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THE MORXTXO CVREGONIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1901. TOO HEAVILY TAXED Porto Ricans Protest Against the New Island iaw. DELEGATION SEES M'KINLEY Enforcement of the Laiv, Tlicy Say, "Would Impoverish the Inland and Cause Business Stagnation They Ask for Relief. WASHINGTON. March 11. The Presi dent this morning granted a special au dience to TVenceslay Borda, Jr., and Vln cente Balbas, members of the Porto RIcau Commission, which was appointed at a mass meeting of the citizens of the Island held at San Juan, February 2, to protest against the law enacted by the Legislature known as the Hollander bill. This meas ure provides for the raising of revenue by property and excise taxes. The commis sioners presented a formal protest which enumerated a series of 18 objections to the law. It is contended that there exists today In Port Rico three taxes levied and col lected for the same purpose, "from the Impoverished pockets of the people," the new excise taxes collected under the Hol lander law, the old Insular and municipal taxes, and the customs duties under the Porto Rican civil government act. Under the bill, $500,000 or more will be collected semi-annually In advance, thereby, the protest says, lessening the money In cir culation (of which there Is less than $2,000. 000), and producing a state of impoverish ment and business stagnation. It is as serted that the measure is both an in come and property-tax law; that two of the principal industries of the Island (rum and tobacco) are taxed so heavily that their production under present circum stances is practically prohibited; that the only standard of valuation of property will be the personal opinion of the Asses sors. The people of Porto Rico, the pro test says, arc ready and willing to meet all taxes necessary for the maintenance of order, justice and good government. The commissioners ask the President that Governor Allen be directed to call a spe cial session of the Legislature to amend the law In a manner which will relieve the people of the burdens complained of. and that the Governor be directed to ex ercise care in the appointment of the As sessors. The commissioners also pre sented a petition of bankers, merchants and other business men of New York and Philadelphia, praying that the protest be given due consideration. The President gave the committee near ly an hour, and listened with interest to their statemepts.. He said he did not feel like expressing his authority Tor holding an extra session of the House of Dele gates, but would recommend that the Executive Council use the utmost leni ency In enforcing the provisions of the tax law. The members of the commit tee hope to see the President again In the future. REPORT NOT MADE PUBLIC. Evidently, No Plnjrne Cases Discov ered at San Francisco. "WASHINGTON, March 1L In view of the persistent publication of the report that bubonic plague existed in San Fran cisco, the Treasury Department, some weeks ago, appointed a commission of ex perts to examine into and report upon the situation there. That report has been received at the Treasury Department, but the authorities are not disposed to make It public at this time. Almost simulta neously with the receipt of the report, a delegation of prominent citizens of San Francisco arrived here and have since had a number of conferences with Treas ury officials In regard to the matter. This committee gave out the following state ment: "Some disputes having arisen between the authorities as to the health condition In California and the quarantine at San Francisco, a commission was appointed by Governor Gage and Mayor Phelan to confer with the health authorities at Washington. Meetings have been held with the Secretary of the Treasury Ly man J. Gage, Assistant-Secretary of the Treasury O. L. Spauldlng and Surgeon General Wyman, at which It was elicited that no single case of disease had ever been found In California of the bubo pneumonic type, and that all cases ex amined (none being of white people), were of a non-contagious character. The Fed eral authorities have expressed them selves as amply satisfied that California is able to protect the other states of the Union and herself from any species of epidemic, and instead of a condition ex isting that calls for Federal Interference, the representative of the Surgeon-General's office, now in San' Francisco, is In hearty accord with the city and state health authorities. "California Is doing her duty; she has no epidemic now, and never has had. Thero has not even been a report of a supposed case of plague for 23 days, and the death rate in Chinantown is now the lowest It has been for years. Any state ment that the Treasury Department or Surgeon-General's Department has taken charge of the health affairs in San Fran cisco is absolutely and