National honor, except under an
arrangement adequate to accomplish a
peaceable deliverance. "We are ready to
.enter into an agreement between the pow
ers and the Chinese Government for a
cessation of hostile demonstrations on
condition that a sufficient body of the
forces composing the relief expeditiun
hall be permitted to enter Pekln unmo
lested and to escort the foreign Minis
ters and residents back to Tien Tsin,
this movement being provided and se
cured by such arms and dispositions of
troops as shall be considered safe by -the
Generals commanding the forces compos
tog the relief expedition.
"ALVAL A. ADEE,
"Acting Secretary.
"Department of State, Washington,
'August 12, 1900."
International Concert tTiibrolten.
It developed during the day that the
reference to ""the powers," employed in
the American reply, was not without a
distinct meaning. Exchanges between
the various powers- have been going on
constantly, and as a result the officials
had the satisfaction of knowing late m
the day that the position of the United
States had the approval and support of
all the great powers. While this had not
"been expressed In any formal manner
by all the parties, yet the exchanges In
the chancellories of Europe and through
the foreign representatives in Washing
ton had made it positive that the powers
were acting unitedly In approval of the
.course of this Government.
Several of the foreign representative?.
Including Baron Speck -von Sternberg, the
German Charge d'Affaires, and Mr. de
"vTollant, the Russian Charge d'Affaires,
had extended conferences with Mri
Adee in the afternoon, These added td
the assurances of unanimity among the
powers. The presence of the Russian
representative was gratifying in clearing
away some misapprehension which was
shared hy the Governmenet as to Russia's
course in authorizing M. de Glers to leave
Pekln under Chinese escort. It was
pointed out that this in no way brought
a difference in tho attitude .of Russia
and of the other powers, as all were
acting on the theory that the Chinese
Government must first give an absolute
guarantee of the safety of the Minis
ters. It seems evident that this absolute
guarantee cannot be given by China un
less it allows the international forces to
enter, so that in effect the Russian posi
tion does not differ materially from that
of the other powers. At least Russia
is Included among those who fullv ap
proe tho course taken by the United
States.
A Sisn of Wcalieninp.
The reply was sent to 1,1 Hung Chang
through Minister Wu last night, and as
there are no delays In communicating
with him similar to those In dealing with
Pekln, it may be expected that China's
peace envoy will be acquainted today
with the position of the United States.
A member of the Cabinet stated today
that no consideration would be given
promises of tho Chinese Government until
the demands that have been made by, this
Government are actually and fully com
piled with.
""We have made our demands on the
Ch'nese Government," said this official.
"in very definite language, and. In, view
of its persistent failure to meet them,
although certainly fully understanding
them, mere promises will not now ba
considered. Xothing, as I see it, will stop
the march of the relief force to Pekm,
except the actual delivery of our people
now there. Unless they are put into our
hands immediately, the allied forces will
continue on into the Chinese capital with,
out any tinnecessarv delav. This peace
edict, however, looks as If the Chinese
were about ready to yield. They prob
ablv will bo disposed to take any steps
necessary to save tholr sacred city from
foreign Intrusion."
A Message Trom Conner.
A dispatch -was received from General
Chaffee transmitting a message he had
received from Minister Conger. Evidently
the message had been delayed long in
reselling him, and his own dispatch -was
dated four dajs ago. Tho dispatch was
as, follows:
"Adjutant-General, Washington Tolt
sun 8th Message received today:
Pekln. August 4. We -will hold until your
arrial. Hope It will he soon. Send
such information- as 3 ou can. -Conger.'
"CHAFFEE "
It is presumed that the dispatch of
General Chaffee was dated at Tang
Tsun. and that an error was made in
transmission. While the message ot
Minister Conger contains- nothing new, it
is encouraging to the officials, to have
renewed assurance of his ability and de
termination to "hold" until relief reaches
him. That general Chaffee will commu
nicate t the besieged Minister tidings of
hope rand good cheer, if the opportunity
be jrffonied him. officials here are cer
tain. Minister Conger's, expression. ofope
that MfaeljQngIooKSd-iorreucimay .seen
reach Jhim simply adds to the deTcirni
nation 2 the Goyemrownt to rs5sy for
-ward Se'Tekln as rapidly 2is possibje.
The "War Xepartjnejtt lias received the
foBewing from General Barry:
"Nagasaki. Aug. 12. Adjutant-General.
Washington: Transport Sumner arrived
at this port on the Kth. Ko casualties
occurred. Health of command excellent.
Will proceed to Taku on Indiana.
"BARRY."
The Swaner carried a "battalion o'tjthe
Fifteenth. Infaaux- -The Indiana. "aKo
will take" aboard, siege gunsaad. "Maxim
field truss, -which General Chaffee Jias re
quested end which General MacArthur
will send from Manila. It -will take about
three days for the Indiana to reach Taku.
' XOT ALI.AGBEED. f
Some Opposition to the Appoint
ment of Von Walderaee.
