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PAGES 17 TO 24 j VOL. XXII PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY SniiVTva tavtta n- - ' ' w .j-j-v j. .J, -LUUO. I nrtr r- .. I , , . .. . i " i 1 MA-VL 1L IH 111 ti ft II A s resignation. 'misstatement, t.fiii unui. ui HiuinilULfl preure and 1" 01 unaue Vtf .N N ,M I 3 H QUIGG TAKES STAND Is Witness Before Naval Af fairs Committee. DENIES LESSLEB'S CHARGES Doblln Testifies to Offer of Bribe liy Q.uIkk McCnllasU Denies HovIijb Tried to Influence Lcsslcr'a Action on Committee. t WASHINGTON, Jan. SI. The naval af fairs committee of the House today re sumed the investigation of the charges made by Representative Lessler, of New "York, that he had been approached -with an offer of money for his vote In the com mittee. Philip Doblln, of New York, was the first -witness called, and the taking of his testimony covered a greater part of the forenoon session. Ho was followed by John McCullagh, Superintendent of Elec loth imu. .ir. aicvjui- tZI ,ln Proeedod to describe the mect- w 7, L,ess,er m Washington. At mwunff, wnich occurred in Mr. Lessler s room In his hotel. Mr. McCul lagh testified that Mr. Lessor had spoken him leZ? debt o latitude to m (cS""agh) for his election J.r; McCullagh testified that he protest- S tt,Ut M JIcCullagh then testi- friend who had no interest in the Hol land boat, to ask him to vote for the ap propriation Mr. Lessler. he replied, said ?JC2Uld not SuPPort the proposition. He said he was no f00l." and iat he was not born yesterday. He told we there was not a man on the com mittee he would trust except one. I do not remember the name, although he men tioned it. "We are glad you don't." cried sev eral of the members In chorus, and there was a general laugh around the room. Proceeding. Mr. McCullagh testified that issler went on to sy that he was satisfied there was a lobby here In the Interest of the boats. ' McCuUnwrh Mai; cm Denial. Mr. McCullagh then denied specifically Mr. Lesslx;r's statement that he said he came to Washingto on behalf of men who could defeat him (Lessler) for elec tion, and that Lessler had replied to his request that he would see him (McCul lagh) in hell first. Mr. McCullagh said he had not in any way intimated to Mr. Lessler -that his acts would in any way affect his election. He said he paid no attention to the pres- V1"-u "L Jir- i-essier's secretary at the NO. 4. tions of New York. I v"tu V1 -ir- i-essier's secretary at the Lemuel E. Quigg testified at the after- 1UU"' 111 ",e notc. and did not have any nnnn cocclnn Ar ar. cocclnn f 1 PUrpOSO In Sfleakinc in tin linlMnn Senate Discusses Town With out Postoffice. WAS MRS. COX INTIMIDATED? Spooncr Contends She Wos, But Mc Lnnrln Denies It, Though He Ad mits ltace Prejudice Drove Her Array Many Bills Passed. the committee, held at the close of the Bearing today it was decided to can tvro witnesses Monday. Doblln Gives Testimony. Philip Doblln said he had no employ ment at present, but was employed by the Republican committee during the campaign of 1902 and attended to the distribution of literature and that he also was a deputy in the ofilce of the superin tendent of elections. He said he did what h could to aid in the election of Repre sentative Lessler, whom he had known since 1S94. Answering Representative Taylor, ho said that he had been in politics for 12 years. "I stood ready to" serve Mr. Lessler in any way I could," he said, when asked as to his relations with Mr. Lessler, whose ofilce he made his headquartors. Mr. Doblin said he had known Mr. Quigg since 1SSC. "Did you have a talk with Mr. Quigg relative to Holland submarine boats?" "Yes, sir." "When was that?" "Somewhere between the 10th and 15th of December. "Where?" "I received a telephone message ask ing me to come to 100 Broadway." He had only seen Mr. Quigg once since the state convention up to that time. He went to Mr. Quigg's olTtce, ho continued, and went to lunch with him. "Mr. Quigg wanted to know how Mr. Lessler and I were," lae said, "and I told him I thought Mr. Lessler and I were quite intimate." He saTd thy talked over the. question of oullding submarine boats. Mr. Quigg, he added, was trying to got MrLessler favorably disposed toward -the bill. Mr. Doblin detailed the further connec tion he said he had with Mr. Quigg. He said: "We talked over the Roberts 'bill, that I understand Is the:name of -the submarine boat bill. Mr. Quigg was anxious to get Lessler's friendly disposition toward the bill, and