THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1901.
H0N0RF0RTHEHER0
Celebration of Washington's
Birthday in the East.
FREDERIC HARRISON'S SPEECH
Tribute to the First President by an
English Author Patriotic Sen
timents In Detroit Orations
and Exercises Elsevrliere.
CHICAGO, Feb. 22. In accordance -with
a time-honored custom, Washington's
Birthday was commemorated by tho
Union League Club today by two events
at the Auditorium. To complete th day's
programme the club gave a banquet at
the Auditorium tonight. The Marquette
Club also gave a dinner this evening.
Banks, the Board of Trade, the Stock.
Exchange and the majority of the schools
were closed. Addresses were made at
' the University of Chicago, and at the
Northwestern University, at Evanston.
Five thousand children crowded into
the Auditorium during the forenoon, a
spe-clal programme having ben arranged
for them. Bishop Spalding, f Peoria,
delivered an eloquent address on "Pa
triotism and Character."
There was a big evening meeting at the
Auditorium, at which Frederic Harri
son, the famous English author and phil
osophical critic, was the chief speaker.
His subect was, "George Washington."
Mr. Harrison said:
"While Washington's memory is re
vered by the civilized world in Europe,
it is nowhere held in such personal affec
tion as with the people whom he defeat
ed and whose dominion he shook off, for
all right-minded Englishmen now feel
that his work was a real gain albeit a
bitter lesson to our own nation: whilst
his noble character and unsullied career
as soldier, as statesman, as patriot, add
new glory to our common race. George
Washington is as much one of our great
English heroes as Alfred the Great or
Shakespeare is one of yours. The robust
nature, the ancestral speech, are the
common prerogatives of our blood. And
as the wildest dreamer in Great Britain
cannot conceive our two peoples being
other than independent nations today, we
have nothing .but honor for the hero who
achieved the happy and Invaluable sep
aration. His unshaken devotion to right,
his perfect Justice, his transparent truth
fulness and lofty sense of honor will ever
place him above even the best of mod
ern statesmen in virtue. That which sets
him in a rank by himself amongst the
chiefs of state is the unfailing honor
and guileless candor of his whole public"
career toward both home and foreign
opponents.
"The grand endowment of Washington
was character, not Imagination; judg
ment, not subtlety; not brilliancy, but
wisdom. The wisdom of Washington was
the gneius of common sense, glorified into
unerring truth of view. He had that true
courage, that purity of soul, that cool
gem which is bred In the bone of the
English-speaking Tace. In Washington
these qualities were developed to a su
preme degree and were found in absolute
perfection.
"The American commonwealth was
rande by thf halo of v'rtue, honor and
truthfulness which seemed to radiate from
the very soul of its first President. May
it long continue to guide the destinies of
the Republic! It is character that makes
heroes more than any genius. It is char
acter which creates nations, more than
imagination. It is character round which
nations rally when the stress comes on
them and confusion looms in their midst.
It is character, unselfishness, honesty and
truth which in the long run rule the
world and determines its destinies sooner
or later.
"Europe, alas, never has given the
world, does not give it now, the exam
ple of a great, typical republic We must
look to the great Republic of the West
for a closer approach to the true repub
lican Ideal. There, indeed, we have, the
principal conditions adequately and per
manently recognized. That office su
preme office should be absolutely open to
every citizen, whatever his birth or for
tune, or social standing; that the whole
forces of the Republic again should be
devoted to the public benefit of the com
munity as a whole; not to the Interests
of any order or class of citizens at least
this has been the case since the final
extinction of slavery; and, we ought to
say, it is at any rate the avowed pur
pose of the majority; and as to the third
condition, you will be ready to say that
never did government rest so entirely
upon consent, for no government that
this world ever yet saw was based upon
the free suffrages of 12,000,000 independent
electors.
