THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY MAY 30, 190!
DRAWING TO A CLOSE
Interest in Philippine Debate
Is Increasing.
AMENDMENTS ARE OFFERED
Speeches "Were Made Yesterday by
Morgan and Spooner for the
Bill, and by Clay
Against It.
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Interest In the Philippine debate Is
Increasing as the discussion draws to a
close. Yesterday, th Senate naileries
were thronged with auditors, and the
attendance on the floor -was larger than
it has been for some time. Including
many members of the House of Repre
eentathcs. Lodge. In cherge of the bill,
offered on behalf of the committee., sev
eral amendments to the measure, the
most Important one extending to the
Philippines the provision of the bill of
rights of the Constitution of the "United
States, excepting only the right to bear
arms and the, right to trial by Jury. All
the amendments were agreed to. Mor
gan made an extended speech In which
he supported In the main the bill as
presented by the committee. Clay op
posed the measure and Spooner began
a speech In support of It.
WASHINGTON, May 29. The Senate
convened at 11 o'clock In order that addi
tional time might be afforded for the dis
cussion of the Philippine bill. A Joint res
olution -was Introduced and passed au
thorizing: the Secretary of "War to deliv
er to the Governor of New Jersey as many
condemned bronze cannon not "weighing
over 1500 pounds as might be necessary for
the construction of an equestrian statue
of General W. J. SewelL The conference
report on the river and harbor bill was
presented and without comment agreed to.
Consideration was resumed of the Phil
ippine Government bilL Lodge (Mass.), in
charge of the measure, offered two or
three amendments of a minor character,
which were agreed to. He then offered
an amendment extending to the inhabi
tants the "bill of rights" of the Consti
tution of the United States, except the
right to bear arms and the right of a trial
by Jury. In answer to an inquiry by Pet
tus (Ala) Lodge explained that, in the
opinion of the majority of the committee
on the Philippines, It would be unwise,
under the present circumstances, to ex
tend those rights to the Filipinos. The
amendment was agreed to. Other amend
ments were adopted as follows:
Providing that nothing In the pending
bill shall be held to amend or repeal the
act providing for revenue for the Philip
pines; providing that a single homestead
entry phall not exceed 40 acres In extent;
providing that the beneficial use shall be
the basis, the measure and the limit bf all
rights to water In the islands, and that
the Government Is authorized to make
rules for the use of the water supply;
providing that If bonds or any portion
thereof shall be paid out of the funds of
the government of said Islands, such mu
nicipality shall reimburse said .govern
ment for the sum thus paid, and said gov
trnment Is hereby empowered to collect
said sum by the levy and colectlon of
taxes on such municipality. Some othr
amendments were adopted, but they were
of a verbal or minor character.
Supported by Morgan.
Morgan then addressed the Senate
upon the bill. He cordially approved
the measure which, he said, was a decided
improvement on the law now In the is
lands. Certain charges, which he did not
Indicate, ought to be made In the bll but
In a general way It looked toward peace.
The insurrection in the Islands, Morgan
said, was broken, and the duty was left
to ths Government to provide a Just and
equitable government for the people. Di
vision in the councils in this country, he
believed, kept the bolomen and ladrones
in the field. When that -was settled,
peace would be assured. If Aguinaldo
had In fact driven Spanish dominion from
the Islands or had destroyed the power
of the United States to hold Manila under
the peace protocol, he said, he had worked
a miracle on the development of national
power that no other man ever attempted.
"If Spain was unable to cope with his
forces," he said, "it does not follow that
Aguinaldo could destroy by an edict the
military and naval forces of the United
States. I excuse those who now see a
fatal mistake in the policy of the cession
of the Islands to the United States. I
still excuse them for not trying to repeal
that concession when we know that the
success of such an effort would throw the
Filipino people back Into the arms of
Spain, whose tyrannies have made her
their unforgiving enemies." v
To have crowned such a war, waged
with sucha generous purpose, with such a
result, he said, would have dismayed
stronger hearts than those that beat In
the bosoms even of his Democratic col
leagues. There never has been, said Morgan, a
pretense of organized government In the
Philippines. It was unjust to criticise
Dewey for refusing to recognize Agui
naldo as President of the Philippine Gov
ernment. Had he done so, he would have
given aid and comfort to the declared
enemies of the United States. This was
the legal attitude of Aguinaldo and every
other Filipino, Because Dewey had no
power to change a declaration of war by
Congress.
"Dewey," he said, "believed Aguinaldo
was devoted to the success of American
arms, and had no reason to believe that he
was a self-seeking adventurer. The lauda
tions of" Aguinaldo s patriotism and hero
Ism that have been poured out in his honor
here and elsewhere in the United States
are as much out of place as If they had
been altered In honor of the fox in Aesop's
fables. Aguinaldo was only a convenient
Instrument In the hand of conspirators.
Had he died, another 'would have been
found, for the. Hong Kong Junta had not
committed their fortunes perpetually to
him.
"The Filipinos are not fighting for Hb
Erty," Morgan continued, ""but simply as
the savage tools of the Junta at Hong
Kong."