he' said, after talking awhile, there is $5000 in it.' " "Tell us, as near as you can, just what he said." "He said he was not -personally inter ested in this thing. He said, 'There Is a friend of mine whom I desire to favor if I can. If I can get the aid I want there will be 55000 in if Then he said, 'I think I can make it a thousand for you.' He said, 'He telephones me at 3 o'clock and I will let you know about that.' " "For whom did he say there was 55000 in it?" "The man we were talking about. He said he was the man." "That is Mr. Lessler?" "We were talking about Lessler. He ! did not use his name. At 3 o'clock I tele phoned and was told 'that will be all ; right.' " "Do you know who tos on the other ena oi me teiepnone?" "No, sir." "Could you not tell by the voice?" "No, sir." "When did you see "Mr. Lessler?" "The following day." "What occurred when you saw Mr. Lessler?" "He was standing at his desk looking at nis man, ana i asKea mm whether the suDmanne-Doat business Was-golng to come up again. He said it might. I said 'I was sent for yesterday.' He said, 'By wnomr -ay jar. Quigg.' I told him just what I " "What did you tell him? State just what you told hlm. "I told him 'There would be $5000 in this lor you If you can see your way clear to l)e friendly to if He kind of said, 'Humph, humph,': and laughed. He threw his papers down and there was no more to it. He said, 'There is nothinxr in thnt He said, 'Quif I tried to talk and he saia -Quit.' " 'And you quit?" "I quit; that is all." "Did you communicate this to Mr Quigg?" "Yes, sir." "What did you say to him?" "I told him Mr. Lessler would not it can't be done. I think that was the lan guage used 'it can't be. done.' " ' Answering Representative Roberts, Mr. Doblin said Mr. McCullagh had never asked him to see Mr. Lessler in regard to submarine boats. In explaining why he made a statement before the subcommittee he said he sup posed he was obliged to tell his story, and believed that what he said was to be held in tionfldence by the committee. He said lie understood one of the members to have stated at that time that he must tell what he knew and added: "You might as well have pulled a gun and said, 'Hands up.' " Attorney Nicholl cross-examined Mr. Doblln, carrying him over his testimony and with particular reference to the con versation he testified to as having oc curred with Mr. Quigg. Mr. Nicholl di rected inquiries to the witness -as to whether he knew he was doing an unlaw ful act in submitting the proposition to Mr. Lessler. Doblln said he had not read the law on the subject, and in answering to whether he thought he was doing a friendly act, he said he only wanted one" friend to help another. John F. McCullagh, State Superintend ent tf Elections in New York, testified that the first lime he met Mr. Lessler was in 1300, after the latter's election. He had read a deposition of Henry D. Hertz, an architect of New York, who deposed that he was not Interested in politics, but was a believer in the. Hol land boat. In conversation with Mr. Rice, the president of the Hol land Boat Company, for whom Hertz was building a house and who knew of his friendship for Mr. McCullagh, Mr. Rice suggested that Hertz see McCullagh end to have the latter see Lessler, who was opposed to the construction of the boats. He acquiesced. Mr. Hertz's depo sition said that ho had no interest in, purpose in speaking in an undertone. n- J. . "y WR lrom e York to : S-JE "Furthermore. I have weighed the believe there Is a lobby .here, and there hWdl ,The comPosition of the whole thing, gentlemen, from my standpoint and from whit I have seen of it? Is wine terrapin and women." ' MlZ rC?Sf 3Ir SuIffs s swom; He saiu lie had known Mv t.i jw"',1 his acquaintance, while cor-ui-xi. had nt lnn . Kif' "-"a HISS On Decombor q iqao i , . - ?cS?','' T3TS5. Z ISoror "". TCof; JLi-h? P?eu?iatlc tube business. Dr. on hin. "e Knnv sler, and on being answnui . in m ' .. wmiM flIft t men asked him if he I, i,LsIer beha of the Hoi- m a -S,LLeSSler Was oPPosIng the boats in a boisterous and noisy" way. He said Wouid..be. appreciated. WltneSd Dr t-;V T?0Ut tne Holland boat, and LeWnJ L KaId p,erhaPs he could induce lessler to be a little less "pestiferous." QhIkst'k Tclinl..n.. fnISSaJa!.,fr up on telephone," Xf-f T JLd,the os. "and was informed Doblin. and if I cquld connect with Dob lin I could find him. This was about 10 days aftermy first talk with Kerr. The next dav Dnhiin m. . . Jlrst I fonrot wh t -ot- . him aboyt, ana