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NEW YORK, April 35. An agreement
affecting 15,000 bricklayers In 17 unions
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vanced four cents an hour, has been
entered into by the Master Builders' As
sociation and the local unions. The
agreement will go into -effect July 1
and last for a year.
The programme of the plasterers'
laborers not to resume -work on contracts
where their demand for $3 50 a day "Was J
not granted was generally followed
throughout the borough of Manhattan
today. As a result, it was estimated
that about 3000 laborers went on strike,
and about 2500 union plasterers, who
would not work with nonunion laborers.
became idle. In some cases, where i
there was a rigid time limit on the
contracts, the demands of the plasterers'
laborers were granted.
France at St. Lonls Fair.
PARIS, April 15. A decree was signed
by President Loubet today providing for
the participation of France at the St.
Louis Exposition, and appointing Michael
Lagrave Commissioner of the French Nation.
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Workmen of Snn Jnnu and Poaco
Celebrated It With Parades.
SAN JUAN, P. R., April 15. The Su
preme Court of Porto Rico rendered a
decision today in the appeal of Santiago
Igleslas', president of the Federation of
Workmen of Porto Rico, who was sen
tenced last December to three years',
four monttys' and eight days' imprison
ment on the charge of conspiring to raise
the price of labor in Porto Rico. The
court acquitted Igleslas of all the charges
against him, thus reversing the decision
of the lower court. A fine of $25, how
ever, ior contempt of court in not answer
ing a summons was allowed to stand.
Fifteen hundred members of the Federa
tion of Workmen paraded In orderly man
ner through San Juan this afternoon.
Igleslas is n"ow at Ponce, where a similar
parade occurred when the news of his
acquittal was received.
Food 'Scarce in NIcsragoa.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 15. Ow
ing to the scarcity of provisions on the
Atlantic coast of Nicaragua, President
Zelaya has Issued a decree providing for
the admission free of duty in that sec
tion oi the country of flour, wheat, beans,
rice and lard.
BY AMI
Inquiry Into Barbarities
in Philippines.
SECRETARY ROOFS ORDERS
General Jacob H, Smith May
Be Court-Martiaied
IF HEWS REPORTS ARE TRUE
Officers Who Administered the -"Water
Cnre to the Prcside'nte of
Iffharls Will Also Be
Tried. - -"
Secretary Hoot has cabled General
Chaffee at Manila to Investigate the
newspaper reports of the "Waller trial,
and If they are correct to court-martial
General Smith; also, if the facts are
established as testified to before the
Senate Philippine committee, to court
martial the officers who administered
the "water cure" to the Presldente of
Igbaras. These officers are Major
Glenn, Lieutenant Conger and Assistant
Surgeon Lyon.
WASHINGTON, April 15. As a result
of the consideration by the Cabinet today
of the charges of cruel treatment of Fili
pinos by United States soldiers, Secrotary
Root has made public the following corre
spondence: "War Department, Washington, April
IS, 1S02. My Dear Senator: I beg to ac
knowledge the receipt of your copy of
the testimony of Sergeant Riley and Prl
vats Leads Smith, late of the Twenty
sixth Infantry, taken before your com
mittee yesterday, r inclose, a copy of a
dispatch which has been sent today to
Major-General Chaffee, commanding the
Division of the Philippines. Directions
have been giventp theJudge-Advocate-GeneraToftEe
Army"to"take proper steps
In accordance with the dispatch.
"The War Department will be glad to
receive the earliest practicable informa
tion of any further evidence which may
te elicited by the committee tending to
fix responsibility on any one in the mili
tary service of the United States for any
violation of the laws of war or of the
regulations or orders governing the opera
tions of the Army of the United States
In the field. "Very Respectfully.
"BLIHU ROOT,
"Secretary of War,
"Hon. H. C. "Lodge, United States Sen
ator, Washington, D. C."
Orders nn Investigation.
"War Department, Washington, April
15, 1302. Memorandum for the Adjutant
General: Cable General Chaffee as fol
lows: "On February 19, a letter was sent you
Inclosing for Investigation a copy of
charges made by Governor Gardener, of
Tayabas Province, which contained gen
eral allegations of cruelties practiced by
troops on natives and generally of an In
solent and brutal attitude of the Army
towards natives.