I NEW YORK. Aug03. A dispatch to the
Tribune fromJjondon says:
Despite the assertions so confidently re
peated that all the powers have accepted
the usual conditional appointment of
Count von Waldersee as Commander-in-Chief
of the allied forces. It is still be
lieved here that several governments
have given 'their consent to the Count's
nomination with Important limitations on
his freedom of action. It is pointed out In,
Paris, and by responsible statesmen like
M. Mellne, that tinder the law of Febru
ary, l&H, no foreign officer can hold, even
nominally or provisionally, command of
any oody of French troops.
At present the Count's commission from
the powers would make him rather chief
of a council of officers than Commander-in-Chief.
No doubt -when the allied army
is actually engaged in a battle with the
Chinese, the German Field Marshal will
be In command, and his tactical disposi
tions will be carried out by all ranks and
nationalities, but on the larger question
of strategy and policy the attitude of the
chiefs of the various foreign contingents
will be largely determined by instructions
from home.
It is possible, however, that before
Count von Waldersee reaches the Pel Ho,
a more definite understanding between
the powers as to their objects and pur
poses In China will have been reached.
The only member of the Cabinet who
has lately referred publicly to the Chi
nese question Is Lord Londonderry. The
Postmaster-General In a recent speech
at a political gathering urged that the
powers would seek no Indiscriminate
vengeance, but would insist on the pun
ishment of the Mandarins and other high
personages really responsible for the out
rages committed Instead of allowing
themselves to be put off by the execution
of a miscellaneous selection of less guilty
subordinates. Great Britain, said the
speaker, must do what It could, to pre
serve order In the Tarigtse Valley, and
he maintained that Her Majesty's Gov
ernment considered it was under a special
obligation to protect Shanghai.
Considerable uneasiness continues to be
felt in official circles, though not much
Is said about It In the newspapers, as to
the action of Russia In the Chinese prov
inces adjacent to her own frontier. Lit
tle is really known about the state of
affairs in the Amur region, and it has
even ben alleged that the attacks on
the Russian settlements have merely
been those of small roving bodies of Tar
tar bandits. But RUssla is clearly pre
paring for a campaign on a great scale.
Moscow telegrams assert? that 00,000 troops
have already started on the railway routo
to the Far East and many more are to
bo embarked from1 Odessa. 'Some of the
Russian newspapers are now openly as
serting that the time has come to settle
whether ,the Slav or Mongol, Christ, or
isuaana, snau De supreme in isortneast
ern Asia.
Meanwhile the Russians are already
understood to have decided to take pos
session of New Chwang, the Important
railway center and harbor which It has
been the determined object of British
diplomacy for two years past to keep out
of Muscovite 'hands.
B.IOTIXG KEAR SHANGHAI.
Serious
Trouble In- the Tttnfftse
Valley-
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. A dispatch to
tho Tribune from London says:
A Shanghai dispatch to the. News says
that troubles have commenced In the
Yangtse Valley at Ta Tunh. Serious riots
have taken place and the telegraph sta
tion Is reported to have been, destroyed by
members of the Kolavus Society.
The Standard correspondent in Tien Tsin
states that copies of Imperial edicts have
been discovered instigating tho people
to destroy the foreigners. These edicts
were issued simultaneously with others
In -which the Chinese Government prom
ised to protect the legations. ,- -
According to a Berlin special to the
Post, Lord Salisbury, In his reply to the
Kaiser, advised that Count vpn Walder
see should be appointed Chief Commander-in-Chief.
The German Foreign Office
Is not disposed to attach undue Import
ance to the one condition insisted upon
by England, that the assent of the other
powers concerned should also be obtained,
since all the powers save France have
now given their formal consent to Von
Waldersee's appointment.
A FATAL BLUNDER.
Russian Artillery Fired on
Amerl-
can Soldiers.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. A special cable
dispatch to the Evening World today,
dated Che Foo, August 9, ,vla Shang
hai, says:
A terrible mistake occurred at the tak
ing of Yank Tsun. Russian artillery
opened fire on the American troops. Be
fore the mistake was discovered many
American soldiers had been killed or
wounded by the Russian shells. The
Fourteenth took part In the attack on the
Chinese trenches. As the Chinese lied
I the regiment entered and occupied one
or tne umnese positions, a xvucoioji ua.1.
tery. some distance off did not notice
tho movement. It opened fire on the
position and planted shells among the
American troops. , The Russians were
quickly notified and ceased their fire.
Von Waldcraee's Fare-well Stteecti.
LONDON, Aug. 14. Count von Walder
see, when bidding farewell yesterday to
the officers of the Tenth Army Corps -at
Hanover, according to the Dally Mall's
correspondent, said:
"Upon the pluck of my soldiers I shall
rely to carry out my mission, welfare and
the glory of the Fatherland, and I know
that if the present difficulties should en
gender new entanglements, the Tenth
Army Corps, to whom I am speaking,
will render brilliant services."
Where Messages Are Dated.
LONDON, Aug. 13, Ah explanation as
to why some of the Pekln cipher mes
sages are dated Tsl Nan is made by the
Great Northern Telegraph Company,
which points out that It has a regular
courier service between pekln and Tsl
Nan, and that the wires- are working
from the latter place.
