THE MOHNING OKEGONIAN, SATJJBDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 190G.
REBEL LEADER SHOT
H. i ... .
AguihalfloSaid to Have' Been
f Killed in Neuva Ecija.
TRIAS TAKES CHIEF COMMAND
Junta, at Hons Kong Preparing; to
fz Send More Munitions of War
to the Rebels.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. The latest
mall from Manila at the "War Depart
ment brings an Interesting budget of
news from the islands, some of which
heretofore has been touched on In press
dispatches. The Manila papers of October
IS 'devote considerable space to a renewal
of the report concerning Aguinaldo'.s
death In Northern Luzon. They say that
the circumstantial character of this re
port, together with the fact that General
Trias recently has been signing himself
"Commander-in-Chief of the Insurgent
Forces," lends color to the belief that
Agulnaldo may be dead. The latest ac
count in this line comes from Nueva
Ecija, where. In an outpost skirmish,
Aguinaldo's horse was killed and his sad-die-bags
with considerable personal prop
erty and papers were captured. It seems
that a non-commissioned officer at this
place had gained the conndence of a na
tive woman Maria Ramlerez, wife of a
general on Aguinaldo's staff and had se
cured considerable Information as to the
movements of the insurgents, much of
which had proved to be 'correct. The
woman told him that in the Usht at Nu
eva Ecija Agulnaldo was shot from his
horse and severely wounded. He was car
ried by his followers Into the jungle and
subsequently was reported to be ill with
fever. His body afterwards was carried
down the river on a raft, slung in a ham
mock and completely covered with palm
leaves, but the natives who saw the pas
sage of the "raft were uncertain rwhether
he was dead or alive. This, together with
the claims of Trias to the chief command
of the army, led the local Manila papers
to give considerable credence", to the the
ory. ' '
THE HONG KOXG JUNTA.1
Has Word That Apulnaldo Is" Snffer--
inir Frojnta Gunahot Wound.
NEW YORK, NoVv & Unltedr States
Consul Wildman; saye a World dispatch,
from Hone itong, has Information tha.
the Filipino Junta at; a jneetipg.Jield No
vember 15 decided, to -nrave the.shances
of deportation' rather .than quit Kong
Kong. Recent correspondence between
the Junta and the Insurrectionists proves,
that Agulnaldo is .slH-jiJIye, 'bq. Ireisf
sajd to be suffering f rmVgunsJjgtwguDd;
lirthe stomach,--; The-dong. Kong-Junta,
has also decided to jmnke -another, at
tempt to setd arms tq'h'e- Flljplnaj In a
launch which. It Is rumored -wHl probably
fly the German flag. The venture will be.
In charge of Colonel Julio del -Pilar.
Hays and Garcia, two Filipino agents,
have a large stock of munitions of war
at Macaco. The Chinese General Pana,
who was recently deported from the Phil
ippines, has been conferring with the
Junta at Hong Jijng, .but -has gone to
Singapore.
CIV1I. GOVERNMENT IX LUZON.
An Act Providing for the Adminis
tration of Dengntt Province.
-MANILA, Nov. 23. The Philippine Com
mission has enacted the first legislation
establishing provincUl civil government
in the Philippines, namely an act for the
government of the Province of Bonguet.
This was adopted today and It co-ordi-Jiaies
with the act passed yesterday for
the establishment of township govern
ment in the same piovlnce. The Gov
ernor, who is appointed, will receive a
silary of $1500. He will pass upon the acts
of the town councils and will issue or
ders which will have the same effect as
ordinances whenever the councils fall to
enact the necessary measures. The Gov
ernor, who will also be the treasurer and
auditor, will be exofliclo a provincial Jus
tice of the Peace and In that capacity
will control the constabulary. Electors
in the Province of Betiguet will be re
quired to affirm that they have had six
months' residence and are at least IS years
old. They will also be required to de
clare their allegiance to American au
thority. Three months imprisonment will
be Imposed for a refusal to accept mu
nicipal otlice when elected. Ecclesiastics
and soldiers are debarred from office.
Delinquent taxpayers will be punished by
being compelled to do labor on the roads;
Professor Dein Worcester and General
Luke Wright, - of the Commission, have
visited Benguet Province. They found
a soil apparently good, with signs of gold
and other minerals and a temperate cli
mate. The district Is comparatively peace
ful. HJost of the inhabitants are Igor
rotes. Marriages are registered and the
coremony and registration includes cer
tain heathen acts which will be allowed
provisionally until the people of the pro
vince attain. a greater capacity for self
gevernment. THE MAIUXDUQUE AFFAIR.
