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Sixteenth street, and Barkalow Bros., 1C12 Farnam street For saleln Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News Co., 77 W. Second South street. On file in Washington, D. C., with A. W. Dunn, 500 14th N. W. For sale Jn Denver, Colo., hy Hamilton & gendrick, 003-912 Seventh street. TODAY'S WSATHER. -CloTidj- and occa sionally threatening weather, with slightly higher temperature; winds mostly northerly. PORTXAyp, SATURDAY, APRIL 27. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY. In their material development our Southern States are extremely fortu nate. Industrial activity in all of them Is far greater than at any former time Agricultural production, not only in the great crops, as cotton, corn, sugar, tobacco and rice, but In the smaller crops, as fruits and vegetables of all descriptions, which, from their early growth, get the very best of the North ern markets, is enormous. la timber, lumber, coopers' materials, turpentine! tannin, and all forest products, there is an Immense Industry. Development of coal and Iron is reaching a volume upon which comparison may be made with the like products of the North. Manufacture of cottons exhibits a growth whose rate exceeds that of the Northern States which .formerly monop olized that industry. Throughout the South, in a word, industrial progress, in nearly all leading lines, is surprising. Growth of National wealth In our Southern States Is one of the striking features of the Industrial movement of these times. Besides those Industries hitherto known, new lines of production are de- eloping which have very great prom ise. One of theseis copper; another'ia oil. In a large district in the moun tainous region of Virginia, North Caro lina and Tennessee the smelting of cop per Is growing Into an Industry of large proportions. The product in 1900 was 4,297,329 pounds, and preparations are already adjmnced which will make an annual output -of 15,735,000 ppunds. The estimate for the Tennessee field from July 1, 1901, to July 1, 1902, is 11,000.000 pounds; and though the ore is of low grade, the -supply is so great and so ac cessible, and labor conditions are so fa vorable, that the mines are worked and the ore reduced at much less cost than elsewhere In the United States. I is asserted that the product of this region may be increased to an indefinite extent and practically without limit; andthough no doubt the mines, if not already in the hands of -the copper trust, soon will "be, yet the industry is surely destined to become one of the great sources of wealth in the South. Oil is another. Hitherto little attention has been paid to it, but the discoveries in Texas are starting the oil fever in other states, and "boomers" are at work wherever it 3s believed there is promise of success. In and around Beaumont, Texas, there 3s a perfect frenzy of excitement and speculation, and the amount of capital going into the ground is stupendous. Of course, - Py$$tIon far outruns ac tual discovery' and results; but the gen uine discoveries and actual results are large; and undoubtedly oil is now to be added as another great product and re source of the South. In the labor conditions existing in the Southern States there are advantages and also disadvantages. The heavy, rough and unskilled labor of the South, which must be the basis of -labor in its more advanced conditions of skill, is performed almost wholly by the ne groes women as well as men engaging in the outdoor labor. Here is an enor mous mass of labor, for both outdoor and indoor occupations, content with its condition and employment. In the Northern States there is no such mass of unskilled yet contented, labor, at low rates. But there are drawbacks at the South, In the laborer's lack of intelli gence and energy. At critical times in dolence Interferes with the demands of industry, and work often lags, to the loss of the employer. Nevertheless, the labor of the negro is indispensable to the South, and great part of the grow ing prosperity of that part of the coun try is dependent on it. THE LEAVES WILL WORK BUT SLOWLY. "The last twenty years," says Senator McLaurin, of. South Carolina, to South ern Democrats, "have wrought an in dustrial revolution in the South that must find expression in our social and political Jife. The time 3s past for dis cussion as to whether this Government is to be consolidated in its structure or a loose aggregation of, (so-called) sovereign states. The Civil War settled that, It is useless to discuss the ques tion of whether this is to be a purely theoretical democratic Government or an expanding and giant Republic. The Spanish War "settled that. Why not, then, accept conditions as they are, and make the most of them?" Here is the Louisville Cpurler-Journal's comment. It is significant: "The South Carolina Senator evidently has been a studious reader of the Courier-Journal." The Savannah News says that in all the Southern States there bas grown up "an Influential element which is in sym pathy wltmsome of the policies of the Republican party. The business men are with the Republicans on the money question, and the factory owners believe in .the gold standard, expansion and a protective tariff." Another thing, it says, that must not be overlooked in the consideration of this question, "Is that In at least four of the Southern States the race question has practically disappeared from politics, and there are indications that it will disappear from politics in some of the other Southern States very soon. The importance of maintaining the supremacy of the white race has been a strong factor in hold