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THE MORNING OHEGONIAN, WEDISTSSDAY, MAY 7, 1902.
TRIED TO ESCAPE
More Prisoners Made a Break
for Liberty.
SHOT DOWN BY THE GUARDS
Soldiers Opened Fire "Without Or
der, 'Killins Tliirtr-flve of the
Natives XIne Recaptured
the Others escaped.
WASHINGTON, May 0,The War De
partment this evening received the follow
ing cablegram:
"Manila. Adjutant-General, Washing
ton: General George W Davis reports,
Saturday, l P. M., May 3, prisoners that
had heen disarmed, sitting on open hill
top and surrounded by strong guard, at a
concerted signal sprang to their feet and
rushed down the hill. Several endeavored
to seize rifles from guard and one suc
ceeded while soldier was drinking from
canteen. Direction of the flight such as
to bring them to the rear of the company,
so that firing on the Moros would en
danger our men. Guard and company
opened Are without orders, killing 33.
Nine were recaptured, and the others
escaped. Regret this accident, as It was
desired to release the prisoners, except a
few of the leaders, and encourage the
return of the others to peaceful labors.
"CHAFFEE."
MAJOR GARDENER'S CHARGES.
Complaints of Alleged Cruelty Laid
Before Senate Committee.
WASHINGTON, May 6. When the Phil
ippine committee met today Senator Lodge
presented a cable from General Chaffee
giving the charges and specifications of
Major Gardener relative to Tayabas Prov
ince. The charge consisted of allegations
that troops had burned buildings, ill
treatment of natives by Lieutenant Catlin,
and rape of five women by soldiers. Sen
ator Lodge stated to the committee that
Catlin had been under treatment for de
ranged mind.
The witness before the committee today
was R. V. Hughes, of Philadelphia, an ex
private in Company H. Eighth Infantry.
He testified to seeing the water cure ad
ministered once to a native when the
troops were searching for Information. He
alsp saw one native knocked down twice
by order of Lieutenant Merchant, and
another heaten on the chest with a stick
to make him give information. He said
the Insurgents engaged in similar work,
and gave an Instance of an American
soldier being cut to pieces with bolos.
Answering a question by Senator Cul
berson, the witness admitted that In only
one instance had he witnessed the water
cure and said that he had not seen Fili
pinos subjected to harsh treatment aside
from the water cure. He qualified this
statement by saying that Filipino pris
oners were on one occasion utilized to
carry officers' wives in bamboo chairs sev
eral miles from Santa" Cruz to Magdalena.
He told of the burning of native houses
in one of which was a crippled native
woman. The order to burn was issued by
Lieutenant Merchant. The women, he
said, were ejected from the houses and
left 'to sleep on the ground. He described
other Instances of burning and, answer
ing an inquiry' by Senator Lodge, said
that the insurgents engaged in similar
work.
The witness said that Filipino prisoners
were well treated by the American sol
diers, and, with the exception of roast
beef occasionally Issued to he soldiers,
they Sad practTcally theisine'food. The
sick among the Filipino prisoners also
were well cared for. As for himself, he
had treated the Filipino people as well as
he would other people under the same
circumstancs. This testimony related to
Batangas Province.
The cablegram frcm General Chaffee,
submitted to the committee by Senator
Lodge, was received at the War Depart
ment May 4, and Is as follows:
"Reference to cable May 3, Secretary
of War, to send the following? Major
Cornelius Gardener's first letter contained
no specifications on which I could act.
From his second letter, however, la order
to comply with the present Instructions,
I submit in the form of charges the fol
lowing data which are as complete as pos
sible under the conaiuons m wuicu j. uiu.
at present situated: k
"Charge That tho troops that succeed
ed the 'volleys' did not keep up the scout
ing and patrolling system.
"Specification That tho troops stand
in the central towns of Tayabas, to wit,
in Lucban. Tayabas, Lucena and Saviayo,
did, in the Spring of 1901. for about three
months, fail to scout or patrol the coun
try, except as escort to wagon trains
on the main roads.
"Charge Burning of barrios or villages.
"Specification That troops during the
Fall of 1901 burned a number of barrios
belonging to Dolores and adjacent towns.
"Charge Torturing natives.
"Specification 1 That certain United
States troops coming from San Pablo,
in or near the town of Dolores, tortured
a native by the water cure; this during
the Summer of 190L
"Specification 2 That the commanding
officer of La Gulmanoc, during the Sum
mer of 1901, tortured or maltreated a na
tive boy.
