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THE MOBNI27G OREGONIAN, SATUEDA"?, MAY 31, 1902.
THE ARMY'S TASK
Crisis in Our History Met
Successfully.
ROOSEVELT AT ' ARLINGTON
"War In the Philippine! Carried on
iiumnncly Treachery of the Ta-
gals Rights of the Pacific
Coast.
WASHINGTON, May SO. Memorial day
was observed here today perhaps more
generally than ever before. The an
nouncement that President- Roosevelt
would deliver the oration at Arlington
hrought to hat historic city of the dead
a vast concourse of people. The local
arrangements were In charge of the De
partment of tho Potomac, and Included
a parade of all the G. A. R. and other
patriotic organisations, the decoration of
monuments and graves, and addresses by
men prominent In the affairs of the Gov
tniment. At Arlington a National salute was
flred at 12 o'clock- by the Fourth Bat
ierv United States Field Artillery. Mu
sic was rendered by the Marino band and
by the Memorial choir. Upon arriving at
Arlington, the procession marched to the
tombs or the unknown. During the deco
ration of the tombs by the special com
mittee chosen from the G. A. B. organ
izations and auxiliary societies, tha Ma
rine band played an appropriate selection.
I'm procession then brofce up and the
decoiation of graves began. A touching
feature was the strewing of flowers over
the graves of the Confederate dead burled
in th? cemetery.
Meantime a vast crowd had assembled
at the Amphitheater, where the services
were conducted. The familiar strains of
"Nearer, My God, to Thee." by the Ma
rine band, marked the beginning of the
services. President Roosevelt's arrival
was tho signal for an outburst of ap
plause. Mr. E. B. Hay read Lincoln's
Gettysburg address.
Roosevelt's Address.
President Roosevelt followed, and as he
a-ose he was again greeted with the
plaudits of the Immense audience, which
stretched far outside the limits of the
Amphitheater. During his address he
was frequently Interrupted by bursts of
cpplause. The President spoke as fol
lows: "Mr. Commander, comrades, and yoji,
mn and women of the United States,
who ewe your being here to what was
tfone by the men of the great Civil "War,
I greet you and thank you for the honor
done me In asking me to be present this
day.
it Is a good custom of our country to
have certain solemn holidays In commem
oration of our greatest men and of the
greatest crises In our history. There
should be but few such holidays. To in
crease their number Is to cheapen them.
Washington and Lincoln the -man who
did most to found the Union, and the
man who did most to preserve It stand
head and shoulders above all our other
public men, and have by common consent
won the right to this pre-eminence.
Among the holidays which commemor
ate tho turning points In American his
tory. Thanksgiving has a significance pe
culiarly Its own. On July 4 we celebrate
the birth of the Nation; on this day, the
tuth of May, wc call to mln,d the deaths of
those who died that the Nation might live,
who wagered all that life holds dear for
the great prize of death In battle, who
poured out their blood like water In order
that the mighty national structure raised
try the far-seeing patriotism of Washing
ton, Franklin, Marshall. Hamilton and
the other great leaders of the Revolution,
great framers of the Constitution, should
net crumble Into meaningless ruins.
Tou whom I address today and your
comrades who wore the blue beside you
In the perilous years during which strong,
sad, patient Lincoln bore the crushing
load of National leadership, performed
the one feat the failure to perform which
would have meant destruction to every
thing which makes the name America a
symbol of hope among the nations of
mankind. Tou did the greatest and most
necessary task which has over fallen to
' the lot of any men on this Western hem
isphere. Nearly three centuries have
passed since the waters of our coasts
Here first furrowed by the keels of the
men whose children's children were to
inherit this fair land. 0er a century and
a half of colonial growth followed the
settlement; and now for over a century
and a quarter we have been a nation.
During our four generations of National
life we have had to do many tasks, and
some of them of far-reaching Importance:
but the only really vital task was the one
you did, the task of saving the Union.
Thero were other crises In which to have
gone wrong would have meant disaster:
but this was the one crisis In which to
have gone wrong would have meant not
merely disaster but annihilation. For
failure at any other point atonement could
have been made; but had you failed In tho
iron days the loss would have been Ir
reparable, the defeat Irretrievable. Upon
our success depended all the future of
the people on this continent, and much o"
the future of mankind as a whole.
