THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1902.
LIKENED TO WEYLER
Bacon Denounces Philippine
Concentration Camps.
WE IS ANSWERED BY FORAKER
letter Sliorra tUe Georgia Senator
TIieAre Hcally Camps o Sanita
tion nndInjrtrnctioH DlapKte
Over Ariuy Bill.
The subject of the concentration of
the Inhabitants In the Philippine Into
camps was a leading topic of the dis
cussion of the Philippine bill In the
Senate. Bacon attacked the policy of
concentration, likening It to the recon--eenttadff
camps established by General
" tyier in Cuba. Poraker defended the
action -of the military authorities In es
tablishing th6 damps as -trite and prop
er, and as a means of protecting friend
ly Filipinos irom assassination at the
"hands of roving hands of, insurgents.
He'rea'd a description of the camp's to
show that they were really camps ol
Instruction aad sanitation. Hoar spoke
bilefly ta line with Bacon, criticising
the concentration camps and pointing
out the difficulty In getting Array of
ficers to testify regarding the situation.
The day's debate was doled by Clapp
1 In an eloquent speech. In which- he
urged that the Filipinos should be
taught to admire and respect the United
States as a nation, which always has
stood for liberty "and 'progress, and
never had broken Its word to ally peo
ple, creat or small.
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WASHINGTON, May 20. A resolution
offered by Stewart providing that a com
pilation of all treaties, regulations and
laws relating to Indian affairs be made,
was laid before the Senate. .Hale had
Offered an amendment providing that no
expense should be attached to the
preparation of the work In explanation
he said the practice of providing clerks
of committees with "those little jobs" for
the purpose of eking out their salaries,
"alrjcady adequate," ought to bfL stopped,
tonally the amendment was withdrawn
and the resolution was adopted.
A bill to regulate tb Introduction ot
eggs o game birds Into the United States
lor propagation was paseed.
A resolution offered by Spooner was
adopted providing that Hon. O. H. 2latt,
of Connecticut, designated by the Presl
dtnt pro tern to perform his duties In his
absence, should be empowered to sign
enrolled bills, and that the President be
Informed of his action.
Consideration of the Philippine Govern
ment bill was then resumed. Bacon ad
dressing the Senate in opposition to the
measure. He said that there was In part
civil government now established in the
Philippines under the war power, which
was as full in all its powers as waByCon
ferrcd by the pending bill. Under the
proposed measure, greater power in the
exploitation of the Islands could be ex
ercised. "Why Is it, he inquired, that there
should be such urgency in passing the
pending bill, when It affords practically
no advantage over the present law, except
that corporations would have special ad
vantages in exploitation of the resources
of the Islands 1
He read a paragraph in the "bill to show
that it contained a broad and unlimited
grant to the Philippine Commission to.
dispose in unlimited fashion of the public
domain in the Philippines. He de
clared that an examination of the bill
would show that a corporation could ob
tain 1,000,000 acres of land as easily as
it could get 5000 acres of land.
Lodge, chairman of the committee, in
terrupted to say that section 77 of the bill
restricted the ownership of land by a
corporation to 5000 acres.
"That restriction," said Bacon, "Is con
fined to corporations engaged in agricult
ure." "All other corporations," replied Lodge,
"are limited In their holdings to lands ne
cessary to their purposes."
Bacon thought a corporation might be
organized to control all the mineral lands
In the Philippines. In so grave a matter
as the disposition of the public lands In
the Philippines, he thought there ought
to be the direct action of Congress, or at
least the approval of Congress, instead
of intrusting the matter to the Philippine
Commission. "Is It," Bacon asked, "the
purpose of the United States to retain
the Philippine Islands in colonial depend
ency, or to grant them a government of
their own?" That, he thought, was" the
great central question around which all
other questions relating: to the islands
must revolve.
"If," said he, "we have the high and
noble purpose of giving the Filipinos a
free government whether partial or ab
solutethen now is the time for Congress
to act upon that purpose."
Bacon declared that not a day passed
that the troops of England were not re
quired to shed blood in order to maintain
England's supremacy. "The cruelties,
atrocities and barbarities' perpetrated in
the Philippines," he said, "were men
tioned by him only to point out that they
were the result of the Philippine policy
of the Gpvernment."
Bacon read a letter from an army of
ficer for whom he vouched, and whom he
knew personally. descrlDing in vivid lan
guage a reconcentrado camp. The letter
said this camp was located In a soggy
place where rain fell continually and out
side of which every living thing was shot
In that camp there were SO cases of small
pox and Ave cases were added each day.
Clouds of vampire bats circled BOftly
over the place, awaiting the dead coming
to them every day. The camp was not
unlike some suburb of hell.
Poraker said that Bacon bad likened
the concentration camps In the Philippines
to those In Cuba established under Gen
eral "VVeyler. He made comparisons of
the camps to show that such was not the
case. The establishment of these camps,
Foraker said, was not an act of brutality,
as had been charged, but an act of mercy
and kindness and a means of protecting
the people from the roving bands of
banditti. Foraker declared his purpose to
accept the word of Generals Bell and
Wheaton and other United States officers
concerning these camps, rather than that
of a man whose name was not given. The
American people, he thought, would also
accept the word of the officers named,
who were men of high character and
standing.