ing the white people together in the South, and it still is In most of the Southern States. When the negro vote shall be eliminated altogether, It will not be so easy a matter to hold the white voters together. Their readiness to divide was shown by the remarka ble strength developed in a very few years by the Populist party." But the political habits of large num bers are so deeply rooted that it can not be supposed, reasonably, that there can be any great political change within a short time. There are multitudes of voters who, even if the Republican claims were felt to be true, would pre fer the political party to which they have always adhered, to development of industry, wealth and prosperity. THE GUESTS FROM CUBA. It has, been so long since anti-imperialism's unfavorable view of the depend encies has had a chance that proposal of statehood for Cuba is to be welcomed for its possibilities of reviving an al most forgotten pessimism. Concerning the inhabitants of the Spanish islands, the antl's impressions are two and opposite. If you contem plate taking them into the Union, they are a bad lot. They will endanger our civilization. The Republic could never stand the strain of this admixture of strange races, religions and low politi cal ideals. Therefore, to escape contam ination and save ourselves, let us drop them and run. Whatever miseries they are in or help they need, let us avoid them, so that we may be saved and our house. , If, on the other hand, practical states manship -would deny to the dependencies the full measure of self-government, for which a thousand years of training have fitted the English races, nothing is too good to say for them. As sol diers, patriots and statesmen, they put the best American strain to the blush. Their heroism, sagacity and resplendent qualities will be the admiration of the future historian and the despair of all emulators. We can comprehend, from the vantage-ground of these two points of view, the full and two-fold character of our Government's offending against Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. By de nying them full citizenship in the American Union we are trampling on a brave and elevated people, and by culti vating closer political relations with them we are endangering the founda tions of our civilization. By refusing them the same representation we claim for ourselves we are stifling liberty In one of its most creditable cradles, but on the day that men from Cuba and Duzon take their seats In the Senate the doom of the Republic is sealed. We have not heard 'from the antis since the Cuban Commissioners were re ceived with dignity and state at Wash ington. The peremptoriness of the Piatt amendment has heavily weighed upon disgruntled souls hitherto, who deplored the lack of tact and graclousness in our official dealings. Yet it" would be too much to expect that manifestation of those qualities now will be followed by approval. It will only reveal, if past consistency is any guide, the guileful depravity of the Administration in all its dealing with the Spanish islands. MAICIXG UP AX ISSUE. The most illuminative word on the Cuban impasse is from President Schur man. All the difficulties are merely ap parent, he says, but one, and that is the economic problem. Reduced to its low est terms, as Senator Piatt agrees, this problem is sugar and tobacco. It is somewhat startling to come upon this enthronement of the economic necessity in an unlooked-for quarter, among a proud and military people whom we had thought busy with emotions and ideals; but It is a not unwelcome reve lation of the spirit of the age. Even In Cuba, It appears, man wants mostly, these days, a chance to do business. As a producer, he wants markets. Give Cuban sugar and tobacco easy entrance to our ports, and all will be well. This makes the matter simple, but no easier. It only uncovers new heights and depths of difficulty. Who writes our tariffs if not Havemeyer and Ox nard? Who draws up Teller clauses in declarations of war and Piatt amend ments to Cuban treaties if not our pro tected trusts? One of the things .that Mr. C. R. Miller, editor of the New York Times, learned in Cuba and went to bed sick over was that, in addition to the desire of Senators to aid the holders of Cuban bonds, there was ex erted, in behalf of the Teller resolution declaring Cuba a free and Independent nation, the persistent and powerful In fluence of the sugar kings, who deter mined that tariffs on Cuban sugar and tobacco must never be Imperilled by an nexation. This subtle but compelling force, no one has ever disproved or dis credited, revealed itself in the passage of the Porto Rico bill over the explicit recommendation of President McKinley, Secretary Root and every American of ficial who had made a study of the Porto Rlcan problem. We come, then, to a very real and stubborn fact, against which no visit of Senators to Cuba, or state dinners to visiting Cubans at the White House, or best diplomacy of Governor Wood, or influence of conservative Cubans on the constitutional convention, can prevail we come to the sugar trust, author of our tariffs, arbiter of our insular policy; and we are called upon to estimate what show the economic necessities of Cuban plantations stand when against them is arrayed this infant Industry of the protected trusts. It Is certainly a very significant thing that the Cuban problem should so soon and so unmis takably assimilate itself to the Porto Rico and the Philippine problems. We need make no mistake here. The price of peace and content, order and pros perity, in all the Spanish islands, so soon as employment resumes its normal