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REFUSES TO ANSWER
MacArthur Stands for His
Rights at Senate Hearing,
CONTROVERSY WITH DEMOCRATS
In the Matter of a Secret Under
standing: "With Spaniards Be
fore the Attack on
Manila. , , .
WASHINGTON. April 12. The Senate
committee on the Philippines began Its
proceedings today by adopting a resolu
tion offered by Senator Carmack. calling
upon the Secretary tf War for all the or-
slstency, I have no doubt that the Gen
eral will ba found willing to explain It. I
prefer that he should speak for himself."
Senator MeComas Insisted that the ques
tion -was not legitimate, that It called for
an inference, and that the witness should
not be required to answer. The discussion
was extended. Republican members gen
erally contending that the question called
for a mere opinion, and was not In order,
the Democrats holding that it aBked for
a statement of fact and was legitimate.
Senator Lodge, as chairman of the com
mittee, held that it was competent to ask
the witness his opinion on a given sub
ject, but when the question Involved a
criticism upon a superior officer, which
was In itself a breach of military disci
pline, he did not, he said, believe the com
mittee had a right to ask It or that the
witness could be compelled to answer it.
The ruling was freely commented upon
by the Democratic members as calculated
to rob the inquiry of much of its useful
ness and they appealed from a ruling of
the chair. A vote was about to be taken
when the hour for adjournment arrived,
and no vote was recorded.
Before the committee adjourned Patter
?on was permitted to propound an In
quiry, which he said he did at the in
stance of a representative of tho Boer
cause, as to whether General MacArthur
had any knowledge of the enlistment of
Americans In the Philippines for service
TO PRISON FOR LIFE
Miller, the Detroit Fiend, Sen
tenced' to Penitentiary.
ALIENISTS DECLARED HIM SANE
Seventy-two Honrs After the Crime,
on His "Way to Jackson to
Spend the Remainder
of His Life.
DETROIT April 12. At midnight to
night, 72 hours after Professor Joseph
M. Miller murdered, Miss Carrie M. Jen
nett with a hatchet, he was in Jackson
Prison, sentenced to spend the rest of
from the man imprisoned at Parrall ask
ing that he be released, because he is not
the person, wanted, but a brother of the
latter.
The description of the man now In Jail
tallies with that of the one arrested, and
tho officers that 'made the arrest think
that by cleverly disguising themselves
in the prisoner's cell a change of places
has been effected by the two brothers, and
that the alleged guilty one has been al
lowed to escape. Of course, if the one now
In Jail can prove his Identity as claimed,
the officers say, he must be allowed his
freedom.
A'ttexnpt at Bank Robbery.
LACEY, Ind., April 12. Six men broke
into the Commercial Bank here early to
day, drilled a hole In the safe, and touched
off a heavy charge of nitroglycerin. The
explosion" awoke citizens, who appeared
before the Tobbers could gain entrance to
the money vaults. Many shots were ex
changed, but the robbers got away. The
damage caused by the explosion is $12,
000. '
Mac-glo Set Free.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., April 12. An
tonio Maggio, who has been confined in
Jail at Las Cruces since shortly after tho
assassination of President McKlnley, on
suspicion of having knowledge of an
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Grand Master Workman.
J. E. WERLEIX,
Supreme Representative.
H. D. IIAMSDELL,
Chairman of Leasruc of Honor,
CAPTAIN E. S. EDWARDS,
Chairman of Trans. Committee,
The committees of the Ancient Order of United "Workmen planning the
reception and entertainment of the Supreme Lodge convention In June have
perfected a fine organization. All the details have been assigned to sep
arate committees of active workers, and every arrangement possible to se
cure the comfort of the visitors, as well as their pleasure and entertain
ment, has been made. At the head of the general committee on reception
and enteVtalnment is Grand Master "Workman C. C. Hogue, of Albany, who
was delegated to this position at the last meeting of tho Grand Lodge of
Oregon. This committee has mapped out the programme and divided the
work among sub-committees, over which it exercises general supervision.