Hoar said everybody knew and it was
useless to try to disguise the fact that
It was difficult to get the Army officers
to testify as to matters which reflected
on the administration of a war. They
were brave men. but they flinched from
making such criticism. They were apt to
fear that their promotion, for which they
were constantly striving, would he affect
ed. "Does the Senator think," Inquired For
aker, "that it is difficult to get American
Army officers to tell the truth in official
reports?"
"I do not question the veracity of these
men at all," replied the Massachusetts
Senator. He did not think it fair, how
ever, that we should accept as conclusive
the evidence of persons under Investiga
tion. He declared that the guerrilla war
fare in the Philippines naturally followed
the attempt of the United States to Im
pose its authority upon the Filipinos. He
protested against their concentration
camps and the "outrages," which had
been perpetrated upon the Filipinos and
the attempt to crush Filipino Independ
ence, concluding as follows: "Barbarities
on the one side or the other arc the legit
imate fruit of the tree yoa planted when
you ratified the Spanish treaty."
Clapp delivered" a Xorceful speech In
support of the pending measure.
After some discussion of the action of'
the HouBe on the Army appropriation bill,
the. Senate went Into executive session
and at 6:30 adjourned.
DISPUTE OVER ARMY BILt.
For the Third TiTe In a Week the
House Instructs its Conferee. 4
WASHINGTON, May 20. For a third
time within a week the House has in
structed its conferees cu matters of dis
pute between the Senate and the House.
Today, the instructions were given on
amendments to the Army bill before the
conferees had even considered the matters
In controversy. The motion to instruct
was made by Cannon (Rep., I1L),. chair
man of the appropriation committee. It
Nvas resisted by Hull Rep., la.), chairman
of the committee on military affairs, and
the somewhat spirited debate which fol
lowed developed antagonism between the
committees. The amendment which
Cannon aimed at was that Increasing tno
appropriation for military posts from
53,000.000 to $4,000,000. A resolution offered
by Hltt (Rep.. la.), chairman of the for
eign affairs committee, felicitating Cuba
on her independence, "was passed unani
mously. A bill amending the passport
law was passed. The remainder of the
day was devoted to private claims bills.
The Mouse agreed to the conference
report on the omnibus claims bill, which
passed the measure.
Cannon (Rep.. III.) called Up the emer
gency appropriation bill and It Was pass
ed. The Army appropriation bill, with Sen
ate amendments, was called up and a
conference ordered. Previous to the an
nouncement of the conferees, Cannon of
fered a resolution that the conferees On
the part of, the House be Instructed not
to report an agreement or submit to any
modification of the amendment that will,
under authority of the Army appropriation
bill, permit the expenditure of any sum
for the construction of permanent build
ings at established military posts, except
as authorized by the revised statutes.
This resolution has direct bearing upon
the appropriation of $4,000,000 for bar
racks and quarters which the Senate
amendments provide .for. Cannon said
the amendments were subversive of the
rules of the House. After a long discus
sion, the resolution of Cannon was agreed
to 107 to 50.
Hltt (Rep., 111.) sent to the clerk's desk
the following resolution, and askea for
immediate consideration:
"Resolved, "By the House of Representa
tives, that this House views with satis
faction and expresses congratulation at
the appearance this day of the Cuban
Republic among the nations of the world."
The resolution was unanimously adopted
amjd much applause.
Under a special order, made several days
ago, Adams (Rep., Pa.) called up the
passport bill. After a brief debate the
bill was passed.
. The House then proceeded to the con
sideration of claims bills on the private
calendar. A measure to pay George
Rushberger, of Johnstown, Pa., 55000 for
discovering and capturing Santa Ana's
money at Cerro Gordo, N. M., in 1811, was
called up. The House, however, was not
in the humor to pass the bill that extend
ed over such a long period and the en
acting clause was stricken out. A num
ber of bl'ls on the private calendar were
passed and the House, at 5:30 P. M.,
adjourned.
WOOD REVIEWS WORK.
Cnba Turned Over In a Well-Ordered,
Healthy Condition.
NEW YORK, May 20.-In a dispatch
from Havana, the World publishes Gen
eral Ireonard Wood's review of the work
accomplished during the American occu
pation: "Cuba 13 turned over In a -well-ordered,
healthy condition, and the new govern
ment will find all departments well
equipped and in good running order."
Public- order, says the article, is perfect
throughout the Island. Cuba Is free from
nil contagious diseases, and its death rate
cdmpareB favorably with that of the
United States. An efficient and well
equipped school system has been estab
lished. The hospitals, charities and Jails
have been reorganized, rebuilt and re
equipped. During the last year 5 per
cent of the total revenues of the island
went Into public education. Schools have
been constructed at the rate of more than
One a day for the past year.
The lighthouses have been rebuilt and
re-equipped, and two first-class lights
have Just been completed on the Colorado
reefs. The ports and harbors have been
fully equipped and supplied with buoys
and launches for harbor patrol work, and
a fleet of revenue cutters built and the
service fully organized and equipped. The
same is true of the custom-house service
and launches. Complete quarantine and
Immigration service has been established.