unqualifiedly false." Assistant-Secretary Spauldlng also gave out a statement as follows: "The published reports of the existence of bubonic plague in San Francisco should excite no alarm, there or in the country at large. The plague Is not epidemic there, and I do not believe it will be. I would feel as safe living In San Francisco as In Washington. The traveling and business public can communicate as safe ly with San Francisco today as a year ago. The .Treasury Department is fully advised of the situation, and speaks with confidence In denying that any occasion for alarm exists on account of health conditions in San Francisco." THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP. He Will Start for the Pacific Coast April 30. WASHINGTON, March 1L The Presi dent will start for California, according to the present programme, April 30. He will proceed up the Coast, probably as far as Washington, and will return through the northern Rocky Mountain states. One plan which was suggested is for the Presidential party to take a steamer at Duluth and make the lake trln to Buffalo In order to visit the Pan American Exposition there. Arrange ments will be made for the prompt trans action of Important business that may need the attention of the President and Cabinet en route and a regular office with a force of stenographers, clerks and telegraphers, will be established aboard the train. Vice-President Roosevelt had a half hour's talk with the President today, but nothing was disclosed as to. the nature of his visit. The Vice-President will leave Washington for his home at Oyster Bay some time this week. His Summer plans contemplate, a quiet Summer at Oyster Bay. The Vice-President willnot accom pany the President on his trip to the Pacific Coast. . ', - - A number of prominent leaders In both "branches of Congress called upon the President today to pay their respects be fore departing for their homes. Among them wcie: Senators Jones of Arkansas, Beverlde of Indiana, Bard of California and Teller and Patterson of Colorado. Secretary and Mrs. Gage left Washing ton today for Chicago. The Secretary ex pects to return In about a week. Hitchcock "Wants an Explanation. WASHINGTON. March U. Secretary Hitchcock has called on the government of Hawaii for a report on the recent ejection of the Territorial Secretary from the floor of the Legislature. In response to a request for a construction of the laws imposing the duties of the Terri torial Secretary, the Interior Department has replied by pointing out the statute provisions and saying that the method of recording the Legislative proceedings, unless specifically stated in existing laws, must be determined by the territorial au thorities. Machinery Not Affected. ST. PETERSBURG, March 1L Answer ing a telegraphic inquiry from an American- company, Charlemagne Tower, the United States Ambassador, cabled that agricultural machinery was not affected by the recent application of the Russian tariff law, which excepted such machinery from the provisions of clause 2 of para graph 167, and placed it in a separate class. Porto RIcnn Cases Not Decided. WASHINGTON. March 1L The Su preme Court did not announce its decis ion in the Porto Rican cases today. Only three opinions were delivered, all of minor importance. Alabama's Speed-Test Trip. PENSACOLA, Fla.. March 11. The battle-ship Alabama sailed at 9 o'clock this1 morning on her Anal 4S-hour speed-test trip. HARRISON'S CONDITION. Crisis Will Be Reached In 24 r 30 Hours. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., March 11. Gen eral Harrison passed a fairly comfortable night and his physicians announced to day that there had been no change for the worse. He slept until nearly 10 o'clock this morning, and when he was aroused he said that he felt much better. Saturday afternoon, slight congestion of the left lung developed, and It was feared that pneumonia might result. This congestion was less pronounced today, and the physi cians believe there Is no danger unless complications should arise. The general still has fever. He confidently declares he soon will regain his usual health. Mem bers of the Harrison family have not been summoned. General Harrison's physician. Dr. Henry Jameson, called Into consultation Dr. Evan Hadley. Dr. Frank Dorsey has also for several days been in constant attend ance on the ex-President. Dr. Jameson makes the following statement: "General Harrison was taken 111 Thurs day with a chill. At that time his ali ment had all the symptoms of the grip. Thero developed after that a pretty sharp congestion In the left side, involving the intercostal nerves and also the pleura of the upper part of the left lung. With that came fever, his temperature rising two or three degrees. With the exception of the pain suffered Saturday, which has almost disappeared, he has suffered but little pain. His temperature is