Supreme Representative J. E. "Werleln is chairman of an important com
mittee, that of hotel accommodations, hospitality and public decorations.
This committee has charge of the difficult work of securing accommodations
for the great throng of A. O. U. "W. visitors that will be in the city during
the convention. The hotels of the city will not be able to house all the
visitors, and the committee is preparing a plan of securing desirable accom
modations in private homes. The work of interesting the citizens generally
in public decoration In the A. O. U. "W. emblems and colors will also fall
upon this committee.
Chairman H. D. Ramsdell, jpl the committee on press and souvenir badge,
and also chairman of the League of Honor, has also an important lot ot
details to supervise. The press committee has kept the newspapers of the
state Informed as. to the details of the celebration, and, as a result, has
Interested the people of the whole state In the convention. The iieague of
Honor is an auxiliary organized by the press committee to assist in the
work of stirring up general public Interest and arousing the citizens of Port
land to the Importance of the convention. It Is composed of 33 members,
delegates from the 11 lodges of the city, and, as the result of Its visits to
the various lodgerooms, the whole body of 3000 "Workmen of the city has
been organized into an effective force, exerting every energy to secure the
celebration's success. , -
Captain, E. S. Edwards and his committee on transportation and excur
sions have" already made the' arrangements for the boat excursions from The
Dalles to Portland, and from Portland to Astoria and return, as well as
the train ride up to Corvallis, on the "West Side line of the Southern Pacific,
and back from Albany on the East Side line. All the details of these ex
cursions have been -carefully worked out, apd the delegates, their families,
and friends "will obtain an excellent impression of the state.
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CAUCUS FOR FUSION
Democrats Voteto Surrender
Party Organization.
ders, circulars and official reports received
from Commanders and their subordinates
In the Provinces of Tayabas, Batangas,
Samar and Laguna.
General MacArthur was again today the
only witness before the committee. His
testimony bore on tho relations between
the native forces and the American troops
when the latter first landed at Manila.
General MacArthur insisted that the co
operation in tho attack on Manila was not
voluntary on the part of tho American
soldiers.
General MacArthur then related that tho
evening previous to the attack on Manila,
after General Merrltt had Issued his order
of battle, he (MacArthur) was in consulta
tion with General Anderson when the lat
ter received a communication from Gen
eral Merrltt directing the latter to inform
Aguinaldo that the battle which was to
take place the next day was to be be
tween the Americans and the Spaniards,
and that he must not participate under
any circumstances. Aguinaldo was at that
time, General MacArthur said, Ave miles
away, and the message was sent to him
by wire. He knew, however, that the
Filipino leader had received It, because
he had declined to accept the suggestion,
and ho and his native forces had partici
pated in the engagement next day. What
had become of that communication Gen
eral 'MacArthur said he did not know. He
also said if there had been co-operation
between Aguinaldo and General Anderson
while the latter was in command of the
American forces, he did not know it.
Senator Patterson then asked a series
of questions Intended to bring out the
fact that there had been an understand
ing between the American commanders.
General Merrltt and Admiral Dewey, and
the Spanish commanders, that the at
tack upon Manila should be a mere feint,
with tho view of securing a surrender
with an appearance of a battle, but with
out any real fighting. General MacArthur
said that if there had been such an un
derstanding he knew nothing of It. "If
there was such an agreement, the fact
never reached me as a Brigadier," said
General MacArthur, "and I have never yet
heard it officially. All my orders were
for battle."
"Have you any question now, as a solH
dler and an officer of the Army, that there
was an understanding that the. resistance
of the Spaniards was to be purely nom
inal?" aBked Senator Patterson.
"Yes, I have a good deal of question
on that 'point," replied the witness. I
have never seen anything to Justify such
an opinion outside of what J. have seen
in print. I can only say that I under
stood the order to be for a fight, and all
that has come to me to the contrary has
been ex parte in character. ,
"Do you, in your testimony, distinguish
between official Information and informa
tion that may have come to you through
.other sources?"