Refuse to Take Allotment.
DENttSON, Tex., Aug. IS. The full
blood Creek Indians refuse to take their
allotments and have withdrawn from tho
regular Creek Government. They have
established a pure Indian Government of
their own with: Chinnublo Halfo sX the
head. No white persons or halfbreeds
will be permitted to live with the full
bloods, and the full blood!will keep to
themselves and away from settlements
where the others live.
The Bennlneera Disaster.
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Aug,. 13. Thirteen
are dead and 16 Injured as a result of
the grade-crossing accident at Bennlng
ers, on the Lehigh & New England Rail
road last night Besides those reported
last night. Miss Maggie Jones, aged 20,
and Miss Susan Bachman, aged S3, are
dead. Those most seriously Injured are:
Mrs. William Rest, Alice Nagle and Hat
tie Nagle. Coroner Kelm began an In
quest today.
CABLE PARK, FOR AN OUTING
Cable Park, Portland Heights, SM feet
above the city, a,t terminus of Portland
Railway, open to the public Fine view
of the snow-clad peaks, city and. coun
try, pleasant shade, good refreshment
stand, comfortable seats and swings,
with monkeys and young bears to amuse
the children. Open cars leave the en
trance every seven and one-half minutes.
YANG TSUN CASUALTIES
GENERAL CHAFFEE SENDS
FULL LIST.
THE
The Dead "Were Bulled. There and.
the Wounded Sent to the Tien
Tsin Hospital.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. The War De
partment received the following casualty
Olst from General Chaffee;
"Che Foo, Aug. 13. Adjutant-General:
Yang Tsun. Aug. 7. Casualties In action
at Yang Tsun, August 6: Enlisted men
killed, Fourteenth Infantry, "W. E. Metz
ler, Company L; Robert C. Kerr.jWyatt
G. Hicks, Company I; Samuel Stafford,
Corporal Roy Bergen, Company M; Lau
rence M. Coogins, Company G; Royl and
Perry, Company K. From heat prostra
tion, William Webb. Company M, Ninth
Infantry; Thomas M. Prophy, Corporal
Marine Corps.
"Wounded Ninth Infantry; Frank R.
Lang (Second Lieutenant), wounded in
shoulder, serious; Michael O'Brien, Com
pany F, wounded In foot, serious; Daniel ,
CAPTAIN H. J. REDELY, FIFTH UNITED STATES "ARTILLERY, WHOSE
BATTERY WAS ENGAGED AT YANG TSUN.
J. O'Connor, Corporal Company E,
wounded in leg above knee, serious; -Joseph
P. Fritsch, Company M, wounded
in abdomen, serious; William "Eseld; Com
pany I, wounded m arnf, serious; Albert
W. Fitzpatrick, Company D, wounded In
thigh, slight.
"Fourteenth Infantry: Company E,
Frank Knoll, Sergeant, wounded in groin,
serious; Harry C. Huston, wounded In
shoulder, moderate; Patrick Curran,
wounded In leg, above knee, serious; Is
man ,8. Tyeler, wounded Jn arm, .serious;
Ralph W. Adams, wounded in head, -serious;
Charles Johnson, wounded in leg
below knee, serious; Frank R. Kiddoo,
wounded in head, moderate; Louis A. For
gerel, serious. Company F: William Ma
loney. First Sergeant, wounded. In knee,
serious; Frank G. Albright, .wounded in
chest, serious; James Aiken, wounded in
knee, serious; Adam Houce, wounded In
leg below knee, slight; George E. Vale,
wounded In thigh, slight; Ernest Glson,
wounded In shoulder, moderate; James M.
Hurst, Corporal, wounded In head, seri
ous. Company, I Clint W. Graham
wounded' in shoulder, moderate; wounded
in knee, serious; Joseph E. E. Legerr,
wounded In testicle, thigh, .serious; Will
lam Miller, wounded In leg below knee,
serious; Lefer J. Allec, wounded in neck;
serious; Will S. Lawrence, wounded In
knee, serious; Philip M. Anderson, wound
ed in back, serious; James -Rice, wounded
in both arms, serious; Robert E. Snell,
wounded In neck, serious; Ray S. Rob
erts, wounded in knee, serious; George D.
Gardner, wounded in neck, serious. Com
pany L William J. Emmet, First Ser
geant, wounded In groin, slight; Henry
Young, Corporal, wounded in knee, seri
ous; Benjamin N. Boyle, wounded in lfg
below knee, serious; Alfred M. Messer,
wounded In head, serious; Ross Cham
bling. wounded in leg below knee, serl
ous; DwightM. Fuller, 'wounded in tlilgh,
slight; Frank R. Jackson, wounded in
foot, serious. Company M Oran 'A.