He spoke of the religious freedom given
to the Filipinos by the United States, and
Bald that it waa for this he pleaded his
excuse to Ms Democratic brethren for
Insisting that this cardinal principle must
be permanent in the Philippines. It was
our arms that divorced church and state
In the Philippines, whereas Aguinaldo
could not have accomplished that had he
ever attempted It
"We have dedicated those Islands," he
said, "to the freedom of religion; we have
unshackled them from the dominion of
an established church, and no power will
ever exist that can undo our work through
military, civil or other agencies."
Reverting to the question of citizenship,
he declared that if the Filipinos are not fit
to be citizens of the United States they
are not fit to govern themselves. He
said that he could not believe that any
people will suffer harm through our ef
forts to blefs them.
At the conclusion of Morgan's speech,
the Senate, on motion of Lodge, agreed
that, when it adjourns today, It be until
Saturday.
After some routine business Clay ad
dressed the Senate In opposition to the
Philippine bill. Clay said that If, when
the Senate had ratifies the peace treaty.
It had been declared that the United
States could grant the Filipinos the right
of self-government, peace already would
have been restored He said the Demo
cratic party never had declared in favor
of leaving the Islands before the estab
lishment of a stable government. The
Filipinos have a rieht to know what the
purposes of the United Slates are. A dec
laration of purpose on the part of the
United States -would have prevented the
struggle that has been going on for three
years.
Clay declared that while It was said that
the pending bill was temporary in char
acter It would remain in force, if enacted,
for perhaps 100 years. It would remain In
full force until repealed, and it would
confer more power on the Philippine Com
mission than is posessed by the Congress
of the United States. No Czar, no King?
he declared, ever had been known to hold
such power of a people as was conferred
by this bill on the Philippine Commission.
Spooner SpcnkH for the Bill.
Spooner next addressed the Senate. The
knowledge that he was to speak attracted
hundreds of hearers, and the galleries were
crowded. He said he was reluctant to
speak, as he resented tho idea that his
speaking was to preclude others from
speaking. The people of the United States,
he thought, must be strangely impressed
by the action of the Senate on the Phil
ippine question. Weeks had been spent
on an emergency tariff bill for the Philip
pines, 'and generally to -carry out a policy
of a free government in the Philippines.
It seemed to him strange that this bill
a measure to exalt civil government in
the Islands and to subordinate the mili
tary power should be delayed for weeks
by speeches which tended to show that
the operation of our military forces In the
islands had been a disgrace and dishonor
to the country. It was a strange debate
to him. On both sides it had been notably
able.
"But," he said, "on the Democratic side
there has been nothing but pessimism,
nothing but the gospel of despair, nothing
but suspicion, distrust and imputation of
the motives of those -who differed from
them."
Referring to the speech of Carmack,
-who had said of the President that "his
natural gait was running away," Spooner
said the intention of Carmack was to in
timate that President Roosevelt was a
man of impulse. "The President of the
United States," he declared, "of all men
whom I know, is one who does not run
off from duty or danger." He said Presi
dent Roosevelt had left his place in the
Government to go to Cuba, where he of
fered his life In the midst of flying bul
lets on account of liberty liberty for the
people of Cuba. Tho President had won
the right to be regarded as the steadfast
and strenuous friend of liberty.
In answer to criticism of Governor
Taft, Spooner declared that Judge Taft
was a gentleman Incapable of doing any
thing not In consonance with the action
of an honorable man.
Spooner said the general attitude of the
minority Senators was this: "We who
voted against the Paz is treaty are men
who recognized the obligations of the
Constitution; you who voted for It violated
the Constitution. We who are opposed
to you stand for the Declaration of In
dependence; you disregard it We are
the friends of the Army; you assail It. We
love the flag; you dishonor it. We hate
atrocities; you defend them. We want lib
erty In the Philippines; you want slavery
there.
"That," said Spooner, "Is a modest at
titude, but not altogether persuasive."
Discussing some references which had
been made to previous speeches of his,
Spooner said he had announced that he
was not in favor of the permanent domi
nation pf the United States over the Phil
ippines, and be was not now. "I would
not," he said, "buy domination at the cost
of any man's liberty. I said that bur flag
in Cuba would come down in honor, as It
-went up In the Interest of liberty. And
60 It has. But that has nothing to do with
thlR bill."
Spooner said ho had declared that he
was not In favor of making promises to
men who had revolvers at his .breast, nor
to men who were training their guns
upon American troops. He stood by that
declaration now.
Adverting to the beginning of hostilities
between the Americans and the Filipinos,
Spooner described how the firing began.
Hoar Interrupted to say that Aguinaldo
had written to General Otis expressing
regret at the occurrence, and had with
drawn his troops.
"The Filipinos w.ere not withdrawn,"
interjected Spooner, vehemently; "they
were driven back."
Aguinaldo's Constitution.