"Specification 3 That troops coming
from Lucena or Tayabas on several oc
casions tortured natives belonging to tho
pueblo of Pagbilaao; this during the Sum
mer and Fall of 190L
"Charge Harsh treatment of natives,
"Specification 1 That men belonging to
a detachment of soldiers stationed at
Candelarla looted a store in that town
about the month of November, 1S0L
"Specification 2 That a detachment of
troops took away from a peaceful citlzon
of Dolores a pony; this about the month
of September, 190L
"Specification 3 That the house of a na
tive of Candelarla was forcibly taken for
a smallpox hospital and afterward burned
hy order of the commander at Sarlayia;
that the said native was not remunerated;
this in Candelarla In July, 190L
"Specification 4 That First Lieutenant
George De G. Catlin did strike with his
fist natives of Lucena for failing to take
off their hats to him and did forcibly,
with threats, compel a native to deal
cards for him; this about September, 190L
"Specification 5 That First Lieutenant
George De G. Catlin, at Calanauan, did
keep in the guardhouse for three days a
native without food or water; this about
September, 1901.
"Specification G That First Lieutenant
George De G. Catlin did strike natives In
the fact for falling to remove their hats;
this while he was In command at that
post.
"Specification 7 That a party of sol
diers attacked with pistols three natives
working on the roads near Lucena; this
about November, 1901.
"Specification 8 That certain soldiers
belonging to a, troop of cavalry stationed
in Tayabas pueblo did violate seven wo
men of that town by force; this In the
month of January or February, 1S0L-
"The dates are approximate and the
facts from complaints made to me stated
to the best of my recollection.
"CHAFFEE."
Senator Lodge also laid before the com
mittee a list of over 300 officers and en
listed men in the United States Army
who have been tried by court-martial for
offenses against natives; also a list of
natives tried by military commissions for
cruelties to United States soldiers and
violation of the laws of war.
Concentration Order Rescinded.
WASHINGTON, May 6. General Chaf-
fee has cabled to the War Department
that he has rescinded the order for the
establishment of reconcentratlon camps
.in Laguna and Batangas Provinces, the
only provinces In the Philippines where
the system had been practiced. These
provinces lie on the south shores of La
guna. de Bay, and are about 40 miles dis
tant from Manila.
IX AGUIN'ALDO'S WRITING.
Order for ifce Attack on the Ameri
can Troops at Manila.
WASHINGTON, May 6. The War De
partment has made public the telegraphic
correspondence that took place between
Agulnaldo and his Insurgent Generals on
January 13, 1E99. to support the adminis
tration contention that Agulnaldo at that
date contemplated an attack on the United
States troops at Manila. General Moriel
and Colonel Callles telegraphed to Aguln
also, saying:
"We desire to know the result of ulti
matum which you mentioned In your tele
gram, and -we also desire to know what
reward our government is preparing for
the forces who will first be able to enter
Manila."
In Agulnaldo's handwriting the reply
"As to the contents of your telegram,
those who prove themselves heroes will
have as rewards large sums of money,
lands, extraordinary promotions, crosses
of Blach-na-Bato, Marquis of Malate Er
mlto and Court of Manila, etc, besides the
congratulations of our idolizing country
on account of their patriotism, and more.
If they capture the regiments with their
Generals, and if possible the chief of them
all, who represents our enemies in Manila,
which Got) falls to you. or better said to
General Moriel and Colonel Callles.
"The ultimatum has not been sent, but
will be within a few days.
Proxnotion for Lulcbnn's Captor.
WASHINGTON, May C First Lieuten
ant Alphonso Strebler, of the Philippine
Scouts, who commanded the small detach
ment of soldiers who captured Lukban,
the noted Filipino insurgent leader, Is to
bo appointed a Second Lieutenant in the
regular Army.
THE DEAD ARCHBISHOP.
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Arrangements for the Funeral,
Which Will Occur Friday.
NEW YORK, May 6. The arrangements
for the funeral of Archbishop Corrlgan
are being rapidly completed. The body
will He in state In the Cathedral from 11
o'clock tomorrow until 11:30 o'clock Fri
day. Beginning tomorrow, a guard of
honor, consisting of members of the Sixty-ninth
Regiment, the Knights of Colum
bus, Holy Name Society, Catholic Benevo
lent Association, and other Catholic or
ganizations, will stand watch over the
body In the Cathedral. There will also
be representative Catholic citizens, such
as John D. Crimmins and W. Bourke
Cockran, who will act as a guard of
honor.
