THE MORNING' OKEQONIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1902.
THEISTHMIANCANAL
Nicaragua Bill Taken Up
by the Senate,
MORGAN OPENS THE DEBATE
ShoiTs Hint No Dangrer Need Be An.
tlclpated From Seismic Dis
turbance Political Con
ditions in Colombia,
Discussion of the project of construct
ing an Isthmian canal was begunby the
Benate yesterday. Morgan opened the
debate, speaking nearJy three hours. A
considerable portion of his speech was
devoted to an examination of the re
cently suggested danger to the Nicara
gua route by setemlc disturbances. This
darfger. he concluded, existed only in
the imagination of those who desired
to defeat any canal project. His study
of the situation had convinced him that
there was greater danger from such
Blsturbances to the Panama route than
to the Nicaragua route, but he m oat
lsfled that little danger to either was
to be anticipated. Morgan reviewed at
length the political conditions In Co
lombia, finding In them a grave menace
to the United States in the construction
of a canal by the Panama route.
WASHINGTON, June 4. Soon after the
Senate convened today, a bill providing
for the promotion of the circulation of
reading matter among the blind by the
passing of such matter through the malls
free of charge was reported by Elklns
from the committee on postofflces and
post-roads. Consideration of the bill was
objected to by Hale.
A bill providing for the transfer of
Lieutenant J. T- Morse, of tho Navy,
from the half-pay list to the three-quarters-pay
list was passed.
Quay called up tho bill authorizing the
promotion and retirement of the present
fcenior Major-General of the Army, Major
General John R. Brooke, and It was
pafcsed.
Piatt (Conn.) suggested that the com
mittee on military affairs report to the
Senate a bill providing for a permanent
grade for the retirement of officers, and
Warren, a member of the military com
m.ttee, said that all officers who had
served in the Civil War ought to be per
mitted to retire at one grade higher than
they held in the Army.
A bill providing that the Postmaster
General may extend free deliver to cities
of 50CK) inhabitants, or ?5000 gross Income,
instead of 10,000 inhabitants, as at present,
was passed.
Money questioned the accuracy of a
statement made recently by Hoar in his
speech on the Philippine bill on the origin
of the Monroe Doctrine. Hoar stated that
John Quincy Adams was the author of thq
doctrine. Money contended that the doc
trine was the result of the consultations
between Mr. Canning, the British Prime
Minister, and Mr. Rush, the American
Minister to Great Britain.
At the conclusion of routine business,
consideration was begun of the military
academy appropriation bill. The measure
carries appropriations aggregating ?2,627,
S21. Bate, a member of the military af
fairs committee, protested against the
vast extent of the improvements proposed
at West Point, aggregating, he said, $6,
500,000, the increase provided by the Sen
ate being about $1,000,000.
Without concluding the military acad
emy bill, the Senate, at 2 o'clock, began
consideration of the Isthmian canal bill.
Morgan, chairman of the lnter-oceanic
canal committee, opened the debate in
support of the Nicaragua route. He re
ferred to the latest argument against tho
construction of the Nicaragua Canal, the
danger from earthquakes and volcanoes,
and said that the canal bill had been cov
ered with volcanic soot and rhcs as by
a funeral pall. Morgan said lis commit
tee did not regard the danger from vol
canoes or earthquakes as either probable
or serious, cither as to the Nicaragua or
Panama routes. Morgan declared that
Nicaragua had been free from seismic
disturbances during the recent general
disturbances; but the region about the
Panama Canal had been disturbed seri
ously by earthquakes. He quoted Min
ister Merry as sayjng that only enemies
of any canal used the volcano or earth
quake argument against any canal route.
Morgan, again referring to the disturb
ances reported from Nicaragua, quoted a
letter from the Minister of Nicaragua to
this country, calling attention to the fact
that the reports printed were untrue, and
that the Associated Press had received
nothing of the kind, but would have done
so had the story been well founded. Ho
maintained that all projects other than
that of the Nicaragua route were being
put forward In order to defeat any canal
legislation.
Morgan said the failure of the United
States to build the Isthmian canal would
be an exhibition of moral weakness, influ
enced either by powerful private Interests,
or by some convulsion of nature which
appealed strongly to the imagination. In
this connection, the Alabama Senator
made a powerful appeal for action upon
the measure to which he had devoted
much of his legislative life.
A bill granting to the State of California
640 acres of land in lieu of the section
now occupied by the Torres band, or vil
lage, of Mission Indians was passed.
Then, after a brief executive session,
the Senate, at 5:25 P. M-, adjourned.
AXTI-AXARCHY BILL.
House Considers Lcgral and Constitu
tional Phases of the Question.