Kemper, musician, wounded In head,1 seri
ous; Charles E Foster, wounded in wrist,
slight; Henry H. Hurst, 'wounded in
chest, Serious; P. Aschel Smith, wounded
in side, serious; James P. O'Dowd,
wounded in abdomen, serious; Joseph
Quellette, wounded in back; serious; "John
Wagner, wounded In arm, serious; John
B. Hehld. wounded In foot, serious; Rob
ert L. Tipple, wounded In thlgh? serious;
Patrick Shea, wounded In foot, serious:
Alonzo J. Babb, wounded in leg, serious;
Jacob S. Schwoebel, wounded in arm,
serious; John Mullgan, wounded in foot,
serious.
"First Regiment Marines Company F
Norman A. Pruitt, hand, severe.
"Battery F, Fifth Artillery Andrew
Bromm, wounded in leg, moderate.
"The killed were buried at Yang Tsun;
the wounded sent to the hospital at Tien
Tsin. CHAFFEE."
First Battalion of the Second. .
CHICAGO, Aug. 13. General Wheeler,
commanding the Department of the
Lakes, received orders from Washington
today directing him. to send off the first
battallort of the Second Regiment, now at
Fort Thomas, as quickly as possible. The
battalion must be In San Francisco ready
to embark on the transport' Sherman',
which will sail for China the latter part
of this month.
Ammunition, for China. " .
PHILADELPHIA Aug. IS. Eight car
loads of ammunition arrived at League
Island navy-yard today, and . will be
placed on board the water-carrying
steamer Arethusa, which is under orders
to sail for China shortly. The bulk of
the ammunition came from Norfolk.
Trro Companies of the First.
LEAVENWORTH. Kan., Aug.' 13. Com
panies C and D, First Infantry, will leave
Fort Leavenworth over the Burlington
tomorrow noon for San Francisco, 260
men. Captains Getty and L. E. Pickering
commanding, respectively. The train con
sists of a baggage and boxcar and nine
sleepers.
Retnrn of the Solace.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. The hospital
ship Solace, bringing home sick and
wounded from China, sailed from Yoko
hama for Guam, which -will be her first
stopping place on her homeward trip.
Gam or Case Adjourned.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. The hearing in
the proceeding to secure the removal of
J. W., E, W. and B, l Gaynor 'aria 1
Benjamin jD. Greene, accused of "conspir
acy to defraud the Government in con
nection with ex-Captain Carter, in Sa
vannah, -was continued heforo United
States Commissioner Shields today. F.
M. Smith, a clerk in the Judge Advocate
General's office in Washington, and J. W.
Oberlin, chief clerk' in the Government
Engineer's office, at Savannah, under
Captain Carter, were the principal wit
nesses heard- The Government .closed its
case this afternoon, and the hearing was
adjourned until- September 27.
TAKEN WITH EQUANIMITY
But British Buyers Wanted a. SUovr
at the Bond Issue.
NEW YORK, AugTl3. A, dispatch to
the Times from London says:
Our market has, on the whole, taken
the .sale of British exchequer bonds in
New York with equanimity. At flrst a
howl of wrath arose from the stock ex
change, whose hungry, desperately hun
gry members had meditated In their brief
holiday over the prospect of making a
little by the Issue to help recoup them for
their losses In "khakis." Great prepara
tlonswere made to send lists of applica
tions and to get another monstrous dem
onstration by the help of which the bonds
could be held at a premium until the
market had sold its anticipated allot
ments. But the cup 'never reached the 'lp. The
bank shut Its doors In the faces of banker
and broker alike, even the 18,000,000' of
Continental applications collected by'the
diligence' of, the Rothschilds getting
tossed aside with the others. No won
der cursing was the fashion. Discount
has declined about one-eighth of one per
ceivt, tyit can go ,no further down yet
because the war loan installment paid on
Thursday swepti.away more credits than
the-market had available. ' Consequently
It has been obliged to resort "lo"the bank
dally for assistance, and the bank re
fuses to make short advances under 4V
per . cent. Banks generally bold out for
4 j)er cent on paper bought by them from
brokers, and this rigidity prevents the
brokers from working much at 4 per cent.
Behind all this there still lies the dread
about gold. "What are 5,000.000 to our
probable" necessities?" the croakers cry.
Thebank return Is eloquent of, pinch ed
ness to an extent well calculated-to'keep
the-market in a 'cautious mood. This last
wreek endedf with' the market perhaps a
shade more comfortable In mind, and dis
count rates again showing a disposition
to gd back.
Money is becoming dearer in Germany,
and 'foreign bankers assert that the strug
gle for credit enough to sustain the mar
kets and to carry on the innumerable
enterprises to which Germans have com
mitted themselves, may oaife more be
come Intense within that empire before
many weeks are over.
Our" stock markets are still doing noth
ing and putting their best face on it. The,
Government admits in Its latest balance
shet a deficit of 50,000,000, and it Is sus
pected to be nearly double tfiat amount.
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
The Annual Convention ' Opened at
Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, Wis! Aug. 13. The 46th
annual convention of the International
Typographical Union opened at the Ma
sonic Temple today and will continue
throughout the week. The opening session
was attended by about 500 delegates. The
annual .reports of the officers were sub
mitted In printed form.