"On. April 2, a cable dispatch was sent
you urging action with all speed consist
ent with the thorough and searching in
vestigation. "On March 4 a cable dispatch was sent
you directing disciplinary meacures to
produce obedience to the President's In
structions subordinating military officers
to civil government In pacified provinces
and Instructing you to relieve Major Ed
win E. Glenn and Captain James A. Ryan
from duty and order them to Manila to
await Investigation Into their conduct in
accordance with Instructions to follow by
mall.
"On March 24 instructions were mailed
you containing statements of charges
against these officers and General Jacob
H. Smith as the basis of the Investigation
ordered by the cable of March 4.
"Further instructions in both matters
are required by the following facts:
"Press dispatches state that upon the
trial of Major Waller, of the Marine
Corps, testimony was given by Waller,
corroborated by other witnesses, that Gen
eral Jacob H. Smith Instructed -him to
kill arid burn; that the mbre he killed and
burned the better pleased General Smith
would be; that it was no time to take
prisoners, and that when Major Waller
asked General Smith to define the age
limit for killing, he replied 'everything
over 10.'
"If such testimony was given, and the
facts can be established, you will place
General Smith on trial by court-martial.
The "Water Cnre."
"Yesterday, before the Senate commit
tee on Philippine affairs. Sergeant Charles
Riley and Private William .Lewis Smith,
of the Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry,
testified that the form of torture known
as the 'water cure' was administered to
the Presldente of the town of Igbaras,
Ilo Ilo Province, Island of Panay, by de
tachments of the Eighteenth United
States Infantry under command of Lieu
tenant Arthur L. Conger under orders
of Major Edwin F. Glenn, then Captain
of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, and that
Captain and Assistant Surgeon Palmer
Lyon, at that time a contract surgeon,
was present to assist them. The officers
named, or such of them as are found to
be responsible for the act, will be tried
therefor by court-martlah Conger and
Lyon are in this country, both the Twenty-sixth
Volunteer Infantry and Eigh
teenth Infantry having returned to the
United States, and most of the witnesses
being presumptively here, the Secretary of
Warv directs that Major E. E. Glenn,
Twenty-fifth Infantry, be directed to pro
ceed to San Francisco and report to the
General commanding the Department of
California, with a view of his trial by
court-martial under charges alleging the
cruelties practiced by him upon a na
tive of the Philippine Islands at Igbaras
on June 27, 19Q0. If you can discover any
witnesses still In the service in the Phil
ippines who can testify In support of the
charges, or If Major Glenn desires the
attendance of any persons now serving
in the Islands as witnesses for the de
fense, you will direct them to proceed to
San Francisco for that purpose.
"As the two years allowed for the prose-
cutloc by the statute of limitations is
nearly at an end, no time is to be lost.
You will take such course In advancing
or postponing tho Investigations previ-
ously ordered Into the conduct of General
Smith and Major Glenn as shall be re
quired to enable you to execute these In
structions. It is believed that the viola
tions of law and humanity, of which these
cases, if true, are examples, will prove to
be few and occasional, and not to charac
terize tho conduct of the Army generally
In the Philippines; but the fact that any
such acts of cruelty and barbarity ap
pear to have been done indicates the ne
cessity of a most thorough, searching and
exhaustive Investigation into the general
charges preferred by Governor Gardener,
and you will spare no effort, in the in
vestigation ordered under these" charges,
to uncover every such case which may
have occurred, and bring the offenders to
Justice.
"The President desires to.know, In the
fullest and most circumstantial manner,
all the facts, nothing being concealed and
no man being for any reason favored or
shielded. For the very reason that the
President Intends to back up the Army In
the heartiest fashion in every lawful and
legitimate method of doing Its work, he
also intends to see that the most rigor
ous care is exercised to detect and pre
vent any cruelty or brutality and that
men who are guilty thereof aro punished.
"Great as the provocation has been In
dealing with foes who habitually resort to
treachery, murder and torture against our
men, nothing can Justify or will be held
to Justify the use of torture or inhuman
conduct of any kind on the part of the
American Army. ELIHU ROOT,
"April 15, 1902. Secretary of War."
