Morning Oregonian., May 17, 1902, Page 2, Image 2

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1902.
TALK ON TWO WARS
Grow's Comparison Stirs Up
Strife in the House,
THE SCHLEY CASE UP AGAIN
Criticism of the -Extent to Wlilcb.
Naval Officers Have Secured Soft
Serins Ashore Poem en
CroTcninshleld.
The House had another lively day of
debate yesterday, Philippine atrocities
and the Schley case coming In lor con
siderable attcntIonr"Trw Naial appro
priation bill received little attention
lifter the more exciting theme of debate
came up. Cannon (Kep. HI ) and Hep
burn Rep. la ) brought on the dlacui
tlon' by crttlcMns the extent to -which
Caval officers secured comfortable
berths ashore, whereupon "Williams
pern. Miss.) made a ery aarcasltc
speech at the expense of Admiral Crow
lnshleld. during vrhlch he read a poem
Hestrlblngr tle ! had of -the Bureau
of Navigation as "the greatest tar that
eer stajed ashore." "Williams denied
the assertion of Grew (Rep. PaO that
Philippine -war methods were similar to
those of the Clll "War. Cochran (Dem.
3ao,) reinforced Williams In this con
tention. -Rblle Landlu (Rep. Ind) d's
cussed resolutions adopW by Union
veterans of Indiana, comparing "the
copperheads of the present day who
criticised the Army In the Philippine
h 1th the copperheads of 'G1-C3.
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WASHINGTON, May 16. Before pro
ceeding -with the naval bill today, the
House passpd the bill turning over to
Porto Rico all the public lands of the
Inlands ceded to the United States by
Spain, except sites designated by the
Prtsident -within one year for naval and
coaling stations, military posts and other
United States purposes.
After some discussion, the bill reported
by McCall from the ways and means
committee, rtfurdlng the tax on legacies
paid under the -war revenue act by re
ligious, charitable, art and educational
irtltutlons, -was passed.
The conference report on the omnibus
claims bill caused another long ulscus
s.on. Underwood (Dem.. Ala.) seeking to
renew the Instructions to the Houso con
ferees not to accept the Senate amend
ment on the Selfrldge boafd claims.
Cannon (Rep., 111.) opposed the latter
claims, and incidentally expressed the
hope that this would be the last of the
omnibus bills, which he characterized
as legislative outrages. The motion to
instruct the conferees against the Self
rldge claims Anally prevailed.
Consideration of the naval bill then wa
resumed, the Llll being read for amend
ment, Cannon called attention to the
numerous naval establishments centered
fit Newport the war college, the train
ing station and the torpedo station and
XLskod with some Irony If the duty of
officers at i these posts was not chiefly
during the hot summer seasons. Although
he admired our Navy, and supported the
building of new ships, Cannon said one
of Ihe dangers of our Navy was 1A the
fabt that one-third of the 1700 officers
vere not on alt water, but on dry land.
Hepburn (Rep , la.) also commented on
the large number of naval officers on
fihore duty, many of them enjoying snug
and comfortable berths after comparative
ly brief sea service. He believed there
muijt be something wrong about the sys
tem at the Naval Academy, with about
6ne officer for every four cadets. If this
number of officers. In addition to instruc
tors, was necessary, he did not object,
but ir It came from a desire to provide
comfortable nooks for these gentlemen
then it should be stopped.
Poem on Crovrninshield.
Williams (Dem., Miss.) asked who would
deprive naval officers from securing ever
lasting renown by "staying ashore and
definitely pulling the strings?" With
mock gravity he read a poem beginning:
"Who is Crownlnshleld, papa?" There
was much laughter at the concluding
lines of the poem, "Great Crownlnshleld,
the greatest tar that eer stayed ashore."
In more serious vein, Williams referred
to the Sampson-Schley controversy.
Whatever the official conclusion might be,
the American people, he said, had come
to the conclusion that Admiral Schley
had had something to do with the battle
of Santiago. And yet it happened that
Historian Maclay had written a history,
and submitted It to the great naval au
thority, Crownlnshleld, declaring that
Schley had nothing to do with the vic
tory. Despite the ImperlaL ukase that the
case must be dropped, Williams said, the
American people were not disposed to be
stopped 4n pursuing their own conclu
sions. He commented on the fact that
the committee on rules tad "burled a reso
lution designed to investigate the charge
that Admhal Crownlnshleld had passed
on the Maclay history.
Reverting to Grow's remarks yester
day, comparing the Civil War conditions
with those in the Philippines. Williams
declared that is an American he hurled
back the comparison, and he asserted
that never in the civil conflict had there
been an order to make a "howling wilder
ness," or justify murder and rape by sol
diers. Have we reached the stage when
the Army was greater than the Nation,
asked Williams; when the criminals In
the Army cannot be held up to execration.