You left us a reunited country. You
left us the right of brotherhood with the
men in gray, who with such courage, and
such devotion for what 'they deemed the
right, fought against you. But you left
us much more even than your achieve
ment, for you left us the memory of how
It was achieved. You, who made good
by jour valor and patriotism the states
manship of Lincoln and the soldiership
of GranJ, have set as the standards for
our -efforts: In the future both, the w'ay
you did your work in war and the way in
which when the war was over you turned
again to the work of peace. In war and
in peace alike your example will stand as
the wisest of lessons to us and our chil
dren and our children's children.
The Army in the Philippines.
Just at this moment the Army of tho
United States, led by men who served
among you In the great war, is carrying
to completion a small but peculiarly try
ing and difficult war In which is Involved
not only the honor of the flag but the tri
umph of civilisation over forces, which
stand for the black chaos of savagery and
barbarism. The task has not been as
difficult or as Important as yours, but,
oh, my comrades, the men In tho uniform
of the United States, who have for the
lE6t three years patiently and uncomplain
ingly championed the American cause In
the Philippine Islands, are your younger
brothers, your sons. They have shown
themselves not unworthy of you, and
they are entitled to the support of ail
men who are proud of what you did.
These younger comrades of yours have
fought under terrible difficulties and have
received terrible provocation from a very
cruel and very treacherous enemy. Un
der the strain of these provocations 1
deeply deplore to say that some among
thenrhave so far forgotten themselves as
to counsel and commit, in retaliation,
acts -of cruelty. The fact that for every
guilty act committed by one of our
troops a hundred acts of far greater
atrocity have been committed by the hos
tile natives upon our troops, or upon the
peaceable and law-abiding natives who
are friendly to us, cannot be held to ex
cuse the wtfong-doer on our side. Deter
mined and unswerving effort must bo
made, and is being made, to find out
every instance of barbarity on the part
of our troops, to punish those guilty of It,
and to take, if possible, even stronger
measures than have already been taken
to minimize or prevent the occurrence of
illl such Instances in the future.
Is" it only in the Army of the Philippines
that Americans sometimes do acts that
cause the rest of America reeret? (Cries
of "Oh, no." I
From time to time there occur in our i
country, to me deep ana lasting snanxe oi
our people, lynchlngs carried on under
circumstances of inhuman cruoity ann,
barbarity a cruelty Infinitely worse than
any that has ever been committed by our
troops in the Philippines; worse to ihe
victims, and far more brutalizing to thosd
guilty of It. The men who fall to con
demn these lynchlngs, and yet clamor
about what has been done In the Philip
pines, are indeed guilty of neglecting tho
beam In their own eye while taunting
their brother about the mote In -his. Un
derstands me. These lynchlngs afford us
no excuse for failure to stop cruelty In
the Philippines. Every effort is being
made, and will be made, to minimize the
chances o'f cruelty occurring.
But keep In mind that these cruelties In
the Philippines have been wholly excep
tional, and have been shamelessly exag
gerated. We deeply and bitterly regret
that any silch cruelties should have been
committed, no matter how rarely, no mat
ter under what provocation, hy American
troops. But they afford far less justifica
tion for a general condemnation of our
Army than these lynchlngs afford for the
condemnation of the communities In
which they have taken place. In each
case It is well to condemn the deed, and it
Is well also to refrain from including both
guilty and innocent In the same sweep
ing condemnation.
In every community there are people
who commit acts of well-nigh Inconceiv
able horror and baseness. If we fix our
eyes only upon these individuals and
upon their acts, and If we forget the far
more numerous citizens of upright and .
honest life and bund ourselves to their
countless deeds of wisdom and justice and
philanthropy. It Is easy enough to con
demn the community. There Is not a city
In this land which we could not thus
condemn If we fixed our eyes purely upon
its police record and refused to look at
what It had accomplished for decency
and justice and charity. Yet. this Is ex
actly the attitude which has been taken
by too many men with reference to our
Army in the Philippines; and It Is an at
titude both absurd and cruelly unjust.