and has been for some hours, about 102 3-5. his res piration about 30 to 3C, and his pulse keeps at about 90. When awake his mind Is perfectly clear. I do not consider him In a critical condition at this time, but there is some danger in the extension of the inflammation." Dr. Jameson said his patient's condi tion was such that a crisis would prob ably be reached within 24 to 26 hours, at which time he would either grow grad ually worse 6r gradually better. He thought there was no danger of sudden collapse. The greatest danger is due to his age, which is somewhat against re sistance of an attack of pneumonia. In a later statement Issued this afternoon. Dr. Jameson said: "The congested condition does not ex tend generally Into the bronchial tubes. The left primary bronchus Is somewhat Inflamed, but there is not a general con gestion of the mucous membrane. Gen eral Harrison passed a fairly good night and today when awakened was entirely himself. His circulation Is well main tained, and this is a favorable factor in the case." . Dr. Jameson has been in consultation on the patient, and with Dr. Hadley has alternated in a close watch for the slight est sign of improvement or relapse. At 7:30 tonight Dr. Jameson issued the fol lowing: "General Harrison got through the night in excellent shape. He held his own splendidly until 10:S0, when a change for the worse was apparent. The Inflamma tion In the left lung and the pains In his chest then began to give him a deal of trouble, and produced a state of nervous ness which caused him much discomfort. "I find no great cause for alarm In the condition of General Harrison, and attrib ute his condition to the fact that he has been laboring with his ailment one day longer. At this hour he is restless. His temperature Is now 103 4-5, his pulse 45, his respiration 33. I think he will have no difficulty In getting through the night. As to the time the crisis will occur, I can not say. I am dealing with pneumonia, and a-crlsls Is hard to reckon with. In 4S hours there will be a change of some sort, either for the worse or better. "With the other physicians, I am very hopeful at this time of General Harri son's ultimate recovery. The chief danger we fear from the illness Is an extension of the Inflammatory process In the left lung. Unless there should be an extension of that Inflammation, Involving the plurae arid some of the lob'ules of the left lung, we are. hopeful of speedy recovery. "At the residence I alternate with Dr. Dorsey In close attendance, and two trained nurses are always watchful for the slightest change. Mrs. Harrison spends a small part of the night with the General." At midnight Dr. Jameson left the Harri son home, after having spent nearly three hours with his patient. The other phy sician was present, and his effort was made toward relieving the congestion In the left lung. Dr. Jameson gave out this statement: "General Harrison's condition Is un changed. His strength is keeping up, and his pulse is strong. The inflammation of his left lung has not spread any, and there Is no danger to be apprehended until the inflammation spreads. The talk about a crisis In General Harrison's condition is absurd. There will be no crisis. He will gradually grow better or he will grow worse, and will, in the same way, grow weaker. He Is perfectly conscious at this hour, ahd resting easily." INDIANAPOLIS. March 12. At 2 o'clock this (Tuesday) morning Dr. Jameson had Just left the bedside of ex-President Har rison. He gave out this statement: "The condition of General Harrison Te malns practically unchanged. There has been no perceptible increase of the In flammation." i A Wisconsin Central Rumor. CHICAGO, March 1L The Tribune to morrow will say: "The air was thick yesterday with ru mors of gigantic railway deals and com binations. One of these was a report that the Illinois Central had, or was about to secure, control of the Wisconsin Central. It was claimed that certain large stock holders of the Illinois Central had bought privately a majority of Wisconsin Central preferred stock, and were assured of a controlling Interest in the common. These purchases. It was claimed. would be turned Into the Illinois Central as a cor poration, and thus give the latter a line from St. Paul to New Orleans." PLAGUE AT CAPE TOWN VICTIMS OF THE EPIDEMIC DYING IN THE STREETS. Malady Is Reaching: the Most Pros perous Classes Malay Priests Talc ingr the Side of the Authorities. CAPE TOWN, March 11. The bubonlo plague is developing seriously in Cape Town. Fifteen new cases were reported today, and 97 other persons were isolated because of having come in contact with victims of the disease. Today two colored persons who had been attacked by the plague died in the streets of Cape Town. A nun died while being removed to the hospital. The malady is reaching the most prosperous classes, -and It has been