Throughout tho night meetings were
held by numerous Catholic societies for
the purpose of framing suitable resolu
tions and taking action regarding the
death of the Archbishop. Tho services
over the remains will hegin Thursday
night in the Cathedral with, the divine
office. At 11:30 Friday morning a solemn
requiem mass will be celebrated. Arch
bishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, a life-long
friend of the deceased Archbishop, will
preach the funeral sermon. Bishop Mc
Quaid, of Rochester, will be celebrant.
The following archbishops have sont
telegrams saying they will be present at
the funeral: Archbishop Elder, Cincin
nati; Archbishop Foehan, Chicago, who
will be represented by Bishop Muldoon;
Archbishop Williams, Boston; Archbishop
Christie, of Oregon.
ROME, May 6. The news of the death
of Archbishop Corrlgan was conveyed to
tho Vatican In a dispatch from tho Asso
ciated Press. Mgr. Angell, the Pope's pri
vate secretary, broke the news gently to
his holiness. The latter was greatly de
pressed and said:
"It has heen one of the greatest bitter
nesses of my long Hfe to see the strong
est champions of the militant church
claimed by death. Archbishop Corrlgan
was very affectionate to us. We esteemed
and loved him greatly."
Tho Pope then retired to his private
chapel to pray.
Amos J. Cummlns' Funeral.
NEW YORK. May 6. The funeral of
Amos J. Cummlngs took place today from
the Cummlngs home. Rev. W. S. Crowe,
of tho Unlversallst Church of the Eternal
Home, conducted the services. The hon
orary pallbearers were: Lewis Nixon,
Chester S. Lord, Frederick S. Gibbs, Jo
seph Howard, Jr.; John C. Sheohan, Ar
thur D. Williams. Willis Holly. Justice
Leonard A. Giegerich, F. B. Frost. Will
iam Cullen Bryant. Owen J. Kindelon, of
Typographical Union. No. C; William Tay
lor, of the Letter-Carriers' Association,
and Major W. A. Velle. of the Legion of
Honor. ,
Interment was In Clinton cemetery at
Irvlngton. N. J. There were no serv
ices at the grave, but an impressive
scene as the body was laid to rest was
created by the presence of the old color
bearer of the Twenty-elxth New Jersey
Volunteers, Richard B. Culman, who stood
at the head of the grave with the old
battle-flag of the regiment, and remained
thoro with the colors until the last of the
earth had been placed on the coffin.
DOMINICAN REVOLUTION.
Provisional Government "Will Con
tinue Until Elections Are Held.
MONTE CRISTO, Santo Domingo, May
6. News has reached here from Santo
Domingo City that the provisional govern
ment established by Horatio Vasquez will
continue In power until elections are held.
An order for tho suspension of hostilities
between the revolutionary and govern
ment forces has just been signed, and
the terms of surrender are to be dis
cussed. Vasqnei' Policy.
NEW YORK, May C Leonte Vasquez,
brother of the Vice-President of Santo
Domingo, who has just overturned the
government of President Jiminez, says all
his brother wants to establish is peace and
good government. Vasquez was Consul
General here for nearly two years, but re
cently was deposed by President Jiminez.
Regarding tho revolution he said:
"While Santo Domingo has what might
bo considered an excellent constitution
by liber ty-lovlng people, it is sadly in
need of amendment, and I believe my
brother will bring It about. If he does, 95
per cent of the revolutionary spirit will
disappear, although during the last E0
years there has been on an average more
than one revolt annually.
"I believe that one of his first alms wll.
be to establish a treaty of a. reciprocal
nature with the United States. Call it a
protectorate If you will, but if Santo
Domingo Is to prosper, and I hope she
will, she must have the moral and com
mercial support of the American people,
apd so It must eventually be with other
republics similarly situated."
Flood of Molten Metal.
