Morning Oregonian., February 22, 1901, Page 2, Image 2

THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1901.
FIELD DAY IN HOUSE
Congressmen Treated toTwo
Sensations.
HEPBURN DENOUNCED HAZING
An Exciting Horr Was Caused Over
Itcma in the Deficiency BUI for
Extra Compenwation for Em
ployes of the Hoese.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 2L This was an
other field day in the House. Two distinct
sensations occurred. Early In the day.
during: the consideration of an amend
ment to the deficiency appropriation bill
to prevent hazing at the Naval Academy,
Hepburn (Rep. la.) used exceedingly
strong language while inveighing against
the practice of hazing, charging by Indi
rection that the habits of tyranny and
oppression formed by the officers of the
Army and Navy at their academies was
responsible for the refusal of sailors to
enlist In the Navy and the large number
of desertions from the Army. Moreover,
he alleged that the ofllcers stood by each
other when in trouble, saying that the
commanders of 25 vessels of the Navy
lost since the Civil "War, with one ex
ception, escaped with slight punishment.
Cannon (Rep. 111.) and Dayton (Rep. W.
Va.) warmly defended the Navy.
The stir caused by Hepburn's speech,
however, was mild compared with, the
row which was kicked up over some
items in the bill for extra compensation
to employes of the House. Dlnsmore
(Dem. Ark.) exposed the fact that one
of the employes of the House, while occu
pying one position, was drawing a sal
ary for another and that the difference
between the salaries was to be made up
In one of the items of the bill. This led
to a general ventilation of the domestic
affairs of the House, during which Bailey
(Dem. Tex.) declared that the situation
was a scandal upon the integrity of the
House. He charged that there were em
ployes of the House who were dividing
their salaries with others who performed
no work and challenged any one on the
other side to deny his allegations. He
offered to produce sworn testimony In sub
stantiation of his charges, if an investi
gating committee were appointed. It was
explained by Joy (Rep. Mo.) and others
that there was no law concerning em
ployes of the House. Bailey offered a
resolution for the appointment of an in
vestigating committee, which was re
ferred to the committee on rules. The
general deficiency appropriation bill the
last of the appropriation bills was passed.
Immediately after the reading of the
Journal the House went into committee
of the whole and resumed consideration
of the general deficiency bill. The point of
order against Sherman's amendment to
prevent hazing at the Naval Academy at
Annapolis, which was pending when the
House adjourned yesterday, was passed
over temporarily. At the suggestion of
Mudd (Rep. Md.), Sherman (Rep. N. Y.)
modified the amendment so as to make a
cadet dismissed on account of hazing in
eligible for reappointment as a cadet at
Annapolis or "West Point Sherman said
his only object was effectively to abolish
hazing at the Naval Academy, as he be
lieved the action of the House had
stopped the practice at "West Point
Grosvenor (Rep. O.) said he did not
think a young man who might have been
guilty of the practice of hazing should
be debarred forever from aspiring to the
dignity of a soldier of the United States.
The highest crime In the calendar was
treason. Yet men who had fought four
years against the flag of the United
States were on the rolls of the Army as
Brigadier and Major-Generals as loyal
men as ever lived. No cadet should be
forever branded. He favored the Sher
man proposition as it was proposed to
amend it.
"Wheeler (Dem. Ky.) did not believe the
measure to repress hazing should be too
harsh. "While he believed public senti
ment should have weight In legislation,
he did not believe a passing agitation
should govern In legislation. He referred
to the crusade against Roberts of Utah,
and to the events that were occurring In
Kansas under the leadership of a "mis
guided, hysterical woman" as evidences
of public sentiment run wild.
Hepburn followed and created a sensa
tion. He recalled the fact that when the
Booz case first attracted the attention
of the country, the superintendent of the
Military Academy rushed into print to
declare that hazing had ceased at "West
Point Yet the committee of the House
had found 41 cases where under-classmcn
had been called out to engage In brutal
prizefights. "When he declared that he
moved a "certain, fixed, severe punish
ment" for the cowing and brow-beating of
the younger class at the academies, he
was greeted with a round of applause.
