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10 THE MOHNINCf OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 5r 1901. WiARGHWHEATSHIPS Five More Arrivals Since Last Saturday. FAMOUS SWANHILDA IN PORT Alaska Packers' Association Has & DIET Fleet of Ships Tacoma Paper Slakes KIdlcnIous Assertion Re garding Portland Snipping;. The March grain fleet is coming along: sufficiently early in the month to guar antee a good round shipment before April 1. The arrivals Saturday and Sunday, in clude five vessels of nearly 10,000 tons net register, and with a carrying ca pacity of about COO.000 bushels of wheat. The Comllebank, which arrived in Sat urday, was not delayed long at Astoria, but continued her journey up the river, reaching Portland yesterday morning. The arrivals Sunday Included the Swan hllda, a ship made famous the world over about a year ago, on account of her bringing Butler, the Australian murderer, to San Francisco. His crime was one of the most fiendish on record, and Austra lian detectives chased all over the world before they finally arrived in San Fran cisco and awaited the arrival of the Swanhllda, on which he had shipped as a sailor. The other arrivals Sunday were the Forrest Hall, and the Dimsdale, all of the vessels, as well as their masters, be ing well known In this port. PACTS SLIGHTLY MIXED. Misrepresentation of a Tacoma Pa per ItcRrnrdinj? Shipping; Matters. The Ledger, a paper printed at Tacoma. a Puget Sound city located about 28 miles from Seattle, prints the following: "Another of those slight indications that Portland is losing a little of Its prestige Is the fact that two sailing vessels, des tined to load grain at Portland, are now at Tacoma, and will be loaded here by their charterers. They are the British bark Zanita, Captain McDonald, and the Scottish Glens, Captain Johnson. "The Scottish Glens, a vessel of 20G1 tons, arrived at Tacoma last night in tow from down Sound, 61 days out from Jquiquc in ballast. She Is under charter to the Portland Grain Company." "Destiny" seems to have run to seed at Tacoma, and it would be interesting to know by what line of reasoning the Ledger figures out that the two ships men tioned were "destined" to load at Port land. Neither of the ships were chartered for Pontland loading. In fact neither of them had the option of loading at Port land. If they had been taken with the Portland option, they would have come here to loud, as the Wilhelmina did. This steamer was chartered to proceed in bal last from ITacoma to Portland, to take on a cargo a wheat, although she had the option of loading at Tacoma at the same rate as she received from. Portland. Quick dispatch and light port charges at this port Induced the owners of the "Wilhel mina to send her away from the City of "Destiny" to one of business, and the time lost In .steaming from Tacoma to Portland was more than made up in the saving made in the loading time. BIG ALASKA FLEET. AlmtJLlcn. Packers' Association Has Nearly Fifty Vessels This Year. The Alaska Packers' Association has gathered together one of the largest fleets Of vessels of the Pacltlc Coast and with the possible exception of the California Shipping Company they own more full-rigged American ships than are owned by any other firm In the world. The 1901 Alaskan salmon fleet included 15 ships, seven barks, t2iree schooners, and 22 steamers, the Portland-built steamer Kvlhak being the flagship of the steamer fleeet. The names and tonnage of the vessels are as follows: Ships Tons. V. H. Macy .- 220' Star of Russia "19S1 John Currier .1945 Tacoma "17335 Omental 1GSS SIntram 1656 Bohemia I633 Eclipse 1594 Isaac Reed 1541 Santa Clara 1533 Indiana 14S7 Columbia 1471 Llewellyn J. Morse 1392 Two Brothers 13S2 Centennial 12S6 Barks Wlllscott 1S56 Undaunted 1764 Fresno 1244 Coalinjra 996 Electra 985 Nicholas Thayer 3Si Will W. Case 5S3 Schr oners Okanogen 721 Premier 207 Prosper 241 Steamers Kvichak 1200 President 377 Chilkat .. 140 Jennie 123 Alitak 120 Kyak 120 Kadiak 114 Thistle 102 Hattie Gage SI Gertie Storey 73 Afogi ak C6 Elsie C6 Ella Robins . 64 Pacific 63 Royal 63 "Wigwam CO Polar Bear 5S Novelty 57 Quinnat 55 Reporter 50 Lillian 45 Aleut 3S Tlic Rio Investigation. SAN FRANCISCO, March 4. The Fed eral Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers re sumed their investigation this afternoon into the causes which led to the wreck of the steamer Rio de Janeiro. Among the witnesses examined was Freight Clerk Englchardt. To him Captain Ward said. In the captain's cabin, that he would not en ter the harbor until the fog cleared. The steerage steward gave evidence which showed that every effort was made to save and to warn passengers. Chief En gineer Herlihy admitted that he was not at his post, and did not call his men, for the first time since he has been an "engi neer, 28 years. He showed the Instruc tions of the company, which direct him to be in charge of the engines on entering