Particulars of the Capture of Cap
tain Shields' Force.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-.Mall advices
jtrom: Mffntla. giro In considerable- detail
the story of the rescue' of Captain Shields
and 60 men of the Twentieth Infantry,
after their capture by the insurgents in
Marlnduque. The 60 men In question
were pursuing a party of insurgents of
superior force Into the montalns. when,
thay were ambushed in a box canyon by
a foroe bt" $ft rifles and 1S00 bolomen.
They made a continuous fight for eight
hours, "killing a large number of Insur
gents, and were overpowered only after
they had fired their last shot and practi
cally were smothered in a hand-to-hand
fight with their 2000 adversaries. Ser
geants Williams and McCarthy, who were
in oharge of some of the wounded, come
In for particular praise. They were cut
off from the rest of the party during the
retreat and Intrenched themselves on the
hillside, where they stood off their assail
ant for about three hours, surrendering
after every cartridge had been exhausted.
Scarcely a man in the expedition es
caped being grated or slightly wounded
during the fight. The total number killed
was Ave.
Captain Shields was wounded early In
the flght, but continued to direct the
operations of the rear guard during four
miles of-retreat. He Anally was knocked
out by a bullet .through the jaw, neck
and shoulder, -which was thought at the.
time ta be a fatal wound, The "rescue of
the party was effected. fey General Hare.
Captain Shields and hisTnenjsay that
they have no complaint to make of their
troatment -during captivity. ' Maximo
Abad was thelnsurgent in command, and
In response to Captain Shields' request
allowed some of his men to seenre medi
cines and dressings for the wounded sol
diers. Consolidation in Chicago.
CHICAGO. Nov. 23. "The most impor
tant constructive work which the Chi
cago Civic Federation Is now promoting
Is the work of the -citizens' education
committee of K and. the work of the citi
zens' committee on the consolidation of
Chicago's governing bodies," said the re
tiring secretary, Ralph M. Easley, In his
report at the annual meeting of the Fed
eration last evening. After enumerating
the results achieved by the Federation
during the six years of its existence. Mr.
Eastey In his report took up the plan
for the proposed consolidation fit the -cits
and count' sovemments, and urged that
immediate steps be taken by the Federa
tion to bring about the desired reforma
tion. In "seeking a remedy for the pres
ent expensive system of city and county
government he said the committee on
consolidation had found that no one meas
ure, would bring about the desired result,
ami that a, constitutional amendment
would be required.
VAN WYCK AND ICE TRUST
Governor Roosevelt Declines to Be
zaove the Mayor.
ALBANT, N. T., Nov. 23. Governor
Roosevelt tonight gave out his decision in
the application for the removal from of
fice of Mayor Robert Van Wyck, of Now
York City. He declines to remove the
Mayor on the ground that, while he was
undoubtedly a stockholder in the Ameri
can Ice Company, there has been no proof
that he willfully violated the law forbid
ding a public officer to be a stockholder
in a corporation having dealings with his
municipality. The Governor's memoran
dum says:
"The brief presented by Mr. Hayes, of
counsel for the World, undated but re
ceived In this office November 20, con
tains no additional testimony or Indica
tion where additional testimony can be
obtained. The situation Is, therefore, un
changed from what It was on October i,
1900, when the Attorney-General wrote his
letter to me. There Is, therefore, as stat
ed by the Attorney-General In his letter
of November 23, little to add to what
was contained in his letter of October i.
"I concur- In the Attorney-General's
opinion. My .judgment Is that the so
called Ice trust is not a corporation In
which the Mayor of New "York should
have stock. But no proof has been offered
of any willful violation of law on the
part of the Mayor, such as would justify
the drastic measure of removing him
from office. The power of removal from
office of elective officers should be treat
ed touch as we treat the power of Im
peachment It is an extraordinary and
not an ordinary remedy. The normal rem
edy for bad government must be an ap
peal to the people, and only In wholly
exceptional cases Is it desirable to substi
tute for this appeal to the people an ap
peal to the power of removal or the power
of Impeachment. The case is, therefore,
dismissed."
In giving out his decision the Governor
sold:
There has not been an hour's unneces
sary delay on the part of the state au
thorities. Fifty-five days elapsed from
June 2, when the World first filed Its
charges, until July 27, when its amended
complaint put those charges In final form,
and 2 days elapBed4 from August 17, when
these.charges were' served upon the May
or", Until September 27, when the Mayor
file,a his answer. The delay sinee then
has heen solely due to the fact that the
World at that time discharged the coun
sel which it formerly employed and re
fused to go on with the case, leaving It
completely In the air for the time being."
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C2APTAIN CARTER'S CASE.