"Why, Hepburn asked, was the Navy De
partment S000 men short of its comple
ment? "Why had there been 4000 deser
tions from- the Army? Because the men
were American citizens compelled to serve
under men "schooled In tyranny and op
pression." "These officers," Hepburn said, "stood
by each other. I have in my pocket a
list of 25 vessels of the United States
cast away upon the rocks or shoals by
Incompetent officers since the close of the
Civil "War. In many cases the ships were
totally destroyed, but with a solitary ex
ception their brother officers let the com
manders off with alight punishment
The severest punishment inflicted was
suspension of rank. Even In China
public opinion compells a commander who
loses his ship to commit suicide. Here,
when a ship Is cast away and becomes
a total loss, nothing Is done. I want to
see a fixed and certain punishment for
(hazing. Men Inured to the custom of
hazing are unfit to command troops or
sailors of the United States and our
boys will not serve under men reared in
the unwholesome, pernicious and damn
able atmosphere of tyranny." (Great ap
planse.) On "Wheeler inquiring If Hepburn favor
ed "expulsion for childish pranks," the
latter replied:
"It is not a 'childish prank' if you or I
have a son at the academy for an upper
classman to compell him to perform men
ial service for an upper classman. It
Is not a 'childish prank' for upper class
men to pick out an athlete to beat a
new boy. (Applanse.) It is not a 'childish
prank' to indulge in brutality that is a
felony."
Cannon briefly replied to Hepburn. He
recalled the tidal wave which swept over
Samoa, wrecking the Trenton and beach
ing the Yantlc, and paid a glowing trib
ute to the American sailors, whose hero
Ism had rarely been equaled. The Charles
ton, he said, had been lost in new seas,
and through the use of imperfect Spanish
charts. Not one of the 25 cases referred
to had been caused by negligence.
Hepburn, replying, gave a detailed list
of naval casualties covering a long period
"To show how unjust, nay, how brutal,
is that list and Its Inferences," exclaimed
Dayton. "I will place in the Record the
proceedings In each case, showing the cir
cumstances." "I challenge the gentleman, to bring in
all the court-martial proceedings," re
sponded Hepburn warmly.
The point of order against the Sherman
amendment finally was sustained.
Fitzgerald (Dem. Mass.) offered an
amendment to appropriate $5000 for the
entertainment of President Kruger upon
the occasion of his visit to this country.
Cannon at once made a point of order
against It, and Lawrence (Dem. Mass.),
In the chair, sustained him.
Fitzgerald criticised the Government for
not preventing the shipment of horses.
mules and supplies from our ports for
the use of the British Army in South Af
rica. He charged that the Secretary of
State was In league with the British, and
contended that the treaty of "Washing
ton, made between Great Britain and the
United States In 1S71, was being violated.
His remarks drew from HItt (Rep. 111.),
chairman of the committee on foreign
affairs, a very clear statement of the po
sition of the United States relative to
the war In South Africa from an Interna
tional standpoint Hltt made It clear that
both the United States and Great Brit
ain had variously construed the treaty of
1871 and International law as affecting the
sending of supplies and arms to bellig
erents, according to the purpose to be
served. By the ancient doctrine of the
American people as to the rights of neu
trals to trade, our people, he said, are free
to sell horses, to sell flour, to sell even
arm's, at their risk. They may be inter
cepted, but that is the doctrine of na
tions. A long row was stirred up in connec
tion with some Items for extra pay for
certain employes of the House. Maddox
(Dem. Ga.), Loud (Rep. Cal.) and others
endeavored to ascertain what extra work
these employes had performed.
In the course of tse dispute that fol
lowed, Dlnsmore (Dem. Ark.) sprang a
sensation by asserting that one of the
employes, J. 'J. Constantlne, the telegra
pher of the House, was not getting the
pay of the tolgrapher, but that another
man was drawing that while Constan
tlne was drawing that of another posi
tion. That developed that Constantino
was on the rolls as a teamster.
Bailey (Dem. Tex.) charged outright
that for four years employes of the Houso
had been compelled to divide their sal
aries with those who did not work at all.
"If what the gentleman says Is true,"
called out Olmsted (Rep. Pa.), "then the
gentleman ought to ask for an investiga
tion." "Much good it would do In this House."
replied Bailey. Then suddenly he straigh
tened up and delivered another challenge.
"I will ask consent," said he, "for the
appointment of an investigating commit
tee, and I agree to produce employes who
will make affidavit to the truth of the
statements I have made."
Bailey paused. Some one on the other
side said such a request could not be
made in committee of the whole.
"Too late, too late," called Spraguo
(Rep. Mass.).
Bailey -then gave notice that as soon as
the extra session met he would ask unani
mous consent for the appointment of an
investigating committee JHe pointed out
that the man who was on the rolls as a
telegrapher, but who was also performing
service In the library, was to be the re
cipient of, in an item In the bill, $400 In
addition to the $1000 he drew as a teleg
rapher. This drew an explanation from Steele
(Rep. Ind.). who said that the gentleman
in question had come here to take the
position as telegrapher at $1600, but
yielded the position to the man then
telegrapher upon the appeal of Berry
(Dem. Ky.).
Fleming (Dem. Ga.) then announced
that until the committee of investigation,
which Bailey would ask for, reported, he
would explain all the items for extra
service in the bill, and they went out on
points of order.