I Invited him to lunch- h lln Vd hIm Lessler would be home at the cfld of. the week, and wit ness asued him to let him know when ho came, it was n Tvir oftn- i , ncss said, that Doblin came into the office and told him Lessler was In his office and "would see him. Doblln at the time said that Lessler "was pretty hot about the torpedo-boat proposition." and he aid not believe Lessler would vote for It. Mr. Quigg said he called Lessler up on the telephone, and in the conversation M""cu lu "'ra aoout a pending postoffice matter. "When I got to the office." continued the witness, "I referred tp the conversa tion over the telephone concerning the postoffice matter (which he explained) Then I said: 'Lessler, I called here to talk about the Holland torpedo-boat on behalf of a friend of mine, whom I would like to oblige. He has told me your oppo sition Is ugly and malignant, and that you have said all m about the Holland people. I. wanted to (Concluded on Pace 23.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. When the Sen ate assembled today. Quay, in charge of the omnibus statehood bill, moved tha't when the Senate adjourn today it adjourn to meet at ,11 o'clock on Monday, an hour in advance of the usual time. He gave as his reason for this motion the fact that the diplomatic appropriation bill is to be taken up Monday. Hale, of the committee on appropriations, objected to the motion as being opposed to the real expedition of business, and the request was withdrawn by Quay, who said he did so in deference to the wishes of the appropriations com mittee. The Senate'agreed to a resolution Intro duced by Jones (Ark.), instructing the committee on naval affairs to inquire whether It la not practicable to use other oils than naphtha and gasoline on war vessels. On Quay's motion the omnibus statehood bill was then taken up, but Quay gave way .while the following bills were passed: Extending the time for the completion of an incline railway on West Mountain, Athol Springs, Ark.; extending the time for the construction of the Akron, Ster ling & Northern Railway In Alaska; nlac- ing Captain E. L. Bailev on the rrtlrr1 list; authorizing the detail of officers of the Army as Chief and Assistant Chiefs of the Philippine Constabulary; providing for the compulsory attendance of witnesses before Registers and Receivers of the Land Of fice; appropriating $100,000 for headstones for the graves of Confederate soldiers who died in Northern prisons; placing Lieutenant-Commander Arthur P. Osborn on the retired list of the Navy as a Commander; providing for monuments to the memory oi uenerais Francis Nash and William Lee Davidson, of North Carolina, both Revolutionary soldiers. , Spooncr Defends Roosevelt. At 1:30 the statehood bill was again called up and Spooner took the floor. He aald he did not propose to speak to the pending bill, and began discussing the In dianola. Miss., postoffice case. He con tended that there was not in Secretary Cortelyou's announcement of the Presi dent's attitude in the case anything to Justify the Inference- of MijLaurin 'that it was intTOdcaderib'tirice the entire popu lation of Indlanola as lawless and brutal. "No man Is less likely than the Presi dent to enter upon such a wholesale con. aemnauon or tne people of Indlanola," he said. Detailing the prqceedlng3 at the .mass meeting at which Mrs. Coxe's resig nation was requested, Spooner said the circumstances were such as to convince any one that she was not a free agent ln the matter. He then called attention to the fact that the Sheriff of the county was among the Darticloants In th mPKtim. Replying to Tillman, Spooner said that "the Sheriff is the conservator of the peace up North." To this Tillman re sponded that he had not observed that generally Sheriffs devote themselves to the duty of acting as bodyguards for people. Proceeding. Spooner again referred to the Sheriff's participation in the mass, meet ing, and asked whether Mrs. Coxe would have resigned of her own free will but for the pressure thus brought upon her. The woman's compliance with the request for her resignation was an attitude of fear, of supplication, to what she consid ered a superior power. Spooner read a letter to the Postofllco Inspector from Congressman-elect Hum phrey bearing upon the Indlanola case, in which he stated that "a majority of the people of Indlanola are opposed to the course of the minority in insisting upon Mrs. Coxe's resijrnatlon ." This dnn.. he said, confirmed tho rhn