Bnrleson Calls for Information.
WASHINGTON, April 15. Representa
tive Burleson, of Texas, today introduced
a resolution calling on the Secretary of
War for a full transcript of the proceed
ings before the courtmartlal which re
cently tried Major Waller in Manna for
executing Filipino guides.
CHOLERA IN TUB ISLANDS.
Two Deaths of Americans from the
Epidemic. v
MANILA, April 15. The total number of
cases of cholera reported in thl3 city up
to noon today is 275, and the total num
ber of deaths from that disease in Manila
Is 215. In the provinces the aggregate Js
495 cases and 315 deaths. There have only
been two deaths of Americans from chol
era. Dr. Meacham, assistant to Major
Maus, the Insular Health Commissioner,
died today of heart failure, caused by
overwork on cholera cases.
Benito Legardo, one of the Philippine
members of the United States Commis
sion, who, with Dr. Pardo de Tavera, an
other Filipino member of the commission,
recently won a libel suit brought against
Senor Valdez, editor of a local Spanish
weekly, has brought another suit for li
bel against the same dltor, whose paper
charges Legardo with being a seducer, a
perjurer and a traitor. Counsel for the
defendant in court offered to prove the al
legations made.
Philippine Commerce.
"WASHINGTON, April 15. The Insular
Division of the War Department has pre
Dared. for publication a bulletin showing
in comparative form ther commerceyofc'tb'en
Philippine JsUnds for the 12 months lor
the calendar years 1901 and 1900..
Tho total value of merchandise. Import
ed during the calendar year 1901 was 30,
162,471, against $24,563,779 for the corre
sponding period of 1900. The exports of
merchandise during the calendar year 1001
amounted to $24,503,353, against $22,990,373
for the corresponding period of 1900. These
figures show an Increase of 21 per cent In
the Imports and 7 per cent In the exports.
The value of merchandise coming from
the United States for the calendar year
1901 was $3,534,255, an Increase of $1,381,037
over the corresponding period of 1900,
while the exports for the period of 1901
amounted to $4,546,292, an Increase of
$1,5S5.44L
England and the Hemp Dnty.
LONDON, April 15. Answering a ques
tion put by Arthur D. Markham in the
House of Commons today, the Parliamen
tary Secretary for the Foreign Office,
Lord Cranbcrne, said representations had
been made to the United States on the
question of the subject of. duty on hemp
from the Philippines, as under the pres
ent arrangements the American manufac
turer had in his own market an advan
tage of $7.50 per ton over his British
competitor.
C0NTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
Philippines.
Secretary Root orders an Investigation of bar
barities in the Philippines. Pase 1.
General Smith and officers who administered
the water cure may be court-martialed.
Page 1.
Cholera continues to spread throughout Luson.
Page 1.
Congress.
There Is no longer danger that the Cuban re
lief bill will pass. Page 2.
The Senate will vote on the Chinese bill today.
Page 2.
American Federation of Labor on the Chinese
exclusion bill. Page 2.
Foreign.
Slpagulne, the Russian Minister of the Inte
rior, was assassinated. Page 1.
The Belgian Government refuses to yield on
the question of revision. Page'S.
A serious hitch has occurred in the Anglo
Boer peace negotiations. Page 3.
The Chinese Government Is unable to suppress
the rebellion in the south. Page 3.
Domestic.
Talmage funeral services were held at "Wash
ington. Page 2. x
Queenan knocked out Hawkins at Seattle.
Page 3. -
Gates has acgulred. control of the Louisville
& Nashville. Page B.
Pacific Coast.
Actor shot in amateur performance at Baker
Cty. Page 4.
Governor 3IcBrtde says Capitol will be fin
ished on schedule time. Page 5.
It s almost certain that oil has been struck
near Dallas. Or. Page 4.
Train wrecked 20 miles from Spokane and four
men Injured. Page 4.
Fishermen at Astoria decide not to hold out
for prices agreed upon by union. Page 6.
Commercial and Slarine.
Dealing n Southern Railway largest in his
tory of Wall street. Page 10.
Wheat touches 74 cents at Chicago and closes
firm. Page 11.
