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WOULD H
Miles' Ambition Is His
Undoing.
DOES NOT KNOW HIS PLACE
How He Cams' to Go to the
Philippines.
HISREPORTSTHENCE FALL FLAT
Far From Discrediting Army or Ad
ministration, They Prove Damag
ing Only to Commanding Gen
eral Who, Made Them.
General Miles has only succeeded In
discrediting himself by his reports on
the doings of the Army In the Philip
pines. That Is, In this country. In Europe
the;' do not understand such charge
unless there were many new facts
unearthed.
His trouble has been that he has
wanted to be the chief war lord, and
that Is a function belonging to the
President.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, May 10. It has already been dem
onstrated that the two reports of Lieutenant-General
Miles concerning condi
tions in the Philippines, which were made
public by the War Department, have done
no harm to the Army or the Administra
tion, nor to any one else except General
Miles, hlmsejf. Some of the Intense anti
Admlnlstratlon papers, or more particu
larly the antl-lmperlalLst or antl-expan-
slonlst papers, have made the point that
General Miles was sent to the Islands by
Secretary Root, and then criticise Root
for making public his report. As a. mat
ter of fact. General Miles asked to go
to the Philippines, and both President
Roosevelt and ' Secretary Root .hesitated.
aoo issuing the order directing him to
go, knowing and fearing some such out
come as has happened.
Several papers gave utterance to lntl
maUons that Miles wanted to go and that
the Administration would refuse to allow
him to go, because they feared that he
might do something that they would not
want. As a matter of fact, General
Miles, as commanding General of the
Army, could go wherever troops are sta
tioned. But the order from the Secretary
of War was much more comprehensive,
as it Included giving him his aids and all
of their expenses while on their tour of
inspection.
As to the publication of the report, it
has already been shown that it wag not
gl-en out until General Miles assented,
but more than that, little bits of it had
been given out, and antl-lmperiallst or
gans had made several intimations of
what the report contained, and indicated
that- the War Department was maintain
ing its policy of secrecy and suppression
So much for Secretary Roofs part In it
Hurts Reputation Abroad.
Notwithstanding the fact that nobody
has been injured in this country except
General Miles himself, the fact remains
that the reputation of the Army abroad
has been hurt to a considerable extent
Comment of English papers show that
General Miles was taken seriously in
that country. They do not understand
abroad that General Miles has only had
theoretical command of the Army, and
that his rank and position are simply
something conferred for distinction which
he achieved during the Civil War and In
Indian campaigns, and not on account of
anything ho has done since that time,
At the same time foreigners cannot con
ceive how It is possible for a man oc
cupying the position of commanding Gen
eral of the Army could make such ac
cusations and could be so vicious in his
comments unless he had unearthed
great many new facts and new discoveries,
It is something the same as if Lord Wool-
esey or Lord Roberts would make reports
of a similar character against the Eng
lish army. That is the great and the
only harm that has been done.
There is a general belief that Miles was
treated very badly during the Spanish "War
and that a systematic attempt was made
to prevent him from obtaining any glory
during that tlrae. It Is natural enough to
think that a man of McKInley's character
would be very averse to having a man of
Miles! popularity obtaining great prom
Inence, which might make him a rival
when McKInley's second nomination was
pending.
Naturally enough, it would appear that
McKInley's best friend. General Corbin
would assist him to the utmost and that a
Cabinet officer like General Alger would
also be in league with those who were at
tempting to prevent some man from
achieving great distinction which might
result in his being a rival Presidential
possibility.
Xo Chance in Spanish War.
The fact of the matter is there waa only
one expedition of Importance to Cuba dur
ing the Spanish War. -No one. thought
that tho Shafter expedition would be the
most important, save a few who were very
well Informed as to Spain's condition.