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 6. Four men
were killed, two fatally injured and two
others terribly burned hy being caught
in a torrent of molten metal last night in
an open-hearth pit at the Pennsylvania
Steel Works, Steelton, near here. All of
the men were Austrians. They were at
work in a pit behind the "chokers" when
the iron ore boiled over, or the furnace
burned out and the entire pit was turned
into a pool of fire. Tho pit boss, Charles
W. Lockett, gave a cry of, warning as the
iron commenced to flow into the pit. Three
of. the laborers heeded his cry and es
caped fatal injury. The others, evidently
thinking that the overflow was a slight
one, similar to those which occur fre
quently at the, furnaces, pressed against
the side of the pit and were caught in
the awful flood.
DEATH OF BRET HARTE
AMERJGAN AUTHOR PASSES AWAY
AT HIS ENGLISH HOME.'
Kexuorrhase, Caused by an Affection
of the Throat, the Cause Ills
Iiltcrary Career.
LONDON, May 6. Bret Harte, the
American author, died suddenly last nlgat
at the Red House, Camberley, near Alder
shot, from hemorrhage, caused by an af
fection of the throat. Mr. Harte had been
suffering from swelled tonsils since De
cember last, but he did not consider the
attack to be serious. A -week ago he went
to visit friends at Camberley and was
present at lunch as usual yesterday. Ho
suddenly became 111 in the afternoon, went
to bed and died In a few hours. His end
was peaceful. He had been living quietly
in England for years. Most of his time
was spent in the country, and when In
London he was almost secluded, having
few visitors to his rooms at Lancaster
Gate, and only going to the houses of a.
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limited number of very intimate friends.
Several months ago, when a false report
of his death was circulated in America, a
representative of the Associated Press
called at his rooms. Mr. Harte then ap
peared to be perfectly well. He laughed
heartily and auoted Mark TwalnJs old
saying about the report being greatly ex
aggerated. "Except for a llttlo cold," said Mr.
Harte, "I have no ailments or complaints.
While I am getting to be a pretty old
man" pointing to his snow-white hair
"there Is life in the old dog yet," and
thereupon he lit a cigar so long that It
would have done credit to any of hL3
Poker Flat friends. He was hoping, he
also said, to do more workl but he con
fessed he was growing lazy.
The afternoon papers make very sympa
thetic comments on the death of Mr.
Harte.
"His work," says tho Pall Mall Gazette,
"was the common property of Anglo-Saxons
on both sides of the Atlantic,"
Tho Westminster Gazette remarks: "The
world has lost one of the most beloved of
Its writers."
Brete Harte tlll be burled Thursday at
Frimley, in Surrey.
Deep sorrow at his loss, and admiration
for his work are expressed In the long
obituary notices, the sketches of his
life, and the editorial articles on his
death, which are published In the London
papers. "Not since Ste;enson passed
away," says the Post, "has there been
such another bereavement. In losing Bret
Harte, tho English-speaking world lost a
sweet and charming writer, and his
friends a kindly and gracious comrade."
Regarding Bret Harte's place In the lit
erary world, he is variously compared to
Dickens, Stevenson and Kipling, and by
the London papers he is accepted, with all
his limitations, as the prince of short
story writers, who opened a new world to
English readers.
The following extract from tho editorial
published In the Chronicle fairly reflects
tho critical view of Bret Harte: " 'The
Luck of Roaring Camp,' 'The Outcasts of
Poker Flat,' and 'The Heathen Chinee,'
constitute the slender baggage with which
Bret Harte undertakes his Journey to pos
terity; but It Is sufficient."
Harte's Life and Writing.
Francis Bret Harto was born in Albany, N.
Y., August 25, 1839. His father was a teacher
In the Albany Female Seminary, a scholar of
ripe culture, who died leaving his family
with but llttlo means. After an ordinary
school education the son went In 1S54 to Cali
fornia with his mother. From San Francisco
he walked to Sonora, and thence opened a
school: but this proved unsuccessful, and he
turned his energies to mining. Fortune was
not there, and he became a compositor In a
printing office, beginning hU literary career by
composing his first article in type while work
ing at the case. During the absence of the
editor ho conducted the Journal for a short
time, but his articles were not In sympathy
with the mining population, and his editorial
experiences terminated abruptly. He drifted
back to San Francisco, and In 1857 became a
compositor In the office of the Golden Era.
The experience of his frontier life had been
Impressive, and his literary talents soon put
to profitable use the vivid scenes of the past
three years. Clever sketches, contributed at
first anonymously, attracted the attention of
the editor, and Harte was invited to join the
corps of writers. Soon afterward he became
associated in the management of the Call
fornlan. a literary weekly, short lived, but of
Interest as containing "his condensed novels."