Mercer (Rep. Neb.), chairman of the
committee on buildings and grounds, of
fered the omnibus 'public building bill,
providing for additional appropriations
for 63 public buildings In the United
States. Cannon raised a point of order
against the amendment, and was sus
tained by the chair.
Olmsted (Rep. Pa.) offered an amende
ment to provide that no money appro
priated in the bill should he paid to any
cadet at Annapolis or "West Point who
had been guilty of a brutal form of haz
ing. The amendment was adopted. This
"completed the bill, which was then
passed.
It was agreed by unanimous consent
that tomorrow the session until 1 o'clock
should be devoted to unanimous-consent
legislation, and the remainder of the ses
sion divided between the committee on
claims and the committee on pensions.
Bailey, in accordance with the notice he
had given In commlttece, then asked
unanimous consent for the consideration
of the following resolution:
"Resolved. That the Speaker of the
House shall Immediately appoint a com
mittee consisting of five members, not
more than three of whom shall belong to
the same political party, whose duty It
shall be to Inquire Into the appropria
tion of payments to the employes of the
House, and report all the facts relating
to said employes to the House within six
days after Its appointment"
On motion of Payne (Rep. N. Y.), the
resolution was referred to the committee
on rules. Payne said that, in his opin
ion, the committee should report the res
olution promptly.
M. DEWITTE'S STATEMENT.
He Says There Is No Export Bounty
on Ilnsainn Sngnr.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21. Russia's Minis
ter of Finance, M. DeWltte, replied ns
follows to questions relative to the sugar
question by the Journal and Advertiser:
"By order of the Minister of Finance,
the industrial section has the honor to
announce: A lowered tariff, the same as
tht-t upon the products of countries with
which commercial treaties had been con
cluded, was applied to American prod
ucts. Today, Instead of the conventional
tariff, the general tariff with the addi
tional duties Is applied to American prod
ucts. This measure, having been taken
expressly for economic motives, has for
Its sole purpose the defense of the com
mercial interests of Russia. Russian su
gar is subject to an Indirect tax applying
only to Internal consumption, and this
Impost does not apply to sugar exported
to foreign countries. No bounty to en
courage the export of sugar exists in
Russia."
.
No Breach of Neutrality.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21. A dispatch to the
World from London says:
Sir Charles Dllke, replying to a ques
tion as to whether America's permission
to England to obtain supplies of horses
for use In South Africa was a breach of
neutrality, said: "It Is no breach of neu
trality, but It Is perfectly competent for
any government to refuse to allow horses
to be exported without committing an
unfriendly act Such countries never per
mit the export of horses for war pur
poses." A member of the House of Commons,
who, disapproves of the government's
South African policy, said: "I think it
a miserable, thing that the great Ameri
can Republic should aid this great mon
archical empire in crushing these lltti
South African Republics by supplying
England with horses. "We can get no
horses from France, Russia or Germany,
and there is no doubt that assistance in
the shape of horses has done Irreparable
damage to the cause of the Boer Inde
pendence." Cable to Brazil.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2L The "Western
Union Telegraph Company announces
that the route to Brazil, "via Galveston,"
and the lines and cables of the Central
and South American Telegraph Company
will be reopened on the 22d Inst at re
duced rates, as follows:
To Soure, Mosquelro, Plnhelro, Cameta,
Breves, Gurupa. Chaves, Macapa, Mon
tealegre and Santarem, $1 20 per word;
to Alemquer. Obidos. Perintins, Itacoa.
tiara and Manaos. $1 40 per word. To
all other stations In Brazil, $1 per word.
Country Banlc BIottu Open.
ST. ALBANS, "W. Va.. Feb. 2L The safe
of the St Albans Bank was blown open
by robbers last night and a large sum
of money secured. The robbers escaped
on a handcar and a posse is in pursuit
The bank officials have refused to make
public the amount of money taken.
NO PNEUMATIC TUBES
APPROPRIATION is ELIMINATED
FROM POSTOFFICE BILL.
The Anti-Trust Question "Warn DIs-
cuftsed. by the Senate for Nearly
Two Hours.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 2L For nearly
two hours today the Senate had under dis
cussion a resolution by Jones (Dem. Ark.)
to discharge the Judiciary committee from
further consideration of the anti-trust
bill passed by the House at the last ses
sion, and to bring it before the Senate for
consideration. The majority maintained
that the House measure clearly was un
constitutional They protested, too,
against the taking up of so great a ques
tion in the closing hours of the session.