ascendency, is going to be, not political, "but commercial, liberty. They must have open markets here for the prod ucts of their hands. And they will have them. If the protected trusts are per mitted to manacle Cuba and the Phil ippines as they did Porto Rico, the Democrats will go before the people on X a demand for justice to the dependen- j cies and escape from the domination of, the-trusts. And on that platform they will sweep the country. THE BIRTHDAY OP GRAST. Today the birthday of Grant will be celebrated in all the great cities of the land. Outside of Lincoln, the fame of none of the great figures of the war has endured the test of time and his torical investigation so successfully as Grant's. That Grant was a very great soldier is affirmed not only by Sheridan, who was his greatest lieutenant in the Army of the Potomac, but by Long street, who was Lee's greatest subordi nate in the Army of Northern Virginia. The fame of Grant as a statesman has steadily increased. His settlement of the Alabama claims against the vicious opposition of Sumner; his veto of the inflation and equalization of bounties bills; his early advocacy of the Nica ragua Canal; his clear perception that we were sure at no very distant date to be a great naval power; his urgent advice that we secure the Bay of Sa mana, in Santo Domingo, as a coaling station; his earnest efforts to establish a good commercial understanding with China, are facts that illustrate the prac tical sagacity of Grant's statesmanship. He was a natural-born expansionist, who was never weary of describing the fertility and mineral wealth of Mexico and predicting that, sooner or later, that country would voluntarily come under the American flag. He believed in peace, but not in peace at the expense of the National honor, and would have made war against Spain at the time of the military murder of the officers and passengers of the Virginlus had not Great Britain joined hands with Prance to shield Spain. Grant's character, as revealed not only by his great actions in war, but by his firm grasp of great civic ques tions, both In war and peace, Is firmly established. He was the greatest man of our Civil War, save Lincoln. . In April, 1861, after the firing on Sum ter, he wrote his father that the con test would be long and bitter, but could not possibly end without the extinction of slavery. This was written when men like Seward and Schurz were predict ing a ninety days' war, more than six months before anybody breathed the thought of emancipation. Grant pre dicted the early superiority of the Con federate soldiers because of our folly in refusing to merge our educated reg ular Army officers and trained rank and file among our volunteers to leaven the lump of its military Ignorance. He early urged upon the Government the policy of concentration, but was over ruled by Halleck, who insisted on that of dispersion. The published official correspondence between Grant and Lincoln proves completely that Grant was the first commander to agree with Lincoln that the primary objects of at tack were the gallant Confederate ar mies, not the mere maneuvering of the enemy out of Richmond. Colonel Mar shall, the military and confidential sec retary of General Robert E. Lee, and grand-nephew of the great Chief Justice Marshall, testifies that Grant's every act and word at Appomattox were mod est, manly, generous and sympathetic, untainted by a single touch of senti mentallsm. Grant said to Lee with great emphasis and strong feeling; "General Lee, I want this war to end without shedding another drop of Amer ican blood." Not "Northern" blood, not "Southern" blood, but "American" blood, for in his eyes the gallant sol diers on both sides to the great fight were all "Americans." This was the simple language of a brave soldier, who felt sincere respect and sympathy for a gallant foe, and his terms of surrender showed his good feeling so clearly that General Lee, never an effusive man, warmly ex pressed his thanks and never after wards permitted anybody to speak In disparagement of General Grant's sol .dlershlp In his presence. Before he be came President, General Pickett, of Gettysburg fame, was threatened by President Andrew Johnson with arrest, and came to Washington to see Grant, whose first words were, "What can I do for you?" They had been comrades In the old Army In Oregon, and Grant was always a true comrade. In his rugged simplicity, grim resolution, robust com mon sense and kindliness underneath taciturnity, Grant had some of the sal ient qualities of Cromwell, and, like Cromwell; he had for many years the fate and the courage to be grossly mis represented by his enemies and misun derstood, by his friends. Measured by Longstreet's test of military greatness, viz., invincible moral courage to as sume and sustain responsibility, Grant was easily the greatest soldier of the Union. Among. all the Confederates he had not his peer as an all-round great soldier, save Joe Johnston. Long street's analysis of Lee's campaign of Antietam and of Gettysburg would seem to make It certain that Lee lacked a certain self-restraint in the conduct of an offensive campaign which made him inferior to Joe Johnston, who, with all the audacity and energy he mani fested at Fair Oaks and Bentonville, never would have fought two such bar ren battles as Antietam and Gettysburg when he could easily have avoided a conflict In which the enemy, humanly speaking, had every chance of victory, or, at least, of fighting a costly drawn battle. General D. H. Hill, who with Long street bore the brunt of the dreadful battle of Antietam, writes that "the Maryland campaign should have ended at