Speaking for the committee on rules,
Grosvenor (Rep.. O.) said the Maclay
Crownlnshield resolution had not been re
ported, &s it would have been mere
"sound and fury" after the Schley court
of Inquiry proceedings.
Foss read a- dispatch just received from
the Navy Department,vsaylng that the
third yolume of the Maclay history, deal
ing with the Santiago battle, was never
in use In the Naval Academy, and that
there was no purpose to uso it.
Grow (Rep.. Pa.) affirmed the statement
that Civil War conditions were similar
to those in the Philippines. The duty of
a commanding officer was to protect his
soldiers and. It necessary, meet severity
with severity.
Cochran (Dem., Mo.) asserted that there
was absolutely no parallel between Civil
War conditions and the barbarities in
the Philippines. Never was a charge
made that a Union or a Confederate sol
dier made an assault on an unarmed non
combatant, -nor that an order went forth
to desolate a country. It was a despe
ate extremity, he asserted, that compelled
the other side to take refuge in Civil
War conditions, which offered no parallel.
"It seems to me that the soldiers of
61 to '63 should speak for themselves,"
said Landls (Rep., Ind.V addressing him
self across the aisle to the gentleman
from Missouri and the gentleman from
Mississippi, who had just spoken. Lan
dls. said that the veterans of Indiana
reared a magnificent monument at In
dianapolis yesterday, in memory of those
wh6 lost their lives In the Civil War. At
that dedication, resolutions were passed
declaring that the criticisms made on war
methods in the Philippines were like the
criticisms made by the copperheads from
1S61 to 1SG5, and that "the copperheads of
169S to 1902 are not les venomous than
their ancestors."
"Was not that resolution railroaded
through against protests T' asked Ccch
ran. "It was not," answered Landis. "It
was adopted and ,It received the support
of the leading Democrats In Indiana."
"And It was opposed by some of the
leading Republicans of Indiana, ex
claimed Robinson (Rep., Ind.). The latter,
amid much confusion, read an account of
the consideration of the resolution, show
ing much opposition, and expressed the
belief that the soldiers of Indiana never
did -and never would justify such -a res
olution. After sending the fortification bill to
conference, lb House, at 5 o'clock, ad- 1
journcd.
EKFECT OK BEKT SUGAR.
Ex-Senator Mandcrson on. the Cuban
Relief Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 16. Ex-Senator
Manderson, of Nebraska, who has been
attorney for two beet-sugar companies,
was before the Senate committee on re
lations with Cuba today. He related de
tails of the cut In sugar at Missouri River
points and said the action of the trust
was for the purpose of destroying the
beet-sugar growing. He paid that all pre
vious legislation had been an invitation to
grow beet sugar, but the proposed con
cession to Cuba had prevented several
factories .from being started. He said
that .farmers were going from the Mid
dle Western States to Manitoba, but that
the beet-sugar growing had arrested this
emigration for a time. Mr. Manderson
contended that every tariff bill and the
Government experiments have been invi
tations to embark in the bect-rjgar in
dustry. "To injure it," said he. "by direct
-or indirect methods, is, to my mind, as
objectionable, if not to say as criminal,
a iiow a this Industry could receive."
The proposition for a 20 per cent reduc
tion, be said, had caused many prospec
tive beet-sugar factories, on arid land in
the West to be abandoned temporarily.
Answering a question by Senator Piatt,
Mr. -Manderson .said that if we American
ize Cuba, either by annexation or any
other means, there would be a rise In the
price of labor there which would raise
the cost of sugar production.
BRBSIDBVTIAIj NOMINATIONS.
Names of the Cnban Mission Sent to
the Senate.
WASHINGTON. May 16.-The President
today sent to the Senate the nominations
of Herbert Goldsmith Squlerste of New
York, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Min
ister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of
Cuba, and Edward VS. Bragg, of Wiscon
sin, to be Consul-General at Havana. The
President also sent the following nomina
tions: John Gardner Coolldge. Massachusetts,
to be secretary of legation at Pekin;
Dewey C. Bailey, Colorado, to be United
States Marshal, District of Colorado;
William H. Code, Arizona, to be Indian
Inspector; Edward A. Wlnstanley to be
receiver of public moneys at Missoula,
Mont.
Registers of land offices Frank D. Mir
acle at Helena. Mont.; Edward Brassey
at Lewlston. Mont.; James M. Burlln
game at Great Palls, Mont.
Receivers of public moneys C. H. Ben
ton at" Great Falls, Mont.; Louis W. Elfi
. ridge at Lewlston, Mont.