Disabled ships have disbursed $150,000 In
Portland for repair work since last July.
Page 10.
British shtp Isle of Arran chartered for now
crop loading at SO shillings. , Page 10.
High rate paid for a salmon ship on Puget
Sound. Page 10.
Canadian Faclfic steamship lines doing a big
business. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Two highwaymen hold up driving party on
White House road. Page 12.
How river and harbor bill makes provision for
Oregon Improvements. Page 8.
Chamber of Commerce building sold to, Colum
bia Investment Company for $517,507.
Page 8.
John Barrett addresses credit men and Cham
ber of Commerce. Page 10.
Lively debate at Civic Improvement Associa
tion over removal of bicycle racks. Page
10. t
ALL EYES ON OREGON
Republicans Expected to Roll
Up Big Majority
AND SET PACE FOR COUNTRY
Hope for Passage of Resolution for
Direct Election of Senators Van.
ilshes With the Adoption of
. the DepeTV Amendment.
WASHINGTON April 15. The political
situation in Oregon Is not generally
known to the public men here, yet there
seems to be some Intimation that the
faction of the Republican party recently
defeated In the primaries In Multnomah
VICTIM OF AN ASSASSIN'S BULLET.
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nun fa t '.rf- KHH vassal
M. SIPAGUIXB, RUSSIA?? MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR.
A-
County may enter Into fusion with the
opposition and thus defeat the Republi
can Legislative ticket and en
danger the election of a Republi
can Congressman. Only a bare lntlma-
V tion of this, Tiowever, has gained cur
rency, and those Republicans who have
heard the rumor express a hope that It
is not true, andthat there will be a unit
ed party. The fact 'that the Democrats
are making such :a strong effort to get to
gether and win the coming Congres
sional campaign, and to make a distinct
gain In the Fall elections, comes first.
The Republicans are looking to Oregon
to set the pace for .the remainder of the
country, as It has for the past elgiit
years, when, by electing two Republican
Congressmen and a "Republican Legis
lature, as well as a Republican state
ticket, it has given an Impetus to the
Republicans elsewhere that has had a
good effect. The Republican leaders here
are very anxious that the party In Ore
gon shall drop all factional strife, In
order to give the party 4nevery other
state the encouragement which It Is now
believed Is necessary.
Senator Simon declines absolutely to
discuss the political situation In Oregon.
He says he has nothing to say on the
subject, one way or the other. He does
not Intend either to deny or affirm any
of the reports that may have been cir
culated as to his position or Intentions.
Northwest Bank Examlnershtp.
Representative Cushman was advised
by the Treasury Department to
day that the vacant Bank Examinershlp
in the "Washington-Oregon district, due
to the resignation of Examiner Carson,
would not be filled by the appointment of
a man from either of those states, al
though Charles Clary, ex-Bank Examiner
from Washington, and J. A. Davis, late
cashier of the Merchants' National Bank
of Tacoma, are active candidates. A
Montana man is said to be slated for the
position.
Tongne to Mnlcc Principal Address.
Representative Tongue has been
invited to deliver the principal address
at the Charleston Exposition on Oregon
day, April 25, and has accepted.
Evidence for Chinese Exclusion.
Senator Mitchell and Senator Turner
have botli received many telegrams from
labor organizations all along tho Pacific
Coast urging the passage of the pend
ing Chinese exclusion bill. These tele
grams have been read or printed In the
Record, as evidence that the Pacific
Coast Is favoring the bill.
DEATH-BLOW TO DIRECT ELECTION
Selection - of - Senators' Resolution
Now Las No .Show.
WASHINGTON. April 15. If there was
an hope of favorable action upon the
Housa resolution for an amendment to
the Constitution providing for the elec
tion of Senators by direct vote, the adop
tion of the Depew amendment today kills
it. It was believed that a majority of
the committee were against the amend
ment, but Its supporters merely a3kcd that
It be brought before the Senate for discus
sion and a vote in that body. With the
Depew amendment it will receive etlll
more adverse votes than It did before,
and In the Senate, unless the Depew
amendment Is stricken out, there would
be no possibility of the resolution pars
ing. The opponents of any change in the
method of election of Senators are quite
jubilant today, a3 they think they have
made It impossible for the Southern Demo
crats to urge the resolution with the De
pew amendment upon it, and It is believed
equally Impossible for Republicans to
vote down the Depew amendment. Only
those will vote against it who are anx
ious to have the Constitution changed.