"War Carried on Hnntnnclr
The rules of warfare which have been
promulgated by the War Department and
accepted as the basis of conduct by our
troops in the field are the rules laid down
by Abraham Lincoln when jou, my hear
ers, were fighting for tho Union. These
rules provide, of course, for the just
severity necessary In war. The most de
structive of all forms of cruelty would be
to show weakness where sternness is de
manded by iron need. But all cruelty Is
forbidden, and all harshness beyond what
Is called for by need. Our enemies in the
Philippines have not merely violated every
rule of war, but have made of these vio
lations their only method of carrying on
the war. We would have been justified
by Abraham Lincoln's rules of war in
infinitely greater severity than has been
shown. The fact really Is that our war
fare In the Philippines has been carried
on with singular humanity. For every
act of cruelty by our men there have been
innumerable acts of forbearance, mag
nanimity and generous kindness. Thesn
are the qualities which have characterized
the war as a whole. The cruelties have
been wholly exceptional on our part.
The guilty ara to be punished; but In
punishing them, let those who sit at ease
at home, who walk delicately and live In
the soft places of the earth, remember
also to do them common justice. Let not
the effortless and the untempted rail over
much at strong men who with, blood and
sweat face years of toll and days and
nighty of acony, and at need Jay down
their lives in remote tropic Jungles to
bring the light of civilization into the
world's dark places. The warfare that
has extended the boundaries of civiliza
tion atjthe expense of barbarism and sav
agery has been for centuries one of the
mot potent factors in the progress of ;
humanity, let from Its very naturp it
has always and everywhere been liable to
dark abuses.
It behooves us to keep a vigilant watch
to prevent these abuses and to punish
those who commit them; but If because
of them we flinch from finishing the tasK
on which we have entered, we show pur
selves cravens and weaklings, unworthy
of the sires from whose loins we sprang.
There were abuses and to spare In the
Civil War. Your false friends then called
Grant a "butcher' and spoke of you who
are listening to me as mercenaries, as
"Lincoln's hirelings." Your open foes
as in the resolution passed by the Con
federate Congress In October, 1SC2 ac
cused you, at great length, and with much
particularity,. of "contemptuous disregard
of the usages of civilized war"; of sub
jecting women and children to "banish
ment, Imprisonment and death"; of "mur
der," of "rapine," of "outrages on wom
en," of "lawless cruelty," of "perpetrating
atrocities which would be disgraceful to
savages"; and Abraham Lincoln was sin
gled out fQr especial attack because of
his "spirit of barbarous ferocity." Verily,
these men who thus foully slandered you
have their heirs today In those who tra
duce oUr Armies in the Philippines, who
fix their eyes on Individual deeds of wrong
so keenly that at last they become blind
to the great work of peace and freedom
that has already been accomplished.
Cruelty of Filipinos.
Peace and freedom are there two better
objects for which a soldier' can -fight?
Well, these are precisely tho objects for
which our soldiers are fighting In the
Philippines. When there 1b talk of the
cruelties committed In the Philippines, re
member always that by far the greater
proportion of these cruelties have been
committed by the Insurgents against their
own people as well as against our sol
diersand that not only the surest but the
only effectual way of stopping them la by
the progress of American arms. The vic
tories of the American Army have been
the really effective means of putting &
stop to cruelty In the Philippines. Wher
ever these victories have been complete-
and such is now the case throughout the
greater part of the Islands all cruelties
have ceased, and the native Is secure in
his life, his liberty, and pursuit of happi
ness. Where the Insurrection still smol
ders there Is always a chance for cruelty
to show Itself.
Our soldiers conquer; and what Is the
object for which they conquer? To estab
lish a military government? No. Tho
laws we are now endeavoring to enact for
the government of the Philippines are to
increase tho power and domain of the
civil at the exoense'of the military au
thorities, and to render even more diffi
cult than in the past the chance of op
pression. The military power Is used to
secure peace. In" order that it may Itself
be supplanted by the civil government.