necessary to remove to the hospital the entire family of a gentleman. The Malay priests are taking the side of the authori ties, and It Is now hoped religious trou ble will be averted. The removal of sev eral thousand Kaffirs from the city to the Kaffir location will begin tomorrow. BurKhers Join British Ranks. BLOEMFONTEIN, March 10. General Dewet Is reported to be moving north ward steadily, at the rate of 25 miles a day, with a view of crossing the railway to the eastward. He should now be west of Kroonstadt. Several small commandoes are in possession of the southeastern por tion of the Orange River Colony, from which the garrisons of Dewetsdorp, Weep ner, Smithfield and Rouxvllle have been withdrawn. It Is Impossible not to be struck with the fact that a great portion of the for mer enemies of Great Britain in South Af rica now frankly throw In their lot with the British. Brandfort, Kroonstadt and Blocmfoiteln companies of ex-burghers are now bearing arms against the Boers. They state their object Is not to operate against their former comrades, but to de fend their homes and property against marauding bands. Every town In the Free State occupied by the British will soon become a center of British Influence, extending a long distance In their vicin ity. Over 13.000 refugees are now within the British lines, and many of them de mand arms and permission to take the field. If their requests are granted it will be cosy to get 2000 ex-burghers en rolled on the British side. Botha WHIInsr to Surrender. LOURENCO MARQUES, March 11. General Botha is willing to surrender. He asked an armistice in order to communi cate with General Dewet and Mr. Steyn. Should they decline, It Is believed, never theless, that General Botha will surren der. The Boers have no artillery or am munition, and are buying all their guns. The railway from Lourenco Marques to Pretoria is practically clear of Boers. Hopefulness at Pretoria. PRETORIA, March 11, 9:33 P. M. The result of the negotiations between Lord Kitchener and General Louis Botha is anxiously but hopefully awaited. The presence of Sir Alfred Mllner In Pretoria to consult with Lord Kitchener is expect ed to hasten the change from the military to the civil administration. Steyn Abandons Hope. LONDON, March 12. The Times has re ceived the following from Bloemfonteln: "Boers who have surrendered here say that Mr. Steyn, In a recent speech at Phll lppolls, admitted that there was no chance of regaining the country." Rebels Sentenced to Denth. CAPE TOWN, March 11. A court-martial has sentenced to death two rebels connected with the recent wrecking of a train at Tamibosch. Others concerned In the crime were condemned to various terms of imprisonment. BRITISH CIVIL LIST. Chancellor of the Exchequer Says There Will Be an Increase. LONDON, March 11. In the House of Commons today Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Channcellor of the Exchequer, when mov ing the appointment of a select commit tee to consider the new civil list, con veyed a hint that an increase in the civil list might be expected. He said that while proposals were based on the late Queen Victoria's civil list. It must be remembered that King Edward had a Queen Consort; that he was not only King of the United Kingdom, but the head of a world-wide power. In the previous reigns Parliament had been asked to pay the debts of a sovereign, but no such application was ever made by Queen Vic toria. The country might look forward with confidence to King Edward, who has for many years held an exceptional posi tion Involving exceptional expenditures. His Income, although not large, when compared with that of some private in dividuals, had sufficed him to perform his duties In a manner which had won the gratitude of the country. The pro posals would be framed In a spirit of Jus tice to the crown and people. John Redmond, the Irish leader, gave notice of his Intention to oppose all con sideration of the subject until the gov ernment promised to alter the monarch's anti-Catholic declaration, known as the "no popery" oath. But on Mr. Balfour's announcing that It was proposed to ap point a committee to consider the matter, Mr. Redmond withdrew his opposition for the present. The committee was then ap pointed. Charles Mackinnon Douglas, Liberal, moved for an Inquiry regarding the retire ment of Major-General Colvllle, who was sent home from South Africa by Lord Roberts for Inefficiency in the field. Mr. Broderick, Secretary of War, replied that the motion compelled him to say things he would prefer to leave unsaid, but that he would tell the House the whole truth. After declaring that he had nothing to apologize for in the course the War Office had taken, he proceeded to criticise General Colville's conduct. "At Sannans Post," said the Secretary of War, "General Colvllle blundered or maneuvered about until his force