Further along the Wisconsin Senator
referred to a constitution prepared -by
Aguinaldo In Imitation of the Mexican
Constitution, with patents of nobility and
large concessions of land which he prom
ised to his followers. He presented a
photographic copy of the document. Car
mack desired to examine It. With a flour
ish, Spooner handed the parchment to the
Tenneseeean with the comment: "For you.
Tou are decorated by Aguinaldo."
Spooner insisted that there was no par
allel to be drawn between the situation
in Cuba and that In the Philippines. The
Cubans had been fighting for independence
for 10 years, but no such struggle had
occurred In the Philippines.
Aguinaldo had proclaimed shortly after
Admiral Dewey had entered Manila that
he (Aguinaldo) had come to Manila to
prevent the insurrectos from Joining the
Spaniards in an attack upon the Ameri
can troops. He declared that the open
ing of hostilities in the Philippines "was
a perfectly wanton attack upon our
troops, who were rightfully around Ma
nila." He quoted the vote In the Senate by
which the troops had been raised to be
sent to the Philippines. The Democrats,
he said, knew when they voted for the
sending of the troops that there waS to
be a war; that there would be cruelties.
"Are they?" he demanded, "In position
to turn upon us -with vituperation and
challenge? They voted for it on tho basis
that we rad acquired sovereignty in the
Philippines -from Spain that we had paid
for it, and that we must sustain It. They
cannot properly turn op us and assert
that the present situation Is the result of
the damnable policy instituted by the Re
publican party."
"I withdraw that word damnable," he
said, after a moment.
"It's a quotation," suggester Beverldge.
"I think It Is; but I withdraw it," said
Spooner.
After quoting from one of President Mc
Kinley's x messages, Spooner exclaimed:
"Never In the annals of history, say what
you will about tho brutal policy of the
Administration, has there been carried by
an army so much of amelioration, so much
of upbuilding, 0 much reform of kind
ness and tenderness as were carried by
this Army of ours under the Instruction
of William McKInley. It was a destruct
ive war, of course: but along with the
destruction of war were the constructive
forces of peace ana humanity."
After speaking for about two houre.
Spooner, who was indisposed, suspended
for the day. Some discussion ensued as
to the continuation of general debate, it
being agreed finally that If necessary a
night session would bo held Saturday to
conclude it.
The Senato then, at 5 o'clock, went Into
executive session, and soon afterward ad
journed. Exceeds the Estimate.
ST. LOUIS. May 29. Tho grounds and
buildings committee of the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition, after examining the
bids on the construction of the Palace of
Liberal Arts, refused to make an award,
tho figures being 4n excess of the estimate
of 5GO0.OO0 The committee will order ex
tensive revisions in the plans, in order to
bring- the cost of the building within tho
allowance.
INCREASES THE COINAGE
j HOUSES-PASSES THE HILIKKfAJi-
' " GIAI "BILL. ;
The Democrats Direct Their Fight
Agrainst the Provision to Re
coin Standard Dollars.
WASHINGTON, May 29: The House to
day passed the bill to Increase the sub
sidiary silver coinage. The Democrats
directed their flght chiefly against the
provision to recoln the standard silver
dollars into subsidiary coin as public ne
cessities might require. A half dozen roll-p
calls were forced. Some of the New York
Democrats voted for the previous ques
tion, but voted with their colleagues on
a motion to recommit with Instructions
to strike out the provision relating to
the recolnage of sliver dollars. The text
1 of the bill is as follows:
"That the Secretary of the Treasury la
hereby authorized to coin the silver
bullion in the Treasury, purchased under
the act of July 14, 1S90, into such denom-
SENATOR JOHN
SLATED FOR A POSITION ON
inatlons of subsidiary sliver coinage as
he may deem necessary to meet public
requirements, and hereafter, aa public
necessities may demand, to recoln silver
dollars into subsidiary coins, and go much
of any act as- fixes a limit to the aggre
gate of subsidiary silver coin outstand
ing, and so much of any act as directs
the coinage of any portion of the bullion
purchased under tho act of July 14, 1SS0, ;
Into standard silver dollars is hereby re
pealed." The Proceedings.
Some minor business was transacted by
unanimous consent before tho House re
sumed consideration of the bill to Increase
the subsidiary coinage.
A bill was passed for the Improvement,
and care of Confederate Mound, Oakwood
Cemetery, Chicago. Loud (Rep. Cal.)
called attention to the fact that there
were buried at Confederate Mound 12
Union soldiers and 4039 Confederates, and
expressed the opinion that the bill would
be the first step In the direction of Na
tional charge of the graves of the Con
federate dead, but he made no objection.
A bill was passed to reduce the selec
tion of reserve banks to cities of 15,000
inhabitants.
Consideration of the bill to increase the
subsidiary silver coinage was then re
sumed, the pending question being on the
Newlands amendment to the Grow amend
ment, by which It was proposed to make
silver coins, coined under the provisions
of the act, a legal tender for all debts,
public and private. The vote then was
taken upon the Newlands amendment to
make subsidiary silver coin legal tender.
It -was defeated, 67 to 90.
Grow's amendment providing that the
subsidiary coin should be half and Quar
ter dollars and ten and five-cent pieces
of proportionate parts of 41 grains was
also defeated without division.