Navy Lieutenant John B. Bernandou to
be Lieutenant-Commander; Lieutenants,
junior grade, to be Lieutenants, Charles
S. Bookw alter and W. S. Turpln.
RIGHTS OF INDIANS.
President Roosevelt Wants
Tkem
Fully Protected
WASHINGTON, May 15. President
Roosevelt had a conference at' the White
House tonight with a number of officials
regarding items of legislation in the In
dim appropriation bllL Those present
Included Secretary Hitchcock, Assistant
Secretary B,yan and Assistant Secretary
Vandeventer, of the Interior Department;
Senat6f jQuarlea and .Representative Cur
tis, of Kansas. A provision of the bill
extends the privilege of making mineral
entries on the Spokine Indian reserva
tion, notwithstanding all the allotments
Qf their lands to the Indians have not
yet been completed. A number of dis
patches from the Indian agent on tho
reservation came to the Interior Depart
ment today on this subject, and the de
partment officials are endeavoring to har
monize matters. There was ato. much
discussion about other features of the
measure, notably ihe Uintah reservation
in Utah, and of Indian legislation in gen
eral, making it pUln to the officials that
the President is an earnest friend of the
Indians and wants their rights fully pro
tected. Vote on Philippine Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 16. While the
Democratic members of tho Senate today
declined to fix a definite day for a-.vote on
the Philippine government bill, they prac
tically consented In private conferences
to vote not later than Monday, the 26th
inst.
PALMA'S CABINET
Banquet in Honor of Governor-General
Wood,
HAVANA, May 16. President Palma-to-nlght
announced his Cabinet as follows:
Diego Tamayo (Nationalist), Secretary
of Government, a new portfolio. He will
have charge of the rural guard, sanita
tion, the administration of the postoffices
and signal service.
Carlos Zaldo (Republican-Autonomist),
Department of State and Justice.
Emillo Terry (Independent), Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Manuel Lucanio Diaz (Nationalist), De
partment of Public Works.
Eduardo Yero (Nationalist), Depart
ment of Instruction.
Garcia Monte-n (Republican), Depart
ment of Finance,
Tortlght the festivities, which will con
tinue for a week, began with a banquet
in honor of Governor-General Wood and
the other American officers, given by the
veterans of the wars for Cuban Independ
ence, It was held In the Tacon Theater.
Around the board was gathered a pic
turesque body of men, who had swept
the Island with fire and sword In the long
fight against Spain. General Maximo Go
mez, ex-Corrimander-ln-Chlef of the Cu
ban army, and.the Idol of the Cuban peo
ple, presided. At his right sat -Governor-General
Wood, and at his left Senor Pal
ma. Next to President Palma sat Will
iam J7 Bryan. Gonzales de Quesada, ex
Cuban Commissioner in Washington, act
ed as toastmaster. Mr. Bryan received
a great demonstration. The subject of
his speech was "Patriotism," and in con
clusion he said he would rather see the
Stars and Stripes live in the hearts of
the Cuban people than float oyer their
country.
The climax was reached when General
Wood -w as introduced. A wonderful scene
followed. The whole assemblage rose and
cheered him. The ladles in the boxes
waved their handkerchiefs, and every
body remained standing until he had
completed his speech. Replying to Gen
eral Good, General Gomez said their one
aspiration was to emulate the American
Republic, to which the hearts of Cubans
went oiit in gratitude.
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Cruiser Goes to Haytl.
WASHINGTON, May 16. A telegram
was received at the Navy Department to
day from Captain Lcngzleckcr, command
ing the training-ship Topeka, announcing
that vessel's departure from Port Royal
S. C, for Port au Prince, Haytl, where
she has been sent to protect American
interests during the political crisis in
Haytl and Santo Domingo.
Toombs Will Hangr.
CHICAGO. May 16,-Judge Bretano to
day denied a new trial to Lewis G.
Toombs, who was found guilty of mur
dering: Carrie Larseh on the steamer
iEerTefcs, and sentenced him to be hanged
June 13.
NOT THROUGH TALKING
DEMOCRATS -WANT MORE TIME FOR
"" PHILIPPINE DEBATE
Oppose Every Effort to Reach
Vote la the Senate McLaurla
Concludes His Speech.
WASHINGTON, May 16. An effort was
made by Lodge in the Senate today to
Induce the minority to fix a time when
a vote might be taken on the Philip
pine government bill, but Dubois, speak
ing for the Democratic sjde, did not de
sire to specify a date for the vote. As
surances were given that the minority
was not teeldng for delay, but wished
simply that discussion ehould be ex
hausted before the vota was taken. Mc
Laurln (Miss.) concluded his speech began
yesterday, in opposition to the present
Philippine policy of the Government,
which, he maintained, was responsible for
3 11 the Ills that bad come to the United
States in those islands. Deboe supported
the pending measure in a carefully pre
pared speech. Maintaining that tie pol
icy outlined by McKInley should be fol
lowed to the end,, he asserted that peace
would oomc quickly when the sympa-
imzers Trim .aguinaiao ceasea ineir ax
tacks on the American Army and the
American nag.