The progress of-the American arms meafig
the abolition of cruelty, 'the bringing of
peace, and the rule of law and order under
the civil government. Other nations have
conquered to create irresponsible military
rule. We conquer to bring Just and re
sponsible civil government to the con
quered. But our Armies do more than bring
peace, do more than bring order, They
brlmc freedom. Remember always that
the Independence of a tribe or a commu
nity may, and often does, have nothing
whatever to do with the freedom of the
individual in that tribe or community.
There are now in Asia and Africa scores
of despotic monarchies, each of which is
independent, and in no one of which is
there the slightest vestige of freedom for
the individual man. Scant indeed is tha
gain to mankind from tbeV'lndependence"
of a blood-stained tyrant who rules over
abject and brutalized slaves. But great is
the gain to humanity which follows the
steady though slow introduction of the
orderly liberty, the law-abiding freedom of
the individual, which is tho only sum
foundation upon which, national independ
ence can he built. Wherever In the Phil
ippines the Insurrection has been definitely
and finally put down, there the individual
Filipino already enjoys .such freedom,
such personal liberty, under our rule, as
he could never even Jream of under tho
Chamberlain's Motto.:
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rule of an "Independent" Agulnaldlan
oligarchy.
The slowly-learned and difficult art o
self-government, an art which our people
have taught themselves by the labor of a
thousand years, cannot be grasped In a
day by a people only just emerging from
conditions of life which our ancestors left
behind them in the dim- years before his
tory dawned. We believe that we can
rapidly teach the people of the Philippine
Islands not only how to enjoy but how to
make good use of their freedom; and with
their growing "knowledgo their growth In
self-government shall Keep steady pace. .
When they have thus shown their capacity
for real freedom by their power of self
government, then, and not till then, will It
be possible to decide whether )hty are to
exist Independently of us or be knit to us
by ties of common friendship and interest.
When that day will come It Is not In hu
man wisdom now to foretell. All that we
can say with certainty Is that It would
be put back an Immeasurable distance if
we should yield to the counsels of un
manly weakness and turn loose the Is
lands, to see our victorious foes butcher
wth revolting, cruelty our betrayed
friends, and shed the blood of the most hu
mane, the most enlightened, the most
peaceful, the wisest and the best of their
own number for these are the classes who
have already learned to welcome our rule.
Interests of the Pacific Coast.
Vqt, while fully acknowledging our du
ties to others, need we forget our duty to
our own country. The Pacific seaboard is as
much to us as the Atlantic: as we grow
In power and prosperity so our Interests
will grow in that farthest West which is
the Immemorial East The shadow of
our destiny has already reached to the
shores of Asia. The might of our people
already looms large against the world
horizon; and it will loom ever larger as
the years go by. No statesman has a
right to neglect the interests of our people
In the Pacinc, Interests which are Impor
tant to all our people, but which arc of
niost importance to those of our people
who have built populous and thriving
states on the western slope of our conti-
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the man In highest office In tho Philip
pine Islands, is the Vice-Governor, General
Luke Wright, of Tennessee, who gallant
ly wore the gray in the Civil War and
who Is now working hand In hand with
the head of our Army In the Philippines,
fc-w u WU J UUUViWtit .fc fc4 lUVUIVii
,Adna Chaffee, who in the Civil War gal
lantly wore the hlue. Those two, and
the men under them, from the North and
from the South, In chil life andln mill
tan life, as teachers, ss administrators,
as soldiers, are laboring mightily for us
who live at home. Here and there black
sheep are to be found among them; but
taken as a whole, they represent as high
a standard of public service as this coun
try has ever seen. They are doing a great
work for civilization, a great work for
the honor and the Interest of this Nation,
and above all, for the welfare of the in
habitants of the Philippine Islands. All
honor to them; and shame, thrice shame,
to us if we fall to uphold their hands!
The applauso accorded the President as
he concluded was, loud and continuous,
and a? he took his seat, some one In the
crowd cried, out: "Three cheers for our
brave President"; whereupon a .mighty
shout went up from the throats of the
thousands crowded Into every available
space to hear him.
General Eli Torrence, Chief Commander
of the G. A. R,, followed with a few re
marks, and then the services were
brought to a close with tho playing of
"America" by the band, the choir and
assembly joining, and benediction, by
Henry S. Stevens, department chaplain.