South Mountain; then was the time to cross to the Virginia side of the Po tomac. After Antietam It was pitiful to see the ragge'd remains of the Confed erates torn to shreds. Ten thousand fresh men could have walked over us and taken all we had." There were 10, 000 fresh men, but McClellan dared not act, even when his loyal friend, Gen eral Franklin, begged permission to at tack. Lee was saved by our lack of leadership from the penalty of his own rashness at Antietam and at Gettysburg, where he must have lost In killed, wounded and prisoners some 25, 000 men. Lee could not afford to fight such terribly bloody, barren battles, for the Union Army was far easier recruit ed than the Confederate. This strain of undue pugnacity in Lee always made Longstreet uneasy about Lee when he abandoned the defensive for the offen sive, and prints a Jetter from Lee writ ten to him in the Winter of 1863-64, say ing: "Had I but taken your advice at Gettysburg, how different our situation would be today!" Beauregard shows clearly In his memoirs that Petersburg was nearly lost in June, 1864, through Lee's obstinate refusal to believe that Grant had outgeneraled him, had crossed the James and was marching on that city. Beauregard sent messenger after messenger for three days to Lee before he could persuade him reluc tantly to reinforce Petersburg, because Lee obstinately refused to believe that Grant had crossed the James. Lincoln and Grant, without any consultation, by the Independent action of their na tive strong sense, applied to the mili tary situation, reached the same con clusion, and Grant's first, second and last great campaigns were conducted in pursuance of the principles and upon the lines of operation advocated by Lin coln from the outset of the war. To Lincoln was due the policy of con centration that was finally adopted, and it was Lincoln that, after Chattanooga, placed Grant In supreme command. Concentration and pressure on vital points became the policy of the hour, and this concentration crushed the shell of the Confederacy and made possible its conquest. For these reasons Lincoln fairly shares in the glory of Grant's success, even as William Pitt shared with Wolfe the capture of Quebec and the conquest of Canada, That ancient scrap heap doing duty as a Government transport under the name Garonne is safe in San Francisco harbor after one of the longest pas sages that has yet been made by a steamer from Manila. The friends of the men on board were comforted dur ing the trip by the assurances of the Government officials that the steamer was not overdue. This statement would have been received with a greater de gree of confidence If it had been accom panied by further explanation. The ven erable Qaronne was under a charter by the day to the Government at a rate so much higher than she could secure in other business that the wonder is that she is not still out in the Pacific. If it Is ever "tipped off" to the own ers of the Garonne that she Is to be re tired, her last trip will break all long passage records, for never again will she find such profitable employment. A multitude of persons continue to commiserate Great Britain, some to gird at her, on the financial burden that the South African War puts upon her taxpayers. John may grumble, does grumble; but he pays. He will continue to pay, for he is a man of spirit, and he is able to pay. He would, indeed, prefer to keep his money, or to spend it according to his own notions; but when he gets into a difficulty he sees It through. The Boer War may cost him 200,000,000 or 300,000,000, but what then? He has the money, or he can get it, and when his pride, patri otic feeling, call it what you will, is aroused, he is a game fellpw. He has often been "ruined" by his wars, but he still does business. Compared with the wealth of the British Empire, this ex penditure Is but a bagatelle. The Logan monument Is disfigured by the historical inaccuracies upon the panel. Chester A. Arthur is shown as administering the oath of office to Sen ator Logan in the presence of Roscoe Conkllng, Oliver P. Morton, William M. Evarts and Senator Cullom. Vice-President Arthur never administered the oath of bffice to Senator Logan who was just beginning the second third of his second term when, Arthur was Vice-President, w and - the Senators grouped abouthlhi.'in the panel were never membfiriRorlpreserit In the Senate at any one time. :Mrs. Logan assumes entire responsibility' for this curious perversion of history; she belongs to that class of women who prefer to make "ducks and drakes" of historical facts In order to give their husbands, alive or dead, a good' send-off. The seventy-one liquor agencies In the towns of Vermont having a population of over 1000 did a business aggregating over $250,000 last year. This is con sidered altogether too prosperous a showing for the legal consumption of rum, which is limited to what is de manded for purely "medicinal, mechan ical and chemical purposes." Of course there Is a vastly greater amount of rum Illegally sold, but the legal sales are large enough to imply that for a stiff prohibition state Vermont contains a great many people who believe that "a little for mechanical purposes always tastes good." California is again facing a dry sea son, which promises to cut her grain yield down at least 50 per cent, If It does not do even greater damaged The Golden State has had but one good crop since the last total failure, and now there is a strong probability of another alarming deficit. Continued reverses of this nature will eventually dull the point of that California joke about the Oregon rain falling thirteen months each