The resolution finally went to the calen
dar. During the remainder of the after
noon, the postofilce appropriation bill was
under discussion. After a prolonged con
test the appropriation for pneumatic tube
service was eliminated entirely, so that
as the bill stands now the service will
have to be discontinued after July 1. The
old controversy over the special appro
priations for fast mall service engaged
the attention of the rest of the day. It
GOMEZ I THEM'S MY
was .decided to begin holding night ses
sions tomorrow night
Hoar said no Senator on either side
would approve the House anti-trust bill.
He pointed out that the moBt notorious
and wicked offender under the proposed
law would have only to get somebody to
institute against him a civil suit to go
absolutely free. He further directed at
tention to the fact that the House bill
contained a provision that no labor organi
zation should be liable to punishment un
der the proposed act Labor organiza
tions Interested In promoting the legis
lation had agreed that his points against
the House bill were well taken. There
upon he had prepared a carefully consid
ered substitute for the House bill. He
would be glad to have It taken up and
passed.
Platt (Rep. Conn.) said that with only
eight working days of the session re
maining, and many of the appropriation
bills yet undisposed of, It would be Im
possible to discuss properly what Con
gress should do with the trusts.
"This Is a great question," said Platt
"Too large and momentous a question to
be used In the political game of battledore
and shuttlecock, und that Is all there Is
to this."
He was quite willing that Congressional
action should be taken In proper restraint
of great monopolistic enterprises. He
did not think any lawyers in the Senate
believed that the provisions of the House
bill wore constitutional. It was mani
fest to him that the only object In bring
ing forward the pending resolution at
this time was to gain some political ad
vantage, and was not actuated by any
honest purpose.
Bacon challenged Piatt's assertion that
the House bill, in the opinion of every
lawyer In the Senate, was unconstitution
al. He believed it was constitutional In
its general features, although there might
be some doubt as to one or two minor
provisions.
Spooner said he was not willing that the
judiciary committee should report a
great measure like this without positive
recommendation, and such recommenda
tion did not seem probable. All the mem
bers of the committee realized and con
ceded that the evil ought to be remedied
as soon as was possible. So far as he
knew, only one member of the committee
had expressed entire approval of the
House bill.
"I am not willing," he said, "to pass a
bill here that Is evidently unconstitu
tional." At this point, the unfinished business,
the oleomargarine bill, was laid before the
Senate. Spooner asked that a vote be
taken upon that bill, and all pending
amendments at 3 P. X March 2, but Pet
tus objected.
The resolution under discussion then
under the rules went to the calendar, and
consideration was resumed of the post
office appropriation bill. The chair sus
tained the point of order made by Hale
against Mason's pneumatic tube service
amendment at the close of yesterday's
session. v
Carter, from the committee on post
offices and post roads, reported the amend
ment agreed upon this morning by the
postofilce committee, relating to the pneu
matic tube service. The amendment pro
vides for the establishment of a system in
St. Louis, as well as in Chicago, and re
duces the appropriation to $225,000. The
following provisos also were added to the
amendment: "Provided, that the annual
pneumatic tube rental shall not In any
case exceed the rate of $12,000 per mile,
Including the cost of operation, nor shall
any contract for such service be made
to extend for more than one year; pro
vided, further, that of the amount herein
appropriated $50,000 shall be reserved by
the Postmaster-General for service in
Chicago and St Louis, when pneumatic
tubes become available in those cities."
The time saved by the pneumatic tube
service, he argued, was inconsequential
and by no means corresponded with the
outlay of the Government It originally
had been Inaugurated by an Illegal action
of the then Postmaster-General, he de
clared, and without reflection upon those
persons now engaged In promoting It, its
Interests had been advanced by Jobbery
and corruption. The service, ho said,
necessarily must be a monopoly, as It ex
ists now. It had but one customer the
Government of the United States. It had
facilities afforded it by the Government,
but furnished nothing but an ability to
control a Board of Aldermen, thus en
abling the company to get the right to
lay Its pipes In the public streets. The
amendment offered by Carter was re
jected as amended, ayes 26, noes 37.
Rawlins offered an amendment striking
out the paragraphs making appropriations
of J171.23S for the Southern fast mail fa
cilities, and of $25,000 for special facilities
on the trunk lines from Kansas City to
Newton, Kan.
Turley said the Legislature of Tennes
see had adopted a resolution requesting
the Senators of that state to vote for the
resolution, but he could not comply, as
he regarded it as a subsidy, pure and sim
ple. "Wotcott took the same view, and
declared the appropriation did not at all
facilitate the transmission of malls. Lodge
said the appropriation was a mere gift
to the railroad people. Bate denounced
the appropriation as a subsidy, and de
clared he would not vote for it He could
see no difference between giving a sub
sidy to a railroad and giving subsidies to
ships.