WASHINGTON. June 4.The debate on
the anti-anarchy bill continued all day in
the House. It was without sensational
features, being confined almost entirely
to the legal and constitutional phases of
the question. Jenkins (Rep. WJs.) and
Parker (Rep. N. J.) contended that the
bill did not go far enough; that the kill
ing of the President should be made pun
ishable Ty death without any limitation
whatever. Powers (Rep. Mass.) and Nev
in (Rep. O.), the other two speakers,
supported the measure as it came from
the committee.
When the House met today, Hull (Rep.,
la.), chairman of the committee on mil
itary affairs, reported back tho resolution
calling on the Secretary of War for a de
tailed statement of the expenditures made
under the direction of General Leonard
Wood during his administration as Governor-General
of Cuba, with the recom
mendation that it lie upon the table, and
moved the adoption of the report. Upon
that Question Hay (Dem. Va.) demanded
the ayes and noes, and the roll was called.
The report was adopted HO to 78.
The House then went Into committee of
the whole and resumed the consideration
of the anti-anarchy bllL. Powers (Rep.
Mass.), a member of the Judiciary com
mittee, supported the House substitute
for the Senate bllL He took the position
with the Judiciary committee that the law
should protect the President, not as an
Individual, bufas Chief Magistrate.
Jenkins (Rep Wis.), a member of the
Judiciary committee, expressed the opin
ion that the language of the measure was
unfortunate. He believed, he said, that
Congress should -make it a crime to kill,
or attempt to kill, the President, without
limitation or qualification.
"If a President should go to tho wicked
City of Chicago incognito and" while intox
icated become involved in a quarrel and
be killed," interrupted Ray (Rep. N. Y.),
"should his slayer necessarily suffer the
death penalty?"
"No President or the United States has
ever lowered himself to such an extent,"
replied Jenkins, angrily, "and I decline
to answer a question which disgraces the
high office of Chief Magistrate." (Pro
longed applause.)
Jenkins argued that the limitations la
the substitute bill would make it well
nigh impossible to convict the slayer of a
President.
Nevln (Rep. O.) supported the sub
stitute bill, and said It would drive an
archy from our land.
Parker (Rep. N. J.) agreed, with Jen
kins that, without limitation, a person
who unlawfully, knowingly, or purposely
killed the President should suffer death.
The House, at E:05 P. M, adjourned.
ERUPTION MAY BE ENDED
Results of Professor Hcilprln's Ex
plorations on Mount Pelce.
FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, June
4, S:C0 A. M Professor Angelo Hellprin,
of the Philadelphia geological party, who
Is here for the National Geographical So
ciety, came Into Fort de France last
night from his explorations of the crator
on tho summit of Mount Pelee. The fol
lowing Important points have been set
tled by Professor Hellprin:
The location of the new.crater has been
accurately determined; it is positively
known that there has been no overflow
of molten matter from the Up of the
crater; there ha? been no subsidence of
the mountain, and the height of Mount
Pelee is unchanged; the crater does not
contain a cinder cone; there has been no
cataclysm and no topographical alteration
of the country; the period of eruption Is
probably ended, although 'the volcano
may continue to be quite active for a long
time to come.
Referring to his- expedition. Professor
Hellprin said today to the representative
of the Associated Press:
"May 31, we make our first ascent of
the mountain. The party consisted of Mr.
Ledbetter and myself and three colored
boys. We were on mule-back. At an al
titude of 700 meters we began the ascent
of the alrete. We passed along its east
side and Hllghtly to the north of the
mountain. We arrived at the lip of the
old "crater and former site of Lake Pa
mlste at 11 o'clock. Here It began raining.
Rain clouds and the clouds from the vol
cano enveloped us, and we could not see
10 feet. A terrific thunderstorm had be
gun, and we sat on ho edge of the crater
for some time, speculating whether the
detonations we heard were of thunder or
from the volcano. As we afterward found
the River Fallalse to be boiling, the de
tonations were probably volcanic We
could not tell how near we were to the
crater, a, either from local attraction
or the electric condition, our compass re
fused to work. Its variation was about
20 degrees to the eastward, -but later we
found that It a'cted normally at the Up
of the crater. We finally groped our way
down that awful alrete through gloomy
clouds of rain and amid great electric
discharges. At every step were dislodged 1
the ralnsoaked ashes, and we were in
danger of being precipitated down the
hideous gorges on either side.
"The extreme top of the volcano is cov
ered with cinders, scorac boulders and
angular rocks, which have been ejected
from the crater. Further down the
mountain is covered with ashes and mud,
and these are thick on the alrete. On our
way down we saw the River Fallalse rush
ing along with great velocity and full of
steam and mud.
"At Acler we met George Kennan and
his party, and determined to attempt a
second ascent the next day, June L The
ascent made this day with Mr. Kennan
was more trying and difficult than the
one I had previously made with Mr. Led
better. The day was intensely hot, and
it was raining. When we reached the old
crater it was again enveloped In vapor.