"It may be asked why did I qualify this
statement as to the United States. Who
can doubt that it is the absolue and per
fect type of the true, ideal republic? It
Is not for a foreign visitor to criticize the
house of his hosts; but to the philosopher
of Europe, there are spots even upon the
sun of the American commonwealth. If
it be true that the offices of the states
from the highest to the lowest are open
to everj' citizen. Is it clear that they are
always filled with the worthiest men that
the American continent has reared? If
birth and wealth confer no title to power,
is it certain that they do not some
times act as a positive bar to merit? If
It be true that the laws and forces of the
commonwealth are in principle entirely
devoted to the good of all, Is it certain
that they are not at times captured in the
interest of minorities, classes or corpora
tions? At least so American authorities
of high reputation are believed publicly
to maintain. And when we come to the
third condition, that the government rests
entirely on consent and to no degree on
force, it is reported in Europe that this
must be qualified somewhat in matter of
color and race. I hope before I return I
may be convinced that the report is un
true. But in any case, if consent ana not
force be the rule In the United States,
there are now. we hear, some 8,000,000 or
10,000,000 outside these states whom the
Republic governs but has no Intention of
admitting to vote.
"All these questions are problems in the
social economy of states of which think
ing men in Europe are anxiously watch
ing the solution. We wait to see how the
State is going to deal with these gigan
tic corporations which have taken the
place of the feudal barons and royal fa
vorites of modern Europe, and we wait
to see how government of the people, by
the people and through the people will be
reconciled with the government of all
these millions whose consent Is never go
ing to be asked at all.
"I am by principle and by conviction a
republican, because the republic Is the
Inevitable and final form of human so
ciety. It is certain that the development
of industrial right will be the keynote of
the generations to come. Industry Is of
its nature essentially republican. Slavery
dies out before the sight of free indus
try. An Industrial world the world of
the future grows more and more an in
dustrial world is a republican world.
And a republican world is one in which
the State belongs to all, exists for all
and lives by the help and good will of alL
"May the spirit of George Washington,
the just, the free, the far-sighted patriot,
inspire the people of this commonwealth
in all their problems of government, guide
them In all the tasks they undertake to
-wise and prosperous ends; enable them to
crown his work when, in the wbrds of our
English historian, 'he founded a demo-
cratic republic with no shadow on it of
military despotism "
A DETROIT BANQUET.
Postmaster-General Addressed Mem
bers of the Michigan Club.
DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 22.-Tonight, the
"Light Guard Armory rang with patriotic
sentiments, expressed by prominent Re
publicans, who addressed SOO members
of the Michigan Club on their lth an
nual celebration of Washington's birth
day. Postmaster-General Charles Emory
Smith delivered the first address. He
spoke as follows:
"We are face to face with the problem
of Cuba. It is not for me, and this is not
the hour to discuss the questions it in
volves. But there Is one truth for which
all times are fit, and of which' all Amer
icans are restrained. The Monroe doc
trine is the dominant law of the American
Continent. It has been during three-quarters
of a century, and it will be during
all the centuries to come. No declaration
of Concress impairs its validity or its
force, and all declarations of Congress are
to be interpreted in harmony with its prin
ciples. We do not seek In Cuba any recog
nition which Is not in essence and in sub
stance embraced in the Monroe Doctrine,
or any authority which did not Justify and
demand our intervention In 189S, but we
may well pause to consider whether It Is
wise to leave all possible developments In
the future to be determined by the en
forced application of our historic policy
when the emergency comes, or whether it
is better to agree now upon safeguards
which shall Insure security and spare the
necessity of resorting to reserved rights
hereafter. Whatever is to be done should
be done In the interest of the people of
Cuba, and we, who through blood and sac
rifice have given them Independence and
liberty, will be their truest friends and
their surest reliance in the new career
upon which they enter.
"We have as a people a great and noble
heritage to administer. Most of It has
come from the true, brave, strong men
who have gone before us. Some of it has
come because, with enlarged opportunities
and obligations, we have thus far been
vouchsafed virtue and strength enough to
meet them as sturdily as our fathers met
theirs. The mighty events of this Admin
istration have unfolded a wider sphere
and a broader mission for the great Re
public. They have placed us In Porto Rico,
where law, order and happiness are al
ready prevailing under our sway. They
have placed us In the Philippines, where
our kindred and liberal leading towards
intelligent self-government means as
much for the native pcoDle as the pres
ence of our flag means for advancing the
interests of the Eastern world. They have
placed us In China, not to stay, but to use
our influence as one of the now recog
nized world powers to secure such a de
termination of existing issues as will pre
serve the Integrity of the empire and as
sure, under treaty rights, free and equal
commercial intercourse. They have placed
us In Cuba, under the mandate of human
ity and of American supremacy, not to
hold control, but to exercise a protecting
care which shall redeem and save that
fair island from the evils and dangers
that compelled our active intervention.