'Habeas Corpus Proceedings Opened
in Leavenworth.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Nov. 23. The
habeas corpus proceedings brought by
the attorneys of Oberiln M. Carter to
show cause why Warden McClaughey, of
the Federal prison, should not release
the prisoner, were opened in the United
states District Court here today. Carter
was brought from prison to the courtroom
In an ambulance, unattended save by
Warden McClaughey. He appeared self
possessed as he took his seat, and avoid
ed the gaze of the spectators who crowd
ed the room. The ex-Captain was at
tired In a new black suit, which the
warden had, at the prisoner'e earnest
solicitation, permitted him to substitute
for bis. prison garb. His hair and mus
tache were much grayer than when he
began to serve his term. His iace was
wan. Judge Thayer limited Carter's at
torneys to three hours, and. the Govern
ment to 2Ji fours' argument Attorney
Blair, opened for Carter, whose convic
tion, he alleged, was illegal, inasmuch as
It should have been secured under the
GOth article of war instead of the 62d, and
that when the President disapproved sev
eral findings in a court-martial, the full
sentence pronounced by the court-martial
ceased to exist, and its execution was il
legal and void. He also argued that when
Carter paid the fine and was dismissed
from the Army and degraded, the power
of the court-martIa was exhausted.
In rely to Mr. Blair, Colonel Clous con
tended that the court-martial was com
petent to decide under which charge the
prisoner ehould be tried, arid that its de
cision was not subject to review by an
other court. He further argued that the
conviction on four charges for the same
act was not four convictions for one of
fense. Blair made the concluding plea for Car
ter. He attacked the policy of the Gov
ernment in the practice of trying mem
bers of the Army by court-martial. Blair
said that "In this case not the liberty of
one man alone Is at stake, but the lives
and liberty of hundreds of others. It Is
time that this practice should cease, and
'all be given a civil trial. If my client Is
released, he will at once proceed to Sa
vannah and give himself up to the civil
authorities, confident that he will be vin
dicated." Judge Thayer announced that he would
take the case under advisement.
Floods In Southern California.
ANAHEIM, Cal., Nov. 23. The flood sit
uation here is alarming. A break In the
Santa Aria River has brought the water
to within a m.le of the town, which is
15 feet below the bed of 'the river, and It
the rise of the latter continues the town
will be swamped. Tho Catholic cem
etery was reached last night and Is un
der a foot of water. In the peat lands
breaks In th? Santa Ana River have let
in a large volume of new water, and the
celery me.i fear the entire crop- of 1B00
can. will be lost. Over 100 families have
been driven from their homes, and there
Is fear that people In Isolated sections
have been drowned.
The Southern Pacific has lost a mile of
track on the Los Alamltos branch. All
that country Is flooded. Two thousand
feet of track Is out across Coyote Flats.
The Santa Fe train from Santa Ana is
here, but can po no further. Beyond that
2000 feet of track Is out at one place,
and 1000 feet further on, while 10 miles
of roadbed is unsafe.
Snle of Rare Books.
NEW YORK. Nov. 23. Foe's "Tamer
lane," Boston, 1S27, the poet's first book,
ahd one of three copies now In existence,
brought the record price of $2050 last night
at the sale of the first part of the
library of the late Thomas J. McKee.
The second book of the poet. "Al Aaraaf,
Tamerlane and Minor Poems" Baltimore,
lto. was sold for 51103. anfl his third
book, the, "Poems of 1S31," fetched G3.
the copy of "The Raven," bound with his
"Tales" (which Poe gave to Sarah Helen
Whitman), selling for 10.
At the same time a unique copy of Trv
ing's "Knickerbocker." New York, 1809,
in the original boards, nncut, brought
50, and Andre's "Cow Chace," New York,
17S9, was sold for $270. The day's sale
brought in two sessions over $3000.
President of Carbon Trust Dead.
CLEVELAND, O.. Nov. 23. W. H. Law
rence, president of the National Carbon
Company, better known "as the Carbon
Trust, died early today at his home In
Dover, a suburb. In July last Mr. Law
rence met with an accident, receiving
Injuries that necessitated the amputation
of his arm, and he failed to rally from
the shock. Mr. Lawrence was CO years
of age.
Stops the Cou;h and WorUs Off the
Cold.
Laxative Bromo-Qelnlne Tablets ccra -a eel a
1b one d&y. No cure, so pay. Price, 25 cents, .
CZAR'S CHANCES POOR
NICHOLAS ' THREATENED WITH
LUNG COMPLICATIONS.
The Rumor, Which Is Current in St.
Petersburg:, la Not Officially
Confirmed.'
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 23. It was
rumored here this evening that Emperor.