The courts have been reorganized and
re-equipped. Free schools for typewrit
ing and stenography have been opened.
A new law of public works has been -written
on the lines followed by the United
States Government. Cities like Santiago
and Havaha have undergone sanitary re
construction. The payment of public of
ficials Is practically on the same system
as is employed by the United States Gov
ernment. In a dispatch to the American and Jour
nal, President-elect Tomas Estrada Pal
ma says:
"I have nothing but gratitude for the
American people for giving us our Inde
pendence. Cuba Is grateful and never
will forget what the mother of republics
has done for her."
MESSAGES OF CONGRATULATION.
President Palm a Expresses the Grat
itude of the Cubans.
WASHINGTON, May 20. President
Roosevelt today received the following
cablegram frdm President Palma, of
Cuba:
"The government of the Island having
Just beentransferred, I, as Chief Magis
trate of tfie Hepubllc. faithfully inter
preting the Bentlments of the whole peo
ple of Cuba, have the honor to send you
and the A'rilcai people testimony of
our profound gratitude and the assur
ance of en enduring friendship, with
wishes and prayers to the Almighty for
the welfare and prosperity of the United
States."
President Roosevelt also has received
the following cablegram from President
Loubet, of France, dated at Cronstadt to
day: "When the Cuban Republic Is pro
claimed under the mighty aegis of the
United States of America, I make it my
duty to offer to your excellency my sin
cere felicitations and to send you the
wishes that I form for the prosperity of
the young Republic"
Secretary Boot has sent the following
congratulatory telegram to President
Palma:
"Believe In my heartfelt congratula
tions upon the Inauguration of the Re
public which the people of Cuba and
the people of the Ujilted States have
fought and labored together to establish.
With confidence In your unselfish patriot
Ism and courage, and In the substantial
chic virtues of your people, I bid you
God-speed and on this happy day wish
for Cuba for all time liberty and order,
peace and prosperity."
GREATLY ALARMED.
By a Persistent Cough, bat Perma
nently Cured by Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy.
Mr. H. P. Burbago, a student at law in
Greenville, S. C, had been troubled for
four or Ave years with a continuous
cough, which he says "greatly alarmed
me, causing me to fear that I was in the
first stage of consumption." Mr. Burbage
having seen Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
advertised concluded to try it. Now read
what he savs of It: "I soon felt a re
markable change, and after using two
bottles of the twenty-five-cent slse. was
permanently cured." Sold by all druggists.
BEEF TRUST ENJOfNEDi
TEMPORARY ORDER GRANTED BY
JUDGE .GROSSCUP.
Arguments in the Government's Case
Asainst the Packers In the Fed
eral Court at Chicago.
CHICAGO, May 20. the temporary in
junction asked for by the Government
against the members of the o-called
packers' combine. Is now ifr force. It
was issued this evening by Judge Peter
S. Grosscup. after the close of arguments
In the United States Circuit Court. Tho
order giveB the relief prayed for" in tBe
bill filed by District Attorney Bethea
May 10. It is so wide In its scope that if
the packers or their agents continue with
their present alleged uniform arrange
ments, they will be taken into court on
contempt proceedings and the burden of
proof wih be on them to show that they
have not Violated the order in any par
ticular. Little opposition was raised against the
Government's petition. Attorney John S.
Miller, who was the sole repreentatlve of
the packers present, pointed out some ob
jectionable clauses in the draft presented
by Mr. Bethea, These concerned the al
leged agreements for credit, blacklisting
and "cartage. Judge Grosscup thought
some of these minor clauses had been
made too prominent, and he himself drew
a form of order that pleased both sides.
Unless the defendants decide to make a
fight at an early date in an effort to have
the order set ae!de, they will have until
August 4 to make reply to the complaint.
Attorney Miller says tonight that he fcan
tiot tell wheher a demurrer, a plea or an
answer will be filed, though the first
named Is most likely to be the form of
the packers' defense. The eubpena served
recently on defendants commanded them
to file their appearance separately bfore
July 7.