The American people do not desert duty.
American resolution does not retreat. We
shall encoun:er difficulties. We may make
some mistakes. But through difficulties
and over mistakes we shall go steadily
forward with American faith and courage
to the sure fulfillment of the American
mission."
Rev. Howard Duffiels, of New York,
responded to the toast, "The Legacy of
Washington to the Twentieth Century."
"A Century and a Quarter of Liberty
and Law" was the toast assigned to
Congressman Landls, of Indiana. He
said, after reviewing the country's his
tory since the Declaration of Indepen
dence: "The critics of this administra
tion are wont to prate about commer
cialism, and warn, us against .subordina
tion of justice and liberty to trade. We
are not doing it. Commercialism did, not
put us in the Philippines. We .are, there
because conscience and good judgment
sent us, and conscience, sympathy and
good judgment will keep us there."
Ex-Secretary 'of War Alger made a
short address.
Conferring of Degrees.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22. The faculty
and students of the University of Penn
sylvania today celebrated Washington's
birthday in an elaborate manner. The
students assembled on the campus at 10
o'clock this morning and marched to the
Academy of Music, where the exercises
were held. Bishop Whltaker opened the
celebration with prayer, after which Pro
vose Harrison delivered a brief address.
Dr. S, Weir Mitchell, "public orator" In
the annual conferring of honorary de
grees, introduced each candidate to the
provost. Provost Harrison conferred the
diplomas in Latin. Those who were hon
ored with degrees were: Rear-Admiral
Melville, doctor of science; Rt. Rev.
Henry C. Potter, doctor of laws; Presi
dent Henry C. Pritchat, of the Massa
chusetts Institute of. Technology, doctor
of laws; President William L. Prather, of
the University of Texas, doctor of laws,
Clement B. Penrose, doctor of laws; Rev.
John Sparhawk Jones, pastor of Calvary
Church, doctor of sacred theology. After
the conferring of degrees, Bishop Potter,
who was the orator of the day, delivered
his address. A dinner was tendered the
visitors tonight.
Celebrated Abroad.
LONDON, Feb. 22. National flags were
hoisted over the American embassy and
consulate here today in honor of Wash
ington's birthday, but the usual Ambas
sadorial reception and the American So
ciety banquet were abandoned, owing to
the Queen's death.
st. Petersburg"" Feb. 22. in honor
of Washington's birthday Ambassador
and Mrs. Tower gave a reception to the
American colony.
Stakes tor Montana Races.
BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 22. The programme
of the first issue stakes for the meetings
at Butte and Anaconda of the Montnaa
Jockey Club, of which H. L. Wilson is
president and. Louis Frank secretary, was
Issued today. All entries for the first is
sue stakes close April 10. The club pro
poses to give 60 days' racing in Butte and
Anaconda, commencing June 29.
The stakes announced are: The Mon
tana derby, $1500, for 3-year-olds (foals
of 1S9S), colts to carry 122, geldings 119,
and fillies 117, one mile and a quarter;
the Daly memorial cup, $1000, a handicap
or 3-year-olds and upwards, two miles;
the Miners .Union stakes, $1000, a handi
cap for 3-year-olds and upwards, one
mile; the Butte selling stake. $S50, for 3-year-olds
and upwards, six furlongs; the
hot times stakes, $S00 ,a handicap for all
ages, four and a half furlongs; the Labor
day handicap, $1000, for 3-year-olds and
upwards, one mile and an eighth; the Sil
ver City selling stakes, $1000, for 3-year-olds
and upwards, one mile and a six
teenth; the Silver Bow stakes, $1000. for 2-year-olds,
four and a half furlongs; the
Hamburg handicap, $1000, for 2-year-olds,
five furlongs; the Anaconda handicap,
$1000, for all ages, one mile.
In the Daly memorial cup, plate to the
value of $150 accompanies the first prize.