pressure and lawlessness. Proceeding. Spooner said the President knew that Mrs. Coxe did not wish to re sign, and he had accordingly refused to have the office vacated. The people them selves, to all Intents and purposes, had closed the office. In pursuing the course ho did. tne President had acted upon a principle vita! to the strength and virility of the preservation of the Government namely, thit the Federal Government shall be allowed to conduct Its own af fairs without regard to local pressure. The ma'inlcnsnce of this principle, Spoon er raid, was essential. Spooner read two letters from A. B. Weeks, one of which caused considerable amusement, as Weeks was a candidate for the office. He alv read a letter from J. T T1n.l. r . T f I .ucijur ui inaianoia. who wrotaj the Inspector that he thought thn v,7i way out was for Mrs. Coxe to resign, add ing that he wanted "no unpleasant affair to deal with as Mayor." The Mayor was a partner .and brother-in-law of Weeks. He also read a portion of the report of Inspector Fitzgerald, detailing an Inter view with the Sheriff and Mayor. The for mer acknowledged that he had been cor rectly reported In the Inspector's report concerning the postoffice affair. Spooner. reverting to the President, said he hoped he would continue his course un til the people of Indlanola again came to their reason. McLanrln Denies Brutality. McLaurin of Mississippi said that he had Bowen Confident of Peace for Venezuela. HITCH WAS ABOUT GUARANTEE Allies Said Castro Qnly Gave Promise and" They AVnnt Something Sub stantialGermany Hurt at American Criticism. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. At midnight Minister Boweri gave but the following statement: " "I have good reason to believe that the present controversy between the allied powcra and Venezuela will be settled soon and satisfactorily."' Mr. Bowen said he was able to 'make I SJJ-tv n1 S, .r SPCCCV ?l8(!u!se'' Pn- i M positive statement after a number ot g& aMxr rh.Vsh.rJrtTh,!'d "-" th ijr - Tndfnnnin nr. fL-- i Ing with the representatives of the nlHni .. ..w tumtiiutu nuii noining ,, ho had said .hnrt iitc:fifin,i , I powers. He exDressed his crntlflmtinn wt x cjiiiii rv UL l - c tne senator from Wismncrtn tt v.oi when he first spoke, believed that the peo ple of Indlanola had earned the epithets of "lawless" and "brutal" which had been applied by the President's secretary, and he repeated that it had not even now been Shown flint thn ohnri n.o 4...ls.j nan juswueu. un the contrary, he contended, the best of iceiing exists Between Mrs. Coxe and the people of Indlanola, barring the prejudice of race. That this prejudice exists the people had freely admitted, and there was no disposition tc deny it. "It exists," he said, "throughout the South aye," he added, "and throughout the North also. The people had exercised their right to petition, had done no more and he had never heard It argued ln the Senate that the people had not the right to assemble and mnlro tnntvn tv.ni.. - In this cast the people did not want Mrs. Coxe as Postmistress, and had frankly McLaurin said that, notwithstanding three-fourths of the people of Indlanola are colored, five-sixths of the mail re- ccneu at and sent from the nostoOlce Is over the prospects of a speedy settlement of the difficulty. He had nothing to say, however, as to whether the assurances he has recelvld Include an Immediate rais ing of the blockade. From a trustworthy source it Is learned tonight that Venezuela's attitude with re spect to the claimants is that there shall be no preferred creditors. The contention of the blockading powers that their claims shall bo adjusted first, it Is declared,- on authority, will be resisted to the utmost. It is well understood that in the repre sentation of Venezuela -by Minister Bowen, he has been Instructed to treat with the powers demanding Indemnities on a fair and equitable basis, and to se cure, if, possible, the concession of a rea sonable time in which to settle damages. It was said that Venezuela, in view of her efforts through Mr. Bowen to effect a settlement as speedily as possible, regards as wanton the bombardments which have i taken place and as rendering It more dlf- paratlvelv short tlm irrnvn pnmnHentions may arise. ' Sir Michael Herbert, the British Am bassador, was Mr. Bowen's first caller today. The Ambassador brought advices from London, but beyond this statement neither he nor Mr. Bowen was willing to discuss the purport of their meeting. The Venezuelan