The Proceedings.
At the conclusion of routine business, the
Philippine government bill was laid before
the Senate, and McLaurln (Dem. Miss.)
continued his speech begun yesterday in
opposition to the measure. He criticised
the trial of General Smith, intimating
that his acquittal -was a foregone con
clusion. He said Me Jcnew there was a
disposition on the fart of the party in
power to follow the lead of Great -Britain.
In order to curry favor with England, he
said, we sent a special embassy to the
coronation of King Edward. This led
him to speak of the Boer war. and he
criticised the United States for the po
bltlon It has assumed toward Great Britain
in that struggle. JP
Referring to the dejse by Burton of
General Funston. McLaurln read a state
ment from a book on Cuba that General
Gomez and his staff had run away from
a locomotive which was blowing oft
steam, fearing it was about to explode.
He said that General Funston was on
Gomez staff.
"Do you mean to intimate," inquired
Spooner, "that General Funston is a cow
ard?" VTou can draw your own Inferences,"
replied the Mississippi Senator. "I state
what this writer says."
Burton called attention to the f4ct that I
rnnston never had been on Gomez staff.
He was Gomez chief of artlHery, but had
not served as a staff officer.
McLaurln quoted from what he said
were Republican newspapers concerning
the "outrages' in the Philippines. He
uced these quotations as a foil to the qu6
tatlons made a few days ago by Foraker.
He quoted from the SprlngfieldRepublican
and the Philadelphia Jforth American.
Galllnger interrupted to say that the
Springfield Republican was a Democratic
paper, and Piatt (Conn.) declareeHt would
be news to the people of Philadelphia to
hear that the North American was a Re
publican paper. He said it was the same
sort of a Democratic newspaper aa wos
the New York Journal.
"Is cot the North American John Wan
amakcr's paper?" Inquired McLaurln.
"It is not," replied Piatt. "It belongs
to his son."
"WelL" responded McLaurln, "if a Re
publican like John Wanamaker can raise
sons like W. R. Hearst to edit Democratic
newspapers, there Is some hops yet for
tnc country. Laughter.)
In A prepared speech Deboe Supported
the pending bill, which, he said, was a
Continuation of the wise and patriotic
policy of President MeKlnley. He be
lieved the measure treated all questions
involved with fairness. Justice flnd.patrldt
lsm. He said that peace would come
quickly when sympathizers of Agulnaldo
would cease their attacks upon, the Amer
ican flag.
Dubois, representing the minority, said
no Senator on h side was prepared to go
on with the discussion today, but that
Monday the Democrats would be ready to
go on continually with the debate.
Lodge said only three members on the
Republican side desired to speak Dolllver,
Burrows and- Spooner.
Dubois said the minority had arranged
a programme, which included all on tho
Democratic side who desired to epeak
upon the subject The debate, he was
certain, would be Continuous from Monday
next.
Patterson, having suggested that
Spooner had been kept In reserve to fire
the closing volley, the Wisconsin Senator
said that If Patterson would "fix a near
day for a vote he would forego the oppor
tunity to discuss the bill."
Patterson said Spooner never was "so
happy as when he was making an impos
sible proposition. He could not fix a day
for a vote II he would.
In view of the assurances received from
the minority, Lodge moved that when the
Senate adjourned today It be until Mon
day next, and the motion prevailed.
Bills were then pissed as follows: To
increase the efficiency and change 'the
name of the United States Marine Hos
pital Service; providing for an additional
Circuit Judge In tho Eighth Judicial Dis
trict; to relieve Captain George P. White,
Ninth United States Cavalry, from lia
bility for the loss of $4423 public funds
stolen from him; authorising the rcsurvey
of certain lands In Wyoming; relating to
grants of land to the Territory and State
of Washington for agricultural purposes;
to prevent a false banding or marking of
food and dairy products to to the state
or territory in which they are made or
produced, the bill regulating interstate
commerso in falsely branded goods and 1
95 private pension bills.
The Senate then, at 4:15 P. M,, went Into
executive seEslon, and at 4:35 P. M. ad
journed. PRISONERS AT MONTREAL
Greene and Gaynor Will Not Be Ta
ken Back o Quebec.
MONTREAL, May 18. Messrs, Gaynor
and Greene are guests at the Windsor
Hotel, each guarded by a local detective,
with a force of United States secret ser
vice agents unofficially in reserve. They
will not go back to Quebec, much as their
friends desire it, and in spite of the writ
of habeas corpus granted yesterday by
Judge Andrews, of Quebec, directing Chief
of Detectives Carpenter to return his
prisoners to that city.