The previous question was ordered, 110
to7S.
Shafroth (Rep. Colo.) then moved to
recommit the bill with instructions to
strike out that portion of the bill re
lating to the recolnage of silver dollars
into subsidiary coin. The motion to re
commit was lost, 105 to SS. The bill was
then passed without division.
The Senate Joint resolution for the ap
pointment of xl Joint committee to confer
upon the action of the House In instruct
ing its conferees upon the Army appro
priation bill was then taken up. After a J
brief deDate tne resolution was aaopiea
and the speaker appointed the following
committee: Dalzell, Cannon and Richard
son. Meyer called up the conference report
upon the omnibus public public building
bill which the Senate adopted yesterday.
Several questions were asked by McClell
an (Dem. N. Y.) relative to the provis
ion for the .New York postofflce, and the
report -was then adopted.
The conference report on the fortifica
tions bill was also adopted. The House
then adjourned until Monday.
PROTECTION- OF SEALS.
BUI for Reopening of Negotiations
Favorably Reported.
WASHINGTON, May 29. The ways and
means committee of the House today or
dered a favorable report on the bill for
a reopening of negotiations relative to the t
fur seal herds of Alastca, with a yiew of
the preservation of the herds and author
izing the killing of the greater part of
tho seals unless the negotiations for the
permanent preservation of tho herds are
successful. The preamble of the bill re
cites that regulations made In pursuance
of the findings of the Behrlng Sea tri
bunal "have utterly failed to so protect
and preserve these herds from indecent
killing and ruinous diminution of life after
several years of faithful enforcement":
also that "this killing of 20,000 to SO.O00
mother seals at sea by alien hunters every J
year entails tne cruel and Indecent starva
tion to death on the islands of 15,000 to
25,000 young or pup seals every Scptem- ,
VlAI nnA rAf fthAT " TVlA Kill AvrnvtAn... I.A '
President to conclude negotiations with
Great Britain for a review of the regula
tions. In order to "preserve the fur seal
industry of Alaska for the good of all
mankind and abate the shameful order
of killing now permitted and conducted."
Pending the negotiations, the bill ad
vises a modus vivendt prohibiting the kill-1
lng or seals, except for -native food. In
tho event that the preservation of the
herd is not secured at the opening of tho
pelagic season of 1902, authority is .given
to kill all the male and female seals with
the exception of 10,000 females and 1000
males.
Representative McClellan, of New York,
and Representative McCalL of Massachu
setts, voted against reporting- tno bill.
McClellan stated that it was a remark
able measure proposing the killing of 90,
000 seals, apparently through spite.
Says Only TxHst "Will Benefit.
WASHINGTON, May 29. Representa
tive R. F. Broussard. of Louisiana, was
before the Senate committee on relations!
with Cuba today. He said he recently
made a trip over the entire island of Cuba.
His Investigations showed that the Amer
ican Sugar Refining Company owned no
very large proportion 'of tho raw sugar
that has been hypothecated to men who
lent money to the planters, and it was his
opinion that these men would eventually
control the output.
"The American Sugar Refinery," the
witness said, "will get at least 99 per cent
of all the benefits granted by Congress to
the Cuban planters."
The committee then adjourned.
Retirement of General Brooke.
WASHINGTON, May 29. The Senato
committee on military affairs today au
thorized a favorable report on the, bill
providing for the retirement of General
Brooke with the rank of Lleutenant-Gen-eral.
Does Array With, Small Kegs.
WASHINGTON. May 29. The bill of
Representative Overstreet, of Indiana,
L. McLAURIN.
THE COURT OF CLAIMS.
abolishing the one-eighth keg of beer, was
favorably acted upon by the ways and
means committee. The measure Is desired
by the beer trade, in order to do away
with the small kegs.
Immediate Transit Privilege.
WASHINGTON, May 29. The ways and
means committee today favorably report
ed bills extending to Tacoma and Seattle,
Wash., the privilege of immediate transit
of merchandise in bond, and making
Waco, Ariz., a sub-port of entry.
Death Penalty for Train Robbery.
WASHINGTON, May 29. Senator Piatt
(N. Y.) today Introduced a bill making
train robbery a felony and providing the
death penalty for the offense.
VOTBJOR TWELVE.
Don't fall to vote for -twelve candi
dates for Representatives. In the ar
rangement of the official ballot, the In
struction to voto for twelve Is placed
over the list of Citizens candidates,
but not over the lists of candidates of
other parties. Do not let this deprive
you of your right to vote for all of
your party's nominees. Call th at
tention of your friends to the arrange- f
ment, so that there may be no mistake
Prohibitionists and Socialist are Inter
ested In this as well as Republicans.
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A SOUTHWESTERN TRIP.
President May Visit Texas and Ticzr
Mexico in the Fall.
WASHINGTON, May 29. Representa
tive Slayden today Jnvlted the President
to attend the fair to be held in San An
tonio, Tex., from October 18 to 29, next.