Nicholas was threatened with lung com
plications, which, If they exist, would
materially dimmish hls"ehffhces of recov
ery. Inflammation of the lungs is a com.
m..n complication of -typhoid fever in
Russia: Thus far, there Js"no official con
firmation of the rumor.
The Physician.' Bulletin. ,
LIVADIA, Nov. 23. The following bul
letin wa' issued, this njbrnlng: .' 'I
"The Emperor passed a quiet day yes
terday. He slent-about-an hour. At 9 In
the evening his temperature was 102.7;
pulse, S3. 4?ls Majesty 'passed a very
good night His condition and. strength
are very satisfactory. This morning at
9 o'clock, his temperature was 10L2;. pulse,
75."
Czar's Brain Affected.
PARIS, Nov. 24, 5:30 A.-M. "A diagnosis
of the Czar's malady," says a dispatch
from St. Petersburg to the Slecle, "shows
that he has typhoidic enteritis His brain
is affected and his Intellectual powers are
endangered."
EDUCATIONAL REFORMS,
Appeal of AsquiHk In a Speech at a
Leeds Banquet.
LONDON, Nov. 24. Addressing tho
jubilee banquet of the Leeds Chamber of
Commerce last evening. Herbert Henry
Asqulth, Radical member of Parliament
for East Flfeshlre, and Secretary of State
for the Home Department in the last
Liberal government, urgently appealed
for reforms in the British educational i
system, especially In' the direction of
technical education. Pointing to tho
"rapid strides the United States and Ger
many are making In commerce," he said:
"Considering our slovenly, unscientific
and Ill-organized system of education,
the only wonder Is that we have been
enabled to maintain commercial rivalry
with these nations as well as we have."
Dulce of Manchester's Finances.
LONDON, Nov. 23. The Duke of Man
chester, who will sail for. the United
States tomorrow, appeared before the
Registrar In Bankruptcy today. The re
ceiver told the court that the case must
be adjourned, as the accounts were not
yet filed, although fully prepared. Tho
liabilities disclosed, he added, amounted
to 37,000; assets, 7545. The receiver
asked for time to examine the accounts
and Interrogate the debtor. Counsel for
the trustees said the committee of In
spection had agreed to an adjournment.
The Duke, of Manchester, he asserted,
was prepared to enter the box, if de
sired; but, counsel explained, his client
was going abroad, and anticipated re
turning to England February 2, 190$. The
examination was adjourned to that date.
Sentenced for Lese-Majeste.
BERLIN. Nov. 25. F. Schultze, a Ber
lin cabinetmaker, has been sentenced to
three months Imprisonment for criticis
ing Emperor William's "no-pardon"
speech. Schultze is the elxth victim with
in a week.
. May Be No Ncvr Cardinals.
PARIS.. Nov. - .23. The Temps.- today
prints a special dispatch from Rome, say
ing the pope has-renounced the .idea, of
creatine cardinals at, a, consistory to, be
held before Christmas.
Sir Arthur Sullivan's Funeral.
LONDON, NovJ. . 23. By the ..Queen's
command, the funeral services over the
remains of Sir Arthur Sullivan will be
held In the Chapel Royal, St. James Pal
ace, at no'on November 27. t
Amnesty Bill Adopted.
PARIS. Nov. 23. The Senate today
adopted the amnesty bill, which had al
ready been adopted by the Chamber 6f
Deputies.
New Brltsh Loan.
LONDON, Nov. 23. The Treasury, has
given notice of the issue of 3,000,000.3
per cent bonds repayable In 1005.
BLOEMFONTEIN THREATENED.
French's Column Pursued Southvrnrd
by the Boers.
LONDON, Nov. 23. The Standard today,
commenting on the report that General
Botha, with his commando, is close to
Dewetsdorp, regards the news as most
disquieting, and says:
"We Jiave heard many strange and un
verlflable stories, but -one thing we know,
that French was pursued all the way from,
Mlddleburg to StandertOh and got through
the terrible neck of the mountains only
by the skin of his teeth."
The Star suggests that General Botha
pursued the British, marched south and
joined hands with General Dewet, and
that thus Bloemfontelnis endangered and
the Orange Free State will haVe to be re
conquered before the subduing "of the
iSransvaal can . be commended. In con
nection with the above, a belated tele
gram today announces that "General
French arrived at Johannesburg Novem
ber 17.
A special dispatch from MVddleburg says
that In the surprise of the outpost of the
"Buffs" (Third; Infantry) southwest of
Balmoral, November 10, the Boer IobI 60
men killed and wounded; The burghers,
the dispatch adds, 'simultaneously at-i
tacked a garrison of Fusiliers an Wljco
River, but were beaten off with the loss
of 120 men killed and wounded.
More Boer Tales.