When the Spray arrived in Montreal
this morning the party drove to the Wind
sor. At 7 o'clock they again left the hotel,
just as the pursuing force from Quebec,
which had come up from Sorel on the
Quebec boat, reached the hotel. Chief
Carpenter took his prisoners to Judge La
fontaine's residence and an Impromptu
court was convened in the judge's li
brary. Mr. Carpenter handed his prls
oners over to the judge and the latter,
after remanding them for examination
Monday, commended them to the care of
two detectives with permission to reside j
at the Windsor.
Iti the meantime, Constable Gale, of
Quebec, with a writ of habeas corpus, was
searching diligently for Mr. Carpenter.
At 10 o'clock he found him In his office
and eerved the writ. Mr. Carpenter was
placed In a dilemma. He was in posses
sion of a document calling upon him to
produce the bodies of Gaynor and Greene
before Judge Andrews in Quebec today,
and he no longer had the prisoners in
his possession, having been relieved by
Judge Lafontalne. He consulted his cpun-
1 ajnA WAB infoTTHvl that I h ftmnt
j to return the prisoners to Quebec he
would be liable to arrest for contempt -of
the local court; whose mandate he had
received and acknowledged. So an an
swer setting forth the facts in the matter
was prepared and sent down to Quebec
and with that It is expected the Quebec
people Will have to remain satisfied. The
jurisdiction of an extradition commis
sioner extends over the entire Dominion
and the arrest of Greene and Gaynor was
made by an officer qualified to make at-
rests In any portion of the provlr.ee; con
sequently there Is no doubt that they will
&old. This evening Mrs. Gaynor arrived
from Quebec accompanied by counsel for
the prisoners, who had a consultation
with them at the Windsor.
Gaynor and Grcehe have engaged the
services of all the best lawyers in Mon
treal, and the change of venue leaves
these gentlemen out in the cold.
It was stated this afternoon that the
provincial government had Instructed
Judge Lafontalne to obey the writ ef
habeas -corpus, but the judge aays all be
knows about the case is that he Issued a
warrant and that the men called for In
that document were .produced before him.
He had remanded the prisoners until Mon
day morning and expected that they
wotild again be produced before him. Lb
gal opinion in Montreal is that habeas
corpus proceedings cannot be Instituted
until Judge Lafontalne has decided the
case. Then, if he commits them for ex
tradition, proceedings of that nature will
be in order.
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HEX - PRESIDENT DEPRESSED.
Geaerfil Sam and His Family oa
Their "Way to France.
CAPE HA-J2TIEN7Hayti. May 16. The
ex-presldent of Haytl, General Sam, and
his wife, will proceed to Havre, France,
on the French steamer Olln de Rodriguez.
General Sam boarded the steamer May 1?,
"but she was detained at Port au Prince
until yesterday. The other members of
the ex-presldonfs family and friends will
leave the French steamer at St. Thomas,
D. W. I., and hope to be able to return
to Haytl, as soon as a new president of.
REPUBLICAN RALLY TONIGHT, f
If yea are la doaht as io the
real character of ihe ticket
that has been pat np by a few
Democrats and a fevr Repub
licans, and called a. "Cltlscns"
ticket, ko to Cordray's Theater
tonight and hear Jadge Will
lams dfscBss the issaes of "the
present city and coanty cam
paigrn. Hon. J. H. Sohlvely, of
"Washington, -frill also deliver
an address, and Mrs. Walter
Reed Trill favor the aadlcnce
with a vocal solo.
the republic is elected. General Sam, be
fore the steamer sailed, seemed to bo
quite down-hearted concerning the present
situation and the trend of political affairs
in HaytL
Ciuclnnatus Leconte, ex-Haytlen Min
ister of Agriculture and Public Works, Is
also- a passenger on the Rodriguez from
St. Thomas. Leconte said he was cer-
ftatn of his election as president of the
republic, but that he was betrayed by
members of the government and certain
adherents of President Sam, notably
the latter's family. Leconte hopes to bo
able to return soon to Haytl. He did not
seem to be very much disturbed at his
failure to be elected president.
Eighteen deputTes from the northern
part of the republic have "returned to Cape
Haytien and the northern army is march
ing ort Port au Prince. The Haytien gun
boat Crete a Pierrot now operating with
the 'revolutionists, is also on its way to
the canltdl. The revolutionary trooDB will
join forces at GOhalves,. where a provis
ional government will be established.
Cape Haytien is quiet.
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IN EASTERN MULTNOMAH.