The order as amended and entered by
Judge Grosscup follows:
"This cause coming on to be heard upon
the motion of the complainants for a tem
porary Injunction as prayed In saldvblll,
and the coniplalnants having" exhibited
their sworn bill to the cout and divers
affidavits in support thereof, no answer Or
demurrer having been filed thereto, nor
any affidavits In resistance thereof, and
the court having heard the arguments of
counsel, and being fully advised In the
premises, doth order that a temporary
writ of Injunction Issue, restraining until
the final hearing or further order of this
court the said defendants (the court here
naming all the defendants, whose names
have been repeatedly published) and each
of them, their respective agents and attor
neys, and all other persons acting or
claiming or assuming to act Under their
authority, or any of them, from entering
into, taking part In or performing any
contract, combination or conspiracy, the
purpose or effect of which will be, as to
trade and commerce In fresh meats, a
restraint of trade or commerce among the
several states, territories and the District
of Columbia, either by directing or requir
ing their respective agents to refrain
from bidding against each other in the
purchase of livestock, or 'colluslvely and
by agreement refraining from bidding
against each other at such sales, or by
arbitrarily raising or lowering prices, or
fixing uniform prices' at which paid meats
shall be sold, either directly or through
their respective agents, or by curtailing
the quantity of such meats shipped to
such markets and agents, or by imposing
penalties for deviations Irom prices; or es
tablishing and maintaining uniform rules
for the giving of credit to dealers In eueh
nifeats, or by imposing uniform charges
for cartage and delivery of such meats to
dealers and consumers, or by any other
method or device the purpose and effect of
which Is to -restrain trade and commerce,
as aforesaid: and,, also from violating the
provisions of. the said act of Congress by
combining or conspiring together or with
each other ahd others to monopolize or
attempt to monopllze any part of the
trade and commerce In fresh meats among
the several states and territories and the
District of Columbia by demanding, ob
taining or with or without the connivance
of the officers or agents thereof, or of any
of them, receiving from the railroad com
panies pr other common carriers trans
porting such freeh meats In sUch trade
and commerce, either directly or by means
of rebates, or by any other device, trans
portation of or for such fresh meats from
the points Of preparation and production
of same from livestock or elsewhere, to
the markets for the sale of the same to
dealers and consumers In other states and
territories than those wherein tho same
are so prepared, or the District of Colum
bia, at less than the regular rates which
may be established or In force On their
several lines of transportation under the
provisions in that behalf Tof the laws of the
United States for the regulation ot com
merce." The evidence presented by District At
torney Bethea, when the case was opened,
consisted of a bulky batch of 20 affidavits
collected from persons formerly connected
with the packing houses that have been
made defendants In the suits.
The most Important affidavit submitted
is that of Daniel W. Meredith, of Jersey
City, N. J. For six years he was man
ager for Armour & Co., at Milwaukee,
and manager in Philadelphia for three
years. Prior to working for Armour &
Co. he had been with Swift & Co. Since
1E93, he declared, the six general manag
ers for the big companies have been
nccustomed to meet at least once a week
in the City of New York to reconcile
the differences between themselves con
cerning the operation of thslr business
and to consider the prices which they
should place for the ensuing week on
the meat products which should be sold
In tha territory: and for the purpose
of considering the quantity of meats
which each concern had on hand, and
"when the necessities of the trade would
require they would agree to curtail their
RhlnmpnLl nf moof tmm Pki.i.. .. . i
design and purpose being to limit the
quantity ot meats in sight at New York
and adjacent points and raise the prices.
William C Rider swore that he was
f jrtnerly with the Falrbank Canning
Company, a corporation owned or con
trolled by Nelson Morris &, Co. In 1885
he transcribed, ho declared In his affi
davit, a signed agreement between Mor
ris & Co.r'ATmour &. Co. and 8wlft &
Co. This agreement, he declared, pro
vided that representatives of the signers
were to meet at specified times, or upon
the eall of an appointed arbitrator; that
prices Bhould be maintained; that a Hat
of discharged employes should be
kept and a fine of &000 im
posed for violations of the agreement.
He deposed that he had actual knowl
edge of the carrying out of the agree
ment which he had described.
5. LeniOn Hoover, engaged in the meat
business at Washington, D. C., for 25
yearsays he has personal knowledge that
every week the lotal managers in that
city for the principal Chicago picking
concerns held meetings to compare notes;
that the number of loads ot meat re
ceived was divided among the whblesale
houses on an agreed basis, and that nohfe
of the packing houses waft allowed to
ship Into that market more than its
allotted share. He also knew of tho ex
istence of a credit or blacklist agree
ment. Arthur E. Adams, of Baltimore, once
local manager there for Nelson Morris
6. Co., swore that he knew of the ex
istence of a combination , for the pur
pose of fixing prices ahd-controlling the
supply of fre?h meats. John H. Durblne
a wholesale neat dealer of Denver, also
tells of a combination among the pack
ers' representatives for fixing prices.
Henry Gcbhard, of Denver, says there is
no longer any Independence In the Den
ver market and that prices for the pro
ducts of the packing concerns are fixed
In. Chicago. Onrilllam H, Hoover, Inspec
tor of Meats and Food for the Govern
ment In the District of Columbia. sw.eare
that iherfe is absolute uniformity of
prices among the packers agents, and
there is no sign of competition.
As soon ad court was reconvened after
the noon recess, Attorney Bethea was
given recognition. He asked the privilege
of calling the attention of the court to
the case of the United States ol America
vs. Swift & Co.. and others, for such , Is
the legal title of the now famous suit In
TolrJng the existence of the alleged beet
trust. He read the bill praying for a tem
porary restraining order, and to sustain
the petition submitted a great bundle of
affidavits. All of these alleged the same
conditions In the meat trade, which have
been set forth in the bill already pub
lished, each taking up some particular
phase of the allegations. The general
purpose of their presentation was to make
out before the court a prima facie case
of disobedience and defiance of the so
called Sherman anti-trust law.