"My desire Is to speak here the truth;
the. whole truth and nothing but the
truth."
Mr. Patterson insisted upon an explicit
reply to his question, but General Mad
Arthur declared that he could not answer
more directly. He added that he had
spoken without reservation.
Senator Culberson reiterated the state
ment concerning General Merrltt's first
dealing with the Filipinos as to the use
of the trenches and also the order to Gen
eral Anderson cited by General MacArthur
regarding the notification to Aguinaldo,
and asked if that were "not a change of
policy on Merrltt's part, after he had
reaped the benefit of co-operation with
the native troops."
This question practically brought to a
close General MacArthur's statement for
the day, the remainder of the time being
given up to a discussion among the mem.
bers of tho committee as to its propriety.
Before this controversy arose, however,
the witness indicated that he preferred
not to make a direct reply,
"The facts are on record," said he.
"What General Merrltt's policy was I do
not know. It did not occur to me at the
time that there was any Inconsistency in
'his conduct, and If there should appear
t to tho commltee to have been incon-
In the British Army in South Africa. Gen
eral MacArthur replied that he had not.
ARGUMENTS IS WALLER CASE.
Judge Advocate's Denunciation, of
the Killing: in Samar.
MANILA, April 12. The Judge-Advocate,
Major Henry P. Kingsbury, replied
today to the summing up before the court
martial yesterday of Captain Arthur T.
Marlx, representing Major Littleton "W.
T. Waller, who Is being tried for execut
ing natives of Samar without trial. Ma
jor Kingsbury made an eloquent address.
He contended that Major Waller was un
der military and not martial law, and
that there was nothing in the conduct
of the men who were shot deserving of
such punishment. The Judge Advocate
blamed Major Waller .himself for the dis
asters which befell the marines and ac
cused him of abandoning 10 helpless com
rades, whose bones are now bleaching
on the banks of the Lanang to die of
hunger.
The Judge-Advocate's denunciation of
the methods' by which the prisoners, who
were to be shot, were chosen, was dra
matic They were lined up, he said, "for
the raffle of death, at tho sole will .and
pleasure of Private Davis, a marine, who
was Judge and prosecutor. He re
ferred to Davis testimony in
terms of withering ,. scorn, accused
Major Waller of listening to the
dictates of ambition and not to the dic
tates of duty; asserted that the natives,
according to the evidence, acted In many
Instances in a highly commendable man
ner and declared that their faithfulness
and not their treachery had been disclosed
before the court.
Captain Marlx requested permission to
make a short reply. He protested strong
ly against criticism of the way In which
Major Waller had conducted the cam
paign, which, he said, was outside the
case, and again insisted that martial law
ruled by the mere nature of the condi
tions.
Tho court deliberated more than half an
hour. No decision was announced.
his 'life there at hard labor. He was ar
raigned In the . Recorder's Court this
morning on the charge of murder. His
attorney, who was appointed by the
court, raised the question of Miller's
sanity, and Judge Murphy accordingly
appointed a commission of three alienists
to examine Miller. His plea was Tith
held pending their examination. After
a careful examination tho physicians
came Into court this afternoon and an
nounced that they were agreed that there
was no symptom of Insanity In the de
fendant. Miller was then ordered to plead
and the confessed murderer said In a low
voice: "Guilty." Evidence was then In
troduced to prove the death of Miss Jen
nett. At its conclusion Miller's attorney, E.
E. Chamberlain, addressed the court. He
congratulated the Police Department on
their efficient work In running down the
murderer and securing hl3 confession,
and said that ho had no sympathy with
.Miller, who deserved the extreme penalty
of the law. In sentencing Miller, Judge
Murphy called him a demon and said
that he considered that the sentence he
was about to impose on him was in
adequate to his horrible crime. Miller
was taken back to Jail, where he re
mained until he left for the station. Ac
companied by two officers he went to
Jackson at 5:20 o'clock, over: the Michigan
Central Railroad.