KROONSPRUJT, Orange River Colony.
Thursday, Nov. 22. General Bruce-Hamilton's
column arrived here yfesterday af
ter scouring the Llndley and Hellbron
districts. The troops Brought In a number
of prisoners. The latter relate the as
surances they received at Tbaba JTChu
from General Dewet a fortnight ago.
Dewet, they say, urged the burghers ,ta l
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JPJJlSSfl&?i
British were going home." He added that
the British had the permission of Russia
to fight for a year only; that Queen Vic
toria was at Cape Town, whlthenjihe had
fled to escape the Chinese, who bad cap
tured half of England: that General Botha
had driven the British out of the Trans
vaal and had taken Pletermaritzburg;
that Dewet himself was fighting In Cape
ColDny, burning farms and that Lor Rob
erts, wounded by three bullets had been
taken to Hellbron to die, and had been
buried there beneath the Town Rail.
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Promotion of Kitchener,.
LONDON, Nov. 23. The Cabinet today
decided to recommend to Queen Victoria
to make Major-General Lord Kitchener
a Lieutenant-General, so as to enable
him to take over the supreme cpmmand"
in South Africa when Lord Roberts
leaves the country.
Echoes of the Dreyfus Trial.
Paris cable to New York Herald.
The Nationalists are giving vent
to
their views at the Autenll race course.
Which was already famous by reason of
their exploits against M. Loubet's hat
Taking advantage this week 'of the fact
that a certain artillery Captain, who Is
an object of .oathlng to them because of
hi Hebrew -extraction and because of a
I slight resemblance which he has to Drey-
f usr was riding in a military steeplechase,
they. Indulged In unseemly demonstrations
and succeeded in Inducing the crowd to
his&ihlm. All this In the name of respect
for ihe army.
Captain Coblentz showed a brave front
to his anonymous insulters by offering a
who'e bundle of, his cards for distribution
among them. Not one of them, however,
ventured to take up the gage. The Inci
dent ended -there, but 'it-is an indication
of the existence among a certain small
section of people of a very annoying ten
dencji to revive an old quarrel.
Thl: quarrel Is still latent and shows
Itself 'occasionally. The appointment ot a
Hebrew member of the Comedle Fran
catse to the post of professor at the Con
servatory has been strenuously opposed
by M. Jules I-emaltre on account of the
religion of M. Bern
PRISONER, SWALLOWED GLASS
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Dramatic Scene in a. Phoenix Cburt
. rooni.
PHOENIX, Arlz.,"lNov. 23. A dramatic
scene was enacted in Justice Johnston's
court today when Ernest Scott, a negro
youth, charged with attempted assault
on two white girls, swallowed a handful
of broken glass. He will probably die.
As the judge bound him over to the grana
Jury, Scott poured the glass Into his
mouth Jind fell .into a chair. "I am done
for; they can't hang me,' he muttered,
and his mother at his side fell in a faint.
Scott was abje to walk to Jail, but Is suf
fering great agony. He. was arrested
Wednesday. Since his Incarceration, oth
er prisoners frightened him Into the be
lief that he -would be burned or hanged.
This mbrnlrig he begged another prisoner
for an empty medicine bottle, and crush
ing It with' his heel, put the fragments
In his "pocket and carried them to the
courtroom.
, Surrender of German Murderer.
WASHINGTON, Nov, 23. The State De
portment today issued a warrant for the
surrender to the German authorities of
Johann Bauer, Jiow held under, arrest at
New York charged with murdering his
father at Munchmunster, Bavaria. The
allegations In the case show that the
father, a. dissipated blacksmith, had sig
nified a .purpose to marry again, thus
cutting off the children's inheritance,
and the son, advising with his sister, de
cided to make -away with his father. One
morning he went into the fields and, dig
ging a hole, came back and Informed bis
sister that he had prepared a grave for
the old man. When 'the father returned,
his son beat him to death with a Shovel,
put his body In a sack, loaded It into a
Wagon and carried It out and buried It
In the place be had prepared. Then Bauor
fled to America, where he was arrested
on the confession of his sister.
Jessie Morrison's Trial.
KANSAS CITY. Nov. 23. A special to
the Star from Eldorado, Kan., says:
Judge Shlnn this morning, at the open
ing of the Jessie Morrison murder case,
Intimated that there had been an attempt
to Influence jurors. The selection of a
Jury was resumed. At 10 o'clock the
court announced a recess of an hour to
wait for the' arrival of m6re of the venire
of 20 summoned Yesterday. No' progress
had 'been made at 11:30, when a recess
until 1:30 waS taken. Deputies are scour
ing the country to serve the warrants 1s-
'sued yesterday,' but as yet only a lim
ited number or prospective Jurors" have
straggled into court '
A San Francisco Murder.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23.-Gllmonde
BarthblOmeo?. an Italian, was found dead
In. an alley In the business section today.