Mr. Bethea then gave way to Assistant
United. States Attorney Day, who made a
brief argument in favor of the evidence
for granting the temporary order. The
restraining order asked for was substan
tially as follows:
The Government asked that "a tem
porary order Issue from this court, re
straining until final hearing or until fur
ther orSer of this court, the defendants?,
the Cudahy Packing Company, Armour &
Company, the Armour Packing Company,
the G. H. Hammond Company, the
Schwarzchlld & Sulzberger Company
(corporations), Nelson Morris, Edward
Morris and Ira N. Morris (co-partners as
Nelson Morris & Co.), J. Ogden Armour,
Patrick A. Valentine, Calvin M. Favorite.
Arthur Meeker, Thomas J. Connors.
Charles F. Dangdon. Michael Cudahy,
Edward A. Cudahy, Patrick Cudahy, Al
bert F. Botchert, GUstavus F. Swift, LouIb
F. Swift, Lawrence A. Corton. D. Edwin
Hartwell, Jesse P. Lyman, Frank E. Vo
gei, Louis Pfaelzer, William Russell, Al
bert H. Veedfir, Henry Veeder; Edward
Swift, Ferdinand Sulzberger and W. H.
NOyes, citizens of Illinois, Massachusetts
and New York, their agents and attor
neys, and all other persons acting or
claiming to act for them, from violating
the provisions of the act of Congress en
titled 'an act to protect trade and com
merce against unlawful restraint and
monopolies, and to restrain the packers
from engaging or continuing In any com
bination or conspiracy as to trade and
commerce In fresh meats.' "
The order then goes on to ask thaUiho
packers be restrained from the various
overt acts sa charged In the bill filed,
and says:
"At the several stockyards and open and
competitive markets In Chicago, Omaha,
Sioux City, St Joe, Kansas City, East
St. Louis. SL Paul and any other place
In the United States where they cus
tomarily purchase livestock coming from
thoso markets."
When Mr. Bethea had stated his case At
torney Jphn S. Miller, for the defendant
packers, read a brief reply, in which he
said that the packers in question do only
40 per cent of the packing business of the
country, .and that this proportion could
not control the entire business. He as
serted that the prices of dressed meats
were relatively less today than they were
at other times. The desire ot the packers
was, he said, to have a full and impartial
trial: If objection were made at this time
to the filing of the petition and It were
tried on ex parte affidavits, this would not
be obtained. He was not prepared to say
whether the defense would be by a de
murrer or by answer. But he objected to
two terms of the order, namely, one pre
venting the packers from entering Into an
agreement respecting uniform credits, and
another referring to agreements for re
fusing to sell to delinquent dealers or
dealers on the blacklist These provisions,
he maintained, were not within the prov
ince of the court or contrary to the pro
visions of the Sherman anti-trust law of
ISiK).
Solicitor-General Richards replied to At
torney 'MUler, contending that two ob
jections made to the order related to two
powerful weapons ot the 'combination or
conspiracy of dressed meat dealerar He
wished .to read affidavits to 'support tho
contention. Assistant United States At
torney Day spoke to the same effect
Injunction in Missouri.
KANSAS CITY, May 20.-Judge John
W. Henry In the Circuit Court here to
day Issued a temporary order at the re
quest of Attorney-General Crow, re-'
straining Nelson Morris & Co., packers,
from fixing the price of meats or from
working In conjunction with the beef
trust, so-called. The-order was sought be
cause the Attorney-General doubted
whether the quo warranto proceedings Is
sued last night at Jefferson City against
other packers could be maintained against
a copartnership such as the Nelson Mor
ris Company.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 20. At
torrteys. for the Cudahy, Hammond, Ar
mour and Swift Packing Companies have
filed & motion in the Supreme Court to
quash the alternative writ of ouster Is
sued Bfeveral days ago by the Attorney
General. They allege the writ was Issued
Irregularity because it Is made returnable
at a time when the court will not be In
session. The court will pass on the mo
tion June 4.
NO DUM-DUM BULLETS.
General Crosier Says Xotte Were Is
sued to Army la Philippines.
WASHINGTON, May 20. Corporal Rich
ard O'Brien was again on the witness
stand today when the Senate committee
on the Philippines met He failed to pro
duce the sample bullets Of 'which he had
spoken yesterday, Intimating that they
were explosives. He said he had sent to
Massachusetts for the bullets, but that
they had not yet arrived.
Secretary Root eent a letter today to
Senator Lodge, chairman of the Philippine
committee, inclosing a brief correspond
ence with General Crozler, Chief of Ord
nance, with respect to the evidence given
before the Philippine committee by Cor
poral O'Brien to the effect that the Amer
ican troops had used dum-dum, or ex
plosive bullets against the natives. Sec
retary Root asked General Crozler "if any
explosive bullet dum-dum bullet, or bul
let ot that class has been manufactured
by or purchased by the United States or
Issued to the United States troops in the
Philippines or anywhere else." General
Crozler's answer Is a categorical nega
tive of each of the questions asked.
Omnibus Public Bnlldlncr Bill.
WABHJNGTON, May 20. The Senate
committee on public buildings and grounds
today reported the omnibus public build
ings bill. As reported by Senator Fair
banks, the bill carries a net Increase over
the House measure of $3,535,700, making
the aggregate appropriation of the bill
$20,&41,150. The changes Include:
Montana Butte, $50,000 to 5125,000.