The President told Mr. Slayden that ho
fully Intended to visit Texas next Au
tumn, and it might be convenient for
him to make the trip so aa to see the fair,
and if possible he would do so. Delegates
Rodney, of New Mexico, invited tho Pres
ident to attend the fair to be held at Al
buquerque beginning October 13. The
President thought It might possibly be
arranged so that he could visit Albu
querque on the same trip, and If he could
do so he would. '
Scalers Formally Received.
WASHINGTON, May 29. The Secretary
of State has received a cablegram' from
Mr. Squlers, United States Minister to
Cuba, announcing that he had been for
mally received In thxt capacity by Presi
dent Estrada Palma at Havana. Mr.
Squlers suggested the desirability of hav
ing a military attache for the Legation at
Havana assigned as soon as possible, and
mentioned Captain Clark, United States
Army, as a 'most suitable person for that
post.
Military Prisoners Released.
WASHINGTON, May 29. Under the de
cision of the Supreme Court in the case of
Captain Peter C. Demlng, Secretary Root
has directed that 27 cx-members of vol
unteer organizations now serving sen
tence shall be released from confinement.
Ten of the frrrJ men are now at the Fort
Leavenworth Penitentiary and tho other
17 are at Alcatraz Island, California. They
aro all enlisted men.
THE DEATH ROLL.
Ex-Congressman Hill.
JOLIET. III., May 29. Charles Hill,
Assistant District United States Attorney
during the Tanner administration, died
today, aged 66, of Brlght's disease. Mr.
Hill was a member of Congress In 1SSS
and 1SS3. He served with distinction dur
ing the Civil War.
John Jermyn.
SCRANTON, Pa.. May 29. John Jermyn,
the millionaire coal operator, died today
at his home In this city, aged 75 years.
Sergeant Hoff.
PiRIS, May 29. Sergeant Hoff, the fa
mous sharpshooter of the siege of Paris,
Is dead.
Election Ir Ontario.
OTTAWA, Ont, May 29, Full returns
from the election in Ontario give the
Liberals- 5L Conservatives 45, and one seat
to bo beard from.
LABORTROUBLEINMrANlLA
GENERAL STRIKE OF ALL TRADES
IS THREATENED.
American Employers Are Notified
That They Must 'Advance Wages .
FIXty Per Cent May 3ll
MANILA. May 29. Tho labor troubles
which have been brewing for a month are
taow on the eve of coming to a head.
Three of the largest Arrferlcan employers
of Filipino labor have been notified that
they must advance salaries 50 per cent all
around May 31. or face a strike. One firm
three yeara ago paid employes 53 per
week, and Is now paying them $30 week
ly. The firm says a further advance Is
impossible. It is the Intention of Isabelo
de Los Reys, the organizer of labor asso
ciations here, to secure an increase of
wages In all trades or force a general
strike. The merchants are alarmed at the
outlook. They say Filipino labor costs
more now. In proportion to the results,
than American labor. The wages are now
from five to 19 times higher than under the
Spanish regime.
POLICY OF CONCENTRATION.
Colonel Wagner Tells How It
Worlced In the Philippines.
WASHINGTON, May 29. The commit
tee on the Philippines today heard the
testimony of Colonel A. L. Wagner, As
sistant Adjutant-General of the Army, who
spent two and a ha.lt years in the Phil
ippines. He- was questioned about the
concentration camps, and described the
system by explaining the details of one
particular camp. In that camp the people
In all cases would have their old neigh
bors near them. So far as he had been
able to observe, there waa no evidence of
want among the people there congre
gated. Moreover, they were surprisingly
contented. They were at liberty to go
outside the Hne from 300 to SOO yards. "Be
yond that distance was what was called
the deadline, beyond which tho people
were not permitted to go. The natives
were given to understand that If they
crossed this line they would be shot, but
in reality the orders were not to shoot
any helples? persons or any others, If the
shooting could be avoided.
Colonel Wagner said that one of the
principal purposes of concentrating the
natives in the Philippines was to protect
them against the la'drones, which had been
admirably accomplished, so that in many
cases what was called the deadline was in
reality the lifeline. Another object of
the camps had been that of facilitating
the collection of the rice supplies In order
to starve out the ladrones and guerrillas.
The result had been that hostile parties
had practically disappeared, and their
leader, Qlalvar, had been captured. The
Army had been much like a blind giant
It was strong enough to cope with the
enemy, but was not able to see where
the danger was. The policy had been
necessary to protect life and property, and
he did not see how any other policy could
have been successful.
Replying to Senator Beverldge, the wit
ness said the people were fed and given,
medical supplies, and the sanitation of
their camps was looked after. The
American camps in the Philippines no
more could be compared to Weylers re
concentratlon camps. In Cuba than mercy
could be compared to cruelty.
A number of questions were asked by
Senator Culberson concerning General
Bell's policy in comparison with that of
his predecessor. General Sumner.