The temperature of the basin of Lake
Palmlste. taken three Inches below the
surface, was 124 degrees Fahrenheit. Be
tween lifts In the clouds of vapor we
could see the crater. Suddenly the vapor
cleared away, and we made a dash for
ward. We reached the edge of the new
crater, and from where we etood we could
have dropped stones into the white hot
mass within. The new crater Is a crev
asse running north and south and ex
panding Into a bowl. This crevasse nearly
cleft the mountain. It runs transversely
to the old crater, and might be called a
huge gap. From It volcanic material had
been freely erupted.
"As we stood on the edge of the crater
a sublime epectacle began. I have some
conception of what Is going on Inside
the earth and have been a spectator of
nature's secret interior work. We were
assailed with noise. Further below there
was a hissing of eteam like that of a
thousand locomotives, as well as violent
detonations.
"The principal output of tho crater
while we were there was steam. The phe
nomenon was limited, and was not essen
tially different from that of other vol
canoes in action. Positive assurance was
gained that no molten matter has flowed
over the Up of the new crater. Several
observations taken with the aneroid bar
ometer showed that the height of Mount
Pelee has not been changed. I agree with
Professor Robert T. Hill, the geologist of
the United Stales Government, that
Mount Pelee has erupted no lava, and that
there has been no cataclysm or a serious
topographical alteration. No cinder cone
was visible In the crater: what was taken
for a cone is a pile of ejected rocks. Per
haps the bottom of the new crater may
contain a cinder cone, but we could see
down only about 150 feet, I believe, how
ever, that the crater Is very much deeper
than this. I do not Itnow the exact mate,
rials of which the pile of rocks in the cen
ter of the crater Is composed, but it seems
to be matter which has been ejected from
the crex-asse. This pile of rocks has no
vent. I think Mount Pelee has freed it
self from the interior pressure, and that
the volcano is not liable to further violent
eruptions. It Is not safe, however, to
make predictions about volcanoes,
"The eruption of Mount Pelee of May 8
was unique In that It reaped the greatest
destruction of life and property ever
known by direct agency of a volcano.
The phenomenon of explosion of flaming
gases is probably new, but a careful study
of observations is necessary before an
opinion can be reached. The electrical
phenomena are also new. They probably
did not play the chief role in the destruc
tion of St. Pierre, but were developed by
and aided the forces. I have specimens
which rhow tho effect of the bolts of
lightning. The latter were small and In
tense, and penetrated within the houses
of the city. For rapidity of action and
for lives lost, Mount Pelee holde the rec
ord among volcanoes."
WINS IN A CONTEST.
Blgr Typewriter Contract Given to
Smith Premier.
VIENNA, June 4. (Special cable.) The
Austrian Minister of Finance has awarded
to ihe Smith Premier Typewrltor Com
pany, of Syracuse, N. Y., an exclusive
contract for the suppljof typewriting ma
chines to the Finance Ministry and Its.
subordinate branches throughout the en
tire empire. This, like the recent contract
with the same company to supply all the
courts of the empire, was tho result of a
competitive test conducted by the govern
ment. Misconduct in Office.
ST. LOUIS, June 4. A bench warrant
for Henry Besch, cx-CIty Register, was
Issued this afternoon at the instance of
the grand Jury, charging misconduct in
office.
Catholic Priest Drowned.
8ILVERTON, Colo., June 4. Father
O'Rourfce, a well-known Catholic clergy
man, was drowned In ft river Gear here
today.
NO PLEDGBITO FILIPINOS
PRBSIpEKT "WILIj MAKE !XOXBTO
k HASTEN PEa'cE.
Efforts Made to Have Him Take 5 neb
a Step Ide Case Is Again
Postponed.
WASHINGTON, Jupe L Effort have
been made to get the President to make
some sort of pledges relative to withdraw
ing from the Philippines, or promising the
Filipinos some sort of Independence, in
order to bring about pacification. It Is
emphatically stated that the President
eays he will not take Into consideration
any suggestion of that kind.
Ide Cane Asrnin Postponed.
Senator Foster had a consultation with
members of the commerce committee to
day, and it was agreed that the Ide1 case
should be, postponed another week, In
stead of being considered tomorrow, as
was expected. There are some matters
which the Senator may desire to present
to the committee at a later date, and
these reasons he gave to tho members of
the committee which have had the Ide
case under consideration.-
Increased. Interest In Cnnal BUI.
More Interest was shown In the canal
bill today than has ever been shown since
the canal was under consideration. It la
well understood that a very sharp contest
is on between the Panama and Nicaragua
routes. The Panama men hope to secure
enough votes to carry the Spooner propo
sition by the time the debate ends, but It
Is evident that they-have not a. sufficient
number at present
More Par for Postmasters.