In lb04 he was appointed secretary of the
United States branch mint, having previously
held several minor political appointments, and
filled this office for six years, during which
time he wrote for San Francisco Journals "John
Burns of Gettysburg," "The Pliocene Skull,"
"The Society Upon the Stanlslau." and other
poems, which were widely copied and uni
versally admired. In July, 1803, the publica
tion of the Overland Monthly was begun,
with Mr Hartv as Its organizer and editor.
The second Issue contained "The Luck of
Roaring Camp," a story of mining life, which
marks the beglnlng of his higher and more
artistic work. It was the first of those
sketches of American border experience, of
which he was the pioneer writer, and In which
he originated that peculiar pseudo-dlfllect of
Western mining life. The next number con
tained "The Outcasts of Poker Flat." a. real
istic story, considered by many bis best pro
duction. It established his reputation, and
was followed in quick succession by "Higgles,"
"Tennessee's Partner" and Tbe Idyll of Red
Gulch." The "Etc." of the early Issues of the
magazine were by him. In September, 1870, f
appeared bis ''Plain Language from Truthful
James " (popularly known as "The Heathen
Chinee"), a satire against the hue and cry
that the Chinese were shiftless and weak
minded. He received the appointment of professor of
recent literature in the University of Cali
fornia In 1870, but in the Spring of 1871 re
signed that chair, and also his editorial ap
pointment, and settled "in New York. An ef
fort was made to found a literary periodical
under his management in Chicago, but this
failed, and he became a regular contributor
to the Atlantic Monthly and lectured on "The
Argonauts of NO" In various cities. In 1878
he was appointed United States Consul to
Crefeld, Germany, whence ho was trans
ferred In 18S0 to Glasgow, Scotland, and con
tinued In that office until the advent of a new
Administration In 18S5.
His publications include "Condensed Novels,"
(New York. 15G7; Boston. 1S71); "Poems,"
(Boston. 1871); "Luck of Roaring Camp and
Other Sketches," (1871); "East and West
Poems," (1871); "Poetical -Work," (1871);
"Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands" (1872); "Tales of
the Argonauts and Other Stories," (1875);
Thankful Blossom." (1870); "Two Men of
Sandy Bar," (187; "Gabriel Conroy," (Hart
ford. 1870); "The Story of a Mine." (Boston.
1877); "Echoes of the Foothills," (1870);
"Drift Fi;om Two Shores." (1878); "The Twins
of Table Mountain," (1878): "Flip and Found
at Blazing Star," (18SZ); "In tho Cartnilnez
"Woods," (1SS3); "On the Frontier," (1SS1);
"By Shore and Ledge," (18S5); "Maruja; a
Novel," (18S5); "Snow-Bound at Eagles,"
(1SSG); "A Millionaire of Rough and Ready,"
(1SST): "Tho Crusade of the Excelsior," (188T);
"A Phyllis, of the Sierras," (1SS8): "Susy."
(1SP3); "Three Partners." (1807); "Stories of
Light and Shadow," (1S0S); "A "Word of the
Golden Gate," (1800): "From Sandhill to
Pine," (1000); "Under the Redwoods," (1001).
ANOTHER CONGRESSMAN DIES.
Representative J. S. Salmon, of New
Jersey.
MORRISTOWN, N. J., May 6. Repre
sentative J. S. Salmon, of the Fourth Dis
trict of New Jersey, died suddenly of apo
plexy today at his home In Boonton. He
was 56 years old, and was serving his sec
ond term In Congress as a Democrat. A
widow, two sons and a daughter survive
him.
(Joshua S. Salmon was born near Mount
Olive. N. J., February 2, 1846. He attend
ed the seminaries at Charlottevllle, N. Y.,
and Schooleys Mountain, N. J.; also took
a course at the Albany Law School, and
was graduated therefrom in 1S73. Upon
his graduation he was admitted hy the
Supreme Court of New York as an attor
ney and counselor at law of that state.
After spending a time in tho office of
Charles E. Scofleld, of Jersey City, he re
turned to his native county and settled
at Boonton; was admitted as an attorney
In New Jersey In 1S75, and afterwards as
a counselor, and December 21, 1834, was
admitted as an attorney and counselor of
the Supreme Court of the United States.