CHARGE IT TO SUGAR. TRUST.
Republicans Urged to Strike Oat
Differential on Refined Article.
WASHINGTON, April 15. Republican
members of Congress are getting tele
grams telling them to vote to strike out
the differential on refined sugar, which is
the proposition of the beet-sugar men to
defeat tho Cuban reciprocity. Even the
beet-sugar men have begun to see that in
removing this differential they remove
that amount of protection to their own
product, and they aro likely to defeat the
proposition, especially as they can do It
Indirectly by sustaining the ruling of the
chairman of tho committee of the whole.
Some Republicans who are very bitter on
the subject, however, will do everything
they can to attach this amendment re
moving the differential, as they believe it
would defeat the bllL They allege that
the telegrams now pouring In upon the
House come from the wholesale sugar
men, who aro forced to send them by the
sugar trust.
Wilson "Wants Cuban Mission.
Henry L. "Wilson, United States Minis
ter to Chile, arrived in "Washington to
day on his way to Spokane, his home.
"Wilson confirms the recent report that he
is working for a transfer from, his pres
ent post, and seems confident that a
change can be brought about. He Is par
ticularly anxious for the Cuban mission,
and there Is some intimation that his
chances for success are good. Wilson
will leave for home the last of the week.
To ainlce Crater Lake National Park.
Senator Mitchell today Introduced a bill
authorizing the creation of the Crater
Lake National Park In Southern Oregon.
The bill Is identical with that now on the
House calendar.
STRATTON SPEAKS FOR. FRYB
At White House With Foster to Dis
cuss Appointments.
WASHINGTON, April 15. Senator Fos
ter today called at the White House with
Attorney-General Stratton, but after
wards declined to discuss the nature of
his visit. A few days ago Stratton, speak
ing of the local -political situation, de
clared that Jesse Frye, recommended by
Foster for United States Attorney, was
an excellent man for the place, and ex
pressed some surprise when told that nu
merous charges had been filed against
him. It Is believed that Foster presented
Stratton today In order that ho might
speak to the President in Frye's behalf.
Senator Foster, however, made the
statement that the Ide case would not
be taken, up by the commerce committee
next Thursday, or if taken up, "would not
be disposed of. Inquiry develops the fact
that the committee is anxious to frame
several committee amendments to the
river and harbor bill on that day, and If
there is delay it will be due to the fact
that these amendments occupy the full
time.
Chairman Frye, of the Senate commerce
committee, today received a strong tele
gram,slgned by the Governor, Secretary
of State, Land Commissioner, Auditor,
Treasmer and four members of the Su
preme Court of Washington, and by many
prominent citizens of the state, warmly
indorsing Ide, and urging his confirmation
by the Senate. The Senator was also ad
vised that many letters In line with the
telegram are on their way to Washington,
but will not reach here In time for con
sideration at the Thursday committee
meeting.
Foster Faction's Men for Collector.
Senator Foster today received a tele
gram from his leaders In Tacoma In re
ply to his telegraphic request of yester
day for the names of three men who
would "be acceptable to them for Collector
of Customs Instead of Huestls. The tele
gram names S. A. Madge, editor of the
Olympian; F. C. Harper, and present Dep
uty Collector Falrweather at Tacoma.
Senator Foster will not discuss this tele
gram. Mine Inspecting: Law Upheld.
WASHINGTON, April 15. In the United
States Supreme Court. Justice Brown an
nounced a decision in the case of the
Consolidated Coal Company vs. the People
of Illinois, upholding the constitutional
ity of the Illinois statute providing for the
inspection of mines.
TBISTIENT
Assassination of a Rus
sian Minister.
HI. SIPACUiNE THE VICTIM
The Murderer a Student, Dis
guised as Aid-de-Camp.
REVENGE WAS MOTIVE OF CRIME
The Minister of the Interior "Was
Attacked as He "Was About to
Attend a Meeting of
" N His Colleagues.