His skull had been crushed In and' his
pockets turned inside jut, showing that
robbery was .jthe purpose of hl murder
ers. Barthplomei was to haVe"1 started
frfr -his home In Italy 'today,' 'and was
doubtless In the possession "of considera
ble money. The police have no trace of
the?triurderers. ' ' J
Guards on Express Trains.
PHEYEINE, Wyo Npv, , 23, The
Unon Pacific has adopted, the plan of
placing armed guards .upn, Its trains
which carry large shipments of money.
Trains No. 1' and No. 4, which take most
of the treasure shipments, have already
been garrisoned with' these 'guards. Colo
nel Tom Cooper, of this city, Is In charge
of the armed force on one of the trains.
TWAIN CHEERED THEM UP
Aminble American Carried Sweet
ness and Light Into Pretoria Jail.
New York Journal.
"Well," said Mark Twain to theamateur
photographer, "you didn't miss me alto
gether, as the Sheriff of the jail at Pre
toria did. I visited there and tried to
cheer up the prisoners by telling them
that if they weren't in that jail they'd
probably be In some other. I told them
they ought to be thankful that they didn't
havetd worry "about where their next
meaTras coming frbm as I did.
"The Sheriff liked me so well he wanted
to keep me for a year or two, but I told
him that I' had ' promised to patronize
ho.me Industries when I needed any jails.
"He said he was'sOrry, for he'd rather
have me for a prisoner since he haa
heard me lecture than any one he knew."
It was on his first visit to the Pretoria
jallt to see the Johannesburg reformers,
that Mark Twain said it had been the
dream of his life to get Into jail, but
misfortune dogged 4i!s iootsteps. When
ever he had committed anything It al
ways happened that no witnesses were
around, and he had never had sufficient
reputation for veracity to get himself
convicted without corroborative evidence.
"There Is no place on earth," he said,
"where a man could get sUch unlnte
xupteij qulet as In Jail. 'Pilgrim's Prog
ress, would neyer have been written if
Bunyan had not beerf In "fall, and Cer
vantes was privileged' to suffer In durance
vile, and t&ust wasenabled to Write 'Don
Quixote.' These 'two roamed about on the
"wloffsJ0' the Imagination describing per
ils and enjoying the Intoxicating delights
of war without personal danger."
Mark Twain ended by telling the prison
era that the Insidious charms of jail
would increase the longer 'they remained
In Jail. He said he felt this so strongly
that he meant to ask Oom Paul to extend
their (Sentences. . k '
.v A Vanderbllt Helreas.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23. Mr. Tflld Mrs. W.
K, Vanderbllt, Jr., are rejoicing over the
birth tonight ot a girl, who will become
Virginia Fair, is at the" Vanderbllt resi
dence, and, according to all accounts,
mother and child are well.
Tornado in Ohio.
COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 23. A tornado
which swept over Delaware and Knox
Counties last night caused losses aggre
gating $20,000. The path of the storm was
only about a quarter of a mile wide and
touched the earth only In spots. The
Hartford fair buildings were badly dam
aged. . ,, . .
West Virginia's Vote.
WHEELING, W. Va., Nov. 23. The In
telligencer has received complete can
vassed returns from all but two coun
ties of West Virginia, and, with unoffi
cial figures for these counties, the figures
show McKInIeys majority to be 21,039.
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THE ARMY'S SUBSISTENCE
ANNUAL REPORIJ OF ACTING COMMISSARY-GENERAL
WESTON.
Frozen Meat Supplied to Our Soldiers1
in the Philippines Some Rec
ommendations. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. The report of
Acting Commissary-General John F. Wes
ton covers the operations of the subsist
ence department up to June 30 of the pres
ent yeai,
Australian frozen beef and mutton Is
now u&ed to supply tho troops, in the
Philippines with fresh meat. This keeps
sufficiently 'well to be furnished to prac
tically all the posts in the islands of Lu
xon, Panay and Jolo Since the comple
tion ot the present report a great cold
storage plant has been constructed at Ma
nila, and arrangements have been made
for shipping the fresh meat still frozen
In cars constructed by the Quartermas
ter's Department all along the line of the
Manlla-Dagupan Railway, and to the
Islands south of Luzon.
General Weston recommends the enlist
ment with some extra compensation -ot
competent man as bakers and the insti
tution of a Held bakery column mod
eled upon those now employed by the
Army. ,
Recommendation Is also made for a
regular training school for Army cooks,
to be established at one of the large mili
tary posts in this country. Provision
has alo been made In the estimates for
the coming year to furnish the Army in
the tropics with Ice wherever It Is pos
sible for ice to be obtained'.