He was Prosecutor of the Pleas for Mor
ris County from April, 1S93, to April, 1S3S;
was elected to the State Legislature in 1877
and was the Democratic candidate for
State Senator in 1823. He was one of the
organizers of the Boonton National Bank
in 1800. He was elected to the 56th Con
gress, and re-elected to the present Con
gress.) Anti-Foreign Feeling' in China.
LONDON, May 6. In a dispatch from
Shanghai, the correspondent of the Times
says reports received from all quarters
show that Increased taxation is being lev
led on the Chinese without Justice or dis
crimination, and that the Inevitable result
will be to stimulate anti-foreign feeling,
because the pretext for the taxation is
that it Is to provide money to pay the
foreign indemnity.
The municipal councils and the leading
residents of Shanghai, continues the corre
spondent, have called a meeting to be held
May 16 to protest against tho action of
the American Consul-General at Shanghai,
John Goodnow, who Is dean of the Con
sular corps there, in supporting a mag
istrate of the mixed court in the execu
tion of a warrant for the arrest of our
natives In the French settlement at Shang
hai, who were defendants in a civil suit.
Murder nt Ogdcn.
OGDEN. Utah, May 6. Holla Thomp
son, a 17-year-old colored boy, shot
and almost Instantly killed William
McGee, also colored, this afternoon
during a fist fight between McGee
and Ira Thompson, Holla's father. Young
Thompson, seeing that his father was
being severely beaten, procured a shot
gun and fired twice at McGee, one charge
entering the latter's breast. Thompson
was arrested.
Arrested on Suspicion.
NEW YORK, May 6. Dominlck Mela,
of Brooklyn, has been arrested at New
ark, N. J., on suspicion In connection
with the mysterious murder of Francesco
Deconza, the Italian politician. Mela was
taken while aboard a New York and
Newark trolley car and wag sent to jail
for CO days to await extradition papers.
According to the police, Deconza and
Mela recently had quarreled over some
domestic affairs.
Bonjrht Old Spanish Hulks.
NEW YORK, May 6. A representative
of an American company has purchased
the wrecks of the Spanish warships Al
mirante Oquendo and Viscaya, and they
will be broken up and sent to Philadelphia
as scrap iron, says a Santiago, Cuba, dis
patch to the Tribune. The vessels will
yield about 30,000 tons, and the Govern
ment will receive $1 a ton.
ARE IN ANOTHER SCRAPE t
SAILORS OF THE CHICAGO BECAME
DISORDERLY AT TRIESTE.
Throw Bottles and Glasses About in
a- Cafe and Four Go
to Jail.
LONDON, May 7. In a dispatch from
Rome, the correspondent of the Daily
Chronicle says the sailors from the United
States cruiser Chicago have indulged In
disorderly behavior In a cafe at Trieste.
Bottles and glasses wers thrown about,
says the correspondent, and four of the
Chicago's men were arrested.
In a dispatch from Rome, the corre
spondent of the Dally Express reports
that one man was wounded as a result of
the disorderly conduct at Trieste of the
four sailors of the cruiser Chicago. The
men arrested were handed over to Captain
Taylor, of the Chicago, continues the cor
respondent, who paid all the claims for
damages against the American sailors.
THE VEXICE INCIDENT.
Private Letters Give It a Different
Aspect.
LONDON, May 6. Private letters from
Rome give a very different complexion
to the arrest of the American naval officers
at Venice. They say that Instead of
thanking tho King of Italy for the clem
ency in pardoning the Americans, the
United States should demand an apology.
A correspondent of the Associated Press
writes that when United States Ambassa
dor George L. Von Meyer first heard the
news he was "Inclined to let Justice follow
Its course," but on second thought he
was touched by the probable ruin of tne
future career of the American officers,
and therefore appealed to the Foreign
Minister to arrange n atters if possible.
The action of the American Consul at
Venice, Henry A Johnson, was much
criticised by some people as showing
"want of tact," but, according to reports
which have now arrived here, he acted In
the most energetic manner, and with the
proper backing would have had the offi
cers returned to their ship. A corre
spondent writes that when the Consul was
summoned in a hurry after the fight he
protested against the arrest of the offi
cers and demanded their immediate re
moval on board the Chicago. The Italian
authorities, however, would not yield the
point. The Consul's failure to exercise
"tact" seems, according to the corre
spondence from Rome, to have been fail
ure to "offer immediately adequate pe
cuniary compensation for the damage
done and to those who were wounded in
the fight."