Mrs. Miller, his wife, who bas been an-
invalid for several years, is prostrated at
her home, and is in a dangerous condl'
tion.
Ironworker' Wage Scale Signed.
WHEELING. W Va,, April 12.
At a conference of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel & Tin
workers and officials of the Republic
Iron x& Steel Company, the scale for tho
year beginning July l,t 1902, was signed.
It is 'that of last year.' It affects about
25,000 workmen in the bar-Iron mills of
the country. This is the first time that
a scale was ever signed before the con
vention. That body wilL ratify the action
of the committee. The arangement
mean,s that there will be no strike or
shutdown this Summer. The American
Sheet Steel Company and the American
Tlnplate Company have been granted the
same consideration.
Clear Case of Self-Defense.
CLEVELAND, O., April 12. Judge Ken
nedy, of the Central Police Court, to
day discharged Charles Anderson, who
yesterday shot and killed William Franks
in South Euclid, a suburb. After a brief
hearing the court said It was- a clear case
of self-defense. It was shown that An
derson did not shoot until he had been
assaulted and that Franks had frequently
threatened to kill him. Twenty-four
hours before the shooting Anderson mar
ried the divorced wife of Franks. An
derson recently came here from Ensley,
a suburb of Birmingham, Ala.
Higher Bonds in Boodle Cases.
ST. LOUIS, April 12. Judges Ryan and
Douglas, sitting on the bench of the
Criminal Court, announced that they had
taken special cognizance of the fact that
the bonds tferetofore taken-in the "boodle"
cases were nbt sufficient to hold, the de
fendants, and accordingly the bonds were
doubled all along the lias.
THIEF OX A LARGE SCALE.
New Yorlc Suburbanite Fills His
House With Loot.
.NEV YORK, April 12. In the resi
dence occupied by a man known as.
George T. Howard, at Rldgewood, N. J.,
the police have made a startling dis
covery. For two years Howard, his wife
and a 10-year-old son have lived at Kidge
wood, where the man was highly re
spected. He vas known as. a tea and
coffee merchant doing business In New
York. Thefts, soon began to occur In all
the country surrounding. Hprses and
carriages were missed, freight depots
were loQted. and farmhouses and .barm
were entered promiscuously. Finally two
horses and carriages were stolen from
Murray, N. Y. One of the horseg wore a
peculiarly shaped shoe, by ivhlch It was
tracked ior 20 miles, the trail ending
In Howard's barn, where the property
was found.
Search warrants were at once issued,
the house entered and found to be filled
with all sorts of plunder. Onlyi Mrs.
Howard was at home. Mr. Howard had
disappeared, as had the boy, who fled to
Jersey City, where he was found and ar
rested, but in the meantime he, had com
municated with his father and took his
arrest with the greatest degree bf com
posure, even smiling contemptuously at
the police when they tried, to make him
tell fthere his father had gone.
Then the exploration of tho house be
gan. On the back porch was found nearly
a new road wagon. In the hallway was a
pew double sleigh. The house has 14
rooms, and each room was filled with
goods. Three wagon-loads of property
were taken to the village lock-up, and
as the available space in the lock-up was
filled, officers were put in charge of the
remainder of the stuffy which ran from
iancy embroidery to new stoves.
anarchist plot against the President's
life, has been released. It was said that
Maggio, who was a member of the An
drews opera company, had predicted the
death of President McKlnley several
months before he was shot at Buffalo.
His release was ordered by Judge Parker
at the request of United States District
Attorney W, C. Reid, and the case dis
Comity Officials Indicted.
PAWNEE, O. T., April 12. As a re
sult of expert examination of the offices
result of expert examination of the offices
ot county officials, the grand jury has
returned accusations in the district court
against the following persons: John C
Hughes, County Attorney; L. F. Lacy,
County Assessor; J. D. Ramsey, K. H.
Manning, Edward Strange and L. S. Da
vie, members of the Pawnee City Council.