"General Sumner," said the witness,
"was not allowed to take as severe meas
ures as he deemed necessary, because he
told me that he was handicapped by his
lrstructlons from department headquar
ters." Continuing, he said that neither
Sumner nor Bell had been responsible for
the policy pursued, a3 each was subject
to tho orders of the department com
manders. "It Sumner had remained In
command," he said, "he would have been
required to carry out the same policy a3
Bell did."
Ho supposed, he said, that the orders had
originated with General Chaffee, but he
did not understand that the orders were
-written. The policy had been Justified by
the fact that all the people congregated
had now returned to their homes, and
July 4 the provinces of Batangas and La
guna were to be restored to civil rule.
Referring to the policy of burning vil
lages, the witness said that indiscrimi
nate burning had not been countenanced
by the rules of war, and that the prac
tice of burning the property of noncom
batants was Inexcusable, except in cases
In which it was impossible to separate it
from, that of hostlles, and in cases in
which the enemy was making use of it.
SITUATION IN MINDANAO.
Colonel Baldwin Suggests Wiping
Ont the Defiant Element.
MANILA, May 29. Colonel Frank D.
Baldwin, ot the Fourth United States In
fantrv. has telegraphed to Brigadier-General
George W. Davis, In command of the
United States troops in the Island of
Mindanao, that he does not expect to es
tablish satisfactory peace conditions in
the Lake Lano district until the defiant
element is wiped out. The natives pre
tending to be friendly are urging that this
be done, as their own lives aTe In Jeop
ard, "which," the Colonel adds, "we are
in the highest sense under obligations to
protect.'' "The defiant element," con
tinues Colonel Baldwln,( "respect nothing
but powder and the sword. They will
destroy human lives until destroyed them
selves." General Davis replied -that, to
meet the emergency in the way suggest
ed, would necessitate the capture of every
fort which now admits American troops
as friends, which was forbidden under ex
isting orders.
BUENCAMINO TALKS.
Says a Good Word for Governor Taft
and the Array.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-General Fillpe
Buencamlno, of. Manila, formerly Aguln
aldo's Secretary of War, called on ths
President today In company with Secre
tary Root. General Buencamlno was taken
prisoner by the United States troops at
the time Agulnaldo's mother" was cap
tured, and since that time has been at
the head of the Federal Filipino party.
Ho told the President today that his mis
sion to Washington was to correct some
of the false reports that have been put in
circulation with a view of discrediting
the work of both the civil government,
under Judge Taft, and the Army. The
civil -government, ho told the President,
was doing a really wonderful work for
good in the Islands, and It had been ably
seconded by the Army.
The stories of cruelties perpetrated by
our soldiers, he said, were either wholly
untrue or greatly exaggerated. The Army
had conducted itself In a way to elicit
praleo from all right-thinking Filipinos,
and this, too. In the face of the greatest
temptations and provocations. Judge Taf t's
Commission had the entire confidence of
all rightly disposed natives, he said, and
it was General Buencamlno's hope that
Governor Taft might be induced to re
main an Indefinite time at the head of the
civil government. The Fillplnbs, he said,
love Judge Taft, for he never once de
ceived them, and they know him to be
their friend.
The General -will appear before the Phil
ippine committee of the Senate within a
few days.
Duluth Doctor Disappears.
DULUTH, Minn., May 29. Dr. Thomas
H. Storr, a prominent physician, disap
peared from this city May 15, leaving word
to his wife that he had been "called away
suddenly." The day be left he borrowed
& grip from a friend nd drew over U00
from a bank where he .hod it on deposit
It is believed that he went to Seattle, as
word was received that he was there.
Every effort, to locate him there has
failed. No causo for his leaving- is known.
UNITED PRESBYTERIANS.
Lively Fight Expected on the Mem
bership Covenant.
PITTSBURG, May 29.-r-With the elec
tion of Rev. Dr. James C. Wilson, of
Erie, as moderator, the appointment of
committees, the hearing of reports and
consideration of routine business, tho com
missioners to the General Asajmbly of the
United Presbyterian Church put the th
annual session well under way. The
membership covenant will be the mo3t Im
portant matter considered. This has been
expected all along, but today tfut an en
tirely new face on the matter, and tomor
row will see a lively flght on the question.
Rev. David R. Miller furnished the sur
prise by presenting a memorial from the
Lake Presbytery containing a covenant to
be substituted for the basis of member
ship devised by the special committee ap
pointed a year ago, and which wa3 re
ferred today to a special committee that
will report tomorrow. The memorial asks
that the assembly eend the covenant down
to the presbyteries as an overture, and
sets forth at length arguments In Its fa
vor. It Is essentially the same as the
covenant prepared by the special commit
tee of which Rev. J. T. McCrory, D. D.
Is chairman, but it provides for the repeal
of ' the law of adherence," now the prin
cipal feature of the membership covenant.
Tnls law requires applicants for mem
bership to subscribe to all tho principles
and doctrines of the church. The new pro
visions simply require profession of faith
and repentance.
The reports showed that the congrega
tions of America contributed for all pur
poses during- the year $1,843,235, an In
crease ot $116,355, the largest In any one
year. The membership increased 2209. In
three synods, New York, Ohio and Iowa,
there had been a decrease In the mem
bership. In this connection the report says
there is an indication of great changes
taking place in our population.