After an extended discussion the bill
was laid aside for the day, without ac
tion upon Rawlins' amendment
Allison asked unanimous consent that
the Senate tomorrow afternoonUake & re
cess until S P. M., and It was agreed to.
Favorable Report on Loverlnjr BUI.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The House
committee on banking and currency to
day voted to make a favorable report on
SENTIMENTS, EXACTLY t.
St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
what is known as the Loverlng banking
blllf. which has. aroused widespread Inter
est in banking and financial circles. The
bill has been under consideration for sev
eral weeks and Secretary Gage and many
prominent financiers have been heard on
It It Is entitled, a bill "to make the
currency responsive to the varying needs
of business at all seasons and in all
sections." The chief feature Is in au
thorizing National banks to issue circu
lating notes not In excess of 10 per cent
of their paid-up and unimpaired capital,
thus furnishing a circulation based on
banks' assets instead of on Government
bonds.
Amendment of nn Antl.
"WASHINGTON Feb. 21. Senator Raw
lins today gave notice of his intention to'
suggest the following as an addition to
the Spooner Philippine amendment to the
Army appropriation bill:
"Provided, further. That the Govern
ment of the United States declares that It
Is Its purpose and Intention not to retain
or exercise permanent control or sover
eignty over the Philippine Islands; but
only to the extent necessary to secure
their pacification and the establishment of
a stable government therein by their
people; and upon the accomplishment of
these ends, and after securing by ami
cable arrangement suitable naval, mili
tary and coaling stations, and proper
guarantees for the safety of those who
have adhered to the United States and
for the performance of the treaty obliga
tions of the United States to the other
nations, the Government of the United
States hereby pledcgs Itself to withdraw
from the said islands and leave the gov
ernment and control thereof to their own
people, and the powers hereinbefore con
ferred upon the Presltlent and the persons
selected by him are to be exercised to
the ends herein provided."
Deadlock on War Revenue BUI.
W.ASTVOTON. Feb. 21. The Repu,..c
an members of the conference committee
on the war revenue reduction bill were
closeted for a time today, and the an
nouncement was made after the meeting
that the Democrats would be called In
tomorrow. While no definite statement
was made, It is understood that repre
sentatives of the two houses are still at
variance on most of the Items covered
by the bill.
An Exiled German Nobleman.
CHICAGO, Feb. 21. A man believed to
be Baron von Ketlenberg, who was ex
iled from Germany years ago for writ
ing a poem attacking Prince Bismarck,
was found dead in bed here today. At
the house where he lived he was known
as Hugo C. Schultze, but an examination
of his papers leads the police to believe
he was really the expatriated German no
bleman. He made a speaking tour for
the Republican ticket In 1S&3 and during
the recent Presidential campaign he spoke
In and around Chicago. The Coroner's
jury found death due to pneumonia, su
perinduced by privation.
Lend Trust Meeting:.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21. The annual meet
ing of the National Lead Company was
held today In Jersey City behind closed
doors. It was learned that objection was
made to some features of the annual re
port, which, however, was accepted. The
report was objected to, according to per
sons who were present at the meeting,
by two stockholders because of a mort
gage on the plant of the St Louis Smelt
ing Company, held by the National Lead
Company.
To Pay "Washlnsrton Surveyor.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. The Commis
sioner of the General Land OfHce has rec
ommended a deficiency appropriation of
$201, to pay Isaac M. Gaibralth. late dep
uty surveyor for certain surveys made In
the State of "Washington during the year
1S95. The account like many others, has
been held up by Irregularities, but Is rec
ognized as entirely meritorious. If pro
vision is made for Its payment. It will be
on one of the general appropriation bills.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY,
Take Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets. All
droccl't refund the money If it falls to euro.
E. . drove's signature Is on each box. 22c.
CONCESSIONS IN CHINA
NO MORE LAND-GRABBING BY THE
POWERS.
Movement BcRnn by the State De
partment Benrs Frnlt Chi
na's Agreement.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. At the in
stance of the United States Government
the powers have accepted the principle
that no further individual concessions of
territory in China shall be sought or ob
tained by any one power without Inter
national assent. This agreement applies
not only to Tien Tsin. where there has
been some rivalry exhibited in the effort
to obtain concessions for foreign settle
ments, but to all other Chinese points.
The State Department began this move
ment some time ago, and It Is surmised
that the occupation of Russia of the im
portant concession opposite Tien Tsin
caused the initiation of the movement.
Moreover, It was realized mat It might be
difficult- to deal with a separate case, be
cause thereby National pride might be
aroused. But it was conceived that all
of the powers might be willing to sub
scribe to a general principle which prom
ised upon its face to maintain the rights
of all against selfish Individual efforts.