President S. B. Donnelly, in his report,
recommends that annual conventions be
abolished and officers selected by specially
called conventions. Instead of by refer
endum vote, as at present. The amount
of money spent in conventions, he con
tends, can better be spent 'In resisting
the encroachments of unfair men and in
protecting tho union's scale of wage's.'
He also recommends that amendments
to the constitution be made by conven
tions instead of by referendum vote.
Secretary-Treasurer J. W. Bramwood
reports a total membership of 40,000,- four
fifths being Jn good standing. Seventy-sir
new locals were organized during , the
year and one reinstated. A local union
Is soon to be formed at Manila.
An effort will be made during thecon
vention to increase the death benefit from
560. to ?70.
The committee on laws reported 33
propositions of a various character 'for
action by the convention
Buffalo, Toronto, Birmingham and St.
Louis are working for the 'next conven
tion. An effort was made just prior to ad
journment of the flrst session to have the
convention consider certain matters of a
political nature. The movement -was
quickly squelched, .and nothing bearing
on politics will be entertained during the
convention. :
Boers 'Left Mnchndodorp.
LONDON, Aug. 14. The Boers have left
Machadodorp, according- to the -Lourenco
Marques correspondent of the Dally Mail,
and occupied Watervalonder In force.
A considerable portion of Commandant
General Botha's camp and stores at Dal
manthus -was destroyed by fire Sunday.
According to .another special dispatch,
Berberton hag been proclaimed the new
seat of the Transvaal Government.
Passing1 of the Horse.
60 soon as Nature sees an improvement
there is a change. The candle gave way
to electricity. The spinning wheel to ma
chinery, the horse to the automobile. The
fact that Hostetters Stomach Bitters has
heen gold for over half a century, proves
its value There is nothing to equal it for
stomach ox liver trouble. It is Nature's
own remedy, and the only one to cure
dyspepsia or weak stomach.
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FORT HALL INDIAN SCHOOL
SITE FOR THE NEW INSTITUTION
SELECTED.
Buildings W4I1 Be Constructed on
' the Most Improved Flans With
All Modern. Conveniences.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. United States
Indian Inspector Graves has made a re
port to the Indian Bureau, upon the se
lection of a site for the Indian School
for the Fot Hall Indians, for which
175,000 was appropriated by Congress to
carry out the agreement with these In
dians. He does- not favor the site of the
present school, but recommends a site
about five miles distant, situated at the
foot of the mountains, where the Winter
climate is warmer than in any other part
of the reservation. The Indian Commis
sioner has approved the report, subject
to the action of the Secretary of the In
terior. It is not the policy of the Indian
Bureau to mix school and agency mat
ters together. It is, therefore, deemea
preferable to take the school a reasona
ble distance from the agency. A survey
or will be immediately dispatched to lay
out the sewer and "water system on the
site where it is contemplated to erect
brick or stone buildings to accommodate
froin 150 to 375 pupils The plant will con
sist of a school building, a dormitory each,
for' boys and girls, mess hall, industrial
and other necessary "minor buildings. All
willbe built on the" most Improved plan,
with modern conveniences, and all will
be lighted with" acetylene gas.
A contract has been Jet to Andrew Ste
gerwald for the construction of verandas
for the marine hospital building at Port
Townsend, at a cost of $1445.
TW.O YEARS IN PORTO RICO.
Ignorance and Poverty the Curse of
the Island.
NEW YORK. Aug. 13. Major E. Graff,
a 'commissioner of education for Porto
Rico, has contributed to the recent Issue
of the Independent an article entitled
"After Two Years Work in Porto Rico."
The Major, after reviewing the improve
ments in sanitation whidh resulted in the
extinction of smallpox, by which' - the
island was cursed,, details other Improve
ments made by the Americans. He tells
of the establishment of new schools, and
says:
"Standing armies are not needed with
such a force as that of the insular po
lice. "
"All the great damage done to the roads
by the hurricane of August 8. 1SS9, has
been repaired, with the exception of re
placing costly Iron bridges,'.' writes Maj
or Graff, who then draws" a dark1 pic
ture. He says:
"The effects of the hurricane are still
felt In the continued scarcity of food, and
there Is still great suffering' and sickness
aritong'the people "because of a lack of
nutrition. At the present moment, the
City of Ponce Is suffering mere than any
other point. A report just made to tho
Superior Board of Health shows that
the death rate la now' about 100 per 10C0
per annum, and while the deaths are all
recorded In the official reports as due to
gastroenteritis, the Inspector of the
board .repasts that tl ese .deaths are al
most wholly, due to starvation.
"The condition favoring us in Porto
Rico is this: That island sells sugar and
coffee and tobacco, and buys nearly all
its food. The great storm and progres
sive financial difficulties have ruined the
planters so that they are unable to em
ploy the laborers. These persons, who re
ceive never more than 30 cents gold per
day, having no work, do not turn to
raising food for themselves, but dig wild
roots and slowly starve to death.
"Gardens are practically unknown In
the Island. The people live upon rice,
codfish, beans and wild fruits and roots.