situation was under dis cussion throughout. The attitude of Mr. Bowen remains unchanged ns regards the raising of the blockade. He has repeat edly assured the representatives of the powers that he has full power to act. whether for peace or for war. though ho reiterated that his "visit to Washington was n pence mission, provided honorable terms could be obtained. The Itnllan Ambassador and the German Charge d'Affalrcs. Count Quadt, are still without advices from their governments as to the raising of the blockade. Senor Ojeda. the Spanish Minister., also called to obtain Information of Jthe situa tion, in order that he might keep his gov ernment advised. Mr. Bowen lunched with the President, to and from whit,, normi j !, taKcn D,ace and a rendering It more dlf- petltion to .Mm. Coxe. contending that I flcult to reach an understanding with the tno address was in every way respectful clalmants. His Information was that the meeting at which the resignation had been accepted j STRAIXIXG AT THE! BOKDS M utcu uncnueu Dy eacn or the S5 whlto men In the town "except A. B. Weeks, who had gone over to the Republicans ln order to secure an office, as is the case with most men who go Into that party." No doubt the people wanted the woman out of office because of her color, but it did not follow that on that account they felt any hatred toward her. The prejudice was due, he said, to the inferiority of the colored race. Ho contended that the charges made by Mr. Cortelyou had not been directed at a minority of the peoplo of Indanola, but at all of them, as all had participated ln the meeting. The President had shown a disposition to shut his ears to the other side of the question. McLaurin said he had not seen all the cor respondence in the case; that he had re quested copies of It, but had been refused by the Postmaster-General, and had been referred to the President Admits Race Prejudice." He asserted that there had been no threats of nersonal vlolpnro "nr. v. ! added, "none can be found, unless It can De iounu in the fertile brains of the Pres ident, Postmaster-General and Postoffice Inspectors." Even granting there was in timidation, was It not still the duty of tho President to furnish the people the best possible postal facilities? In direct ing that the Indlanola mall be supplied from Greenville, the postoffice authorities had placed upon the people of Indlanola an additional hardship. In conclusion, McLaurin said he had no feeling of enmity toward the colored peo ple, but that, on the other hand, he had always contended for the protection of their rights. When McLaurin concluded, the private pension calendar was taken up. After the passage of a number of pension bills the Senate went into executive session, and at 12:30 P. M. adjourned. Alliance "With Germany Makes Great Britain Restive. NEW YORK, Jan. 24. The attempt of the German naval authorities to destroy the San Carlos fortifications, capture a gunboat in Lake Maracaibo and Interrupt the passage of supplies from Colombia eastward is considered most Inopportune by all English writers commenting on the affair, since it Is a direct affront to the Washington Government, which la striving to make peace and- procure a satisfactory settlement of outstanding claims, says the Tribune's London cor respondent. According to the Berlin press,- whatever is done on tho coast of. Venezuela Is by joint authority. If Germany be. guilty of unfriendly conduct toward the United States, England, as a partner In the. al liance with her, is also responsible. This obligation tends to emphasize the warn ing from the strongest conservative Jour nals that there will be grave dlssatls taction throughout the United Kingdom If tne aiuance witn uermany Involves Eng land in any sort of trouble with tho United States. GERMAN FEELINGS HURT. Thinks American Criticism of Son Carlos Affair t'ujast. BERLIN. Jan. 21. The Foreign Office representatives today in conversation with the correspondent of the Associated Pre referred in aggrieved tonea to the Amer ican presa comments upon the bombard ment of Fort San Carlos. One official said: "In view of Commodore Scheder's re port. Germany has a Just right to feel indignant at the fact that a portion of the American press Is aroused over the false statements of what occurred at San Carlos, without waiting the facts in the case, and thereupon attacking a friendly power. The Panther's action, the official report shows, was strictly within the lim its of International law. She was