The conjecture was well founded, for
after the department had addressed each
power on the subject, the answers received
from not only a majority, but nearly
all of them, and certalniy a sufficient
number to insure the execution of the
plan, were an acceptance of the Ameri
can principle. So hereafter, if any one
nation seeks to secure room for Its indi
vidual settlements or like privileges. In
ports or elsewhere In China, the applica
tion must be approved by the other pow
ers before the Chinese Government will be
permitted to assent, even If It desired it
so. There Is another and a very important
point of the agreement, which Is that the
present Is not the most opportune time for
asking new concessions.
THE CHINESE EDICT.
Not What Was "Wanted, but It May
Be Accepted.
PEKIN, Feb. 21. Prince Chlng and Li
Hung Chang have received telegraphic
Instructions from the Court to notify the
Ministers of the powers that an edict has
been Issued regarding the punishments
of Chinese officials, confirmatory of tho
demands made by the Ministers as fol
lows: General Tung Fuh Siang, to be
degraded and deprived of his rank; Princa
Tuan and Duke Lan to be disgraced and
exiled; Prince Chuang, Ylen Nien and
Chao Shu Chlao to commit suicide; Hsu
Chen Yu, Yu Hseln and Kl Hain, to be
beheaded.
This Is not exactly what the Ministers
demanded, but It Is considered advisable
to agree to It, as the demand for lives
has been agreed to except in the case of
General Tung Fuh Slang, whom the court
Is powerless to molest. There Is a pri
vate understanding that his life will be
claimed when it is possible.
The European and Chinese secretaries
of legations and others who have lived in
China for years consider that China has
gained a victory, as the only man the
court has to behead Is Yu Hslen. The
other two are In the hands of tho Jap
anese, and could be beheaded when their
execution is wanted. Suicide Is no dis
grace whatever In the eyes of the Chi
nese. No one believes General Tung Fuh Slang
will ever suffer punishment People hero
say Chinese Imperial edicts are very un
stable documents, especially when private
edicts to the executive officials accom
pany the public edict A recent decree
ordered all the Indicted officials to com
mlt suicide, yet It Is evident a secret
edict was sent Instructing the persons
Implicated not to obey. "What proof, it
Is asked, Is there now that the terms of
the decree will be carried out?
Prince Chlng Is greatly alarmed at the
preparations for the military expedition
Into the interior. He asks why they are
not countermanded, now that China has
agreed to the demands of the powers, in
stead of which the preparations continue.
J. Fowler, the United States Consul
at Che Foo, has sent Minister Conger a
proclamation Issued by Yuen Shi Kai, the
Governor of the Province of Shan Tung,
offering a reward of 200 taels for the cap
ture of any of the ringleaders of the re
cent disturbances, and offering a reward
of 100 taels for the capture of others than
those actually committing outrages. The
civil and military authorities will be
held strictly accountable for the good
order of their districts. "When outrages
are committed, they will be disgraced and
reported to the throne. "Where no other
outrages occur for three years the civil
and military authorities will be rewarded
by a merit tablet and button.
The merchants of Tien Tsin have sent
a memorial to General Chaffee asking
him to resume the occupation of the For
mosan concession, long ago given up and
unoccupied, though both the British and
German commanders talk of annexing it.
The merchants point out that they will
be badly handicapped without the con
cession, as they would have to pay
wharfage to a foreign power, as well as
to the Chinese officials. The General de
sires that the matter be referred to Min
ister Conger for decision.
REPORTED BY CONGER.
Chlnn'n Agreement to the Punish
ment Named by the Envoys.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. A cablegram
has been received at the State Department
from Minister Conger, stating that the
Chinese plenipotentiaries have Informed
the Foreign Ministers that the Emperor
has agreed to all the punishments named
In his (Conger's) telegram of February C
last.
The persons named In the telegram re
ferred to, with the punishments prescribed,
were as follows: For Princes Tuan and
Lan, degradation and exile; the death
penalty for Yu Hslen. Chlh Liu and Hsu
Shen Yu, the two latter being prisoners
of the Japanese: posthumous honors for
the four members of the Tsung 11 Yamun
who were executed last Summer by the
Chinese because of their intercession for
foreigners. The great difficulty In the
way of executing General Tung Fu Slang
being recognized by the Ministers, It was
agreed that some punishment to be deter
mined on later should be administered to
him when It was possible to do so. A sub
sequent message from Minister Conger
includes In the punishment list (and it is
understood here that they are also includ
ed In the Emperor's promise just given),
Chuang, who is to be executed; Chalo
Shu Chalo, Ylng Nien, Chi Hsu and Hsu
Cheng Yu, who are to be punished In some
method yet to be determined.