The whole mass of the population Is In a
chronic stato of starvation. From lack of
food the laborers 'are unable to work
more than three days each week; they
are willing to work, but have not the
strength to do so. Yet certainly not onei
tenth of the Island Is in cultivation. Here
are a million people, who have a rich
soil, uncultivated, a good climate, slowly
starvlng to death. Why? The only ex
planation Is that they have so long lived
under bad laws and unfavorable economic
conditions that now, in their extreme
poverty and Ignorance, they do not know
enough to draw- their food from the
earth.'"
AN EXPENSIVE CONGRESS.
Last Session Appropriated Seven
Hundred Millions,
WASHINGTON Aug. 13. The volume or
appropriations, new offices, etc., required
by law to be prepared and published at
the end of each session of Congress, un
der the direction of the committees on the
appropriations of the Senate and House,
has been completed for the first session
of the Fifty-sixth Congress by Thomas
F,. Cleaves and James C. Courts, chief
clerks respectively of the committees. A
summary of the appropriations shows the
grand total of $710,150,562 88. The details
by bills are:
Agricultural 5 4,023,500 00
Army . 114,220,095 55
Diplomatic 1.771.1&S 76
District of Columbia 7.577.36D 31
Fortifications t 7,383.628 00
Indian . 8,1!)7.9S9 24
Legislative 24,175,672 53
Military Academy 674,303 67
Naval 65,140,916 67
Pension 14"),245,230 03
Postoffice 113.658.23S 75
River and harbor .'. . . 60,000 00
Sundry civil 65,319,915,45
Deficiency appropriation 15,688,330 61
Miscellaneous appropriation... 3,803 T01 ."4
Permanent appropriations 132,712,220 00
In addition to the specific appropria
tions made, contracts are authorized to
be entered Into for increase of the Naval
establishment and for various public
works throughout the country requiring
future appropriations by Congress in the
aggregate bum of $58,440,3T4.
The new offices and employments spe
cifically authorized aggregate 50G9 In num
ber at an annual cost of $4,537,673. and
those abolished or omitted- number, 2799, at
an annual cost of $1,944,658, a net increase
of 2270, at acost of $2,593,015.
The number of salaries or compensa
tions increased is 487, at .an actual cost of
$135,156, and the number reduced is eight,
in the total annual sum- of $1658, a net
Increase of 479, at a cost for the year of
$133,530.
A comparison of the total appropria
tions for the first session of the Fifty
sixth Congress for 1901, $710,150,862, with
those of the last session of the Fifty-flfth
Congress for 1900 $674,931,022, snows an in
crease of $35,169,841. Of this amount ap
propriations for the army show an in
crease of $33,789,9S1, as follows:
Fortifications $ 2.473.72e
Navy 17.040.9J7
"Postal sen-Ice S 024,101
Sundry civil expenses l6,9TC,sRa
Indian, agricultural, diplomatic,. 2,664,914
Permanent appropriations 4,034,000
On the other hand there appears reduc
tions of $15,531,842, because of the passage
of no regular river and harbor act, $9,317,
5S2 In deficiencies and $24,942,2S9 in miscel
laneous appropriations. - ,
-The total amount of contracts author
ized in additlpn to the appropriations
made Is $186,606,900, less than was author
ized at the last session of the previous
Congress. 1
MENSING HEIRS GOT IT.
Kansas City Island Homestead Case
Decided.
WASHINGTON, Aug, 1?. Commission
er Hermann, of the General Land Office,
in the homestead entry contest of John
H- Menslng for valuable land now within
the corporate limits of Kansas City,
Ma, but formerly an island in the Mis
souri River, has decided In favor of the
Menslng heirs, permitting their entry for
all land within the old meander bound
ary llrtes 6f the Island. Theland Is Or
dered, to be relotted for-this purpose. The
remainder of .the Island, as It now exists,
consisting of the accretions, will be re
offercd for. public entry. The land has an
appraised value of $1000 an acre, and 131
acres were In dispute. The former island
Is not shown In the plats of survey
made ef the land on the Missouri side
of the river in 1S23, but a survey made 30
years later showed the Island to consist
ot almost 52 acres. The Island was for
nine years a military reservation, and
was turned over to the Interior Depart
ment in 1S94. In 1895 it was discovered
that the island, as such, existed no lon
ger, but, by accretion, has- been consid
erably enlarged and attached to the main
land. Menslng settfed on and cultivated
the ..Island .in 1S5S, and for years haa
sought to secure the Island as a bona'jlde
actual settler under .the general land
laws
Imports and Exports.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. The July
statement of the imports and exports ot
the United States, Issued by the Bureau
of Statistics, shows the Imports of mer
chandise to have been $63,536,253, of which
$21,864,063 was free of duty. The total
amount is over $3,000,000 in excess of July,
1S99. The exports of merchandise during
the month aggregated $100,413,501, an in
crease over the corresponding month last
year of more than $5,500,000. The gold im
ports for the month were $4.94,764, an in
crease of about $2,000,000". The exports of
gold amounted to $3,269,159, an increase of
about $663;G0O. Thevsilver imports aggre
gated$3,311.033, an Increase of about $500.