port. Astoria -Marine STeTrs. ASTORIA. Or., March 4. The lighthouse tender Manzanita left this morning for Puget Sound, to Inspect the aids to navi gation in that district. On her way up the coast the vessel will etop at Destruc tion Island and land Assistant Keeper Jackson and wife. Captain Kllgore, of the revenue cutter Commodore Perry, has completed a three years' commission on that vessel, and Is awaiting orders to proceed to some other command. He is 5S years of age, and will be retired in two years. Investigation Bcffan. SAN FRANCISCO. March 4. Major Blakeney, superintendent of the Life Sav ing Service for this district, today com menced an investigation of the conduct of Mark Ellingsen, the coast guard, who, it has been reported, failed to notify the Port Point llfesaving station that the wrecked steamer Rio Janeiro was in dis tress. E. N. Borg, storekeeper of the Rio, tes tified that he had heard the captain call out to take to the boats and care for the women and children. Some of the passen gers will be examined tomorrow. Wreck on Algerian Coast. ORAN, Algeria, March 4. A vessel re ported to be named Chill, but which is probably the Sclllan, has been wrecked in this vicinity. Six of those on board were drowned. The Italian bark Sclllan, Cap tain Palazza, sailed from Pensacola, De cember 19, for Genoa. The OreKonlan Launched. CHESTER, Pa., March 4. The steamer Oregonian, built for the American-Hawaii Steamship Company, which stuck on the ways on February 19, was launched today at Rich's shipyards. The vessel will ply "between New York, San Fran cisco and Honolulu. Mnrine Notes. The transport St. Bede sailed from. Ma nila for this port February 24. The Kin tuck Is expected from Seattle tomorrow or next day. The British bark Comllebank and the schooner Occidental, in tow of the Har vest Queen, arrived up yesterday fore noon, the towboat bringing them up against a stiff current In less than 21 hours. According to the Marshfleld Sun Hol land Bros, are constructing at their shop a large lifeboat for the ship on the stocks at North Bend. Heretofore it has been customary to purchase these small craft at San Francisco. The Coqulile Bulletin says that Arthur Ellingsen has a force of men putting up a shed over his shipyard at Roy's above town. He has the contract to build a new river boat for Captain T. W. McCloskey, the dimensions of which will be C5 feet In length and 16 feet beam. The German ship Brunshausen, the first o the March fleet to leave, cleared yes terday for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders with 77,560 bushels of wbeat val ued at 544,209. She was dispatched by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., and will leave down the river this morning. The Profes sor Koch, which finished loading a few hours earlier than the Brunshausen, will not clear until today. Domestic and Foreiarn Ports. ASTORIA, March 4. Sailed at 9 A. M., steamer Geo. W. Elder for San Fran cisco; at 12 noon, British ship County of Dumfries for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders. Left up at 9 A. M., British ship Helga. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., moderate; wind northwest; weather clear. San Francisco, March 4. Sailed, steam er Columbia, Astoria. Arrived steamer Jeanle, Astoria; steamer Rival, Wlllapa Harbor: steamer Empire, Coos Bay; schooner Gem, Coos Bay. Liverpool Arrived March 2. British ship Clan Mackenzie, from Vancouver. "Valparaiso Arrived prior to March 2. Steamer Yang Tse, from Tacoma for St. Vincent. Port Townsend, March 4. Arrived Steamer Olympla from China. Port Hadlock. March 4. Arrived steam er Robert Dollar from Seattle. Hong Kong Arrived prior to March 2 Steamer Victoria from Tacoma. Seattle, March 4. Arrived Steamer Port Albert from Tacoma. San Pedro, March 4. Arrived Schooner Stlmson from Ballard; schooner Lucy from Umpqua. Sydney, March 4. Arrived Ship St. Nicholas from Port Hadlock. Coos Bay Sailed March 3, schooner Emma Utter for San Diego. Brisbane March 2 Arrived Aorangl, from Vancouver for Sydney. March 4. Arrived Nordland from New York. Liverpool, March 4. Arrived Saxonia, from Boston. Gibraltar, March 4. Passed Fuerst Bis marck, for Hamburg. HILL WILL BUY IN MINE. Owners of Crow's Nest Property in St. Paul to Close Deal. ST. PAUL, Minn., March 4. The Pi oneer Press tomorrow will say: "Robert Jaffrey, William Bath. Peter Ryan and G. T. Lindsay, of Toronto, were in the city yesterday. The first three named are the principal owners of the Crow's Nest coal fields of British Columbia, and Mr. Lindsay Is their at torney. They arrived Sunday and drove to the residence of J. J. Hill. They came to St. Paul for the purpose of closing a transaction with Mr. Hill, by which the latter comes into possession of a large interest In their mine. Mr. Hill professed ignorance of the entire matter whenap proached by a reporter. "One of the interested men said yes terday that the deal was consummated on