On July 1 the salary of the Postmaster
at Whatcom, Wash., will be increased
from J2500 to $2600, and at North Yakima
from $2300 to $2300.
ACROSS THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
DIU Reports lor Rights of Way for
Irrigation Ditches.
WASHINGTON. June 4. The Senate
committee on public lands today favorably
reported a bill authorizing the Secretary
of the Interior, in hla discretion, to grant
rights of way across the public domain,
through forests and other reservations and
all National parks save the Yellowstone,
for the construction and maintenance of
dams, reservoirs, canals and other means
of storing and conveying water to be
used for irrigation, mining, manufactur
ing, grower, public water supply and do
mestic purposes; also Tlghta of way for
telegraph and telephone lines and lines
for conveying electricity for distribution,
and for trails nnd wagon roads. Tho
rights of way are to be granted to citi
zens of the United States only. Tho
privileges granted by tho bill shall not
&e considered as interfering with the
control of water for irrigation or other
purposes under authority of any state
or territory. All public lands to be here
after disposed of shall be held subject to
rights of way granted by this bill.
Another Appeal In Land Actions.
Representative Overstreet, of Indiana,
today Introduced a bill permitting appeals
from decisions of the Secretary of the
Interior in all cases rejecting applications
for patent of public lands to be taken
before the Court of Appeals of the Dis
trict of Columbia, with the right of an
other appeal to the United States Su
preme Court as a last resort. At present
the decisions of the Secretary are held to
be final. The bill provides the, manner in
which appeals shall be taken. Persons
claiming title to public lands, which claim
the department refuses to recognize, shall
also have the right of appeal to the
courts.
TO TRADE LAND WITH RAILWAYS.
BUI Taken Up Which Gives Thera
Their Holdings in a Body.
WASHINGTON, June 4. The House
public lands committee today considered
but did hot dispose of Representative Mil.
ler's bill authorizing land-grant railroads
now holding alternate sections of land re
ceived from the Government to consolidate
their holdlpgs by relinquishing title to
one-half of their holdings and acquiring
In their stead lands adjoining the sections
retained. This bill, in a modified form, has
been Indorsed by the Secretary of the In
terior, and is strongly urged by a number
of Western Congressmen. The railroad
companies allege that under the prevail
ing checkerboard system they cannot
lease their lands to advantage, because
stockmen acquiring the privilege of their
use are now prohibited by the department
from fencing any but leased sections.
Under a former ruling lessees of railroad
lands were allowed to fence not only the
leased areas, but the intervening sections
of Government land. When this practice
was stopped, It greatly reduced the
value of the railroad lapds as private pas
tures. This Is one of the principal argu.
ments to behalf of the bill.
Secretary Hitchcock recommends that
the bill be altered to provide that such
exchanges as are proposed shall be made
with the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior and of the President, and that
lands to be selected by the railroads in
lieu of those relinquished must be of ap
proximately the same value and character
as lands given back to the Government,
The settlers op the alternate sections of
Government lands, he believes, should
also be protected. There Is some opposi
tion to the bill on the ground that In
certain sections railroads would be able
under Its provisions to acquire large tracts
along streams which furnish water for Ir
rigation, and thereby control such streams,
to the detriment of settlers In thatImme
diate vicinity. An effprt will also be made
to have the bill amended to provide that
lands selected by the railroads shall lie In
the same county wjth those relinquished.
The bill is to be considered more fully at
the next meeting of the committee.
liliplnos Max Come.
WASHINGTON, June 4, The President
today. In response to a resolution adopted
by the Senate at the Instance of Senator
Hoar, making Inquiry as to whether there
is any law In force In the Philippines
preventing natives from coming to the
United States, Inclosed the following state
ment from Secretary Root:
"The War Department knows of no law"
or regulation In force In the Philippines
which will prevent any native of those
Islands who may desire, not under arrest
and against whom no charge of any of
fense against the United Statea is pend
ing, from coming to the United States and
etatlng his views or desires to the "Presi
dent or either house of Congress."
To Suppress Train Robberies,
WASHINGTON, Jrre 4.-Senator De
pew, from the committee on Judiciary,
has reported & substitute for Senator
Piatt's bill to suppress train robbery. It
is in the nature of a substitute, and pro
vides: "That if any person shall willfully and
maliciously trespass upon or enter upon
any railroad train, car or locomotive
within any territory of tlje United States,
or any place subject to tho excluslvo
Jurisdiction or control thereof, with the
intent to commit murder, robbery. or any
unlawful violence upon or against any
passenger on said engine or. car, or upon
or against any engineer, conductor, fire
man, brakeman or any officer or em
ploye connected with said locomotive,
train or car, or against any express mes
senger or mall agent on said train, in
any such capacity, or to commit any
crime or offense 'against .any person or
property thereof, such person shall bq
punished by Imprisonment not exceed
ing, 20 years or by fine not exceeding $5000,
or both, at tlje discretion of the court."