R ear-Admiral Sampson telegraphed from
off Santiago, when Cervera's ships were
penned up in the harbor, that an cxpedl
tion of 5000 men by land would enable him
to capture or destroy Cervera's fleet It
was not Intended to send any more men
than that with tho first expedition, and
when the matter of command was taken
up General Miles was considered, and he
suggested Generals Wade, Qopplnger or
Shafter. and finally he decided upon Shaf
ter. Now, before the selection was made,
your correspondent is informed by a per
son who claims to know the facts, it was
suggested to General Miles that he had
better take command of that expedition,
and that Alger told Miles that if he would
it would relievo him (tho Secretary) of a
great weight of responsibility. Miles re
plied, after due consideration, that he
thought ho would reserve himself for the
bigger expedition that would go into Cuba
at or near Havana, and for which many
regiments of troops were gathered in Flor
ida at Camp Alger and Camp Thomas.
It will be remembered that there were
three Major-Gencrals of the regular Army
at that time Miles, Merrltt and Brooke.
Merrltt went with the Philippine expedi
tion. Brooke did not think that the first
expedition to Santiago was Important
enough to even want the command.
Miles Wanted Shatter's Place.
But Shafter was selected and was organ
izing his forces, working hard with the
limited facilities that were afforded at
Tampa, when Miles visited that point
While there he conversed with a number
of officers, and one in particular, who is
now a Brigadier-General, told him:
"If you want to get into this war, you
had better go with this expedition, for it
will bo the only one. In my Judgment"
Evidently considering thesa points, sug
gestions of similar character having been
made to him In Washington, General Miles
telegraphed from Tampa asking to be
placed In command. McKInley said he
could not do that; having selected Shafter,
it would not do to humiliate him by send
ing a senior to take command.
"Then," said the informant of The Ore
gonian correspondent "the trouble be
gan." Nowhere except In General Alger's
book have the facts very detrimental
to General Miles and his courseduring the
Spanish War been brought out, and Alger
has not told all he knows. Miles' recom
mendations were not such as to commend
him as commander-in-chief. He suggest
ed, for Instance, that 5000 troops be landed
In Havana and marched across the island.
He also thought that a very large army
might march from one end of the Island
to another, capturing prisoners and feed
ing them with "cattle on the hoof." It
was demonstrated that no army could
have gone through Cuba without building
roads, and the roads could not have been
constructed advantageously.
He also recommended that a large num
ber of carts with shields be purchased and
used by the troops by pushing them In
front and protecting the men as they ad
vanced on the Spaniards. This was one of
the most absurd recommendations that he
ever made. However, they were sufficient
and they are on record, and If the War
Department should decide to make a
strong case against Miles it has the pa
pers to do so.
Root ' at First With Miles.
When Elllm Root came Into tho War
Department in. 1SSS-bo.. .thought, Mm a
great many other) people, tbatMUes had
Deen Daaiy treatea. lie wonted, to give
Miles a show. Just then there wero a
great many complaints about the man
agement of affairs In the Philippines.
Many people thought that Otis was not
a big enough man for the place, although
he was no doubt at that time the big
gest man In the United States Army,
and Root asked Miles to go to the Phil
ippines and take command.
Miles consulted some of his friends
about It and one In particular, who ad
vised him by all means to go. He re
plied by Baying that he thought It was
a ruse of his enemies to get him out of
the country, where he could not look
after his Interests, and tha he would
not go.
At the time that Root took hold of the
War Department there were being or
ganlzed the additional regiments of 35,000
volunteers to fight in the Philippine in
surrectlon, and to relieve the troops of
the states. Instead of going to the Phil
ippines to take command of this army
and the big regular Army that was al
ready there. General Miles devoted him
self to making recommendations regard
ing this organization, many of which
were soon found by a practical man like
Secretary Root to be absolutely without
merit and causing him to wonder why
a man of Miles experience would make
such recommendations. Before Miles
would make any recommendation or talk
about organizing a new array, he devoted
nearly all his interviews with Secretary
Root to a discussion of an act performed
by Alger Just before he went out of
office.
Alger placed the Inspector-General un
der the direction of the Secretary of
War Instead of under the direction of
the commanding General of the Army
Miles thought that this was a reflection
upon "him, and a blow at his dignity.
and he made it a point to bring the mat
ter to Root's attention on every conceiv
able occasion. Secretary Root finally
reversed the order of Alger, but during
tho Interim he had lost the high opinion
he had of the commanding General when
he took charge of the War Department
There Can Be Bnt One Head.