The accusations allege maladministra
tion in office. District Judge B. T. Hainer
has suspended County Attorney Hughes,
against whom there are seven counts,
and appointed a man to succeed him.
Private Bank Robbed.
DEARBORN, Mich., April 12. D. L.
Lapham's private bank here was entered
by burglars last night, who blew open
the vault and stole about $1000. There is
no clew.
Kine Years' Fruitless Chase.'
EL PASO, Tex., April 12. A peculiar,1
case is jeportea irom iarraii, jaexico, as
the outcome of a chase after a man
charged with the robbery of a stage coach
in Idaho In 1S93. Postal authorities have
been on the trail of a man- supposed to
be Charles Gilbert Webb, suspected of
being implicated In the above robbery, for
nide years, and only recently effected an
arrest of the suspect at his father's saw
mill, 62 miles from Parrall. American
authorities have just received an appeal
THE DIVISION OF OFFICES HADE
SOUTH CHICAGO FIREBUG
Blaze Started In Seventeen Build
in ss In One Msrht.
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CHICAGO. April 12. After extinguish
ing' 10 fires yesterday, most of them close
together and apparently of Incendiary
origin, the firemen of South Chicago at
daj break today were called upon to con
tend with the most serious of the long
string of blazes.
The first of this morning's fires con
sumed a barn containing several horses.
St, Patrick's Church came next, and was
destroyed before the firemen could reach
It Scarcely had they reached the church
when they were called to fight a dangerous
looking fire at Willard Sons bell forgo
works. After a-hard fight here the flames
were checked. Meanwhile the warehouse
of the Washington Ice Company had
caught fire, and beforo the flames; were
subdued $3000 damage had been done. The
Calumet, Theater came next, sustaining
$10,000 damage before the fire was extin
guished. A four-story structure, having
a feed store on the ground floor and dwell
ing above was discovered to be burning
before the theater fire was put out. Two
families escaped in their night clothes.
The building was destroyed. Meanwhile
Nicholas Schroeder's saloon had burned
down.
The total loss of this morning's fires Is
put at $50,000. As the buildings were not
near each other, the firemen declare that
the fires were the work of an Incendiary.
The people of South Chicago were great
ly alarmed by the rapid work of the fire
bug. The financial loss In tho fires of yester
day aggregated $60,000. Evidence of In
cendiarism was so convincing, however,
that citizens joined the police In patrolling
the streets in an effort to guard property
and capture the Incendiary or Incendi
aries. In, spite of the extra precautions,
however, today's fires were started. Citi
zens were bewildered at the attack, and
daylight was welcomed with great relief.
A demented boy, supposed to be a pyro
manlac. Is said by several residents to
have been seen at all the fires. He Is
about 17 years old and wears a red sweat
er and derby hat. Three residents say
that they could identify him.The'lr de
scription tallies In each case. -The police
are looking for him.
After Ions Debate Delegates Agree
on "Citizens Ticket by 130
to 40 Disposition of
, Sheriff Undecided,
Fire in Lumber Yard.
LOUISVULiLE. Ky., April 12 Fire,
which broke out In the Gernett Bros.'
lumber yard this afternoon, destroyed
lumber valued at about $70,000. On ac
count of a high wind, the flames assumed
a serious aspect at one time.
The Democratic caucus decided last
night, by a vot of ISO to -40, to sacri
fice its party organization and put a
"Citizens ticket" In tho field. This
ticket will consist of "citizeaj," and oa
it there will be only one Democrat thA
nominee for County Surveyor. A di
vision of offices between the Democrats
and Simon Republicans was made, "
an adjournment was tahea until
Wednesday night, when an effort will
be made to nominate a ticket.
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The delegates to the Democratic city
and county convention met In caucus in
the Eagles Hall last night and held a,
session which was terminated only by'
the sound of the gongs of the late cars'
departing for the distant precincts. Dur
ing a meeting of nearly four hours dura
tion many matters were considered. Thet
most important was that tho Democracy'
should surrender Its party organization
In the county and city and place a citi
zens' ticket In the field. This was carried
after a long debate by a voto of 130 to 40.