In all stakes, excepting the Montana
derby, the weights are to be announced
three days prior to the event and entries
received up to the day of the race.
California Pioneer Dead.
SANTA CRUZ. Cal., Feb. 22. Dr. Pierce
B. Fagen, a pioneer of this state. Is dead.
Dr. Fagen laid out the site of Des Moines,
la,, in 1S45. Deceased was a native of
Iowa, aged S2 years.
"WEBFOOT" IS A PERFECT
HARD WHEAT FLOUR.
Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer's famous book,
"Bread and Bread Making." free to users
of this flour. Aek your grocer.
EXTRA SESSION ASSURED
UNLESS AX UNFORESEEN CHANGE
IN EVENTS OCCURS.
Congress to Be Reassembled March
IS or 25 Nominations by
the President.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. Senators and
Representatives are beginning to resign
themselves to an extra session, for it Is
the firm belief of all who have seen the
President recently that, unless some un
foreseen change In events occurs, such a
session cannot be avoided. The call will
probably not be made until after this Con
gress adjourns, but will be for a session
beginning March 18 or 25. It Is understood
that Chairman Cooper, of the House Insu
lar committee, which would. In all proba
bility, have the Cuban bill In charge, Is
making his arrangements for an extra
session, and a number of Senators close
to the Administration arc doing likewise.
It Is with reluctance that these changes
of plan are being made, but gradually all
are coming around to this view. The Pres
ident today stated in so many words that
he did not at this time sec how an extra
session could be avoided, and he hasT
the advantages of knowing the Inward
facts regarding the Cuban constitution.
NICARAGUA CANAL RESOLUTION.
Senator Morgan Makes a Minority
Report on It.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22,-Senator Mor
gan, of the committee on foreign rela
tions, has made a minority report upon
the resolution, declaring that the ratifica
tion of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty is not
a condition precedent to the construction
of the Nicaragua Canal, and that the
United States should proceed with the
work regardless of the existence of the
Clayton-Bulwer agreement. The commit
tee made an adverse report upon the reso
lution a few days ago, and Senator Mor
gan controverts the wisdom of that action.
Senator Morgan Intimates that the ad
verse report was made to conform to the
views of the President. On this point, he
says:
"The resolutions have my hearty ap
proval, and I cannot admit that the Pres
ident has any right to direct Congress as
to the time when It Is expedient to ex
press approval of his solemn act of mak
ing these agreements with Nicaragua and
Costa Rica. This claim was made in the
committee, and his views as to the expe
diency of action were stated as grounds
of objection to the resolution. From this
view of the duty of the Senate I wholly
dissent."
In another connection, he says, on the
same point:
"We are bound to agree with Costa Rica
and Nicaragua as to the terms on which
canal privilege will be extended to the
United States, If this subject Is to be set
tled by agreement. We have so agreed,
and the question Is whether, in a spasm
of apprehension, or under a subordination
to the criticisms that British opinion may
Inflict upon us, we will permit that gov
ernment to compel the President to aban
don these agreements. They are honor
able, just, lawful and Inconceivably val
uable, and once abandoned, we cannot
expect a peaceful resumption of them."
Morgan also takes the position that the
President has already outlined the posi
tion of the United States toward the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty by negotiating the pro
tocols with Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
"It Is quite as clear," he says, "that the
President Is making these agreements in
the name of the United States, defiantly
disregarding any claim of right that Great
Britain could assert to the effect that her
consent was necessary to such action on
his part as "President. And, equally, he
asserted the right of Congress to disre
gard any claims of Great Britain to pre
vent the acquisition of such rights from
Costa Rica and Nicaragua and to appro,
prlate money for that distinct purpose.
Beyond question, he has bound himself as
President and as a plenipotentiary to
those agreements, and if they violate tho
rights of Great Britain or give her just
offense, Congress is also bound to either'
undo the wrong and atone for it and re
pudiate and Impeach what the President
has done, or sustain his action."
Presidential Nominations.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. The President
today sent the following nominations to
the Senate:
Postmasters Nevada, Amelia E. Roth,
Virginia City; N. A. Hummell, Wads
worth. Oregon, C. G. C. Coad, Dallas.