It Is still uncertain whether Mr. Con
ger's message marks the passage of this
Important phase of the Chinese question
relative to punishments and the taking
up of the questions of Indemnity and guar
antees. All depends upon whether the
foreign Ministers at Pekln have deter
mined that the sentences above described
must be executed as a preliminary to fur
ther progress In the negotiations. It is
surmised here that such Is the case,
though it is regarded as an unnecessary
delay In the negotiations, which. It is ap
parent to the official mind, must consume
many weeks before the single question
of indemnities can be cleared away. Ap
prehension on this score is based upon re
ports, unofficial but credible. Indicating
the purpose of the Germans to claim in
demnities, which both in amount and in
the method of payment would be far be
yond the ability of the Chinese to meet,
unless the just claims of the other powers
are Ignored.
The Chinese Loan.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21. A report in Ber-
Hn yesterday that China Is negotiating a
loan of SOO.000.000 marks in New York,
seems to be based purely on conjecture,
so far as can be learned from New York
bankers. It Is a matter of course that
China will have to borrow to meet the
demands upon her for Indemnities by the
powers. It Is expected that the cheapest
money market will be appealed to for
resources for such a loan. New York,
In the circumstances, will be called upon
for at least part of such a loan, but of
any actual negotiation, no trace can be
found. It is not considered probable that
any plan has yet been formed for such
a financial operation, as the amount of
China's requirement Is yet wholly conjectural.
Russian Losses Large.
BERLIN, Feb. 21. The expedltlonary
plan of Field Marshal Count von Walder
see continues In disfavor with the larger
part of the German press. The Cologne
Volks-Zeltung publishes today a special
dispatch from New Chwang which an
nounces that Soo, the Military Governor
of Mukden, gathered an army and Feb
ruary 10 and 11 attacked the railroad to
Shan Hal Kwan and surrounded Rus
sians In Tchln Cho Tu and Kabon Sebn.
General Fleischer sent forward two reg
iments of reinforcements to their relief.
The Russian losses were large. The Rus
sians are unable to master the uprising
or defeat the Chinese military forces.
France Opposed to Expedition.
PARIS, Feb. 21. The correspondent here
of the Associated Press has excellent au
thority for the statement that Field
Marshal Count von "Waldersee's expedi
tion will not start as it Is believed a de
cree will be published In Pekln today, ac
cepting the terms demanded by the Minis
ters. The expedition, therefore, will not
be necessary. Should the Information
prove untrue. It can be said upon the
same authority. It Is most certain France
and Russia will not participate in any
punitive expedition, as those nations have
consistently, with the United States, op
posed any military reprisals beyond those
necessary to relieve the Legations. The
correspondent of the Associated Press Is
Informed that the French Minister of For
eign Affairs, M. Delcasse, Is strongly op
posed to the proposed military expedition.
Trouble In Southern Manchuria.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 21. The Nvoe
"Vremya's Vladivostock dispatches report
that trouble Is again brewing In South
ern Manchuria. Boxer missionaries have
already arrived there, and Chinese forces
are joining the Boxer movement.
TRIBAL WAR AT SITKA.
Federal Authorities Take a Hand In
the Roir Over the "Frog" Emblem.
PORT TOWNSEND. "Wash., Feb. 21.
According to advices brought from Sitka
by the Cottage City, arriving today, the
climax In the tribal war among the In
dians over the adoption of a "frog" as a
family emblem has resulted In the arrest
and Imprisonment by the Federal author
ities of Koo Hatch, head chief of the
Kakerutees. and eight other leading mem
bers of that tribe. "When the KIuk-Na-Ha-Del
clan started to adopt the frog as
a family emblem, and a big frog was
carved on wood and placed on a totem-
pole In front of the head chiefs house
in Sitka, the opposing clan appealed to
United States Judge Charles S. Johnson,
who. fearing serious trouble between the
clans, enjoined the Kluk-Na-Ha-Dels from
setting up the emblem until the case was
decided. Recently United States Judge
Brown took It up and decided the court
had no jurisdiction In the matter, and the
Indians Immediately set up the totem.
This so enraged the opposing clan that
the chief and eight others, during the
night, made an assault on the totem-pole
and demolished the frog. Indian police
attempted to arrest the assaulting party,
but failed, and the United States Mar
shal's force was sent for. The Kluk-Na-Ha-Dels
are very ugly, and are making
threats. A clash Is dally expected be
tween the opposing tribes. The Indians
arrested were charged with riot, and were
bound over under $1000 by United States
Commlslsoner DeGroff.