The report recommends an increased
force of 62 officers as against the 22 now
on the regular roster, It being contem
plated to dispose with the services of the
volunteer officers now In the Islands.
REAPPORTIONMENT BILL.
McComns Wants It to Increase the
Unit Of Representation.
NEW YORK. Nov. 23. Senator McCo
mas. of Maryland, Is quoted In a dispatch
to the Tribune from Washington as say
ing of the approaching short session of
Congress!
"I am informed that the House will
pass a reapportionment bill. I hope that
this measure may increase the unit of
representation rather than the number of
members. It is better to have one mem
ber for every 200,000 people than to have
a large Increase In the membership of the
House."
On the suggested diminution of repre
sentation from the Southern States he
said in part:
"It would seem wise to await the de
cision of the Supreme Court of the United
States, which must pass upon the
Grandfather Class of the constitutional
amendments adopted in Louisiana and
North Carolina before any action Is
taken. It Is safe to assume that the Su.
preme Court will shed some light on this
subject, and we will thus be furnished
with far more information than could be
brought out in a general discussion at
this time.
"I think the subsidy bill will pass dur
ing this session! This bill will be pressed
for early consideration and vote, and I
think that a conservative measure will be
'agreed to by the two houses.
"The Nicaragua Canal bU will also be
passed. -Everybody Is in favor of this
project but everybody fears complica
tions which make predictions regarding
the disposition of t,he bill unsafe. Per
sonally I am in favor of, the construction
of- the canal apd I am. convinced that
American control must be unequivocally
KtsSerded.
-. "The bill for the reorganization of the
army la of course imperative, and Con
gress, before framing and passing this
blllr wiDibe .obUgedito pay ,great heed to
Jhe ideas and advice, of the War Depart
ment. . .
"The amount of. taxes now accruing
iruiu uj war revenue act must De re
duced, and I have no doubt it will be. I
think It more important- to get rid of
vexatious taxes than to debate the
amount of revenue In any given sum.
The navy will no doubt be liberally pro
vided for during the session."
POSTOFFICE SALARIES.
Annual Report of George Beavers,
Chief ot the Division.
WASHINGTON; Nov. 23. George Beav
ers, chief of the salary and allowance
division of the Postofflce Department in
his annual report to the First Assistant
Postmaster-General, submits some Inter
esting figures on the wide field covered
in that office, which handles, more appro
priations than all the other divisions In
the First Assistant's office combined. He
shows that the total .annual allowance for
clerk hire at first, second,, third and fourth
class dfllces' June 30 last amounted to 512,,
003.213; for rfent, fuel and light $1,830,485;
total allowances In connection- with the
military postal service, 549,037, and the
amount Involved for rent of leased build
ings, $922,993. .The total number of Presi
dential offlces at the beglnlng of the pres
ent fiscal year was 42S0. The net increase
in salaries of postmasters at all Presi
dential Dostofllces over the previous year
was $492,600. The aggregate of the sala
ries was $7,423,000. The average salary of
all postmasters on July 1 was $1734. Dur
ing the year 42 full postal stations and 323
substations Were established. Twenty
Presidential postofflces. were discontinued
and made stations or substations ot other
free-delivery postofflces. The unprece
dented growth of the service and the
added cost of the insular service in Poro
Rico and Hawaii necessitated an -unusual
increase In postal station expenses. The
estimates include $2,100,000 for rent, fuel
and light for the next fiscal yean The
total .estimates Amount to $36,777,100, an
Increase of $2,200,000 over the present year.
Launching of the DeLang.
BOSTON, Nov. 23. The torpedo-boat De-
Lohg was successfully launched at Law
ley's shipyard today. Mrs. Mills, of New
York, daughter of Lieutenant-Commander
f DoLong, who christened the boat yester
f day, and a laree number of spectators
were present The launching was post
poned yesterday, as conditions were un
favorable. .
Captain Strong Retires.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-Captaln Ed
uard T. Strong was today placed on the
retired list In the Navy, with the rank
of Bear-Admiral. Captain Strong was re
cently in command of the monitor Monad
nock, on the Astiatlc station, and his
health broke down while on that duty.
He Is a native of Massachusetts and en
tered the Navy as a volunteer officer at
Look at your tongue. Is it
coated? Then you tve x Lad
taste in your mootli every morn
ing. Y ouc appetite, is poorrand
food distresses yon. Ion have
frequent headaches and treoten
dizzy. Your ttomach-is "weak
and your bovels a,re constipated.