Army To be Brigadier-General, Colonel
A. S. Daggett, Fourteenth Infantry.
f Adjutant-General's Department Lleu-
tenant-coionei jonn a. iiaDcocK, to do
Assistant Adjutant-General, with rank of
Colonel; Major John A. Johnston, Assist
ant Adjutant-General, to be Assistant
Adjutant-General, with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel,
i
Medical Department Captain H. S.
Harris. Assistant Surgeon, to be Surgeon,
with rank of Major; Captain and Assist
ant Surgeon Charles B. Ewlng, Walter
D. McGaw and William P. Kendall, to be
Assistant Surgeons, with the rank of
Major.
Cavalry Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas C.
Lcbo, First Cavalry, to be Colonel; Major
W. S. Edgerty. Seventh Cavalry, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel; Captains to be Ma
jors, George A. Dodd, Third Cavalry;
Henry H. Wright, Ninth: Charles M.
O'Connor, Eighth; First Lieutenants to
be Captains, Edward C. Brooks, Sixth
Cavalry; Malvern Hill Barnum, Tenth;
Letcher Hardeman, Tenth; Edmund S.
Wright. First; William H. Hay, Tenth.
The Senate, In executive session, con
firmed Mary F. Sperry as Postmaster at
North Yakima, Wash.
Spelling of Philippine Names.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. The President
has sent to the Senate a report made by
the Geographical Board upon the spelling
and pronunciation of geographical names
In the Philippine Islands. A list of 4000
coast places is given. The board says that
the reason for the report is found In the
lack of uniformity In spelling, some places
having both Spanish and Malay names,
and others nirmes which attempts have
been made to' Anglicize. The board has
retained the spelling found on official
Spanish charts.
THE NEW JERSEY WRECK.
Twelve Were Killed and GO Injured
Near Trenton.
TRENTON. N. J.. Feb. 22. Twelve
killed and about 30 Injured is the record
of the collision of trains last night at
Rustling Siding, on the Pennsylvania
Railroad. All bodies have been removed
from the wreck. Three bodies at the
morgue are so badly mutilated that Identi
fication Is difficult. They are supposed to
be the bodies of three Trenton men who
were passengers on the local train. Of
the Injured the recovery of four is doubt
ful. The list of Injured Is as follows: B.
Frank Thompson, CO, Bordentown, engin
eer of accommodation train, probably fa
tally; Frank Bolden, 28. White Hill, N. J.,
Internally; C. T. King, New York; Mrs.
Henry Lyons, New York; Leonard Jonea,
Albany: Mrs. Stephen O. Edwards, Provi
dence, R. L; Mrs. Walter F. Anglll, Provi
dence; Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Van Der
Lelth, New York; H. F. Wills. New York;
Mrs. Stephen Henry Allen, Jersey City;
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jonson, New Jersey;
Mrs. J. P. Coplcut, Yonkers; William
Wright, Mount Holly, N. J.; Alvln Pitman,
Camden, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles N.
Ord, Albany; Michael Magowan, Atlantic
City, fireman of the express; Edward Gar
wood, Bordentown, fireman of the accom
modation; Edward Sapp, Bordentown,
conductor of the accommodation train:
James Terval, New York: Frank Costello.
New York; Charles Deans, Phlladephla.
There are 14 others injured, who are prin
cipally Italians and are distributed among
the hospitals In Trenton and Camden.
Responsible for the "Wreck.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Feb. 22. Super
intendent Abercrombe, of the Amboy Divi
sion of the Pennsylvania Railroad, said
today, regarding the responsibility for the
wreck near Bordentown last night, that
Conductor Edward Sapp, of the accommo
dation train, which left Camden at 3:30
yesterday afternoon, had Instructions to
wait on the siding until the three sections
of the express train had passed. Instead
of doing this, Sapp ran on to the main line
after only two sections had gone by.
CELEBRATED IN MANILA.
Washington's Birthday In the Phil
ippine Metropolis.
MANILA. Feb. 22. Thousands of Fili
pinos gathered around the Luneta band
pavilion near the shore this afternoon
and listened to and applauded American
sentiments expressed by native and
American orators, the occasion being the
celebration of Washington's birthday.
President Cervera testified on behalf of
the Federal party to the confidence felt
by Filipinos in the American Government.