As near as can be ascertained, the
great difficulty with General Miles has
been the same as that with every other
man stationed in Washington who has
had command of the Army. He wanted
to have absolute command, and did not
want tho Secretary of War to figure as
a part and parcel of it Now, in the
nature of things, it is absolutely im
possible, with the President designated
by the Constitution as Commander-in-
Chief of the Army,, for any other man to
command the Army. Under the President
is the civilian Secretary of War, and he
directs all movements unless absolutely
overruled and directed by the President
himself. There cannot be two heads of
the Army, and there is not
The President Is tha head, and he us'u
ally has a Secretary of War who agrees
with him, or he overrules his Secretary,
and if the Secretary is overruled, very
frequently he gets out and a -man Is ap
pointed who will agree with tho Presi
dent With the commanding General It
Is different He is there for life, or until
he reaches the retiring age. He feels
that he has a greater knowledge than
any Secretary of War, or even the Pres
ident can possibly have about military
matters, and that when he reaches the
high station of Commander of the Army
that he ought to have it absolutely and
should not be under orders from the
(Concluded oh Second Page.)
W WITH IE
Ottawa, Canada, Sus
tains Heavy Loss.
HUNDREDS LOSE HOMES
Lumber Yards Soon Become
a Glowing Mass.
BROKEN MAIM DELAYS WATER
Fire Is Believed to Have Been of In
cendiary Origin, and Suspected
Man Is Now In Charge of
the Police of City.
Nearly 600 families lost their homes
In a fire at Ottawa, Canada, that
burned up an Immense quantity of
lumber.
The loss is estimated attGOO.OOO.
Mayor Cook says no aid ffiltlbe asked
for outf.lde of Canada. "
OTTAWA. May 10. A fire suspected of
being of Incendiary origin this afternoon
and evening destroyed hundreds of houses
and millions of feet of lumber in this city.
John White, who had' just been released
from the penitentiary after serving a term
for arson was caught near where the fire
was first discovered. He was taken to the
police station and will be charged with
starting today's conflagration.
The Are originated within a stone's
throw of where the great Hull Are of
April 26, 1900, was checked. The Hull fire
started on the opposite side of the river,
and spread to the Ottawa side, destroying
millions of dollars' worth of property. It
burned out near where the Ottawa &
Parry Sound' Railway enters the western
part of the city, and it' was in the lumber
yards near the railroad that today's fire
originated.
Fircbag Is Indnstrlon's.
An hour before the principltflVetsarted
two smaller blazes were discovered and
quickly extinguished in the lumber yards
near the Canadian Pacific Railway. It
was 3:30 when the third was discovered.
When the brigade arrived at the scene It
was found that the water main had been
damaged and no water could be obtained.
When the brigade did get water the fire
was utterly beyond Its control. It swept
along over the same ground that the for
mer fire had gone, the only difference
being that it was going in the opposite di
rection. The Are area was on the flats below a
large cliff which extends from the Ottawa
River Into the corner of Margaret and
Preston streets. At two or three points
It came very near getting over the cliff,
and had it done so nothing would have
saved the city. At 9:30 o'clock tonight the
Are was under control, having been con
fined to the following area:
The Ottawa & Parry Sound Railway on
the south. Division street on the east.
First avenue on the west, and the Rich
mond road on the north. From the Parry
Sound road to the Richmond road is about
one mile, and from First avenue to Divi
sion street is about one-quarter of a mile.
While these fires were burning fiercely
among the lumber plies, all the brigades of
the city had been summoned.V but were
forced to remain Idle. For an hour not a
drop of water was thrown Into the flames.
A stiff southwest wind was blowing, and
by the time the water main had been re
paired the lumber yards were a mass of
glowing embers.
Then the Houses Burn.