The reports of various boards were pre
sented. The board of home missions reports that
"sad in the extreme is the condition 'in
every respect of the mountain whites of
the South. Work among them would have
to be taken up and carried on much the
same as in heathen lands. The year
closes with a balance of J2S62. The re
ceipts from legacies, 527,103, were excep
tionally large.
The annual report of the board of for
eign missions mentions the opening of a
church. in Alexandria, Egypt, and a new
hospital at Asyut, and says the fund
projected for the Asyut College !s largely
in hand. Tho total sum required for
the year was $164,853. The total receipts
were $148,212, leaving an Indebtedness ot
$10,547. It Is estimated that $S7,570 will bo
needed for the mission In Egypt this year,
and $56,915 for India.
The report of board of ministerial re
lief places the total endowment fund at
$120,100, an Increase of $3000 during the'
year. The amount required for payments
during the coming year Is estimated at
$13,000. I
The report shows SO beneficiaries now on
the roll. The board of publication re
ports that a larger number of mission
Sunday schools have been established
during the year than in any former
year.
Reformed Presbyterians.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 29. Tho synod
of the Reformed Presbyterian Church to
day elected the following officers: Mod
erator, W. W. Carruthers, Apache, O. T.;
clerk, S. G Shaw, Cambridge, Mass.;
assistant clerk, T. C. Sproull, Fair Grove,
Mich.
APPROACHED THE CRATER
Newspaper Man Ascended. Mo ant Pe
lee Other Investigations.
FORT DE FRANCE. May 29. The
crater of Mount Peleo has been ap
proached within a mile. This feat was
achieved Tuesday afternoon by George
Kavanagh, an unattached newspaper man,
who had accompanied Professor Robert
T. Hill, United States Government geolo
gist, on his expedition.
When Professor Hill returned southward
toward St. Pierre, Mr. Kavanagh con
tinued on past Morne Rouge. His rotrte
seems to have been along or near the
Calle Basse divide. He says he descended
from Morne Rouge into the valley between
Morne Rouge and Mount Pelee. This val
ley was deeply strewn with ashes. Mr.
Kavanagh was guided by an aged negro to
where an old footpath once led to Lake
Palmlste, near the summit ot the crater.
There an Iron cross, 20 feet high, was
burled in ashes, to within a foot of Its top.
Before him stretched upward the moun
tain slope, covered with ashes, which,
soaked by the heavy rains and baked by
the sun and volcano heat. looked like a
cement sidewalk. The whole mountain top
was shrouded In smoke.
.. Forgetful of the explosion of the pre
vious day and the awful suddenness of the
outburst, and tempted by the seemingly
easy ascent, he continued upward and
made photographs and rough sketches.
Mr. Kavanagh found the valley filled with
ashes and two great rifts which he was
afraid to approach. In the evening he
turned back, reaching Morne Rouge at
about 9 o'clock. Hchad made no new ob
servations, and realized his danger only
the next morning, when occurred the
greatest outburst since Mount Pclee's first
eruption.
On Wednesday Mr. Kavanagh tried to
descend to St. Pierre, but failed. He found
a little hamlet In a valley near the moun
tain, black with 150 dead bodies. They
were not carbonized, nor had their "cloth
ing been burned oft. Probably this val
ley lav near the Inner edre of the zone
of blasting flame.
George Kennan reported from Morne
Rouge this morning. "Professor Ange
lo Hellpfln. president of the Phila
delphia Geographical Society, but here
under the auspices of the National
Geographical Society, left with Mr. Lead
better, to make a, three days' careful ex
ploration and study of the new craters
east and north.
Terror Not Over In St. Vincent.
LONDON. May 29. Joseph Chamberlain,
the Colonial Secretary, has received the
following cablegram from Sir Robert Bax
ter Llewellyn, Governor of the Windward
Islands
"There has been no serious volcanic out
break on the Island of St. Vincent since
May 13. I hope the worst Is over, but
the people of the Island are still nervous.
All arrangements for the comfort of the
injured, the relief of the destitute, and
the resettling of the people of St. Vincent
are progressing satisfactorily."
Stole From Ills Mothcr-In-Lnw.
CHICAGO, May 29. A Jury today found
George D'Essauer guilty of grand larceny.
He was charged with stealing $40,000 be
longing to Mrs. Harvey, his raother-In-law.
The Jury found that he was guilty
of taking $15,000. D'Essauer, according
to the testimony, got tho money from Mrs.
Harvey by fraudulently representing that
he wanted to Invest it, and had spent
much In traveling In Europe in pursuit of
an actress. It was alleged that he planned
to "star" the actres3, but that the plan
fell through.
Child Falls From" a Train.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., May 29. The
E-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Chamberlain, of Forest River, fell from
the window of a train while It was run
ning 50 miles an hour, and suffered a con
cussion of the brain, but may recover.
The accident happened near Glasgow,
Mont. The family -were returning from
Seattle.