was weary, while the Boers carried oft guns unmolested. Lord Roberts thought Colonel Broadwood did right, although General Colvllle took exceptionn to Colonel Broad wood's behavior. General Colvllle left Colonel Broadwood and his shattered force severely alone and marched his troops In another direction. He showed a lack of enterprise which lost him the confidence of Lord Roberts. . "Lord Roberts, however, postponed his decision until he should be fully Informed. Then there was the unfortunate Lumley surrender, for which General Colvllle was blamable, as he ought to have attempted to effect relief. I consultd Lord Roberts regarding the Gibraltar command, and I had no alternative after the advice from Lord Roberts and Sir Evelyn "Wood. I gave General Colvllle an opportunity to resign, but he Insisted upon being re moved. I consider General Colvllle has been treated more leniently than If he had been court-martialed. Every possible pressure was brought to bear In his favor, but so .long as I hold office I shall not give way to such clamor." The debate was then adjourned. EAST AFRICAN BUDGET. German Socialist Attacked the Ad ministration of the Colonies. BERLIN. March 1L In the Reichstag today, during a debate on the- budget for German East Africa, Heir Bebel, Social ist, made several very severe attacks upon the administration of the colonies. Dr. Stuebel, Secretary of the Colonial Office, in a long reply, admitted that the com mercial conditions in the colonies were not so good as might be wished, but this was principally due to lack of commu nication. The revolts were not due to the collection of taxes, nor the execution of 19 chiefs, which had occurred under circumstances admitting of no other course. Slavery was no longer legal; the only slaves now existing were those born In slavery. Dr. Stuebel concluded his re ply by saying that Captain Hannenberg had been convicted of a fatal assault and sentenced to three years' Imprisonment and dismissed from the service. Captain Hannenberg was charged with having committed a number of cruel deeds In German East Africa, and arrived In Ber lin In April, 1900, to be tried by court martial. Herr Bebel tried to raise the question of the commutation of the death sentence of Lieutenant Prince Prosper von Aren burg for the murder of a native In Ger man East Africa In 1899, but the presi dent of the House refused to allow tho question, on the ground that the commu tation of the penalty was a special act of clemency by the Emperor, of which he need not give account to any one. Herr von Volmar, Centrist, urged that the Immigration of Boers to Southwest Africa should be encouraged as much as possible. Herr Bebel said the govern ment had already expended a total of 80,030,000 marks In East Africa, while Ger man trade with that territory had stead ily declined, amounting in 1S99 to only one third of the expenditure for the year. Professor Hase, Pan-German, admitted the decline of trade with German East Africa. A bill prohibiting the use of artificial sweetening, such as saccharine, except when used for reasons of health, has been submitted to the Federal Council. All artificial sweetening is taxed SO marks per kilo. Riot in Catalonia. BARCELONA, March 11. A riot is re ported to have taken place at Manlleu, a town In Catalonia, 40 miles northeast of Barcelona, In consequence of a strike. "The strikers attacked some factories and burned two of them. The gendarmes Intervened, and in the resulting conflict two persons were Idled and a number of others were wounded. Including the Ma yor. The telerraph lines between hero and Manlleu have been cut. In consequence of a dispute with opera tives who oppose the erection of new spin ning machinery, the local manufacturers have closed the BUos, locking out 18,000 employes. Serious riots have occurred. The strikers have set fire to houses and assaulted employers. The Kaiser Improving?. BERLIN, March lL Emperor William is progressing so satisfactorily that he was able this morning to spend some time In his study. The Relohs Anzeiger (official) says to day that, owing to the injury sustained by the Emperor at Bremen, he will be obliged to take special care of himself for some time to come, and In view of this, the unveiling of three new sculptural groups In the Sieges Alle, fixed for March 22,. and the unveiling of the monument erected in honor of Emperor William at Potsdam have been postponed until fur ther notice. Britsh SHgrar Tax. NEW YORK, March 11. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach is closely guarding his bud get secret, says the London correspond ent of the Tribune, and nobody can say with certainty that he Intends to tax sugar. In anticipation of the tax on this commodity, however, the Import of sugar showed an excess last month of 50.000 tons over the quantity imported In Feb ruary, 1900. Another Indication Is found In the fact that the British customs au thorities are endeavoring to get together a staff of officials possessing a knowledge of the sugar trade. Guarding; Frofrraore Mausoleum. NEW YORKv March 11. Apprehension appears to prevail al London, according to a cablegram to the Journal and Ad vertiser, as to the possibility of an at tempt to desecrate the mausoleum at Frog more, In which Queen Victoria Is en tombed. By order of the King, soldiers are to assist the police In keeping guard over the body of the late Queen. That the arrangement Is to be a permanent one Is apparent from the fact that a guardhouse Is being built In the Immedi ate vicinity of the mausoleum. Breslau Banker Fled. BERLIN, March 1L Albert Holtz, a Breslau banker, and a director In a num ber of important industrial companies, has failed to meet his engagements and fled. The police have taken possession of his books and other effects, and exam ination has already revealed large embez zlements. Plot Against Wllhelmlna. LONDON, March 11. The St. James Gazette this aternoon says that," .accord ing to representations received from The Hague, the Roumanian police have been Instructed to watch certain persons at Jassy, who are suspected of being en gaged In a conspiracy against the lives of Queen Wllhelmlna and her husband. Ferocious Duel In Hungary, VIENNA, March 11. A ferocious duel with swords has Just been fought at Mentschau, Hungary, between Lletenants Lelderle and Lexerg. The former was killed, and the latter, who Is now In the hospital, received more than 20 dangerous wounds. Minister Bogollcpon! Worse. ST. PETERSBURG, March 11. The Minister of Public Instruction, M. Bogo llepoff. who, February 7, was shot by Peter Karpovlch, continues feverish. His temperature has reached 103.5 and his pulse is 96. His rests are broken and his condition Is occasioning grave fears. German Wire Prices Advance. BERLIN, March 11. According to tho Cologne Gazette, German wire makers have raised the export price 10 marks, owing to the relaxntion of American com petition, due to the Improved situation of the iron trade in the United States. Situation nt Marseilles Critical. MARSEILLES, March 1L The Indus trial situation here Is now very critical. Twenty out of S3 soap manufactories have closed, and others are virtually at a standstill. The Spnnlsh Elections. MADRID, March 11. The results of the elections to the Council-General show the return of 232 Liberals, 121 Conservatives and 23 Republicans. Anticipating the Duty. LIVERPOOL, March 11. The brokers and refiners are importing thousands of tons of beets from the Continent in ex pectation of the advance duty. Defaulter Brotvn in Honduras. CINCINNATI, March 1L A newspaper prints an article from a special corre spondent at Celba, Honduras, telling of the correspondent's successful search for Frank Brown, the defaulting official of the German National Bank of Newport, Ky. The story runs that Brown Is In Honduras In partnership with S. A. Piper, of Montana, both engaged in seeking to repair their fortunes. The Dixie Floated. WASHINGTON, March 1L Word has reached the Navy Department that the training ship Dixie which has been aground for over, a week past at Mary land Point in the lower Potomac, was successfully floated yesterday morning. The action of Carter's Little Liver Pills Is pleasant, mild and natural. They gent ly stimulate tho liver and regulate the bowels, but do not -purge. CONGER LEAVES PEKIN NO QUARTERS YET SECURED FOR AMERICAN TROOPS. Japan Does Not Propose to Be Bluffed by Russia Latter Na tion Threatens China. PEKIN. March lL United States Min ister Conger left this morning. Besides the foreign representatives, a large crowd gathered at the station to bid the Min ister and his family farewell. Companies A and B, of the Ninth United States Infantry, have been notified that they are to remain In China. It Is be lieved that Major Robertson will com mand them. Many Americans have urged the Legation to use Its influence to have at least two field guns and enough artil lerymen to work them left. They say that during the siege these guns would have been more valuable than 200 armed men, and that necessity for their use Is likely to occur again. The Germans report that In the recent engagement near Pao Ting Fu 250 Chinese were killed and four magazine guns cap tured. The American field telegraph line which was constructed here has ceased opera tions, and the wire has been colled in preparation for shipment to Manila. Despite the report that LI Hung Chang is seriously 111, and that his life hangs by a thread, his physicians say that his condition would not be dangerous except for his advanced age. They are extreme ly hopeful of being able to bring him around. The question of quarters for the Ameri can vtroops remaining In Pekin Is still the subject of discussion. Army men fa vor the Temple of Agriculture as