There's a reliable core: Aycr's
Fills. 25 cents. All druggists.
u l Mtb taken ATOT's'Pinj for 35 Tears.
sad Z consider'them the best made. One
pill does me mora Rood than half a box or
any other kind I have erer tried."
. . . -Mrs. "S.IL -Talbot.
Kafcn 34,109. Arrington, Kans.
I Coated
the outbreak of the War ot the Rebellion.
oc itnuieu me graiie ua .upuiui la uciu-
'ber,'lS99. His retirement In the grsJae of
'Reab-Adroical Is In pursuance of the terms
of the personnel law. authorizing aa ad
vancement of one grade In the ease of
officers who served .during the Civil War.
The vacancy In the llstr.wlll'be filled by
the promotion of CommoYider W. W.Reis-
smger, commandant at, tne .rensacoia
navy-yard.
Will Replace the Plunger.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. The Navy
Department today entered Into a con
tract with the Holland Submarine Boat
Company for the construction of a boat"
of the type oft the six -heretofore con
tracted for to replace thp Plunger, the
company agreeing to take the Plunger off
the hahds of the Government and to
build In her place the best' type of mod
ern submarine-boat for the sum of $170,
000, refunding to the Government the sum
of $90,000 already paid on tho Plunger,
and the sUm of $1365. which represents
other expenses to whfch the Government
has been subjected.
The President's Message.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. The Cabinet
meeting today was unimportant. The
President's message Is almost completed,
and there was some discussion of, the
various recommendations' It contains.
Secretary Hay, .reported that the Chi
nese situation was progressing favorably,
but beyond this the Chinese affairs re
ceived no mention.
South Carolina's Population.
WASHINGTON, Nbv.23. The popula
tion of South Carolina, as announced to
day, Is 1,340.316, against 1,151.149 in 1809, an
increase of 1S9.167 Or 1G.4 per cent.
ENGLISH WOMEN IN POLITICS
They Help1 Husbands and Relatives
in Contests for Parliament.
Wives have, taken entire charge of con
tests in some places where the husbands
were in South Africa or were ill; they
have Issued campaign addresses In the
name of the husbands; they have driven
here and there as a man. would do, con
sulting and advising, says" a writer in the
London Express, Tljey have waited until
the Vote3 were counted, and at 1 and 2
o'clock In the morning they have ridden
In the carriage of the successful candi
date drawn by his enthusiastic supporters
to the party headquarters.
An American woman at home who did
one-tenth' of' this would risk being ostra
cized socially, -and she would expect In
evitably to be considered bold and un
womanly. I have seen young daughters
of some of the noblest houses In England,
beautiful and attractive girls, in no sense
"strong-minded." but destined primarily
fdr society, canvassing ardently for their
fathers or their brothers, and speaking
repeatedly at public meetings.
A young girl In America, who valued
the admiration of her men friends, would
no more jeopardize It. by political work
than she would leopardize it by donning
trousers and-waistcoat. Domestically, It
would not be allowed, however, and the
American girl who -tried it would soon
feel the weight of paternal authority and
maternal discipline.
The greater purity of "English politics
and the fact that so many members ot
Parliament are men of position, have had
something-to da with it; custom and mas
culine toleration have undeniably been
the greatest-factors.
Walsh "Will Be President.
CHICAGO, Nov. 23. The' Times-Herald
tomorrow will say:
. "Thomas F. "Wakm, the Colorado mine
owner and multi-millionaire, will be pres
ident of the National Irrigation Congress
for tho coming year. Het has been put in
nomination by the committee on perma
nent orgUnizfetlon, and thererljl be no op
position,' . v y , 1 r f,'
Bryan Still a Chicago,, Democrat.
MEXlfcbl.MajNov.'23. In a letter ie
ceived here today from -"W. J. Bryan, he
says:
"Still believing ln the rprlnclplea set
forth In the Chicago platform, I shall
continue to defend them., believing tho
American people will yet see the neces
sity for the repudiation of Republican
ism." Iowa'a Clffarette Ljvtv. "
DUBUQUE, la., Nov. 23. An order came
to all tobacco dealers today at once to
ship out of the state their entire stook
of cigarettes and cigarette papers. The
order came from the American Tobacco
Company In conformity with the recent
decision of the "United States Supreme
Court.
Caleh PoTvera' Anpcal.
FRANKFORT, Ky.,. .Nov. - 23. In the
Court "of Appeals today the case of ex
Secretary of State Caleb Powers vs. the
Commonwealth was submitted without
argument, with leave to file briefs De
cember L Powers la under life sentence
for being an accessory to the Goebel
murder.
Daily Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Today's state
ment of the Treasury:
Available cash 'balance S13u,'731,339
Gold .: 92,807,293
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