Elbee's Jfomlaatlon CoaarBaed,
WASHINGTON, June 4. Presidential
nominations:
ConsulsBenjamin Ridley, Kentucky, at
Nantes. France; Joseph L Brit tan, Ohio,
Kiel. Germany; Ross E. Holiday, Ohio,
S&nltago, Cuba; Max J. Baher, Nebraska,
Cienfuegos. "
Also a number of promotions in the revenue-cutter
service.
The Senate confirmed George W. Blbee
as Receiver of Public Moneys at Oregon
City, Or.
ChsaKe of Xante
WASHINGTON, June 4. The Senato
committee on Pacific roads today reported
favorably the House blU permitting the
Santa Fe company, a land-grant road, to
make a formal transfer of its line to the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Company. The Santa Fc line Is d part
of the" transcontinental system of the
Atchison line, and Its stock Is owned by
that company. The change of name 1
In the interest of economy In bookkeeping.
Postponed Indefinitely.
WASHINGTON. June 4. By a vote of
7 to 5 the House committee on naval af
fairs today decided to pojtpone indefinite
ly consideration of the bill of the late
Representative Cummlngs, of New York,
for SO more submarine torpedo-boats.
Congressional Nomination.
LEBANON, Mo., June 4. The Sixth
district Republicans today nominated B.
M. Russell for Congress.
"VYAR TAXES RETAINED.
Financial Statement of the British.
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
LONDON, June 4. In the House of
Commons tonight, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, made
his promised financial statement. Review
ing the necessities of the situation, now
that the South African War Is termi
nated, he said that the new taxes. In
cluding the duty on grain, would be re
tained In order to raise the money re
quired, but If there is any surplus it
would be devoted to the redemption of
part of the national debt.
The Chancellor raid that the whole
140,000,000 provided for In the budget for
the prosecution of the war would be
needed to effect the demobilization and
the transportation of the British troops
In South Africa; to move the Boer fam
ilies from the various concentration camps
and to furnish garrisons for South Afri
ca. The Chancellor had grounds for hop
ing that In the course of a few months
large garrisons In South Africa would
prove unnecessary. He was glad to say
he could dtrpense with the additional
115,750,000 which he had asked for when J
me new loan was authorized by tne
-House. He raid he hoped to continue
the new taxes for the nresent, but he
asked the House to resume the sinking
fund as the best step toward re-establishing
the credit of the country.
In conclusion, the Chancellor said one
of the first matters to bo considered was
to determine how the revenues derived
from the mineral wealth of the Transvaal
could be alloted so as to provide inter
est on a portion of the war debt.
Farming; a French. Cabinet.
PARIS, Juno 4. It U understood that
tomorrow President Loubct will offer
Henri Brisson,' Radical Republican and
ex-Premier, tho task of forming a new
Cabinet, but In view of M. Brisson's ex
pressed determination not to form a Cab
inet nor to enter the new Ministry, the
general expectation Is that M. Combes,
member of the Senato from Charente-In-fcrleure,
will bo asked to accept this mis
sion. M. Combes' Ministry will probably
Include the retention of M. Delcasse, Gen
eral Andre and M. Leygues, ex-MInlsters
of Foreign Affairs, War and Public In
struction, respectively; the appointment
of M. Cruppl. RcpubUcan member of tho
Chamber of Deputies and a well-known
lawyer, to the post of Minister of Jus
tice, and that of Deputy Camllle Pelletan,
Radical Socialist, as Minister of Marine.
Chinese Rebels Fled.
WASHINGTON, June 4. Secretary Hay
has received a cablegram from United
States Consul McWade, at Canton, stat
ing that Marshal Su has telegraphed the
Chinese Government that he ciptured
Kwclchee, Kwang Nan Prefecture, Yun
Nan Province. Mr. McWade says that
the rebels have fled to the 'hills north
west of Nan Nlng. He says that the
troubles reported north of Lung Chew,
Kwang SI, are not serious.
Galiclan Strike Called (fl.
VIENNA, June 4. The riotous strikers
at Lemburg, Gallcla, today pillaged bakers
jhpps and carts, and had to be dispersed
by troops, A number of persons were in
jured. Later a compromise between tho
contractors and the striking worklngmen
was reached, and the strike was called'off.
Yvonne de Trevllle's Paris Debut.
PARIS, June 4. Miss Yvonne do Trevllle
made her debut at the Opera Camlque
here last night as "Lakrae," with great
success. She was recalled three times after
each act.
Cholera in China.