being healthier and sufficiently near the lega tion for troops to be sent there in a hurry as an additional daily guard, should cir cumstances arise rendering It necessary. They think the court's objections are magnified. It Is not likely the British will relinquish the Temple of Heaven, and they will certainly long require the perma nent building being erected there. A com pany of Infantry could easily be housed In the Temple of Agriculture, and the two temples now used for Quartermasters' stores. The only other available place ready Is a palace belonging to one of the Princes, far from the legation, in the mid dle of the Tartar city. This Is private property. The funeral of Captain Richard B. Pad dock, of the Sixth United States Cavalry, who died Saturday at Tien Tsln, was held today. It was an Inspiring spectacle. Representatives of the British headquar ters staff and of every British regiment were present, as well as a troop of Bengal Lancers. No other foreigners participated. Squires In Charge. "WASHINGTON. March 11. A cablegram received at the State Department today announces the departure of Minister Con ger this morning, en route to the United States. His 60 days' leave of absence will begin when he reaches San Francisco. Mr. Conger's message was as follows: "Pekin, March 11. I leave Pekin today for America. Squires Is left In charge." Thus It appears clearly Mr. Rockhlll Is not In any sense a successor to Mr. Con ger as United States Minister at Pekin at this time, but simply a special com missioner, limited in his functions to the negotiations with the Chinese Govern ment and the other Ministers for a set tlement of the trouble growing out of the Boxer uprising. MANCHURIAN MARKETS. Import $5,000,000 Worth of American Goods In n Year. NEW YORK, March 11. The Importance of Manchuria as a market for American goods Is presented In some figures which the Treasury Bureau of Statistics has compiled from the latest reports of the Chinese Government, says a Washington special to the Tribune. The official fig ures of the Chinese Government show the population of Manchuria Is 7,500.000, or Is less than 2 per cent of the total popula tion of China. The single treaty ports through which foreign commerce enters is New Chwang. Its total imports "from foreign countries and Hong Kong" In JS99. the latest date for which figures are available, were valued In the official re turns at 5.2T9.1S5 Halkwan taels, and Its Imports of foreign goods brought from other Chinese ports Is 16.566.413 Halkwan taels making the total value of foreign good received during the year 21.S45.59S Halkwan taels, or $15,974,300, the value of the Halkwan tael being officially given as 73 cents American gold. The total Im ports Into all China In the same year amounted to 264.74S.456 Halkwan taels, making the total of Imports of foreign goods Into New Chwang less than 10 per cent of the total Imports of foreign goods into China In that year. "The entry of 5S4.877 pieces of American drills, valued at 2.023.646 Halkwan taels. says the report, "shows the firm hold these goods have on the market, they having Increased 10 fold In as many years. American sheetings are even more sought after, over 1,103,000 pieces having come In. The importation of American cotton flannel quadrupled, and American kerosene oil has nearly doubled In com parison with the totals for preceding years." The other exports from the United States to China and Hong Kong, amount ed to $3,726,077. of which It is estimated that less than $2,000,000 reached Manchuria, making the total value of American ex ports In 1S99 to China and Hong Kong which reached the markets of Manchuria about $5,000,000, or 22 per cent of the total of $22,013,000 exported from the United States to China and Hong Kong In that year. JAPAN IS FOR PEACE. But Will Not Submit to Any Injus tice by Russia. LONDON, March 11. The Japanese le gation In London has received a bundle of advices from Toklo relative to Russia's movements In Manchuria, but the Japan ese Minister is unwilling to admit that Japan is alarmed over the recent changes in the situation. "Japan Is still reluctant to believe," said an official of the Japanese legation to a representative of the Associated Press this evening, "that any power, even Russia, Is acting outside the concert of the powers. Apart from the Interest which all the powers have in a success ful solution of the Chinese situation, Ja pan would have special causa to be of fended should the present harmony be disturbed by any individual arrangement between China and any other country. "We don't desire to participate In the slightest way In disturbing the present united action. The war between Japan and China occurred at a time when Japan was Just entering upon a new ero of com mercial prosperity, and while there Is nothing to regret so far as military and naval prestige Is concerned, we