Oregon Portland, $150,000 to 5250,000,
Washington Seattle, $150,000 to $200,000;
Tacoma. $CO,000 to $100,000; Spokane, $00,
000 to $100,000.
EalarRlafC Forest Reserves.
WASHINGTON, -May 20. The President
is about to Issue a proclamation creating
additions of several million acres to the
Yellowstone and Teton forest reserves In
Wyoming With the additions thus cre
ated the total area of the Yellowstone
forest reserve will bo L8G9.2S0 acres, and
the area of the Teton forest reserve will
be 4.127,250 acres.
Cuban Bill Proposals.
WASHINGTON. May 20. The Repub
lican members of the Senate committee on
relations with Cuba were in secret con
ference today, and discussed he various
proposals made in regard to the reci
procity bill. xIt Is known that they reached
po conclusion and that other measures are
contemplated.
Baaeballl Kiln a Boy.
CHICAGO. May 2a William Zamsler,
aged 15 years, a pupil of the Maywood
Grammar School, was struck by a base
ball yesterday and, almost Instantly killed
while watching a game.
THE CUBAN REPUBLIC
(Continued from First Page.)
every red-tiled root rose a Cubart flag.
The whole city seemed suddenly buried
beneath a forest of waving banners.
The decorations along the waterfront
were exceedingly lavish, and all the ship
ping in the harbor was dressed In gala
attire. The majority of the ships flew
the American ensign at the main and the
Cuban colors at the fore or mlzien. The
American colors, which were to be hauled
dawn in a few hours, still floated aboVe
the grim walls of the fortrees which
guards the entrance of the harbor. Not
another bit of color showed upOn them.
The early mdrning was" cool and delight
ful and the entire population, reinforced
by thousands of visitors, wes abroad soon j
auer aayiignt AH was animation ana ex
pectancy. The streets were swarming with
people, and were filled with a ceaseless
din. Much curiosity was aroused by a
statute of freedom which had been raised
during the night in Central Park, upon
the pedestal where, for centuries, a statue
of Queen Isabella had stood. During
the morning a bountiful breakfast was
given to several thousand poor children
by Mr. Payne, of Boston, who has- passed
the Winter In Havana for many years.
As tho day advanced the heat ot the
sun became Intense and the weather grew
hotter every minute.
Transfer of Control.
The actual transfer of the control of the
Island was scheduled to occur exactly at
noon (Havana time) which is 12:30 P. M.,
Washington time, but those Invited to wit
ness the ceremony were requested to be at
the palace at 11:30 A. M. They Included,
besides the American officers and mem
bers of President-Elect Palma's Cabinet,
the "members of Congress, the Supreme
Court Judges, the Governors of the Prov
inces, the officers of the visiting warships,
the foreign Consuls, W. J. Bryan, the
other visiting American statesmen, sev
eral ot Scnor Palma's Central Valley, N.'
x. neighbors; Horatio Rubens, counsel
for the Cuban Junta; Colonel Will
iam Astor Chandler, and a few other spe
cially Invited guests.
The palace is an imposing yellow stone
structure, which for centuries was the
residence of the CaptainGeneral of
Spain. Since the American occupation
It has been the official headquarters of
the Military Governor. The actual trans
fer of the Island occurred in the audi
ence chamber, which formed a fine setting
for the historic occasion. The chamber
Is today exactly as it was when the
Spaniards departed, except that the por
traits of the Captain-Generals which hung
upon Its walls are gone.
Owing to the limited space, the people
were to have no sight of the ceremony
to be enacted hero, which was to con
stitute them a nation before the world;
but outside they were to witness a spec
tacle which wpuld stir their pulses, for
they were to see the beloved five-barred
and single-starred flag, which Cespedes
first threw to the breeze In 1863, at the
opening of the Ten Years' War, raised
by the act of the United States above
the palace. This thing which was to
happen had been the dream of their
lives and of their ancestors for genera
tions. Their parents, brothers and friends
had gone to their deaths to accomplish
it No strange wonder then that hours
before the time set they began flocking
here from all quarters of the city. Many
were already before the palace with the
rising sun and some even slept in the
park, to be certain not to miss this sight
A portion of the plaza was kept clear
by the police very early. The remainder
was packed with people so thickly that
the ground seemed rllve. Soon all the
side stfeets running Into the plaza were
choked Into a solid mass of humanity,
and every door and window fronting the
square was walled In with faces, white
and black, old and young, male and fe
male. The crowds sought the roofs, over
flowing every building that commanded
a, view of the flagstaff on the palace. As
far aa..the eye could see, the roof lines
were fringed with human freight It
was n sight to live forever in memory.
Drawn Up below in the open space of the
plaza were eight dismounted troops of the
Seventh CavalrjV with sabers at their
heels. Their horses were already on
board the steamer which was to take
them back to the United States.
At the Palace.
Shortly before 11:40 A M., those who
were to witness the ceremony began to
arrive in carriages through a street kept
clear by the police. All the naval officers
were arrayed In full uniform, resplendent
In gold braid and plumed chapeaux. The
Cubans generally wore black frock suits,
white waistcoats and silk hats. They
formed a distinguished-looking assem
blage as they gathered In the audience
chamber.