WASHINGTON, June 4. Consul Mc
Wade, at Canton, has informed the State
Department that ch'plera is decreasing
there, but is becoming inore prevalent at
Tachan,
i
Loals Slons Dead.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 4. Louis
Sloss, president of tho Alaska Commercial
Company, and one of the best known
business men on the Pacific Coast, died
today at San Rafael, after an Illness of
orjy three days. Heart failuro was thq
immediate cause of death.
Mr. Sloss was 79 years of age.
BvnnKclical Lutheran Synod.
MINNEAPOLIS,. June 4. Th? twelfth
annual convention of the English Evan
gelical Lutheran Synod of the Northwest
opened here tonight. Fifty delegates are
in attendance from Washington, Oregon,
North Dakota, Utah. Minnesota and Wis
consin. Troops From Bocas4cl TprQ.
COLON, June 4. The Colombian gun
boat General Plnzon returned to Colon this
morning from Bocas del Toro with 700
troops on board. The government s hope
ful that the civil war In Colombia, which
was. begun simultaneously with the Boer
War, will soon haye a peaceful termina
tion. CaliR-IIardy.
LOUISVILLE, Ky,r June 4. The mar
riage of Miss Katharine Hardy of Louis
ville, and Major Joseph M. Callff, of the
Artillery Corps., stationed at Fort Doug
lass, Utah., took place today at the home
of tho bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
F. Hardy. .
Alabama Town Barn lag.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 4. A tele
phone message received here tonight re
ported the town of Calera, Ala., burning
and asked for assistance. Special trains
have left here with Arc engines.
United Presbyterians Adjoiira.
PITTSBURG, Pa., June 4. The Gen
eral Assembly of the United Presbyterian
Church of North America adjourned to
day to meet at Tarkio, Mo., next May.
DEMOCRATS OF INDIANA
STATE CQNVBXTIOX FJJTS A TICKKT
ix'the'fiblp. J
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The Platform Dcbohbccs the Dlagley
Lair and the ReaaBlicaa Policy
iH the Philippines.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 4.-The
Democratic State Convention today nom
inated this ticket: ,
Secretary of State Albert Schocmbver.
Attica. -
Attorney-General W. E. Stlllwell,
Princeton.
State Auditor James R. Riggs, Sulll
van. State Treasurer Jerome Herff. Peru,
Clerk of Supreme Court Adam Helra
berger. New Albany.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Samuel P. Scott, CJark County.
State Geologist Edward Barrett, Hen
dricks County.
Judge Supreme Court, Fifth District
Timothy E. Howard, South Bend.
The convention was Temarkable for its
lack of discord, candidates for all but
three of the offices being chosen by ac
clamation. While there was no fight In the con
vention proper, there was a battle royal
in the meeting of the committee on reso
lutions, A number of the friends of
William J. Bryan, from the Second dis
trict, were very much In earnest in favor
of the Insertion In the platform of a plank
Indorsing him and the Kansas City plat
form. The majority of the committee
were against any such indorsement, say
ing that they considered" It out of place
at the present time to inject Mr Bryan's
ncrne into the state campaign. The fight
lasted well Into the night and it was
nearly noon before. t& report of the con.
mlrtce was ready for presentation to the
convention. The Philippine plank also
created much discussion, the committee
being called upon to consider All sorts
of propositions In behalf of the Filipinos,
some of them being In favor of Imme
diate and complete independence. It was
only after hours of argument that ,the
plank was agreed bfion In the form In
which It appears in the platform.
The convention was exiled to order
at 10:40 o'clock by W. H. O'Brien, vice
chairman of tbe state central com
mittee. The report of the committee on
rules and permanent organization recom
mended that John W. Kern, of Indianap
olis, he made permanent chairman. Chair
man Kern said In pirt:
"I rejoice that today I seo before me
the reunited forces of the Indiana Dem
ocracy. For tho first time since 1892 are
we without a schism or division, and It
Is known everywhere, by none better
than our Republican opponents, that when
the Democracy Is united. It Is Invincible.
"The battle is on. Our opponents, fear
ing the past, are seeking to commence
the work of conquest and subjugation
where Caesar and George TJ1 left off.
The specious and eloquent pleas of Roose
velt, Lodge and Beverldge for the con
quest of distant lands are but reproduc
tions of arguments made in favor of the
subjugation of Greece, the partition of
Poland, tha destruction of Hungary, the
spoliation of the .Dutch Republics in South
Africa and the oppression of our own
Revolutionary fathers. The alms and pur
poses declared by modern Republican
leaders for the uplifting of the people
whoso liberty they would destroy are no
nobler or higher than the declared pur
poses of tyrants of a thousand years
ago.