are nat urally peaceful and do not desire hostili ties. It may be set down, therefore, that Japan will do her utmost to maintain peace and to insure a successful settle ment of all questions In China. This does not mean that we will submit to any in justice, but the attitude of the Japanese Government today Is that It is unwilling to believe that Russia would defy the powers by secret negotiations with China, or that the powers would allow any such procedure to proceed, to the manifest In Jury of Japan as well as themselves." Russia Threatens China. LONDON, March 11. The Times In its second edition today publishes a dispatch from Shanghai. March 11, saying: "It Is reported upon trustworthy author ity that Russia has notified China that unless the Manchurlan convention Is signed at an early-named date, she (Rus sia) will withdraw the convention and substitute harder terms In its place. LI Hung Chang declares that he Is power less to resist and has appealed to the United States. Great Britain. ' Gexmany and Japan to Intervene In China's behalf. Considerable uneasiness in consequence of the extreme friction, Is believed to exist between the Yangtse Viceroys and Ll Hung Chang." Indemnity for Prsflts Lost. BERLIN, March U. The East Asiatic Society, of Hamburg, has addressed a let ter to the Imperial government with ref erence to the principles to be adopted In determining damages in China. The so ciety asks that China be compelled to pay not only for lives lost and property destroyed, but also for profits not gained, owing to the antl-forelgn troubles. German Arsenals in China. SHANGHAI. March 11. Native" papers assert that German representatives are negotiating with high officials for the establishment of arsenals at Nankin, Wu Chang and Cheng Fu, In. the Province of Shan Tung. HAZELT0N CONFERENCE. Mitchell Still Hopes Operators Will Be There. SCRANTON, Pa., March 11. President John Mitchell, of the United Mine Work ers of America, Is here. He said last night that the coal operators' offer to continue the 10 per cent advance In the miners' wages Indicated a friendly feel ing. He hoped that the operators would show the same disposition regarding the other question to come before the Hazle ton Convention. "In my judgment," said Mr. Mitchell, "the proper way to adjust wages and In sure uninterrupted employment Is to- have annual conferences between the operators and the employes, as Is done in the soft coal region. There Is no good reason why the operators should not confer with the organization. Last Fall they claimed the organization did not represent the miners. That excuse cannot be put for ward now. Practically speaking, every miner in the region Is now enrolled In the organization." Regards It as a, "Feeler." WILKBSBARRE, Pa.. March 11. Charles J. Thaln, district organizer, and a delegate to the Hazleton convention, said last night he thought the action of the coal companies In posting notices sig nifying their willingness to pay the pres ent scale of wages for another year Is only a "feeler." The operators, he said, know there are other pressing grievances, and he believed they will adjust these griev ances rather than precipitate another strike. Grievances which the delegates from Wyoming Valley will Insist on being brought before the convention relate to pay for dead work- and a uniform price for rock work. Some of the companies In this section, it is said, do not pay any thing for dead work, and In the Carbon dale district of the Delaware & Hudson better wages are paid for certain kinds of work than are paid at the collieries operated by the same company here abouts. The leaders of the United Mine Workers say until there Is a uniform sys tem all through the anthracite region there will be constant friction between em ployers and employes, and the onTy hope of obtaining such a system Is co-operation upon the part of the companies. Mr. Thain says he does not think there will be a strike, but says If the operators would meet the miners In joint confer ence all grievances could be settled In a few hours. DEATH ROLL. R, C. Garland. GUNNISON. Tex., March 11. Rufus Cummings Garland, son of the late Attorney-General A. H. Garland, and a com poser of sacred music. Is dead at Fort Worth. At th'e time of his- death' he "Wis engaged In the legal department of the Dawes Commission. Mr. Garland's sacred music has attracted wide attention. Maine Diver Dend. NEW ORLEANS, March 11. Edward Conrad, one of the best-known divers In the South, died today. He recently In spected the wreck of the battle-ship Maine and recovered from under her part of the cable which had been evidently used In destroying the ship. Mrs. Agnes Sanay Hilton. NEW YORK, March 11. News was re ceived here tonight of the death In Paris today of Mrs. Agnes Sanay Hilton, wife of Henry M. Hilton. 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