On this ticket only a single man will be
named as a Democrat, and that will be
the nominee for County Surveyor. The
name of the single candidate is thought
to be a preservative of party Identity, but
some objections to It were raised by
straight Democrats.
The nomination for Sheriff, over which
there has been some conflict, was left
to a committee of' five, with power to
apt. The committee will be appointed
later, by Chairman "Van Zante. The com
mittee will also have power to settle any
other questions that may arlie In respect
to nominations. The caucus then ad
journed until Wednesday night to meet
In a hall named by the chairman. This
meeting will be turned into a county "con
vention, and nominations for all offices
will be made.
Division of Offices.
The division of offices as agreed upon
by the conference committee and adopted
by the caucus was as follows:
State Senator Democrat.
Joint Senator Republican.
Legislative ticket Six Democrats, two
ot whom Jt is agreed shall belong to labor
unions, and one to the 'Good Government
Association," and six Republicans, two of
who it is agreed shall belong to labor
unions, and one to the "Good Government
Association."
Joint Representative Democrat.
Sheriff Left to the committee.
County Judge Democrat.
County Commissioner Republican.
County Treasurer Democrat; but not
fully decided.
County Clerk Republican.
County Assessor Republican.
County Surveyor Democrat.
County Coroner Republican.
County Auditor Left to the committee.
Easi and West Side Justices of Peace
Democrats. East and West Side Constables Repub
licans. Mount Tabor and Multnomah District
Justices Democrats.
Mount Tabor and Multnomah District
Constables Democrats.
City Offices.
Mayor Democrat.
City Auditor Republican.
City Treasurer Republican.
City Attorney Democrat.
Municipal Judge Democrat
City Engineer Democrat.
Oouncllmen of the city
First Ward Democrat.
Second Ward Democrat.
Third Ward Republican.
Fourth Ward Republican,
Flftn Ward Republican.
Sixth Ward Republican.
Seventh Ward Democrat.
Eighth Ward Democrat
Ninth Ward Democrat.
Tenth Ward Democrat.
Eleventh Ward Republican.
Road Supervisors.
District 58 Democrat.
District B3 Republican.
District 60 Republican.
District 61 Republican.
District 62 Democrat.
District 63 Democrat.
District 64 Republican.
District 65 Republican.
District 66 Republican.
District 67 Republican.
District 6S Republican.
District 63 Republican.
District 70 Republican.
City Road Supervisor Republican.
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Fortune in an Old Chest.
NEW YORK, April 12. W. E. Koch, a
Jeweler, has, according to a York, Pa.,
special to the Press, found cash and secur-
ities valued at $15,000 In an old chest. Sev-
eral years ago Koch purchased for a tri
fling sum at a public sale, a small antique
chest. Having no Immediate use for It,
he placed It in the garret over his placo
of business. Finally he decided to use
the box, and, upon taking It -apart for
repairs, a false bottom was found, under
neath which was found the hidden treas
ure. The former owner of the chest i3
unknown.
Helen Gould's Gift to Be Dedicated.
NEW YORK, April 12. The new $100,000
building for the naval branch of the
Young Men's Christian Association, near
the Brooklyn Navy-Yard, built with, funds
contributed byOJLss Helen Gould, is so
nearly completed that It Is expected the
work of the branch can be transferred
to It within two weeks. The formal ded
ication will take place on May 15. Secre
tary Long will make an address. The
building has five stories, a basement and
a roof garden, and Is In the architectural
style of the French renaissance.
Brigands Exterminated.
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 12. A band
of seven Bulgarian brigands has been
exterminated In the Vilayet of Monastlr,
In Macedonia, by Turkish troops. The
brigands captured the tower of the vil
lage of Kadi Kol and then fortified them
selves. Ttfe troops surrounded the place
and demanded the surrender .of the bri
gands, who replied with a fusillade, which,
was returned by the Turks until all the
I occupants of the tower were dead.