000, and the exportsi $4,913,658, an increase
of $910,000. During the last seven months
the exports of merchandise exceeded the
imports by $70,093,792.
HE WOULD SURRENDER.
Only His Fears Prevent Agulnaldo
From Laying Down His Arms.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. Copies ot
Manila papers received at the War De
partment contain a letter purporting to
be from a personal friend of Agulnaldo,
which states that the Filipino chief does
not take advantage of the amnesty proc
lamation because some time ago he gaye
orders to his followers to break up Into
guerrilla bands. The amnesty order ex
cepts those who violated the laws of
war, and it states that Agulnaldo fears
that he would be in the excepted class
should he undertake to surrender under
the amnesty proclamation. The letter Is
dated Blacuabato, which is said to be
the present provisional headquarters ot
Agulnaldo. It states, hbwever. that Agul
naldo never stays more than one night
in a place, and only a few hours In any
one locality. He allows no one to come
near him except his most Intimate per
sonal friends.
A dispatch in one of the papers, dated
at San Pedro Macati, states that Gen
eral Plo del 'Pilar, who recently surren
dered, says he wishes to become a good
American citizen, and Intends to accept
the American terms offeted to his people.
He saM he would like "nothing better than
to raise a regiment of native Filipinos
to serve in China.
DEATH LIST FROM MANILA
Long: Report Cabled by General
MncArthnr.
WASHINGTON. Atig. 13. General Mac
Arthur cables the follqwlng death list
from Marflli:
Dysentery August 11. Seventh Infantry,
Andrew G. Rogers; August 5, Thirty-second
Volunteer Infantry, George Oglesby;
Eleventh Volunteer Cavalry, Louis Kligg;
Forty-first Volunteer Infantry, William
F. Barnes; August 4, Eighteenth Infantry,
Charles Campbell; Thirtieth Volunteer In
fantry, Manley F. Williams; Twenty
sixth Volunteer Infantry, Joseph L.
Wright.
Typhoid fever Forty-fifth Volunteer
Infantry, William Barclay; Twenty-first
Infantry, Thomas E. Cooper; Thirty
eighth Volunteer Infantry, John W. Cox;
Twenty-fifth, Volunteer Infantry, Charles
Rice.
Malarial, fever-rAugust 4, Forty-eighth.
Vplunteer Infantry, Henry Kranz. D.
Huntly': August 6, Twenty-eighth Volun
teer Infantry John M. Hanchan; August
1, Eighteenth Infantry, Marin Glyn; July
17, Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry, William
Dlmmick; July -29, band. Sixth Infantry,
cook, Herman C. Dingier; August -2,
Sixth Infantry, James Campbell; August
9, Twenty-fourth Infantry, Richard Booze;
Twenty-fifth Infantry, M. F. Baes.
Variola August 7, Twenty-sixth In
fantry, Edward F. Yeagley; July 27,
Twenty-third Infantry. Anton Metchler.
Diarrhoea July 11, Twenty-eighth Vol
unteer Infantry, John W. Collins.
Abscess of 'liver August 9, Ninth In
fantry, William G. Wilson.
Tuberculosis August 9. Twenty-ninth
Volunteer Infantry, Thurston Weeks.
Ecaphalltls August 8, Twenty-eighth
Volunteer Infantry, Frederick Morris.
Heart ulsease July 13, Sixth Infantry,
Axlolph Huttuna.
Drowned August 3, Twenty-second, In
fantry, George I. Soper; August 9, Elev
enth Volunteer Ca-alry Frederick Smith.
Casualty List From Philippines.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 The following
casualty list has been received at the
War Department from General' MacAr
thur: "Manila, Aug.' 12. Killed August 4.
Candelarla, Luzon, Company E, Thirtieth
Infantry, William B. English. George N.
Simpson. Wounded Corporal William R.
Sullivan, wounded in the thigh, slight;
Corporal Eugene Betwee, wounded In
hand, slight; Otto Adams, wounded in
arm. slight; Maurice F. Rice, wounded in
thigh, slight; Caventl, Luzon Troop A,
Eleventh Cavalry. Corporal George H.
Cravens, Wounded in leg above, knee,
slight; July 14, Calabanagan, Luzon, Com
pany E, Fifth Infantry. John Flemming,
wounded in knee, serious."
Yellow Fever In Havana.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. A dispatch, to
the Herald from Havana says:
August opened with 35 cases of yellow
fever in (Havana. There are now 59 cases
in the city, four victims being Amer
icans. There were 30 deaths from the
fever during July. Up to Sunday tho
number of deaths this month was H. Con
fidence is expressed by the authorities
that there will be no general fever epi
demic. Montana 31. E. Conference.
HELENA Mont., Aug. 13. Among the
appointments made at the Methodist
Episcopal conference here today are:
Helena, St. Paul's. C. L. Bovard; Oakes
Church, A. W. Roberts; Butte, Mountain
View, J. L, Albrltton; Bethel, L. L.