"Only yesterday the melancholy an
nouncement was made of the deaths of
two splendid republics in South Africa
after a struggle, destructive to the con
querors and glorious to the conquered. I
believe, as I believe the Lord llveth, that
If the Democratic party had been In con
trol o this Government, those two re
publics would today be free. There would
have been no recruiting or supply ti
tions maintained by monarchy In the land
of Washington and Lincoln, had William
Jennings Bryan or Grover Cleveland been
President of the United States.
"Only a few days ago a new republic
was born the Republic of Cuba. While
the destruction of the Dutch Republics Is
England's shame, the birth of the Cuba"n
Republic Is America's glory. In Cuba the
American flag went up as the emblem of
liberty and It came down as proudly as it
went up, the emblem of self-government.
It went up In honor; it cime down in
glory.
"It was because of that resolution,
pressed by Democratic statesmen and
forced upon an unwilling Republican Ad
ministration, pledging the honor of this
country against the conquest of Cuba,
that Cuba Is today a free republic. I
think we may Indulge the hope that some
time In the future another atar may be
added to the American flag to represent
the sovereign State of Cuba In the Ameri
can Union. But she must come Into our
sisterhood of states as did the Republic
of Texas, with the free will of her peo
ple." The name of W, J. Bryan ws greeted
with loud cheers when It was mentioned
by Mr. Kern.
Chairman F. C Shively, of South Bend,
chairman of the committee on resolutions,
then read the platform. Upon motion of
Mr. Shively, the report was adopted unan
imously, and with much enthusiasm. A
resolution was then adopted recommend
ing Thomas Taggart for ehairman of the
Democratic National Committee. The
platform follows:
"We denounce the Republican party for
its surrender to an alliance with the
trusts, and we favor such legislation ns
wHl suppress and destroy all trusts or
combines" to control the production "and
the price of commodities,
"We denounce the DIngJey tariff law as
tho breeder of trusts and demand that
tariff duties shall be levied for tho pur
pose of revenue only and limltec" by tho
needs of the Government, honestly and
economically administered,"
Continuing, the platform favors the res
toration and expansion of the merchant
marine, and to this end demands the
reformation of our navigation and tariff
laws; denounces the snp subsidy bill, op
poses the Fowler bank bill, which pro
poses bank concentration and tho forma
tion of a great banking trust; recognizes
as a fact the Increase of standard money
arising from the vastly increased produce
tlon of gold from, our own and foreign
mines, and as a demonstration of the
truth of the quantitative theory of money;
condemns and denounces at length, the
Philippine policy of the present Adminis
tration, and favors an immediate declar
ation of the Nation's purpose to assist the
Filipinos to establish for themselves an
Independent government under United
States protection. The platform contin
ues: "We hold in reverence the valor, patriot
Ism, and services of the soldiers and sail
ors of the Republic."
The platform further congratulates the
Republic of Cuba, deplores the cruel and
wanton destruction of the Republics of
South Africa, favors the construction and
control of an Isthmian canal, favors the
election of United States Senators by
popular vote, deplores tho death of Presi
dent McKinley and denounces anarchy in
aU it iorros. The platform ends by con
demning the Governor of Indiana for his
violation of the Constitution and laws of
the United States and the State of In
diana In his refusal to honor the requisi
tion of the Governor of Kentucky upon
regularly returned indictments for mur
der against fugitives from justice.
NORTH DAKOTA REPUBLICANS.
State Convention Indorses Senator
ICIttredgc to Succeed Hlmselr
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., June 4. The Re-
fubllcan state convention today nominated
he following state ticket by acclamation:
Governor Charles N. Hcrriod.
Lieutenant-Governor George W. Snow,
facrptarv of gin to. Q. C. Bexac
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Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
State Treaturer C. B. Collins.
State Auditor J. F. Halliday.
Commissioner of Schools and Public
Lands C. J, Bach.
Railroad Commissioner D. H. Smith.
Congressmen E. W. Martin and Charles
H. Burke.
Alfred B. Kittredge, of Sioux Falls, was
indorsed for United States Senator to suc
ceed himself. The platform Indorses the
National Administration, rejoices over the
pacification of the Philippines and de-.
nounces partisan attacks upon the be
havior of United States soldiers.
Ivansns Prohibitionists.
HUTCHINSON, Kan., June 4. The Pro
hibition State Convention will meet In
this city tomorrow to choose a state
ticket. It Is understood that the Popullpts
have proposed a fusion plan to the Pro
hibitionists, which will be acted upon to
morrow. The Rev. Charles M, Sheldon, of
Topeka, is the most talked-of candidate
for Governor,
BOER GREETS BRITON.