From the lumber yards the flames spread
to a group of frame houses on the out
skirts of the city formerly known as
Rochesterville, but not united to the city
Every house In the little settlement was
destroyed. Another lumber yard in a
thinly settled section northeast of Roches
terville was swept by the Are In an In
credibly short time. This brought the fire
to the more thickly settled sections.
After leaving the lumber piles the flames
swept over Pine street which runs east
an dwest down Willow, Poplar and An
derson, Ecklcs, Somerset Spruce. Elm,
Maple, Albert and on to the Richmond
road, or, properly speaking, Wellington
street where It was stopped a short dls
tance from the Canadian Pacific Railway
depot At 6 P. M. It was feared that the
Are would get over the cliff, on tho top of
which is St Jeannie Baptiste Church.
A short distance back from the church
is the residence of the late Hon. David
Mills, from which the hearse was In readi
ness to move tho remains of the dlstln
gulshed Canadian, should the necessity
arise. The Aremen. however, succeeded in
keeping back the flames.
Fifteen million feet of lumber, belonging
principally to J. R. Booth, were destroyed.
causing a loss of 5300.000. The buildings
burned were principally dwellings and
stores, most of which were built since the
last great fire, and were mostly of brick.
It is difficult to place the loss on these.
There aro nearly 600 families homeless
Mayor Cook says the city would oppose
aid being asked'from outside Canada.
j The loss on buildings . is estimated at
$300,000, making a total loss of 9600,000.
DIB FROM BURNS.
Gas Explosion Fires Home Husbaad
and Wife Perish.
BUFFALO, May 10. Herman F. Bias
dell, of North Collins, an ex-Assembly
man, after whom the town of Blasdell
N. Y., is named, and his wife, were so
badly burned today in a Aro that started
in their home from an-explosion, of gas
that they died a few hours later. An
adopted son. who was the only other oc
cupant of the house- at the time, was
burned slightly.
Following the explosion the walls of
the house were forced "outward and one
aide of the building dropped. Fire broke
out in half a dozen places, and the whole
house was soon In flames. The adopted
eon succeeded In smothering the flames
that enveloped Mrs. Blasdell. She walked
to the street where she fell unconscious
and soon died.
Mr. Blasdell wag cut oft by the flames
and forced to jump from an upper win
dow. The shock of the fall and the se
vere burns caused his death.
Engineer Killed in Wreak.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 10. A pas
senger -train on the Southern Railway
Jumped the track this afternoon at White
Pine, Tenn. Engineer Robert B. Hollo
man, of Knoxvllle, was crushed to. death
and several trainmen were Injured.
The train was running 20 miles an hour.
No cause can be assigned for the- acci
dent Escaped From Falling nnilding.
DENVER, May 10. George Hays, tho
iron molder who was supposed to have
been buried In the wreck of the hulldlng
at 1510-1514 Larrlmle street that collapsed
on Friday night has been found alive. He
left the building Just before It fell. Of
the injured Mrs. McKernan Is the only
one that has died.
Organ Makes Pastor Resign.
PITTSBURG. May 10. Because the con
gregation of the Secona United Presbyte
rian Church of this city voted to Install
an organ In the church, the pastor. Rev.
J. S. Little, D. D., today resigned his
charge. Mr. Little says the innovation
amounts to a desecration, and Is opposed
to the laws of the church. j
VIEWS ON EMANCIPATION
Dr. Pnrklinrst Tells Georgians It
Was a Mistake.
ATLANTA, Ga., May 10. Rev. Charles
H. Parkhurst of New York, today de
livered the annual convention sermon be
fore the National Conference of Chari
ties and Corrections. Dr. Parkhurst com
pared the case of the convict to that of
the emancipated negro, upon this point
saying In part:
"The emancipation pushed the bolt for
the hlacks; It let them out in the sun
shine. There was a great deal of hero
ism In the course of the war, North and-
aouth, nut there was not much states
manship In the construction of a peace,
and one of the radical mistakes made
was In supposing that altering the colored
man's condition altered the colored man;
that letting a wolf out of a cage domesti
cates the wolf; that substituting the coat
and trousers for swaddling clothes makes
of an infant a man, and that emancipa
tion not only relieved the slave of his
fetters, but qualified him to be a citi
zen."