Immediately after the memorial exer
cises at tho Amphitheater, .be monument
erected to the memory of Colonel Edgar
O'Connor, of the Second Wisconsin Regi
ment, wn tlnveiled In the presence of a
number of his coxnrades.
At Sojdlers' vHcme, at Battles-Ground
Cemetery, near the site of Old Fort'Stev-
ens, ana at E. Elizabeth's where lie
countless numbers of veterans who lost
their reason as a result of military sen'
Icot and who were buried In the asylum
grounds, and at other cemeteries, appro
priate services were held. Secretary Shaw
delivered the oration at Battle-Ground
Cemetery.
J7rjmjred to Lincoln's Oration.
LONDON, May 3L President Roose
velt's speech at Arlington yesterday re
ceives little comment in the morning
papers. The Standard compares It to
Lincoln's historic oration at Gettysburg,
and describes it as very remarkable, in
stinct with the spirit of that uncompro
mising honesty and courage which the
President has exhibited upon several oc
casions already. The Dally Chronicle re
fers to the speech In a like manner.
We never saw a man-eating shark, but we
have seen more than one man eating chad.-'
Philadelphia Bulletin.
' " Get the votes; honestly,
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AT THE TOMB OF GRANT
ADDRESS BY JUDGK JOXES, A CON
FEDERATE yETERAN,
Decoration Bay Ceremonies In the
Cities of the East Flornl Offer
lugs Sent to Canton.
NEW YORK, May 30. Most impressive
ceremonies were held -at Grant's tomb, In (
Riverside Park; today, the most unusual
feature of whlcn was an address hy a
Confederate veteran, who served with the
Southern army In the fipht aAppomat-i
tox. This oratftr was Jtge 6 G. Jone
of Montgomery, Ala. Judge jonea said
in part:
"This hour Is one of Indescribable moral
grandeur. When Tntt a beardless youth,
I drank of the cup of defeat at Appo
mattox, and was one of those 'allowed to
return to his home, not to be disturbed
by the United States authorities, so long
as they obacrved their parole and the
laws- in force where they resided.' From
that day to this there has never been an
hour when I would willingly omit any
opportunity to do honor to the memory
of (he immortal who forebodo to add to
the burden of our eorrows then.
"No true soldier can deny to the illus
trious man whose mortal remains lie
here the possession of all the qualities
of a great commander. The man who died
at Mount McGregor was never envious of
the captains who .won battles? for him,
and he sustained them loyally in the
field. No. Ignoble emotions came to him
in the hours of triumph. He did not take
time, after the collapse at the little Vir
ginia; village, to pass through Richmond,
the prize for which armies had so long
contended, but hurried direct to Washing
ton to begin the disbandment of the
Army. Ho was called to the highest civic
rank on earth. The gaze oi the world
beat in upon him there and found no
stain.
"From the hour he turned from Appo-
Gregor, the desire uppermost In the
thoughts of the victorious soldier was to
soothe and better the condition of his de
feated countrymen. He lost no oppor
tunity to speak In terms of admiration
of tho Confederate soldier, and after the
power of speech was gone he wrote: I
feel that we are on the eve of a new era
and there Is to be great harmony between
the Federals and Confederates. I cannot
stay to be a living witness of the correct
ness of this prophecy, but I feel it with
in me that It is to be so.' "
WHO IS BEHIND INMAN?
fftie keepers of brothels in "the North
End have raised a fund to defeat
Georse H. "Williams in his candidacy
for tho "Mayoralty. Their business de
mands his defeat. They live upon the
wrecks of human Ihes, and do not
want an executive ofljeer whose char
acter and- position have placed hint out
of the reach of party bosses, and who
cannot bo Influenced to disregard hla
Suty. W'lH the reapectable people of
Portland help these keepers of dens of
ilce In their efforts to defeat so good a.
man?
A.T M'KINLEY'S TOMB.
Many
Beautiful Floral
Offerings
Sent to Cnnton.
CANTON, O., May 20. Many beautiful
offerings to be placed on the tomb of tho
late President McKlnley were received
here laBt night and today, Including a
large crate of choice flowers from the
White House at Washinzton. Mrs. Mc-
Klhley took the flowers to Woodlawn and I
t had them arranged about the tomb. The
o'clock under the direction of the G. A. -R.