After repeated attempts on the lives
of minor officials, tho students of Rus
sia found a victim In a member of the
Imperial Cabinet. M. Slpagulne, Minis
ter of the Interior, was shot In tho
lobby of the Ministerial offices, and died
an hour later. The assassin was a stu
dent named Balsahanstt, and revenge
was the mothe.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 15. The Min
ister of the Interior, M. Slpagulne, was
shot and fatally wounded at 1 o'clock this
afternoon; in the lobby of the Ministerial
offices, by a man who held a pistol close
to the Minister's person. The wounded
man died at 2 P. M.
The assassin is a student, who gained
access to the building, disguised in the
uniform of an ald-de-camp. He 'met the
Minister on the main staircase and emp
tied a revolver Into his body at close
range. The assassin was Immediately ar
rested. It was learned later that M. Slpagulne
was on his way to attend a meeting of a
committee of Ministers. He had just en
tered the office of the Imperial Council.
a carriage, approached and handed him
a folded paper, saying he had been
charged to deliver it by the Grand Duke
Sergius. The Minister stretched out his
hand to take the document, when the as-,
sassin fired five shots at him. Three of
the bullets struck M. Slpagulne and one
wounded his servant.
The assassin did not resist arrest. He
said his name was Balsahanstt, and that
he was a student at Kleff, where he had
been sentenced to compulsory military
service for participating in the riots of
1901. He said he had subsequently been
pardoned, but that he had not been rein
stated at the university and that he6
therefore, revenged himself upon Slpa
gulne. The Minister was taken to the Hospital
Maxiralllanowsky, where he died in one
hour.
M. Slpagulne belonged to a distinguished
Russian family. He was a reactionary in
politics, and Incurred fhe enmity of ths
student's by upholding the views of M.
Pobedonostzeff, the chief procurator of
the Holy Synod, and by supporting the
most severe measures for the repression
of all Liberal tendencies. A previous at
tempt was made to shoot him on the
Nevsky Prospect about a year ago.
M. Slpagulne's body was removed thl3
evening to the palace of the Minister of
the Interior, where a service In the pres
ence of the court and all the Ministers
will bo held.
FOR THE M'KINLEY FUND.
Gala Benefit Performance at Paria
Opera Comiauc.
PARIS, April 15. The gala matinee per
formance at the Opera Comique today In
aid of tho fund for a memorial to the late
Preisdent McKlnley at Canton, O., was a
great artistic and financial success. The
house was crowded the resident Americans
and many Parisians of social prominence.
The United States Ambassador, General
Porter, received President Loubet at the
entrance of the building and conducted
him to the Presidential box, which was
elaborately decorated with American and
French flags, flowers and the arms of the
United States, as were the boxes occupied
by General and Mrs. Porter and J. K.
Gowdy, the United States Consul-General,
and Mrs. Gowdy. The programme con
sisted of selections and scepes from op
eras and plays, recitations and a ballet,
In which appeared the leading members of
the Comique opera the three Coquellns,
Sarah Bernhardt. Mme. Fougert and Mme.
Rejane. At the "close of the performance
"The Star-Spangled Banner" was sung
beautifully by Ella Beach Taw, of San
Francisco, and the "Marseillaise." All
the artists were warmly applauded. The
performance adtbed over 20.C00 francs to
the fund, which now exceeds 50,000 francs.
Bill of Complaint In Merger Case.
ST. PAUL, April 15. The bill of com
plaint in the so-called merger suit
brought by the State of. Minnesota
against the Northern Securities Com
pany, the Great Northern Company, the
Northern Pacific Railway Company and
James J. Hill was filed today In the Ram
say County District Court. The sub
stance of tho complaint was fully pub
llshed when It was served on President
Hill, and the present filing Is a routine
matter. N
Texas Grand Commnndcry.
EL PASO, Tex., April 15. The 49th an
nual conclave of the Grand Command
ery of Knights Templar of Texas will be
held In thi3 city, beginning tomorrow and
lasting three days. Preparations have
been made to entertain C00 Templars. The
first delegation arrived today, and the city
Is In gala attire. The Spanish Matador
Cervera will give an exhibition bullfight
'across the river, at Juarez, Mex., Thurs
day, to entertain the visitors.