General Wright, of the commission, as
sured the Filipinos that the Americans
had come among them to plant such
forms of liberty as they knew and en
joyed at home.
Colonel Walter W. Schuyler, with a de
tachment of the Fofty-slxth Infantry,
had a skirmish near Santa Cruz, Province
of Cavltc, In which several Insurgents
were killed. The Americans captured 10
rifles.
PRESENTED TO WOOD.
Governor-General of Cnba Received
the Constitution.
HAVANA, Feb. 22. Governor-General
Wood has Informed the authorities at
Washington that the Cuban constitution
was officially presented to him this morn
ing, and that he awaits Instructions
whether to forward the document Imme
diately or hold It until the relations be
tween Cuba and the United States are
decided on.
The special committee on relations held
a meeting today. Senor Tamayo, chair
man of the committee, will submit to the
committee General Wood's letter referring
to the relations. Senor Tamayo has also
decided to present the letter at an execu
tive session of the convention.
Struck Oil In Egypt.
KOKOMO, Ind., Feb. 22. The American
syndicate prospecting for oil In Egypt, it
Is said, has struck It xich. Thomas Shar
key, a driller, writes home that the first
weli drilled is a producer. Oil Is struck
at a depth of 2350 feet. It Is near the
banks of the Red Sea. Experts predict
the field will provo to be the largest In
the world.
Preaching? a Revolution.
MADRID, Feb. 22. In a stirring speech
at Cadiz today. Professor Salmeron, chief
of the Republican party, said: "In view
of the gravity of the situation, it is neces
sary to precipitate a republic, as a mon
archy Is Incompatible with Spanish
unity." He urged Republicans to prepare
for the "decisive moment."
Russia Refused a Tender.
LONDON, Feb. 22. The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Times -says:
"I learn that M. de Witte has Just re
fused an offer of 6,000,000 at 4 per cent,
issue prlce-35. Doubtless ha hopes by re
peated rejections to get better terms."
t
Telegraphic Brevities.
'Another livestock 'exposition will bo
held in Chicago.
The jury In the Kennedy murder trial,
at New York, disagreed.
The United States auxiliary cruiser
Scorpion has arrived at La Guyara.
A general uprising has occurred In
Yemen, Arabia, against the Turkish
army.
Jim Scanlan defeated Jimmy Graham at
Hot Springs, knocking him out in half
of the first round.
W. J. Akers was nominated for the
Mayoralty at Cleveland, O., at the Re
publican primaries.
The annual convention of the Western
division of the Delta Tau Delta Frater
nity opened in Chicago.
During the week ended February 16.
20 plague cases were reported at Cape
Town, with three deaths.
The Marquis of Headfort married Miss
Rosa Boole, a member of the "Florida"
Company at the Lyric theater, London.
Alonzo J. Whlteman, alias A. D. Wilson,
said to have been once Mayor of Duluth.
is under arrest in New York on a charge
of grand larceny.
An Erie & Pittsburg freight train ran
into a crowd of men on their way to
work at Sharon. Five men were" killed
outright, being cut to pieces.
In the Mornlngstar-Howlson billiard
match In New York, Howlson played
much the steadier game. The score:
Mornlngstar, 200; Howlson, 295.
Tesla will test his system of trans-Atlantic
wireless telegraphy along the for
tieth parallel from the coast of New
Jersey to the coast of Portugal.
Fighting has occurred between Bul
garian agitators and Turkish villagers
near Ghevcghell, Macedonia. Six Bul
garians and five Turks were killed.
Schedules In bankruptcy of Burhans Van
Steenbergh, promoter and note broker, of
New York, have been filed. They show
liabilities of $320,612, and no assets.
The American Woolen Company's Assa
bctt mills, at Maynard, Mass., employing
1100 operatives, are shut down on ac
count of. the strike of 30 women em
ployes who are dissatisfied with their
wages.
Gifts approximating S1.C00.000 have been
made to Harvard College. A donor, name
not announced, gave $500,000 for an arch
itects' building. Other donors are Hiram
HIgglnson, James Stlllman and the Agas
slz family.