The Spanish-American war veterans
placed a special design on the tomb. The
G. A. JR. placed at his tomb the flag of
the order and "a cluster of flowers taken
at random from the supply provided for
all their dead comrades, making- no dis
tinction in favor of the late President.
BHst ot McKlnley Unveiled.
PHILADELPHIA. May SO The feature
of the Decoration day exercises In this i
city was the unveiling of the memorial .
hronzo bust and pedestal erected in the I
Postoffice building In memory of Presi
dent McKlnley by the letter-carriers and i
Postoffice employes. Postmaster Clayton
McMichael received the gift from James .
O'Sulllvan. chairman of tha local carriers'
McKlnley Memorial .Association. Ex-Postmaster-General
Smith delivered the ora-
tlon at the conclusion of which the letter-
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if . practicable; but
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carriers' chorus of 60 voices sang, "Lead,
Kindly Light." A band of 40 pieces, com
posed entirely of Postoffice employes,
closed the exercises with "The Star-Spangled
Banner."
The bronze bust and pedestal cost over
$20,000, and stands on the first floor of the
south corridor of tho Postoffice buildng.
Kansas City Unveiled Monvraent.
KANSAS CITY, May 20. The principal
feature of tho Decoration day exercises
here was the unveUHng at Forest Hill
cemetery of an Imposing shaft erected by
the Daughters of the Confederacy of this
city to the Confederate soldiers who died
at the battle of Westport, a suburb of
Kansas City. Mrs. Hugh Miller, president
of tho local chapter, Daughters of the
Confederacy, presided, making a brief ad
dress. Thirteen little Daughters of the
Confederacy drew aside the veil, and the
S ration was delivered by JamesB. Gantt,
udgo of the Missouri Supreme Court.
10,000 Graves Decorated.
ST. LOUIS, May 30. The 'graves of 16.
soldlers were decorated today, despite the
threatening weather. The principal ex
ercises were held In the National ceme
?;t;BgifldeofV$fl 2;:,b. D,wg?clSm tee
tery at Jefferson Barracks. The Com
modore Foote Association of Naval Vet
eterans boarded the steamer H1U City at
the foot of Locust street, and on the way
to Jefferson Barracks cast adrift floral
nodels of the steamers Cairo and Louis
ville, In memory of tho sailors who lost
their lives In the Oivll War.
The St. PnnI Parade.
ST. PAUL, May 30. Two Interesting fig
ures In the Memorial day parade were
cx-Govcrnor Alexander Ramsay, the only
living "War Governors" and the one who
tendered President Lincoln the first troops
at the outbreak of the Rebellion, and Col
konel Colville, who led the First Minnesota
Regiment on Its famous charge at Gettys
burg. Tho morning was devoted to serv
ices at cemeteries and the decoration of
graves.
At Chattanooga.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May SO. The
graves of U.000 soldiers In the National
cemetery here were decorated today, in
cluding about 200 veterans of the Spanish-American
War. The G. A. R. and
the Spanish-American War veterans con
ducted the ceremonies.
At Chicago.
CHICAGO. May 30. A parade, partici
pated in by veterans of the Civil and
Spanish Wars, was tho feature of the
Memorial day demonstrations In this city.
Services were held in many churches.
Owing to the perfection of the weather,
thousands vlslttfd the cemeteries.
Schley Delivers an Address.
BANGOR, Me., May SO. Rear-Admiral
Schley delivered the Memorial day ad
dress here today. The address, though
brief, was a graceful tribute to the de-
! fenders of the Nation In the Civil and
Spanish-American wars.
Wreaths on La Fayette's Tomb.
PARIS. May SO. A number of Ameri
cans made the usual pilgrimage to PJcpus
cemetery this afternoon and placed
wreaths on tho tomb of La Fayette.
Wreaths "were also placed on the statues
of Washington and La Fayette.
At Cave Hill Cemetery.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., May .30. Flowers
Were strewn on the graves of the Federal
sailors and Spanish War veterans at Cava
Hill cemetery this afternoon- The serv
ices were under the auspices of the G. A.
R.
Wreck of Maine Decorated.