Tha ceremony Itself was brief and
simple. After formal greeting, General
Wood read the documentary trans
fer prepared by the War Department
pledging the hew government Immediate
ly to proclaim the constitution and the
Piatt amendment contained In the appen
dix, and to undertake all obligations as
sumed by the United States with respect
to Cuba in the treaty of Paris.
Proclamation "B" was Issued by General
Wood, as Military Governor. It recites in
due form that the Cuban Congress con
vened In Havana May 5, examined the
credentials and certified to the election of
the Senators and Representatives now In
the Congress, and also found Tomas Es
trada Palma and Cuba Luis Esteves
Roraro to have been elected respectively
President and Vlce-Presldeht ot the Re
public; that on May 20, at noon, the
Cubdn Constitution will go into effect
The document then reads:
"Thereupon, at that time, the occupa
tion of Cuba by the United States and
the Military Government of the Island
will cease and determine, and the govern
ment and control of the inland will be
transferred to the President and Congress
so elected, to bb held and exercised by
them under the constitution so promul
gated. "Such transfer will be upon the under
standing and condition that the new gov
ernment does thereby and by the accept
ance thereof, pursuant to tho provisions
of said appendix to the constitution, as
sume and undertake all and severally the
obligations' assumed by the United States
of America and Her Majesty, the QUeen
Regent of Spain, signed at Paris, on De
cember 10. 1ESS."
Proclamation. "C" simply declares the
new constitution to be lrt full force after
the date thereof, and recites the pro
visions. Then comes the following:
"D. Headquarters, Department of Cuba,
Havana, May 20, 1902. To the President
and Congrese Of the Republic of Cuba:
Sirs jjjnder the direction of the President
of the United States, I now transfer to
you as the duly elected representatives of
the peoplo of Cuba the government and
control of the Island of Cuba, to be held
and exercised by you under the provis
ions of the Constitution of the Republic
of Cuba, heretofore adopted by the Cuban
Convention, and this day promulgated,
and 1 hereby declare the occupation of
the Island of Cuba by the United States
and the Military Government to be ended.
Obligations ilssumed.
"This transfer of government and con
trol io upon the express condition that
the Government of the United States will
understand that by acceptance thereof you
do now, pursuant to the provisions of the
said constitution, assume and undertake,
all and several, the obligations assumed
by the -United States with respect to
Cuba, by the treaty between the United
States of America and Her Majesty, the
Queen Regent of Spain, signed at Paris
on the 10th day of December, 1SS5.
"All money obligations of tho Military
Government down to this date have been
paid as far as practicable. The public
civil funds derived from the revenues ot
Cuba, transferred to you this day,
amounting to are transferred, sub
ject to such claims and .obligations prop
erly payable outfol the revenues of the
island, ' sa may- remain. The suaa- of
$100,000 hae been reserved from the trans
fer of funds to defray anticipated ex
penses of accounting, reporting and wind
ing up the .affairs of the Military Gov
ernment after which, any unexpended
balance of said sum will be paid into the
treasury of the Island.
"Plans ate already devlse'd for the sani
tation of the Cities of the Island, and to
prevent a recurrence of epidemic and In
fectious diseases; plans for the paving
and sewering of Havana; water-works and
sewerlhg of Santiago de Cuba; rules and
regulations established by the President
of the United States on January 16, 1SS0,
for" the maintenance ot quarantine against
epidemic diseases at the ports of Ha
vana, Matanzas, Clenfuesos, Santiago de
Cuba and other ports mentioned."
The proclamation conclude? as follows:
"It Is understood by the United States
that the present government of the Island
of Pines will continue a a defacto gov
ernment pending the settlement of the title
to said Island by treaty, pursuant to the
Cuban Constitution and the act of Con
gress approved MaTch 2. 1901.
"I am further charged by the President
of the United States to deliver to you the
letter which I now hand you.
"LEONARD WOOD,
"Military Governor."
"White House, Washington. May 10. 1902.
To the President and Congress of the
Republic of Cuba Sirs: On the 20th of
this month the Military Governor of Cuba
will, by my direction, transfer to you the
control and government of the Island ot
Cuba, to be henceforth exercised under
the provisions of the constitution adopted
by your constitutional convention, as on
that day promulgated, and he will there
upon declare the occupation of Cuba by
the United States to be at an end.
"At the same time, I desire to express
to you the sincere friendship and good
wishes of the United States and our ear
nest hope for the stability and success of
your government, for the blessings of
peace, Justice, prosperity and ordered free
dom among your people, and for enduring
frlehdshlp between the Republic of the
United States and the Republic of Cuba.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
"President of the United States."
The reply made by President Palma to
Governbr-General Wood closed as follows:
"t take advantage of this solemn occa
sion, where there is fulfilled the honest
promise of the Government and the peo
ple of the United States In regard to the
people of Cuba, and when the personality
of our country Is established as a sover
eign nation, to express to you, as a
worthy representative of that great Na
tion, the immense gratitude that the peo
ple of Cuba feel for the American Nation,
for Its Illustrious President. Theodore
Roosevelt, and to you personally for the
efforts which you have made for the at
tainment of that cherished Ideal."