pro ceeding past the fort to enter the lagoon of Maracaibo ln order to prevent the Im portation of contraband articles from Colombia, and in doing so Was fired upon. The Panther, of course, answered the fire, as she was entitled to do. The attack was not made by us, but by the Venezuelan forts. We are quite unable j tv nuy any neutral snoum express disapproval because the Panther was tuiceu ui repiy or Decause our vessel afterward leveled the forts, since It was a hindrance tr, an effective blockade. "The assumption that we want to pre vent a settlement of the matter at Wash ington and the speedy raising) of the blockade is wholly mistaken. We want the blockade to be raised just as soon as the powers have adequate guarantees in hand that their claims will be met. We do not even ask for the immediate pay ment of money, but only for guarantee. We can not raise the blockade empty handed without any form of guarantee." An official dispatch from Willemstad, Curacao, dated January 23, says: "The Vlneta arrived In the Gulf of Maracaibo January 21 and approached within 7300 yards of the shore. At 11 she began a bombardment which was con tinued With an hr.ur nf nturmloclnn i.ntii f 3 P. M. The Panther, which was stjimU nig oy, oDserveu tnat shells took ef feet." SETS UP NEW RULER -GeneralTung Proclaims Rival Emperor of China. REBELLION GAINING POWER Exiled General, Allied With Prince Tim ii and Boxers, Gathers Army to Conquer Empire and Ex terminate Foreigners. BOWEX HAS FULL POWER. Is N'eeotlntln for pCace, But May ' Decide for War. WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. Venezuela's Initial proposition to the allied powers re mains unanswered by Germany and the blockade continues. This Is the situation in a nutshell to day, but It by no means indicates the diplomatic activity In Washington at thi3 time. The feeling is increasing here that unlesa the blockading squadrons withdraw from Venezuelan waters within a com- I STILL DEMAND GUARANTEE. ! Allies Will Not Unite Blockade and ,?'OVntto Be Paid First. ' LONDONI Jan.. 21 Tt tmo lyA day by a representative of the Associated x-reas mat ureat Britain. Germany and Italy have agreed that Minister Bowen's proposal that the blockade of. Venezuela oe lmmeaiateiy raised, cannot be enter tained, and that coercive action must'eon- unuo until a- proper guarantee Is forth coming. The -Foreign. Offices hold that any othe course would pninii n fnii.. or tne attempt to bring about a settle ment by dlDlomacv at Waahlnirtnn Regarding the position of tho other claimants against Venezuela, the block ading powers contend that their own claims must first be satisfactorily settled before the demands of the countries which are not actively asserting them can re ceive attention. Ohio and Kansas Mea Compromise. LEAVENWORTH. Kan., Jan. 24. The suit brought several months ago by Ohio stockholders asking for the appointment of a receiver for the Home-Rlvcrslde Coal Mining Company, in which ?00,000 was In volved, was compromised here today, and the case postponed Indefinitely. Stipula tions were filed In the District Court pro viding that neither side to the controversy should again begin litigation without first notifying the other side. NEW PARK BOARD HOLDS ITS FIRST SESSION VICTORIA, B. C, Jan: 24. According to advices received from China, another crisis Is imminent In the north. Tunir Full Slang, in conjunction with Prince Tuan, and abetted by Yung Lu and other oniciais of the Chinese government, has pro claimed a new Emperor in the person of Prince Tuan's son, Pu Chun, the youth whom the Empress Dowager made heir apparent and then dfejmissed. He has been proclaimed Emperor of China under the title of Tung Hsu at Tungyuneing, the town of the Alashan Mongols", and the palace at Hsian to which the Empress fled in 1001, is being made ready to receive him. The force of 10.000 rebels. Including Im perial trooDS ot the district disbanded by orders from Pekin and still in pay of the imperial government, which has been masred by Tung Fuh Slang, is camped in battalions of 500 ln the wilderness bitween Nlnghsla and Kuyuan. These txjldiers are preparing to march on Hslangfu, extermi nating the foreigners in Shensi and Kansu en route, and proclaim the new Emperor ruler of China. The Boxers, who arc rapidly recruiting In Chile, Szechuan and other provinces, are expected to rise at the same time. It was part of the plan ,to seize Chengtu, but the defeat of the Boxers at that point some time ago spoiled this. The