RESTORED TO SECOND CLASS.
Decision Actnlnxt the Postmaster
General. WASHINGTON, May C Justice A. C.
Bradley, in the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia, today rendered a de
cision in the injunction case brought by
counsel for a New York publishing com
pany against Postmaster-General Payne.
The decision was rendered on the demur
rer filed by the Postmaster-General to the
complainants' bill for an Injunction to
prevent the Postmaster-General from
charging the third-class rate Instead of
the second-class rate on the complain
ants' publication known as tho Pocket
List of Railroad Officials. This was the
first Injunction case brought to determine
the power of the Postmaster-General to
charge the higher rate under a depart
ment regulation promulgated July 17, 1901.
Under this amended regulation, the Post
master-General has excluded from the
second-class rate a very large number of
publications. Justice Bradley also decid
ed two mandamus cases Involving the Of
ficial Railway Guide and Official List
The purport of Justice Bradley's decision
Is that the regulation promulgated by tho
Postmaster-General goe3 beyond tho law
and Is practically an amendment of the
law, which the Postmaster-General has no
power to make. In the mandamus cases
the Justice ordered writs to Issue restor
ing the second-class privilege to the pub
lications Involved, and in the injunction
case the Justice continued the Injunction
preventing the Postmaster-General from
ref jsing to carry the Pocket List at tho
lower rate of postage.
PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT.
MIncvorlIerl, Organizer, Who Had
Been Convicted of Contempt.
WASHINGTON, May 6. The President
today granted pardons in the case of Will
iam H. Weber, John Haddow, Tom Braley.
Cass Braley and David Clarkson. After
a hearing before United States District
Judge McDowell, of the Western District
of Virginia, the petitioners were adjudged
guilty of contempt of court, and March
25, 1902. were sentenced to terms of im
prisonment ranging from one to six
months.
"Weber and Haddow were organizers of
the United Mlneworkers, and had been in
the neighborhood of the mine engaged in
the work of organization for six or eight
months. The three other petitioners were
miners employed at the works and mem
bers of the United Mlneworkers. The
specific charge in these cases wa3 disobe
dience of an order and Injunction by the
court restraining tho petitioners from, go
ing upon the mine property, or in any way
lnterferlng between the miners and their
employers. The Attorney-General, In his
letter to the President on these cases,
recommended that, "as an act of execu
tive grace, the application for pardon be
granted."
SUMMARY DISMISSAL.
United States Marshal for Eastern
District of Texas Out of n Job.
WASHINGTON, lay 6. The President
today summarily dismissed John Grant,
United States Marshal for the Eastern
District of Texas. April 1 last, the Attorney-General
charged Grant with re
ceiving a fee of 52000 for service in secur
ing for a Beaumont National bank a des
ignation as a United States Government
depository. Grant Is said to have admitted
that he received the $2000, but stated that
It was not as a fee,. but was in payment
of the legitimate expenses of himself and
friends in that connection. When asked
for a statement of these expenses, Grant
replied that it was Impossible for him to
give an Itemized account. Thereupon the
Attorney-General recommended his Imme
diate dismissal.
Money Assault Cases Dropped.
WASHINGTON, May 6. The cases of
alleged assault against Senator Money, of
Mississippi; O. P. Shaner, a street-car
conductor, and James B. Cooper, a city
fireman, all growing out of a street-car
altercation about 10 days ago, were nolle
prossed and formally abandoned In the
Police Court today. The only Issue which
the court permitted to bo argued was as
to the right of the Assistant District At
torney to nolle prosse a case wlthbut the
consent of the court, .which Judge Kim
ball sustained finally.
Discussed by the Cabinet.
WASHINGTON, May 6. The Cabinet
today again discussed the details of the
change of government in Cuba. The modi
fications suggested by the Secretary of
the Treasury to the regulations affecting
personal baggage also were discussed.
The Secretary has been at work on these
regulations for some time, and It Is ex
pected that he will have them ready for
promulgation by tomorrow.
Case of Major Rathbone.
WASHINGTON. May 6. The case of
Major Estes G. Rathbone, who was con
victed in the Cuban courts cf maladmin
istration of office, was the subject of an
extended conference at the White Houee
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Portland Dally Oregonlan. ,
tonight. Senator Hanna made an earnest
application to the President for a new
trial of Rathbone, protesting that he be- I
lieved him Innocent of the crime of which
he was convicted. The President mani
fested a great deal of Interest In the case,
and it is understood that up to this time
no final determination has been reached.