the lines recently announced in a Toronto dispatch, which were that the syndicate transfer to J. J. Hill $500,000 in stock and give him control of the mine for a number of years, together with an option on sufficient stock to control in the case he desired to buy. In return for these concessions, Mr. Hill, It Is reported, agrees to build new lines to each of the coal fields from the south and west and to purchase the output of coal up to COOO tons per day. The reason assigned for offering Mr. Hill an interest is that the Canadian Pacific, by charging ex orbitant freight rates, restricted the out put of the mines and there was no profit in their operations." Xotes of Oresron City. OREGON CITY, March 4. At the Fire Department election today Chris Hartman was elected chief engineer; S. J. Burford assistant engineer; J. H. Howard, August Asmus and C. W. Pope, Fire Commission ers. A. L. Hardman was arrested today for knocking down and kicking the 12-year-old son of J. A. Moore. The boys were play ing in an alley, when Hardman nrdpriri thorn away, alleging that they were mak ing too much noise. The boys did not move readily, and the assault resulted. Hardman will have a hearing Wednesday. Russia Withdraws a Part. PEKIN, March 4. Russia has with drawn a portion of the Russo-Chinese agreement regarding Manchuria, and China has appealed to the powers In the matter. Excursions to the East. The most popular way ;o cross the con tinent Is In one of the Rio Grande West ern Railway's tourist excursions, to Eastern cities, which leave Salt Lake Utah, daily, making close connections with all trains from the West, Passengers from Portland have the choice of going via the O. R, & N and Huntington, or the Southern Pacific and San Francisco, with a day's stop-off in the latter city, if desired, also the privi lege of a day in Salt Lake City, via either route to that point, and on all classes of tickets. Excursions leave Salt Lake as follows: Sunday. S:20 P. M., via Denver &. Rio Grande and Illinois Central. Monday, 8:20 P. M., Denver & Rio Grande and C. R. I. & P. Tuesday. S:20 P. M.. via Denver & Rio Grande and Burlington. Wednesday, 8:30 A. M., Colorado Mid land and C. R. I. &. P. Wednesday. 8:20 P. M., Denver &. Rio Grande and Missouri Pacific Thursday, 8:30 A. M.. via Denver & Rio Grande and C. R. I. & P. Thursday. 8:30 A. M., via Colorado Mid land and Burlington. Thursday t 8:20 P. 1L, via Denver & Rio Grande and C, R. I. & P. Friday. 8:30 A. M., via Colorado Mid land and Burlington. Friday, 8:20 P. M., via Denver & Rio Grande and Burllnrrton. Saturday. 8:20 P. M., via Denver & Rio Grande and Missouri Pacific. For rates and reservations, apply to J. D. Mansfield, general agent, 253 Washing ton street RIVER AND HARBOR WORK EVERYTHING IX OREGON PUT BACK A YEAR. Available Funds for the Various "Work Sufficient Only for Pro tecting the Property. The failure of the river and harbor bill to pass Congress is very much re gretted by the United States engineers who have charge of river and harbor im provements, as it in most places prac tically puts a stop to work on all such improvements and throws thousands of worklngmen out of employment for a year or more. Just why Senator Carter, of Montana, worked so hard to. defeat the bill Is not definitely known. Some people say that because some Irrigation scheme he favored did not pass, and be cause there are no rivers nor harbors In Montana to be Improved, he was de termined to defeat the river and harbor bill. Others say that there were appro priations in the bill which are clearly Jobs, and In order to defeat these tho meritorious appropriations had to be done for also. Captain W. C. Langfitt and Captain W. W. Harts, Corps of United States En gineers, who have charge of river and harbor Improvements In this state, while sorry that the bill was defeated, endeavor to take the matter philosophically. They will not be able to do much work on any of the Improvements under their charre. "but will endeavor to keep up the organi zation of their forces, and get plants re paired and In order for resuming work when appropriations are available. Of course everything will be put back a year, but Captain Langfitt feels consoled with the thought that the works in his charge are in a good deal better shape for such a contingency than the works in many other sections, as he has been husbanding what funds he had until the bill went through, so as to have money enough to do work effectually and rapidly. He has learned that large enterprises or. works cannot be carried on successfully with money coming In In driblets. For Improvements In the upper Wil lamette, Yamhill and Cowlitz Rivers, he has practically no money. For the Lewis and Clatskanie River improvements he has small unexpended balances. For the lower Columbia and lower Wil lamette Rivers there Is an unexpended balance of $80,000. There is a balance of about $125,000 on hand for the mouth of the Columbia, which