year. It is also having the effect of sending a number of wheatgrowers from that state tc Oregon and Wash ington, where crops never fail. The City of Glasgow reports a popu lation of 760,329. The census figures are confined to an area of eighteen and one-half square miles, less than one half the area of Portland. It would seem that we are not likely to be pressed for room here for some time yet. But Glasgow has near suburbs which have perhaps 200,000 Inhabitants. Mr. Bryan's statement that he does not expect to become a Presidential candidate again shows' how he really feels toward the Republicans. No man who is not vindictive could dash the hopes of his political enemies so cruelly to the ground. Our "antls" say that the condition of affairs in the Philippines is "one of the most pathetic things in history." But you fail to catch the whole import of this truly pathetic thing till you stop to think how it has let our "antls" out at home. The main argument against adoption of the Holland submarine boat by the Government Is that if the craft should turn out a success our big battle-ships would be worthless. The decline of Roosevelt is shown by the fact that it required his election to the position of ''master Mason to get his name Into the news columns again. News from South Africa Is so unre liable that even Jf you doubt the dis patches you may not be right In believ ing the contrary Is true. It Is an open debate whether the re cent bank failures in the Northwest were caused by Hanna, Bryan or the managers of the banks. As a long-range discoverer' of war clouds, William T. Stead has a record which no one can ever hope to wrest from him. ENGLAND AX!) THE CANAL. LONDON, April 26. No definite decision has yet been reached by the Foreign Ofllca here regarding the prooable attitude of the United States Senate toward the pro jected Nicaragua Canal treaty. The nego tiations proceeding on the subject o the Hay-Pauncefote treaty in this connection are understood to be based on 'the sine qua non of neutrality of the canal. If this can be definitely assured It now seems likely Great Britain will agree to abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, though there is still the possibility o an endeavor on the part of Great Britain to bring up simultaneously the Alaskan boundary matter. This last contingency is officially described as being merely a question of policy, not very likely to be pursued if the United States is content to make the canal neutral. Framing a Treaty. WASHINGTON. April 26. The Adminis tration has succeeded at last in securing a collection of opinions from the leaders of the Senate of all political parties upon which to base negotiations for a new isth mian canal treaty to replace the Hay Pauncefote treaty. In other words, it Is aware of the wishes of most of the Sena tors, and the only problem before the State Department is to frame a treaty that will reflect the views, Insuring a two thirds vote for ratification, and yet shall be acceptable to the British Government, If, as reported from London, the sine qua non is a neutrality clause. Officials here feel that success on this point seems with in reach. It is expected that two drafts of the treaty will be framed before long, probably the latter part of June, on Mr. Hay's return from the West. It is hardly expected, however, that final results will be attained before next Autumn, after the return of Lord Pauncefote from Lonlon. POLITICS IX HAWAII. Scheme to Convert the Home Rnlers Into Republicans. HONOLULU, April 19, via San Francis co, April 26. The proposal which Del egate Wilcox brought back from Wash ington that the native Home Rule party become Republican has aroused great po litical activity, and la being very much discussed In political circles. It is stated that the plan was proposed to Wilcox by Senator Cullom, and that the Prefcident showed interest In the conversion of the natives of Hawaii to Republicanism. The result of the proposal and its in dorsement by a majority of the native party leaders is that both the parties af fected are more or less split over It. The Republican party has for some time been divided into the elements known as mis sionary and anti-missionary, and it is with the latter, or anti-administration Re publicans, that the Home Rulers miy com bine locally. At present they have taken action which they think unites them with the National Republican party, but not with the party organization In Hawaii. The opposition of ex-Queen Lllluoka lanl to any plan looking to a reconciliation between the natives and old Republican leaders, whom she regards as her ene mies and were annexation leaders, is said to. have had a powerful effect In causing the Home Rulers to turn Republican care fully and in such a way that they would not be committed to support of the pres ent Republican organization in Hawaii. In the steps they have taken so far the natives have refused to drop their name of Independent Home Rulers, and have only added Republican to that name. A complete turn-down of all the nom inations sent to the Legislature by Gov ernor oDle Is threatened. The Independ ents have been holding caucuses on the subject, and they would like to turn down all the men the' Governor named, and who are now holders of the offices for which the executive renominates them. The Home Rulers have a list of their own of men whom they would like to aee in office. Under the organic act the Gov ernor may leave the offices unfilled till the Legislature adjourns and then ap point his own choice. Delegate Wilcox has come out in op position to the idea of trying to turn down the appointments. He has advised the other party leaders not to take euch action, but many of them reject his ad vice. PORTO RICAN EMIGRATION CEASES. Natives are Needed to Harvest tlie Crops of the Island. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. April 26. It is not likely that more emigration agents will come here. Those already here had 2000 natives recruited for Hawaii and expected to ship 1000 of them on the steamer Callfornian Wednesday, but she sailed with only 544 emigrants. The agents announce that this Is due to the opposition of the planters, who wish to retain the laborers available until har vesting begins and that therefore any fur ther attempts on a large scale to promote emigration will be useless. The emigra tion of Porto Rlcans to Ecuador has been put to an end on account of the wide spread publication here of an official re port of the Jamaican authorities regard ing the III treatment of Jamaican laborers In Ecuador. Secretary Hunt says the Alcades and dther officials In the Interior towns ac knowledge that the times are much bet ter than a year ago and that the pessi mists are gradually changing their opin ion. The recent appropriation for road work will provide employment for hun dreds of people and open up a wonder fully rich coffee country which at present It is difficult to reach. Mr. Hunt says there Is no doubt that the entire oppo sition to Governor Allen proceeds from the disappointed party which did not vote in the election In 1900, and which Is now so anti-American that its chief prohibits his followers from accepting government appointments. Yet the richest planters and merchants in the island are enrolled In this party. Level-headed people see progress in the near future. The Federals here do not like to see the schoolhouses springing up. They are rich and do not worry about the education of their own children, but it annoys them to see the poorer classes being educated to their Intellectual level. Merriam Opposed to n Larpre Army. DENVER, April 26. The Rocky Moun tain News this morning prints an inter view with General H. C. Merriam, com mander of the Department of the Col orado, In which he Is quoted as being op posed to a large standing army. Ac cording to the interview, the General said: "As to the regular Army the number which has been decided upon by the Washington authorities Is quite enough. We do not need 100.000 men In the regular Army. What .we do need Is a small and thoroughly drilled, disciplined and equipped "body that is not afraid to work and is ready for any emergency. A lazy soldier is a bad soldier, and it would be" a menace to the country to fill the posts with thousands of men with nothing to do Officers and men should be kept con stantly employed, and they are then kept out of mischief. We have no need of a large standing army." Wants to "Wind Up Its Business. CINCINNATI. O.. April 26. The direc tors of the United States Debenture Com pany today decided to ask permission of the courts to wind up its business and to distribute Its assets. This action followed the report of A. B. Benedict, referee which makes a strong case against the legality of the debenture business. He compares It to the Louisiana lottery and says the language used in its circular is well cal culated to deceive Its customers. The as sets are given at $83,626. Christians Killed by Brazilians. NEW YORK, April 26. A dispatch to the Herald from Rio Janeiro says: Reports from Maranhao say that In dians attacked the Christian settlements In that Brazilian state, that a fight en sued, and that 200 Christians were killed. No official report has been received. WINNING OVER THE CUBANS. WASHINGTON, April 26. The Cabinet meeting today, the last one before the President's departure for the Pacific Coast, was occupied almost exclusively with the discussion of the visit of the Cuban commission. Secretary Root sub mitted rather exhaustively an account of the interviews he had had with them. There was a general exchange of opinion among the members of the Cabinet re garding the situation, and in the light of tne views expressed Secretary Root will hold another conference with the Commis sioners before their departure. The Pres ident will not see them again except form ally to bid them farewell. While there are one or two points upon which some of the members of the com mission are insistent, the general feeling of the Cabinet, as reflected in its exchange of views today, was that the result of the commission's visit could not be but ex tremely beneficial in removing erroneous impressions which it is said are enter tained in the constitutional convention re garding the purpose of the United States, and that the convention, after hearing the report of the Commissioners, will be much more disposed to accept our terms than they have been heretofore. There was another conference at the "War Department this afternoon, lasting more than three hours. At this sitting not only the political relations of the United States and Cuba were discussed, but much time was devoted to the economic ques tions, such as the possibility of a reduc tion of the tariff on sugar, and general reciprocity arrangements between this country and Cuba. Tomorrow the Cubans will be again escorted to the White House and will say good-bye to the President. There will be no further conference with Secretary Root until Monday. This was determined upon by the delegation after Its return from the War Department this afternoon. No statement, official or other wise, could be obtained from the delega tion as to the progress that was made during the conference today, nor would the delegates go so far as to say they were satisfied. The