Cadet Hobson, brother of Lieutenant
Hobson, has been promoted to the post
of Quartermaster of the West Point bat
talion, jvhlle Cadet Phil Sheridan, son of
the famous cavalry leader, has been
promoted to a Lieutenancy.
During an attack upon the French gar
rison at Tunlmoun, Algeria, by native
Barabos, three officers and six men were
killed and 21 men wounded. The natives
were repulsed with 100 killed and about
the same number wounded.
H. Money, of the Cateret Gun Club,
wins the championship at Garden City,
total killed SS, missed 12. Colonel Mar
tin and KIrkover tied for second place,
each S7: A. C. Painter and Dr. Wilson
tied for fourth place with S6.
Eight suits have been Instituted in the
United States District Court against the
Union Iron Works at San Francisco, by
Edward Rosenburg, secretary of the La
bor Council, asking the sum Of $1000 In
each case, and alleging that the iron
works had brought eight coppersmiths to
this country under contract.
Proceedings have been started In Lon
don In behalf of Viscount Hlnton, who at
one time played an organ In London
streets, to eject the youthful Earl Pou
lett from Hlnton House, pending the trial
of the question of his. right to the Earl
dom. An Injunction will be asked for to
restrain the present occupant of the fam
ily estates ' from using the title of Earl
Poulett.
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Secretary of War Brodcrlek's Ex- j
plnuntion In the House of Com
mons Lord Roberts Advice.
LONDON. Feb. 22. In the House of
Commons, Mr. Broderlck, Secretary of
War. replying to Mr. Mansfield. Liberal,
took occasion to offer an explanation re
garding the retirement of Major-G'ncral
. ....." - .: . " . . . . . i
v-oivme, ior wnicn .ir. tsrouencK nas Deen ' preu reounc oi ine secuon oi me An
so much criticised. General Colvllle, said gtophobfc press for its references to Kin
Mr. Broderlck. was sent home by Lord Edward's approaching visit to "Germany
Roberts for Inefficiency In the field. Gen- It says;
eral Colvllle was never tried, and though "The King of England comes to Ger
hls case was considered on his return to many In a few days. The reason for the
England, and he was allowed to resume British ruler's journey Is to be found In
his command at Gibraltar, he was not J the suffering of his illustrious sister. Em
exonerated from blame. Subsequently, j press Frederick. Unfortunately It is
General Sir Evelyn Wood brought the therefore too certain that the visit to
Llndley disaster to Mr. Brodcrlek's no- Cronberg being an act of fraternal plct
tlce. After consultation with Lord Rob-
erts. who advised that General Colvllle
should not be allowed to retain his com
mand at Gibraltar, Mr. Broderlck ordered
actlon in accordance with this advice. J
Replying to Mr. Redmond. Mr. Broderlck
admitted that Lord Roberts had previous
ly commended General Colvllle, but sub
sequent events' had necessitated his re
moval from the army. Replying to Mr.
Dillon. Mr. Broderlck said he had received
a telegram from Sir Alfred miner, con- mandant Froneman s force, about 12,000
firming the accounts of III treatment of strong, ha separated from General Dewet
natives, by the Boers at Calvinla. Sir Al- an S"e north. General Dewet Is mov
frcd Milner said he had absolutely no i ln westward to meet Commandant Hcr
donbt but that the Rnprs murdered the "S. wn ls coming with a fresh suply
man named Esau, that he was flosged and
afterwards shot.
Lord Cranbourne. parliamentary secre-
tary for the Foreign Office, assured Mr.
Redmond that the Emperor of Germany
had not offered to arbitrate the question
of terminating the war In South Africa.
Replying to a question on the cost of
the war Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said
that so far S1.500,000 of bonds had been
Issued and the weekly Issue was from
1.000.000 to 1.250.000.
January there were 16.000 Boer prisoners,
and this number had since Increased,
STORM IN SOUTH SEAS.
Disastrous Hnrrlcnne Reported
at
Noumea.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 22. The
steamer Warrlmoo arrived today from
Australia, bringing news of a disastrous
hurricane at Noumea on -January 22 and
January 23. Telegraph and cable com
munication was cut off for five days.