was to have been expended In get ting things in readiness for proceeding with the extension of the Jetty. Now that there Is to be no extension it will not be practicable to expend all the money. A certain amount of necessary work will be done and then operations will be closed for the year. The funds on hand arc not sufficient to do anything in particular, but things will be kept mov ing. The force will be kept organized, plants and machinery looked after, etc There will be funds to keep the dredge W. S. Ladd at work in the Colum bia, and, as there Is about $100,000 avail able for the Improvement of the Silvia de Grasse reef at Astoria, and Contractor Johnson has not abandoned the job, this work will probably proceed. Captain Harts, who has In charge the improvement of rivers and harbors on the coast of this state and the upper Columbia and Snake Rivers, has pretty well expended the appropriations for most of these works. For improving the Columbia at Three MHe rapids in the dalles, he has $216,400, but this money Is completely tied up until Congress takes action on this improve ment. He has also $12,800 provided for im proving the Clearwater River, Idaho, but this Is tied up until It can be ascertained whether this river Is ever likely to be navigated by boats. For the operation and care of the locks at the Cascades, there is $13,000 on hand. This will allow the completion of some projected work there, which will be fin ished by the end of June. For the Improvement of Yaquina Bay there is $13,000 available which will be ex pended in blasting rocks in the outer channel about two months' work and In making general repairs. For the Improvement of Coos Bay there Is $12,000 on hand, and for the mouth of Coqulile River $3000. which It will be necessary to expend In repairing machinery and doing a lltle extra work. There are small unexpended appropri ations for Improving the Columbia at the Cascades, for improving the upper Col umbia and Snake Rivers, for the Hayden island dike, for improving Tillamook Bay, improving the Siuslaw River, Coos River and Coqulile River, ranging from $1000 down to $50. At some of these places there are extensive plants to be taken care of, and the funds will be barely enough for current expenses In looking after this property, providing watchmen, etc HARRISON ON THE BOER WAR Americans Should Not Sympathize "With British AKgresion. NEW YORK. March 4. In the North American Review for March ex-President Harrison has the second of his papers on "Musings on Current Topics," treating on the British alliance and the Boer War. General Harrison says: "Is not the Inevitable tendency of any attempt to put Great Britain and the United States in relation of allies to raise up and strengthen an antl-Brltlsh party In the United States and an antl-Amerl-can party In Great Britain? If a friend ship between Great Britain and the United States that will make their immediate re lations cordial and unite their Influence for peace and human progress. Is to be maintained to become a status must It not have been laid down on a moral Instead of a commercial basis? Morals abide; commerce interests shift. The friendship must not be of a party here with a party there. Upon that basis we shall have racking alternation of gush. "Is the friendly co-operation of the two nations to be rested upon the abandon ment or modification of her traditional policy or upon the abandonment of ours? In the prosecution of the 'open-door' pol icythat Is. equal commercial privileges to all nations we have, perhaps, found a common basis of, diplomatic action. To use this means, I think, the recognition of the autonomy of weak nations and their right to regulate their own internal af fairs as opposed to dismemberment or the paramountcy of one of the great powers. Does Great Britain accept the 'open-door policy In that sense? "Is it not possible that If suitably urged, GreatvBrltain might come to stand with us against the forcible absorption of weak states and for open doors everywhere? She has lost her monopoly of exanslon. She has found that her most loyal cron ies buy in the best markets. The in creased expansion and competition in the business of expansion are suggestive. "The American people gave generous ly of their love to Queen Victoria. Her death was felt here to be a family sorrow. She was not associated in the American mind with this aggressive feature of the British character and foreign policy that other nations have so much resented. The American love for her as a Queen was largely based upon the belief that her influence was good, so far as It might be, to ameliorate aggression and promote peace. "The insistence of many individuals and of a very large section of the newspaper press that as a matter of 'reciprocity' we must give our sympathy to Great Britain In the Boer War and the frequent refer ence to certain crude and illiberal things In the Dutch army of the Transvaal as matters