Tower. No appointment was made in the
case of Rev. Dr. a E. Cline, of Port
land. For the Chilean Railway.
SANTIAGO DE CHILE. Aug. 13, via
Galveston. The Chilean Congress today
voted $2,5CO,0CO Chilean currency for a car
go of cars, the greater portion of which
will be purchased in the United States.
Tenders have been invited for building an
Iron bridge over the River Malpu.
Is by the way of purifying the blood. Germs
and impurities In the blood cause disease
and sickness.' Expelling these Impurities
removes the disease. Hood's Sarsapsrllla
does-this andjt does more. It makes the
blood rich by increasing and vitalizing the
red globules and giving It power to trans
mit to the organs, nerves and muscles the
nutriment contained In digested food.
Is the BeStMedicIpeMoHey Can Buy.
1L THE EVIDENCE IS IN
ARGUMENTS WILL BEGIN IN THSJ
POWERS TRLL TODAY,
Jury Ylewtyl the Scene, of the A
snviinatlon Case May Reach;
the Jury Saturday.
GEORGETOWN, Ky. Aug. 13. To
1 hearing of testimony In the case of ex
Secretary of State Caleb Powers waf
conciuaea at noon toaay, anu wraofww
the argument before the Jury will be'gin.
There will be five speeches on each slda
Those who will speak in behalf ot tho
prosecution are: Commonwealth Attorney
L Franklyn. T. C. Campbell. John K. Hen
dricks, Victor F. Bradley and uaptara
B. B. Golden. Those who "will argua th
case for the defendant are: Ex-Governor;
Brown, J. C. Sims, Judge H. Tlnsley. ax
Congressman Owens and Judge Georso
Denny.
The jury was taken to Frankfort thla
afternoon to view the scene 61 the trag"
edy
Tho case Is expected to reach the Jury
by Saturday. Judge 'Cantrlll has aiy
nounced that Youtsey's case will be taken
up Immediately. '
B. W. Bradburn, a member ot the Re
ward Commission, waa the flrst witness
called today. Bradburn testified that ofi
the $5000 drawn by the commission from
the -fund appropriated by the Legisla
ture, only about $40W had been expended,
and said that" no money had been paid to
any witness who had testified In tho case,
and that no agreement or contract existed
between the Reward Commissioners and
Wharton Golden, Robert Noakes. W. Hj
Culton or any other witness.
James Walker, colored, corroborated
the testimony of J. W. Dougherty that
John Perkins, the porter H Adjutant
General Collier's office, had told themi
that the defense wanted him to testify
that he (IJerkins) had carried the orders
to the troops at the arsenal calling them
out. but that he did not- lntead to testify
to it, and it wa3 not true. The prosecu
tion announced that It would rest Its re
buttal testimony at, this point.
Assistant State Auditor Grayot was
then called by the defense, whose cross
examination ot the witness in regard to
the alleged speculation of W. H. Culton.
while a cleric In the Auditor's office, waa
not completed In Saturday's examina
tion. Grayot produced the additional rec-
I ords asked for by the defense at that
time. The prosecution insisted mat it tna
defense was allowed to produce the
vouchers and warrants In question under
which, the defense alleges, he stole $1US
Cnlton'must be allowed to go on the
stand In order to explain the transaction
on his part. The court ruled tho evi
dence out.
The testimony- was concluded at noon,
and the court directed the Sheriff to take
the Jury to Frankfort at 3 o'clork this
afternoon to inspect the scene of the
murder. Tho Jury arrived at Frankfort
at 5 o'clock, and spent an hour In view
ing the state capitol grounds and build
ings and other points In connection with,
the case. The jury was In charge of
Judge Cantrlll and three Deputy Sheriffa.
The defendant Caleb Powers also cama
along, and vas in the office of the Sec
retary ot State for the firs time since
his arrejrt March 10. The "point where
Goebel fell, the window out ot which tha
shot Is claimed to have been fired, tha
basement through which Youtsej walked
out after the shooting and other places
which have been frequently referred to
in the evidence were pointed out by tha
court without comment.
On the return of the jury from Frank
fort, at 7-ro P. M., thev were marclled
from the Midland derot to the Court
house, where they answered the roll-call,
and court adjourned until after supper.
When Judge Cantrlll rapped for order
tonight. Commonwealth Attorney Frank
lin submitted Instructions which counsel
for the prosecution thought applicable to
the case. When Judge Cantrlll asked for
suggestions from the defence as to what
should be Included In the court's final lnr
structions to the Jury, ex-Goverao?
Brown declined to offer any, saying tho
defense refused to prepare a list of In
structions, and asked the court to submit
his Instructions and give them to the de
fense and allow it to prenare such amend
ments as thev might think proper. Fi
nally, however, the attorneys for the de
fense agreed to prepare Instructions to
be submitted to the commonwealth, and
Judge Cantrlll said he would hear argu
ments from both sides the first thins
tomorrow morning, and that thev would
be allowed 12 hours on each side for final
nrcument
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