News from the East Coast states thnt it
was the worst hurricane experienced for
many years. Great damage was caused
TC,h!?' Cana!a andM?U"-J
Nickel Company's property, houses be4n
blown down and the railway bridges and
lines being washed away by the floods.
Numbers of cattle and horses were
drowned.
The steamer Hero, late of the Union
Company, was blown ashore at Kaouaoun,
where several punts, loaded with nickel,
foundered
The bark Emlllle Galllene was driven
ashore, and ls now high and dry at Tchlo.
The new four-masted ship Vine du
Havre, partly loaded with nickel ore, was
stranded.
On the west coast the storm, was less
severe.
John F. Lindsay, of Moosomln, B. C,
returned on the Warrlmoo aftqr estab
lishing his claim to a fortune of a million
dollars left by a relative In South Aus
tralia. The fortune awaited a claimant
jfor some time, and Lindsay only learned
of the unclaimed treasure incidentally.
Queen6town, Tasmania, was recently
the scene of a destructive fire. It began
with brush fires, which spread to the sub
urban, town of North Lyell, which was
practically wiped out. The railway and
tramway systems of Queenstown were de
stroyed for a considerable distance.
Finns Not Reconciled.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 22. The peo
ple of Helslngfors, Finland, have shown
that they are In no way reconciled to
the new order of things by various dem
onstrations February 18, the anniversary
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Anglophobia Rebuked.
BERLIN. Feb. 22. The semi-official
North German Gazette todav nrlnts an in-
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is of a purely family character. Some
German papers, nevertheless, have sought
to make venomous attacks which cannot
fall to pain the Emperor most deeply
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Ity which deserves to be most severelv re
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Dewet's Force Diildcd.
DE AAR. Cane Colonv. Feb. 19. r.nm-
I of horses.
t A British officer who was taken plrsoner
D general Jjewet at band Drift, but was
J subsequently released, asserts that he and
i "'a ' -prisoners were snameiuuy
treated by the Boers.
Estimate of the French Vintage.
PARIS, Feb. 22. Official statistics esti
mate the French vintage of 1000 at C7,
352,661 hectolitres, which Is an Increase
of 19.4I4.9S1 hectolitres over 1S93. The
About
in-
leld per
hectare was 39 hectolitres, an Increase or
11 hectolitres. The value of the harvest
Is estimated at 1,261,25S,000 francs.
Mercenaries Captured.
LONDON, Feb. 23. A dispatch from
Pictermaritzburc: renorts the caottm? of
a gang of German mercenaries and dyna- j
miters wno were attempting to destroy a
bridge near Krugeredorp. After S5 were
captured, they made a despc
rloonnrata nttamnf I
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shot down.
Americans Cheered Cervera.
RrRRlITAR 'CVw vt " ,, n.rf.l
i hcr today of the steamer Fuerst Bis-
marck, now cruising in the Mediterranean
with a large party of Americans, Admiral
Cervera. who Is staying In Gibraltar, went
on board to visit a friend. He was vo
ciferously cheered by the Americans.
Condition of Empress Frederick.
BERLIN, Feb. 22. The Empress Dow-
I ager, according to private Information.
I says the Berliner Tageblatt, ls suffering
terrlbly.
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Congressman Allen, of Mississippi, spoke
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Chairman Seltz announced that ex-Con-grcssman
Oliver, of Pittsburg, had of
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erecting a memorial In honor of Ben
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which he did In Inducing France to join
the United States during the War of In
dependence. The proposition was referrea
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power to act.
Butte Gambler Killed.
BUTTE. Mont., Feb. 22. Steven Wells,
better known as "Missouri Steve," pro
prietor of a faro game, was shot and
Instantly killed -before midnight In his
place in Park alley. Jack Cox and John
Slayton. the only two men known to
have been in the place at the time, say
It was a hold-up on the part of two
masked men. Their stories conflict, and
they are both held.
Snow In the South.
HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 22. The heaviest
snow and the coldest weather of the win
ter began at noon today and continues
tonight over North Texas.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 22. Sleet and
snow Is falling at Winsboro, Monroe and
Talulah. La., and VIcksburg, Yazoo City,
Laurel and Water Valley. Miss.
General Robert MacFecly.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. Brigadier
General Robert MacFeely, retired, died
here today at an advanced age.
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