justifying armed Intervention by Great Britain have very naturally turned my vagrant thoughts to the con sideration of the question of whether these alleged faults In the Internal ad ministration of the Boers furnished a jus tification of the war made by Great Brit ain upon the Boers. "The Boers did not seek war with Great Britain. They retreated to the wall. British Intervention In South Africa was not a response to any appeal from so much, as a fragment of the Boer people. They were not only content with the gov ernment they had instituted, but passion ately devoted to It with a readiness to die in its defense that took no account of age or sex "The political conditions in Cuba when we Intervened were the very opposite of those In the Transvaal. Our Intervention was In behalf of the Cubans. We co operated to free them from the power of a government whose oppressions and cruelties had many times before driven them Into rebellion. Great Britain's in tervention In South Africa was against a united people living in content an Ignor ant content if you please under a gov ernment of their own construction, and th eground of the intervention was osten sibly the Interests of British subjects so journing there. "There was plainly no call for armed Intervention by the United States In South Africa, and perhaps our diplomatic suggestions went as far as usage would Justify. But has not the public here been somehow strongly perverted, or put under some unwonted representation? If we have lost either the right to denounce ag gression, or the capacity to weep when a republic dies, it is a grievous loss." it , A GORY PRIZEFIGHT. Erea Spectators "Were Nauseated and Had to Leave the Hall. LOUISVILLE. KyTT March 4 Tommy Ryan, of Syracuse, tonight was given the decision over Tommy West, of Brooklyn, after 17 rounds of a 20-round contest. West's second threw up the sponge. The fight took place at the Auditorium, un der the auspices of the Southern Athletic Club, and was the bloodiest and most des perate ever seen in Louisville. The men entered the ring at catch weights, and each weighed in the neighborhood of 157 pounds. After the 10th round. West was assisted by Terry McGovern. In the first round, honors were about even, though both were right In for busi ness. Both landed often and hard. West getting In several hard jolts on Ryan's nose. In the second, Ryan was knocked down twice, and seemed all but out when the gong sounded. At the first knock down Ryan took almost the full count. The third and fourth rounds were West's, and th efifth Ryan's. In the sixth West landed on Ryan's nose, and there was more blood. Ryan was the aggressor In this round, but West blocked and landed at will, and but for the gong, might have finished his man. In the reventh Ryan's Up was split, and West's nose was broken, his right eye closed, his forehead laid open in two places, and his cheek split. Blood poured from his wounds as time after time Ryan landed on the injured places. He played continuously for the broken nose, and for the next half dozen rounds made a veritable choplng-block of West. The pun-, ishment West took was wonderful, blood pouring from nearly a dozen of his wounds. West's corner looked like a slaughter-house, and the fight announcer actually had to wipe the blood from the floor with a mop. So bloody. Indeed, was the fight, that several persons near the ring were nauseated and had to leave the hall. Still, during round after round. West came up only for more poundings on the nose, eye and cheek. In the sev enteenth lound, when It was seen that West was fighting a hopeless fight, Terry McGovern threw up the sponge for West, and the referee gave the decision to Ryan. THE DAY'S RACES. "Winners at Tanforan. SAN FRANCISCO, March 4. The re sults today at Tanforan were: Seven furlongs, purse Cougar won. Fondo second, Klngstelle third; time, 1:23. Six furlongs, selling Saintly won, Par menlon second, Redwald third; time, 1:13. Four furlongs, purse Lady Bird won, Loulette second, Ursula third; time, 0:49. Six furlongs. Inauguration handicap Kenllworth won. Gonfalon second Sad Sam third; time, 1:13. . Races at Oakland. SAN FRANCISCO., March 4. The re sults at Oakland were: Six furlongs, selling Homage won, Irate second, Catherine third; time, 1:15. Mile and 50 yards, selling Tom Calvert won, Alarla second, Sam Howard third; time. 1:45. Three and a half furlongs, 2-year-olds, selling Maraschino won. Water Scratch second. Torso Maid third: time, 0:42V5- Seven furlongs, selling Torslna won, Al leviate second, Gibraltar third; time, 1:28. Pool-Selllnj? Permitted. SAN FRANCISCO, March 4. The Board of Supervisors of this city and county to day finally pas3ed an ordinance permitting racing with pool-selling on the grounds where the course Is situated for 36 days in each year. This will allow the Imme diate reopening of the Ingleslde track, now controlled by the San Francisco Jock ey Club, of which Prince Ponlatowskl