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New Shingle Mill Will Begin Opera
tions. GRESHATM, Or., May IS. A new shingle
mill will begin operations near here In a
few days, under the management of A. A.
Stewart. There are several excellent,
though small, groves of cedar left yet
between here and Sandy, and the mill
will be moved from one to another as fast
as they can be Cut Into shingles. The mill
will consist of a portable engine and a
single aw, but it will be kept busy, and
there Is a good market for its products.
The first location of the mill will be about
half a mile west of PoweU'a Valley. An
ofTer has been' made of $2 10 per 1000 on
board the cars at Troutdale, to which
place the shingles will probably go,
although there is a good local demand.
All, the shingles ever used In this section
have been hauled from Portland, which
would indicate that a shingle mill would
have been a paying Investment here at
any time. The road to Troutdale is n&w
lined with haulers of ties, Cordwood, and
fence posts, and a shingle wagon will be
an agreeable addition to the procession.
Railroad ties are now bringing 24 cents
apiece at Troutdale, the railroad company
having advanced the price to within half
a cent of the demands of the consolidated
mlllmen. A result of the Increase has
been increased activity at nil the mills,
and a demand for teams, as well as a
rise In the price of rough lumber of tl per
ItoO fet. Another result has been the
clearing of the yards at Troutdale, and
the unloading, of ties direct from the
wagons unto the cars. This saves extra
work, as the driver must help, and the
cost of loading cars Is lessened about
one-hnlf, which the railroad company
gains. It is estimated that the tie Indus
try will last about five years yet, before
all the timber Is gone", but nearly all the
mills will have to move once or twice in
that time. Some will have to move be
fore next Winter toget more timber.
Brief Xotes.
Owing to the small attendance at the
public school, caused by the recent epi
demic of scarlatina, one of the primary
rooms has been closed and a teacher dis
missed. All the rooms will reopen again
In September.
Miss Anna L. Shoemaker has resigned as
teacher of No. 2S school, and has- gone to
Nebraska, to be at the bedside of. a
brother, who Is dangerously ill.
John Brown, of Rockwood, left for Gil
Ham ana Morrow Counties yesterday,
wnere he will take charge of the business
of the Oregon Fire Relief Association,
having been assigned the management
of these two counties.
Greaham's new postofflce building 13
fairly under way, being almost ready for
the roof. It will probably be completed
by July L
George W. Kenney, of this place. Is
about to begin thcconstructlon of several
dwelling-houses at Ncrth Mount Tabor,
at a 'cost of about $600 each. They will
be for rent when finished.
Suicide FeUoTrs Quarrel.
HELENA, Mont, May 16. Mrs. Maud
Drover, an elderly woman, committed sui
cide at Harlowton by taking strychnine.
She had quarreled with her husband. Man
and wife were on their way to Yellow
stone Park.
Hefese ef Commons Adjourns.
LONDON, May 16. The House of Com
mons adjourned tonight until May 23. Mr.
Balfour declined to discuss the shipping
combine, saying a statement would not
be to the advantage of the public In
terests. College BHfldiasr Collapses.
BARCELONA, May 16. A co.llege build
ing collapsed yesterday at Lerlda. Many
pupils were burled in the ruins. The di
rector and five children perished.
WOULD BUY THE ISLANDS
CARNEGIE OFFERS ftfW,0O0,0O0 FOR
THE PHILIPPINES
If He Can Give the Filipinos Inde
pendence Governor of Leyte
Accuses General Smith. .
LONDON, May 16. When asked today
If there was any truth in'the statement
that he had offered to pay $20,000,030 for
the Philippines, provided he was author
ized to announce to the Filipinos that
their Independence wpuld be acknowl
edged ultimately by the United States,
Andrew Carnegie- replied: "Yes, and I
meant It."
COMPLAINS AGAINST SMITH.
Charges Made 'ay the Civil Governor
of Loyte.
WASHINGTON, May 18. The Secre
tary of War has trahsmlUed to the Sen
ate committee on the Philippines a re
port nade by Captain J. H. Grant, Civil
Governor of the Province of Leyte, P. I.,
concerning differences of understanding
between himself and General J. H. Smith,
'concerning the control of affairs in that
province.
The report begins with a complaint of
the arrest of several native presldentes
of villages by the military authorities.