Lowering; American Flag.
Senor Palma attached his signature to
the document as President of the Repub
lic, after an exchange of congratulations,
and the old veteran, General Gomez, as
cended to the roof of the palace. He was
Instantly recognized and met with a
great demonstration of welcome. General
Wood himself attended the halyards on
the flagstaff and lowered the American
colors. As they fluttered down, the cav
alry below saluted their flag, and, like an
echo of the cheers that arose, came the
distant boom of one of the great guns
ot Cabanas fortress, across the bay. It
was followed by another and another In
rythmic succession, until 45 shots had
been flped, one for each state in the Union.
As the first gun spoke, the flags on Morro
Castle and those on the Santa Clara and
Punta fortresses were lowered. The ju
risdiction of the United States had ended.
In the meantime a Cuban, flag had been
bent on the halyards ot the palace flag
staff ahd by his own hands General Wood
raised It as an act of the United States.
General Gomez assisting him. As the
flag flew free, the streets below fairly
waved with the cheer that arose. It was
caught up by the people on the roofs and
rolled over the city. Again the cavalry
below saluted, and again the guns of the
Cubans spoke, this time with a national
salute of 21 guns. The bands stationed
on the plaza, at Cabanas and at Malecon,
crashed out with pride of country, and
the revenue cutters and battleships In
the harbor thundered their strength of
war. The foreign warships hoisted the
flag of Cuba at their mastheads. The
ensigns of Great Britain and Italy had
recognized the Republic.
The demonstration was still In progress
when the cavalry wheeled and marched
to the wharf, where they Immediately em
barked on the Morro Castle.
Departure of Americans.
General Wood and his Adjutant-General,
COlonel Scott, with two aides, after
a last exchange of good wishes, were
driven to the pier, where they entered a
launch and were flicked away to the
Brooklyn. Both ships got under way as
soon as possible and steamed out of the'
harbor. The man at the taffrall of the
Brooklyn was kept busy dipping the flag
In answer to the salutes of the thousands
upon the water-front who watched her
departure. A large flotilla of various
water craft escorted the Brooklyn to sea.
While this was occurring at Havana a
similar scene was being enacted at San
tiago, where General Whltslde at noon
turned over the authority to his Cuban
successor and sailed away with two
troops of the Eighth Cavalry. Only
eight batteries of American artillery re
mained on Cuban soil. A chapter of
American history was ended and the first
chapter of the Republic of Cuba was be
gun. Before the Brooklyn was hull down on
the horizon, the Cubans' resumed their
festivities. This afternoon there was a
yacht regatta In the harbor, and ashore
there was a review of 15,000 school chil
dren by President Palma. At noon, a
solemn high mass in Honor of the new
Republic had been celebrated In al! the
churches of the Island, and at 4 o'clock
a "Te Deum" was sung at the cathedral.
At the same hour the Cuban Congress
proclaimed the Constitution.
Tonight the whole city Is Illuminated
and a great pyrotechnic display was.
made from the walls of Morro Castle and
Cabanas fortress.
Mrs. Wood and the children sailed for
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?COTr. TOWNS, !, 469'Pkrl St, N. Y
Spain on the steamer Alfonso XII this
afternoon. They will spend the Summer
there and In France.
Prceldent Palma has received congratu
lations from President Loubet of France,
the Presidents of Guatemala and Santo
Domingo, and from the Mexican House ot
Representatives.
THE WORLD INFORMED.
Identical Xotes to American Ambas
sadors In Foreign Capitals.
WASHINGTON, May 2a Secretary
Hay, according to the plan arranged
some time ago, took the final step today
of acquainting the nations of the globe
that tho United States Government has
redeemed its solemn pledge to make a
free people In the Island of Cuba. This
wa3 done by cable to every cap
ital where there is resident either an
Ambassador or a Minister of the United
States of an Identical note. Informing
other republics that the military occupa
tion of Cuba by the United States has
this day ceased, and that an independent
republic has been inaugurated there, un
der the presidency of Tomas Estrada.
Palma. The Ambassadors and Ministers
are Instructed to convey this Information
to the government to which they are ac
credited. To continue the present postal regula
tions between Cuba and this country,
President Palma and President Roosevelt
will tomorrow Issue proclamations In ac
cordance with an understanding; reached
between them s6me weeks ago.
Wood Reports to the President.
WASHINGTON, May 20. The following
dispatch was received at the White House
tonight ffom General Wood at Havam:
"To the President of the United Stat s.
Washington: I have the. honor to reporc
to you that In compliance with Instruc
tions received, t have this day. at l
O'clock sharp, transferred to the President
and Congress of the Republic of Cuba the
government and Control of the Island, ti
be held and exercised by them undtr tha
provlelons of the constitution of the R -public
ot Cuba. Documents sent to Hit
were read, and Mr. Palma, In acceptlr ;
the responsibilities on behalf of the ls.ano
expressed himself in kind and cr.dsarii J
words of thanks and thanked the Republic
of the United States and its officiate for
all that has been done for Cuba and for
the fulfillment of promises mad?. The
ceremony was most impressive. I em
bark on the Brooklyn with my taff for
the United" States. WOOD."
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