North China Dally News publishes a lengthy letter from a foreigner in Shensi, who has been for ten years intimately ac quainted with all that transpires there. Telling of the rising, he says: "Tung Fuh Slang is preparing for a great move. He has at least 10,000 sold iers ln good condition and Is buying up large quantities of grain and fodder. How he gets his money Is a mystery. There Is constant communication between Tung Fuh Slang and Prince Tuan. Tung Fuh Slang Is at Heichengtzse, 90 miles west ot Kuyuan ln Kansu. The provincial mili tary commander In that district has nc troops to oppose him, .having disbanded 4Q0O by Imperial command. These troops immediately went over to Tung, who gives better pay. The soldiers of Tung say they are preparing to exterminate all foreigners in Shensi and Kansu and march on Hsiang." Another Shanghai paper has news from Kansu that Tung Fuh Slang's men are all well armed and that large quantities of war material. Including quick-firing guns and ammunition, were surreptitiously sent up the San River for the rebels. GLENN MA.Y BE ACQUITTED Court-Martlal Heurs Final Argnment and Submits Verdict. MANILA. Jan. 24. The arguments in. the trial bv COUrt-msirtlnl nf ATotnt- -RVlrclr. F. Glenn, charged with unlawfully kill ing prisoners of war, were heard today, and the court submitted a verdict which was believed to be an acquittal, although the finding was not announced. Major Glenn at the opening of the pro ceedings read an extended voted to conditions In the Island of Samar and Justification of the measures taken to end the Insurrection. He quoted many war precedents and authorities on th laws of war. Major Waltz read the counsel for the defense had Jnfn tit- nr. pared, contending that the men killed In oamar were not prisoners of war, and that they were not execute! hv nrir nf Major Glenn. Major Goodier. for- the nrnsefiitlnn an. serted that Major Glenn was responsible for the execution of the guides. He dis credited the testimony of the Hvfll.m scouts to the effect that the guides were killed while attempting to escape, and argued that Maior Glenn exceeded hfs rights when he forced natives to act first as peace envoys and then as guides. Major Goodier also asserted that tho United States was not willing tn fnrne nn enemy under threat of death to do what ii ioroaue its own otneers doing under pain of death, and claimed that Major Glenn had bv mistake selirted men tn act as guides who did not know the loca tion ot the enemy. Top row City Anditor Devlin, ion Levels, Parkkeepcr Levrlti. Lower row-JD. Meyer, Mayer Williams, Rev. T. L. Eliot, L. L. Hawkins. Saltan of Jolo Will Come. MANILA. Jan. 24 The Siilt.ir, nf Tnln has announced his Intention to visit tho St. Louis Exposition. He will be accom panied by a native retinue. It was erroneously announced from here that the Sultan had died of cholera. It was the Sultana of Jolo, his mother, who died at that time. ONE CENT ACROSS OCEAN Rate Per Word at Whlcli Marconi Thinks IIe Can Send Messags. NEW YORK, Jan. 24. Signor Marconi, In reply to a query regarding the rate to be charged for wireless messages, said: "You know the cable companies started at 55 a word, and now they have corao down to 25 cents a. word. In the usual course of events. It Is probable that we, beginning at 10 cents per word, will be ablo eventually to transmit messages across the Atlantic at 1 cent a. word." BETTER THAN" MARCONI. German Professor Has Improved Method of Wireless Telej?raply. . BERLIN, Jan. 24. Professor Ferdinand Braun, of Strassburg University, whoso application of Leyden Jars in propagating electric waves Is said to have enabled Marconi to telegraph without wires across the Atlantic, announced yesterday that he had discovered a method of producing electric energy of unlimited volume, and projecting it Into space In the form of electric waves, to any desired distance. The new method secures greater accuracy of transmission through a more perfect ittunement of the transmitting and re ceiving Instruments. He thinks he haa reached a method ot transmitting exclu sively to one point of the compass, thu3 avoiding interference by other waves. Wireless System to Yachts. NEW YORK. Jan. 24. Within n ohnr time wireless teleeraDh stations will h erected at Newnort and vnrtnno nnina along the north shore of Long Island, primarily for the use of yachts which, at an expense of less than 4200 each, can be eauiDDed with sendinir and receiving on paratus capable of service for 20 or 30 miles. i