Greek Priests -In Session.
NEW YORK, May 10. The Greek Or
thodox Mutual Benefit Society of the
United States, began Its annual conven
tlon today in the picturesque church In
East Ninety-ninth street Bishop Tychon,
or Alaska, tie head of the Russian
church for North America, presided,.
Other distinguished priests, arrchprlcsts.
deacons and archdeacons and monks from
many cities In the United States are pres
ent Special services in honor of St Nlch-,
olas, the wonder worker and patron saint
of the society, were conducted by. Bishop
Tychon and others.
After the convention Bishop Tychon will
sail for Russia, where he is to take part
In the cannonization of a . new Russian
Saint -In the Fall he will return to Alaska
by the Western route, crossing Siberia on
the new trans-Siberian Railway.
Copper Veins in Mexico.
EL PASO, Tex., May 10. The first coo
per strike In the Parral district of Mex
ico has" been made. Two main veins, three
and five feet wide, widening as thev sro
down, carry 30 per cent copper. The prop
erty adjoins tne famous Pedro Aloarado
silver mines.
CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
National Affairs.
General Miles' Philippine report falls flat.
Page 1.
Colored rural letter-carrier was acceptable to
patrons. Pago 1.
President's restful day at Monterey. Page 2.
Captain Pershing's column In Manila. Page 2.
Colombia makes further claims. Page 2.
Foreign.
Bowen's blue book is good reading. Page 3.
Plague situation In Peru. Page 3.
Ottawa, Ontario, has a big fire. Page 1.
Macedonian leader Is slain. Page 2.
Ito hints of trouble. Page 2.
British vessels hurry to Morocco. Page 2.
Domestic.
Virginia Democrats take up prohibition.
Page 3. ,
Man killed In strike on Mobile & Ohio Rail
road. Page 3.
Parkhurst talks on emancipation. Page' 1.
Clark makes payment for Short Line prop
erty. Page 4.
Husband and wife die from burns. Page 1.
British sailors In President's parade. Page 2.
Spotted fever attacks recruits. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Electric sawmill at St. Johns. Page 8.
Portland Democrats say Cleveland is on the
Fhelf. Page 8.
Northern Pacific emissary at Goldendale.
Page 12.
No danger of engine men's strike on O. R.
& N. Page 12.
FIrcboat committee calls for facts from, oppo
nents of the Hamlll deal. Page 12.
Building and real estate business active de
spite the strike. Page 10.
Electrical workers may strike for recognition
of their union. Page 10.
Portland man badly mauled, In street fight at
CorvaUIs. Page 10.
Pacific Coast.
Eddy law a protection to the public. Page 4.
Boilermakers" strike on Southern Pacific Post
poned. Page 3.
Fever victim at Stanford. Page 4.
Fruit prospects for Linn County. Page 4.
Road-building in Lane. Page 4.
Pacific University athletes defeat MeMlnnville.
Page 4.
Agricultural College wins track meet from
Dallas. Page 4.
Marine. '
Big tramp steamship Wynertc coming to Port
land "seeking." Page 1L
Bags and b'urlap en route froni Calcutta for
Portland. Page 11.
American thlp St. Nicholas chartered to load
lumber at new mill at Astoria. Page 11. '
Austrian ship loading at London for Portland.
Page 11.
Sports.
Pacific Coast League games: San Francisco 5,
Portland 4; Los Angeles 3, Seattle 2; Oak
land 5-4, Sacramento, 4-5.'"-
Paclflc National League games: Butte 4,
Portland. 2; Seattle 2. Helena 0: Los An
geles 4, San Francisco 3. Page 5.
Records of amateur athletics on the Paclflc
Coast. Page 8.
Portland wins Paclflc Northwest whist cham
pionship. Page 5.-
Eddie Graney, the referee of the- Tracey-Gans
i fight Page 5.
KN0II1G0LDR
Civil Service Commis
sion's Statement
ON THREATENED CARRIER
Records Do Not Show He
Is a Negro.