Unfortunately for the peace and tran
quillity of the people of that province,
the military authorities there have sus
tained a severe fright since the Balan
glga affair, and have done many things
that are calculated to hinder the prog
ress of civil government, and make the
people inquire what benefits they are to
derive from civil government. The most
important of these instances are de
scribed by Governor Grant as follows:
"Immediately after the receipt of the
news of the massacre at Balanglga, the
military authorities began patrolling the
town from about 8 P. M. until the next
morning, challenging and arresting every
one who could not satisfy the patrol, that
thoy were good men. On the night of
September 30, a sentry shot and Instant
ly killed a man who did not hear, or at
least 'did not heed his challenge. Of
course, the people do not understand why
these things should take place under civil
government. ,
"Following this, on the afternoon of
the 9th inst., Orders were sent-out from
district headquarters direct to the presi
dents, so he says, to arrest and. take to
the tribunal every man, in Tacloban who
came from Samar. The result was that
150 men were arrested without warrant
or other process, and subjected to a- kind
of an investigation, which, being incom
pleted at a late hour at night, quite a
number of them were confined until next
morning, when, the Investigation proceed
ed, and all of them were given their lib
erty, except six.
"I am, informed that a detachment
from Tanapan recently fired Into a party
of laborers from Daguami, killing one and
wounding two, according to military re
ports, but I think there were more men
wounded. This happened in the day
time, and the soldiers were commanded
by an officer. From all the Information
obtainable it was purely: a case of nerv
ousness on the part df the officer- In
charge."
Speaking of General Smith's achieve
ments In the island, Captain Grant say a:
Since General Smith has been in com-
mand here there has not been a sInglsL,lAIi5AJfr' May 16 The. examination of
surrender to my knowledge of arms or
mn, n6r has there been a single capture.
The only thing he has accomplished, to
my knowledge, was the arrest of a few
men m the Blliran and along the Straits,
on the confession of one of Lukban's of
ficers, the truth of whose statements Is
yet to be established. All the sensational
newspaper reports that have reached Ma
nila from reporters traveling with Gen
eral Smith are absolutely without found
ation, and have had out one object In
view, the return 6t this province to mili
tary cbntrol."
Captain Grant asserts that certain
troops were removed from towns In Leyte
for the purpose of bringing about mili
tary control. .
CRIME IN QUEENSLAND.
Diabolical Deed of a Father aad His
Two Sons.
VICTORIA., B. cTMay 16. Another
contingent from Australia, going to Lon
don to attend the coronation of King
Edward VII, arrived ott the steamship
Mlowera today. Tho party Include:
Messrs. Eden, George and Fisher, mem
bers of tho Federated Parliament of Aus
tralia; Lee Hunt, Governor of British
New Guinea, and Mrs. Byrne, sister of
Hon. George Beln, a prominent politician
of New South Wales. A small number
aboard are bound for the Klondike gold
fields.
The Kennifls, father and two sons, are
being hunted for by the police of Queens
land for a terrible crime. They mur
dered two constables. Doyle and Dalke,
burned the bodlc and placed the embers
In the saddle-bags of Doyle's horse, which
was found some eight days later. Tho
murder was witnessed by a native. After
the killing, the bodies were dismembered,
rolled in blankets and placed in a hol
lowed rock, whese. they were burned. Af
ter being burned, all tho bones were
broken into small plecee with two hard
wood sticks, and a large round stone
like a cannon-ball. Th'o murderers wnt
back to "the scene of the shooting and
obtained pack-bags from the packrhorse.
They burned the place where Doyle and
Dalke had been slain and where their
blood was, also the big log on- which the
bodies had been placed for dismember
ment. They then went back to the creek
with the pack-bags, gathered up all they
could of the remains, and put them In
bags to carry away and conceal. It la
premirnc'd that the horse got away from
them.
News has been received in Brisbane of
tho massacre of Mrs., Wolff, the wife of
the- Rev. Hcdwlg Wolff, and- her Infant
by natives at Paparatava, in German
New Guinea. During the brief absence
of her husband from the house, a num
ber of natives made their appearance
and murdered her and her child with
their axes. MJss Coe, a visitor, who was
also In the house, fied to the kitchen,
where a native cook held the natives at
bay. After their departure, they made
their escape through the bush to the
Mission Station at TakabouL The pur
suit of the guilty tribe was energetically
carried out All the plantations were de
stroyed tu the neighborhood of Paparata
va, vrhlch was cleared of native?. About
20 natives were killed and 10 captured by
the police troop.
JChe eteamcr Titus, from Narfold Island,
reported that the Queensland labor ves
sel Fearless was wrecked at Ineno, San
Chrlstoval. She went ashore on a reef
during a wcrterly blow. No lives were
lost. The crew camped five weeks on the
island.
The schooner Sikiana, Captain Sander
soft, was lost' at Ugl, April 1. Everything
on board was saved.
Ih entering Newcastle Harbor, the
ship Dutton ran down the ship Port Craw
ford, which was loaded with coal for San
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Francisco carrying awav the Crawford's
foremast. The Crawford In turning,
bumped the ship Peebleshlre. There was J
much confusion and one of the crew of
the Duttorj, was killed by falling rigging.