Efforts will be made to secure action be
fore May 20, when the courts will pass
from American to Cuban control. The
question of a pardon to Rathbone came
up incidentally at the conference tonight,
but it la said that Major Rathbone, de
claring that ho is Innocent, is not seeking
a pardon.
The Cuban Innujrnrntton.
"WASHINGTON, May 6. The inaugura
tion of the Cuban Republic the 20th Inst,
was one of the subjects- considered by
the Cabinet at today's session. It is not at
all probable that the President will Iisue
a proclamation announcing the establish
ment of the Cuban Republic, but when
the new government la installed that fact
will be officially communicated to the
different governments of the world by the
Secretary of State through the usual dip
lomatic channels.
Cruiser Will Bring Wood Home.
WASHINGTON, May 6. Secretary
Moody has decided to send the cruiser
Brooklyn to Havana to fetch General
Leonard Wood and his staff here May
20. after the Government is turned over
to the new Cuban Republic. The ship is
sent as a mark of respect toward the
new nation.
Knte of a Boer Prisoner.
HAMILTON. Bermuda, May 1. Freder
ick Hendrlck Bocsch, a Boer pris
oner of war in the pTison camp on Tuck
er's Island, a fine-looking youth of about
19, was detected by a sentry in the act
of breaking through the wire entangle
ment on Saturday night last. The soldier
fired at the escaping prisoner and the lat
ter ran Into the brushwood, but a second
shot, which passed through his body,
brought him down. The wounded Boer
received every care and attention, but his
wound proved fatal and he died on Sunday
morning.
Boesch had made three previous at
tempts to escape, but was recaptured each
time.
A Baseball Trust.
ST. LOUIS, May 6. In the Circuit Court
today. Judges Fisher and Talty denied
the application for an injunction made
by the National League to restrain Short
stop Wallace, Pitcher Harper and Center
tlelder Heldrlck from playing with the
St. Louis American League team. The
decision of cacli Judge is based on a lack
of mutuality of the contract, its abroga
tion of personal liberty, which, It is de
clared, may not be bartered away; Its
opposition to public policy, and its show
ing the existence of a combination in vio
lation of the anti-trust laws. This last
showing Is stated by the decision to be a
sufficient bar to the enforcement of the
contract were It valid.
Mississippi Building: at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, May 6. R. H. Henry,
executive commissioner of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition for Mississippi, has
selected a location for the state building.
He expressed his gratification at the lo
cation, which is close to that selected for
the Missouri building. It Is said that
the Mississippi building will be a repro
duction of Beauvolr, the home of Jeffer
son Davis in Henderson County, Missis
sippi. Fell From a Trestle.
BUTTB, Mont, May u Alfred H. Sally,
a brakeman employed on a Northern Pa
cific construction train, was killed this
morning about two miles this side of
Homest&ke by a fall of SO feet from a
steel trestle, which is being constructed
at this point. Every bone in the man's
body was broken.
Eastern Soap Trust. '
NEW YORK, May 6. By the incorpora
tion of the United States Soap Corpora
tion, with a capital of $1,000,000, work has
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DR. BULIHEH'S
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CMldrea less acccrdln;; to nfffl.
Ma7 commence rrith. small doses
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as the esse would seem to require.
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Iddnoy. llrer, bladder cad TJWo
Acid troubles and disorders due
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tlsm, huntttffo and 2rtjrhts Dtj
i Trhtch Is tho wont fsna of
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Erased Tolntoi's Name.
VIENNA, May 6. The Bohemian Acad
emy of Sciences and Arts included the
name of Count Leo Tolstoi In a list of
proposed new honorary members. This
list was submitted to Archduke Franz
Ferdinand as patron of the Academy for
presentation to Emperor Francis Joteph.
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name before sending the list to tho Em
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nual meeting of the Seaman's Friend So
city, "W. II. Moody, Secretary of the
Navy, was elected honorary vice-president.
The report for the year showed
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uted and gifts and legacies had been al
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A Rothschild 111.
"LONDON, May 6. Lionel Walter Roth
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Allsbury division of Buckinghamshire,
and eldest son of Baron Nathan Meyer
Rothschild, is seriously ill of pneumonia.
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