PATRONS OF ROUTE CONSULTED
Xo Protests Were Made Special
Agent Who Recommended Him Is
a Cltixen of the State of Tea
Bessee Good Examination. .
John C. Allgood. tho colored rural
mall carrier, who was compelled to
abandon his route, on account, of
threats, passed an equal examination
with a white man.
"When the latter resigned he took
his place. The Civil Service Commis
sion was not aware he was a. negro,
and no complaints had been mode
from, the patrons of the route.
WASHINGTON, May 10. The Civil
Service Commission today made the fol
lowing explanation of the circumstances
attending the appointment to his posi
tion of John C. Allgood, the Tennessee
rural free delivery letter-carrier, who has
been prevented from performing the
duties of his office by the patrons on his
route.
There are flvo rural free delivery routes
which start at" Gallatin, Tenn. There
were 15 applicants for the position as
rural letter-carriers on the routes. Eight
of these applicants have been offered ap
pointments, of whom five accepted and
three declined. For route No. 1 Allen
S. Dlllard, a white man, made the hlgh-
est average and was appointed, February
16, 1S03, to begin work on March 2. On
February 25 notice was received that
Dlllard had declined.
T,he next man on the register was John
C. Allgood, the colored carrier, who re
cently was compelled to abandon his
route. In his report the examiner stated
that Allgood would make a very ac
ceptable carrier. His judgment was based v
on his Investigations as to the wishes of
the patrons of the route, under section
9 of the regulations, 'which provides that
the examination shall further consist of.
a careful inquiry and report by the spe
cial agent or the route Inspector as to
each competitor's acquaintance with the
patrons of the route and the extent to
which he has their confidence,, his general
character, suitability and fitness for the
position and his character and reputa
tion. White Man Declined the Job.
When Dlllard declined Allgood was ap
pointed. There Is nothing in the record
to show that he Is a colored man, nor
could this fact have been considered if
the record had shown it No protests
were filed by any persons prior to the
date of his appointment. He was ap
pointed on February 26, the day after the
notice was received of the declination of
Dlllard. Allgood began work March L
the date the service on his route started.
Mr. Allgood and Mr. Dlllard had made
about equal averages, so far as the
scholastic test Is concerned, and Mr. Dll
lard got the benefit of the first certifica
tion merely as the result of the examin
er's examination, which showed that he
would be satisfactory to more patrons
than would Allgood.
Section 9 of the regulations gives the
patrons ample opportunity to select their
man, inasmuch as the applicant must
be a person who has" a good reputation
in the community. Protests from patrons
In any case are always considered and
investigated by the Central Board of
Examiners. When no protests are re
ceived, it is, of course, understood that
the applicants aro satisfactory to the
patrons of the route.
Colored Spanish. War Veteran.
For rural route No. 2, which starts at
Gallatin, Tenn., William H. Franklin re
ceived the highest rating. Franklin also
Is a colored man, and there never has
been any complaint whatever as to his
acceptability to the patrons of his route.
Franklin is a Spanish War veteran with
an excellent record, as shown by the
copy of his discharge on file with his
pipers. In his case the examiner said
that In his opinion no one could find
fault with him and the Postmaster stat
ed that he was fully competent
In the case of Allgood the examination
and Investigation was made by a special
agent, whose home Is in Tennessee and
who Is familiar with the conditions there.
The agent states that while he gave tho
preference to Dillard in his report, he
thought Allgood would make a very
satisfactory man in case Dillard should
not -accept the appointment The ex
amination for these routes was made as
early as May 16, 1S02. No protest has
been received In the cases either of
Franklin or Allgood.
Bnt Two Offices In Dosbt
FRANKFORT, JCy.r May 10.-So far the
race for Auditor and Commissioner of
Agriculture are the only ones over which
there was a contest which is not still
in doubt as to the result in Saturday's
primary. '
A stale convention may now be or
dered to satisfy the work of the primary
and thereby remove all doubt as to the
regularity of the ticket nominated, but
nothing definite has been given, out
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