The Cottage City brings news of a trag
edy on Bancroft Island, 50 miles from
Sitka. James Fox, ex-bugler In the Ma
rine Corps, was employed as watchman at
the Rodman mine. Running out of pro
visions, he and his wife started to the
beach, nine miles distant over the ice and
snow. Before they had proceeded a great
distance Fox became weary and they
started to return to the mine. He told
his wife to go on and make some coffee
and he would rest It was dark when she
reached the mine, but her husband failed
to appear, and darkness prevented her
from going to his assistance. At daylight
she started and found him frozen to
death half a mile from the mine. Mrs.
Fox started alone to the beach, where
Indians could be found. She was picked
up unconscious by a party of Indian hunt
ers, who succeeded in reviving her.
The transport Port Albert arrived today
from Manila, and was sent to Diamond
Point quarantine. The Port Albert was
six days overdue, having encountered head
winds all the way. Major L. C. Andrew,
who arrived on her, reports everything
when he left the Philippines as looking
favorable for an early termination of the
Insurrection, and that up to January 5
1100 Filipinos In Panay district had sur
rendered. BRANCH SOLDIERS' HOME.
Senate Discussion Over One Proposed
for Fort Sherman, Idaho.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. Senator Shoup,
as has been heretofore stated, recently of
fered an amendment to the sundry civil
bill, directing the Board of Manager of
the National Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers tu Inspect the buildings and
grounds of the Fort Sherman Military
reservation, Idaho, and make a report o
the next Congress as to the advisability
of establishing a branch home at that
place. The board, under this amendment.
Is also called upon to report as to what
additional buildings. If any, will be re
quired to make this old post suitable for
a Home.
The amendment was referred to the
committee on military affairs, which, aft
er a brief discussion, directed Senator
Shoun to make a favorable report In do
ing so, the amendment was then referred
to the committee on appropriations for Its
action. Senator Hale, of Maine, manifest
ed a spirit of opposition to the further
establishment of branch homes, saying the
appropriations committee was continually
besieged with applications for more homes.
He took the position that as time -went
on, and the period following the Civil
War increased, there would be less and
less demand for soldiers' homes. His an
tagonism, however, was not severe.
Senator Shoup, In answer to the Maine
Senator, said that his amendment pro
posed to establish a home at old Fort
Sherman, a post that has been abandoned
by the military authorities and has been
turned over to the Interior Department.
He said that Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Montana felt that this, abandoned
post should be converted Into such a
home. "The amendment carries no appro
priation with It," he explained. "It mere
ly calls for an Investigation, and I sin
cerely trust there will be no opposition to
It There Is not a branch of the National
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Soldiers' Home in all the Northwest. This
covers a great many states, and, in addi
tion to the remaining veterans of the Civil
War, there are a great many in those
states who served in the recent war with
Spain."
Pettlsrew Had III Say.
Sanator Pcttigrew rather Interposed his
objection, claiming that the men of the
South Dakota volunteer regiment that
went to the Philippines had returned in
poor condition, and would need a home In
that state for their own care and com
fort. Senator Hale also stated that he be
lieved that the war In the Philippines
was making a great many subjects for
soldiers' homes, and was breaking down
the health of a large number of troops
who ore compelled to serve In the Islands.
He thought, however, that, rather than
go to soldiers' homes, many of the return
ing troops will prefer to draw a pension
and live outside the homes. He thinks
there will not be a sufficient number seek
ing admission to the homo i warrant
the establishment of new Institutions.
Senator Warren, of Wyoming, by way
of contrast, put In a good word for the
bill, and the proposition gencraUy, say-'
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"I believe that there is a necessity for
National Soldiers' Homes In the North
west So far as Wyoming Is concerned,
it has established a state home. It did
not feel that it wished to enter Into com
petition, asking for a National Home
when Colorado In the one direction, Idano
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soldiers who went from the Civil War to
the West and who are unfortunate In
their old age, should be provided for some
where In that part of the country and In
the same general climate In which they
have been living for many years."
"Will Be No Irrigation Legislation.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. The House
committee on Irrigation has reported an
elaborate scheme to aid in the reclama
tion of the arid lands. The action of this
committee will probably give encourage
ment to a great many people, who think
that the Government really means to do
something, but it may be stated very
positively that nothing will be done. In
the first place. It Is absurd to think that
anything could be done at this stage of
the present term of Congress. Possibly
the only good effect the report can have
is that it can be printed and read by
those Interested. It can also be franked
all over the country to Congressional dis
tricts, where it will do some good to those
members of Congress who are besieged
and urged to press legislation for the irri
gation of the arid country. If anything
was to be done in this Irrigation matter.
It would have been done In the last ses
sion when there was time for considera
tion. Several other committees have
taken action to report Important legisla
tion Just at the close of the session, when
there Is no possibility of getting it
through. This has come to be known
among the people who have been long
In Congress as "fake" reports or "record"
reports, and are generally rushed in at
the close of a session when nothing can
be done about them.
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