HAVANA, May SO. The officers and
crew of the United States gunboat Eagle
decorated the wreck of the United States
battleship Maine today. President Palma
and the Society of Veterans sent wreaths.
At Atlanta.
ATLANTA. Ga.. May 30. A special train
today carried the Atlanta posts of the
j Ga., where the graves In the National
. cemetery were ureuiai,
Parade at Mllvraalcee.
MILWAUKEE, May 30. The feature of
Memorial day was a monster parade in the
afternoon. The fdrenoon was given over
to the decoration of 2200 soldiers' graves
In the cemeteries.
At Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, May SO. Memorial day
was observed here by a general suspen
sion of business, a parade and the deco
ration of graves In the different cemeter
ies. Monnt Gregor Cottage Deeerated.
SARATOGA, N. Y., May 30.-Mount
Gregory cottage, whero General Grant
died, was decorated by members of tha
G, A. B.
THEORIES OF ERUPTION
rFRESCH ADMIRAL ACCEPTS PRO-
FESSok HILL'S VIEWS.
Incandescent Blatter Florringr Over
the Rim of Mount Pclec'a Crater
Coninxnudcr nicLcun Reports.
FORT DE FRANCE. Martinique, May
30. 3 P. M.--Mount Pclee has" been very
quiet today. The United States cruiser
Cincinnati haBleft here for Castries, St.
Lucia. George Kennan and his party
are doing good Work at the"north end of
the island, and all are safe and well.
Professor Angelo Hellprln, prdsldent of
the Philadelphia Geographical Society,
who is here under the auspices of the
National Geographical Society, la now
conducting his investigations among "the
northeast craters.
Last night Admiral Servan Invited Pro
fessor Robert T. HM. the United States
Government geologist, on board the
French cruiser Tage, and he had an In
terview with him upon his recent expe
dition to Mount Pelee. United States
Consul Aymc acted as Interpreter at the
Interview, which lasted three hours. Ad
miral Servan was deeply Interested In
what Professor Hill had to say. as he
has personal theories concerning the re-
Professor Hill With Tndnv observations I
made by the French naval officers Unuer
lum, and highly complimented Professor
Hill and the National Geographical So
ciety upon their explorations.
The commander of the French crurser
IVAssas was presented, to Admiral Servan
In the course of the latter's Interview with
Prof.sor Hill. The- commander of the
D'Assas had just returned from a tour of
Inspection, and reported that at.10 o'clock
last night he saw Incandescent matter
slowly flowing over tho rim of the crater
at the summit. This report has not yet
been confirmed. Admiral Servan accepted
Profecsor Hill's present theory of the
eruption and praised his caution in not
arriving at a hypothesis until he had
studied the data he has- collected. Pro
fessor Hill told the Admiral that his
study of data has been finished on the
spot. He said Mount Pelee might erupt
for a j ear oi more, but the area of devas
tation would remain unchanged. As all
the people had tied from the vicinity of
the volcano, no. great loss of life would
occur. Professor Hill eaid Fort de France
Is perfectly safe.
Admiral Servan reports that one of the
submarine cables was broken May 3 at an
unknown distance north of Martinique.
This break was followed by the first erup
tion of ashes. The second cable was
broken May 5 at a point 10 miles west of
St. Pierre, m 150 fathoms of water, and
when It was dredged up it was found tQ
be tangled and twisted. The night of
May 5 there occurred the eruption of mud
which pverwhelmed the Guerln factory.
Admiral Servan considers that these facts
indicate the possibility of this theory, but
said the-eruptions on the British Island of
St. Vincent still remained a problom.
All the exploring parties now in the field
are expected to return to Fort de France
tomorrow.
COMMAKDER M'LBAX REPORTS.
Eruption of the Volcano Continue,
bnt Do No Serious Damage.
WASHINGTON, May SO.-Sccrotary
Moody received a number of dispatches
today concerning conditions at Marti
nique, Commander Thomas C. McLean,
commanding the Cincinnati, cables from
Fort de France, under date of the 23th,
as follows:
"Eruptions of volcano continue. Occa
sional great outbursts at Intervals of
few diys. Mostly columns and masses
of clouds and steam, smoke and ashes
shooting up quickly to great heights.