Is president. The same club won another victory today in San Mateo County, where the Tanforan track is located. The Su pervisors of that county rescinded an ordi nance previously passed by them limiting the number of racing days at Tanforan so that the season on that course Is now un limited, so far as legal restrictions are concerned. Great Trotting Race. BOSTON, March 4. Probably the great est trotting race ever seen will be ar ranged this season for the largest purse ever hung up. The proposition Is con tained In the following letter. Issued last night, by Thomas W. Lawson, owner of the champion gelding Boralma. "As there Is considerable controversy about the merits of Croesus, Charlie Herr and The Abbott, and there seems to be much trouble In getting on a match be tween all three or any two of the three, perhaps I may be able to assist, now that I have concluded, on account of the cup race, not to send Boralma to Europe until next Fall. To that end I will agree to race Boralma against the three, each entry to subscribe $10,000; and, further agree that the association Holding the race will add a purse of $20,000, making $60,000 In all, the first horse to take $40,000. second $15,000, and the third $5000, all minor con ditions to be arranged on a mutually sat isfactory basis to all." Mount Tabor School Elections. At the school election held In Montavilla district No. 18, last night, unusual Inter est was manifested and a large number of the voters was present. The meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock by Chair man Schwabauer, and Miss Alice M. Dav idson read the call and the reoorts. By direction of the chairman she also read the school laws bearing on elections, and it was decided to proceed with" the election on the basis 'that the district had under 1000 population. This largely Increased the number of voters, as It admitted many who were not taxpayers. Arthur Slsley and J. A. Schwabauer were nominated for Director, with eloquent speeches. Mr. Slsley was elected by five majority over Mr. Schwabauer. Albert Ehleer was elect ed Clerk over B. F. Kyle, The meeting then adjourned. In district No. 5, Mount Tabor, a quiet election was held. L. S. Normandln was re-elected Director, and Frank S. Field was re-elected Clerk. The report of the Clerk showed the district was $400 better off than last year at this time. It "Will Stop Aches. Wright's Paragon Headache and Neural gia Cure. All druggists, 25 cents. Try It'. WAR OFFICE BLAMED "WOLSELEY ATTACKED ENGLAND'S MILITARY SYSTEM. Lansdowne, In a Heated Reply, As sailed the ex-Commander-in-Chlefs Military Conduct. LONDON, March 4 The Duke of Bed ford, in the House of Lords, today started a discussion of army matters by asking for information on the military adminis tration and the War Office. Lord Wolse ley arose after the Duke of Bedford had done speaking and for two or three hours he attacked the military system of Great Britain in a carefully written speech which it is understood he had long medi tated and revised in consultation with his friends. "My arguments," he said, "are not di rected against individuals, but against the military system which I have honestly tried for five years and have found want ing, and which entails many great dan gers not realized by the people of this realm." Lord Wolseley outlined the present sys tem, which he said was entirely unsulted for the army, under which It would never be eSicfent, and he doubted much if they would ever have a contented army. Lord Wolseley pointed out In detail how the distribution of responsibility disorganized and Impaired the war machine. It was an unworkable and impossible system. The commander-in-chief had no effective con trol. Neither had the heads of depart ments, and the work and cross-references in all branches had been largely In creased. "My Lords, I need scarcely tell you," said Lord Wolseley, Impressively, "that our soldiers do not love the War Office nor its civilian rulers. You cannot flout the sentiment of the army without injur ing its morale. It might reasonably be asked. If the system is so bad, how It was that such a large army was dispatched to South Africa In so satisfactory a man ner. The answer Is simple. No army sys tem, however bad, would be allowed to stand In the way at such a time by offi cials like those .composing the 'headquar ters staff In 1S99." The Marquis of Lansdowne, ex-War Minister, replied to Lord Wolseley Imme diately. He said he was constrained to say that Lord Wolseley, during his term of office, had failed to understand his du ties. He might at least have warned the government that one army corps was not sufficient to crush the Boers; he might have enabled the government to turn to better use the auxiliary forces of the country; he might have told the govern ment before the South African War that Ladysmlth was not a suitable military station; he might have prepared schemes for defensive and offensive