It Sounds BHr. "T CtiAll.- rii iai.i
Jor a Jobf "Oh, dear no. He's looking- for
An opportunity to consent to acceot a posl- I
tlon," CMc5Q Eveaiss post, J
RIVERS ARE BOOMING
FLOOD'S IN THE ARKANSAS VALLEY
THREATEN WICHITA.
Hlsrh Water In Many Streams in the
Middle West Do- Much. Baxc-
aare ib Bridges.
WICHITA, Kan., May 29. Two floods,
assregatlng 15 feet of water, are coming
down the Arkansas River, and the people
along the river in Southern Kansas are
becoming alarmed. The first one passed
Dodge City at 12:30 today, and is coming
In one breast of water five feet high. It
Is due In Wichita at 8 o'clock tomorrow.
The second floed Is coming In a wave ot
10 feet high, and passed Garden City at
2:30 o'clock. The river here will not be
able 10 carry the water, if a threatened
rain tonight falls.
Tracks and Bridges Washed Ont.
OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T., May 29. The
unprecedented rains of the past few days
in the western half of Oklahoma are
causing great floods. The Washita River
rose nearly two feet last night, and Is still
coming up. The Rock Island track be
tween Anadarko and El Reno was wasfted
out and trains are stalled. At El Reno,
where the North Canadian River is at the
highest point ever known, and is still ris
ing, the railway bridge has been washed
out. At Bridgeport the South Canadian
River has overflowed the valley and the
railway bridges are In danger. A great
portion of Greer County, whe"-e five Inches
of rain has fallen, is flooded, and at
Wfiathcrford the Washita River Is a mile
wide. The damage to crops and railways
will bo heavy.
Oklahoma Tovrn Isolated.
GUTHRIE, O. T., May 29. Residents of
Woodward say the Santa Fe bridges over
both the North Canadian and South Cana
dian Rivers were -washed out, and the
city Isolated for several days. This Is on
the Pan Handle division. Six hundred
feet of the South Canadian bridge is gone,
and all the wagon bridges over the Cimar
ron River, in its route of over 200 miles
through Oklahoma. Rivers are again ris
ing on account of the rains. At Wood
ward, the water stood two feet deep in the
streets as the result of a waterspout In
the hills near there. Reports ot additional
damages are coming In from all portions
of the territory. Mr3. Wllcher ai.d son
are reported drowned In Tiger Creek, near
Perkins.
Washouts on the Santa Fe.
PUEBLO, Colo., May 29. In addition to
the big washouts on the Santa Fe Rail
road near Las Animas, caused by the
rush of water from the Purgatolre River
into the Arkansas, the bridge over the
Arkansas at Holly, near the Kansas? state
line, has gone out. It Is stated at La
Junta that the gaps cannot be crossed for
several days. A switch has been laid at
Boone station, 15 miles from Pueblo, to
connect tho Santa Fe with the Missouri
Pacific, and trains are eent around over
that road to Scott City, Kan., thence by
a branch to regain the Santa Fe main
line.
Wheat Fields Submerged.
TULSA, I. T., May 29. Heavy rains fell
Tuesday and Wednesday night, followed by
a continuous downpour today, that has
thoroughly saturated the ground. Tho
level prairie roads are almost Impassable.
The Verdigris River Is higher than since
the flood in December, 1S95. Bird Creek
Is three miles wide north of Tulsa. Hun
dreds of acres of the finest wheat are en
tirely submerged.
FRENCHMEN AT BANQUET
Sons of St. Patrick Entertain Ro
chambcau Delegates.
NEW YORK, May 29. The members of
the French delegation to the unveiling of
the Rochambcau statue, after enjoying
the hospitality of Whitclaw Rcld at Ophlr
Farm, White Plains, this afternoon, re
turned to the city tonight. At 6 o'clock
the Sixty-ninth Regiment escorted them
from the Waldorf-Astoria to the banquet
given at Delmonlco's by the Friendly Sons
of St. Patrick. Supreme Court Justice
O'Gorman, president of the society, pre
sided. Following the dinner. President
O'Gorman read the following telegram
from President Roosevelt, which was re
ceived with cheers:
"Please assure the membenj of the so
ciety of my hearty appreciation of their
cordial Invitation, and express to those
present at the dinner my very real re
gret at my Inability to be present. 1
should greatly enjoy being with you If it
were possible. I congratulate the ioclety
and serd to Its members and distin
guished guests my sincere and bert
wishes."
Justice O'Gorman then warmly wel
comed the guests and paid an eloquent
tribute to the traditional friendship of
France with America and Ireland, clos
ing with a toast to the President of tr-e
French republic. Ambassador Cambers re
sponded In French. He was succeeded
by Archblsnop Ireland, who spoke to tn
toast, "France and the United Stit"?"
Justice Fitzgerald, of the State Suprm
Court, replied to the toast, "The Memcy
of Washington and Rochambeau." Bourke
Cockran, General Brugere, Admiral Four
rler, Mayor Low and Ambasrador Por
ter also spoke.
The French battle-ship Gaulcls. com
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veyed to this country the French m 3
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