Remarkable Scenes of Fraterniza
tion at Verecnlplnj?,
PRETORIA, June 4. The ballot of the
Boers at VereenlEintr resulted In 654 votes
In favor of surrender and six against It. r
Preparations are being made here for tne
surrender -of the Boer commandoes, which
wllj take place on the race course. All
the Boers are allowed perfect freedom,
There will be a thanksgiving service Sun
day, June 8, on the church square, in
which it Is hoped the Boers will partici
pate. The women In the concentration camps
are anxious to return to their homes Im
mediately, but this will be Impossible until
a system of supply depots for the outlying
districts Is established.
General Baden-Powell Is arranging for
the distribution of mounted constabulary
In various districts. The police, railroads
and telegraphs will be handed over to the
civil authorities as soon as possible, and
the restrictions of martial law will be
gradually relaxed. The Boer delegates
who, during the peace negotiations, were
stiff, formal and unfriendly, are now ex
tremely cordial. All the commandants are
returning to their commandoes In order to
explain the situation.
Lord Kitchener's address to the Boer
delegates at Vereenlglng, in -which the
Commander-in-Chief said that if he had
been one of them he would have been
proud to have done so well in the field as
they had done, made tha best possible Im
pression, and drew forth a bearty response
from General Beyers, the chairman of the
Boer conference, who expressed the pleas
ure the Boers experienced at meeting Lord
Kitchener as a friend, adding tnat they
had fought so long against him that they
had acquired full appreciation of his
worth.
The departure of the Boer commanders
from Vereenlglng for their various dls
tricts was marked by remarkable scenes
of fraternization. The trains conveying
the Boers started late, and the night being
extremely cojd, the sentries along the rail
road track lighted huge bonfires, around
which groups of Boers and Britons gath
ered, forming a highly picturesque scene.
The late opponents joined in such songs as
"Hard Times Come Again no More" and
"Old Fojks at Home," the British sol
diers and burghers outvying one another
In demonstrations of Joy.
The same signs of rejoicing were wit
nessed throughout the Rand. Flags were
displayed everywhere and thanksgiving
services were held In all the towns.
BRINGING IN COMMANDOES,
Xo Difficulty Anticipated by the Boer
Lenders.
PRETORIA, June 4. Generals Botha
and Dclarey and other Boer leaders will '
start for Europe shortly ior the purpose
of raising funds for the distressed burgh
ers. General Schalkburger, who has been j
Acting President of the Transvaal, joined
GcenraJ Botha In addressing an open let
ter to the burghers. After referring to
tho courage which they had displayed and
to their brave deeds in the field, he called
on them to work together for tho social
and spiritual advancement of the country.
The Boers do not anticipate the least
difficult)' in bringing in the various com
mandoes. The work of returning the mep
to their wives, children and farms will,
however, be heavy and difficult. It Is abr
solutely necessary, at this tlmo of the
year, to have warm shelter, and wooden
houses have been ordered from Cape
Town, to be delivered In sections to each
family. Those unablo to return to their
former avocations will be temporarily cup- !
ported by the government. The question
of restocking the farms la also under con
sideration. Reporta received hers from Cape Colony
are very satisfactory. Numerous surrey
ders, Including thitt of Commandant
Fouche. have qlready been received.
Kitchener Starts for England,
DURBAN, June 4. The Times, of Natal,
states that Lord Kitchener has left for
England, and that General Lyttleton is
acting- Commander-in-Chief of the British
forces in South Africa.
Special Thanksgiving? Service.
LONDON, Jun 4.- King Edward has
ordered that special thanksgiving- er-
1 vie for tho restoration of peaco in South
EXAMINER
Pe - ru - na.
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Africa be held at all the military canters
Sunday, June 8.
Krnser Is Indliposcd,
BRUSSELS, Juno 4. A dispatch re
ceived here from Utrecht saye that Mr.
Kruger Is e-rlously Indisposed, and con
fined to his bed.
HOW EAST VIEWS IT.
(Continued from First Page.)
over the Question of imperialism. Th expan
sion policy has from the first been exception
ally popular on the Pacific Coast, and the fact
that the Republican majority for Congressmen
In Oregon s quite as larfe now "as in the
Summer of 1000 indicates that there is as yet
no change of sentiment on this question In
that part of the country.
The New York World, under the head
ing "A Drawn Battle," says:
The Oregon election leaves the political com
plexion of Congress unchanged. Two Repub
lican Representatives have been elected, and
the State Legislature, which is to choose Sen
ator SJmpn'a successor, is of the same com
plexion. The result was to be expected as an
Indorsement of the expansionist policy, which
is, for geographical reaaons. popular on the.
Pacific Coast. Under the circumstances, the
choice of a Democratic Governor Is a consider
able victory.
Off for the Cordnatlon.
NEW YORK, June 4. Rear-Admiral
John C. Watson and General James E.
Wilson, who will represent the Army and
Navy of the United States at the corona
tion of King Edward, sailed today on the
St. Paul.
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