operations. Lord Wolseley had restricted his duties; he had not taken advantage of the oppor tunities at hand. The War Office system might' have been changed to advantage in details; but the main principle of enabling the Secretary of State to get advice at first hand, he was not willing to give up. The mistakes and failures In South Af ' rlca were not due to the system, but to the fact that it was not carried out as it might have been. " The debate will be resumed tomorrow. Lord Wolseley had a notable audience, in cluding Mr. Chamberlain. Sir William Ver non Harcourt, Sir Charles Dllke. Mr. Asqulth, Mr. Broderlck. Mr. Wyndham and other prominent men, while Lord Rosebery, who Is credited with being In the strongest sympathy with him. was especially prominent during the sitting and constantly flitting about, speaking to the chief actors -In the scene. He will prob ably speak himself tomorrow, when, judg ing from Lord Lansdowne's unfinished personal attack on Lord Wolseley. the de bate will be still more dramatic. The sen ration of the debate was Lord Lans downe's attack revealing the strong fric tion existing between the two men. Lord Wolseley will meet with much sympathy In the editorials tomorrow, but opinions are .vrlously divided concerning his views. and It Is admitted that Lord Lansdowne made a very damaging reply. Very few papers approve Lord Wolseley's proposal to appeal to the country. The Under Secretary for Foreign Af fairs. Lord Cranbourne, In the House of Commons today. Informed Sir Ellis Asn-mcade-Bartlett that the Russo-Chlnesa agreement on Manchuria Is engaging the earnest attention of the government and is the subject of diplomatic communica tion between the powers. Any statement or discussion of the matter now, he said, would be inexpedient. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, replying to a ques tion as to whether the government pro posed to recover from the British Char tered South Africa Company the claims of the Transvaal. resulting from the Jameson raid, said the claim for 1.000, 000 for a moral and Intellectual damage was Illegal. Regarding the balance, 627, 93S of this claim, the Colonial Office was taking the advice of the law officers of the crown. He, as Chancellor, would be de lighted to find there was a chance of obtaining money from this unexpected source. Frederick VIHIers' Views. NEW YORK. March 4. Frederick VH Hers, the English newspaper correspon dent was among the passengers on the Lucanla, which has Just arrived from Liv erpool. Until recently he has been at the front In South Africa. "I think It will all be over In another two months," said. Mr. Vllllers, In speaking of the Boer War, "although I do not expect any spectacular denouement of the war. The defensive which now consists mainly of Dewet will fizzle out slowly as the men fall away under stress of an en tirely chance commissariat. Notwith standing what has been said about the British officer and the 'Tommy' In the war, I can only say that both have be haved magnificently throughout and I was at the front during all the Important en gagements. No one who has not seen the country can realize the difficulty for an Invading force. I .tell you It needs far greater courage to march on repeating rifles behind trenches today than was nec essary to charge a position In the Franco German War, for Instance." Duke of Cambridge III. NEW YORK, March 4. The Tribune's London correspondent says: It is is stated that members of the royal family are very anxious about the condition of the Duke of Cambridge. His Royal Highness, who was born just two months 'before his cousin. Queen Victoria, was very much upset by her death. Since the funeral at Windsor the aged Duke has alarmed his relatives and medical advisers by his loss of appetite. He has a magnificent constitution, but owing to his advanced age. the symptoms whlcfh have shown themselves are consid ered serious. King Edward has promised to go to Hamburg later In the Spring, but owing to the serious state of the health of Em press Frederick, nothing definite has been fixed. Professor Danvers of the medical attendants on the Empress, says that quite possibly she will live for many months," though her Illness may take at any moment a turn for the worse, in which case the end would probably come suddenly. Mobbed an Ex-Monk. LONDON, March 4. An Infuriated mob at Shanklln, Isle of Wight, yesterday stormed the platform from which the ex monk, Victor Ruthven. was delivering an anti-Catholic lecture. Ruthven drew a re volver and kept his assailants at bay for a time, but Anally turned and fled. Dur ing his flight a bullet was discharged, which traversed the neck and Issued from the cheek of one of his pursuers. Ruth ven was arrested. Ruthven explalnts that he was alone In the midst of the crowd, and did not Are until he was forced to do so in self-defense. The mob bombarded him with chairs and all kinds of missiles, and there were yells