There has been a gradual diminution
of the cases of bubonic plague reported
at Sydney, N. 8. W. When the Mlowera
sailed for Victoria, the total number of
cases reported In connection with the
present outbreak Was 100. Of these there
have been 26 deaths, 37 have been dis
charged, and 35 remain hi the hospital.
RISE IN BEEF PRICES.
Packers Say It Is Due to Increased
Price of Corn.
the Eastern representatives of the blcr
Western packing houses, which was to
have begun today before Justice Ches
ter, of the State, Supreme Court, was
postponed until May 26, upon motion of
Attorney-General Davles. The Attorney-'
General, in asking for the adjournment,
declared he had been informed frequent
ly by the attorneys for the packers that
they would welcome a Judicial Investi
gation, "ns. they could explain the rise In
the price of beef. He also Informed the
Court that he had been furnished with
documents by various firms, In which they
declared the advance was primarily due
to the increased price of corn.
"I am prepared to prove," ho contin
ued, "that Illegal agreements were en
tered into by those men at a time when
corn was not bringing half as much as
It does now. The developments of the
last few days have convinced me that
the companies are afraid of a judicial In
quiry, and their representatives have
placed themselves outside of the jurisdic
tion of the court."
. ELECT DEMOCRATS.
And Thnt Will Give Us Greater In
fluence at Washington.
PORTLAND, May 18. (To the Editor.)
It seems to me that The Oregonlan must
ne mistaken when it writes, as it did to
day, that Oregon will suffer financial loss
should It elect a Democratic Governor, or
should the citizens' ticket In this county
be successful. I think favors shown other
states by Republican Administrations in
the past prove the contrary. California
has always been a doubtful state, and
has gone Democratic as frequently as it
has gone Republican, yet it is a well
known fact that during the past three or
four years San Francisco has made mil
lions through the transport service, with
which the Republican Administration fa
vored that port. The State of Washing
ton In 1S96 went Democratic by a decisive
vote, and, therefore, prior to 1900 every
favor was shown Seattle and Tacoma in
the matter of loading transports from
Ihdse places, and these favors were grant
ed by a Republican Administration. Ore
gon, on the other hand, has been a cer
tain Republican state, and It was not
necessary to Influence Its political status,
and for that reason 'no favors have been
shown, except those obtained through the
constant and persistent efforts of Senator
Simon and his colleagues in the Senate
and house. A reading of the files of The
Oregonlan during 1839 and 1900, both edi
torial and local, will prove what I statet
In 1900 Washington elected a Democratic
Governor, and only a few weeks ago the
Puget Sound naval station, which is trib
utary lh a commercial sense to Seattle,
obtained the largest appropriation of any
naval station in the United States.
The fact of the matter is no attention
Is paid to sure states, but when a state
is doubtful great consideration Is shown
It In order that Its people may vote for the
Administration which grants the favor.
It is questionable whether any discrim
ination will be shown In any event. Mis
souri Is a Democratic State, and yet St.
Louis obtains from a Republican Admin
istration for its exposition as large an ap
propriation, if not the largest, ever given
.for a like enterprise. South Carolina Is
also Democratic, but obtains for Its ex
position at Charleston a desirable appro
priation. In any event, if anything will Tcsult from
Orecon belns: a doubtful state from a
financial point of view It will be to Its
benefit so far arf the Government Is con
cerned. At least, the experience of Wash
ington and California seems to prove this
bevond any doubt. There are other rea
son! why It would benefit Oregon to be a I
aouoiiui suite, puriiuumriy ue aereuc-
tlon of Congress in falling to pass the
Nicaragua Canal bUli failure to .kill the
ship subsidy bill, failure to give Cuba the
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"I had a tired, run-down and worn-out feeling. I bought
half a dozen bottles- of Hood'a Saxsaparilla. and by the time I
had 'taken them I was well and so remain." George Hadsell,
box 91, Milpitas, Cal.
for Hood's Sarsaparlila.
reciprocity to which it Is entitled, and fail
ure to reform the tariff. Upon all of these
subjects The Oregonlan and the v.rlter
fully agree that a Republican Congress
has failed and continues to fail to do its
duty. But as" your valuable paper desires
to discuss the matter from a financial
point of view, I think it is only fair that
the other side of the proposition should be
presented, and that side Indicates clearly
that if past experience Is of any value,
Oregon will be largely benefited by the
electldn of a Democratic Governor and by
the election of the Citizens' ticket In this,
the principal city and county, as thereby
the managers of the Republican party In
the East who have Ignored this state and
city in the past will deem It necessary to
show us the consideration to which our
loyalty to the party for years entitles us.
REPUBLICAN.
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