Bailey's Speed Trial. Rear-Admiral Evans, of the Naval Board of Inspection, telegraphed the Navy Department today from New London. Conn., In regard to the trial of the torpedo-boat Bailey, as follows: "Bailey splen did success. Best speed, 31 knots. Aver age for two hours, 30.2." Atlelbcrt Hay RciIruh. Adelbert Hay, son of the Secretary of State, has resigned his position as United States Consul-General at Pretoria. The resignation will take effect tomorrow. His successor has not yet been selected. Collector at New York. The President today reappointed George R. BIdwell to be Collector of Customs for the district of New York. THE DEATH ROLL. Orth H. Steyn. NEW ORLEANS, April 26. Orth H. Steyn, the well-known newspaper man, died of consumption, In his 39th year. Mr. Steyn for nearly three years has been a member of the Times-Democrat staff, his chief work being the prepara tion of the "By-the-Bye" column. He lived a long time In Kansas City and came here from Atlanta. Francis N. Beard. NEW YORK, April 26. Francis N. Beard, the millionaire horse-owner, died early today at his home at Lakewood, N. J. Beard had been for years a prom inent exhibitor at the National Horse Show. His horse Lazzarone won the Suburban Handicap several year3 ago. He Inherited a large fortune from his father. Dr. William H. Draper. NEW YORK, April 26. Dr. William H. Draper, one of the best-known physi cians of thi3 city, died here today of pneumonia. He had been HI about 10 days. He was born in Brattleboro, Vt., In 1S39. Rev. Lyman H. Sherwood. NEW YORK, April 26. Rev. Lyman H. Sherwood, founder of the Lyons Music Academy, Is dead at his home here, aged 73. He was ordained to the Episcopal ministry in 1850. American Engines for Calcutta. NEW YORK. April 26. The World says: "An American concern has secured the contract for locomotives recently ordered by the Calcutta Port Commissioners, de spite active European competition. The Indian authorities Invited bids In the open market for nine locomotives. The lowest British bid was that of Neilaon, Reid & Co., of Glasgow. Their price was 1549, against the Pittsburg Locomotive Company's bid of 1378 for each engine. The Pittsburg company also offered quick delivery, undertaking to fulfill its con tract inside of six months, while the shortest time given by British builders was nine months. The Calcutta officials accepted the tender of the American com pany." Colombian Revolution Ended. NEW YORK, April 26. The Tribune says: "Dr. Carlos Martinez SHva, Min ister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, has received from Bogota an official accept ance of the peace proposal made by Gen eral Rafael Urlbe-Urlbe, leader of the Colombian Insurgents. General Urlbe Uribe has been in Washington for sev eral days, conferring with Dr. Silva and Don Tomas Herran, secretary of the Co lombian Legation. He has returned to New York, and he Is to send one of his aids at once to Colombia with a manifesto addressed o h'.s followers, urging them to lay down their arms and submit to the Government." Will Contest the Election. ST. LOUIS, April 26. Notice of contest was served today on Mayor Rolla Wells by Lee Meriwether, the Municipal Owner ship party's candidate for that office. In the notice of contest Mr. Meriwether as serts that he received a majority of the votes cast for Mayor April 2, and that from 25 to 15 of the ballwts cast for him In each precinct were counted for Wells. He further charges that there was no legal election, that 13,000 names were fraudu lently placed upon the registration books and voted by the Judges and Clerks, and hired repeaters, and that a conspiracy to steal the election existed between the Democratic managers, the police and the Jefferson Club. Reception to Conger. DES MOINES, April 26. The Iowa Ex ecutive Council passed a resolution granting to the citizens of Des Moines the use of the Statehouse for a public reception to Minister Conger. The State house has never been used before for a reception to other than state officers and returning soldiers. A special train of 12 coaches will leave Des Moines for Coun cil Bluffs on the day of Minister Conger's arrival in Iowa. Governor Shaw, Adjutant-General M. H. Beyers and other state officials will make up the reception committee, with Major Hoyt Sherman, only surviving brother of the late John Sherman, and 50 prominent Des Moines men. a Dominican Ministers Reilsrn. SANTO DOMINGO, April 26. (Via Hay tlen cable.) The Minister of the Interior, Senor Hernandez; the Minister of War, Senor Cuello, and the Minister of Posts, Senor Joubert, have resigned. The coun try is quiet. Draught of the Challenger. GLASGOW. April 26. A measurement of the Shamrock II at her dock shows she draws exactly 19 feet. The draught of the Shamrock I Is 20 feet 4 Inches, and that of the Valkyrie III, 19 feet 6 inches. NOTE AND COMMENT. Three cheers for the flag! Judge Caples Is home again. It will hardly be safe to return that um brella for a few months yet. Tolstoi ought to go to Kansas, whero originality has some chance of recogni tion. Perhaps those Cubans have come to the country with a view to looking It over before they annex it. If Captain Carter keeps on Utlsatlng, he will not have any of It left when he does succeed In getting out. James J. Jeffries Is going to give up the stage. He seems to be really in earnest about his Intention of elevating It. If copper Is discovered there, the nan of No Man's Land will be amended by striking out "No Man's' and substituting "J. P. Morgan's." If your weather hasn't suited you, send In a request for what you want. There Is a large stock on hand this month, as well as a variegated