of "lynch him." He begged to be allowed to escape, but some one tried to grab his revolver and another person struck him. Then he fired. Germany Objects to Iaandirrabblnir. BERLIN, March 4. Ambassador White's conferences with the German Foreign Office continued the past week. The correspondent of the Associated Press learns that these conferences are due to fuller and more definite instruc tions just received by Mr. White from Washington concerning the threatened landgrabblng In China. Germany agrees fully with the United States that no secret concessions should be made by China to any foreign power, but that all concessions should be strictly confined to grants for diplomatic and ordinary com mercial purposes and made aboveboard and through the treaties signed by all the powers. It Is believed In German of ficial circles that .Russia will not insist upon China's signing a secret treaty, since the other powers have so vigorously protested against the action. Devret Headed but Not Captured. LONDON, March 4. A despatch from. General Kitchener, dated Pretoria, March 4, says: "Dewet was moving on Phlllopolls, but was headed by our troops, and Is now marching on Fauresmlth. Babington ha3 dug up a Krupp, a pom-pom and some ammunition at Landfonteln. Sixteen men of the Victorian Rifles have captured 33 Boers and 50 horses at Seacow river. Gen eral Dartnell has captured a Hotchklss near Pletertleff. Surrenders continue in that district. Our Infantry with a com mandant came in March 2." Return of the Emperor. LONDON, March 4. The FeWn corre spondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, tele graphing March 2, says: The Emperor will return to Pekln at the end of March. A bodyguard is already as sembling at Slnan Fu. The foreign Min isters have demanded the death of 12 ad ditional high officials, and the punishment of 90 provincial mandarins. Smallpox has broken out among the allied troops. Montagu "White the Delegate. CHICAGO, March 4. Dr. Montagu White has been appointed by the Ameri can Transvaal League Its delegate and envoy to represent the league and branches In the United States at the con gress to be held in Paris, March 12, of all societies and associations existing In any part of the world to befriend and aid the Boers. Disorders at Villadolld. MADRID, March 4. Disorders have re sulted at Valladolld, capital of the prov ince of that name, owing to a number of storekeepers refusing to close, as they had agreed to do. A crowd stoned their win dows. The police charged and dispersed tho mob, several of whom were Injured. New Unitarian Cabinet. SOFIA, March 4. A coalition Cabinet of the two Russophlle parties has been formed. M. Karazloff takes the Premier ship and Finance portfolio; M. Daneff, the Foreign portfolio, and M. Raprlkoff that of War. The Sobranje has been sum moned to meet March 7. The Frankfort Loan. FRANKFORT, March 4. The firm of Lazard, Speyer & Ellison has taken over the Frankfort municipal loan of 15,000,000 marks, at 3" per cent, repayable at par by drawings within 35 years. The loan will be offered exclusively In New York through Speyer & Co. Vill-werde Gives It Up. MADRID, March 4. Last evening Sen or Vlllaverde conferred with the Queen Regent, informing her that he had failed to construct a cabinet, and must decline to pursue the endeavor further. POPE'S CIVIL PRINCEDOM. Sole Solution of the Roman Question, Says Ireland. NEW YORK. March 4. Archbishop John Ireland, of St. Paul, Minn., In the North American Review for March, writes of "The Pope's Civil Princedom." He says in part: "The situation with which the pope is now confronted Is Intolerable. In the streets of Rome insult has been offered to the cortege conveying to its last resting place in San Lorenzo the dead body of Leo's predecessor. A statue has been erected in one of the parks in honor of the excommunicated monk whose sole merit was that In his day he had been the enemy of the papacy. The head o the municipal government has been dis missed from office by Ministerial decree because, on an occasion when the Catho lic world was honoring Leo as a man and as pontiff, he dared to send to the Vati can the exnresslon of his good will and that of his colleague. The charitable Institutions of the city, legacies of the Catholic charity of ages, have been wrest ed from the control of the church and handed over to the secular authorities; monasteries and schools have been closed and the buildings confiscated. By veto of the Italian Government, Leo XIII has been forbidden to send an envoy to an international peace congress, where he would have been welcomed by non-Catholic sovereigns, where the pope by all the prerogatives of his office and all 'the tra ditions of his see was entitled to be rep resented. "The sole solution of the Roman ques tion Is the pope's civil princedom; and until this Is recovered, the prelate's pro test will continue. 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