These alarm the people, but no serious
damage Is being done outside of the dis
trict where the first devastations oc
curred. Plenty of supplies here. French
Admiral, with three ships, arrived. Two
more expected daily. Cordial, grateful
and say able to manage everything now
without assistance. The Cincinnati goes
to Casley morning of 30th."
Ip another dispatch, Commander Mc
Lean says that George Kennan, the lec
turer and writer, la safe, and was heard
from on the 29th, traveling up tho coun
try. Commander Eerr, commanding the
Dixie, cables from St. Lucia today that
he is going to Martinique unless other
wise ordered, thence to New York.
Passed Through Storm of Ashes.
NEW ORLEANS, May 30. The British
steamer Loulslan, of the West Indian
Line, has arrived here from Trinidad and
Colon. Captain Edwards reports that
the vessel passed through the storm of
ashes precipitated by Mount Pelee, the
Loulsian being covered several Inches
deep by them. They were first observed
on the afternoon of May 7, when the ves
sel was between Barbadoes and Trinidad.
The sky began to darken by degrees
and at a distance a big black pall was
seen slowly mounting Into the heavens,
and this forbidding, gloomy bank of far
away cloud was rent and illumined! by
constant and vivid flashes of lightning.
The storm gained rapidly on the ship.
At 4 P. M. the atmosphere was so thick
with clouds and a 'strange haze that It
seemed as- If night had set in. Captain
Edwards took an observation of latitude
and longitude, and found that" he was
about 107 mles from Martinique.
Effects Felt in Hawaii.
HONOLULU, May 24, via San Francisco.
May 30. The effects of the volcanic
eruption at SU Pierre are supposed to have
been felt here, In unusual conditions of
the upper atmosphere. The phenomenon
observed here was a deep-red glow, which
continued west long after the usual sunset
glare should die out, and In the morning
began before the rising sun usually shows
color in the East.
Professor C. J. Lyons, who has for many
years- been the government meteorologist
here, says tho phenomenon Is similar to
that observed after the tremendous vol
canic explosion at Krakatoa, In 1SS3. The
effects of the Martinique disaster, how
eve Jf such they are, are up to this time
not 'nearly, aa great as those following
the Krakatoa eruption.
Fumes From. Mount Trabochette.
LONDON. May 31. A dispatch to the
Dally Mall from Milan, Italy, reports that
the cattle have ceased to graze on the
slopes of Mount Trabochette, betweern
Nice and Genoa, owing to the sulphurous
exhalations from the mountain. Contin
ual slight tremors of the earth are felt,
and. these aro supposed to be connected
with the recent volcanic eruptions In the
Antilles.
Cable Communication Interrupted.
NEW YORK, May 30. Since noon to
day -cable communication between Puerto
Phita, Hayti, and Fort de France has
been interrupted.
Earthquake In Connecticut.
EASTHAMPTON. Conn.. May SO. What
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Is believed to have been an earthquake
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Withdrawing Troops From 3Inrtln
tae. NEW ORLEANS, May CO. The French
steamer Paraguay, after discharging her
cargo, will sail for Martinique, having
been chartered by the French Government
to carry 1800 soldiers from Martinique to
France.
Murderer's Sentence Commuted.
SAN JUAN, P. R., May 30. It became
known today that Antonio Torres Ace
vodo, not Ramon Trooche Cadeno (one of
the five murderers condemned to be gar
roted for crimes committed October 1,
189S)f Is the man whose sentence has been
commuted by Governor Hunt to life Im
prisonment, owing to the fact that Ace
vedo was only 19 years of .age at the time
of the occurrences which led to his con
demnation to death. The other four men
will be garroted at Ponce tomorrow or
Monday.
Colombian Rebels Fled.
PANAMA, May 30. General Victor Sa-
lazar, the Governor of the Department of
Panama, has received news that the rev
olutionists fled on the approach of gov
ernment troops, leaving many valuable
war munitions at the Punta PInas camp.
The whole of the Chlrlqui Grande and
Bocas del Toro districts. It 13 added, are
now clear of revo'utionists, hence the bus
iness of the American banana companies
will not be Interfered with.
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