assortment. Memphis has sent to New York for de tectives to hunt down her thieves. Mem phis Is evidently a firm believer In the old adage regarding that kind of gentry. David B. HSU says the Democratic party was not born to die. If this Is the case, it should be the duty of some one to take care "very four years that it is not burled alive. From a newspaper printed In the year 1770 is the following description of a dandy: "A few days ago a macaroni made Its appearance in the assembly rooms at Whitehaven, dressed In a mixed silk coat, pink satin waistcoat and breeches, covered with an elegant silk net. white silk stockings with pink clocks, pink satin shoes and large pearl buttons,, a mushroom-colored stock covered with fine point lace, hair dressed remarkably high and stuck full of pearl pins." The cruiser Cincinnati's handsome silver service, which had been lost for two yoars. was found the other day at the Norfolk navy-yard. It seems that at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War the Cincin nati was ordered to Norfolk to be stripped of all her superfluous belongings. In the hurry of unloading, the silver service, a gift to the cruiser from the City of Cin cinnati, was delivered to the navy-yard officials without the customary giving oC a receipt, and it was stored away until it should be called for. Quite recently the navy-yard people discovered the nature of the contents of the box In their posses sion, and notified the Navy Department. The service Is to be turned over to the Cincinnati at once. A prominent citizen of Cleveland, a for mer president of the Chamber of Com merce, was abroad not very long ago. In cidentally it may be stated that, while he 13 not a crank on teetotalism. he personal ly abstains from all alcoholic beverages. While he was In Berlin he determined to order a suit of clothes. He went to a tailor who was well recommended and looked at his cloths. The tailor was anxious to show the entire stock, and had something pleasant to remark concerning: the- virtues of each piece". Finally ha paused and held a bolt of cloth before him with an ecstatic expression on his face, "Ah," he cried, "chust look at dot., Dere Is ? piece dot must exactly suit you. It neffer vlll show no beer 3taln3l" But the Cleveland man took something else. H. H. Vreeland. the New York railway magnate, recently delivered an address to young men and spoke very emphatically on the question of personal manner and outward appearance. "If you are looking for a Job and have one In sight," said he, "and have but $21 in the world, spend $20 for a new suit of clothes, $3 50 for a pair of shoes, 50 cents for a haircut and shave. Then walk where that Job Is and ask for it like a man." On the day following the. delivery of this address a spruce-looking young man walked Into Mr. Vreeland'a of fice. "Please give this card to the presi dent," he said. Mr. Vreeland looked at the card when It reached him, and read the following message: "I have paid $20 for this suit of clothes, $3 50 for a pair of shoes, and 50 cents for a haircut and shave. I have walked from Harlem, I would like a Job as conductor on your railroad." He got it. . PLEASANTRIES OF PAUAGRAPHERS Suffering Language "It li dreadful how people misuse the words awfully' and dread fully.' ' "Yes; Isn't it awful?" Chicago Record-Herald- Mr. Newcome So you're glad your slater'a got me for her steady company. Sh? Johnny Yep. Tommy Brown'a slswrrs got Steady uam pany. an Tommy works him for candy an' things to beat the band. Philadelphia- Record. Regrets. "Doctor, you told me three months ago that If you didn't perform an operation on me. I would be a dead man In twenty four hours." "Well. sir. I was wrong, and I can only expresa my great sorrow for It." Judge. A Spendthrift. O'Hoollzan Yure boy Pat rick Is a folne yung man, Mrs. Casey. Mrs. Casey Yls. yls. If he wor not such a splnd thrlft. O'Hoollgan A splndthrltt. Is he? Jlri. Casey Turrible, turrlblei He gits $2 a week, an' he awnly gives mo $1 73. Ohio State Journal. She Knew It. Miss Karpe How do you like Mr. Gushley? Miss Sharpe Fairly well, but ho must think I'm awfully stupid and unob servant. Miss Karpe Why? Miss Sharpe Because he remarked Ins night, "Oht Mum Sharpe. you have no Idea how pretty you are I" Philadelphia Press. Lacked Reciprocity. "I haven't much two for Bllthersley." said the proud papa. "Why?" asked the proud mamma. "I listened to him, for an hour today while he told me about what his baby had said, or tried to say, and Just as I was about to tell him abou ours he left me. saying he had to catch a train." Baltimore American. Vernal Kvldence. Washington Star. When the germs once more assemble And you And you're all a-trcmble And everybody stops to say "Achoo!" When the air Is blue and soggy And 'you're feeling limp and loggy. And you wish there wasn't ar.y work to do. When the doctor tries to cure you And the pharmacists allure you Till you give them all the cash that you caa bring. When the blustering winds that battle Cause your very ribs to rattle. Then you know beyond a doubt that It la Spring, gentle Spring. When you read of zephyrs blowing And each movement keeps revealing Some sensation that U marvelously queerr When the earth and sky together Form a waste of sloppy weather, And feathered songtere are too hoarse toi sing; When all voices, once so pleasing. Turn to wheezlnj and to sneezing. Then you know byond a doubt that it Is Spring, gentle Spring. The Dear Old Excuse. Chicago Record-Herald. When other people make mistakes They lack somewhere, I claim; But when I err or miss a chance There's always some foul circumstance That ought to bear the blame.